Mellin transform yields Bessel function?

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Consider the Mellin transform on bounded support $(0,1).$ I computed the following:

$$\mathscr M[f;s]=F(s)=\int_0^1 x^{s-1}e^{\frac{1}{\log(x)}}~dx=\frac{2K_1(2\sqrt{s})}{\sqrt{s}} $$

Where $K_1$ is the modified Bessel function of the second kind.

Is that the correct result? I'm not sure I got it completely correct.

Why does the Mellin transform give an oscillatory function?

After performing the transform what can I use the result for?

Before posting this question I read about Mellin transforms and how they are used in analytic number theory because of Perron's formula. They can also be used to solve differential equations in some cases.