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Objective@#To understand literacy development of school-aged children of grade 2-5 and its influencing factors in Guangzhou,and to provide a reference for the reform of the teaching of Chinese subject.@*Methods@#By using cluster sampling method, 1 661 school-age children from grade 2 to grade 5 from 5 primary schools in Guangzhou were selected. The self-designed questionnaire was used to obtain demographic data of the participants. The Primary School Literacy Assessment Scale and the Pupil Rating Scale Revised Screening for Learning Disabilities was used to evaluate the literacy and the cognitive characteristics of participants.@*Results@#The average literacy of children of grade 2 to grade 5 in Guangzhou was as follows: grade 2 was (1 159±295), grade 3 was (1 919±394), grade 4 was (2 599±365), grade 5 was (2 947±303), higher than the norm(P<0.01). The average literacy of grade 2 students was lower than the national curriculum requirements while students of grade 3 to grade 5 met the requirements. Univariate analysis found differences in literacy among school-age children based on gender, reading experience before age 6, and parental education background (P<0.01). Multiple linear regression analysis revealed that grade (β=607.04), preschool reading experience (β=109.89), father’s education (β=27.14), language factor (β=27.21), social behavior (β=16.03) was positively correlated with literacy in boys (P<0.05). Grade (β=603.53), auditory comprehension and memory (β=29.39), language factor (β=16.74) was positively correlated with the literacy of girls (P<0.05), while time and orientation judgments were negatively correlated with the literacy of both boys (β=-18.95) and girls (β=-21.93) (P<0.05).@*Conclusion@#The literacy level of school-age children in grade 2 to 5 in Guangzhou has reached the national literacy requirements with students in grade 2 being relatively lower. Literacy is related to grade, preschool reading experience, father’s education, and child’s cognitive characteristics. Factors affecting literacy in boys and girls are different. Literacy education should vary according to gender.
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Objective To explore the value of ultrasound in diagnosis and classification of pilomatricoma.Methods Ultrasonic features of 63 cases with pilomatricoma confirmed by operation and pathology were analyzed and summarized retrospectively.Results According to if there was calcification in the tumor,pilomatricoma cases were classified into two groups(calcific group and non-calcific group).In addition,there were three subgroups in the calcific group based on the size and disposition of calcification:subgroup Ⅰ,completely echogenic mass with strong posterior acoustic shadowing in the subcutaneous layer (n=17,26.98%);subgroupⅡ,hypoechoic nodules with tiny calcification diffused distributed(n=15,23.80%);subgroup Ⅲ,hypoechoic nodules with large calcification(n=8,12.70%).Twenty-three cases (36.51%)were distributed into non-calcific group.Conclusions Ultrasonography is valuable for diagnosis and differential diagnosis of pilomatricoma,and it is an essential examination method for the tumor before operation.
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Objective To evaluate the value of high-frequency ultrasound and X-ray barium meal examination in diagnosis and typing diagnosis of congenital hypertrophic pyloric stenosis(CHPS).Methods High-frequency ultrasound and X-ray barium meal examination were made in newborns with present symptom of vomiting,and comparison was made between the two examine methods.Retrospective analysis was made in 29 cases confirmed by surgical operation.Control normal group included twenty healthy newborns.Results In 29 CHPS cases,the diagnostic accordance rate of ultrasound was 1 00%.And the diagnostic accordance rate of X-ray barium meal examination was 93.1%(27/29).In all those CHPS cases,the length of pyloric canal were≥18 mm,the diameter of pyloric canal were≥14 mm,the wall thickness of pyloric canal were≥4 mm,the stenosis inside diameter were≤6 mm by ultrasound;in X-ray barium meal examination,the length of pyloric canal were≥20 mm,the inside diameter were≥7 mm,and there was significant difference in comparison with control group(P＜0.01).The CHPS was classified into two groups as mild stenosis and severe stenosis according to the inside diameter and the wall thickness of pyloric canal.The mild type showed the wall thickness was＞4 mm and≤6 mm,the inside diameter was＞3 mm;The severe type showed the wall thickness was＞6 mm,the inside diameter was≤3 mm or obliterate.Conclusions High-frequency ultrasound has significant clinical application value in diagnosis and subtype diagnosis of CHPS,it is an easy,reliable and safe examination method.
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Objective: To study the inhibitory effect of retrovirus-mediated antisense human telomerase RNA (hTR) gene on hepatocelluar carcinoma, so as to explore an effective way to inhibit telomrerase activity in the treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma. Methods: Sense and antisense hTR gene were transfected into the packaging cell line PT67 by electroporation, and the stablely transfected cells were selected with G418. The recombinant retroviral supernatant was collected and transfected into HepG2 cells. After G418 selection, PCR was used to verify the integration of the hTR gene. Cell growth curves were drawn using MTT assay and the expression of PCNA was determined by immunofluorescence. TRAP-PCR-ELISA was adopted to detect the telomerase activity; cell cycle and apoptosis were evaluated by flow cytometry (FCM).Results: The expression of hTR gene could be amplified in HepG2-hTR-EcoRⅠ and HepG2-hTR-BamHⅠ cells, but not in untransfected HepG2 cells. The antisense hTR complementary to the template region of telomerase inhibited growth and proliferation of HepG2 cells. The expression of neutrophil proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA) was decreased. Telomerase activity in the antisense hTR-treated group was (2.31?0.16),which was significantly lower than those of the other 2 groups(P