Clinical efficacy of acupuncture and rehabilitation treatment on oculomotor nerve palsy patients

AIM: To explore the clinical efficacy of traditional Chinese acupuncture combined with conventional rehabilitation therapy onoculomotor nerve palsy patients. <p>METHODS: From May 2005 to September 2012, 110 cases ofoculomotor palsy were divided into treatment group and control group with 55 cases in each group according to different methods of treatment. The control group received rehabilitation therapy, the treatment group received acupuncture combined with rehabilitation therapy. Before and after 8wk treatment, the light reflex, diopter case, eye fissure width, and eye movement to improve the overall efficiency of the situation were observed between the two groups. <p>RESULTS: After treatment of 8wk, light reflex,diopter case, eye fissure width, and eye movement therapy total effective rate of the treatment group were all better than the control group(<i>P</i><0.05); The eye movement improved in the treatment were 47 cases which accounting for 85.5%, in the control group there were 36 cases which accounting for 65.5%, the treatment group had a higher improvement(<i>P</i><0.05). <p>CONCLUSION: Acupuncture therapy combined with rehabilitation training method significantly reduces the oculomotor nerve palsy in patients with clinical symptoms and improves the patient's quality of life

Effects of different cooling methods on the carbon footprint of cooked rice

peer-reviewedGlobal warming has become a serious problem facing the international community. All countries strive to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. The food system produces a large amount of GHGs, and thus study of the carbon footprint (CF) in the food industry has attracted the attention of researchers. Based on the lifecycle assessment (LCA) method, the present study calculated CFs of cooling of cooked rice, as a unit operation under different operational conditions. The results showed that the carbon footprints for cooling 200 g cooked rice were 54.36 ± 1.07 gCO2eq for refrigerator cooling at 0 °C, 66.05 ± 2.00 g CO2eq for refrigerator cooling at 8 °C, 741.55 ± 27.26 g CO2eq for vacuum cooling, 1914.10 ± 141.24 g CO2eq for air blast cooling at 0 °C, 2463.61 ± 221.21 g CO2eq for air blast cooling at 3 °C, and 3916.54 ± 202.28 g CO2eq for air blast cooling at 8 °C. In addition, the CF for the cooling process was positively correlated with the output power of equipment and the cooling time. The carbon emissions arising from electricity consumption contributed to most of the CF for the cooling process. Sensitivity analysis of the parameters for the CF for the cooling process revealed that the CF of cooling process was stable for the applied equipment emission factor, but sensitive to the efficiency of electricity use and the extent of load. Improving the efficiency of electricity use and increasing cooling load could reduce the final CF of a product

Diacetonitrile­(3-{2-[8-(2-bromo­eth­oxy)-9,10-dioxoanthracen-1-yl­oxy]eth­yl}-1-(2-pyridyl­meth­yl)imidazolium)silver(I) bis­(hexa­fluorido­phosphate)

The title compound, [Ag(C27H23BrN3O4)(CH3CN)2](PF6)2, is a mononuclear salt species in which the silver(I) atom is coordinated by one ligand and two acetonitrile mol­ecules and exhibits a distorted T-shaped coordination. The asymmetric unit contains one independent cation and two independent hexa­fluorido­phosphate anions, one of which is disordered over two positions in a 0.756 (11):0.244 (11) ratio. Weak π–π inter­actions between the anthraquinone ring systems [centroid–centroid distance = 3.676 (3) Å], inter­molecular Ag–π inter­actions [Cg⋯Ag = 3.405 Å] and C—H⋯π inter­actions between pairs of adjacent mol­ecules are observed

doi:10.1016/j.envpol.2006.03.026

Pine needle sections as bioindicator for heavy metals and nutrient deficiency particularly needle sheath for particle pollutants. Abstract Macronutrients (P, S, K, Na, Mg, Ca), heavy metals (Fe, Zn, Mn, Cu, Pb, Cr, Ni, Cd) and Al concentrations as well as values of Ca/Al in the tip, middle, base sections and sheaths of current year and previous year needles of Pinus massoniana from Xiqiao Mountain were analyzed and the distribution patterns of those elements were compared. The results indicated that many elements were unevenly distributed among the different components of needles. Possible deficiency of P, K, Ca, Mn and Al toxicity occurred in needles under air pollution. Heavy metals may threaten the health of Masson pine. Needle sheaths were good places to look for particulate pollutants, in this case including Fe, Cu, Zn, Pb, Cr, Cd and Al

A data analysis method for isochronous mass spectrometry using two time-of-flight detectors at CSRe

The concept of isochronous mass spectrometry (IMS) applying two time-of-flight (TOF) detectors originated many years ago at GSI. However, the corresponding method for data analysis has never been discussed in detail. Recently, two TOF detectors have been installed at CSRe and the new working mode of the ring is under test. In this paper, a data analysis method for this mode is introduced and tested with a series of simulations. The results show that the new IMS method can significantly improve mass resolving power via the additional velocity information of stored ions. This improvement is especially important for nuclides with Lorentz factor $\gamma$-value far away from the transition point $\gamma _t$ of the storage ring CSRe.Comment: published in Chinese Physics C Vol. 39, No. 10 (2015) 10620