Social climate within secure inpatient services for people with intellectual disabilities

Background The social climate of inpatient facilities is thought to be an important contributor to treatment outcome. However, little research has focused on this construct within secure forensic services for people with intellectual disabilities (ID). Therefore, the objective of this study was to investigate the social climate of two different types of secure units (‘low’ secure vs. ‘medium’ secure) contained within the same facility for offenders with ID. Two hypotheses were generated: (1) residents would rate the social climate of the whole facility in a more negative direction than staff, and (2) residents and staff would rate the social climate of the ‘low’ secure unit in a more positive direction than that of the ‘medium’ secure unit. Method Using a 2 (factor ‘Participant’ = Staff or Resident) × 2 (factor ‘Unit’ = ‘Low’ or ‘Medium’ Secure Unit) between‐subjects design, 18 residents and 37 staff members were recruited and completed the Correctional Institutions Environment Scale (CIES), a measure of social climate. Results Residents tended to rate the units in a more positive direction than staff on some sub‐scales. Participants rated the ‘low’ secure unit in a more positive direction than the ‘medium’ secure unit on two sub‐scales of the CIES. However, on selected sub‐scales there were differences. The findings of this study suggest that the CIES may be a valid instrument for use within forensic services for people with ID, and further suggests that residents and staff have different perceptions of the shared social climate, which may have implications for service development.     

中西医联合治疗单纯疱疹性角膜炎的疗效观察

目的 :探讨单纯疱疹性角膜炎是中西医联合用药的治疗方法。方法 :本组 10 0例 ( 10 6只眼 )单纯疱疹性角膜炎患者应用抗病毒药物联合清热解毒中药的疗效观察。结果 :本组病例治疗后总有效率 82 .0 8%。结论 :中西医联合治疗措施是我们对单纯疱疹性角膜炎治疗的一项新的探讨。     

腹腔注射高渗盐水对下丘脑室旁核加压素能神经元的兴奋作用

目的探讨外周高渗刺激激活下丘脑室旁核(PVN)神经元的细胞类别。方法以腹腔注射高渗盐水作为外周高渗刺激。细胞外记录PVN神经元单位放电的变化，并用免疫细胞化学方法观察PVN中los的表达及los表达阳性神经元的性质。结果腹腔注射高渗盐水使PVN的位相型放电神经元兴奋，PVN内los表达明显增加，特别是PVN大细胞中大量的los阳性神经元同时表达精氨酸加压索(AVP)。结论外周高渗刺激能够激活PVN内的加压索(VP)能神经元。     

腹腔镜手术治疗小儿卵巢肿瘤26例

目的探讨腹腔镜手术治疗小儿卵巢肿瘤的效果及安全性。方法2000年1月~2005年3月,我们对26例小儿卵巢肿瘤行腹腔镜手术。气管插管全麻或静脉复合麻醉,行卵巢肿瘤剥除术或一侧附件切除术。对直径<5 cm的肿瘤,在肿瘤的外侧缘线形电凝囊肿包膜;直径>5 cm的肿瘤,在其中部或距基底部3 cm处环形电凝囊肿包膜,钝性分离肿瘤与囊壁,完整剥出肿瘤,残余囊壁创面彻底电凝止血,不缝合。卵巢冠囊肿切除。影响术野的大卵巢囊肿,先穿刺吸净囊液,帽状电凝卵巢囊肿包膜一周,再剥出肿瘤。结果所有患儿卵巢肿瘤手术都在腹腔镜下完成,肿瘤剥除术24例,一侧附件切除2例。手术时间(50±20)m in,术中出血量(30±10)m l,术后住院2~4 d,无手术并发症,无伤口感染。24例随访1年,未见复发。结论腹腔镜手术治疗小儿卵巢肿瘤是一种安全、有效的手术方法。     

胎儿主要肢骨发育时间表──超声骨龄

用Ｂ超检测正常妊娠中的胎儿。选择受精龄为１２至３８整周（ｃｏｍｐｌｅｔｅｄｗｅｅｋ）的胎儿２９７例。测量其主要肢骨（干）长度。并将所测数据进行统计学处理。结果表明胎儿肢骨的生长发育与胎龄有显著的正相关关系。     

电刺激大鼠下丘脑弓状核对中脑导水管周围灰质单位放电的影响

用玻璃微电极引导大鼠中脑导水管周围灰质（ＰＡＧ）单位放电。发现：电刺激弓状核（ＡＲＣ）后，在所观察的６４个ＰＡＧ单位中，表现为抑制的有３７个单位，其余单位分别表现为先抑制后兴奋、兴奋和无变化。结果表明，大鼠ＡＲＣ对ＰＡＧ单位活动的调制作用以抑制米。     

Monkey hippocampal neuron responses to complex sensory stimulation during object discrimination.

The purpose of this study was to investigate, during the performance of an object discrimination task, responses of neurons in the monkey hippocampal formation to the sight of several objects that have biological meaning, and compare these responses with those of amygdalar neurons studied previously using the same task. Neuronal activity in the hippocampal formation of conscious monkeys was recorded during performance of a task that led to presentation of familiar rewarding, familiar aversive, or unfamiliar objects. Of 864 neurons recorded in the hippocampal formation and adjacent cortices, 160 (18.5%) responded to the sight of a certain object(s). Responses to the sight of different kinds of objects were analyzed in detail. Nondifferential neurons (n = 73) responded to different objects with no significant difference in response magnitudes, and differential neurons (n = 87) responded to different objects with different response magnitudes. Of the differential neurons, 23 responded more strongly to rewarding objects than to other objects (rewarding-object-dominant neurons), but the magnitude of responses to objects did not necessarily correlates with the order of preferences to the objects as determined from observation of animal behavior. Aversive-object-dominant neurons (n = 13) responded more to aversive objects than to other objects. Unfamiliar-object-dominant neurons (n = 7) responded more to unfamiliar objects than to familiar objects. Selective neurons (n = 10) responded selectively to only one object or one category of objects. Fourteen of the rewarding- or averse-object-dominant neurons were tested in extinction or reversal trials. In 12 of 14 neurons, responses to a rewarding or aversive object did not change, or slightly weakened, in extinction or reversal trials. The results suggest the following. (1) Responses of rewarding- or aversive-object-dominant neurons may be involved in object-reward or object-aversion association. However, responses of many of these neurons might reflect past inputs to reinforcement rather than extant emotional processing. (2) Responses of unfamiliar-object-dominant neurons may be involved in recognition of objects based on their familiar or unfamiliar aspects. These results are further discussed and compared with responsiveness of amygdalar neurons.     

头风痛胶囊治疗头风病(偏头痛)风瘀证临床观察附:62例病例报告

目的　观察中药四类新药头风痛胶囊治疗头风病 (偏头痛 )风瘀证的临床疗效及安全性。方法　采用随机对照试验 ,将 6 2例病人随机分为治疗组和对照组 ,每组 31例 ,分别服用头风痛胶囊和头风痛丸 ,疗程 1月 ,观察其疗效和副作用。结果　治疗组的头痛疗效为显效率 6 4 5 2 %、有效率 87 10 % ;中医证候疗效为显效率 6 1 2 9%、有效率 90 32 %。两组疗效之差异无统计学意义 (P >0 0 5 )。临床试验期间未发现头风痛胶囊所致的不良反应。结论　头风痛胶囊有较好的祛风止痛作用 ,服用安全 ,与头风痛丸具有相同的疗效 ,是头风痛丸的理想新剂型     

Single unit activity in the auditory cortex of a monkey performing a short term memory task

Summary Short term memory to tones (STMT) was investigated by recording single unit activity in the auditory cortex of a behaving monkey. The activity of each unit was studied in two behavioral conditions: a) During task performance, the monkey had to compare two tones separated by one second of silence (inter-stimulus interval), b) During a nonperforming period; the monkey heard the two tones but did not respond behaviorally. It was noted that the firing rate of many units during the inter-stimulus interval (ISI) was dependent on the frequency of the first tone. Such dependency was observed even towards the end of the ISI, both during task performance trials (50% of the units) and during the nonperforming period (32% of the units). The activity of these units could be the basis of STMT in both of these behavioral states. In 65% of all the units tested, the responses during the ISI were of a higher magnitude in the performance period than were the responses in the non-performance period. The activity of these units may be related either to general processes such as attention and expectation or to short-term memory processes. During task performance, the responses of 23% of the units to the second tone were dependent on whether its frequency was identical to that of the first tone. Such dependency was never observed during the non-performing period. These units may detect similarity or non similarity between two tones presented one second apart. Periodic patterns of firing were not found in the study, thus suggesting that the ISI responses were not generated by reverberatory activity in simple closed loops. On the basis of these results, several alternative mechanisms of STMT are suggested.