简介：Objective:Toevaluatetheefficacyandfeasibilityofscreeningprocedureforuppergastrointestinalcancerinbothhigh-riskandnon-high-riskareasinChina.Setting:Sevencities/counties,representingthreeeconomical-geographicalregions(Eastern,CentralandWestern)inChina,wereselectedasscreeningcenters:threeinhigh-riskareasandfourinnon-high-riskareas.Participants:Villages/communitiesinthesesevencentersregardedasclusterswererandomlyassignedtoeitherinterventiongroup(screeningbyendoscopicexamination)orcontrolgroup(withnormalcommunitycare)ina1:1ratiostratifiedbyeachcenter.Eligibleparticipantsarelocalresidentsaged40–69yearsintheselectedvillages/communitieswithnohistoryofcancerorendoscopicexaminationinthelatest3yearswhoarementallyandphysicallycompetent.Thosewhoarenotwillingtotakeendoscopicexaminationorareunwillingtosigntheconsentformareexcludedfromthestudy.Totally140,000participantswillbeenrolled.Interventions:Inhigh-riskareasofuppergastrointestinalcancer,allsubjectsinscreeninggroupwillbescreenedbyendoscopy.Innon-high-riskareas,30%ofthesubjectsinscreeninggroup,identifiedthroughasurvey,willbescreenedbyendoscopy.Primaryandsecondaryoutcomemeasures:Theprimaryoutcomeisthemortalitycausedbyuppergastrointestinalcancer.Thesecondaryoutcomesincludedetectionrate,incidencerate,survivalrate,andclinicalstagedistribution.Additionaldataonqualityoflifeandcost-effectivenesswillalsobecollectedtoanswerimportantquestionsregardingscreeningeffects.Conclusions:ScreeningstrategyevaluatedinthoseareaswithpositivefindingsmaybepromotednationallyandappliedtothemajorityofChinesepeople.Ontheotherhand,negativefindingswillprovidescientificevidenceforabandoningatestandshiftingresourceselsewhere.Trialregistration:ThestudyhasbeenregisteredwiththeProtocolRegistrationSysteminChineseClinicalTrialRegistry.

简介：Carbonnanotubescancarryproteinintocellstoinducebiologicaleffects.Amino-functionalizedcarbonnanotubesaresolubleandbiocompatible,havehighreactivityandlowtoxicity,andcanhelppromotenervecellgrowth.Inthisstudy,amino-functionalizedethylenediamine-treatedmulti-walledcarbonnanotubeswereusedtopreparecarbonnanotubes-nervegrowthfactorcomplexesbynon-covalentgrafting.Thephysicochemicalproperties,cytotoxicitytoPC12andchickembryodorsalrootganglion,andbiologicalactivityofthecarbonnanotubes-nervegrowthfactorcomplexeswereinvestigated.Theresultsshowedthataminofunctionalizationimprovedcarbonnanotubes-nervegrowthfactorcomplexdispersibility,reducedtheirtoxicitytoPC12cells,andpromotedPC12celldifferentiationandchickembryodorsalrootganglion.

简介：Hygienesupervisionandcontroloverthemanufacturingplantssupplyingflightfood,thecabinservicedepartmentofAirChinaandfoodsupplyonaircrafthavebeenimplementedbytheBeijingAirportHealthandQuarantineBureau.Fifty—threespecificproblemsofvariouskindshavebeendetectedina12monthexperimentalperiodfromAugustof1991toAugustof1992.Thispaperhasdiscussedthelegalbasis,supervisionunit,workproceduresandworkcontentofsupervisionandcontroloveraircatering.