Objectives To investigate the relationship between serum uric acid （SUA） and left atrial spontaneous echo contrast （LA-SEC） in non-valvular atrial fibrillation （AF） patients. Methods We retrospectively screened ...Objectives To investigate the relationship between serum uric acid （SUA） and left atrial spontaneous echo contrast （LA-SEC） in non-valvular atrial fibrillation （AF） patients. Methods We retrospectively screened 1,476 consecutive hospitalized patients with AF who underwent transesophageal echocardiography prior to radiofrequency catheter ablation, left atrial appendage closure and electric cardiover- sion at Guangdong General Hospital. Data on the clinical baseline characteristics of all patients were collected from electronic medical re- cords and analyzed. Results After exclusion of patients with left atrial thrombus, 1,354 patients entered into present study and 57 were LA-SEC. The mean female SUA level （380.88 ± 94.35 μmol/L vs. 323.37 ± 72.19μmol/L, P 〈 0.001） and male SUA level （416.97 ± 98.87 μmol/L vs. 367.88 ＋ 68.50 μmol/L, P = 0.008） were both significantly higher in patients with LA-SEC than in the controls. The mean left atrial dimension （41.32 ± 5.12 mm vs. 36.12 ± 5.66 mm, P 〈 0.001） was markedly larger in patients with LA-SEC. In multivariate regression analysis, SUA level was an independent risk factor for LA-SEC （OR： 1.008, P 〈 0.001）. In receiver operating characteristic curve analysis, the corresponding area under the curve for SUA predicting LA-SEC in female and male were 0.670 and 0.657, respectively. SUA level is significantly higher in non-valvular AF patients with LA-SEC. Conclusion SUA level is an independent risk factor and has a moderate predictive value for LA-SEC among non-valvular AF patients in Southern China.展开更多
In this paper, the crude camellia oil extracted by cold pressing and deacidified oil, decolorized oil, dewaxed oil and finished tea oil obtained in different refining stages were studied. The changes of acid value, pe...In this paper, the crude camellia oil extracted by cold pressing and deacidified oil, decolorized oil, dewaxed oil and finished tea oil obtained in different refining stages were studied. The changes of acid value, peroxide value and free radical scavenging ability of camellia oil in each stage were compared and analyzed.The results showed that the total phenol content of crude oil was the highest, and the total phenol content of alkali refined crude oil decreased significantly. After dewaxing, the total phenol concentration of camellia oil increased by 63.5%. The reason may be that low temperature conditions contributed to the recovery of phenolic structure in camellia oil, and without the influence of alkaline solution, the damage degree of phenolic substances was greatly reduced, thus elevating the total phenol content. The lowest peroxide value of camellia oil was observed in the alkali-refining deacidification stage, which decreased by 29.3%. Crude oil had the highest acid value and concentration of antioxidant substances. After alkali-refining deacidification,the acid value and the concentration of antioxidant substances dropped by 85.3%and 88.9%, respectively. Total phenols had the strongest correlation with acid value,followed by free radical scavenging ability, and the correlation with peroxide value was not obvious.展开更多
Objective:The purpose of this study was to assess the clinical application value of bone turnover markers in non-small-cell lung cancer(NSCLC) patients with bone metastases.Including diagnosing bone metastases,detecti...Objective:The purpose of this study was to assess the clinical application value of bone turnover markers in non-small-cell lung cancer(NSCLC) patients with bone metastases.Including diagnosing bone metastases,detecting bone metastatic spread.Methods:Alkaline phosphatase(AKP),β-C-terminal telopeptide of type I collagen(β-CTx),osteocalcin(OST) and bone alkaline phosphatase(BALP) were measured in 76 patients with bone metastases from NSCLC and 44 normal people.Results:The level of AKP,β-CTx and BALP in patients with bone metastasis was significantly higher than in the normal people.Significant correlation was observed among bone turnover markers.The levels of BALP and OST were significantly correlated with the extent of bone metastasis.The patients with high-level CTx and low-level BALP had higher risk of pathologic fracture.Conclusion:In NSCLC patients with bone metastases,bone turnover markers can help to make diagnosis and evaluate the severity.It will have a wide range of use in clinical practice.展开更多
Objective： To evaluate the clinical significance of quantitative determination of serum lactic dehydrogenase （LDH） and beta 2-microgtobulin （β2-MG） in patients with non-Hodgkin＇s lymphoma （NHL）. Methods： Dat...Objective： To evaluate the clinical significance of quantitative determination of serum lactic dehydrogenase （LDH） and beta 2-microgtobulin （β2-MG） in patients with non-Hodgkin＇s lymphoma （NHL）. Methods： Date of the 65 patients from 2003 to 2004 were retrospectively analyzed, relationship between LDH and β2-MG activities and tumor phase, effect of treat- ment as well as prognosis were studied. Results： The levels of LDH and β2-MG in the advanced stage, B group and bone marrow involvement were obviously higher than their comparison counterpart and the difference was significant （P 〈 0.05）. There was no significant difference between the high LDH group and normal LDH group in the two-year survival rate. But the difference in the four-year survival rate was significance. Conclusion： The level of LDH and β2-MG are valuable for clinical stage, prognosis and evaluation of therapeutic response in patients with NHL.展开更多
Synthesis of polyols from carbon dioxide（CO2） is attractive from the viewpoint of sustainable development of polyurethane industry;it is also interesting to adjust the structure of the CO2-polyols for versatile requ...Synthesis of polyols from carbon dioxide（CO2） is attractive from the viewpoint of sustainable development of polyurethane industry;it is also interesting to adjust the structure of the CO2-polyols for versatile requirement of polyurethane.However,when renewable malonic acid was used as a starter,the copolymerization reaction of CO2 and propylene oxide（PO） was uncontrollable,since it proceeded slowly（13 h） and produced 40.4 wt%of byproduct propylene carbonate（PC） with a low productivity of 0.34kg/g.A careful analysis disclosed that the acid value of the copolymerization medium was the key factor for controlling the copolymerization reaction.Therefore,a preactivation approach was developed to dramatically reduce the acid value to 0.6mg（KOH）/gby homopolymerization of PO into oligo-ether-diol under the initiation of malonic acid,which ensured the controllable copolymerization,where the copolymerization time could be shortened by 77%from 13 to 3 h,the PC content was reduced by 76%from 40.4 wt%to 9.4 wt%,and the productivity increased by 61%from 0.34 to 0.55 kg/g.Moreover,by means of preactivation approach,the molecular weight as well as the carbonate unit content in the CO2-diol was also controllable.展开更多
文摘Objectives To investigate the relationship between serum uric acid （SUA） and left atrial spontaneous echo contrast （LA-SEC） in non-valvular atrial fibrillation （AF） patients. Methods We retrospectively screened 1,476 consecutive hospitalized patients with AF who underwent transesophageal echocardiography prior to radiofrequency catheter ablation, left atrial appendage closure and electric cardiover- sion at Guangdong General Hospital. Data on the clinical baseline characteristics of all patients were collected from electronic medical re- cords and analyzed. Results After exclusion of patients with left atrial thrombus, 1,354 patients entered into present study and 57 were LA-SEC. The mean female SUA level （380.88 ± 94.35 μmol/L vs. 323.37 ± 72.19μmol/L, P 〈 0.001） and male SUA level （416.97 ± 98.87 μmol/L vs. 367.88 ＋ 68.50 μmol/L, P = 0.008） were both significantly higher in patients with LA-SEC than in the controls. The mean left atrial dimension （41.32 ± 5.12 mm vs. 36.12 ± 5.66 mm, P 〈 0.001） was markedly larger in patients with LA-SEC. In multivariate regression analysis, SUA level was an independent risk factor for LA-SEC （OR： 1.008, P 〈 0.001）. In receiver operating characteristic curve analysis, the corresponding area under the curve for SUA predicting LA-SEC in female and male were 0.670 and 0.657, respectively. SUA level is significantly higher in non-valvular AF patients with LA-SEC. Conclusion SUA level is an independent risk factor and has a moderate predictive value for LA-SEC among non-valvular AF patients in Southern China.
文摘In this paper, the crude camellia oil extracted by cold pressing and deacidified oil, decolorized oil, dewaxed oil and finished tea oil obtained in different refining stages were studied. The changes of acid value, peroxide value and free radical scavenging ability of camellia oil in each stage were compared and analyzed.The results showed that the total phenol content of crude oil was the highest, and the total phenol content of alkali refined crude oil decreased significantly. After dewaxing, the total phenol concentration of camellia oil increased by 63.5%. The reason may be that low temperature conditions contributed to the recovery of phenolic structure in camellia oil, and without the influence of alkaline solution, the damage degree of phenolic substances was greatly reduced, thus elevating the total phenol content. The lowest peroxide value of camellia oil was observed in the alkali-refining deacidification stage, which decreased by 29.3%. Crude oil had the highest acid value and concentration of antioxidant substances. After alkali-refining deacidification,the acid value and the concentration of antioxidant substances dropped by 85.3%and 88.9%, respectively. Total phenols had the strongest correlation with acid value,followed by free radical scavenging ability, and the correlation with peroxide value was not obvious.
基金Supported by grants from the Foundation of Shanghai Shenkang Hospital Development Centre (No.SHDC12007304)Shanghai Public Health Bureau (No.2009086)
文摘Objective:The purpose of this study was to assess the clinical application value of bone turnover markers in non-small-cell lung cancer(NSCLC) patients with bone metastases.Including diagnosing bone metastases,detecting bone metastatic spread.Methods:Alkaline phosphatase(AKP),β-C-terminal telopeptide of type I collagen(β-CTx),osteocalcin(OST) and bone alkaline phosphatase(BALP) were measured in 76 patients with bone metastases from NSCLC and 44 normal people.Results:The level of AKP,β-CTx and BALP in patients with bone metastasis was significantly higher than in the normal people.Significant correlation was observed among bone turnover markers.The levels of BALP and OST were significantly correlated with the extent of bone metastasis.The patients with high-level CTx and low-level BALP had higher risk of pathologic fracture.Conclusion:In NSCLC patients with bone metastases,bone turnover markers can help to make diagnosis and evaluate the severity.It will have a wide range of use in clinical practice.
文摘Objective： To evaluate the clinical significance of quantitative determination of serum lactic dehydrogenase （LDH） and beta 2-microgtobulin （β2-MG） in patients with non-Hodgkin＇s lymphoma （NHL）. Methods： Date of the 65 patients from 2003 to 2004 were retrospectively analyzed, relationship between LDH and β2-MG activities and tumor phase, effect of treat- ment as well as prognosis were studied. Results： The levels of LDH and β2-MG in the advanced stage, B group and bone marrow involvement were obviously higher than their comparison counterpart and the difference was significant （P 〈 0.05）. There was no significant difference between the high LDH group and normal LDH group in the two-year survival rate. But the difference in the four-year survival rate was significance. Conclusion： The level of LDH and β2-MG are valuable for clinical stage, prognosis and evaluation of therapeutic response in patients with NHL.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(51321062,21134002)
文摘Synthesis of polyols from carbon dioxide（CO2） is attractive from the viewpoint of sustainable development of polyurethane industry;it is also interesting to adjust the structure of the CO2-polyols for versatile requirement of polyurethane.However,when renewable malonic acid was used as a starter,the copolymerization reaction of CO2 and propylene oxide（PO） was uncontrollable,since it proceeded slowly（13 h） and produced 40.4 wt%of byproduct propylene carbonate（PC） with a low productivity of 0.34kg/g.A careful analysis disclosed that the acid value of the copolymerization medium was the key factor for controlling the copolymerization reaction.Therefore,a preactivation approach was developed to dramatically reduce the acid value to 0.6mg（KOH）/gby homopolymerization of PO into oligo-ether-diol under the initiation of malonic acid,which ensured the controllable copolymerization,where the copolymerization time could be shortened by 77%from 13 to 3 h,the PC content was reduced by 76%from 40.4 wt%to 9.4 wt%,and the productivity increased by 61%from 0.34 to 0.55 kg/g.Moreover,by means of preactivation approach,the molecular weight as well as the carbonate unit content in the CO2-diol was also controllable.
