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Objective To study the incidence rates, clinical charateristics of oral hairy leukoplakia (OHL) and its relation to the immune status in a sample of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) -infected adults in Yunan, China. Methods 1 060 adult patients with HIV from January 2008 to June 2010 were evaluated. The age, gender, education grade, diagnosis time of HIV-infected, route of transmission, xerostomia, oral candidiasis, high active antiretroviral therapy and CD4 lymphocytes counts. The occurrence of OHL was recorded by oral examination. The relationship of CD4 lymphocytes counts and the incidence of OHL were analyzed by statistical methods. Results There were 94 OHL patients in 1 060 HIV patients (8.9%). The average age of the OHL patients was (39.33±10.45) years old. 90% OHL was found on the two lateral aspect of the tongue. The CD4 lymphocytes of 70.2% OHL patients were less than 200 mm"3. Conclusion OHL is a frequent finding in patients with indicates severe immunosuppression and associated with the reduction of CD4 lymphocytes. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Stroke, which is defined as a neurologic deficit caused by sudden impaired blood supply, has been considered as a common cause of death and disability for decades. The World Health Organization has declared that almost every 5 seconds a new stroke occurs, placing immense socioeconomic burdens. However, the effective and available treatment strategies are still limited. Additionally, the most effective therapy, such as thrombolysis and stenting for ischemic stroke, generally requires a narrow therapeutic time window after the event. A large majority of patients cannot be admitted to hospital and receive these effective treatments for reperfusion timely. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) has been frequently applied and investigated in stroke since 1960s. Numerous basic and clinical studies have shown the beneficial efficacy for neurological outcome after stroke, and meanwhile many underlying mechanisms associated with neuroprotection have been illustrated, such as cerebral oxygenation promotion and metabolic improvement, blood-brain barrier protection, anti-inflammation and cerebral edema, intracranial pressure modulation, decreased oxidative-stress and apoptosis, increased vascular and neural regeneration. However, HBOT in human stroke is still not sufficiently evidence-based, due to the insufficient randomized double-blind controlled clinical studies. To date, there are no uniform criteria for the dose and session duration of HBOT in different strokes. Furthermore, the additional effect of HBOT combined with drugs and other treatment strategies are being investigated recently. Therefore, more experimental and clinical research is imperative to identify the mechanisms more clearly and to explore the best protocol of HBOT in stroke treatment., Competing Interests: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.

In the present paper colloidal PbSe nanocrystals were prepared with the particle size of 3.8 and 5.8 nm, and the temperature- dependent optical properties of colloidal PbSe nanocrystals were investigated. The experimental data show that the band gap, photoluminescence peak wavelength, photoluminescence intensity and full width at half-maximum of colloidal PbSe nanocrystals will change with variations in temperature and size at room temperature. The band gap of colloidal PbSe nanocrystals with the particle size of 3.8 nm shifts towards red when the temperature increases. However, the blue shift occurs when the particle size is 5.8 nm. The photoluminescence intensity of colloidal PbSe nanocrystals drops and the full width at half-maximum will increases with the increase in temperature.

Objective: To study the incidence rates, clinical characteristics of oral hairy leukoplakia (OHL) and its relation to the immune status in a sample of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected adults in Yunan, China., Methods: 1 060 adult patients with HIV from January 2008 to June 2010 were evaluated. The age, gender, education grade, diagnosis time of HIV-infected, route of transmission, xerostomia, oral candidiasis, high active antiretroviral therapy and CD4 lymphocytes counts. The occurrence of OHL was recorded by oral examination. The relationship of CD4 lymphocytes counts and the incidence of OHL were analyzed by statistical methods., Results: There were 94 OHL patients in 1 060 HIV patients (8.9%). The average age of the OHL patients was (39.33 +/- 10.45) years old. 90% OHL was found on the two lateral aspect of the tongue. The CD4 lymphocytes of 70.2% OHL patients were less than 200 mm-3., Conclusion: OHL is a frequent finding in patients with indicates severe immunosuppression and associated with the reduction of CD4 lymphocytes.