To explore the effects of bandage technology and pressure therapy in breast cancer with lymphedema.Methods A total of 91 patients,with breast cancer-related lymphedema and hospitalized in a third-class hospital in Jia...To explore the effects of bandage technology and pressure therapy in breast cancer with lymphedema.Methods A total of 91 patients,with breast cancer-related lymphedema and hospitalized in a third-class hospital in Jiangsu Province from May to December,2018,were selected and sequenced in class“ABC”in the order of entry.The patients in class“A”were enrolled in“8”shaped bandaging group.The patients in class“B”were enrolled in“5”spiral bandaging group.The patients in class“C”were enrolled in combined bandage group.The primary outcome was the degree of limb swelling used by multiple-frequency bioelectrical impedance analysis.Secondary outcomes were the amount of bandage losses,counting 24-hour bandage loose occurrences and patients satisfaction.All outcomes were evaluated both before and after treatment.Results After treatment,there was a significant difference in the regression of limb swelling in all three groups(P<0.05).However,the largest amplitude of regression was observed in combined bandage group(limb circumference ratio:53%and tissue water ratio:68%).Although“8”bandaging group had large material,bandage cost and minimum comfort,the bandage has good stability and no case of 24-hour bandage loose occurrences was found in this group.The“5”partial binding group had an advantage in the amount of bandage losses and comfort level,but among which 3 patients had the phenomenon of loose bandage at the joint.The combined bandage group had the best therapeutic effect in limb swelling and patients satisfaction(P<0.05).Conclusion The combined bandage group significantly decreased the degree of limb swelling and 24-hour bandage loose occurrences.Importantly,this treatment improved the degree of patients’satisfaction.The treatment of“8”shaped bandaging combined with spiral bandaging is worthy of clinical promotion.展开更多
Purpose: We propose and apply a simplified nowcasting model to understand the correlations between social attention and topic trends of scientific publications. Design/methodology/approach: First, topics are generat...Purpose: We propose and apply a simplified nowcasting model to understand the correlations between social attention and topic trends of scientific publications. Design/methodology/approach: First, topics are generated from the obesity corpus by using the latent Dirichlet allocation (LDA) algorithm and time series of keyword search trends in Google Trends are obtained. We then establish the structural time series model using data from January 2004 to December 2012, and evaluate the model using data from January 2013. We employ a state-space model to separate different non-regression components in an observational time series (i.e. the tendency and the seasonality) and apply the "spike and slab prior" and stepwise regression to analyze the correlations between the regression component and the social media attention. The two parts are combined using Markov-chain Monte Carlo sampling techniques to obtain our results. Findings: The results of our study show that (1) the number of publications on child obesity increases at a lower rate than that of diabetes publications; (2) the number of publication on a given topic may exhibit a relationship with the season or time of year; and (3) there exists a correlation between the number of publications on a given topic and its social media attention, i.e. the search frequency related to that topic as identified by Google Trends. We found that our model is also able to predict the number of publications related to a given topic.展开更多
Secondary tropical forests sequester atmospheric CO 2 at relatively faster rates in vegetation and in soil than old-growth primary forests.Spatial understanding of biomass and carbon stocks in different plant function...Secondary tropical forests sequester atmospheric CO 2 at relatively faster rates in vegetation and in soil than old-growth primary forests.Spatial understanding of biomass and carbon stocks in different plant functional types of these forests is important.Structure,diversity,composition,soil features and carbon stocks in six distinct plant functional types,namely:Moist Mixed-Deciduous Forest,Peninsular Sal Forest(PSF),Semi-Evergreen Forest(SEF),Planted Teak Forest,Bamboo Brakes(BB),and Degraded Thorny Shrubby Forest were quantified as secondary tropical deciduous forests of the Chandaka Wildlife Sanctuary,Eastern Ghats of Odisha,India.Seventy-one species≥10 cm Girth at breast height(GBH)were recorded,belonging to 38 families and 65 genera.Above-ground biomass carbon and soil organic carbon ranged from 2.1–72.7 Mg C ha^(−1) and 20.6–67.1 Mg C ha^(−1),respectively,among all plant functional types.Soil organic carbon and important value index were positively correlated with above-ground biomass carbon.Maximum carbon allocation was in SOC pool(51–91%),followed by the above-ground biomass pool(9–52%),indicating SOC is one of the major carbon sinks in secondary dry forests.The results highlight the importance of secondary tropical deciduous forests in biodiversity conservation and ecological importance in reducing greenhouse gases.展开更多
基金Project of National Clinical Research Base of Traditional Chinese Medicine in Jiangsu Province,China(Jiangsu Province Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine),Grant Number:JD2019SZXZD05The Third Open Subject of the Superiority of Nursing in Nanjing University of Traditional Chinese Medicine,Grant Number:2019YSHL127.
文摘To explore the effects of bandage technology and pressure therapy in breast cancer with lymphedema.Methods A total of 91 patients,with breast cancer-related lymphedema and hospitalized in a third-class hospital in Jiangsu Province from May to December,2018,were selected and sequenced in class“ABC”in the order of entry.The patients in class“A”were enrolled in“8”shaped bandaging group.The patients in class“B”were enrolled in“5”spiral bandaging group.The patients in class“C”were enrolled in combined bandage group.The primary outcome was the degree of limb swelling used by multiple-frequency bioelectrical impedance analysis.Secondary outcomes were the amount of bandage losses,counting 24-hour bandage loose occurrences and patients satisfaction.All outcomes were evaluated both before and after treatment.Results After treatment,there was a significant difference in the regression of limb swelling in all three groups(P<0.05).However,the largest amplitude of regression was observed in combined bandage group(limb circumference ratio:53%and tissue water ratio:68%).Although“8”bandaging group had large material,bandage cost and minimum comfort,the bandage has good stability and no case of 24-hour bandage loose occurrences was found in this group.The“5”partial binding group had an advantage in the amount of bandage losses and comfort level,but among which 3 patients had the phenomenon of loose bandage at the joint.The combined bandage group had the best therapeutic effect in limb swelling and patients satisfaction(P<0.05).Conclusion The combined bandage group significantly decreased the degree of limb swelling and 24-hour bandage loose occurrences.Importantly,this treatment improved the degree of patients’satisfaction.The treatment of“8”shaped bandaging combined with spiral bandaging is worthy of clinical promotion.
基金supported by the National Research Foundation of Korea Grant funded by the Korean Government (NRF-2012-2012S1A3A2033291)the Yonsei University Future-leading Research Initiative of 2014
文摘Purpose: We propose and apply a simplified nowcasting model to understand the correlations between social attention and topic trends of scientific publications. Design/methodology/approach: First, topics are generated from the obesity corpus by using the latent Dirichlet allocation (LDA) algorithm and time series of keyword search trends in Google Trends are obtained. We then establish the structural time series model using data from January 2004 to December 2012, and evaluate the model using data from January 2013. We employ a state-space model to separate different non-regression components in an observational time series (i.e. the tendency and the seasonality) and apply the "spike and slab prior" and stepwise regression to analyze the correlations between the regression component and the social media attention. The two parts are combined using Markov-chain Monte Carlo sampling techniques to obtain our results. Findings: The results of our study show that (1) the number of publications on child obesity increases at a lower rate than that of diabetes publications; (2) the number of publication on a given topic may exhibit a relationship with the season or time of year; and (3) there exists a correlation between the number of publications on a given topic and its social media attention, i.e. the search frequency related to that topic as identified by Google Trends. We found that our model is also able to predict the number of publications related to a given topic.
基金funded by Principal Chief Conservator of Forest,Bhubaneswar,Government of Odisha for the year 2015-2017.
文摘Secondary tropical forests sequester atmospheric CO 2 at relatively faster rates in vegetation and in soil than old-growth primary forests.Spatial understanding of biomass and carbon stocks in different plant functional types of these forests is important.Structure,diversity,composition,soil features and carbon stocks in six distinct plant functional types,namely:Moist Mixed-Deciduous Forest,Peninsular Sal Forest(PSF),Semi-Evergreen Forest(SEF),Planted Teak Forest,Bamboo Brakes(BB),and Degraded Thorny Shrubby Forest were quantified as secondary tropical deciduous forests of the Chandaka Wildlife Sanctuary,Eastern Ghats of Odisha,India.Seventy-one species≥10 cm Girth at breast height(GBH)were recorded,belonging to 38 families and 65 genera.Above-ground biomass carbon and soil organic carbon ranged from 2.1–72.7 Mg C ha^(−1) and 20.6–67.1 Mg C ha^(−1),respectively,among all plant functional types.Soil organic carbon and important value index were positively correlated with above-ground biomass carbon.Maximum carbon allocation was in SOC pool(51–91%),followed by the above-ground biomass pool(9–52%),indicating SOC is one of the major carbon sinks in secondary dry forests.The results highlight the importance of secondary tropical deciduous forests in biodiversity conservation and ecological importance in reducing greenhouse gases.