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Objective:To explore the application effect of a new evaluation system based on virtual simulation system in the evaluation of functional science experiment teaching.Methods:The data of students' learning in the 2019-2020 academic year were collected, and the impact of using virtual simulation teaching system on the achievement of teaching goals under the new teaching evaluation standard was comparatively analyzed. Questionnaire survey was conducted to study students' evaluation on the virtual simulation teaching system. SPSS 22.0 was used for chi-square test.Results:The students who used the new formative evaluation standard had a virtual academic excellence rate of 75.49% (308/408), while the unused students had an excellence rate of only 32.22% (135/419), with significant differences ( P<0.01). The number of virtual simulation items required for different teaching objectives were 4, 11 and 14, respectively, and the corresponding students' virtual simulation system outstanding rate was 99.19% (246/248), 93.14% (380/408), 84.72% (488/576), with significant differences ( P<0.01). And 93.8% (348/371) students thought the learning of the virtual simulation system could help improve the success rate of the experiment, and 93.26% (346/371) of the students believed that it had improved the ability to analyze and deal with unexpected problems in the experimental class. Conclusion:The new evaluation system based on the virtual simulation system can promote the improvement of the experimental teaching quality of functional science.
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Current reform of higher medical education focuses on curriculum integration and corresponding reconstruction of teaching system. Chongqing Medical University has carried out the reform of medical personnel training mode from basic to clinical, which has achieved certain results. Three aspects including teaching content, teaching methods and appraisal system of the urogenital system curriculum integration are introduced in the paper. In the teaching content, the parts related to urogenital system in basic subjects and clinical subjects are extracted and integrated. In the process of teaching implementation, a teaching team is set up across departments and multidisciplinary joint teaching is carried out. In order to arouse the enthusiasm of students, inspire and cultivate students' scientific research thinking by improving teaching methods, several teaching methods such as case introduction teaching method, question discussion and debate meeting are used. Scientific evaluation system is used to observe and record the whole process of students' learning. Meanwhile, some existing problems and solutions of curriculum integration are discussed in the paper to provide references for peers in relevant colleges and universities.
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Curriculum integration has become the core content of the current medical education reform.With the rapid development of information technology,how to reflect the teaching and learning effects and to further improve them,is one of the difficulties in the reform of the integrated curriculum.In view of the problems of single form of assessment model,separate classroom teaching and extracurricular teaching evaluation,low utilization of network and electronic teaching resources,we make full use of network methods to carry out reform on the current formative teaching evaluation system.With the purpose of formative assessment and evaluation,the "Blackboard network teaching system" of the curriculum has been built,and the evaluation indexes of classroom teaching and extracurricular teaching have been established.And at the same time,the formative assessment index has been enriched and perfected in a diversified form,and the formative assessment model adapted to the integrated curriculum is preliminarily explored.
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Objective To explore the expression of glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor (GDNF) in rats with spinal cord injury (SCI) after epidermal neural crest stem cells (EPI-NCSCs) transplantation.Method EPI-NCSCs were isolated from GFP transgenic rats for transplantation.The rat SCI model was made by NYU-II impactor (10 g 25 mm) at T10 level.Then 30 SD rats were randomly divided into blank injury group (group A),DMEM transplantation group (group B),and experimental group (group C).The EPI-NCSCs were transplanted into the injured region one week after SCI.In DMEM group,the DMEM/F12 was used to substitute for the EPI-NCSCs.No treatment was done in blank injury group.The locomotor function was appraised by BBB score every week after transplantation.At sixth week after transplantation,GDNF mRNA and protein expression was detected.Result The BBB score in experimental group was significantly higher than the other two groups from two weeks after transplantation (P＜0.05).The expression of GDNF mRNA and protein in experimental group was significantly higher than the other two groups (P＜0.05).There was no significant difference between blank injury group and DMEM transplantation group (P ＞ 0.05).Conclusion The expression of GDNF can be up-regulated by EPI-NCSCs transplantation,which may be one of the mechanisms for EPI-NCSCs repairing SCI.
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Objective To observe the expression of brain-derived neurotrophical factor (BDNF) in injury spinal cord after transplantation olfactory ensheathing cells (OECs), and to investigate the mechanism of OECs repairing spinal cord injury.Methods OECs from GFP transgenic rats were separated and cultured for transplantation. Spinal cord injury rats were separated two groups by random digits table. In experimental group, OECs suspension were transplanted into injured spinal cord following spinal cord injury. In control group, DMEM was transplanted into the injured spinal cord after spinal cord injury. Motor function was evaluated per week after transplantation. The expression levels of BDNF mRNA and protein were detected by using RT-PCR and immunohistochemistry respectively, and compared with those from normal SD rats.Results Motor function of two groups was improved gradually after transplantation. The motor function scores in experimental group was obviously higher than in control group at 21st day after transplantation (P<0.05). A lot of survival GFP OECs distributed around impaired myeloid tissue. At 21st day after transplantation, BDNF mRNA and protein expression in experimental group were strongest (P<0.05), and stronger in control group than in normal group (P<0.05).Conclusion The transplantation of OECs can repair the injured spinal cord by increasing the expression of BDNF mRNA and protein to improve local microenvironment.
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Objective To investigate the inhibition effect of taurine on the apoptosis of isolated pancreatic islet cells insulin secretion,the expression of BCL-xL and BAX induced by streptozotocin.Methods Isolated pancreatic islet cells from Wistar rats of 3 to 5 days were incubated in monolayer in vitro.(NO_2~-/NO_3~-) production,NOS activity,insulin secretion,expression of BCL-xL and BAX,apoptotic rate of islet cells after and DNA fragmentation in pancreatic islet cells after incubation with streptozotocin were measured,and the potential effects of taurine was investigated.Results Streptozotocin induced a significant increase in apoptotic rate of pancreatic islet cells(from(4.0?0.7)% to(40.5?5.7)%),DNA ladder appearance,a decrease of insulin content,up-regulation of the expression of BAX and down-regulation of the expression of BCL-xL(P
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AIM: To investigate the changes of apoptosis in isolated pancreatic islet cells, insulin secretion, expression of Bcl-xL and Bax induced by combination of IL-1?, TNF-? and IFN-?, and effects of taurine on them. METHODS: Isolated pancreatic islet cells from Wistar rat were incubated in monolayer in vitro. NO-2/ NO-3 production, NOS activity, insulin secretion, the protein expression of Bcl-xL and Bax, percentage of islet cell apoptosis and DNA fragmentation in pancreatic islet cells incubated with combination of IL-1?, TNF-? and IFN-? were measured, and the effects of taurine on the changes of them were further investigated. RESULTS: Combination of IL-1?, TNF-? and IFN-? induced a significant increase in percentage of pancreatic islet cell apoptosis, NO-2/ NO-3 production and NOS activity, DNA ladder appearance, a decrease in insulin content, up-regulation in the protein expression of Bax and down-regulation in the protein expression of Bcl-xL (P
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Objective: To investigate the apoptosis of isolated pancreatic islet cells and insulin secretion induced by combination of IL-1?,TNF and IFN-?,and to investigate the mechanism of the change.Methods: Isolated pancreatic islet cells from Wistar rat were incubated in monolayer in vitro.NO production,NOS activity,insulin secretion,the protein expression of bcl-xl and bax,apoptotic rate of islet cells and DNA fragmentation in pancreatic islet cells incubated with combination of IL-1?,TNF and IFN-? were measured.Results: Combination of IL-1?,TNF and IFN-? induced a significant increase in apoptotic percentage of pancreatic islet cells,NO production and NOS activity,as well as DNA ladder appearance,while a decrease in insulin content.Up-regulation of the protein expression of bax and down-regulation of the protein expression of bcl-xl were also induced(P
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Objective:To establish an easier and better primary culture technique suitable to neurons of newborn rat cortical tissure. Methods:Low concentration and shortened time of trypsin digestion and mechanical dissociation were adopted to conduct culture. Results:Under the culture condition in vitro,newborn rat neurons showed similar properties to their counterparts in vivo and typical nerver fiber net was formed. Conclusion:This technique for the primary culture of cortical neurons is an ideal good technique for the general labs.
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Objective To establish a sensitive and accurate gas chromatography-mass spectrometry method for determination of quinolinic acid in rat serum.Methods The objective compound was purified and derivatized to its dihexafluoroisopropyl ester before quantitative determination by scanning method and quantitative determination by SIM method.Results The endogenous substances in serum had no interference on the measurement of quinolinic acid in the sample.Assay linearity was obtained in the range of 0.05-20 ?mol/L with limit of quantitation(LOQ)of 0.05 ?mol/L.The intra-day relative standard deviation(RSD)was lower than 15%.The inter-day relative standard deviation was lower than 12%.Conclusion It is a sensitive,accurate and convenient method.The dihexafluoroisopropyl ester of quinolinic acid is quite stable,but the serum should not be preserved for a long time before derivation.