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  1. The bleaching, clearing and handling of tiny specimens with soft tissue and cuticular components for confocal laser scanning microscopy is difficult, because after cuticle bleaching and tissue clearing the spe...

    Authors: Felix Simon Christian Quade, Beate Preitz and Nikola-Michael Prpic
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2018 11:716
  2. The use of self-medications during pregnancy results in serious structural as well as functional adverse effects on mothers and unborn children. But little is known about the practice of self-medication used d...

    Authors: Taye Zewdie, Telake Azale, Alemayehu Shimeka and Ayenew Molla Lakew
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2018 11:713
  3. Marsupials suffer from an increasing number of stressors in this changing world. Functional studies are thus needed to broaden our understanding of the marsupial immune system. The red-tailed phascogale (Phascoga...

    Authors: C. Letendre, L. J. Young and J. M. Old
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2018 11:712
  4. The present study aimed to determine the phenotypic and genotypic profile of macrolide, lincosamide and streptogramin B (MLSB) resistance in clinical isolates of staphylococci.

    Authors: Reza Khashei, Yalda Malekzadegan, Hadi Sedigh Ebrahim-Saraie and Zahra Razavi
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2018 11:711
  5. Partograph is one of the best effective obstetric tools used to monitoring labor and prevent prolonged or obstructed labor which accounts for about 22% of maternal deaths in Ethiopia. This study was aimed to a...

    Authors: Tesfay Hailu, Kidane Nigus, Gebreamlak Gidey, Birhane Hailu and Yohannes Moges
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2018 11:710
  6. Doping control is an important and indispensable aspect of fair horse racing; genetic doping has been recently included to this. In this study, we aimed to develop a detection method of gene doping. A plasmid ...

    Authors: Teruaki Tozaki, Shiori Gamo, Masaki Takasu, Mio Kikuchi, Hironaga Kakoi, Kei-ichi Hirota, Kanichi Kusano and Shun-ichi Nagata
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2018 11:708
  7. We aimed to evaluate if patient- and provider-collected vaginal swabs in pregnant women reflect similar bacterial community characteristics. Pregnant patients performed a self-collected vaginal swab, then unde...

    Authors: Kristine M. Wylie, Stephanie A. Blankenship, Methodius G. Tuuli, George A. Macones and Molly J. Stout
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2018 11:706
  8. The corneas of heterozygous Pax6+/ mice develop abnormally and deteriorate further after birth but it is not known whether the postnatal deterioration is predetermined by abnormal development. Our objective was ...

    Authors: Natalie J. Dorà, Martine Manuel, Dirk-Jan Kleinjan, David J. Price, J. Martin Collinson, Robert E. Hill and John D. West
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2018 11:705
  9. The aim of the study was to determine level of anemia and other hematological profiles in pregnant women attending antenatal care clinic in Debre Berhan Referral Hospital, Ethiopia.

    Authors: Dessalegn Shitie, Tewabech Zewde and Yalew Molla
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2018 11:704
  10. ‘Negligence of Physicians’ and ‘Wrong Treatment’ have become commonly-used phrases in print and electronic media of Bangladesh, while violence against healthcare workers has always been under-reported. Unfortu...

    Authors: Md Imran Hasan, Md Zakiul Hassan, Md Mofijul Islam Bulbul, Taufique Joarder and Mohammod Jobayer Chisti
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2018 11:702
  11. To synthesize lessons from comparison of results obtained from the immuno-chromatographic SD Bioline testing method and the chemiluminescent micro-particle immunoassay Architect in the diagnosis of syphilis at...

    Authors: Sepiso K. Masenga, Mercy Mweemba, Annie Kachele, Yahns Chalubemba, Paul Toloka and Benson M. Hamooya
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2018 11:701
  12. Our immediate objective is to test the data-suggested possibility that in-agarose gel bacterial propagation causes gel fiber dislocation and alteration of cell distribution. We also test the further effect of ...

    Authors: Philip Serwer, Barbara Hunter and Elena T. Wright
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2018 11:699
  13. bPeaks is a peak calling program to detect protein DNA-binding sites from ChIPseq data in small eukaryotic genomes. The simplicity of the bPeaks method is well appreciated by users, but its use via an R packag...

    Authors: Thomas Denecker and Gaëlle Lelandais
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2018 11:698
  14. Globally, non-specific low back pain (NSLBP) is a common cause of morbidity in all people including physiotherapy students. However, no study has investigated the problem among undergraduate physiotherapy stud...

    Authors: M. Chiwaridzo, K. J. Chamarime and J. M. Dambi
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2018 11:697
  15. This study was aimed to test the PowerPlex® 21 System (Promega, USA), used for human identification applications for its positive cross-species applicability in Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) in order to identify ...

    Authors: Mukesh Thakur, Kailash Chandra, Vivek Sahajpal, Asis Samanta, Arun Sharma and Agni Mitra
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2018 11:695
  16. Staphylococcus species of the family Staphylococcaceae are facultatively anaerobic Gram-positive cocci growing in clusters, pairs and occasionally in short chains. Staphylococci can be detected in different envir...

    Authors: Elvira E. Ziganshina, Waleed S. Mohammed, Elena I. Shagimardanova, Leyla H. Shigapova and Ayrat M. Ziganshin
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2018 11:694
  17. To assess factors associated treatment outcomes of acute post streptococcal glomerular nephritis among patients less than 18 years old in Mekelle City Public Hospitals.

    Authors: Lemlem Gebreselassie Gebreyesus, Atsede Fantahun Aregay, Kahsu Gebrekirstos Gebrekidan and Yisak Hagos Alemayehu
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2018 11:693
  18. To understand factors associated with community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA) acquisition and infection, we mapped public places (including personal service establishments, fitn...

    Authors: Katelyn L. Parrish, Patrick G. Hogan, Arvon A. Clemons II. and Stephanie A. Fritz
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2018 11:692
  19. The aim of this study was to assess the prevalence of non-adherence to anti-tuberculosis treatment, reasons and associated factors among TB patients attending at Gondar town health centers.

    Authors: Habtamu Sewunet Mekonnen and Abere Woretaw Azagew
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2018 11:691
  20. The purpose of this paper is to extend a previous study by evaluating the use of a speech recognition software in a clinical psychiatry milieu. Physicians (n = 55) at a psychiatric hospital participated in a l...

    Authors: John Fernandes, Ian Brunton, Gillian Strudwick, Suman Banik and John Strauss
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2018 11:690
  21. Local assessment of the magnitude of intestinal parasitic infections and associated factors among diabetic patients helps for good prognosis of diabetes. Hospital based cross-sectional study was conducted by r...

    Authors: Getaneh Alemu, Abdu Jemal and Zerihun Zerdo
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2018 11:689
  22. To conduct a proof-of-concept study on preferential binding of polymeric IgA (pIgA) using a novel recombinant rabbit/human chimeric secretory component (cSC) and preliminary assessment of the diagnostic potent...

    Authors: Khayriyyah Mohd Hanafiah, Mary L. Garcia, Nadine C. Barnes and David A. Anderson
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2018 11:688
  23. To develop successful mass-rearing programs of edible insects, knowledge of the feeds and their influence on nutritional content is critical. We assessed the influence of natural food plants (grass inflorescen...

    Authors: Karlmax Rutaro, Geoffrey M. Malinga, Vilma J. Lehtovaara, Robert Opoke, Philip Nyeko, Heikki Roininen and Anu Valtonen
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2018 11:687
  24. The aim of this study was to determine the association between red blood cell transfusion and breastfeeding among women who have suffered a postpartum haemorrhage at birth taking into account post-birth haemog...

    Authors: Julia Chessman, Jillian Patterson, Tanya Nippita, Bradley Drayton and Jane Ford
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2018 11:686
  25. Preeclampsia or eclampsia, which is one of the direct obstetric complication, results in maternal and child morbidity and mortality. The factors associated with it remains unclear. So, the aim of the study was...

    Authors: Teklit Grum, Solomon Hintsa and Gebremedhin Hagos
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2018 11:683
  26. Saccharomyces cerevisiae is used worldwide for the production of ale-type beers. This yeast is responsible for the production of the characteristic fruity aroma compounds. Esters constitute an important group of ...

    Authors: Alexander Dank, Eddy J. Smid and Richard A. Notebaart
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2018 11:682
  27. We examined whether two G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs), muscarinic M1 receptors (M1Rs) and dopaminergic D2 receptors (D2Rs), utilize endogenously released fatty acid to inhibit L-type Ca2+ channels, CaV1.3. ...

    Authors: Mandy L. Roberts-Crowley and Ann R. Rittenhouse
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2018 11:681
  28. Central obesity has been shown to negatively influence the quality of life in centrally obese persons of both sexes. In a population of 740 centrally obese Asian-Indian adults, the present study was conducted ...

    Authors: Shirley Telles, Niranjan Kala, Sachin Kumar Sharma and Acharya Balkrishna
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2018 11:680
  29. Nodding syndrome (NS) is a type of epilepsy characterized by repeated head-nodding seizures that appear in previously healthy children between 3 and 18 years of age. In 2012, during a WHO International Meeting...

    Authors: Richard Echodu, Hilary Edema, Geoffrey Maxwell Malinga, Adam Hendy, Robert Colebunders, Joyce Moriku Kaducu, Emilio Ovuga and Geert Haesaert
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2018 11:678
  30. The demand for blood and blood products are increasing in all part of the globe, especially in the developing nations. However, there is limited information on the level of blood donation practice and their re...

    Authors: Tsige Tadesse, Tadis Berhane, Teklehaymanot Huluf Abraha, Berihu Gidey, Elsa Hagos, Teklit Grum and Hadgu Gerensea
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2018 11:677
  31. This is an extended analysis of the previously published data to demonstrate the relationship between high Obstetric Care Facility Density (OCFD) and migration for obstetric services in Tanzania.

    Authors: Projestine Selestine Muganyizi, Edward Maswanya, Stella Kilima and Ahmad Makuwani
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2018 11:676
  32. The main aim of the study was to assess physicians’ utilization of microbiologic reports and determinants of their preference in ordering microbiologic culture among patients with systemic bacterial infection...

    Authors: Getachew Alemkere, Getu Gilagil, Teklu Gebrehiwot, Zelalem Tilahun and Hylemariam Mihiretie Mengist
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2018 11:675
  33. Many individuals with visceral obesity who previously had succeeded in reducing body weight regain and this loss–gain cycle repeats several times which is called as weight cycling. We aimed to evaluate the eff...

    Authors: Fiastuti Witjaksono, Joan Jutamulia, Nagita Gianty Annisa, Septian Ika Prasetya and Fariz Nurwidya
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2018 11:674
  34. The multifunctional NS1 protein of influenza A virus has roles in antagonising cellular innate immune responses and promoting viral gene expression. To better understand the interplay between these functions, ...

    Authors: Carina F. Pereira, Helen M. Wise, Dominic Kurian, Rute M. Pinto, Maria J. Amorim, Andrew C. Gill and Paul Digard
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2018 11:673
  35. Horses afflicted with degenerative suspensory ligament desmitis (DSLD) suffer from progressive leg pain and lameness without history of trauma. DSLD is a systemic disorder caused by abnormal accumulation of pr...

    Authors: Madeline Young, Olaniyi Moshood, Jian Zhang, Carolyn A. Sarbacher, P. O. Eric Mueller and Jaroslava Halper
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2018 11:672
  36. Monosodium glutamate (MSG) has been marred by a lot of controversy on its safety. In a majority of experimental studies, administration of the compound has been parenteral, and yet little is known about MSG sa...

    Authors: Keneth Iceland Kasozi, Sarah Namubiru, Oliver Kiconco, Hellen Wambui Kinyi, Fred Ssempijja, Joseph Obiezu Chukwujekwu Ezeonwumelu, Herbert Izo Ninsiima and Alfred Omachonu Okpanachi
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2018 11:670
  37. Inadequate nutrient consumption causes protein energy malnutrition and micronutrient deficiencies and related consequences, including poor physical growth and intellectual development. However, literatures sho...

    Authors: Endris Seid, Lemma Derseh, Terefe Derso, Mekonnen Assefa, Kedir Abdela Gonete and Amare Tariku
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2018 11:669
  38. The objective of this study was to investigate the antibiotic susceptibility, virulence factors and clonal relationship among Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolated from environmental sources, hospitalized patients and ...

    Authors: Omid Zarei, Leili Shokoohizadeh, Hadi Hossainpour and Mohammad Yousef Alikhani
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2018 11:668
  39. The purpose of our study was to describe the histological diagnosed of the Basidiobolomycosis cases from 1990 to 2017 (28 years) in the only Pathology Anatomy Laboratory in Togo.

    Authors: Tchin Darré, Bayaki Saka, Abas Mouhari-Toure, Toukilnan Djiwa, Palokinam Pitché and Gado Napo-Koura
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2018 11:667
  40. Rabbit adipose mesenchymal stem cells were used for the purpose of studying acquisition of the chondrogenic phenotype over time at 1, 14 and 28 days after in vitro incubation with differentiation media, using ...

    Authors: Jeffrey R. Janus, Stephen G. Voss, Benjamin J. Madden, Mary Cristine Charlesworth, Michael S. Oldenburg, Dale Ekbom and Serban San-Marina
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2018 11:666
  41. Cough and fever are the initial symptoms of lower respiratory infection. Severe cases might be fatal. Therefore, particularly in the non-equipped centers, the lack of diagnostic methods to identify the severe ...

    Authors: Amir Ramezani, Mahin Alipouratigh, Lars Eng, Maria V. Turkina, Johanna Lönn, Annette Theodorsson and Fariba Nayeri
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2018 11:664

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