MICROCOMPUTER DATA PROCESSING OF HEMODYNAMIC EFFECTS OF A CARDIOTOXIC FRACTION(Fr.19-2) FROM THE SOUTHERN CHINESE COBRA(NAJA NAJA ATRA CANTOR)IN ANESTHETIZED CATS

A new program of microcomputer data processing was developed on AppleIIe computer on-line with 8-ch polygraph in the study of hemodynamic effects of a cardiotoxic fraction (Fr. 19-2) from the southern Chinese cobra (Naja naja atra Cantor). In anesthetized open-chest cats, Fr. 19-2 caused a dose-related decrease in various indices of myocardial contractility and pumping function such as dp/dt_(max), V_(CE-DP40), V_(CE-CPIP),V_(pm), CO, CI, SV, SI, LVW, LVWI, LVSW and LVSWI. It reduced the heart rate without other cardiac arrhythmias. A marked decrease in -dp/dt_(max) (219.7±23.5 vs 110.5±29.1kPa/s, P<0.01) and an increase in time constant of the fall of left ventricular pressure during isovolumetric relaxation (T) was induced. LVEDP rised till the dose of Fr. 19-2 reached 0.4mg/kg. It is concluded that this cardiotoxic fraction predominantly inhibits the hemodynamic indices and myocardial performance. With the new microcomputer data real-time processing system, 33 elaborated hemodynamic indices were ca     

树型金银花无公害优质加工技术的研究

目的探讨树型金银花无公害优质加工技术。方法采用树型金银花晾晒和烘烤以及"烤房3段变温烘烤技术"。结果烘干产品比晒干产品具有明显的质量和价格优势,价格高57.1%。烤房3段变温技术第1段烘干温度控制在35～40℃,烘8～9h;第2段将温度提高到50～55℃左右,烘烤6～8h;第3段温度升到60～70℃,烘烤5～6h左右;烘干总时间不超过24h。结论无公害优质加工技术利于规模化生产,获得无公害的绿色产品,增加金银花附加值。     

adaptive fourier threshold filtering: A method to reduce noise and incoherent artifacts in high resolution cardiac images

We introduce an image processing method which reduces white noise and random artifacts in sets of high resolution, time resolved images. At each pixel, the processing consists of: (1) the isolation of a time intensity curve (TIC), (2) Fourier transformation of each TIC, (3) application of a threshold to remove low intensity coefficients, (4) inverse transformation to generate noise reduced TICS which are recombined to form images with improved signal-to-noise ratio (SNR). Noise filtering by Fourier thresholding is demonstrated on a set of cardiac images, resulting in a reduction of the noise energy by approximately 90%.     

Plasticity of human motion processing mechanisms following surgery for infantile esotropia

Monocular oscillatory-motion visual evoked potentials (VEPs) were measured in prospective and retrospective groups of infantile esotropia patients who had been aligned surgically at different ages. A nasalward-temporal response bias that is present prior to surgery was reduced below pre-surgery levels in the prospective group. Patients in the retrospective group who had been aligned before 2 yr of age showed lower levels of response asymmetry than those who were aligned after age 2. The data imply that binocular motion processing mechanisms in infantile esotropia patients are capable of some degree of recovery, and that this plasticity is restricted to a critical period of visual development.     

An integrative psychophysiological approach to brain hemisphere functions in schizophrenia

The present paper proposes a new psychophysiological approach to the genesis of positive and negative schizophrenic symptoms. According to this approach, the initial factor in schizophrenic disorders is a functional insufficiency of the right hemisphere which can be determined by early emotional experience in combination with subtle brain damage. This functional insufficiency causes (a) the inability to grasp and select information before its realization; and (b) the inability to produce a polysemantic context which is crucial for creativity, psychological defense, and the restoration of search activity, all of which determine psychophysiological adaptation to the environment. Right hemisphere insufficiency causes left hemisphere hyperactivity as an ineffective attempt to compensate for this functional deficiency. As a result, normal search activity is replaced by artificial search activity which is represented by “positive” symptoms, and which uses the predisposition of the left hemisphere's catecholamine system for its increased activity. The suggestion is made that cognitive impairment in schizophrenia (the inability to use appropriate previous information in relation to current perceptual input) is related to the competition between information processing which requires left hemisphere activity, and the formation of positive symptoms, also based on left hemisphere activity.     

Detecting possible vaccine adverse events in clinical notes of the electronic medical record

The Vaccine Safety Datalink (VSD) is a collaboration between the CDC and eight large HMOs to investigate adverse events following immunization through analyses of clinical data. We modified an existing system, called MediClass, that uses natural language processing to identify clinical events recorded in electronic medical records (EMRs). We customized MediClass so it could detect possible vaccine adverse events (VAEs) generally, and gastrointestinal-related VAEs in particular, in the text clinical notes of encounters recorded in the EMR of a large HMO. Compared to methods that use diagnosis and utilization codes assigned to encounters by clinicians and administrators, the MediClass system can both find more adverse events and improve the positive predictive value for detecting possible VAEs.     

低剂量容积数据高分辨率CT重组在肺部疾病中的应用价值

目的:评价低剂量容积数据高分辨率CT重组图像在肺部疾病中的应用价值。方法:对50例肺部疾病患者进行低剂量多层螺旋CT(MSCT)、高分辨率CT(HRCT)扫描及容积数据HRCT重组,比较所得到的低剂量容积数据HRCT重组图像和HRCT扫描图像质量并进行分级评分。结果:50例肺部疾病患者的低剂量容积数据HRCT重组图像和HRCT扫描图像质量相同,两者差异无统计学意义(P=0.188)。所见征象评分P值均>0.05,肺实变、网状影、蜂窝影、肺气肿、肺大泡得分趋向一致。低剂量MSCT扫描降低80%辐射量,缩短扫描时间。结论:低剂量容积数据HRCT重组图像评价肺部疾病的价值与HRCT扫描图像相同。低剂量容积数据HRCT重组大大降低辐射量,明显缩短检查时间,复检患者尤其适用,可以替代HRCT扫描。     

盐炙对补骨脂吸收特性的影响

 目的通过考察炮制前、后补骨脂中主要成分补骨脂素和异补骨脂素胃肠道吸收参数的变化,研究炮制对补骨脂吸收特性的影响。方法以SD大鼠为模型动物,进行大鼠在体肠灌注实验。并分别考察高、中、低3个浓度下的药动学参数,以确定浓度对吸收的影响。采用t检验法考察生品和盐炙品中补骨脂素和异补骨脂素的药动学参数之间的差异。结果生品中补骨脂素在高、中、低3个浓度下的吸收速率常数为0.203,0.165,0.203 h^-1,异补骨脂素的吸收速率常数则分别为0.178、0.168,0.204 h^-1;而盐炙品中补骨脂素在高、中、低3个浓度下的吸收速率常数为0.326,0.377,0.369 h^-1,异补骨脂素的吸收速率常数则分别为0.373,0.371,0.329 h^-1。盐炙品的吸收速率明显高于生品,而不同浓度下的吸收速率常数没有明显变化。结论补骨脂生品和盐炙品在小肠中的吸收机制是简单的被动扩散,吸收呈现一级动力学过程;炮制可以增加补骨脂的吸收。     

MR imaging of viscoelastic properties

Mechanical waves in magnetic resonance imaging, which have been suggested for possible clinical applications, were analyzed with regard to imaging of the viscoelastic properties of large objects. The method is based on the Larmor frequency modulation caused by the application of mechanical waves. Possible clinical applications include all diseases that result in a change in the mechanical properties of biologic tissues (eg, atherosclerosis).