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Aim: To evaluate the association between CYP2C19, CYP3A4 and ABCC2 polymorphisms and voriconazole plasma concentrations in Uygur pediatric patients with allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. Materials & methods: High performance liquid chromatography–mass spectrometry was employed to monitor voriconazole concentrations. First-generation sequencing was performed to detect gene polymorphisms. Results: Voriconazole concentrations of normal metabolizers were significantly higher than those of intermediate (p

Background Dyslipidemia is a predisposing factor for coronary heart disease (CHD). High-intensity statin therapy is recommended as secondary prevention. ABCB1 and SLCO1B1 genes influence the efficacy and safety of statins. Xinjiang is a multi-ethnic area; however, little is known about the prevalence of dyslipidemia and gene polymorphisms of ABCB1 and SLCO1B1 in minority groups with CHD. Objective To measure levels of lipid and apolipoprotein and the prevalence of dyslipidemia and gene polymorphisms of ABCB1, SLCO1B1 in Han, Uygur, Kazak, Hui, Tatar, Kirgiz, and Sibe populations with CHD in Xinjiang. Methods This descriptive retrospective study compares lipid levels in ethnic groups using Kruskal-Wallis test or analysis of variance. The study compared gene polymorphisms and the prevalence of dyslipidemia among different ethnic groups using the chi-square test. The lipid profiles in plasma were measured before lipid-lowering therapy using commercially available kits. Genotyping of SLCO1B1 and ABCB1 variants was performed using sequencing by hybridization. Results A total of 2218 patients were successfully screened, including 1044 Han, 828 Uygur, 113 Kazak, 138 Hui, 39 Tatar, 36 Kirgiz, and 20 Sibe patients. The overall mean age was 61.8 ± 10.8 years, and 72.5% of participants were male. Dyslipidemia prevalence in these ethnic groups was 42.1, 49.8, 52.2, 40.6, 48.7, 41.7, and 45.0%, respectively. The prevalence of dyslipidemia, high total cholesterol (TC), high triglycerides (TG), and high low density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) differed significantly among the groups (P = 0.024; P < 0.001; P < 0.001; P < 0.001, respectively). For the Han group, high LDL-C, high TC, and high TG prevalence differed significantly by gender (P = 0.001, P = 0.022, P = 0.037, respectively). The prevalence of high TC, high TG, and low high density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) differed significantly by gender in the Uygur group (P = 0.006, P = 0.004, P < 0.001, respectively). The prevalence of high TC in Hui patients significantly differed by gender (P = 0.043). These findings suggest that polymorphisms in ABCB1 and C3435T differ significantly across ethnicities (P < 0.001). Conclusions The prevalences of dyslipidemia, high TC, high TG, and high LDL-C in Han, Uygur, Kazak, Hui, Tatar, Kirgiz, and Sibe CHD patients in Xinjiang differed concerning ethnicity. Ethnic, gender, and lifestyle were the key factors that affected the lipid levels of the population. The prevalence of polymorphisms of ABCB1 and C3435T significantly differed across ethnicities. These findings will aid the selection of precision lipid-lowering medications and prevention and treatment of CHD according to ethnicity in Xinjiang.

The impact of individual patient variables on drug metabolism is particularly important for antiseizure medication, and lacosamide has not been studied in Chinese pediatric patients with epilepsy. This study evaluated the effects of dose, age, sex, medication time, seizure type, and concomitant enzyme-inducing antiseizure medications (EIASMs) on the plasma concentration of lacosamide.A total of 500 pediatric patients from two hospitals in China were enrolled in this study. Lacosamide plasma concentration was processed using an ultra-performance liquid chromatography assay. Efficacy was evaluated based on the four-grade therapeutic effect criteria developed by the first National Epilepsy Academic Conference of the Chinese Medical Association.The responder rate to lacosamide therapy was 72.2% (361/500). There was a weaker relationship between the lacosamide daily dose and lacosamide plasma concentration (r = 0.238). Lacosamide plasma concentrations of patients ranged from 1.5 to 19.7 µg/mL, with a mean of 6.9 ± 3.2 µg/mL. The study results showed a significant contribution of age, body mass index, epilepsy duration, medication time, and EIASMs to the lacosamide plasma concentration (p 0.05). Patients taking concomitant EIASMs with lacosamide had a significantly lower mean lacosamide plasma concentration (5.9 ± 2.6 µg/mL) than patients taking concomitant non-EIASMs (7.5 ± 3.5 µg/mL, p 0.001).To ensure the clinical efficacy and safety of lacosamide therapy in pediatric patients, it is necessary to monitor the plasma concentration.

We aimed to evaluate the effect of the ABCC2 1249GA (rs2273697) and -24CT (rs717620) polymorphisms on lacosamide (LCM) plasma concentrations, and the efficacy of LCM in Uygur pediatric patients with epilepsy.We analyzed 231 pediatric patients with epilepsy, among which 166 were considered to be LCM-responsive. For drug assays, 2-3 mL of venous blood was collected from each patient just before the morning LCM dose was administered (approximately 12 h after the evening dose, steady-state LCM concentrations). The remaining samples after routine therapeutic drug monitoring were used for genotyping analysis. The chi-squared test and Fisher's exact test were utilized for comparative analysis of the allelic and genotypic distribution of ABCC2 polymorphisms between the LCM-resistant and -responsive groups. Student's t-test or Mann-Whitney U test was conducted to analyze differences in plasma LCM concentration among pediatric epilepsy patients with different genotypes.Patients with the ABCC2 1249GA GA genotype (0.7 ± 0.3 μg/mL per kg/mg) and AA genotype (0.5 ± 0.3 μg/mL per kg/mg) showed significantly (p0.001) lower LCM concentration-to-dose (CD) ratios than patients with the GG genotype (1.0 ± 0.4 μg/mL per kg/mg). Moreover, patients with the ABCC2 -24CT CT genotype (0.6 ± 0.2 μg/mL per kg/mg) and TT genotype (0.6 ± 0.3 μg/mL per kg/mg) presented a significantly (p0.001) lower LCM CD ratio than patients with the CC genotype (1.1 ± 0.4 μg/mL per kg/mg).The ABCC2 1249GA (rs2273697) and ABCC2 -24CT (rs717620) polymorphisms can affect plasma LCM concentrations and treatment efficacy among a population of Uygur pediatric patients with epilepsy, causing these patients to become resistant to LCM. In clinical practice, ABCC2 polymorphisms should be identified before LCM treatment, and then the dosage should be adjusted for pediatric epilepsy patients accordingly.

Acute coronary syndrome (ACS) carries a high mortality in Uygur populations. Percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) is a safe treatment for patients with ACS. Clopidogrel reduces the risk for recurrent cardiovascular events after PCI; however, its activity is influenced by cytochrome P450 (CYP450), ATP-binding cassette transporter B1 (ABCB1), and paraoxonase-1 (PON1). To assess the effects of genetic polymorphisms CYP2C19*2, *3, *17, ABCB1 C3435T, and PON1 Q192R along with clinical and demographic factors on variations in responses in Uygur patients following PCI. We enrolled 281 patients with PCI who were treated with clopidogrel and aspirin for at least 12 months and recorded major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE) or bleeding within 1 year. Approximately, 2 mL of peripheral venous blood samples were used for genotype detection. Binary logistic regression with likelihood ratio forward stepwise analysis and redundancy analysis were carried out to identify factors associated with MACE. We analyzed risk factors including age, body mass index, smoking, hypertension, dyslipidemia, gender, alcohol consumption, diabetes mellitus, carriers of ABCB1 C3435T T allele, carriers of PON1 Q192R A allele, metabolizer phenotype of CYP2C19, number of targeted vessels, and number of stents. The CYP2C19 IMs (OR 3.546, 95% CI 1.972–6.375, P = 0.001), CYP2C19 PMs (OR 7.038, 95% CI 1.658–29.880, P = 0.008), and number of targeted vessels (OR 2.033, 95% CI 1.078–3.648, P = 0.026) were significantly associated with MACE. The CYP2C19 IMs, PMs, and the number of targeted vessels are essential factors associated with MACE risk in dual clopidogrel-treated Uygur population with ACS following PCI. These data provide valuable insights into the genetic polymorphisms affecting clopidogrel response among minority groups in China.

In recent years, monocyte to high density lipoprotein cholesterol ratio (MHR) has attracted wide attention as a new marker of inflammatory response. This indicator includes two aspects: inflammatory response and lipid accumulation, which are the two most basic characteristics of Atherosclerosis (AS). AS is closely related to the occurrence of Cardiovascular diseases (CVD). A large number of existing studies have confirmed that MHR is an inflammatory marker that can dynamically reflect the trend of inflammation, can reflect the chronic inflammatory response in blood vessels, and can evaluate the occurrence, development and prognosis of cardiovascular disease in a non-invasive manner. This article reviews recent studies on the role of monocytes and high-density lipoproteins in chronic inflammation of blood vessels, as well as the current status of research on MHR and cardiovascular disease in the light of recent literature.

This study has developed and validated a novel LC-MS/MS assay method to quantify perampanel in pediatric patients with epilepsy in Xinjiang, China. Our assay reduces current specimen volume requirements and decreases the turnaround time for results. Samples were separated by gradient elution and then injected into the mass spectrometer with a total run time of 3 min per sample. The ions from the analytes were detected using multiple reactions by monitoring transitions of m/z 350.2-219.0 for perampanel and m/z 359.1-323.1 for the internal standard, as precursor ion and product ion, respectively. The peak area ratios of perampanel with internal standard within the plasma samples were linear in the concentration range of 0.1-3.2 μg/mL (y = 2.87x + 0.61; r

In marine seismic exploration, the sea surface ghost causes frequency notches and low-frequency loss, which affects the signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) and resolution of seismic records. This paper presents a simultaneous receiver-side deghosting and denoising method based on the sparsity constraint. First, considering the influence of propagation direction and sea surface reflection coefficient, the ghost time delay is calculated accurately, and then the accurate ghost operator is constructed in the frequency—slowness domain. Finally, the ghost-free data are obtained using the sparse constraint algorithm that can effectively suppress the ghost along with the noise energy. This method can remove the ghost and noise simultaneously, achieving quick convergence and with few iterations. It is applied to synthetic data and actual streamer field data. Test results prove that the ghost and notches are suppressed effectively, the SNR is improved, and the band is well broadened.

This paper investigates the expected static group synchronization problem of the second-order multi-agent systems via pinning control. For directed communication topology with spanning tree, based on Gershgorin disk theorem and the matrix property, a static pinning control protocol with fixed gains is first introduced and some sufficient and necessary static group synchronization criteria are also established. It is worth mentioning that a rigorous proof is also given that only one pinning node is needed to guarantee static group synchronization, which could be inferred that our protocol might be more economical and effective in large scale of multi-agent systems. Then, for weakly connected directed communication topology with nodes of zero in-degree, an adaptive pinning control applied to the node with zero in-degree is also proposed to achieve static group synchronization. Finally, the efficiency of the proposed protocols is verified by two simulation examples.

BackgroundAcute coronary syndrome (ACS) has become a vital disease with high mortality in the Uygur populations. Clopidogrel plays an important role in reducing the risk of recurrent cardiovascular events after ACS; however, it is a prodrug that requires biotransformation by cytochromeP450(CYP450).ObjectivesTo determine the effect of genetic polymorphisms inCYP2C19*2,*3,and*17, and along with clinical, demographic factors, on variation in response to clinical outcomes in Uygur patients.MethodsA total of 351 patients with ACS were treated with clopidogrel and aspirin for at least 12 months; we recorded major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE) or bleeding within 1 year. Multivariable logistic regression analyses were carried out to identify factors associated with MACE or bleeding.ResultsWe analyze risk factors include age, BMI (body mass index), smoking, alcohol intake, NSTEMI (non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction), hypertension, dyslipidemia, concomitant medication,CYP2C19*2carriers,CYP2C19*17carriers and metabolizer phenotype.CYP2C19*2carriers had an odds of having MACE of 2.51 (95% CI: 1.534–4.09) compared with noncarriers (P P > 0.05).ConclusionTheCYP2C19*2gene polymorphism contributes to the risk of MACE in dual clopidogrel—treated Uygur population with ACS with or without PCI (percutaneous coronary intervention). These data may provide valuable insights into the genetic polymorphisms affecting clopidogrel metabolism among minority groups in China.

PURPOSE P-glycoprotein, encoded by ABCB1 (or MDR1), may contribute to drug resistance in epilepsy by limiting gastrointestinal absorption and brain access to antiseizure medications (ASMs). The study aimed to evaluate the impact of ABCB1 polymorphisms on lacosamide (LCM) serum concentrations in Uygur pediatric epileptic patients. METHODS The serum concentrations of LCM were determined by ultra-performance liquid chromatography, and the ABCB1 polymorphism was analyzed via polymerase chain reaction-fluorescence staining in situ hybridization. The chi-squared test and Fisher's exact test were used to analyze the allelic and genotypic distributions of ABCB1 polymorphisms between the drug-resistant and drug-responsive patient groups. Differences in steady-state and dose-corrected LCM serum concentrations between different genotypes were analyzed using the One-Way Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) and Mann-Whitney test. RESULTS A total of 131 Uygur children with epilepsy were analyzed, and of them, 41 demonstrated drug resistance. The frequency of the GT genotype of ABCB1 G2677T/A was significantly higher in the drug-resistant group than that in the drug-responsive group (p < 0.05, OR = 1.966, 95% CI = 1.060-3.647). Patients with the G2677T/A- AT genotype had a statistically significantly lower concentration-to-dose (CD) value than patients with the G2677T/A-GG genotype (mean: 0.6 ± 0.2 vs 0.8 ± 0.5 μg/ml per mg/kg, p < 0.001). Significantly lower LCM serum concentrations were observed in ABCB1 C3435T CT and TT genotype carriers than those in the CC carriers (p = 0.008 and p = 0.002), and a significantly lower LCM CD value was observed in ABCB1 C3435T CT genotype carriers than that in the CC carriers (p = 0.042). CONCLUSION ABCB1 G2677T/A and C3435T polymorphisms may affect LCM serum concentrations and treatment efficacy in Uygur pediatric patients with epilepsy, leading to drug resistance in pediatric patients.

Background To investigate the relationships of monocyte to high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) ratio (MHR) with left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) in young and middle-aged patients with essential hypertension (EH). Methods A retrospective analysis was performed on clinical data of 294 young and middle-aged patients with EH (aged from 18 to 65 years old). According to the left ventricular mass index (LVMI), the patients were divided into LVH (n = 98) and non-LVH (n = 196) groups. The data on echocardiography, routine blood test, biochemical examination, and so on were collected in all subjects, then LVMI and MHR were calculated. The association between MHR and hypertensive LVH was analyzed by correlation and binary logistic regression analyses. The receiver operating characteristic curve (ROC) was used to determine the predict value of MHR. Results MHR was higher while HDL-C was lower in the LVH group compared with the non-LVH group (MHR: 0.47 ± 0.11 vs. 0.33 ± 0.12, P < 0.001; HDL-C: 1.05 [0.94–1.22] vs. 1.27 [1.07–1.47] mmol/l, P < 0.001). Correlation analysis showed that LVMI was positively correlated with MHR (r = 0.381, P < 0.001). Multivariate logistic regression analysis showed that MHR was an independent risk factor for LVH in young and middle-aged EH patients (odds ratio = 2.914, 95% confidence interval [CI] 2.084–4.068, P < 0.001) after adjusting for body mass index, smoking, HDL-C, and other confounding factors. The area under the ROC curve of MHR for predict LVH was 0.831 (95% CI 0.782–0.880), and the optimal cutoff value of MHR was 0.37, with a sensitivity of 93.9% and a specificity of 75.5%. Conclusions MHR is positively correlated with LVH in young and middle-aged patients with EH. MHR is an independent risk factor for LVH in this population, and can be used for LVH risk screening.

Background: Cyclin-dependent kinases 2/4/6 (CDK2/4/6) play critical roles in cell cycle progression, and their deregulations are hallmarks of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Methods: We used the combination of computational and experimental approaches to discover a CDK2/4/6 triple-inhibitor from FDA approved small-molecule drugs for the treatment of HCC.Results: We identified vanoxerine dihydrochloride as a new CDK2/4/6 inhibitor, and a strong cytotoxic drug in human HCC QGY7703 and Huh7 cells (IC50: 3.79μM for QGY7703and 4.04μM for Huh7 cells). In QGY7703 and Huh7 cells, vanoxerine dihydrochloride treatment caused G1‑arrest, induced apoptosis, and reduced the expressions of CDK2/4/6, cyclin D/E, retinoblastoma protein (Rb), as well as the phosphorylation of CDK2/4/6 and Rb. Drug combination study indicated that vanoxerine dihydrochloride and 5-Fu produced synergistic cytotoxicity in vitro in Huh7 cells. Finally, in vivo study in BALB/C nude mice subcutaneously xenografted with Huh7 cells, vanoxerine dihydrochloride (40mg/kg, i.p.) injection for 21 days produced significant anti‑tumor activity (pConclusions: The present study is the first report identifying a new CDK2/4/6 triple inhibitor vanoxerine dihydrochloride, and demonstrated that this drug represents a novel therapeutic strategy for HCC treatment.

Background4-vinylcyclohexene diepoxide (VCD) has long been considered a hazardous occupational chemical that promotes ovarian failure. However, VCD is also used as a research compound to chemically induce animal models of premature ovarian insufficiency (POI), and in related work we unexpectedly found that VCD apparently exhibits both dose- and duration-dependent opposing, hormone-like effects on the maintenance of the primordial follicle pool, follicle development, and ovulation induction.ResultsWe conducted experiments with cultured murine ovaries and performed transplantation experiments using postnatal day (PD) 2 and PD12 mice and found that low-dose, short-term exposure to VCD (VCDlow) actually protects the primordial/primary follicle pool and improves the functional ovarian reserve (FOR) by disrupting follicular atresia. VCDlow inhibits follicular apoptosis and regulates the Pten-PI3K-Foxo3a pathway. Short-term VCD exposure in vivo (80 mg/kg, 5 days) significantly increases the number of superovulated metaphase II oocytes, preovulatory follicles, and corpus luteum in middle-aged mice with diminished ovarian reserve (DOR). We demonstrate that low-dose but not high-dose VCD promotes aromatase levels in granulosa cells (GCs), thereby enhancing the levels of estradiol secretion.ConclusionOur study illustrates a previously unappreciated, hormone-like action for the occupational “ovotoxin” molecule VCD and strongly suggests that VCDlow should be explored for its potential utility for treating human ovarian follicular development disorders, including subfertility in perimenopausal women.

This study has developed and validated a novel UPLC method to quantify lacosamide (LCM), oxcarbazepine (OXC), and lamotrigine (LTG) in children with epilepsy in Xinjiang, China. Phenytoin sodium was used as the internal standard. The mobile phase contained ammonium dihydrogen phosphate solution (10 mmol/L, pH = 4.0) and methanol (55:45, v/v). The flow rate, injection volume, column temperature, and detection wavelength were 0.2 mL/min, 2 μL, 30°C, and 240 nm, respectively. The method was linear within 0.5-40, 2.5-80, and 2.5-40 μg/mL for LCM, 10-hydroxycarbazepine (MHD), and LTG, respectively (r2 ≥ 0.998). The intra- and inter-day precision as measured by the relative standard deviation values was between 1.36 and 4.50, 0.54 and 1.91, and 0.58 and 1.56%. Recovery ranged from 96.58 to 106.22%. All serum samples could be maintained for up to 3 h at ambient temperature, 24 h at 4°C, 30 days at -30°C, and after successive freeze-thaw cycles (24 h per cycle) in the absence of significant degradation.

Purpose To determine genetic associations between oxcarbazepine (OXC)-induced maculopapular eruption (MPE) and human leukocyte antigen (HLA) variants in the Uighur Chinese population. Methods A total of 208 patients were enrolled in this study, including 20 subjects with OXC-induced MPE (case group) and 188 OXC-tolerant patients (control group). We detected the whole sequence of the HLA alleles in the 208 Uighur patients using next-generation sequencing (NGS). Results The carried rate of HLA-A*03:01 was significantly different between the OXC-induced MPE group and the tolerant group (7/20, 35% versus 4/188, 2.13%; P = 0.000, odds ratio [OR] = 24.77, 95% confidence interval [CI] = 6.41–95.65). Additionally, the carried rate of HLA-B*07:02 was significantly different between the OXC-induced MPE group and the tolerant group (3/20, 15% versus 2/188, 0.011%; P = 0.000, odds ratio [OR] = 16.41, 95% confidence interval (CI) = 2.56–105.09). Conclusions HLA-A*03:01 and HLA-B*07:02 may be the risk alleles for MPE in the Uighur Chinese population.

Levetiracetam is approved as an add-on therapy to treat refractory partial seizures in pediatric patients over four years old. The efficacy and safety in pediatric patients with epilepsy in Uygur, China, is unknown. Therefore, the objective of this study was to investigate the safety, efficacy, and tolerability of levetiracetam in pediatric patients with epilepsy in Uygur, China.This retrospective study compared the efficacy and safety of levetiracetam monotherapy and in combination with other antiseizure medications (ASMs) in 1055 pediatric patients with epilepsy treated with levetiracetam. The seizure frequencies at 1, 2, and 3 years after starting levetiracetam therapy were recorded and compared with the baseline yearly frequency. Safety variables included the incidence and type of adverse reactions.A total of 680 (64%) pediatric patients responded to levetiracetam therapy with a more than 50% reduction in the frequency of seizures. Seizure-free rates increased over time, 13%, 15%, and 18% at 1, 2, and 3 years, respectively. The number of baseline ASMs and the order of levetiracetam introduction were highly significant, impacting the likelihood of seizure remission during a 3-year follow-up period (p 0.001). During levetiracetam treatment, 233 pediatric patients (22%) experienced at least one adverse reaction.These significant findings indicate that levetiracetam is likely to become a widely prescribed ASM for epilepsy in pediatric clinical practice because of its long-term safety, efficacy, and tolerability.

PURPOSE Lacosamide (LCM) was approved in China in 2018. However, the safety of LCM has not been established in pediatric patients. Therefore, the objective of this study was to investigate its safety, efficacy, and tolerability in pediatric patients living in Uygur, Northwest China. METHODS This is a retrospective analysis of pediatric patients diagnosed with epilepsy and on LCM therapy at a medical center. The seizure frequencies at 3, 6, and 12 months after starting LCM therapy were recorded and compared with the baseline monthly frequency. The primary outcome variables were the 50% responder and seizure-free rates. The secondary outcome variables included the terminal 6-month seizure remission and percentages of discontinuation due to a lack of efficacy and tolerability. Safety variables included the incidence and type of adverse reactions. RESULTS Seventy-two pediatric patients with epilepsy living in Uygur, China and receiving LCM treatment were included in the present study. Fifty (69%) children responded to LCM therapy with a more than 50% reduction in the frequency of seizures. Seizure-free rates increased over time, at 14%, 19%, and 20% at 3, 6, and 12 months, respectively. The number of baseline anti-seizure medications (ASMs) and order of LCM introduction significantly impacted the likelihood of seizure remission during the 12-month follow-up period (p

Purpose To determine genetic associations between antiseizure medications (ASMs)-induced maculopapular eruption (MPE) and human leukocyte antigen (HLA) variants in Xinjiang, China. Methods A total of 409 patients were enrolled in this study, including 36 subjects with ASMs-induced MPE (case group) and 373 ASMs-tolerant patients (control group). We detected the whole sequence of the HLA alleles in the 409 Uighur patients using next-generation sequencing (NGS). The carried rate of HLA alleles were compared between the case group, the control group, and the general Chinese population. Results The carried rate of HLA-A*03:01, HLA-B*07:02, HLA-C*01:02, and HLA-DRB1 *06:09 allele was significantly higher in the ASMs-MPE group when compared with both the ASMs-tolerant group (p = 0.000, odds ratio (OR) = 23.92, 95 % confidence interval (CI) = 3.96-74.84; p = 0.000, OR = 21.40, 95 % CI = 3.55-67.52; p = 0.030, OR = 4.69, 95 % CI = 0.90-61.73 and p = 0.000, OR = 18.94, 95 % CI = 3.15-60.58; respectively), and the general Chinese population (p = 0.000, OR = 21.34, 95 % CI = 3.31-38.98; p = 0.000, OR = 23.92, 95 % CI = 3.96-74.84; p = 0.019, OR = 5.53, 95 % CI = 0.14-19.86 and p = 0.000, OR = 21.67, 95 % CI = 3.68-11.73; respectively). Moreover, the carried rate of the HLA-B*4001 allele was significantly higher in the ASMs-tolerant group when compared with the ASMs-MPE group (p = 0.024, OR = 5.13, 95 % CI = 1.01-9.99). Conclusions In this study, we identified for the first time that the carried rate of HLA-A*03:01, HLA-B*07:02, HLA-C*01:02, and HLA-DRB1 *06:09 allele was significantly higher in the ASMs-MPE group when compared with the ASMs-tolerant group.

Ag nanowires (Ag NWs) are synthesized by polyol method under the conditions of different temperature of reaction solution, different addition amount and injection rate of polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP). The structure and the process of lateral growth of Ag NWs were observed and analyzed by X-ray diffraction (XRD), ultraviolet-visible absorption spectrum (UV-VIS), scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and transmission electron microscope (TEM). It showed that the lateral growth of Ag NWs and longitudinal growth of Ag NWs occurrs at the same time by UV-VIS. And in the later stage of synthesis of Ag NWs, the peak in UV-VIS, which indicated the lateral growth of Ag NWs, red-shifted obviously from 384 nm to 388 nm. This rapid redshift implied that the diameters of Ag NWs increased quickly. In other words, rapid lateral growth of Ag NWs occurred in the later stage of synthesis of Ag NWs. According to the SEM of Ag NWs, in the early stage of the reaction (15~23 min), the diameter of Ag NWs increased by only 20 nm, but in the later stage of reaction (23~30 min), the diameter of Ag NWs increased by nearly 150 nm. The result of SEM observation is consistent with the analysis of UV-VIS. It was also found that the lateral growth of Ag NWs is related not only to the sizes of seeds but also to the thicknesses of the outer Ag layers. Tiny Ag particles with diameters of several nanometers adsorbed onto the side facets of Ag NWs and acted as adsorption points for Ag source. The lateral growth of Ag NWs was caused by the continuous multipoint adsorption of Ag source on the side of Ag NWs. Decreasing the temperature of the reaction solution (from 165 to 155 degree), reducing the injection rate (from 67 to 49 mL·h-1) and the addition amount of PVP in the later stage could inhibit the lateral growth of Ag NWs and increase the aspect ratios of Ag NWs remarkably. The diameters of Ag NWs decreased from 200 nm to 100 nm, but their lengths still maintained above 100 μm.

Jinci area of Taiyuan city is a former hometown of rice, and with the cutoff of the Jinci spring the land use in the area changed fundamentally from original paddy rice to corn or orchard use. So it is very important to investigate soil respiration after land use change and to analyze the relationship between soil respiration (

We measured daily changes of carbon dioxide exchange in a winter wheat site in Taiyuan basin using chamber method for two years and analyzed relationships between environmental factors affecting carbon exchange of the wheat, including air temperature (

Soil microbial community plays an important role in ecosystem functions; however, little is known about the importance of microbial diversity to the ecosystems. In this study, serial dilution of soil suspension (10

The choroidal vessels provide oxygen and nourishment for the retina and the choroidal vessels change is associated with some eye diseases. Accurately and automatically segmenting choroidal vessels is an important task in OCT scans for choroidal analysis. The paper proposes an effective choroidal vessels segmentation method based on multi-scales interpolating. And it consists of flattening, and multi-scale interpolating, filtering enhancing, threshold region growing segmentation. The experiment results illustrate it is an effective segmentation method.

A precise positioning technology was introduced in this paper and A precise positioning system has been built. The DGPS technology was introduced to acquire accurate data of the roads and traffic facilities in the system and a data-base has been built. The data-base was applied to GIS platform and a centimeter-level accurate road model was established. In addition, DGPS technology was adopted to achieve centimeter-level position. The position data coupling with accurate road model and the locating point would be indicated instantaneously. The distance between the locating point and the road boundaries, traffic signs lines, traffic lights, etc. could be indicated in the map and also the speed, acceleration, etc. of the locating point. This study provided positioning and navigation technology for the automatic driving technology of the intelligent vehicle.

For widely use of BeiDou satellite navigation system (BDS) and wireless sensor networks (WSN), this paper put forward the fusion technology of BDS and WSN, and built the command and control system for emergency relief. Long-distance communication and broadcasting were realized by using the BDS RDSS link, while short-distance information collection and transmission were realized by using WSN in the system. The fusion method that based on kalman filtering gets positioning by using both BDS and WSN measurements. It has a higher positioning accuracy than WSN only. Compared with BDS method, positioning under the condition of less than 4 satellites can be realized. This method enlarged the range of communication and navigation. The conclusion can be made by simulating that this method can improve positioning accuracy and environmental adaptability in the command and control system.

Based on observations of soil respiration rate (Rs) and both biotic and abiotic factors in Pangquangou Nature Reserve at three sampling scales (4, 2, and 1 m), we studied the spatial heterogeneity of Rs and the factors, and analyzed impacts of soil temperature at the 5, 10 and 15 cm depth (T5, T10, T15), soil moisture over the depth of 0-10 cm (Ws), and soil total nitrogen (N), soil total organic carbon (C), ratio of carbon and nitrogen (C/N), soil total sulfur (S), litter fall mass (Lw) and litter fall moisture (Lm) on the spatial heterogeneity of Rs, respectively. We also calculated the minimum sampling number of all the factors at different confidence levels and under the responding estimation accuracy. The results showed that: (1) the spatial heterogeneity of C/N at 4 m sampling scale, Ws at 2 m sampling scale and T10, T15 at 1 m sampling scale had low variability, while the spatial variation of Rs and other related factors had medium variability. Coefficients of variation of Rs, C/N and S decreased with the increase of the sampling scales, but those of N, C, Ws, T₅, T₁₀, T₁₅, Lw and Lm showed contrary trend; (2) the spatial autocorrelation of Rs, Ws, T₅, T₁₀, T₁₅, Lw and Lm decreased with the decrease of sampling scales but the spatial autocorrelation of C, N, C/N increased with the decrease of sampling scales, and the spatial autocorrelation of S decreased with the decrease of the sampling scales at initial stage and then increased; (3) the key factors that influenced the spatial heterogeneity of soil respiration were different at different sampling scales. Soil temperature was the key factor influencing the spatial heterogeneity of Rs at a larger scale. However, at a smaller scale, the spatial heterogeneity of Rs was influenced by C, Lw and Lm; (4) the minimum sampling number for soil respiration measurement and its influencing factors reduced greatly with the decrease of confidence level and responding estimation accuracy. The sampling numbers of Rs, C/N and S increased with the decrease of sampling scales, while those of N, C, Ws, T₅, T₁₀, T₁₅, Lw and Lm decreased.

AIMS The use of statins has been suggested to protect against atrial fibrillation (AF) in some clinical observational and experimental studies but has remained inadequately explored. This study was designed to examine whether statins can reduce the risk of AF.

We investigate the plasmon resonance of a touching gold cylinder arrays surrounded with air or dielectric. We show that the plasmon resonance is tunable by modulating the cylinder radius, the cylinder layer and refractiveindex of the dielectric. It is found resonance peak blue-shifts and splits as the gold cylinder radius reduces, width of the resonance peak gets much smaller as layer increases, and resonant peak red-shifts noticeably as dielectric refractive index increases. Based on electric field dis- tributions at the resonance wavelengths we reveal the mechanism of the transmission enhancement. These phenomena are helpful for the design of potential optics devices.

A dynamic test of two unbonded fully prestressed concrete beams has been conducted. The results indicate that the natural frequency of beams increases with the prestress force, which is opposite to the analytical arguments for homogeneous and isotropic beams subject to axial force. This paper explains the change in frequencies by discussing the change in the elastic modulus. A modified formula is also proposed, and the experimental data agree well with the theoretical analysis.

Gypsum breccia is a kind of soft rock-hard soil, and its component is complex. It has poor cementation, low intensity, strong water reaction, slight expansibility and corrosion. During the tunnel construction of gypsum breccia stratum, the mechanical characteristic of supporting structure is very complex. In order to ensure the safety, reasonability and economy of tunnel support system, it is important to acquire the information on displacement and stress of surrounding rock and support system. Two test sections are selected to monitor. Based on the measured data, the distribution characteristics and the time variation law of different kinds of support in gypsum breccia stratum are studied, including surrounding rock pressure, axial force of rock bolt, support pressure and stress. Such conclusions can be got: When strengthened lining (16# I-steel) of the V-grade surrounding rock used, support system performs well; but the stiffness of primary support is not enough if grillage lining is used. Growth of surrounding pressure is for a long time, which shows that the rock mass has Flow characteristics. Especially the surrounding rock pressure increases continuously. The spatial distribution is random, and the value is large. The stiffness of support system should be strengthened. Most blots at the waist arch are compressive. Bolts at the foot arch and sidewall are under tension. The maximum is nearly 124kN. Contact pressure between primary support and secondary lining at the sidewall is higher than that at arch parts. Steel frame stress comes up to 80% of the maximum within 20 days. Excavation of invert has great influences on stress state of surrounding rock and support system.