OBJECTIVES:To investigate the consistency of adverse events (AEs) and adverse drug reactions (ADRs) reported in the literature, monitoring and social media data.METHODS:Using one Chinese patent medicine-Cordyceps sinensis extracts (CSE) as an example, we obtained safety data from the national monitoring system (July 2002 to February 2016), literatu
String-pulling by rodents is a behavior in which animals make rhythmical body, head, and bilateral forearm as well as skilled hand movements to spontaneously reel in a string.Typical analysis includes kinematic assessment of hand movements done by manually annotating frames.Here, we describe a Matlab-based Queen Panel Bed software that allows whole
The paper presents the result of experiments that were designed with the goal of revealing the association between texts published in online environments (Yahoo! Finance, Facebook, and Twitter) and changes in stock prices of the corresponding companies at a micro level.The association between lexicon detected sentiment and stock price movements was
Introduction: Informed consent is an essential component in research involving human participants.However, the informed consent obtained may be incomplete and not fulfill the essential criteria of Informed Consent Forms (ICFs).Although the guidelines for developing ICFs have been clearly spelled out by various research bodies, these guidelines are
Background: Astrocytes regulate neuronal function, synaptic formation and maintenance partly through secreted extracellular vesicles (EVs).In amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) astrocytes display a toxic phenotype that contributes to motor neuron (MN) degeneration.Methods: We used human induced astrocytes (iAstrocytes) from 3 ALS patients carrying