A study on early detection for seven infectious diseases / 中华流行病学杂志

<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To provide methods and alert thresholds which are scientific, sensitive, specific and practical for Early Warning System in Public Health Surveillance.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>Alert data was based on historical infectious diseases reports. Control chart was used to detect outbreaks or epidemics. An epidemic was defined by consulting Specialists. After calculating sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value and describing receiver-operating characteristic curve (ROC), the optimal model and thresholds were chosen.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>At 80 percentile, the sensitivities and the specificities of epidemic haemorragia fever, hepatitis A, dysentery, epidemic cerebrospinal meningitis and malaria were over 90%, and there was a high efficacy of early warning. At 90 percentile, the sensitivities and the specificities of tuberculosis and measles were over 85%, and there was a high efficacy of early warning also.</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>Control chart based on five years was chose as a essential method in early warning system. The alert threshold for epidemic haemorragia fever, hepatitis A, dysentery, epidemic cerebrospinal meningitis and malaria was 80 percentile. The alert threshold for tuberculosis and measles was 90 percentile.</p>

Influence of super high molecular weight poly D,L-lactic acid on viability and new bone formation of osteoblasts / 中华口腔医学杂志

<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To investigate the influence of the viability and new bone formation of osteoblasts by the super high molecular weight poly D,L-lactic acid (SHMW-PDLLA).</p><p><b>METHODS</b>1. The osteoblasts derived from neonatal rat were grown and maintained at steep of SHMW-PDLLA and normal culture medium. The viability and function of the osteoblasts were measured with MTT array. 2. The plate and screws made of SHMW-PDLLA were implanted and fixed at the artificial fractured mandible of dogs. Specimens were gained at 3 and 6 months and examined with macroscopy and SEM.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>1. There is no significant difference of OD values between the experimental group and the control group (P > 0.05). The SHMW-PDLLA isn't toxic to osteoblast at 1 week and 2 weeks, and the toxicity is 3% at 3 days. 2. There were a lot of new bone formed between the implanted SHMW-PDLLA plate and bone tissues under SEM.</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>SHMW-PDLLA hasn't pathological influence on the viability and new bone formation of osteoblasts and it is feasible in tissue engineering of bone.</p>