Treatment of fever with traditional Chinese medicine according to Zheng on cancer patients (based on case reports)

Peng Cao,Lan-Ying Liu,Xue-Ting Cai,Xiao-Ning Wang,Jie-Ge Huo,Zhong-Ying Zhou 셀메드 세포교정의약학회 2012 셀메드 (CellMed) Vol.2 No.2

Fever in cancer patients is often due to the following causes: evil qi and toxity stagnancy, disorders of qi and blood, deficiencies of zang and fu organs, and the disorder of yin and yang. The treatments given to cancer patients with a fever are according to five: (a) Excessive inner heat and toxicants: remove heat and the toxicant, induce purgation. We use Cheng-Qi-Tang plus Qing-Wen-Bai-Du-Yin. (b) Tangle of damp and heat, and qi stagnancy: remove damp and heat, smooth the qi channel. We use Gan-Lu-Xiao-Du-Dan or San-Ren-Tang. (c) Obvious blood and heat stagnancy: remove heat and blood stasis. We use Xue-Fu-Zhu-Yu-Tang. (d) Deficiency of spleen qi, inner heat caused by a yin deficiency: nourish spleen qi and yin to remove the inner heat. We use Bu-Zhong-Yi-Qi-Tang or Xiao-Jian-Zhong-Tang. (e) Prominent yin deficiency and hectic fever: replenish yin and remove inner heat. We use Qing-Hao-Bie-Jia-Tang or Chai-Qian-Mei-Lian-San. The pathogenesis of fever in cancer patients is complicated. We can see both deficiency and excess in one differentiation. Therefore, we must make sure of it, then we can get the most effective treatment.

On the Rooftop: A Study of Marginalized Youth Films in Hong Kong Cinema

( Xue Lin Zhou ) 성균관대학교 동아시아학술원 2008 Sungkyun Journal of East Asian Studies Vol.8 No.2

Researchers of contemporary Hong Kong cinema have tended to concentrate on the monumental, metropolitan and/or historical works of such esteemed directors as Wong Kar-Wai, John Woo and Tsui Hark. This paper focuses instead on a number of low-budget films that circulated below the radar of Chinese as well as Western film scholars but were important to local young viewers, i.e. a cluster of films that feature deviant and marginalized youth as protagonists. They are very interesting as evidence of perceived social problems in contemporary Hong Kong. The paper aims to outline some main features of these marginalized youth films produced since the mid-1990s.

Acupuncture for response and complete pain relief time of acute renal colic: Secondary analysis of a randomized controlled trial

Xue-Zhou Wang,Cun-Zhi Liu,Li-Qiong Wang,Zhi-Cheng Qu,Ying Cao,Shi-Yan Yan,Jing-Wen Yang,Jian-Feng Tu 한국한의학연구원 2024 Integrative Medicine Research Vol.13 No.1

Background: The integration of acupuncture with intramuscular injection of diclofenac sodium can expedite the onset of analgesia in treating acute renal colic caused by urolithiasis. However, it remains unclear whether acupuncture can accelerate pain relief constantly until complete remission. This study aimed to explore the extent to which acupuncture can expedite the onset time of response or complete pain relief in treating acute renal colic, and the predictive value of patient characteristics for treatment efficacy. Methods: This secondary analysis utilized data from a prior randomized controlled trial. Eighty patients with acute renal colic were randomly assigned 1:1 to the acupuncture group or the sham acupuncture group. After intramuscular injection of diclofenac sodium, acupuncture or sham acupuncture was delivered to patients. The outcomes included time to response (at least a 50 % reduction in pain) and complete pain relief. Between-group comparison under the 2 events was estimated by Kaplan-Meier methodology. Subgroup analysis was performed utilizing the Cox proportional hazards model. Results: The median response time and complete pain relief time in the acupuncture group were lower than those in the sham acupuncture group (5 vs 30 min, Log Rank P < 0.001; 20 min vs not observed, Log Rank P < 0.001, respectively). Hazard Ratios (HRs) for response across all subgroups favored the acupuncture group. All HRs for complete pain relief favored acupuncture, expect large stone and moderate pain at baseline. No interaction was found in either event. Conclusion: Acupuncture can accelerate the response time and complete pain relief time for patients with acute renal colic, with the efficacy universally. Trial registration: This study has been registered at Chinese Clinical Trial Registry: ChiCTR1900025202.

Niederreiter Cascade Combination Cryptosystem Based on the Double Public Keys

Zhou Xue Guang,Li Zhong Yuan,Wang HaoTian,Qv ChengQin 보안공학연구지원센터 2015 International Journal of Security and Its Applicat Vol.9 No.7

This paper firstly briefed the basic concepts of N public key cryptosystem, RS code and QC-LDPC code, and then put forward the cascade cryptosystem with the RS code being the outer code and QC-LDPC code being the internal code. At last, the writer analyzed in detail the security and performance of the N cryptosystem based on double public key, and thus proved its better security and performance than the traditional public key cryptosystem based on error correcting code. In addition, it is also endowed with higher practicability in complex environment.

Screening Education: Schools on Film in the People`s Republic of China

( Xue Lin Zhou ) 성균관대학교 동아시아학술원 2009 Sungkyun Journal of East Asian Studies Vol.9 No.2

Like many other national and/or semi-national cinemas today, contemporary Chinese film tends to be youth or teen-driven. Recent years have seen a plethora of youth films produced by Chinese filmmakers working in and outside the official studio system. Nevertheless, school film, i.e. those set on school campuses and focusing on education activities within the campus context, has not received sufficient attention despite its being a most definable subgenre of youth films. This paper aims to trace the development of school films in the People`s Republic of China since the 1950s. It also attempts to discuss some reasons why there has been a shortage of school films being made and why the filmic representation of teacher- and/or student-heroes is often stereotyped in the limited number of school films. The paper concludes with an in-depth study of a more recent school film Thirteen Princess Trees (Lu Yue, 2006), which displays some interesting departures from the existing tradition.

Improved Method for Calculating Armature-Reaction Field of Surface-Mounted Permanent Magnet Machines Accounting for Opening Slots

Zhou, Yu,Li, Huaishu,Wang, Qingyu,Xue, Zhiqiang,Cao, Qing,Zhou, Shi The Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers 2015 Journal of Electrical Engineering & Technology Vol.10 No.4

This paper presented an improved analytical method for calculating armature-reaction field in the surface-mounted permanent magnet machines accounting for opening slots. The analytical model is divided into two types of subdomains. The current of the armature is centralized in the center of the slots. The field solution of each subdomain is obtained by applying the interface and boundary conditions of the model. Two 30-pole/36-slot prototype machines with different slot-opening width are used for validation. The FE (finite element) results confirm the validity of the analytical results with the proposed model. The investigation shows that the wider the slot-opening width is, the smaller the peak value of radial and circumferential components of flux density, and the analytical armature-reaction field produced by centralized current in the slots is similar with the armature-reaction field produced by distributed current in the slots in the FE.

Changing Representations of Youth: “Youth Films” in the People`s Republic of China

( Xue Lin Zhou ) 성균관대학교 동아시아학술원 2014 Sungkyun Journal of East Asian Studies Vol.14 No.1

Youth culture is an indicator of social transformations. In a context where youth cultures have been shaped by globalization, contemporary world cinema increasingly becomes youth-oriented in terms of style, subject, and reception. The present paper aims to trace the development of youth films in the People`s Republic of China since the end of the 1940s within this global context. An examination of how youth films talk to and about young people-and how young people are seen in these films-is a particularly revealing way to explore the profound social and cultural changes that have been taking place in that society. It can also highlight the global-local interactions that have reshaped Chinese life and the ways in which certain developments and influences in youth culture have acquired a distinctive Chinese inflection.

Exosomes from adipose-derived stem cells overexpressing Nrf2 accelerate cutaneous wound healing by promoting vascularization in a diabetic foot ulcer rat model

Xue-Li Zhou,Xiaoyun Xie,Weishuai Lian,Rongfeng Shi,Shilong Han,Haijun Zhang,Ligong Lu,Maoquan Li 생화학분자생물학회 2018 Experimental and molecular medicine Vol.50 No.-

Diabetic foot ulcers (DFU) increase the risks of infection and amputation in patients with diabetes mellitus (DM). The impaired function and senescence of endothelial progenitor cells (EPCs) and high glucose-induced ROS likely exacerbate DFUs. We assessed EPCs in 60 patients with DM in a hospital or primary care setting. We also evaluated the therapeutic effects of exosomes secreted from adipose-derived stem cells (ADSCs) on stress-mediated senescence of EPCs induced by high glucose. Additionally, the effects of exosomes and Nrf2 overexpression in ADSCs were investigated in vitro and in vivo in a diabetic rat model. We found that ADSCs that secreted exosomes promoted proliferation and angiopoiesis in EPCs in a high glucose environment and that overexpression of Nrf2 increased this protective effect. Wounds in the feet of diabetic rats had a significantly reduced ulcerated area when treated with exosomes from ADSCs overexpressing Nrf2. Increased granulation tissue formation, angiogenesis, and levels of growth factor expression as well as reduced levels of inflammation and oxidative stress-related proteins were detected in wound beds. Our data suggest that exosomes from ADSCs can potentially promote wound healing, particularly when overexpressing Nrf2 and therefore that the transplantation of exosomes may be suitable for clinical application in the treatment of DFUs.

Study on Corner Reflectors Identification in Highway Deformation Monitoring

Xue Min Xing,De Bao Wen,Fang Bin Zhou 보안공학연구지원센터 2014 International Journal of Multimedia and Ubiquitous Vol.9 No.12

CRInSAR is a newly developed technique to monitor ground deformation. In CRInSAR algorithm, the identification of Corner Reflectors in SAR images is necessary. Due to the uncertainty of traditional identification method, a new method based on the intensity and correlation coefficient of each CR candidates in SAR images is presented. The method has been successfully used to determine the locations of 11 CRs installed along a highway in six SAR images over the study area. The results show that the identification accuracy of the new method is about 1 pixel. It is effective and reliable especially in the area with lots of lightspots around the CR points. The method proposed can play important role in the highway deformation monitoring within CRInSAR algorithm.

The sealing effect of magnetic-sealing uterine manipulator in isolated uterus from patients with early-stage cervical cancer: a pre-clinical study

Xue Zhou,Dongxin Liang,Qing Li,Lanbo Zhao,Yadi Bin,Feng Ma,Rongqian Wu,Yi Lv,Qiling Li 대한부인종양학회 2023 Journal of Gynecologic Oncology Vol.34 No.6

Objective: Traditional uterine manipulator is considered as the main reason for short survival of patients with early-stage cervical cancer during minimally invasive surgery. This study aims to assess the sealing effect of magnetic-sealing uterine manipulators (MUMs) in isolated uteruses. Methods: The study was performed on isolated uterus from patients with early-stage cervical cancer who underwent open abdominal radical hysterectomy between November 2019 to April 2021. Right-angle forceps closure tests (groups 1 and 3) were defined as control tests. One experimental MUM closure test (group 2) and 2 control tests were respectively carried out in each of the isolated uterus. DNA ploidy analysis system was used to observe exfoliated cells. Statistical analysis was performed using Wilcoxon signed-rank test to assess the sealing effect of MUM. Results: We identified 36 patients. No regional node metastasis was discovered and only one tumor was larger than 4.0 cm in diameter. The mean of exfoliated tumor cells in groups 1, 2, and 3 were 1, 1, and 2, respectively. There was no significant difference in the quantity of exfoliated cells between groups 1 and 3 (p=0.476), so the results of the 2 groups were merged. Subsequently, a significant difference was observed between combined right-angle forceps closure tests and MUM closure tests (p=0.022). Conclusion: The sealing effect of MUM was better than that of right-angle forceps. MUM can effectively seal cervical cancer cells in the cup cover, avoiding the dissemination of tumor cells.