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Objective To evaluate the performance of the main indicators in the blood analysis of an occupational health exam ination agency by Sigma verification of performance chart and guide quality improvement.Methods Collected blood testing laboratory internal quality control (IQC) data in October 2016 and 2016 second national external quality assessment (EQA) results of the blood analysis laboratory in the agency.Regarded the accumulated coefficient of variability as the estimation value of imprecision.Used the percentage difference in EQA results as the estimation value of bias (％) of the laboratory.The total allowable error in health industry standard WS/T406-2012 was adopted as the quality specification (％).Sigma verification of performance chart of the main eight projects in the blood analysis were drawn with professional software.Results The sigma value of WBC reached σ≥6 level,as the first-class performance,and the sigma values of HGB in the 4≤σ ＜5 level,test performance was good.The sigma value of Hct,HCV and MCHC all were in the 3≤σ＜4 level,as the critical level,and the sigma values of RBC,platelet and MCH in the 2≤σ＜3 level,as poor performance.Conclusion Sigma verifica tion of performance chart could reflect the level of the laboratory testing performance on different test items of blood count,promote the quality improvement.
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Ginsenoside Rb₁ (Rb₁), which is one of the main ingredients derived from Panax ginseng, has been found to have extensive pharmacological activities including antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, anticancer properties. In this study, the effect of Rb₁ on doxorubicin-induced myocardial autophagy was studied with H9c2 as the study object. CCK-8 method, transmission electron microscope observation, fluorescence staining observation and Western blot were used to detect changes in H9c2 cell proliferation and autophagy after treatment. According to the results, doxorubicin could cause cell viability decrease, significant increase in the LC3-Ⅱ/LC3-I ratio and down-regulation of the expression of p62. Pretreatment with ginsenoside Rb₁ inhibited cell viability decrease and increase in doxorubicin-induced autophagic structure and LC3-Ⅱ/LC3-I ratio, and down-regulation of the expression of p62. In conclusion, doxorubicin could induce H9c2 cell death and induce autophagy, and ginsenoside Rb₁ showed a protective effect on DOX-induced cardiotoxicity, which may be correlated with suppression of DOX-induced autophagy.
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<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To investigate the association between aggressive behaviors and catechol-O-methyltransferase (COMT) single nucleotide polymorphism at position 158 from a valine to a methionine (Val158Met) as well as serotonin (5-HT) transporter gene linked polymorphic region (5-HTTLPR) in children.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>A total of 68 children who were exposed to domestic violence were recruited. The frequencies of genotypes and alleles of COMT Val158Met and 5-HTTLPR were examined by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) techniques. A comparison was conducted between 24 children with high scores of aggressive problems and 44 control children with low scores of aggressive problems according to Child Behavior Checklist (for parents).ResultsThere were no significant differences in genotypes of COMT Val158Met (χ2=1.612, P=0.447) and 5-HTTLPR (χ2=1.807, P=0.405) between the two groups. There were also no significant differences in the frequencies of alleles of COMT Val158Met (χ2=1.648, P=0.119) and 5-HTTLPR(χ2=0.403, P=0.527) in the two groups.</p><p><b>CONCLUSIONS</b>COMT Val158Met and 5-HTTLPR might not be the susceptible genes of children's aggression, suggesting that children's aggressive behaviors might be affected by multivariate factors.</p>