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  1. Social epidemiology seeks in part to understand how social factors--ideas, beliefs, attitudes, actions, and social connections--influence health. However, national health datasets have not kept up with the evo...

    Authors: Peter Muennig, Gretchen Johnson, Jibum Kim, Tom W Smith and Zohn Rosen
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2011 4:385
  2. Biological processes such as metabolic pathways, gene regulation or protein-protein interactions are often represented as graphs in systems biology. The understanding of such networks, their analysis, and thei...

    Authors: Georgios A Pavlopoulos, Sean D Hooper, Alejandro Sifrim, Reinhard Schneider and Jan Aerts
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2011 4:384
  3. The incidence of colonic diverticular disease varies with national origin, cultural background and diet. The frequency of this disease increases with advancing age. Right-sided diverticular disease is uncommon...

    Authors: Jasim M Radhi, Jennifer A Ramsay and Odette Boutross-Tadross
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2011 4:383
  4. Modern microscope platforms are able to generate multiple gigabytes of image data in a single experimental session. In a routine research laboratory workflow, these data are initially stored on the local acqui...

    Authors: Oliver Müller, Peter Lipp and Lars Kaestner
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2011 4:382
  5. The small molecule Halofuginone (HF) is a potent regulator of extracellular matrix (ECM ) gene expression and is unique in its therapeutic potential. While the basis for HF effects is unknown, inhibition of TG...

    Authors: Yana G Kamberov, Jihoon Kim, Ralph Mazitschek, Winston P Kuo and Malcolm Whitman
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2011 4:381
  6. An ongoing evaluation system is essential to determine if the academic system in place has worked to produce a better product, hence the objective of our study was to evaluate the satisfaction level among medi...

    Authors: Bushra Manzar and Nabeel Manzar
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2011 4:380
  7. HIV infection is associated with a high prevalence of antiphospholipid antibodies (aPL) and increased thrombotic events but the aetiopathogenic link between the two is unclear.

    Authors: Anthony C Becker, Elena Libhaber, Karen Sliwa, Sham Singh, Simon Stewart, Mohammed Tikly and Mohammed R Essop
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2011 4:379
  8. Hemispherical asymmetry, sex differences and age-related changes have been reported for the human brain. Meanwhile it was still unclear the presence of the asymmetry or sex differences in the human brain occur...

    Authors: Soichiro Kitamura, Masayuki Morikawa, Kuniaki Kiuchi, Toshiaki Taoka, Masami Fukusumi, Kimihiko Kichikawa and Toshifumi Kishimoto
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2011 4:378
  9. Plants often release a complex blend of volatile organic compounds (VOC) in response to insect herbivore damage. Among those blends of VOC green leaf volatiles (GLV) have been demonstrated to function as defen...

    Authors: Jurgen Engelberth
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2011 4:377
  10. Three distinct forms of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), defined as classical (C-), low (L-) or high (H-) type, have been detected through ongoing active and passive surveillance systems for the disease.

    Authors: Chiara Porcario, S Mark Hall, Francesca Martucci, Cristiano Corona, Barbara Iulini, Alice Z Perazzini, Pierluigi Acutis, Amir N Hamir, Christina M Loiacono, Justin J Greenlee, Jürgen A Richt, Maria Caramelli and Cristina Casalone
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2011 4:376
  11. In 2009, an outbreak of respiratory illness caused by influenza A H1N1 virus occurred worldwide. Some patients required Intensive Care Unit (ICU) admission. The use of non-invasive ventilation (NIV) in these p...

    Authors: Karina T Timenetsky, Silvia HCT Aquino, Cilene Saghabi, Corinne Taniguchi, Claudia V Silvia, Luci Correa, Alexandre R Marra, Raquel AC Eid and Oscar FP dos Santos
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2011 4:375
  12. Evidence based medicine plays a crucial role as a tool that helps integrate research evidence into clinical practice. However, few reports have yet to examine its application in daily practice among resident p...

    Authors: Risahmawati RM Risahmawati, Sei SE Emura, Tomoko TN Nishi and Shunzo SK Koizumi
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2011 4:374
  13. Internal control genes with highly uniform expression throughout the experimental conditions are required for accurate gene expression analysis as no universal reference genes exists. In this study, the expres...

    Authors: Gabriela N Tenea, Adrian Peres Bota, Fernando Cordeiro Raposo and Alain Maquet
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2011 4:373
  14. Mental health and injury are neglected public health issues especially in low-income nations. The objective of the study was to determine the prevalence and socio-demographic correlates for serious injury in t...

    Authors: Adamson S Muula, Seter Siziya and Emmanuel Rudatsikira
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2011 4:372
  15. The finding of human umbilical cord blood as one of the most likely sources of hematopoietic stem cells offers a less invasive alternative for the need of hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. Due to the on...

    Authors: Tono Djuwantono, Firman F Wirakusumah, Tri H Achmad, Ferry Sandra, Danny Halim and Ahmad Faried
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2011 4:371
  16. We set out to analyse the gene expression profile of pre-osteoblastic C2C12 cells during osteodifferentiation induced by both rhBMP2 and rhBMP7 using DNA microarrays. Induced and repressed genes were intercept...

    Authors: Juan C Bustos-Valenzuela, Andre Fujita, Erik Halcsik, Jose M Granjeiro and Mari C Sogayar
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2011 4:370
  17. Salmonella Enteritidis is currently the world's leading cause of salmonellosis, in part because of its ability to contaminate the internal contents of eggs. Previous analyses have shown that it is an exceptionall...

    Authors: Jean Guard, Cesar A Morales, Paula Fedorka-Cray and Richard K Gast
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2011 4:369
  18. In Portugal, there are several physical activity (PA) programmes for elderly people developed by the local government. The importance of these programmes has been increasing since the evidence has shown that t...

    Authors: Ana I Marques, Pedro Soares, Luísa Soares-Miranda, Carla Moreira, António Oliveira-Tavares, Paula Clara-Santos, Susana Vale, Rute Santos and Joana Carvalho
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2011 4:368
  19. Physicians are quite often surveyed with the aim to investigate their opinions regarding provision and improvement of health care. However, in many cases response rates tend to be rather low. The aim of the st...

    Authors: Franziska Kühne, Mareike Behmann, Susanne Bisson, Ulla Walter and Nils Schneider
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2011 4:367
  20. Herbal Medicines (HMs) are playing major roles in the health of the millions of people worldwide. Muslim Religious Leader (MRLs), being an important component of the society with huge influence on it, could co...

    Authors: Md Harun-Or-Rashid, Yoshitoku Yoshida, Md Aminur Rashid, Salmun Nahar and Junichi Sakamoto
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2011 4:366
  21. Diabetic foot ulcers (DFUs) pose a therapeutic challenge to surgeons, especially in developing countries where health care resources are limited and the vast majority of patients present to health facilities l...

    Authors: Phillipo L Chalya, Joseph B Mabula, Ramesh M Dass, Rodrick Kabangila, Hyasinta Jaka, Mabula D Mchembe, Johannes B Kataraihya, Nkinda Mbelenge and Japhet M Gilyoma
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2011 4:365
  22. We have started using laparo-endoscopic single-site surgery (LESS) in urologic surgery, although its use has not gained momentum due to its level of difficulty. We here report our initial experience with trans...

    Authors: Akira Miyajima, Takahiro Maeda, Masanori Hasegawa, Toshikazu Takeda, Masaru Ishida, Takeo Kosaka, Eiji Kikuchi, Ken Nakagawa and Mototsugu Oya
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2011 4:364
  23. Pubertal timing is a strongly heritable trait, but no single puberty gene has been identified. Thus, the genetic background of idiopathic central precocious puberty (ICPP) is poorly understood. Overall, the ge...

    Authors: Johanna Tommiska, Kaspar Sørensen, Lise Aksglaede, Rosanna Koivu, Lea Puhakka, Anders Juul and Taneli Raivio
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2011 4:363
  24. Country by country similarities and differences in physical therapy practice exists. Therefore, before updates in practice can be provided, such as trainings in evidence-based practice, it is necessary to iden...

    Authors: Janine Margarita R Dizon, Karen Grimmer-Somers and Saravana Kumar
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2011 4:362
  25. There is increasing use of non-traditional methods like problem-based learning, team-working and several other active-learning techniques in Physiology teaching. While several studies have investigated the imp...

    Authors: Beatriz Gal, Ignacio Busturia and Concepción Garrido
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2011 4:360
  26. The World Health Organization recommends that malaria treatment should begin with parasitological diagnosis. This will help to control misuse of anti-malarial drugs in areas with low transmission. The present ...

    Authors: Humphrey D Mazigo, Wilfred Meza, Emanuella E Ambrose, Benson R Kidenya and Eliningaya J Kweka
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2011 4:359
  27. Culex quinquefasciatus (Say) is a major species in the Culex pipiens complex and an important vector for several human pathogens including West Nile virus and parasitic filarial nematodes causing lymphatic filari...

    Authors: Paul V Hickner, Becky deBruyn, Diane D Lovin, Akio Mori, Christopher A Saski and David W Severson
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2011 4:358
  28. Little is known about interactions between filamentous heterotrophs and filamentous cyanobacteria. Here, interactions between the filamentous heterotrophic bacteria Fibrella aestuarina (strain BUZ 2) and Fibrisom...

    Authors: Miroslav Svercel, Bianca Saladin, Sofia J van Moorsel, Sarah Wolf and Homayoun C Bagheri
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2011 4:357
  29. Ricinus communis is an industrially important non-edible oil seed crop, native to tropical and subtropical regions of the world. Although, R. communis genome was assembled in 4X draft by JCVI, and is predicted to...

    Authors: Shalabh Thakur, Sanjay Jha and Bharat B Chattoo
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2011 4:356
  30. Sodium absorption by semicircular canal duct (SCCD) epithelial cells is thought to contribute to the homeostasis of the volume of vestibular endolymph. It was previously shown that the epithelial cells could a...

    Authors: Muneharu Yamazaki, Tao Wu, Satyanarayana R Pondugula, Donald G Harbidge and Daniel C Marcus
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2011 4:355
  31. The AAP recommends that a follow-up skeletal survey be obtained for all children < 24 months of age who are strongly suspected to be victims of abuse. The objective of the current study was to evaluate the uti...

    Authors: Berkeley L Bennett, Michael S Chua, Marguerite Care, Andrea Kachelmeyer and Melinda Mahabee-Gittens
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2011 4:354
  32. Physical inactivity is considered to be the strongest individual risk factor for poor health in Sweden. It has been shown that increased physical activity can reduce hypertension and the risk of developing car...

    Authors: Mats Sjöling, Kristina Lundberg, Erling Englund, Anton Westman and Miek C Jong
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2011 4:352
  33. There are numerous reports linking Chlamydia infection to human coronary atherosclerosis. However, there is a lack of data regarding this correlation in dogs and cats, and there are no reports investigating coron...

    Authors: Ivan C Sostaric-Zuckermann, Nicole Borel, Carmen Kaiser, Zeljko Grabarevic and Andreas Pospischil
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2011 4:350
  34. Neuroimaging researchers have developed rigorous community data and metadata standards that encourage meta-analysis as a method for establishing robust and meaningful convergence of knowledge of human brain st...

    Authors: Angela R Laird, Simon B Eickhoff, P Mickle Fox, Angela M Uecker, Kimberly L Ray, Juan J Saenz Jr, D Reese McKay, Danilo Bzdok, Robert W Laird, Jennifer L Robinson, Jessica A Turner, Peter E Turkeltaub, Jack L Lancaster and Peter T Fox
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2011 4:349
  35. Craniosynostosis (CSS) results from the premature closure of one or more cranial sutures, leading to deformed calvaria at birth. It is a common finding in children with an incidence of one in 2000 births. Surg...

    Authors: Olugbenga A Akingbola, Dinesh Singh, Sudesh K Srivastav, John W Walsh, David A Jansen and Edwin M Frieberg
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2011 4:347
  36. The increasing prevalence of obesity is a significant health threat and a major public health challenge. A critical need exists to develop and evaluate practical methods for the treatment of obesity in the cli...

    Authors: Rebecca L Kesman, Jon O Ebbert, Katherine I Harris and Darrell R Schroeder
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2011 4:346
  37. Sandostatin® LAR® (Novartis Pharma AG) is a long-acting repeatable formulation of the somatostatin analogue octreotide, the safety and efficacy of which has been established through 15 years of clinical experienc...

    Authors: Holger Petersen, Jean-Claude Bizec, Helmut Schuetz and Marie-Laure Delporte
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2011 4:344
  38. This study constitutes a clinical and genetic study of all newborn and stillborn infants with birth defects seen in a period of one year in a medical school hospital located in Brazil. The aims of this study w...

    Authors: Camila Ive Ferreira Oliveira, Antonio Richieri-Costa, Valéria Cristina Carvalho Ferrarese, Denise Cristina Móz Vaz and Agnes Cristina Fett-Conte
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2011 4:343
  39. Patients with non-alcoholic fatty liver diseases (NAFLD) are recommended to have periodic follow-up exams because these patients are at increased risk of the presence of non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), w...

    Authors: Hidenori Toyoda, Takashi Kumada, Seiki Kiriyama, Makoto Tanikawa, Yasuhiro Hisanaga, Akira Kanamori and Toshifumi Tada
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2011 4:341
  40. Wild peanut species (Arachis spp.) are a rich source of new alleles for peanut improvement. Plant transcriptome analysis under specific experimental conditions helps the understanding of cellular processes relate...

    Authors: Carolina V Morgante, Patricia M Guimarães, Andressa CQ Martins, Ana CG Araújo, Soraya CM Leal-Bertioli, David J Bertioli and Ana CM Brasileiro
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2011 4:339
  41. This is a pilot cross sectional study using both quantitative and qualitative approach towards tutors teaching large classes in private universities in the Klang Valley (comprising Kuala Lumpur, its suburbs, a...

    Authors: Susan Thomas, Shamini Subramaniam, Mathew Abraham, LaySan Too and LooSee Beh
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2011 4:337
  42. ECC remains a problem in both developed and developing countries and ECC has been considered to be present in epidemic proportions in the developing countries. The aetiology and associated factors of ECC shoul...

    Authors: Shanika LM Kumarihamy, Lushanika D Subasinghe, Prasanna Jayasekara, Sanjeewa M Kularatna and Priyaka D Palipana
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2011 4:336

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