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In this study, the potential of C38 and Si19Ge19 as anode electrodes of Li-ion, Na-ion and K-ion batteries via density functional theory was investigated. Obtained results showed that Si19Ge19 as anode electrode in metal-ion batteries has higher potential than C38 ca 0.18 V. Calculated results illustrated that K-ion battery has higher cell voltage and higher performance than Li-ion and Na-ion batteries ca 0.15 and 0.31 V, respectively. Results showed that halogen adoption increased the cell voltage of studied metal-ion batteries ca 1.5-2.2 V. Results show that, Vcell values of studied metal-ion batteries in water are higher than gas phase ca 0.46 V. Finally it can be concluded that F-doped Si18Ge19 as anode electrode in K-ion battery has the highest performance and it can be proposed as novel metal-ion batteries with high performance.
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Objective To investigate the expression of interleukin-6(IL-6),high mobility group protein B1 (HMGB1)and Survivin in patients with gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GISTs)and the relationship between them.Methods 43 patients with GISTs and 30 healthy controls from Jan.2009 to Dec.2012 in Nanchong Central Hospital was enrolled.Expressions of IL-6,HMGB1 and Survivin in serum were assessed with enzyme linked immunosorbent assay(ELISA) and the correlation among IL-6,HMGB1 and Survivin was analyzed.Results The serum levels of IL-6,HMGB1 and Survivin in patients with GISTs((0.61 ±0.05)ng/ml,(3.54 ±0.74) ng/ml,(0.15 ± 0.04)ng/ml,respectively)were higher those that in the healthy controls((0.32 ± 0.03)ng/ml,(1.81 ± 0.06)ng/ml,(0.07 ±0.02)ng/ml,respectively).Among the 43 GISTs,the expressions of IL-6,HMGB1 and Survivin in benign,potentially malignant and malignant group increased gradually.The expressions of IL-6 in each group were (0.55 ± 0.02) ng/ml,(0.59 ± 0.02) ng/ml,(0.64 ± 0.03) ng/ml,respectively,The expressions of HMGB1 in each group were (2.82 ± 0.55) ng/ml,(3.46 ± 0.16) ng/ml,(4.00 ± 0.61) ng/ml,respectively.The expressions of Survivin in each group were (0.10 ± 0.01) ng/ml,(0.15 ± 0.02) ng/ml,(0.18 ± 0.03) ng/ml,respectively.Expressions of IL-6 and HMGB1,IL-6 and Survivin,and HMGB1 and Survivin were positively correlated(r =0.699,P ＜0.05;r =0.774,P ＜0.05;r =0.595,P ＜0.05,respectively).Conclusion The high expression of IL-6,HMGB1 and Survivin may together contribute to the malignancy,invasion and metastasis of GIST.Detection of these three markers may be useful in judging the malignancy degree and predicting the prognosis of GIST.
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Objective:To evaluate the clinical efficacy of maintenance chemotherapy for patients who had local advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) and was responsive to primary radiotherapy and chemotherapy. Methods:One hundred and twenty patients with stage ⅢA or ⅢB NSCLC received 4 cycles of chemotherapy combined with radiotherapy. The 63 patients who achieved certain remission were randomly divided into maintenance chemotherapy group(n=33) and control group(n=30). The patients in maintenance chemotherapy group (treatment group) received vinorelbine (20 mg/m2, d 1 and d 8, per 28 d a cycle) and those in control group were not given maintenance chemotherapy. The clinical efficacy, survival rate and adverse reaction of the two groups were evaluated. Results:There are a longer median time to progression(TTP) in treatment group compared with control group (8.5 month vs 5.0 month, P0.05). Conclusion:Maintenance vinorelbine-based chemotherapy prolonged the median time to progression but had no effect on survival time in patients with local advanced NSCLC who responded to induction chemotherapy.
