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  1. CCAAT/Enhancer Binding proteins (C/EBPs) are transcription factors involved in the regulation of a variety of cellular processes. We used the Abcam Recombinant Anti-C/EBP beta antibody (E299) to detect C/EBPβ ...

    Authors: Hamood AlSudais and Nadine Wiper-Bergeron

    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2019 12:717

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  2. The objective of this study was to assess the determinants of overweight and obesity among children under 5 years in Ethiopia.

    Authors: Haftom Gebrehiwot Weldearegay, Tesfay Gebregzabher Gebrehiwot, Mulugeta Woldu Abrha and Afework Mulugeta

    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2019 12:716

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  4. HAART had significantly improved the quality of life of HIV patients. However, it results different adverse effects such as: hepatotoxicity, nephrotoxicity, lipodystrophy, anemia, diarrhea, psychiatric disorde...

    Authors: Endalamaw Tesfa, Daniel Siefu, Yididya Belayneh and Zewdie Mekonnen

    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2019 12:714

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  5. To assess the prevalence of antenatal depression and factors associated with antenatal depression among pregnant women in Aneded woreda, Northwest Ethiopia, 2019. A community based- cross sectional study was c...

    Authors: Abebe Habtamu Belete, Mulunesh Alemayehu Assega, Amanuel Alemu Abajobir, Yihalem Abebe Belay and Mengistie Kassahun Tariku

    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2019 12:713

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  6. The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of Salmonella and Shigella, antibiotic susceptibility profile and associated factors among food handlers working in food establishment from June to December 2...

    Authors: Neja Awol, Demiss Nigusse and Musa Ali

    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2019 12:712

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  7. Approximately 10% of patients with congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH) due to 21-hydroxylase deficiency carry a mutation that disrupts CYP21A2 and the flanking TNXB gene resulting in CAH-X, a contiguous gene del...

    Authors: Vipula Kolli, Hannah Kim, Hamsini Rao, Qizong Lao, Alison Gaynor, Joshua D. Milner and Deborah P. Merke

    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2019 12:711

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  8. The aim of this four waves 9-year longitudinal study was to examine aggressive/depressive symptoms trajectories in a sample of N = 90 children with overweight and a matched group of children with normal weight...

    Authors: Luca Cerniglia, Silvia Cimino, Michela Erriu, Stanislav Jezek, Carlos A. Almenara and Renata Tambelli

    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2019 12:710

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  9. The main objective of this study was to assess pesticide handling and storage practice, and its associated factors among farmers engaged in irrigation in Gondar town, Ethiopia, 2019. Community-based cross-sect...

    Authors: Chalie Mequanint, Betelihem Getachew, Yonas Mindaye, Dagnachew Eyachew Amare, Tadesse Guadu and Henok Dagne

    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2019 12:709

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  10. Investigate PTEN gene expression and tumor aggressiveness in endometrial carcinoma specimens from patients living in either areas of depleted uranium [DU] pollution or unpolluted regions to determine any evidence...

    Authors: Alaa Salah Jumaah, Hawraa Sahib Al-Haddad, Liwaa Hussein Mahdi, Emad Hatem, Asaad Abdul Hamza Al-Janabi, Katherine McAllister and Akeel Abed Yasseen

    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2019 12:708

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  11. This study aimed to assess the level of aspartate aminotransaminase (AST), alanine aminotransaminase (ALT) and gamma-glutamyltransferase (GGT), and their association with type 2 diabetes mellitus in Northwest ...

    Authors: Tewodros Shibabaw, Gashaw Dessie, Meseret Derbew Molla, Muluken Fekadie Zerihun and Birhanu Ayelign

    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2019 12:707

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  12. To evaluate the availability of information regarding patient access to investigational treatments through clinical trials and non-trial pre-approval access pathways from a sample of patient advocacy organizat...

    Authors: Kelly McBride Folkers, Sarah Leone and Arthur Caplan

    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2019 12:706

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  13. In an aging population, an increase in the number of elderly cancer patients with cognitive impairment is expected. The possible association between cancer and cognitive impairment is important to elucidate, b...

    Authors: Kenji Gonda, Kenji Yaginuma, Yuichi Rokkaku, Shoichiro Horita, Yuko Maejima and Kenju Shimomura

    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2019 12:705

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  14. Duchenne/Becker muscular dystrophy (DMD/BMD) is the most common genetic neuromuscular disease in children, resulting from a defect in the DMD gene located on Xp21.2. The new emerging treatment using exon skipping...

    Authors: Kristy Iskandar, Ery Kus Dwianingsih, Linda Pratiwi, Alvin Santoso Kalim, Hasna Mardhiah, Alifiani H. Putranti, Dian K. Nurputra, Agung Triono, Elisabeth S. Herini, Rusdy G. Malueka, Gunadi, Poh San Lai and Sunartini

    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2019 12:704

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  15. This study aims to evaluate the total bacterial and fungal count of tools, devices and surfaces of kitchens of the centers affiliated to Birjand University of Medical Sciences. In this study, 200 samples from ...

    Authors: Seyyedeh Masoomeh Rahimi, Maryam Ebrahimi, Behnam Barikbin and Tayebeh Zeinali

    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2019 12:703

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  16. The purpose of this study was to determine the prevalence of intestinal parasitic infections among patients who had attended Hawassa University students’ clinic, Southern Ethiopia.

    Authors: Tadesse Menjetta, Teketel Simion, Wondimu Anjulo, Kidist Ayele, Mekides Haile, Tewodros Tafesse and Solomon Asnake

    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2019 12:702

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  18. To assess the effect of comprehensive sexuality education on the comprehensive knowledge and attitude to condom use among first-year students at Arba Minch University.

    Authors: Negussie Boti, Sultan Hussen, Mulugeta Shegaze, Simon Shibru, Tamiru Shibiru, Eshetu Zerihun, Wanzahun Godana, Sintayehu Abebe, Woyinshet Gebretsadik, Nathan Desalegn and Zebene Temtime

    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2019 12:700

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  19. The present study aims to investigate the etiology, clinical profile and resistance pattern of the isolated pathogens in Nepalese adults with acute gastroenteritis. This cross-sectional study was conducted at ...

    Authors: Shiv Kumar Sah, Shreejana Basnet, Sushma Shrestha, Kusum Ghale, Sabita Tamang, Dipendra Kumar Mandal and Sher Bahadur Pun

    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2019 12:699

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  20. As adolescence is a stage in which human beings face once throughout a lifetime and it is the experimental period for this reason risky sexual behavior is common among young people, and it has several sexual a...

    Authors: Alem Girmay and Teklewoini Mariye

    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2019 12:698

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  21. Intestinal parasites are present throughout the world in varying degrees of prevalence due to many factors. The aim of this study was to determine the 5-year trend prevalence of intestinal prevalence among pat...

    Authors: Meseret Ayelgn, Ligabaw Worku, Getachew Ferede and Yitayih Wondimeneh

    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2019 12:697

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  22. This small scale cross-sectional study was done to identify the common systolic blood pressure pattern (dipping or non-dipping) among type 2 diabetic men with coexisting hypertension and erectile dysfunction(E...

    Authors: Thirunavukarasu Kumanan, Vathulan Sujanitha, Nadarajah Rajeshkannan and Balasingam Nisahan

    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2019 12:696

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  23. In frame of a study to characterize the interaction of human macrophage-like cells with pathogenic corynebacteria, Corynebacterium diphtheriae and Corynebacterium ulcerans, live cell imaging experiments were carr...

    Authors: Dulanthi Weerasekera, Jonas Hahn, Martin Herrmann and Andreas Burkovski

    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2019 12:695

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  24. Design polymorphic microsatellite loci that will be useful for studies of the genetic diversity, gene-flow and reproduction in the Japanese endemic conifer Thuja standishii and test the transferability of these l...

    Authors: James R. P. Worth, K. S. Chang, Y.-H. Ha and Aili Qin

    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2019 12:694

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  25. Although incredible progress has been made in treatment and prevention of Hepatitis C virus and human immunodeficiency virus infections, the epidemic continues to spread in developing nations. The information ...

    Authors: Zena Ameha, Senait Tadesse, Abate Assefa and Belay Tessema

    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2019 12:693

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  26. Corynebacterium ulcerans can colonize a wide variety of animals and also humans are infected, typically by zoonotic transmission. Symptoms range from skin ulcers or systemic infections to diphtheria-like illness....

    Authors: Anne Busch, Jens Möller, Andreas Burkovski and Helmut Hotzel

    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2019 12:692

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  27. Staphylococcus aureus and S. epidermidis as opportunistic pathogens, notable for their frequency and severity of infections are recognized as the most usual reasons for medical device-associated infections that s...

    Authors: Sanaz Amir Gholami, Hamid Reza Goli, Mohammad Reza Haghshenas and Bahman Mirzaei

    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2019 12:691

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  28. The aim of this study was to assess the prevalence and associated factors of alcohol use among women attending Antenatal Care in Gedeo zone rural health centers (Southern Ethiopia). This was a cross-sectional ...

    Authors: Birhanie Mekuriaw, Zelalem Belayneh, Tinsae Shemelise and Robel Hussen

    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2019 12:690

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  29. In spite of the benefits associated with exclusive breastfeeding practice (EBP), the practice remains low in Ghana. This study investigates prevalence and factors associated with EBP among lactating mothers of...

    Authors: Joseph Yaw Yeboah, David Forkuor and Williams Agyemang-Duah

    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2019 12:689

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  31. Single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) play critical roles in genetic diversity and disease. Many traits and diseases are linked with exonic SNPs that are significant for gene function, regulation or translati...

    Authors: Shah Md. Ziqrul Haq Chowdhury, K. H. M. Nazmul Hussain Nazir, Saam Hasan, Ajran Kabir, Md. Muket Mahmud, Mahdi Robbani, Tahmina Tabassum, Tamanna Afroze, Aura Rahman, Md. Rafiqul Islam and Maqsud Hossain

    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2019 12:687

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  32. Like many other proteins, those belonging to the signal transduction cascade initiating sporulation (Spo0 pathway) have conserved protein domains (Capra and Laub in Annu Rev Microbiol 66:325–47, 2012). Improvemen...

    Authors: Paola Martinez-Amador, Nori Castañeda, Antonio Loza, Lizeth Soto, Enrique Merino and Rosa Maria Gutierrez-Rios

    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2019 12:686

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  33. The purpose of this experiment is to analyze the changes of transcriptome in Pseudomonas aeruginosa under the action of sodium houttuyfonate (SH) to reveal the possible mechanism of SH inhibiting P. aeruginosa. W...

    Authors: Yeye Zhao, Yuanqing Si, Longfei Mei, Jiadi Wu, Jing Shao, Changzhong Wang and Daqiang Wu

    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2019 12:685

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  34. The aim of the study was to assess utilization and associated factors of emergency contraception among women seeking abortion services in Health Institutions of Dessie town, North East Ethiopia, 2018.

    Authors: Asres Eshetie Feleke, Tewdros Seyoum Nigussie and Tibeb Zena Debele

    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2019 12:684

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  36. Enzymatic fingerprinting of key enzymes of glucose metabolism is a valuable analysis tool in cell physiological phenotyping of plant samples. Yet, a similar approach for mammalian cell line samples is missing....

    Authors: Julian Geiger, Rebecca Doelker, Sofia Salö, Thomas Roitsch and Louise T. Dalgaard

    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2019 12:682

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  37. Candida species is implicated in a wide array of clinical infections. Speciation of Candida strains is of prime importance in the epidemiological survey and laboratory diagnosis as there is an upswing of antifung...

    Authors: Sankar Leena Sankari, Krishnan Mahalakshmi and Venkatesan Naveen Kumar

    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2019 12:681

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  38. To assess (i) if teachers’ age or gender could predict their baseline levels of mental well-being and anxiety and any change after yoga. (ii) Whether mental well-being or anxiety changed following 15 days of y...

    Authors: Shirley Telles, Sachin Kumar Sharma, Ram Kumar Gupta, Deepak Kumar Pal, Kumar Gandharva and Acharya Balkrishna

    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2019 12:680

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  39. The aim of this study was to assess health-related quality of life and its associated factors among epileptic patients in public hospitals of Wollega zones, Ethiopia. Institutional based cross-sectional study ...

    Authors: Muktar Abadiga, Getu Mosisa, Tadele Amente and Adugna Oluma

    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2019 12:679

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  41. This is the first study of the sonic and ultrasonic vocalization in a Dipodidae rodent. For the small-sized quadrupedal northern birch mouse Sicista betulina, phylogenetically related to the bipedal jerboas (Dipo...

    Authors: Ilya A. Volodin, Anna V. Klenova, Olga G. Ilchenko and Elena V. Volodina

    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2019 12:677

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  42. Addiction to mobile phone is one of the negative consequences of excessive use of this device. This disorder may also be related to individuals’ loneliness and may reduce or increase the sense of loneliness. T...

    Authors: Hale Jafari, Abas Aghaei and Alireza khatony

    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2019 12:676

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  44. Previous studies showed that flight muscles degenerate after migration in some aphid species; however, the underlying molecular mechanism remains virtually unknown. In this study, using the wheat aphid, Sitobion ...

    Authors: Honglin Feng, Xiao Guo, Hongyan Sun, Shuai Zhang, Jinghui Xi, Jiao Yin, Yazhong Cao and Kebin Li

    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2019 12:672

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  45. The objectives of this study were to assess early initiation of breastfeeding and associated factors among mothers of aged less than 12 months children in the rural eastern zone, Tigray, Ethiopia.

    Authors: Senait Gebreslasie Gebremeskel, Tesfay Tsegay Gebru, Berhanu Gebresilassie Gebrehiwot, Hadush Negash Meles, Betell Berhane Tafere, Guesh Welu Gebreslassie, Fisseha Tekulu Welay, Meresa Berwo Mengesha and Desta Abraha Weldegeorges

    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2019 12:671

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  46. This paper describes the development and translation of a questionnaire purported to measure (1) the perception of the placement strategy of automated external defibrillator, (2) the perception on the importan...

    Authors: Keng Sheng Chew, Siew Yee Liaw, Ahmad Zulkarnain Ahmad Zahedi, Shirly Siew Ling Wong, Nariman Singmamae, Dev Nath Kaushal and Hiang Chuan Chan

    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2019 12:670

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  47. For the past 10 years, refugees from Eritrea represented the majority of asylum seekers in Switzerland. However, data on their health status remains limited. In this cross-sectional survey followed by a 1-year...

    Authors: Afona Chernet, Nicole Probst-Hensch, Véronique Sydow, Daniel H. Paris, Andreas Neumayr and Niklaus D. Labhardt

    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2019 12:668

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  48. This study aimed to develop a questionnaire for measuring patient perceptions of participating in clinical trials. Development was based on earlier research on patient views of involvement in medical care and ...

    Authors: Judith Arnetz, Sukhesh Sudan, Courtney Goetz, Bengt Arnetz, Laura Gowland, Suzanne Manji and Samiran Ghosh

    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2019 12:667

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  49. Adequate sleep is integral to better mental health and facilitates students’ learning. We aimed to assess sleep quality among medical students and to see whether it was associated with their mental health (e.g...

    Authors: Abdullah Murhaf Al-Khani, Muhammad Ishaque Sarhandi, Mohamed Saddik Zaghloul, Mohammed Ewid and Nazmus Saquib

    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2019 12:665

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  50. We described the dynamics of cholera in Tanzania between 2007 and 2017 and assessed the weaknesses of the current surveillance system in providing necessary data in achieving the global roadmap to 2030 for cho...

    Authors: Yaovi M. G. Hounmanou, Kåre Mølbak, Jonas Kähler, Robinson H. Mdegela, John E. Olsen and Anders Dalsgaard

    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2019 12:664

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