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  1. Roller swabbing of surfaces is an effective way to obtain environmental DNA, but the current DNA extraction method for these samples is equipment heavy, time consuming, and increases potential contamination th...

    Authors: Austin M. Guthrie, Paul Nevill, Christine E. Cooper, Philip W. Bateman and Mieke van der Heyde
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2023 16:370
  2. Swallowing dysfunction (dysphagia) significantly impacts patient and medical outcomes. In Sweden, there is no comprehensive outcome measure for dysphagia that incorporates holistic assessment and dysphagia imp...

    Authors: Klara Movander, Tove Larsson Palmquist, Patricia Hägglund and Liza Bergström
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2023 16:369
  3. Prior studies have shown controversial results on the vertical transmission of BK virus (BKV). The present study aimed to assess the possibility of BKV vertical transmission from mother to fetus in the product...

    Authors: Mona Shokoofeh, Somayeh Shatizadeh Malekshahi and Haleh Soltanghoraee
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2023 16:367
  4. The emergence and widespread dissemination of antibiotic resistance in A. baumannii, has become a globally challenge. The increasing hospital outbreaks by multi-drug resistant (MDR) A. baumannii strains, shows th...

    Authors: Farzaneh Firoozeh, Mohammad Ghorbani, Mohammad Zibaei, Farzad Badmasti, Malihe Farid, Narges Omidinia and Fatemeh Bakhshi
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2023 16:365
  5. The purpose of this study was to determine the impact of Elaeagnus Angustifolia extract (EA) on human dermal fibroblast (HDF) survival, migration, and wound healing-related genes.

    Authors: Ehsaneh Azaryan, Sepideh Sarfi, Seyede Fatemeh Hosseini, Mansoore Saharkhiz, Khadijeh vazifeshenas-Darmiyan and Mohsen Naseri
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2023 16:364
  6. The aims of this study were (1) to develop a decision-making aid for couples hesitant about transitioning from infertility treatment to advanced assisted reproductive technology, (2) to examine the adequacy of...

    Authors: Kyoko Asazawa, Kaori Takahata, Natsuko Kojima, Hiromi Onizawa, Masami Kawanami, Atsumi Yoshida, Kumiko Hasegawa, Makoto Chihara and Naoko Arimori
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2023 16:362
  7. The prevalence of sedentary behaviour has concurrently risen with multiple cardiometabolic risk markers independent of physical activity levels. Office-based workers accumulate the highest levels of sitting ti...

    Authors: Merling Phaswana and Philippe Jean-Luc Gradidge
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2023 16:361

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  8. Association between a genetic polymorphism and disease, either positively or negatively, within a population may not necessarily predict association in other race-ethnic populations. The aim of this study was ...

    Authors: Afrah Ameri, Khalil Khashei Varnamkhasti, Sara Parhoudeh, Samire Khashei Varnamkhasti, Leila Naeimi and Sirous Naeimi
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2023 16:360
  9. Rare codons were previously shown to be enriched at the beginning of the dengue virus (DENV) open reading frame. However, the role of rare codons in regulating translation efficiency and replication of DENV re...

    Authors: Maneenop Yimyaem, Kunlakanya Jitobaom and Prasert Auewarakul
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2023 16:359
  10. There is paucity of hepatitis B virus (HBV) data among student populations although Ghana is HBV endemic. Screening and identification of factors associated with HBV transmission in schools will support the in...

    Authors: Patrick K. Nyambah, Richard Agjei and Bismark Sarfo
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2023 16:358
  11. HIV/AIDS is the most known powerful risk factor for morbidity and mortality in the world. The greatest biological markers in HIV patients are CD4 cell count and hemoglobin level, as they are independent predic...

    Authors: Nurye Seid Muhie and Awoke Seyoum Tegegne
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2023 16:357
  12. Biliary atresia (BA) is a progressive fibro-obliterative disease of the biliary tract, which results in end-stage liver disease. However, liver fibrosis progression may continue even after Kasai surgery. Recen...

    Authors: Gunadi, Dyah Ayu Puspitarani, Khanza Adzkia Vujira, Fadila Dyah Trie Utami, Edita Mayda Devana, Fiqih Vidiantoro Halim, Kristy Iskandar and Akhmad Makhmudi
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2023 16:356
  13. The data provided herein represent the whole-genome sequencing data associated with three sheep breeds of Iranian native breeds. Sheep are the first domesticated animals that, during the long path of the evolu...

    Authors: Leila Mohammadipour Saadatabadi, Mohammadreza Mohammadabadi, Zeinab Amiri Ghanatsaman, Olena Babenko, Ruslana Volodymyrivna Stavetska, Oleksandr Mikolayovich Kalashnik, Volodymyr Afanasenko, Oleksandr Anatoliiovych Kochuk-Yashchenko, Dmytro Mykolaiovych Kucher and Hojjat Asadollahpour Nanaei
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2023 16:353
  14. War and armed conflicts are the major causes of mortality, morbidity and disability. This study was aimed at assessing the prevalence of injury, cause and its outcome among civilians during the war in Tigray, ...

    Authors: Akeza Awealom Asgedom, Abenezer Etsedingl, Teklehaimanot Tekle Hailemariam, Mengistu Hagazi Tequare, Tesfay Hailu, Amanuel Tesfay Tsegay, Abraha Gebreegziabher Hailu, Simret Niguse Weldebirhan, Melaku Hailu, Negash Abreha Weldesenbet, Girmatsion Fisseha and Yibrah Alemayehu
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2023 16:352
  15. To explore the knowledge and attitude towards sickle cell disease (SCD) among care givers of paediatric sickle cell patients at Mbale regional referral hospital in Eastern Uganda.

    Authors: Christine H Namugerwa, Yahaya Gavamukulya and Banson John Barugahare
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2023 16:351
  16. Equity in the delivery of health services, including diagnostic imaging, is crucial to achieving universal health coverage. The Health Transformation Plan (HTP), launched in 2014, represents a major healthcare...

    Authors: Maryam Saran, Banafsheh Darvishi Teli, Aziz Rezapour, Soraya Nouraei Motlagh, Meysam Behzadifar, Payam Haghighatfard, Nicola Luigi Bragazzi and Masoud Behzadifar
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2023 16:350
  17. Animal models of skin disease are used to evaluate therapeutics to alleviate disease. One common clinical dermatological complaint is pruritus (itch), but there is a lack of standardization in the characteriza...

    Authors: Karen Lariosa-Willingham, Dmitri Leonoudakis, Florian Simon, Kendall Walker, Philippe Guillaume, Liling Warren and Jennifer Stratton
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2023 16:348
  18. The prevalence of obesity among United States adults has increased from 30.5% in 1999 to 41.9% in 2020. However, despite the recognition of long-term weight gain as an important public health issue, there is a...

    Authors: Alexander A. Huang and Samuel Y. Huang
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2023 16:346
  19. The Speed-Gene study aims to identify genetic variants influencing athletic performance and human locomotion using motion capture technology. Currently, 60 female participants have completed the testing protoc...

    Authors: Swam Htet, Miftahul Zannah, Thet Hnin Moe, Pongpanot Wongveerakul, Nongnapas Charoenpanich, Vitoon Saengsirisuwan and Ioannis Papadimitriou
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2023 16:345
  20. The proper function of Pattern Recognition Receptors (PRRs) as a part of the host immune system can eliminate numerous pathogens from the body. However, some viruses can manipulate PRRs to escape the innate im...

    Authors: Atena Gilanipour, Ali Teimoori, Seyed Alimohammad Arabzadeh, Hamid Reza Mollaie and Elham Mousavi
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2023 16:344
  21. Hesperetin is an important O-methylated flavonoid produced by citrus fruits and of potential pharmaceutical relevance. The microbial biosynthesis of hesperetin could be a viable alternative to plant extraction, a...

    Authors: Erik K. R. Hanko, João Correia, Caio S. Souza, Alison Green, Jakub Chromy, Ruth Stoney, Cunyu Yan, Eriko Takano, Diana Lousa, Cláudio M. Soares and Rainer Breitling
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2023 16:343
  22. Identification of patients at high risk of aggressive prostate cancer is a major clinical challenge. With the view of developing artificial intelligence-based methods for identification of these patients, we a...

    Authors: Victoria Blanes-Vidal, Ashkan Tashk, Manuella Lech Cantuaria, Rasmus Søgaard Hansen, Charlotte A. Poulsen, Mads H. Poulsen, Marie-Louise Krogh, Søren P. Sheikh and Esmaeil S. Nadimi
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2023 16:341
  23. Doxorubicin (DOX) is a highly effective chemotherapeutic used to treat many adult and pediatric cancers. However, its use is limited due to a dose-dependent cardiotoxicity, which can lead to lethal cardiomyopa...

    Authors: Cameron Skaggs, Steve Nick, Conner Patricelli, Laura Bond, Kali Woods, Luke Woodbury, Julia Thom Oxford and Xinzhu Pu
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2023 16:340
  24. Regarding deep learning networks in medical sciences for improving diagnosis and treatment purposes and the existence of minimal resources for them, we decided to provide a set of magnetic resonance images of ...

    Authors: Iraj Abedi, Maryam Zamanian, Hamidreza Bolhasani and Milad Jalilian
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2023 16:339
  25. Placental extract, which contains various bioactive compounds, has been used as traditional medicine. Many studies have demonstrated additional applications of placental extract and provided a scientific basis...

    Authors: Yusuke Ando, Eri Odawara, Hiroyasu Sakai, Fumiaki Sato and Junzo Kamei
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2023 16:338
  26. Tuberculosis (TB) is a leading cause of death globally, with approximately 1.5 million deaths in 2020. TB often coexists with chronic communicable and non-communicable diseases, but data to determine the exten...

    Authors: Sulaiman Lakoh, Patricia Lombeh Vamboi, Abdoul Risgou Ouédraogo, Olukemi Adekanmbi, Gibrilla F. Deen, James B. W. Russell, Ahmed Sankoh-Hughes, Joseph B. Kamara, Joseph Edwin Kanu, George A. Yendewa, Emmanuel Firima and André F. S. Amaral
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2023 16:337
  27. The hypermucoviscous-like phenotype has been described in Klebsiella pneumoniae species complex (KpSC) and was described as a contributor of increased virulence. This study described the characterization and whol...

    Authors: Alejandro Alvarado-Delgado, Nadia Rodríguez-Medina, Alejandro Sánchez-Pérez, Elsa María Tamayo-Legorreta, Jackeline Cerón-Lopez, Rayo Morfin-Otero and Ulises Garza-Ramos
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2023 16:334
  28. A SNV is a single nucleotide change that can occur at any point in the genome. SNVs are the most common genetic variants that occur in the human genome, and a number of SNVs have been found to be associated wi...

    Authors: P. J. Wijekumar, N. D.K. Ranadeva, A. R. Jayamaha, H. M.N.D.M. Herath, N. Noorden and S. S.N. Fernando
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2023 16:333
  29. Nowadays, virtual methods are among the most important and influential marketing instruments in various industries, such as medical tourism. This study aims to investigate the quality of Iranian hospitals’ web...

    Authors: Fatemeh Shaygani, Soodeh Jahangiri, Mohammad Hassan Zahed Roozegar, Zahra Kavosi and Milad Ahmadi Marzaleh
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2023 16:332
  30. This in vivo study aims to assess the pink esthetic score in the anterior maxilla after computer-guided immediate implant installation and fully digital immediate temporalization with and without grafting the ...

    Authors: Sherine Osama El Ebiary, Mohammed Atef, Medhat Sameh Abdelaziz and Mohammed Khashaba
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2023 16:331
  31. Performing groundstrokes is a fundamental skill for tennis players. However, little is known about changes in plantar pressure when post-impact ball speed is increased during topspin and slice groundstrokes. T...

    Authors: Johanna Lambrich and Thomas Muehlbauer
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2023 16:330
  32. Authorship determination on a research article remains a largely subjective process. Existing guidelines on authorship taxonomy lack objectivity and are more useful in determining who deserves authorship rathe...

    Authors: Russell Seth Martins, Mohsin Ali Mustafa, Asad Saulat Fatimi, Nosheen Nasir, Alina Pervez and Sarah Nadeem
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2023 16:329
  33. This study aimed to investigate factors influencing the uptake of first and second COVID-19 booster vaccines among adults in Belgium, particularly age, sex, region of residence and laboratory confirmed COVID-1...

    Authors: Elias Vermeiren, Joris A. F. van Loenhout, Léonore Nasiadka, Veerle Stouten, Matthieu Billuart, Izaak Van Evercooren, Lucy Catteau and Pierre Hubin
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2023 16:328
  34. Haemophilia A (HA) is associated with high clinical and healthcare burden. We developed an Excel-based model comparing current practice to improved management in severe HA patients currently managed on demand ...

    Authors: Ravichandran Chandrasekaran, Mauro Dávoli, Zulaiha Muda, Uendy Pérez-Lozano, Naouel Salhi, Nakul Saxena, Ming-Ching Shen, HyeRyoung Haylee Song, Darintr Sosothikul, Veronica Soledad Soto-Arellano and Igor Solev
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2023 16:327
  35. Few studies assess the link between plant-based diets and colorectal cancer (CRC) incidence. To our knowledge, no study has examined the association between pro-vegetarian dietary pattern (PDP) and CRC globall...

    Authors: Elham Tavassoli Nejad, Elham Moslemi, Fateme Souni, Marzieh Mahmoodi, Mohebat Vali, Mohammad Vatanpour, Mehran Nouri, Atena Ramezani, Zainab Shateri and Bahram Rashidkhani
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2023 16:326
  36. As part of our research on Swedish school principals, we examined the concurrent validity between the Karolinska Exhaustion Disorder Scale (KEDS) and the Lund University Checklist for Incipient Exhaustion (LUC...

    Authors: Roger Persson, Kai Österberg and Jonas Björk
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2023 16:325
  37. Eel (Anguilla bicolor bicolor) is an Indonesian export commodity. However, it is facing a problem related to Aeromonas hydrophila, which can cause motile aeromonas septicemia (MAS) and produce biofilm formation. ...

    Authors: Dinamella Wahjuningrum, Aisyah Hilal, Diana Elizabeth Waturangi and Sri Nuryati
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2023 16:324
  38. DNA Barcoding has proven to be a reliable method for rapid insect identification. The success of this method is based on the amplification of a specific region, the ‘Folmer’ barcode region at the 5´ start of t...

    Authors: Saskia Bastin, Diana M. Percy and Felipe Siverio
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2023 16:322
  39. Soil fauna plays a crucial role in contributing to litter breakdown, accelerating the decomposition rate and enhancing the biogeochemical cycle in terrestrial ecosystems. Comprehending the specific fauna role ...

    Authors: Dangjun Wang, Wuyang Xie, Fang Yuan, Chaochao Deng, Ruimin Qin and Huakun Zhou
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2023 16:321
  40. Positioning in an MRI can influence quantitative measures of the muscle. The goal of this pilot study was to assess the influence of different levels of knee elevation during MRI on the predicted cross-section...

    Authors: Katja Oberhofer, Matthias Blum, Basil Achermann and Silvio R. Lorenzetti
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2023 16:320

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