Work-family conflict, work engagement and unsafe behavior among miners in China.

The present study aims to explore the relationship between work-family conflict and unsafe behavior among underground coal miners, testing the mediating role of work engagement in this relationship. A cross-sectional survey was conducted in Shanxi Province, China from June to August 2020. A total of 580 front-line miners were recruited for this study. Structural equation modeling was used to explore the mechanisms of work-family conflict on unsafe behavior. Findings revealed that time-based conflict, strain-based conflict and behavior-based conflict were positively related to unsafe behavior, and work engagement mediated the relationships between work-family conflict and unsafe behavior. Managers should alleviate miners' work-family conflict, providing effective organizational support to improve the miner's work engagement, and thus reduce their unsafe behavior.

Research on the influence of role stressors on unsafe behavior among construction workers in China.

Individuals' unsafe behavior is identified as one of the important reasons leading to construction industry accidents. The purpose of the present study is to explore the mechanism of role stressors' impact on unsafe behavior, the mediating role of psychological strain and the moderating role of empowering leadership among construction workers. The sample used for the analyses in this study includes 600 employees from 10 different construction companies in China. Bootstrap analysis was performed to explore the mediating role of psychology strain, and hierarchical linear regression analysis was performed to explore the moderating role of empowering leadership. The results showed that role stressors were positively related to unsafe behavior; psychology strain mediates the relationship between role stressors and unsafe behavior; and empowering leadership moderates the relationship between psychological strain and unsafe behavior. The findings indicate that empowering leadership can decrease unsafe behavior.

Progress of Chimeric Antigen Receptor Gene Modified-T Cell Immunotherapy for Thoracic Malignancies / 肿瘤防治研究

With a deepened understanding of the pathophysiology and pathogenesis of thoracic malignancies, the treatment has been transited from traditional treatment on the basis of surgery, radiotherapy, and chemotherapy to individualized and precise targeted therapy and immunotherapy. As an antitumor immunotherapy, chimeric antigen receptor gene-modified T (CAR-T) cells have been approved by the FDA for the treatment of hematological malignancies in five CAR-T products. They have also achieved good therapeutic effects in solid tumors. However, significant challenges remain in the clinical application of CAR-T cell immunotherapy in thoracic malignancies. In this review, the latest research progress of CAR-T cell immunotherapy in the treatment of thoracic malignancies were summarized, including the basic characteristics of CAR-T cells, the popular target antigens, and the existing problems and challenges, to provide new ideas and strategies for clinical immunotherapy of thoracic malignancies.

Etiology of bilateral cerebral infarction and influencing factors of short-term clinical outcome / 国际脑血管病杂志

Objective:To investigate the etiology of bilateral cerebral infarction (BCI) and influencing factors of short-term clinical outcome.Methods:Patients with BCI admitted to the Department of Neurology, Xiangyang Central Hospital from January to July 2020 were enrolled retrospectively. According to the Trial of ORG 10172 in Acute Stroke Treatment (TOAST) criteria, the etiological classification was performed, including large artery atherosclerosis (LAA), cardioembolism (CE), small vessel occlusion (SVO), stroke of other determined etiology (SOE), and stroke of undetermined etiology (SUE). According to the location of acute infarction showed on diffusion-weighted imaging, the patients were divided into anterior circulation group, posterior circulation group, and anterior + posterior circulation group. The demographic and baseline data of the three groups were compared. The short-term outcome was assessed by the modified Rankin Scale score at discharge. 0-2 was defined as good outcome, and >2 were defined as poor outcome. The clinical data of the good outcome group and the poor outcome group were compared. Multivariate logistic regression was used to analyze the independent influencing factor of short-term clinical outcome. Results:A total of 72 patients with BCI were enrolled, accounting for 9.4% of all acute cerebral infarction. Their age was 67.89±12.50 years. There were 41 males (56.9%). Twenty-three patient were in the anterior circulation group (32.0%), 25 were in the posterior circulation group (34.7%), and 24 were in the anterior + posterior circulation group (33.3%). The etiological types were SUE in 25 cases (34.7%), CE in 22 cases (30.6%), LAA in 14 cases (19.4%), SOE in 9 cases (12.5%), and SVO in 2 cases (2.8%). CE, SUE and SOE were the main etiologies in the anterior circulation group, and CE was the most common (43.5%). The proportion of CE was significantly higher than that in the posterior circulation group ( P=0.036), and there was no significant difference compared with the anterior + posterior circulation group. LAA, SUE and CE were the main etiologies in the posterior circulation group, and LAA was the most common (48.0%). The proportion of LAA was significantly higher than that in the anterior circulation group ( P<0.001) and the anterior + posterior circulation group ( P=0.002). SUE, CE and SOE were the main etiologies in the anterior + posterior circulation group, and SUE was most common (37.5%). However, there was no significant difference in the proportion of SUE between the anterior + posterior circulation group, the anterior circulation group and the posterior circulation group. Forty patients (55.6%) had poor short-term outcomes. The history of ischemic heart disease, fasting blood glucose, baseline National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) score, large infarction (the largest infarct diameter >5 cm), the number of infarct distribution layers (6.6 mm/layer) and the proportion of LAA in the poor outcome group were significantly higher than those in the good outcome group (all P<0.05). Multivariate logistic analysis showed that higher baseline NIHSS score was an independent risk factor for poor outcome in patients with BCI (odds ratio 1.373, 95% confidence interval 1.014-1.859; P=0.041). Conclusions:BCI is not uncommon. Its main etiologies are SUE, CE and LAA. CE is the most common in the anterior circulation BCI, LAA is the most common in the posterior circulation BCI, and SUE is the most common in the anterior + posterior circulation BCI. The short-term poor outcome rate of BCI is higher, and the higher baseline NIHSS score is an independent risk factor for poor outcome of patients with BCI.

Resistance Monitoring of Four Insecticides and a Description of an Artificial Diet Incorporation Method for Chilo suppressalis (Lepidoptera: Crambidae).

Chilo suppressalis (Walker; Lepidoptera: Crambidae) is one of the most damaging rice pests in China. Insecticides play a major role in its management. We describe how we monitored the resistance of C. suppressalis to four insecticides in seven field populations from Jiangxi, Hubei, and Hunan Provinces, China, in 2014-2016. The topical application method for resistance monitoring was suitable for triazophos, monosultap, and abamectin. The conventional rice seedling dipping method proved ineffective for testing chlorantraniliprole so the new artificial diet incorporation method was substituted. This new method provided more consistent results than the other methods, once baseline toxicity data had been established. All populations had moderate to high resistance to triazophos from 2014 to 2016. Monosultap resistance in two populations increased from low in 2014 to moderate in 2016 and the other five populations showed moderate to high-level resistance throughout. Abamectin resistance in three populations increased from sensitive or low in 2014 to moderate in 2015-2016, and the other populations had moderate to high levels of resistance. Resistance to chlorantraniliprole increased from sensitive or low in 2014 to moderate to high in 2016. These results suggested that resistance management strategies should be developed according to the needs of a specific location. It was suggested that, in these localities, organophosphate insecticides should be prohibited, the application of nereistoxin, macrolide antibiotic, and diamide insecticides should be limited, and other insecticides, including spinetoram and methoxyfenozide, that exhibited no resistance should be used rationally and in rotation to delay resistance development.

Cyclosporine A inhibits inflammation and improves the neurological function in a rat model of cerebral isch-emia reperfusion / 中国神经精神疾病杂志

Objective To explore the neuroprotective effect of cyclosporine A against cerebral ischemia in a rat model of cerebral ischemia reperfusion. Methods Fifty-two adult male SD rats, weighted 250-280 gram, were randomly divided into three groups: the sham group (group A, n=6), PBS control group (group B, n=23) and cyclosporine A group (group C, n=23). Group C received hypodermic injection of cyclosporine A 10mg/kg daily after surgery and group B re?ceived equal volume of PBS instead. Modified Neurological Severity(mNss)scores were used to assess the neurological deficits at 3, 7, 14, 21 and 30 days following cerebral ischemia. The infarct volume were measured 3 days after reperfu?sion. The neurons, reactive microglia and astrocytes around the infract area were detected by immunofluorescence at 3 and 30 days after surgery. Results Modified Neurological Severity scores were significantly lower in group C than group B at the third(P=0.003),seventh (P=0.011),Fourteenth (P=0.000),twenty-first (P=0.003) and thirtieth (P=0.004) days after surgery. cyclosporine A reduced infarct volume, reactive microglia and astrocytes while increased survived neurons (P<0.001) in ischemic penumbra 3 and 30 days after reperfusion (all P<0.001). Conclusion Continuous injection of cyclosporine A not only protects neurons against ischemia damage but also improves neurological functional recovery af?ter acute stage of damage, possibly through reduction of reactive microglia cells and proliferation of astrocytes.

Investigation on Contamination of Drinking Water Reservoir in a Hotel in Wuhan City / 环境与健康杂志

Objective To know the cause for contamination of drinking water in a hotel. Methods Samples were taken from the reservoir 1 h, 14 h, 22 h and 33 h after contamination and the perceptible character, chemical and bacteriological test were done by using the methods in Analytical Methods for Water and Sanitary Standard for Drinking Water Quality(2001). Results The turbidity increased at 14 h after contamination and the highest level reached 3.82 NTU. The residual chlorine in tap water from the reservoir was less than 0.05 mg/L, the total count of bacteria was 940 cfu/ml, the total coliform bacteria was more than 1 600 MPN/100 ml and fecal coliforms was 130 MPN/100 ml. Conclusion The contamination of drinking water in the investigated hotel is caused by drinking water reservoir leakage, so more attention must be paid to the contamination of drinking water reservoir.