1. The Polish Version of the Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder Questionnaire-Parents Report (ARFID-Q-PR) and the Nine Items Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder Screen-Parents Report (NIAS-PR): Maternal Perspective
Jarosław Ocalewski, Hana Zickgraf, Anna Brytek-Matera, Beata Ziółkowska Nutrients . 2022 Aug 2;14(15):3175. doi: 10.3390/nu14153175.
The aim of the present study was to develop and validate the Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder Questionnaire-Parents Report (ARFID-Q-PR), a new tool to diagnose ARFID, based on a report submitted by Polish mothers of children aged 2 to 10 years. In total, 167 mothers of boys and girls aged 2 to 10 participated in the study. We used the ARFID-Q-PR and the Nine Items Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder Screen-Parents Report (NIAS-PR). In addition, all mothers were asked to provide information on age, sex, height and weight, chronic somatic diseases, neurodevelopmental and mental disorders as well as intellectual disability of their children. Results of the reliability analysis demonstrated that the ARFID-Q-PR had adequate internal consistency (Cronbach's alpha of 0.84). The stability of the ARFID-Q-PR factorial structure was confirmed. It is composed of three subscales: (1) attitudes to food; (2) justification for restrictions; (3) somatic symptoms. Our findings demonstrated that the ARFID-Q-PR total score was positively associated with the NIAS-PR total score. In addition, children with developmental and mental disorders substantially demonstrated more ARFID symptoms than did the children in the general population. The Polish version ARFID-Q-PR can be used to recognize the ARFID symptoms in young children by the main feeder in the family-mother or father.
2. High-repetition-rate kHz electro-optically Q-switched Ho, Pr: YLF 2.9 µm bulk laser
Bingnan Shi, Jianxu Hu, Jingliang He, Haiping Xia, Kejian Yang, Hongkun Nie, Baitao Zhang Opt Express . 2018 Dec 24;26(26):33671-33677. doi: 10.1364/OE.26.033671.
In this study, we operated a novel bulk laser: a dual-end-pumped electro-optically (EO) Q-switched Ho, Pr:YLF laser at 2945.9 nm with a repetition rate of kHz level. The shortest pulse duration of 25.2 ns was obtained at the repetition rate of 500 Hz, corresponding to a single pulse energy of 0.4 mJ and a peak power of 15.9 kW. A maximum output power of 268 mW was delivered at the repetition rate of 1.5 kHz. The beam quality factors of the EO Q-switched Ho, Pr:YLF laser at the maximum output power were Mx2= 1.50 and My2= 1.54 in x- and y- directions, respectively. The long-term output power instability was measured to be ± 1.5% (RMS) within five hours. The achieved results indicated the promising potential of Ho, Pr: YLF crystals for high repetition rate Q-switched mid-infrared laser pulse generation very well.
3. Qualitative and quantitative analysis of the chemical profile for Gualou-Xiebai-Banxia decoction, a classical traditional Chinese medicine formula for the treatment of coronary heart disease, by UPLC-Q/TOF-MS combined with chemometric analysis
Zhihong Yao, Zifei Qin, Xinsheng Yao, Han Jiang, Weihui Lv, Pei Lin, Taohua Lan, Qi Wang, Yuehe Liu J Pharm Biomed Anal . 2021 Apr 15;197:113950. doi: 10.1016/j.jpba.2021.113950.
Gualou-Xiebai-Banxia decoction (GXB) is one of the famous classical traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) formula for the treatment of chest stuffiness and pains syndrome in Chinese medicine, i.e., coronary heart disease (CHD) in modern medicine. Being compared with Gualou-Xiebai Baijiu-decoction which only consists of Trichosanthis Pericarpium (TP), Allii Macrostemonis Bulbus (AMB) and wine, GXB is composed of another one additional herbal medicine, Pinellinae Rhizoma Praeparatum (PRP), and is more suitable to treat severe atherosclerosis and dyslipidemia. However, the comprehensive chemical composition of GXB is still unclear, which has seriously hindered the discovery of its effective components for improving the clinical symptoms of CHD. The present study aimed to investigate the overall chemical profile of GXB qualitatively and quantitatively by ultra-performance liquid chromatography coupled with quadrupole time-of-flight mass spectrometry (UPLC-Q/TOF-MS), and further explore the chemical contribution of PRP to this formula combined with chemometric approach. First, a total of 151 components, including steroidal saponins, flavonoids, triterpenoids, nitrogenous and other types components, were detected and characterized by UPLC-Q/TOF-MS in GXB. Then, flavonoids and nitrogenous could be qualitatively observed enrichment in GXB compared to those in GXB-dePRP (GXB deducted PRP in the formula). Furthermore, 19 characteristic components were selected for quantitative comparison between GXB and GXB-dePRP by UPLC-MS/MS combined with chemometric method. These findings indicated that steroidal saponins were the most abundant components in GXB, while the introduction of PRP could not only enrich the structural types of chemical compounds in this formula, but also increase the abundance of active components from other composed herbal medicines, TP and AMB. Taken together, this study developed and validated sensitive and practical methods for qualitative and quantitative analysis of GXB, and clarified the chemical contribution of PRP to this formula. These results laid a solid chemical foundation for further in vivo disposal investigation to screen out the potential effective components as well as therapeutic mechanism research of GXB.
