Single-centre observational study of the safety and efficacy of thoracoscopy under local anaesthesia for the management of thoracic infections
Thoracoscopy under local anaesthesia is widely performed to diagnose malignancies and infectious diseases. However, few reports have described the use of this procedure for diagnosing and treating intrathoraci... (Source: BMC Research Notes)
Source: BMC Research Notes - May 6, 2024 Category: Research Authors: Kohei Fujita, Zentaro Saito, Takanori Ito, Takuma Imakita, Issei Oi, Osamu Kanai, Yuki Yamamoto, Hiroaki Hata, Satoru Sawai and Kiminobu Tanizawa Tags: Research Note Source Type: research
Impact of infrasound exposure and streptozotocin-induced glucose intolerance on bone composition in Wistar rats
This study aimed to eva... (Source: BMC Research Notes)
Source: BMC Research Notes - May 6, 2024 Category: Research Authors: Lu ísa Zagalo, Gonçalo Pereira, Diogo Casal, Luísa L. Gonçalves, Carlos Zagalo, Maria João Oliveira, Pedro Oliveira and José A. A. Brito Tags: Research Note Source Type: research
Health-related quality of life and its predictors among hypertensive patients on follow up at public hospitals in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: application of Tobit regression model
Health-related quality of life and its associated factors among hypertensive patients living in Ethiopia are not well studied. Therefore, this study aims to assess the level of health-related quality of life a... (Source: BMC Research Notes)
Source: BMC Research Notes - May 3, 2024 Category: Research Authors: Yordanos Megerssa, Guta Kune and Mamo Nigatu Tags: Research Note Source Type: research
Assessing general hospital doctors ’ attitudes toward psychiatric care in multicultural settings
Psychiatric care in general hospitals depends on collaboration with non-psychiatrist doctors. The Doctors ’ Attitudes toward Collaborative Care for Mental Health (DACC-MH) is a two-factor scale designed to addr... (Source: BMC Research Notes)
Source: BMC Research Notes - May 2, 2024 Category: Research Authors: Inoka Wimalaratne, Jessica McLay and David B Menkes Tags: Research Note Source Type: research
18S rDNA sequence-structure phylogeny of the eukaryotes simultaneously inferred from sequences and their individual secondary structures
In this study, we reconstru... (Source: BMC Research Notes)
Source: BMC Research Notes - May 1, 2024 Category: Research Authors: Eva Rapp and Matthias Wolf Tags: Research Note Source Type: research
Transplanting human infant gut microbiome species into Galleria mellonella
Study of the human infant gut microbiome requires the use of surrogate mammalian species such as mice. We sought to investigate the usefulness of the greater wax moth larva, Galleria mellonella, as an alternative... (Source: BMC Research Notes)
Source: BMC Research Notes - April 30, 2024 Category: Research Authors: Harriet C.C. Gooch, Marjorie Labedan, Lindsay J. Hall and Anthony Maxwell Tags: Research Note Source Type: research
Awareness for artifacts in fluorescence microscopy of β-TCP
Fluorescence analysis of β-TCP ceramics is often used to describe cells found on said ceramics. However, we found, to our knowledge, so far undescribed artifacts which might sometimes be hard to differentiate ... (Source: BMC Research Notes)
Source: BMC Research Notes - April 29, 2024 Category: Research Authors: Marco Waldmann, Marc Bohner, Anna Baghnavi, Bianca Riedel and Michael Seidenstuecker Tags: Research Note Source Type: research
Differences in DNA methylation status explain phenotypic variability in patients with 5p − syndrome
Cri Du Chat syndrome, or 5p − syndrome, is characterized by a terminal or interstitial deletion on the short arm of chromosome 5 that causes variable clinical manifestations, including high-pitched cry in newbo... (Source: BMC Research Notes)
Source: BMC Research Notes - April 29, 2024 Category: Research Authors: Vanessa Tavares Almeida, Samar N. Chehimi, Gleyson F. S. Carvalho, Yanca Gasparini, Amom M. Nascimento, Lucas L. Vieira, Beatriz M. Wolff, Mar ília M. Montenegro and Leslie D. Kulikowski Tags: Research Note Source Type: research
Higher peripheral blood mitochondrial DNA copy number and relative telomere length in under 48 years Indonesian breast cancer patients
Breast cancer is the leading cause of cancer incidence and mortality among Indonesian women. A comprehensive investigation is required to enhance the early detection of this disease. Mitochondrial DNA copy num... (Source: BMC Research Notes)
Source: BMC Research Notes - April 28, 2024 Category: Research Authors: Prisca C. Limardi, Sonar Soni Panigoro, Nurjati Chairani Siregar, Noorwati Sutandyo, Fiastuti Witjaksono, Lidwina Priliani, Sukma Oktavianthi and Safarina G. Malik Tags: Research Note Source Type: research
Pre-inoculation water deficit effects on grapevine physiology, Xylella fastidiosa titers, and Pierce ’s disease progression
Drought and Pierce ’s disease are common throughout many grapevine-growing regions such as Mexico and the United States. Yet, how ongoing water deficits affect infections of Xylella fastidiosa, the causal agent of... (Source: BMC Research Notes)
Source: BMC Research Notes - April 27, 2024 Category: Research Authors: Christopher M. Wallis and Zachary Gorman Tags: Research Note Source Type: research
Evaluating Night-Eating Syndrome in bariatric surgery patients: A cross-sectional study
Night-Eating Syndrome (NES) is a complex eating disorder that has gained recognition in the context of bariatric surgery. However, its prevalence and associated factors in this specific patient population rema... (Source: BMC Research Notes)
Source: BMC Research Notes - April 25, 2024 Category: Research Authors: Sarah Almuammar, Elham Aljaaly, Lama Alqarni, Hadeel Alazwari, Ruba Alsubhi and Nouf Alatawi Tags: Research Note Source Type: research
Development and validation of a pulmonary function test data extraction tool for the US department of veterans affairs electronic health record
Pulmonary function test (PFT) results are recorded variably across hospitals in the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) electronic health record (EHR), using both unstructured and semi-structured notes. We dev... (Source: BMC Research Notes)
Source: BMC Research Notes - April 23, 2024 Category: Research Authors: Alexander S. Rabin, Julien B. Weinstein, Sarah M. Seelye, Taylor N. Whittington, Cainnear K. Hogan and Hallie C. Prescott Tags: Research Note Source Type: research
Correction: PARSID: a Python script for automatic analysis of local BLAST results for a rapid molecular taxonomic identification
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Source: BMC Research Notes - April 23, 2024 Category: Research Authors: Costanza Piccoli, Antonio Mu ñoz-Mérida and Angelica Crottini Tags: Correction Source Type: research
Factors associated with help-seeking regarding sexual orientation concerns among Japanese gay and bisexual men: results from a cross-sectional survey
This study investigates Japanese gay and bisexual men ’s experiences of seeking help for emotional support from others regarding their sexual orientation concerns. It examines the relationship between their hel... (Source: BMC Research Notes)
Source: BMC Research Notes - April 23, 2024 Category: Research Authors: Noriyo Kaneko, Adam Orlando Hill and Satoshi Shiono Tags: Research Note Source Type: research
Attitudes toward communication skills with learner needs assessment within radiology residency programs in China: a cross-sectional survey
Communication skills (CS) represent a core competency in radiology residency training. However, no structured curriculum exists to train radiology residents in CS in China. The aim of this study was to evaluat... (Source: BMC Research Notes)
Source: BMC Research Notes - April 23, 2024 Category: Research Authors: GengPeng Lian, Yubin Xiao, Yingling Huang, Huanpeng Wang, Lipeng Huang, Hongwu Yang, Chunmin Zhu, Wei Mei and Ruibin Huang Tags: Research Note Source Type: research
