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  1. Research ethics consultation is an advisory activity that differs from ethics committees, and its role is not yet widely known in Japan. Research ethics consultations were started in 2012 by members of the Cli...

    Authors: Hiroaki Yanagawa, Rumi Katashima, Chiho Sato, Kenshi Takechi, Hiroshi Nokihara, Chikako Kane, Masayuki Chuma and Yuki Aoe
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2018 11:665
  2. The antimicrobial resistance of staphylococci rose worldwide. In total, 96 Staphylococcus isolates from food and clinical samples were collected from two provinces in Algeria. The antimicrobial susceptibility tes...

    Authors: Rachid Achek, Helmut Hotzel, Zafer Cantekin, Ibrahim Nabi, Taha Mossadak Hamdi, Heinrich Neubauer and Hosny El-Adawy
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2018 11:663
  3. The study aims to illustrate the acceptability of the dengue vaccine before and after the dengue vaccination suspension in urban poor communities in Quezon City, Philippines.

    Authors: Ezra M. Valido, Ida Safitri Laksanawati and Adi Utarini
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2018 11:661
  4. Paracetamol or acetaminophen is a weak analgesic commonly used worldwide and in Bhutan. It is available across all levels of Bhutan’s health care system and for purchase without prescription. Little is known, ...

    Authors: Thinley Dorji, Kinley Gyeltshen and Krit Pongpirul
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2018 11:660
  5. Acute febrile illness is a common cause of hospital admission, and its associated infectious causes, of which a key bacterial causative agent is Streptococcus pneumoniae, contribute to substantial morbidity and m...

    Authors: Pui-Ying Iroh Tam, Nelmary Hernandez-Alvarado, Mark R. Schleiss, Amy J. Yi, Fatimah Hassan-Hanga, Chuma Onuchukwu, Dominic Umoru and Stephen K. Obaro
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2018 11:657
  6. Immunization saves more than 3 million lives worldwide each year, and it saves millions from suffering illness and lifelong disability. The study sought to assess the socio-demographic factors that influence c...

    Authors: Reindolf Anokye, Enoch Acheampong, Amy Budu-Ainooson, Anthony Kwaku Edusei, Paul Okyere, Joslin Dogbe and Alberta Nadutey
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2018 11:656
  7. Offering a financial incentive (‘Money for Medication’) is effective in improving adherence to treatment with depot antipsychotic medications. We investigated the cost-effectiveness in terms of medical costs a...

    Authors: Ernst L. Noordraven, André I. Wierdsma, Peter Blanken, Anthony F. T. Bloemendaal and Cornelis L. Mulder
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2018 11:655
  8. Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) could be a treatment option for anxiety disorders. Although its effectiveness under conditions of low pharmacotherapy rates has been demonstrated, its effectiveness u...

    Authors: Mitsuhiro Sado, Sunre Park, Akira Ninomiya, Yasuko Sato, Daisuke Fujisawa, Joichiro Shirahase and Masaru Mimura
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2018 11:653
  9. About three-fourth of adults with new-onset epilepsy become seizure-free with current anti-epileptic drugs, but around one-fourth of the patients continue to experience seizure which increases the risk of acci...

    Authors: Mekdes Tigistu, Telake Azale, Habtamu Kebebe and Temesgen Yihunie
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2018 11:652
  10. The GH-2000 biomarker test has been introduced by the World Anti-Doping Agency as a method of detecting growth hormone misuse in professional sport. The test involves the measurement insulin-like growth factor...

    Authors: Dankmar Böhning, Walailuck Böhning, Nishan Guha, David A. Cowan, Christiaan Bartlett, Peter H. Sönksen and Richard I. G. Holt
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2018 11:650
  11. The purpose of this study was the construction of a new semi-automated experimental setup for the evaluation of the stiffness of ankle foot orthoses (AFOs) around an axis aligned to the anatomical ankle joint ...

    Authors: A. Ielapi, E. Vasiliauskaite, M. Hendrickx, M. Forward, N. Lammens, W. Van Paepegem, J. P. Deckers, M. Vermandel and M. De Beule
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2018 11:649
  12. Alzheimer’s disease is a major health problem in our society. To date, pharmacological treatments have obtained poor results and there is a growing interest in finding non-pharmacological interventions for thi...

    Authors: Elena M. Marron, Raquel Viejo-Sobera, María Quintana, Diego Redolar-Ripoll, Daniel Rodríguez and Maite Garolera
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2018 11:648
  13. Multicentric reticulohistiocytosis is a rare form of non-langerhans cell histiocytosis presenting with skin changes and erosive arthritis. Infiltration of histiocytes and multinucleated giant cells are typical...

    Authors: Azadèh Farokhi, Richard M. van Vugt, Rick Hoekzema and Michael T. Nurmohamed
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2018 11:647
  14. In order to determine how gene expression is altered in disease it is of fundamental importance that the global distribution of gene expression levels across the disease-free brain are understood and how diffe...

    Authors: Sally Chappell, Tulsi Patel, Tamar Guetta-Baranes, Fei Sang, Paul T. Francis, Kevin Morgan and Keeley J. Brookes
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2018 11:646
  15. Because physicians and nurses are commonly stressed, Bispectral Indexâ„¢ (BIS) neurofeedback, following trainer instructions, was used to learn to lower the electroencephalography-derived BIS value, indicating t...

    Authors: C. Michael Dunham, Amanda L. Burger, Barbara M. Hileman and Elisha A. Chance
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2018 11:645
  16. The data presented herein represents the preliminary results of the functional assays of a recently conducted larger study in which two single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) [XRCC2:rs3218550 and PHB:rs6917] were...

    Authors: Nirmala Dushyanthi Sirisena, Nilakshi Samaranayake and Vajira H. W. Dissanayake
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2018 11:643

    The Data note to this article has been published in BMC Research Notes 2019 12:435

  17. The numbers of Leishmania major parasites in foot lesions of C57Bl/6, BALB/c or SCID mice can be significantly reduced by pre-exposure to 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD). One potential mechanism to exp...

    Authors: Vera Sazhnev and Gregory K. DeKrey
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2018 11:642
  18. The objective of the study was to assess the prevalence of knowledge level and predictors of lactational amenorrhea method (LAM) as method of contraception among women who gave birth a year prior to the study ...

    Authors: Teklehaymanot Huluf Abraha, Alemayehu Shimeka Teferra, Abebaw Addis Gelagay, Tsehaynesh Gidey Welesamuel, Gezienesh Kahsay Fisseha, Berihu Gidey Aregawi and Desta Siyoum Belay
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2018 11:641
  19. This study aimed to determine the seroprevalence of anti-HAV IgG in Thai medical students in 2016 compared with the previous data and to demonstrate the cross-effective strategy to screen HAV seropositivity.

    Authors: Palittiya Sintusek, Pattaratida Sa-nguanmoo, Nawarat Posuwan, Vorapol Jaroonvanichkul, Arnont Vorayingyong and Yong Poovorawan
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2018 11:640
  20. Various stages of mRNA processing are necessary for functionally important genes required during late-stage sperm differentiation. Protein–RNA complexes form that edit, stabilize, store, deliver, localize and ...

    Authors: Kristian R. von Schalburg, Eric B. Rondeau, Jong S. Leong, William S. Davidson and Ben F. Koop
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2018 11:639
  21. Halothane and caffeine are known to cause skeletal muscular contractions in vitro and have been proven to induce circumscribed metabolic reactions when injected into rat skeletal muscle. In this study 26 rats ...

    Authors: Stephan Johannsen, Martin Schick, Norbert Roewer and Frank Schuster
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2018 11:636
  22. Diabetes mellitus patients (DM) have more severe progression of atherosclerotic disease than non-diabetic (NDM) individuals. In situ inflammation and oxidative stress are key points in the pathophysiology of a...

    Authors: Ana Catarina Romano e Silva, Glauber Monteiro Dias, Jorge José de Carvalho, Andrea De Lorenzo and Daniel Arthur Barata Kasal
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2018 11:635
  23. This study aimed to evaluate the effect of different levels of exercise on markers of oxidative stress and selected metabolic parameters in Ghanaian young adults.

    Authors: Patrick Diaba-Nuhoho, Emmanuel Kwaku Ofori, Henry Asare-Anane, Sylvester Yaw Oppong, Isaac Boamah and Dee Blackhurst
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2018 11:634
  24. This study aimed to investigate the nature of the amino acid motifs found in PBPs of Streptococcus pneumoniae isolates in invasive diseases from pediatric patients at Casablanca, Morocco. Five penicillin-suscepti...

    Authors: Idrissa Diawara, Kaotar Nayme, Khalid Katfy, Abouddihaj Barguigua, Mohamed Kettani-Halabi, Houria Belabbes, Mohammed Timinouni, Khalid Zerouali and Naima Elmdaghri
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2018 11:632
  25. To determine the frequency of symptoms of anxiety and depression among the young caregivers of family members with cancer and their correlation with role of gender, age and socio-economic status.

    Authors: Muhammad Hassan Majeed, Muhammad Abbas Khokhar, Maryam Abid, Awais Raza, Muhammad Nawaz Qaisar, Ali Ahsan Ali and Ahmed Waqas
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2018 11:631
  26. ESBL-producing isolates of the Enterobacteriaceae occur throughout the world. The objectives of this study were to characterize uropathogenic Escherichia coli isolated at a tertiary care hospital in southern Indi...

    Authors: Shivakumara Siddaramappa, Karthik Pullela, Bhagya Thimmappa, Ranjan Devkota, Rani Bajaj, Bhavani Manivannan, Niranjana Mahalingam and Bulagonda Eswarappa Pradeep
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2018 11:630
  27. Tobacco smoking is one of the leading causes of preventable premature death worldwide. Adolescence is a common period at which most of the established smokers start experimenting and smoking. The aim of the st...

    Authors: Firew Tekle Bobo, Palanichamy Thanasekaran, Agin Jiju Rajamony Joice, Birhanu Yadecha and Animut Alebel
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2018 11:626
  28. In 2010–2011, a large waterborne outbreak of Cryptosporidium hominis affected the city of Östersund in Sweden. Previous findings had suggested that gastrointestinal symptoms can persist for up to 11 months after ...

    Authors: Mikael Lilja, Micael Widerström and Johan Lindh
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2018 11:625
  29. Extended-spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL) producing Enterobacteriaceae infection is an emerging problem in paediatric populations leading to increased mortality. The purpose of this study was to determine the pr...

    Authors: Thirapa Nivesvivat, Phunlerd Piyaraj, Sudaluck Thunyaharn, Veerachai Watanaveeradej and Detchvijitr Suwanpakdee
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2018 11:624
  30. Breast cancer is the leading cause of cancer mortality worldwide. The incidence of breast has been increasing in most regions of the world. Regular breast self-examination is one of the most cost-effective met...

    Authors: Mebrahtu Abay, Gemechis Tuke, Eleni Zewdie, Teklehaymanot Huluf Abraha, Teklit Grum and Ermyas Brhane
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2018 11:622
  31. Renal transplantation procedure markedly increased over the past few decades. The risk of harboring parasitic diseases may affect transplant recipients during life expectancy. We aimed in this study to determi...

    Authors: Nouh Saad Mohamed, Emmanuel Edwar Siddig, Mona Ali Mohamed, Basma AbdlMoniem Alzein, Hanaa Hashim Saeed Osman, Emmanuel E. Tanyous, Bahaeldin K. Elamin and Ali Mahmoud Mohammed Edris
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2018 11:621
  32. This manuscript aims to provide an overview of the unique considerations and best practice principles associated with the manufacture of human viral challenge agents.

    Authors: Andrew P. Catchpole, Daniel J. Fullen, Nicolas Noulin, Alex Mann, Anthony S. Gilbert and Rob Lambkin-Williams
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2018 11:620
  33. Vitamin D binding protein (VDBP) is the main transporter of 25-hydroxyvitamin D3 (25-OHD) in the circulation. The aim of this study was to investigate if VDBP is affected by high dose vitamin D supplementation an...

    Authors: Linda Björkhem-Bergman, Emelie Torefalk, Lena Ekström and Peter Bergman
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2018 11:619
  34. Refugees seek medical advice for a variety of reasons. Previous research suggests that understanding the refugees’ experiences of and access to healthcare are important factors for improving their health as ac...

    Authors: Elisabeth Mangrio, Elisabeth Carlson and Slobodan Zdravkovic
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2018 11:616
  35. Meningitis is one of the leading causes of death among patients living with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in sub-Saharan Africa. Based on clinical presentations alone, the different types of meningiti...

    Authors: Emmanuel Frimpong Adjei, Theophilus Korku Adiku, Gifty Mawuli and Joseph Humphrey Kofi Bonney
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2018 11:615

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