Health status, lifestyle habits, and perceived social support in long-term cancer survivors: a cross-sectional study
To compare the presence of comorbidities and self-perceived health and social support between long-term cancer survivors and people without a history of cancer from a clinical trial examining the effects of a ...BMC Research Notes 2020 13:376Self-weighing frequency and the incidence of type 2 diabetes: post hoc analysis of a cluster-randomized controlled trial
Frequent self-weighing is associated with weight loss and maintenance, but the relationship between frequent self-weighing and the incidence of type 2 diabetes (T2D) remains unclear. The study aim was to exami...BMC Research Notes 2020 13:375Dual-specificity phosphatase (DUSP6) in human glioblastoma: epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition (EMT) involvement
Glioblastoma (GBM) is the most aggressive and common form of primary brain cancer. Survival is poor and improved treatment options are urgently needed. Dual specificity phosphatase-6 (DUSP6) is actively involv...BMC Research Notes 2020 13:374The association of dietary inflammatory index with urinary risk factors of kidney stones formation in men with nephrolithiasis
Inflammation plays a leading role in the pathogenesis of nephrolithiasis. The association of the dietary inflammatory index (DII) with urinary lithogenic factors is unclear. This study aimed to evaluate the re...BMC Research Notes 2020 13:373COVID19 antibody detection using lateral flow assay tests in a cohort of convalescent plasma donors
COVID19 has caused a global and ongoing pandemic. The need for population seroconversion data is apparent to monitor and respond to the pandemic. Using a lateral flow assay (LFA) testing platform, the seroposi...BMC Research Notes 2020 13:372Comparing the differences in three measures of healthy life expectancy among prefectures in Japan
An ecological study using secondary open data from Japanese government statistics was conducted. The study aimed to verify differences in three measures of healthy life expectancy (HLE); namely, disability-fre...BMC Research Notes 2020 13:371Isolation and whole-genome sequencing of Pseudomonas sp. RIT 623, a slow-growing bacterium endowed with antibiotic properties
There is an urgent need for the discovery and/or development of novel antibiotics. We report an exploration of “slow”-growing bacteria, which can be difficult to isolate using rich media as they are usually ou...BMC Research Notes 2020 13:370Genetic relatedness of Leptospira interrogans serogroup Autumnalis isolated from humans, dogs, and mice in Japan
Leptospirosis is a zoonotic disease caused by pathogenic spirochetes of Leptospira spp., and peridomiciliary rodents are the most important reservoir animals for human infection. Dogs are known to be the reservoi...BMC Research Notes 2020 13:369Clinical efficacy and bleeding outcomes of tissue plasminogen activator and dornase alfa in pleural space infection with once daily concurrent administration: a retrospective cohort study
The use of intrapleural tissue plasminogen activator (tPA) and dornase alfa (DNase) is common in the management of pleural space infection. We review our experience with the efficacy and safety of this therapy...BMC Research Notes 2020 13:368Smoking habit and chemo-radiotherapy and/or surgery affect the sensitivity of EGFR plasma test in non-small cell lung cancer
This study aimed to identify the influential factors for the sensitivity of epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) plasma test in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). The mutations were detected in tumor tissue a...BMC Research Notes 2020 13:367Chronic cortisol exposure in early development leads to neuroendocrine dysregulation in adulthood
Chronic early life stress can affect development of the neuroendocrine stress system, leading to its persistent dysregulation and consequently increased disease risk in adulthood. One contributing factor is th...BMC Research Notes 2020 13:366Retraction Note to: Knowledge, practice and associated factors of newborn care among postnatal mothers at health centers, Bahir Dar City, Northwestern Ethiopia, 2016
An amendment to this paper has been published and can be accessed via the original article.BMC Research Notes 2020 13:365The original article was published in BMC Research Notes 2019 12:483Fermented soy supplementation improves indicators of quality of life: a randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blind trial in adults experiencing heartburn
To determine if fermented soy supplementation relieves heartburn and improves gastrointestinal symptoms and quality of life, a randomized, double-blind parallel study was conducted with adults experiencing mil...BMC Research Notes 2020 13:364Transcriptome profiling of pluripotent pig embryonic stem cells originating from uni- and biparental embryos
Pig pluripotent stem cells have tremendous potential because the pig is a valuable animal as both an agricultural resource and as a preclinical model of human therapy. To date, a lack of understanding of pig p...BMC Research Notes 2020 13:144Paediatric, pedestrian road traffic injuries in the city of Mashhad in north-eastern Iran 2015–2019: a data note
The leading factors of paediatric, pedestrian road traffic injuries (PPRTIs) are associated with the characteristics of immediate environment. Spatial analysis of data related to PPRTIs could provide useful kn...BMC Research Notes 2020 13:363Enhancing healthcare efficiency to achieve the Quadruple Aim: an exploratory study
Healthcare is battling a conflict between the Quadruple Aims—reducing costs; improving population health, patient experience, and team well-being—and productivity. This quasi-experimental pilot study tested a ...BMC Research Notes 2020 13:362Does the addition of concurrent visual feedback increase adherence to a home exercise program in people with stroke: a single-case series?
Evidence is accumulating for the potential benefits of technology use in stroke rehabilitation. However, few studies have examined ways in which technology can be used to increase adherence to programs after d...BMC Research Notes 2020 13:361Grapevine (Vitis spp.) rootstock stilbenoid associations with host resistance to and induction by root knot nematodes, Meloidogyne incognita
The root knot nematodes (RKN) Meloidogyne incognita can severely reduce grapevine yields over time. Grapevine rootstocks have been developed from wild Vitis species that provide resistance to nematode infections....BMC Research Notes 2020 13:360Determinants of plasma calretinin in patients with malignant pleural mesothelioma
Calretinin is a well-known immunohistochemical tissue marker in the diagnosis of malignant mesothelioma. Promising results also indicate the use in early detection. In the present cross-sectional survey, corre...BMC Research Notes 2020 13:359Antimicrobial resistance and toxigenic profiles of bacteria isolated from tropical shrimps (Farfantepenaeus notialis and Penaeus monodon) in Cameroun
Post-harvest shrimp losses are a big problem due to the proliferation of spoilage bacteria. Presence and multiplication of these bacteria promotes the emergence of food-borne diseases. This study was carried o...BMC Research Notes 2020 13:358Some notable records of mayflies (Insecta: Ephemeroptera) from big rivers in Indiana
Mayflies (Insecta: Ephemeroptera) were collected from the Ohio River, Wabash River and White River in Indiana during July and August 2019, with the goals of confirming the continued existence of historic popul...BMC Research Notes 2020 13:357Capparis spinosa improves the high fat diet-induced non-alcoholic steatohepatitis in rats: the possible role of FGF21
This study focused on the beneficial effects of Capparis spinosa (CS) treatment on the steatohepatitis induced by the administration of a high-fat emulsion in rats. Changes of hepatic expression and secretion of ...BMC Research Notes 2020 13:356Screening of postpartum depression among new mothers in Istanbul: a psychometric evaluation of the Turkish Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale
This study is the first concerted effort to ascertain factor structure of EPDS using evidence based analytical techniques. It is the most widely used scale for assessing postpartum depression in Turkey, and ye...BMC Research Notes 2020 13:355The effects of intravitreal adalimumab injection on pseudophakic macular edema
Pseudophakic macular edema is a frequent complication following cataract surgery. Inflammation is a major etiologic factor in the development of pseudophakic cystoid macular edema. Tumor necrosis factor-alpha ...BMC Research Notes 2020 13:354The effect of blue dishware versus white dishware on food intake and eating challenges among residents living with dementia: a crossover trial
Residents living with dementia (RLWD) often experience changes in their visual perception, which could reduce food intake. Inadequate food intake is known to cause malnutrition, which increases the risk of hos...BMC Research Notes 2020 13:353SEIR model for COVID-19 dynamics incorporating the environment and social distancing
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a pandemic respiratory illness spreading from person-to-person caused by a novel coronavirus and poses a serious public health risk. The goal of this study was to apply a...BMC Research Notes 2020 13:352Quantification of circulating microRNAs by droplet digital PCR for cancer detection
Circulating cell-free microRNAs (miRNAs) which consist of short-sequence RNAs are released from cells into the blood stream and has emerged as new biomarkers in the clinical cancer diagnosis and treatment. For...BMC Research Notes 2020 13:351Impact of prematurity and the CTG repeat length on outcomes in congenital myotonic dystrophy
Patients with congenital myotonic dystrophy (CDM) tend to be born preterm. Although the CDM severity generally depends on the CTG repeat length, prematurity may also affect the prognosis in patients with CDM. ...BMC Research Notes 2020 13:350Molecular comparison of pure ovarian fibroma with serous benign ovarian tumours
Ovarian fibromas and adenofibromas are rare ovarian tumours. They are benign tumours composed of spindle-like stromal cells (pure fibroma) or a mixture of fibroblast and epithelial components (adenofibroma). W...BMC Research Notes 2020 13:349High insecticide resistances levels in Anopheles gambiaes s.l. in northern Uganda and its relevance for future malaria control
The aim of the study was to determine the level of insecticide resistance and diversity in Anopheles mosquitoes in northern Uganda. Standard WHO insecticide susceptibility test assays were used to test for suscep...BMC Research Notes 2020 13:348Phylogenetic lineage of GII.17 norovirus identified among children in South-South, Nigeria
Norovirus is a major cause of diarrhea among children worldwide. This present report highlight’s the genetic homology patterns of GII.17 noroviruses detected among children under-5 years of age with diarrhea i...BMC Research Notes 2020 13:347The role of CA-125, GLS and FASN in predicting cytoreduction for epithelial ovarian cancers
Cytoreduction has an important role in improving the survival rate of epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC) patients. This study aimed to assess the ability of preoperative serum CA125, FASN and GLS as predictors of...BMC Research Notes 2020 13:346The commercially available STAT3 inhibitor 5,15-diphenylporphyrin (5,15-DPP) does not directly interact with STAT3 core residues 127–722
Target specific small molecule inhibitors has driven signaling pathway discovery and are used as common positive controls in drug discovery screens. During a biophysical screen, using surface plasmon resonance...BMC Research Notes 2020 13:345Teamwork for smoking cessation: which smoker was willing to engage their partner? Results from a cross-sectional study
Smokers are greatly influenced by those living with them, but strategies that increase partner support for smoking cessation are lacking. Using a cross-sectional study design, we explored factors associated wi...BMC Research Notes 2020 13:344Torque-producing capacity is affected by moment arm in the human knee extensors
The torque-producing capacity can be assessed as maximal isometric torque per muscle size. Nevertheless, the factors contributing to this capacity remain poorly understood. In general, the magnitude of joint t...BMC Research Notes 2020 13:343Factors related to dropout in integrative oncology clinical trials: interim analysis of an ongoing comparative effectiveness trial of mindfulness-based cancer recovery and Tai chi/Qigong for cancer health (The MATCH study)
To examine the factors associated with loss to follow-up (LTFU) in an ongoing preference-based randomized waitlist controlled trial of mindfulness-based cancer recovery (MBCR) and Taichi/Qigong (TCQ) for cance...BMC Research Notes 2020 13:342Associations between adherence to MIND diet and severity, duration and frequency of migraine headaches among migraine patients
Migraine is a neurological disorder causing unbearable pain. Dietary approach is proposed as a preventive way of reducing the severity of migraine headaches. The present study aimed to examine the association ...BMC Research Notes 2020 13:341A note on the impact of late diagnosis on HIV/AIDS dynamics: a mathematical modelling approach
The global incidence of HIV infection is not significantly decreasing, especially in sub-Saharan African countries. Though there is availability and accessibility of free HIV services, people are not being dia...BMC Research Notes 2020 13:340On-line virtual patient learning: a pilot study of a new modality in antimicrobial stewardship education for pediatric residents
Our objective was to develop and validate a virtual patient (VP) learning module to educate pediatric residents about antimicrobial stewardship (AMS) principles. A VP module on complicated pneumonia was develo...BMC Research Notes 2020 13:339CORAZON: a web server for data normalization and unsupervised clustering based on expression profiles
Data normalization and clustering are mandatory steps in gene expression and downstream analyses, respectively. However, user-friendly implementations of these methodologies are available exclusively under exp...BMC Research Notes 2020 13:338A decision support system based on support vector machine for diagnosis of periodontal disease
Early diagnosis of many diseases is essential for their treatment. Furthermore, the existence of abundant and unknown variables makes more complicated decision making. For this reason, the diagnosis and classi...BMC Research Notes 2020 13:337Age, source, and future risk of COVID-19 infections in two settings of Hong Kong and Singapore
To explore and compare the age, source and future risk of COVID-19 infection in Hong Kong SAR China and Singapore as of March 5, 2020.BMC Research Notes 2020 13:336Postpartum women’s perception of stressors in the delivery ward: a qualitative study
Delivery is a challenging event in women’s lives. What happens during childbirth is stressful for most women. Regarding the short and long-term effects of stressors of the delivery ward on childbirth and neona...BMC Research Notes 2020 13:335Functional conservation of mitochondrial RNA levels despite divergent mtDNA organization
Mitochondria-encoded ribosomal RNA (rRNA) genes in humans are expressed at a higher rate than protein coding genes of the mitochondria. The organization of the human mitochondrial genome (mtDNA) is amenable to...BMC Research Notes 2020 13:334Characterization of yellow root cassava and food products: investigation of cyanide and β-carotene concentrations
Cyanide is a highly toxic compound, and the consumption of products containing cyanide is a significant public health concern. Conversely, β-carotene possesses essential nutritional attributes for human health, t...BMC Research Notes 2020 13:333High sustained viral response among HCV genotype 3 patients with advanced liver fibrosis: real-world data of HCV elimination program in Georgia
In 2015, Georgia launched HCV elimination program. Initially, patients with advanced liver disease were treated with sofosbuvir-based regimen—the only DAA available for all genotypes. Purpose of the study was ...BMC Research Notes 2020 13:332Internal consistency and correlation of the adverse childhood experiences, bully victimization, self-esteem, resilience, and social support scales in Nigerian children
We evaluated the internal consistencies and the correlation between measures of adverse childhood experiences (ACE), bully victimization, self-esteem, resilience, and social support in children/adolescents in ...BMC Research Notes 2020 13:331Autonomous replication sequences from the Amaranthus palmeri eccDNA replicon enable replication in yeast
The objective of the research presented here was to determine whether autonomous replication sequences (ARS) discovered in the eccDNA replicon of glyphosate resistant Amaranthus palmeri enable self-replication in...BMC Research Notes 2020 13:330Draft genome sequence of the oomycete Pythium destruens strain ATCC 64221 from a horse with pythiosis in Australia
Genome sequences are a vital resource for accelerating the biological exploration of an organism of interest. Pythium destruens (a synonym of Pythium insidiosum) causes a difficult-to-treat infectious disease cal...BMC Research Notes 2020 13:329
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