A new stem bythinine in Cretaceous Burmese amber and early evolution of specialized predatory behaviour in pselaphine rove beetles (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) Zi-Wei Yin, Joseph Parker, Chen-Yang Cai, Di-Ying Huang & Li-Zhen Li To cite this article: Zi-Wei Yin, Joseph Parker, Chen-Yang Cai, Di-Ying Huang & Li-Zhen Li (2017): A new stem bythinine in Cretaceous Burmese amber and early evolution o...

Background. To simplify traditional Chinese medicine syndrome differentiation and allow researchers to master syndrome differentiation for hypertension, this paper retrospectively studied the literature and analyzed syndrome elements corresponding to hypertension syndromes. Methods. Six databases including PubMed, EMBASE, Chinese Bio-Medical Literature Database, Chinese National Knowledge Infra...

A system which consisted of multidimensional liquid chromatography (Yin-yang MDLC) coupled with mass spectrometry was used for the identification of peptides and phosphopeptides. The multidimensional liquid chromatography combines the strong-cation exchange (SCX), strong-anion exchange (SAX), and reverse-phase methods for the separation. Protein digests were first loaded on an SCX column. The f...

1034 Material force moves and flows in all directions and in all manners. Its two elements unite and give rise to the concrete. Thus the multiplicity of things and human beings is produced. In their ceaseless successions the two elements of yin and yang constitute the great principles of the universe. 1 Y in and Yang are fundamental concepts of Chinese philosophy ; 2 complementary yet competing...

Background Yamamoto New Scalp Acupuncture (YNSA) is an acupuncture microsystem used for treating pain and dysfunction. To date, there has not been a large-scale study of the use, acupoint frequency, or location of YNSA in the treatment of various diagnoses of back pain. Objective To determine the location frequency of YNSA Basic and Ypsilon points. Design, Setting, and Patients A retrospective ...

Zhiqiang Yang 1, Minghui Yin 1,*, Yan Xu 2, Zhengyang Zhang 1, Yun Zou 1 and Zhao Yang Dong 2 1 School of Automation, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Nanjing 210094, China; [email protected] (Z.Y.); [email protected] (Z.Z.); [email protected] (Y.Z.) 2 School of Electrical and Information Engineering, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia; [email protected]....

BACKGROUND Osteoporosis is a growing worldwide problem, with the greatest burden resulting from fractures. Nevertheless, the majority of fractures in adults occur in those with "osteopenia" (bone mineral density (BMD) only moderately lower than young normal individuals). Since long-term drug therapy is an expensive option with uncertain consequences and side effects, natural herbal therapy offe...