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	226.	Methodology Development of a wearable global positioning system for place and health research Daniel Rainham, Daniel Krewski, Ian McDowell, Mike Sawada, Brian Liekens International Journal of Health Geographics 2008, 7:59 (25 November 2008) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed \| Cited on BioMed Central
	227.	Research article Who's minding the shop? The role of Canadian research ethics boards in the creation and uses of registries and biobanks Elaine Gibson, Kevin Brazil, Michael D Coughlin, Claudia Emerson, Francois Fournier, Lisa Schwartz, Karen V Szala-Meneok, Karen M Weisbaum, Donald J Willison BMC Medical Ethics 2008, 9:17 (14 November 2008) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed \| Cited on BioMed Central
	228.	Short Report The happy docs study: a Canadian Association of Internes and Residents well-being survey examining resident physician health and satisfaction within and outside of residency training in Canada Jordan S Cohen, Yvette Leung, Meriah Fahey, Linda Hoyt, Roona Sinha, Lisa Cailler, Kevin Ramchandar, John Martin, Scott Patten BMC Research Notes 2008, 1:105 (29 October 2008) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed
	229.	Research article A standard procedure for creating a frailty index Samuel D Searle, Arnold Mitnitski, Evelyne A Gahbauer, Thomas M Gill, Kenneth Rockwood BMC Geriatrics 2008, 8:24 (30 September 2008) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed \| Cited on BioMed Central \| Editor’s summary A standard procedure for constructing a frailty quantification index, which takes into account deficit scores for 40 health variables, allows adaptation of the index for use with various datasets and better assessment of vulnerability in elderly individuals.
	230.	Research article Resilin and chitinous cuticle form a composite structure for energy storage in jumping by froghopper insects Malcolm Burrows, Stephen R Shaw, Gregory P Sutton BMC Biology 2008, 6:41 (30 September 2008) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed \| Cited on BioMed Central \| Editor’s summary Froghoppers jump by flexing a bow-like structure between their hind legs and wings made of hard cuticle and a rubbery protein called resilin, which stores the energy needed to propel the insect forwards in a catapult-like jump.
	231.	Research article Empyema associated with community-acquired pneumonia: A Pediatric Investigator's Collaborative Network on Infections in Canada (PICNIC) study Joanne M Langley, James D Kellner, Nataly Solomon, Joan L Robinson, Nicole Le Saux, Jane McDonald, Rolando Ulloa-Gutierrez, Ben Tan, Upton Allen, Simon Dobson, Heather Joudrey BMC Infectious Diseases 2008, 8:129 (25 September 2008) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed \| Cited on BioMed Central
	232.	Research Comprehensive behavioral phenotyping of calpastatin-knockout mice Ryuichi Nakajima, Keizo Takao, Shu-Ming Huang, Jiro Takano, Nobuhisa Iwata, Tsuyoshi Miyakawa, Takaomi C Saido Molecular Brain 2008, 1:7 (15 September 2008) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed
	233.	Research article Detecting functional magnetic resonance imaging activation in white matter: Interhemispheric transfer across the corpus callosum Erin L Mazerolle, Ryan CN D'Arcy, Steven D Beyea BMC Neuroscience 2008, 9:84 (12 September 2008) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed \| Cited on BioMed Central \| Editor’s summary Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), usually restricted to detection of grey matter activity, can also be used to identify white matter activation; in particular, 4-Tesla fMRI can detect activity in the corpus callosum in pooled group data.
	234.	Research article Reduced proportions of natural killer T cells are present in the relatives of lupus patients and are associated with autoimmunity Joan Wither, Yong-chun Cai, Sooyeol Lim, Tamara McKenzie, Nicole Roslin, Jaime O Claudio, Glinda S Cooper, Thomas J Hudson, Andrew D Paterson, Celia MT Greenwood, Dafna Gladman, Janet Pope, Christian A Pineau, C Douglas Smith, John G Hanly, Christine Peschken, Gilles Boire, Paul R Fortin Arthritis Research & Therapy 2008, 10:R108 (10 September 2008) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed \| Cited on BioMed Central \| Editor’s summary First-degree relatives of patients with lupus may be genetically predisposed to the development of autoimmunity due to altered immunoregulation resulting from reduced proportions of regulatory natural killer T cells.
	235.	Technical Note Fisher: a program for the detection of H/ACA snoRNAs using MFE secondary structure prediction and comparative genomics – assessment and update Eva Freyhult, Sverker Edvardsson, Ivica Tamas, Vincent Moulton, Anthony M Poole BMC Research Notes 2008, 1:49 (21 July 2008) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed \| Cited on BioMed Central
	236.	Research article Molecular phylogeny of diplomonads and enteromonads based on SSU rRNA, alpha-tubulin and HSP90 genes: Implications for the evolutionary history of the double karyomastigont of diplomonads Martin Kolisko, Ivan Cepicka, Vladimir Hampl, Jessica Leigh, Andrew J Roger, Jaroslav Kulda, Alastair GB Simpson, Jaroslav Flegr BMC Evolutionary Biology 2008, 8:205 (15 July 2008) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed
	237.	Research article Exploring consumer and pharmacist views on the professional role of the pharmacist with respect to natural health products: a study of focus groups Della Kwan, Heather S Boon, Kristine Hirschkorn, Sandy Welsh, Tannis Jurgens, Lynda Eccott, Shirley Heschuk, Glenn G Griener, Jillian C Cohen-Kohler BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2008, 8:40 (14 July 2008) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed \| Cited on BioMed Central
	238.	Research article Medication Persistence Rates and Factors Associated with Persistence in Patients Following Stroke: A Cohort Study Heather L Lummis, Ingrid S Sketris, Gordon J Gubitz, Michel R Joffres, Gordon J Flowerdew BMC Neurology 2008, 8:25 (10 July 2008) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed
	239.	Study protocol The third international stroke trial (IST-3) of thrombolysis for acute ischaemic stroke Peter Sandercock, Richard Lindley, Joanna Wardlaw, Martin Dennis, Steff Lewis, Graham Venables, Adam Kobayashi, Anna Czlonkowska, Eivind Berge, Karsten Slot, Veronica Murray, Andre Peeters, Graeme Hankey, Karl Matz, Michael Brainin, Stefano Ricci, Maria Celani, Enrico Righetti, Teresa Cantisani, Gord Gubitz, Steve Phillips, Antonio Arauz, Kameshwar Prasad, Manuel Correia, Phillippe Lyrer, Trials 2008, 9:37 (17 June 2008) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed \| Cited on BioMed Central \| 1 comment
	240.	Research article Enhanced IL-10 production in response to hepatitis C virus proteins by peripheral blood mononuclear cells from human immunodeficiency virus-monoinfected individuals Lisa Barrett, Maureen Gallant, Constance Howley, M Ian Bowmer, Geri Hirsch, Kevork Peltekian, Michael Grant BMC Immunology 2008, 9:28 (13 June 2008) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed \| Cited on BioMed Central
	241.	Research Plasma PCSK9 levels are significantly modified by statins and fibrates in humans Janice Mayne, Thilina Dewpura, Angela Raymond, Marion Cousins, Anna Chaplin, Karen A Lahey, Stephen A LaHaye, Majambu Mbikay, Teik Ooi, Michel Chrétien Lipids in Health and Disease 2008, 7:22 (11 June 2008) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed
	242.	Short report Compound heterozygosity in sodium channel Nav1.7 in a family with hereditary erythermalgia Mark E Samuels, Rene HM te Morsche, Mary E Lynch, Joost PH Drenth Molecular Pain 2008, 4:21 (2 June 2008) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed
	243.	Research article *Nucleotide diversity in the mitochondrial and nuclear compartments of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii: investigating the origins of genome architecture* David Smith, Robert W Lee BMC Evolutionary Biology 2008, 8:156 (21 May 2008) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed \| Cited on BioMed Central \| 1 comment
	244.	Research article *Complete Sequence and Analysis of the Mitochondrial Genome of Hemiselmis andersenii* CCMP644 (Cryptophyceae)** Eunsoo Kim, Christopher E Lane, Bruce A Curtis, Catherine Kozera, Sharen Bowman, John M Archibald BMC Genomics 2008, 9:215 (12 May 2008) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed \| Cited on BioMed Central
	245.	Research article Kangaroo mother care diminishes pain from heel lance in very preterm neonates: A crossover trial C Celeste Johnston, Francoise Filion, Marsha Campbell-Yeo, Celine Goulet, Linda Bell, Kathryn McNaughton, Jasmine Byron, Marilyn Aita, G Allen Finley, Claire-Dominique Walker BMC Pediatrics 2008, 8:13 (24 April 2008) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed \| Cited on BioMed Central \| Editor’s summary Maternal skin-to-skin contact before and during routine blood draws significantly reduces pain responses in very preterm infants, promoting a swifter return to baseline than when the procedure is performed in an incubator.
	246.	Research article Sex-specific incidence and temporal trends in solid tumours in young people from Northern England, 1968–2005 Brooke L Magnanti, M Tevfik Dorak, Louise Parker, Alan W Craft, Peter W James, Richard JQ McNally BMC Cancer 2008, 8:89 (3 April 2008) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed \| Cited on BioMed Central
	247.	Correspondence The fetuses-at-risk approach: Clarification of semantic and conceptual misapprehension K S Joseph BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2008, 8:11 (26 March 2008) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed \| Cited on BioMed Central
	248.	Research article Survey of information technology in Intensive Care Units in Ontario, Canada Stephen E Lapinsky, David Holt, David Hallett, Mohamed Abdolell, Neill KJ Adhikari BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making 2008, 8:5 (24 January 2008) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed \| Cited on BioMed Central
	249.	Research article Alternative splicing and differential subcellular localization of the rat FGF antisense gene product Shuo Zhang, Kimberley A MacDonald, Mark Baguma-Nibasheka, Laurette Geldenhuys, Alan G Casson, Paul R Murphy BMC Molecular Biology 2008, 9:10 (23 January 2008) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed
	250.	Research article Does one size fit all? The case for ethnic-specific standards of fetal growth William J Kierans, KS Joseph, Zhong-Cheng Luo, Robert Platt, Russell Wilkins, Michael S Kramer BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2008, 8:1 (8 January 2008) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed \| Cited on BioMed Central