The effects of 9 precipitation events in Suzhou City Anhui Province, China, on the air quality index (AQI), PM2.5, and dry deposition flux PCDD/Fs (polydibenzo-p-dioxins polydibenzofurans) were investigated. A total 7 positive contributes to reduction AQI; among them, AQI between 23 216, with an average 75, PM2.5 concentrations 5.0 169 µg m–3, 25 while total- PCDD/F-TEQ ranged from 149 1034 pg ...

BACKGROUND Climate change may lead to more severe and extreme heat waves in the future, but its potential impact on sudden infant death-a leading cause of infant mortality-is unclear. OBJECTIVES We sought to determine whether risk of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) is elevated during hot weather. METHODS We undertook a case-crossover analysis of all sudden infant deaths during warm peri...

Objective(s): To investigate the effects of paeoniflorin (PEF) on the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis feedback function of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). cSingle-prolonged stress (SPS) was used to establish a PTSD-like rat model. The contents of plasma corticosterone (CORT), adrenocorticotropin hormone (ACTH) and cortic...

Calorie restriction (CR) and alternate-day fasting (ADF) reduce cancer risk and reduce cell proliferation rates. Whether modified ADF regimens (i.e., allowing a portion of energy needs to be consumed on the fast day) work, as well as true ADF or CR to reduce global cell proliferation rates, remains unresolved. Here, we measured the effects of true ADF, modified ADF, and daily CR on cell prolife...

Most solid cancers spread to new sites via the lymphatics before hematogenous dissemination. However, only a small fraction of an intravenously administered anti-cancer drug enters the lymphatic system to reach metastatic lymph nodes (LN). Here, we show that the enhanced permeability and retention (EPR) effect is not induced during the early stages of LN metastasis. Luciferase-expressing tumor ...

BACKGROUND Prior studies of hospitalist services have suggested improved efficiency and quality of care compared with traditional inpatient services. OBJECTIVES To compare outcomes of patients on a new hospitalist service with those on traditional inpatient services and to determine the impact of hospitalists on particular patient subgroups. STUDY DESIGN Prospective, quasiexperimental, obse...

Introduction: Diabetic endothelial dysfunction is accompanied by increased oxidative stress and upregulated proinflammatory inflammatory mediators in the vasculature. Activation of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-alpha (PPAR-α) results antioxidant anti-inflammatory effects. Aim this study to investigate effect fenofibrate, a PPAR-α activator, on stress, inflammation its anti-oxidant ...