Two new species, Pselaphodes linae Yin & Li, sp. n. (Hainan, Fujian) and Pselaphodes shii Yin & Li, sp. n. (Hainan) are described from South China. Taiwanophodes minor Hlaváč is reported from outside Taiwan for the first time. Illustrations of major diagnostic features are provided for all treated taxa. The latest key to Chinese Pselaphodes is modified to include the new species.

OBJECTIVE To investigate the effects of Yinchen Shufu Decoction on hepatocyte apoptosis and the expression of its apoptosis-regulating gene Bcl-2 and Bax in Yin-jaundice rats. METHODS Forty-eight rats were divided randomly into 4 groups: the normal control group, Yin-jaundice model group, Yang-jaundice model group, Yinchen Shufu Decoction treatment group. The TUNEL assay and the immunohistoch...

BACKGROUND Development of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) syndrome-specific outcome measures is needed for the evaluation of TCM syndrome-specific therapies. We constructed a Kidney Deficiency Syndrome Questionnaire (KDSQ) for the evaluation of the common TCM syndromes Kidney-Yin Deficiency Syndrome (KDS-Yin) and Kidney-Yang Deficiency Syndrome (KDS-Yang) in middle-aged women with menopausal...

Dejun Yin 1, Nan Sun 1, Danfeng Shan 1 and Jia-Sheng Hu 2,* 1 School of Mechanical Engineering, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Nanjing 210094, China; [email protected] (D.Y.); [email protected] (N.S.); [email protected] (D.S.) 2 Department of Greenergy, National University of Tainan, No. 33, Section 2, Shu-Lin Street, Tainan 700, Taiwan * Correspondence: [email protected]; Te...

1Department of Paediatrics, Khoo Teck Puat-University Children’s Medical Institute, National University Hospital, Singapore Address for Correspondence: Dr Loke Kah Yin, Department of Paediatrics, Khoo Teck Puat-University Children’s Medical Institute, National University Hospital, 5 Lower Kent Ridge road, Singapore 119074. Email: [email protected] Early Infl uences in Childhood Obesity—K...