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1) d’Arsonval, J. A. (1896). “Dispotifs pour la mesure des courants alternatifs de toutes fréquences.” Comptes rendus des séances et mémoires de la Société de biologie et de ses filiales et associés: 450-451.

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1. Create a community that designs the core technology for a safe, highly functional, inexpensive, efficacious noninvasive transcranial magnetic stimulator (TMS) device for stimulating the central nervous system.

2. Facilitate experimentation and exchange of ideas, on the topic of modulation of brain function in a variety of people and contexts, so that we can learn more about the neural circuits mediating our subjective experiences, and improve mental functions (aka hacking your brain).

Another question that came to my mind about (r)TMS was whether you need to be a physician (MD) in the Netherlands to apply (r)TMS.  You need to be a physician to apply electroconvulsive therapy (dutch). But does (r)TMS belong to that category? And how about Magnetic Seizure Therapy?

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*) Evernote to store extracts from webpages with the accompanying link. Before using Evernote I used Google Notebook.  But since there are rumours that Google stops supporting Notebook I switched to Evernote. I must say that I liked Notebook better. One of the reasons for that is that I also use Google Reader. I also would like to have the opportunity to work offline, but I did not yet find a solution for that. 

*) Google Reader to read my RSS-feeds. Not so long ago I had over a thousand RSS-feeds but I removed them all and started all over again. Nowadays I have approx. 25 feeds I read. I also created RSS-feeds for Pubmed for deep brain stimulation and transcranial magnetic stimulation.  Below you can find a video about creating a RSS-feed for a pubmed search term. 

*) Twitter to obtain information before it is even published on one of the weblogs. Since google reader does not yet(?) support some kind of alert if a new message arrives, Twitter gives me alert if something new is posted. But I am not yet a fervent Twitterer. 

*) I almost never use the favorites of my browser. Google Chrome automatically remembers the websites I visit the most. For other websites I just type the URL or I use google to find the url. 

*) I installed Wordpress on my Asus EEEPC with linux. I also installed a webserver with mysql. This allows me to take notes during discussions in places where no (wireless) internet is available. These spots still exist in the Netherlands. 

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*) Pubmed redirect. First of all I redirect all pubmed pages (ncbi.nlm.nih.gov) to the pubmed page (ncbi.nlm.nih.gov.proxy.library.uu.nl) of my university
*) Automatically open UBU link. If the pubmed page consists of a direct (UBU) link this script automatically opens the link to the pages of for instance a journal.
*) Resize window. For some reason I do not know a library page opens in a small windows. This scripts makes sure that the window resizes to the full screen.
*) Automatically open PDF.  If the pubmed page consists of links to pdf’s then this script automatically opens the pdf.
*) Redirect Springerlink. This is a redirect script for Springer pages.

You can find the scripts below. Any questions? Let me know.

—– Pubmed redirect ———————————————

// ==UserScript==
// @name           Redirect Pubmed
// @namespace      Redirect Pubmed
// @description    Redirect Pubmed
// @include        http://*ncbi.nlm.nih.gov*/*
// ==/UserScript==

//alert(document.location.href);
var str =  document.location.href; // get the hyperlink of the current page and store it in the variable str
var matchpos = str.search(/proxy.library.uu.nl/); // see if proxy.library.uu.nl occurs in the variable str 
var rep =   “ncbi.nlm.nih.gov.proxy.library.uu.nl”;  // store new hyperlink in variable rep
if (matchpos ==-1){ // if str does not contain proxy.library.uu.nl then substitute links
str = str.replace(/ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/g, rep); // substitute ncbi.nlm.nih.gov with variable rep
document.location.href= str;
}

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—– Automatically open UBU Link —————————-
// ==UserScript==
// @name           Automatically open UBU Link
// @namespace      NLM.NIH.GOV.PROXY.LIBRARY.UU.NL
// @include        http://*ncbi.nlm.nih.gov.proxy.library.uu.nl*
// ==/UserScript==

// an UBU link is characterized by one of the following links: sfx.library.uu.nl, pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender or ncbi.nlm.nih.gov.proxy.library.uu.nl/entrez/utils/fref.fcgi?PrId

var links = document.getElementsByTagName(’a'); // get all hyperlinks and store them in variable links
for(var i = 0; i < links.length; i++) { // loop through the hyperlinks in variable links

var url = links[i].href; // store array variable in url
var matchpos = url.search(/sfx.library.uu.nl/) // see if sfx.library.uu.nl occurs in the variable url
if (matchpos !=-1){ // if url contains sfx.library.uu.nl open url in new tab
GM_openInTab(url);

}
var matchpos1 = url.search(/pubmedcentral.nih.gov\/articlerender/); // see if pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender occurs in the variable url
if (matchpos1 !=-1){ // if url contains pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender open url in new tab
document.location = url;

}
var matchpos2 = url.search(/ncbi.nlm.nih.gov.proxy.library.uu.nl\/entrez\/utils\/fref.fcgi\?PrId/); // see if ncbi.nlm.nih.gov.proxy.library.uu.nl/entrez/utils/fref.fcgi?PrId occurs in the variable url
if (matchpos2 !=-1){ // if url contains ncbi.nlm.nih.gov.proxy.library.uu.nl/entrez/utils/fref.fcgi?PrId open url in new tab
GM_openInTab(url);

}

}
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—– Resize window —————— —————————-

// ==UserScript==
// @name           Library
// @namespace      Sfx.library.uu.nl
// @include        http://sfx.library.uu.nl.proxy.library.uu.nl*
// ==/UserScript==

self.resizeTo(screen.availWidth,screen.availHeight);

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———Automatically open PDF ——————————-

// ==UserScript==
// @name           Automatically open PDF
// @namespace      Pubmedcentral
// @include        http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov.proxy.library.uu.nl/articlerender.fcgi?tool=pubmed&pubmedid=*
// ==/UserScript==

// if a hyperlink on a http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov.proxy.library.uu.nl/articlerender.fcgi?tool=pubmed&pubmedid=* page contains blobtype=pdf then it refers to a pdf. So this scripts looks for such hyperlinks and opens them if it occurs.

var found = 0;
var links = document.getElementsByTagName(’a'); // get all hyperlinks and store them in variable links
for(var i = 0; i < links.length; i++) { // loop through the hyperlinks in variable links

var url = links[i].href;
var matchpos = url.search(/blobtype\=pdf/);  // see if blobtype=pdf occurs in the variable url

if (matchpos !=-1 && found==0){  // if url contains blobtype=pdf open url in new window
window.location = url;
//alert(url);
found = 1; // to prevent opening more than one window the variable found is set to 1

}

}

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———Redirect Springerlink ————————————

// ==UserScript==
// @name           Redirect Springerlink
// @namespace      Pubmedcentral
// @include        http://www.springerlink.com/*
// ==/UserScript==

var str =  document.location.href;
var matchpos = str.search(/proxy.library.uu.nl/);
var rep =   “www.springerlink.com.proxy.library.uu.nl”;
if (matchpos ==-1){
str = str.replace(/www.springerlink.com/g, rep);
document.location.href= str;
}

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*) I start using Endnote. I use the online search option in Endnote to find articles about for instance transcranial magnetic stimulation. The interesting ones I add to my Endnote library. I can use them later to create references in Word.

*) Next I export my references to a text file. This text file is imported in an Access database. I created this database especially for this research. I for instance want to know the last time I opened a pdf. I also want to store quotes from the original article together with the meta information.

*) I use Adobe Pro to annnotate the pdfs. You can highlight or underline text with Abobe Pro.The underlined or highlighted text can then be copied into my Access database. I do not have to retype all the text.

*) Another thing that annoyed me was the many mouse clicks I needed to arrive at the pdf. First I click on the link in my database. Then at home I have to login to the library. Then the Pubmed page opens and I have to click the logo of the journal (if it is electronically available). After clicking that logo I have to click again on a different page and then finally I have my pdf. This takes at least 6 clicks. To overcome this I use Greasemonkey. This is an add-on for Firefox. This add-on uses javascript and can automate things. I created several scripts and now if a pdf is available it will open automatically if I click on a Pubmed link.

*) I store my information on an external harddisk to be able to work at different places.

If you want more information about how I work or if you have ideas how I can improve my process please let me know in the comments.

Updated
An example of the Adobe Online Sharing Service.

Links:

Adobe Online Sharing Acrobat.com is a set of online services — file sharing and storage, PDF converter, online word processor, and web conferencing — you can use to create and share documents, communicate in real time, and simplify working with others. It’s free, so sign up now.

Abobe Pro Pdf reader and manipulation tool

Endnote Reference management software

Greasemonkey Firefox add-on

Labmeeting Online sharing of pdfs

Mendeley Online sharing of pdfs

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Later I will tell something about the way I work. How do I cope with loads of pdf (>100) and loads of references (>3000). But for now I just want to share some interesting videos about brain stimulation. Two are about TMS. The first one is a promotional video (thanks to Brain Stimulant).  It tells us that Deep TMS was invented in 2001, but I am not really sure that is true.  But I will find out during my research.

The next video does not feature a psychiatric application but is nevertheless interesting. It is about eye tracking with TMS.

And the last one is about DBS.

Update
Even more videos on Youtube about this subject.

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