A Study on the Correlation Between Cerebral Small Vascular Disease and Constitution Types of Traditional Chinese Medicine

Objective:To study the correlation between cerebral small vascular disease and constitution types of Traditional Chinese Medicine(TCM).Methods:The severity of lacunar infarction and leukoaraiosis were graded in 230 patients with cerebral small vascular disease,and they were divided into TCM constitution types.The survey of TCM constitution types was carried out by using standardized TCM constitution scale,and order multivariate Logistic regression was used to analyze the correlation between TCM constitution types with severity of lacunar infarction and leukoaraiosis.Results:Yang-deficiency(阳虚)constitution,blood-stasis constitution and phlegm-dampness constitution were the most common TCM constitution types in patients with lacunar infarction,accounting for 33.7%,12.5%,11.5%respectively.Yang-deficiency constitution,blood-stasis constitution and Yin-deficiency(阴虚)constitution were the most common TCM constitution types in patients with leukoaraiosis,accounting for 28.8%,18.5%,13.7%respectively.There were significant differences in lacunar infarction of Yang-deficiency constitution and blood stasis constitution(P<0.05),and there were significant differences in leukoaraiosis of phlegmdampness constitution and blood-stasis constitution(P<0.05).Single factor analysis showed that the main risk factors of lacunar infarction were age,smoking,alcohol consumption,Yang-deficiency constitution and blood-stasis constitution,and the main risk factors of leukoaraiosis were age,smoking,hypertensive disease,phlegm-dampness constitution and blood-stasis constitution.The ordered multivariate Logistic regression analysis found that the severity of lacunar infarction was closely related to age,and the severity of leukoplosis was closely related to age,smoking and hypertension disease.Conclusion:TCM constitution types of lacunar infarction in patients with small cerebral vascular disease is mainly Yang-deficiency constitution and blood-stasis constitution,and the risk factors include age,smoking,alcohol consumption,Yang-deficiency constitution and blood-stasis constitution.Age is closely related with lacunar infarction.TCM constitution types with leukoaraiosis are mainly phlegm-dampness constitution and blood-stasis constitution,and the risk factors are age,smoking,hypertension disease,phlegm-dampness constitution and blood-stasis constitution.Age,smoking and hypertension disease are closely related with leukoaraiosis.

Economic Studies in Business Platforms: Completely New Approach in Microeconomics

With the global rise of Web 2.0 a completely new type of business models—business platforms has arisen and nowadays Amazon,Apple,Google,Facebook are convincingly taking over the lead in global business world(Simon,2011).These four flagship business platforms are followed by countless other platforms in all spheres of business and contemporary life(eBay,Airbnb,Uber,etc.).However,the MBA study courses that could cover all sides of business platform microeconomics and explain their enormous economical success are rarely provided in Europe and still not existed in many countries including Latvia.This paper describes the author’s research of specific microeconomics characteristics of business platforms,the different ways of thinking in marketing,competition and money making strategies in business platforms,platform business determinants,detailed comparison of traditional(“pipe”)business models and business platforms,the strengths and weaknesses of platform business models.As the result of this research,author has elaborated the original MBA study course—“Business Platform Microeconomics”and its detailed plan is attached in references of this paper1.In conclusions,author expressed how specifics of business platform microeconomics define completely different main components of the business model in business platforms in comparison to traditional“pipe”type business models,what is explaining the enormous economic success of this new business model—business platforms.

Cyber Variants of Traditional Crimes and Criminal Law Responses

The reasons for cyber variants of traditional crimes are many. A direct catalyst is the generation gap caused by the transition from Web 1.0 to Web 2.0. Such variation takes the following three forms： variation in the elements constituting a crime, in the social harm done and in the form of the crime. Expansion of judicial interpretation is the primary choice for handling cybercrime. However, its limitations are also obvious. In the face of cyber variants of traditional crimes, we argue that raising the status of some acts of preparation to that of independent acts of execution and making some joint offenders into principal offenders offers two important solutions that can no longer be avoided by China＇s criminal law legislation.

Evaluation on Quality of Life and Analysis on Its Correlation with TCM Syndromes in Patients of Chronic Hepatitis B

Objective:To evaluate the quality of life(QOL) in patients with chronic hepatitis B(CHB) and analyze its correlation with traditional Chinese medicine(TCM) syndrome types.Methods:With cross-sectional investigation adopted,the QOL of 335 CHB patients was studied by the World Health Organization Quality of Life BREF Questionnaire(WHOQOL-BREF) and the chronic liver disease questionnaire(CLDQ).The results was compared with that of 30 healthy persons.Results:The QOL of the patients with chronic hepatitis B was l...