简介:Objective:Toobservetheclinicalefficacyofacupuncture-moxibustionintreatingAlzheimer’sdisease(AD).Methods:Forty-eighteligibleADpatientswereenrolledtoreceiveacupunctureplusherb-partitionedmoxibustion.Mini-mentalstateexamination(MMSE)wasadoptedforevaluationbeforeandafterintervention,andthetherapeuticefficacywasobserved.Results:Afterintervention,theMMSEscorechangedsignificantly(P<0.01),andthetotaleffectiveratewas83.3%.Conclusion:Acupuncture-moxibustioncansignificantlyimprovethecognitivefunctionofADpatients,beneficialtothegeneralpromotionofthequalityoflife.
简介:Alzheimer’sdisease(AD)isoneofthemostdevastatingdiseasesaffectingthelifeandhealthofagingpopulation.TwohallmarksofADaresenileplaquesandneurofibrillarytangles,andADiswellknownforthemassivelossofneuronsandimpairedcognitivefunctionsespeciallymemoryloss.Despiteextensivesearchforeffectivetreatment,available
简介:Despitetheadvancesincombinatorialorsyntheticchemistryandbioinformatics,recentliteraturehasdemonstratedtherelevanceofnatureandbiomassasasourceofnewmoleculestotreatdifferentpathologies,i.e.,bioactivecompoundsobtainedfromEcteinascidiaturbinatetotreatsometypesofcancerorrapamycinfromStreptomyceshygroscopicustopreventorganrejectionaftertransplant.Thistrend
简介:CurrentevidenceshowsthatapolipoproteinE(APOE),apolipoproteinCI(APOC1)andlowdensitylipoproteinreceptor-relatedprotein(LRP)variationsarerelatedtolate-onsetAlzheimer’sdisease.However,itremainsunclearifgeneticpolymorphismsinthesegenesareassociatedwithcognitivedeclineinlate-onsetAlzheimer’sdiseasepatients.Weperformeda30-monthlongitudinalcohortstudytoinvestigatetherelationshipbetweenAlzheimer’sdiseaseandAPOE,APOC1,andLRP.Inthisstudy,78ChineseHanpatientswithlate-onsetAlzheimer’sdiseasewererecruitedformGuangxiZhuangAutonomousRegioninChina.APOE,APOC1,andLRPgenotypingwasperformedusingpolymerasechainreaction-restrictionfragmentlengthpolymorphisms.TheMini-MentalStateExaminationandClinicalDementiaRatingScalewereusedtoassesspatients’cognitivefunction.Aftera30-monthfollow-upperiod,wefoundasignificantreductioninMini-MentalStateExaminationtotalscore,ahigherproportionofpatientsfulfillingcognitiveimpairmentprogressioncriteria,andahigherproportionofAPOC1H2carriersinAPOEε4carrierscomparedwithnon-carriers.Inaddition,theAPOEε4allelefrequencywassignificantlyhigherinthecognitiveimpairmentprogressiongroupcomparedwiththenon-cognitiveimpairmentprogressiongroup.Inconclusion,APOEε4playsanimportantroleinaugmentingcognitivedecline,andAPOC1H2mayactsynergisticallywithAPOEε4inincreasingtheriskofcognitivedeclineinChinesepatientswithlate-onsetAlzheimer’sdisease.
简介:NatsumeSōseki(1867-1916)sufferedfromcyclicmentaldepressionsthroughhislife,anditwaswhenhewasinthestateofthemostterribleonethathestartedhiscareerasawriterbywritingIAmaCat(1905-1906).TherearesomeevidencebyhiswifeandfriendsthatSōseki’sconditionofdiseasedramaticallyimprovedduringitsserializationonamagazine,andthewriterhimselfadmitedhumorouslyintheprefaceofotherworkthatitwashisdepressionandmaniathatenabledhimtoproduceIAmaCatandotherearlyworks.Thispaperaimsatdescribingtheprocesshowhisactofnarratinghadtherapeuticeffectsonhisstateofmindfocusingontheconstructionofcomplicitousrelationshipbetweenanimpliedauthorandreadersintheworkbytheuniquefunctionsofthefirst-‘person’narrator:ACat.Amongothers,IwillconsidertheinfluenceofLaurenceSterne’sTristramShandy(1759-1767),whichSōsekiintroducedtoJapanforthefirsttime,bydiscussingthefrequentuseofmetalepsisthatthetwoworkshaveincommon.
简介:在这份报纸,在范围的稳定的homotopy组的homotopy元素的一个新家庭由n2m5and3s代表了
简介:<正>TheJOURNALOFANCIENTCIVILIZATIONS(JAC)ispublishedannuallybytheInstitutefortheHistoryofAncientCivilizations(NortheastNormalUniversity,Changchun,JilinProvince,People’sRepublicofChina).JACprovidesaforumforthediscussionofvariousaspectsoftheculturalandhistoricalprocessesintheAncientNearEasternandMediterraneanworld,encompassingstudiesofindividualcivilizationsaswellascommonelements,contactsandinteractionsamongthem(e.g.,insuchtraditionalfieldsasAssyriology,
简介:<正>AttheinvitationoftheChineseAssociationforInternationalUnderstanding(CAFIU),a6-memberAustralianandNewZealand’sRotaryClubdelegationvisitedChinafromSeptember23toSeptember27.AsastaffmemberofCAFIU,Ihadthehonortotakepartinthereceptionofthedelegationthroughoutthistrip.