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  1. Dietary patterns are important factors associated with cardiovascular diseases (CVDs). We examined the association between dietary patterns derived from factor analysis and CVD risk factors.

    Authors: Mostafa Lotfi, Seyyed Mostafa Jalali, Kimia Leilami, Moein Askarpour, Zainab Shateri, Abbas Rezaianzadeh, Masoumeh Ghoddusi Johari, Mehran Nouri and Shiva Faghih
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2024 17:322
  2. Candida africana is an emergent variant that has been listed as a new species or variety within the Candida albicans complex since 2001. It has a worldwide intra-albicans complex pooled prevalence of 1.67% and va...

    Authors: Bwambale Jonani, Herman Roman Bwire, Charles Emmanuel Kasule and Gerald Mboowa
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2024 17:321
  3. The correlation between body weight and health is a significant public health concern. While the adverse effects of obesity on pulmonary function are well-known, the impact of being underweight remains debated...

    Authors: Waheed Hussein Elsaidy, Sultan Abdullah Alzahrani and Sami Mohammed Boodai
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2024 17:320
  4. Sarcopenia is linked to escalating health costs, heightened risk of physical disability, diminished quality of life and an increased demand for care services. This study aimed to assess the economic impact of ...

    Authors: Ali Darvishi, Adeleh Nikkhah, Gita Shafiee, Rajabali Daroudi and Ramin Heshmat
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2024 17:319
  5. To obtain physicians’ “real-world” perspectives on early experiences with triamcinolone acetonide suprachoroidal injection (SCS-TA) for treatment of patients with uveitic macular edema (UME).

    Authors: Christopher R. Henry, Scott D. Walter, Peter Y. Chang, David J. Warrow, Parisa Emami Naeini, Kevin J. Blinder, Teresa Brevetti, Mohamed Yassine, Mark S. Dacey, David S. Chu, Veena R. Raiji, Lana M. Rifkin, Milan Shah and Michael A. Singer
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2024 17:317
  6. The objective of the present study was to examine the effect of calorie restricted diet (CRD) plus inulin supplementation on serum levels of tryptophan (Trp), kynurenine (Kyn) and Trp/Kyn ratio in obese women ...

    Authors: Fatemeh Khademi, Helda Tutunchi, Elnaz Vaghef-Mehrabani and Mehrangiz Ebrahimi-Mameghani
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2024 17:316
  7. Internally displaced persons (IDPs) can have limited access to HIV and hepatitis C Virus (HCV) treatment and prevention. IDPs comprise > 7% of Georgian population but prevalence and levels of HIV and HCV knowl...

    Authors: Adrian Trovato, Maka Gogia, Ana Aslanikashvili, Tamuna Kasrashvili, Ganna Kovalenko, Anna Yakovleva, Britt Skaathun and Tetyana I. Vasylyeva
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2024 17:315
  8. Multidrug resistance (MDR) considered as global crisis facing poultry industry. Migratory birds play very important role in the dissemination of antimicrobial resistant pathogen during their fly way specially ...

    Authors: Maram M. Tawakol, Nehal M. Nabil, Abdelhafez Samir, Heba M. Hassan, Reem M. Reda, Ola Abdelaziz, Sahar Hagag and Mona M. Elsayed
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2024 17:314
  9. Aimed to assess the treatment outcome of post-streptococcal acute glomerulonephritis and its associated factor among children of less than 15 years at a referral hospital in Amhara Northeast Ethiopia, 2022.

    Authors: Leweyehu Alemaw Mengstie, Taye Tesfa, Samrawit Addisu and Sisay Shewasinad
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2024 17:313
  10. Pregnant and breastfeeding women are often under-represented in clinical research, including pharmacokinetic studies, due to ethical and logistical challenges. This paper examines strategies to improve the rec...

    Authors: Ritah Nakijoba, Aida N. Kawuma, Simon Peter Asiimwe, Christine Turyahabwe, Jovia Christine Tabwenda, Jacqueline Kyeyune, Johnson Magoola, Francis Williams Ojara and Catriona Waitt
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2024 17:312
  11. This research aimed to identify and quantify the antibiofilm activity of bioactive compounds from bacteria isolated from rhizosphere and nodule butterfly pea (Clitoria ternatea), rhizosphere clove afo 3 (Syzygium...

    Authors: Vanessa Everly, Diana Elizabeth Waturangi, Nurmaya Papuangan, Nurhasanah and Pande Gde Sasmita Julyantoro
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2024 17:311
  12. The prevalence of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is increasing, presenting a treatment challenge due to limited options. Endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress and associated lipid metabolism disorders ar...

    Authors: Da Wang, Dan Zhang, Ziyun Zhu, Yini Zhang, Ying Wan, Hang Chen, Jianjun Liu and Lanqing Ma
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2024 17:310
  13. Africa reports the highest number of outbreaks globally, accounting for 39% of all outbreaks in 2022. The Integrated Disease Surveillance and Response strategy in Kenya ensures the reporting of outbreaks up to...

    Authors: Farida Geteri, Jeanette Dawa, John Gachohi, Samuel Kadivane, Felix Humwa and Emmanuel Okunga
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2024 17:309
  14. Trimming adapters and low-quality bases from next-generation sequencing (NGS) data is crucial for optimal analysis. We evaluated six trimming programs, implementing five different algorithms, for their effecti...

    Authors: Grace Nabakooza, Darlene D. Wagner, Nehalraza Momin, Rachel L. Marine, William C. Weldon and M. Steven Oberste
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2024 17:308
  15. Undergoing women of pregnancy termination (PT) significantly faces the problem of physical and mental health. This study aims to assess the prevalence and socioeconomic disparity factors of PT in Bangladesh. T...

    Authors: Md. Aslam Hossain, A. M. Mujahidul Islam, Mortuja Mahamud Tohan and Md. Ashfikur Rahman
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2024 17:307
  16. Recent advances in bio-inspired navigation have sparked interest in the phenomenon of skylight polarization. This interest stems from the potential of skylight-based orientation sensors, which performance can ...

    Authors: Léo Poughon, Vincent Aubry, Jocelyn Monnoyer, Stéphane Viollet and Julien R Serres
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2024 17:306
  17. Heifer development is crucial for the optimization of reproductive efficiency in beef production. Heifer development is largely influenced by nutrition. Nutritional status of these heifers can influence immuno...

    Authors: Kyle J. McLean, Taylor B. Ault-Seay and Phillip R. Myer
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2024 17:305
  18. The parabolic convection-diffusion-reaction problem is examined in this work, where the diffusion and convection terms are multiplied by two small parameters, respectively. The proposed approach is based on a ...

    Authors: Shegaye Lema Cheru, Gemechis File Duressa and Tariku Birabasa Mekonnen
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2024 17:304
  19. The present study was investigate parents’ experiences of children with Epidermolysis bullosa. So, this descriptive phenomenological qualitative study was conducted on 17 parents of children with EB from five hos...

    Authors: Fateme Mohammadi, Seyedeh Zahra Masoumi, Khodayar Oshvandi, Mohammad Raza Sobhan and Mostafa Bijani
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2024 17:302
  20. The operating room is a high-risk environment where proper patient positioning is crucial for minimizing injury and ensuring optimal access to surgical sites. This process requires effective collaboration amon...

    Authors: Ali Nasiri Silab, Samira Fattahi, Parisa Rizevandi and Mobin Mottahedi
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2024 17:301
  21. Of the genes conferring resistance to carbapenems in Acinetobacter baumannii, the blaOXA−23 gene is the most widely found across the world. The gene carrying blaOXA−23 transposons in A. baumannii isolates of glob...

    Authors: Melak Wajid Odhafa, Israa Al-Kadmy, Mohammad Reza Pourmand, Ghazal Naderi, Mahla Asadian, Sedighe Ghourchian and Masoumeh Douraghi
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2024 17:300
  22. The control chart is a classic statistical technique in epidemiology for identifying trends, patterns, or alerts. One meaningful use is monitoring and tracking Infant Mortality Rates, which is a priority both ...

    Authors: Jéssica Souza, Cristiano Boccolini, Lais Baroni, Kele Belloze, Eduardo Bezerra, Marcel Pedroso, Ronaldo Fernandes Santos Alves and Eduardo Ogasawara
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2024 17:299
  23. Adolescence is a unique stage of life accompanied by physiological and psychological modifications, along with stress, confusion, and depression.

    Authors: Ahmadreza Rasouli, Amin Majnouni, Farinaz Hosseini Balam, Mohaddeseh Badpeyma, Maedeh Mozafarinia, Shirin Ghotboddin Mohammadi, Golsa Khalatbari Mohseni, Narges Sadeghi, Pasha Rasegh, Morteza Kazemi, Mohammad Alizadeh and Mohammad Reza Shiri-Shahsavar
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2024 17:298
  24. Knowing factors that impact catheter stay duration is important since removing drainage catheters too early or late can have significant consequences. We present a single center retrospective study that analyz...

    Authors: Christopher Stevens, Chintan Mehta, Dylan Scott, Prerana Ramesh, Amanda Ragland, Coplen Johnson, Joshua Strobel, Christopher Schmoutz, Assala Aslan, Chaitanya Ahuja and Luis De Alba
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2024 17:297
  25. There is a gradual increase in the number of optometry education programs in Africa yet there is limited knowledge on optometry students’ experiences of their clinical training. Therefore, the purpose of this ...

    Authors: Boaz Mucunguzi, Walker Guti, Moreen Tumwine, Aloysius G. Mubuuke, Ian Munabi, Arild Raaheim and Sarah Kiguli
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2024 17:296
  26. In this study we have focused on biocompatibility and osteoinductive capacity analysis of self-manufactured single-phase (HAP) and two-phase (HAP and β-ТСР) bioactive ceramics with various chemical modificatio...

    Authors: Yuliia Skliarenko, Volodymyr V. Kolomiiets, Volodymyr V. Balatskyi, Yuliia Galuza, Oksana S. Koryak, Larysa L. Macewicz, Tetiana P. Ruban, Sergey A. Firstov, Nataliia. V. Ulianchych and Oksana O. Piven
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2024 17:295

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  27. Learning in the academic setting is influenced by the dynamic interaction between students and teachers. Recognizing and adapting to diverse learning styles is essential for improving instruction, gaining know...

    Authors: Hossein Mohsenipouya, Seyyed Fateme Monsefi, Abolfazl Hosseinnataj, Mohammed A. Mamun and Firoj Al-Mamun
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2024 17:294
  28. The detection/identification of clinically significant antibodies to red cell antigens form the foundation for safe transfusion practices. This study aimed to evaluate the diagnostic performance of commerciall...

    Authors: Jessica Guglielmino, Fiona J. Morris, Claire M. Grattidge and Denise E. Jackson
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2024 17:293
  29. We developed an in-house bioinformatics pipeline to improve the detection of respiratory pathogens in metagenomic sequencing data. This pipeline addresses the need for short-time analysis, high accuracy, scala...

    Authors: Pablo Alessandro B Viana, Diogo Antonio Tschoeke, Laise de Moraes, Luciane Amorim Santos, Manoel Barral-Netto, Ricardo Khouri, Pablo Ivan P Ramos and Pedro Milet Meirelles
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2024 17:291
  30. Toxoplasmosis not only leads to abortion in humans but also in herbivores, which causes significant financial and quality-adjusted life-year losses. The present study aimed to determine the prevalence of toxop...

    Authors: Reza Shafiei, Nima Firouzeh and Mohammad Taghi Rahimi
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2024 17:290
  31. Seeds host microbes that function in plant growth and phytopathogen resistance. The aim of the work was to investigate total bacterial community in malting barley seeds and whether their bacterial seed endophy...

    Authors: Oyeyemi Ajayi, Suvir Grover, Belayneh Yimer, Marcus Vinje and Ramamurthy Mahalingam
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2024 17:289
  32. This quasi-experimental study aimed to describe the outcome of a social skills intervention for adolescents with depression followed up at an outpatient Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Unit. Twenty adolescents...

    Authors: Udena Ruwindu Attygalle, Abhiramie Yoheswaran and Champa Jayalakshmie Wijesinghe
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2024 17:288
  33. Rapid economic growth in Indonesia and Malaysia has widened the gap in emergency care supply and demand, intensifying challenges. Our study, from August to November 2022, assesses current diverse challenges in...

    Authors: Akio Tokita, Hanako Nunokawa, Keibun Liu, Yuta Iwamoto, Tomohiro Sonoo, Konan Hara, Mikio Nakajima, Kiyomitsu Fukaguchi, Takanori Takeda, Amirudin Sanip, Dafsah A. Juzar, a/l Harvendhar Singh Gurjeet Singh, Lukito Condro, Monalisa Tobing, Muhammad Abdus-Syakur bin Abu Hasan, Nik Hisamuddin Nik Abdul Rahman…
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2024 17:287
  34. Indonesia’s location at the convergence of multiple tectonic plates results in a unique geomorphological feature with abundant hot springs. This study pioneers the metagenomic exploration of Indonesian hot spr...

    Authors: I Nengah Wirajana, Ni Putu Ariantari, Douglas J. H. Shyu, Nilam Vaghamshi, Komal Antaliya and Pravin Dudhagara
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2024 17:286
  35. This study examined the impact of a short-term study abroad program, focusing on program evaluation, attendee satisfaction, and acquired knowledge and skills. A questionnaire survey was conducted covering vari...

    Authors: Eman Mohamed Elmokadem, Azza A. Mahmoud, Harriet Bennett-Lenane, Kevin D. Murphy and Noha Khalil
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2024 17:285
  36. This study aimed to assess the feasibility and acceptability of using EMA questionnaires and physiological data via wristbands to measure day-to-day occupational stress, musculoskeletal pain, and mental health...

    Authors: Victoria Weale, Jasmine Love, Els Clays and Jodi Oakman
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2024 17:284
  37. Japan has a system of occupational therapy programs known as self-reliance training (training for daily living), which helps people with various disabilities lead more meaningful lives. Recently, it has been s...

    Authors: Hiroyuki Kikukawa, Naoyuki Hirao, Yuta Kanamoto, Tsuyoshi Okamura and Chiaki Ura
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2024 17:283
  38. In highly aggressive malignant cancers including breast cancer, vasculogenic mimicry (VM) is the potential of tumor cells to generate a vascular channel network for delivering blood to tumor cells. Detection o...

    Authors: Mohammad Kamalabadi-Farahani, Vahid Kia, Sadegh Dylami and Amir Atashi
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2024 17:282
  39. The DNA load of EBV may play a part in CLL pathogenesis and prognosis. The objective of this cross-sectional study was to examine the prognostic value of EBV viral load in CLL patients in comparison with other...

    Authors: Farkhondeh Azhdari, Zahra Faghih, Shirin Haghighat, Marzieh Jamalidoust, Seyed Younes Hosseini, Seyed Mohammad Ali Hashemi and Jamal Sarvari
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2024 17:281
  40. The primary objective of this project was to develop a comprehensive COVID-19 non-pharmaceutical interventions’ index for the province of Québec (QCnPI-Index). The resulting database systematically categorizes...

    Authors: Asma Mamri, Camila Correa Matias Pereira, Vahid Najafi Moghaddam Gilani, Brice Batomen, Thomas G. Brown, Marie-Soleil Cloutier, Marie Claude Ouimet, Cynthia Paquet, Claude Giroux, Émilie Turmel, Joël Tremblay, Ward Vanlaar and José Ignacio Nazif-Munoz
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2024 17:280
  41. Hypertension is the important risk factor for cause disability and death, particularly if there is a loss of self-care knowledge. Health literacy encompasses the comprehension and awareness of health-related i...

    Authors: Pilaiporn Sukcharoen, Nanchatsan Sakunpong, Jidapa Polruk and Sureeporn Chumdaeng
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2024 17:278
  42. The non-invasive and inexpensive predictive indicators seem to be essential for the evaluation of coronavirus disease-19 (COVID-19) prognosis. Uric acid to high-density lipoprotein-cholesterol ratio (UHR) have...

    Authors: Marzieh Rohani-Rasaf, Farideh Ghavidel, Hossein Hosseini and Maryam Teimouri
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2024 17:277
  43. Digital interventions have been widely implemented to promote tobacco cessation. However, implementations of these interventions have not yet considered how participants’ e-cigarette use may influence their qu...

    Authors: Donghee N. Lee, Jamie M. Faro, Elise M. Stevens, Lori Pbert, Chengwu Yang and Rajani S. Sadasivam
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2024 17:276
  44. Tennis is characterised by repetitive serves and strokes predominately performed with one arm. This can lead to differences in upper quarter mobility/stability between the stroke and non-stroke arm, which coul...

    Authors: Johanna Lambrich, Stefan Panzer and Thomas Muehlbauer
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2024 17:275
  45. This study aimed to determine the prevalence of vitiligo and associated factors among patients visiting the dermatologic outpatient departments at Tibebe Ghion Specialized Hospital and Addisalem Primary Hospit...

    Authors: Girum kibret, Abel Teklit Haile, Yared abebe, Eleni admassu and Robel Gemechu Haile
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2024 17:274
  46. Here, we sought to report ABO and D antigen distribution in blood donors from Yogyakarta, Java Island, Indonesia. Phenotype data (ABO/D) from donors who donated blood between January 1, 2018, and December 31, ...

    Authors: Hasna Fadlilatul Bidayah, Teguh Triyono, Yann Fichou, Rarastoeti Pratiwi, Diah Nurpratami and Abdul Salam Sofro
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2024 17:273

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