Md. Fazlul Karim, Nobuo Mimura
D Somma, Beena Thomas, Fazlul Karim, J Kemp et al.
SETTING: Tuberculosis (TB) control programmes in Bangladesh, India, Malawi and Colombia. OBJECTIVE: Assess indicators of TB-related stigma and socio-cultural and gender-related features of illness associated with stigma. DESIGN: Semi-structured Explanatory Model Interview Catalogue (EMIC) interviews...
Tawatchai Tingsanchali, Md. Fazlul Karim
Abstract Flood hazard and risk assessment was conducted to identify the priority areas in the southwest region of Bangladesh for flood mitigation. Simulation of flood flow through the Gorai and Arial Khan river system and its floodplains was done by using a hydrodynamic model. After model calibratio...
Md Rezanur Rahman, Tania Islam, Toyfiquz Zaman, Md. Shahjaman et al.
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a progressive neurodegenerative disease characterized by the accumulation of amyloid plaques and neurofibrillary tangles in the brain. However, there are no peripheral biomarkers available that can detect AD onset. This study aimed to identify the molecular signatures in ...
Fazlul Karim, Md. Ashraful Islam, Rajiv Chowdhury, Eva Johansson et al.
OBJECTIVE: To assess the gender variations in delay from symptom onset to help seeking, diagnosis and treatment of tuberculosis (TB) using DOTS at community level, in 10 subdistricts of Bangladesh with 2.5 million people under a non-governmental organization's (Building Resources Across Communities,...
G D Gosoniu, Shubash Shander Ganapathy, J Kemp, Christian Auer et al.
SETTING: Tuberculosis (TB) control programmes in Bangladesh, India and Malawi. OBJECTIVE: To compare the interval from symptom onset to diagnosis of TB for men and women, and to assess socio-cultural and gender-related features of illness explaining diagnostic delay. DESIGN: Semi-structured Explanat...
Md. Sohel Rana, Md. Abdur Rahim, Md. Pervez Mosharraf, Md. Fazlul Karim Tipu et al.
Natural cellulose, a sustainable bioresource, is highly abundant in nature. Cellulosic materials, particularly those that explore and employ such materials for industrial use, have recently attracted significant global attention in the field of material science because of the unique properties of ce...
Mitchell G. Weiss, D Somma, Fazlul Karim, A. Abouihia et al.
SETTING: TB control programmes in Bangladesh, India and Malawi. OBJECTIVE: To identify and compare socio-cultural features of tuberculosis (TB) and the distribution of TB-related experiences, meanings and behaviours with reference to gender across cultures in three high-endemic low-income countries....
Rajiv Chowdhury, Abbas Bhuiya, Simeen Mahmud, A K M Abdus Salam et al.
This paper examines inequalities in the use of, and access to, vaccination service in Bangladesh by analyzing national and small area-based datasets. The analysis showed that female children had a lower immunization coverage than male children--the difference persists for all antigens and widens aga...
SH Khan, Chowdhury Am, Fazlul Karim, Barua Mk
Shasthyo Shebikas (SS) are community health workers forming the core of BRAC's Essential Health Care (EHC) programme. The SS dropout was 44 percent for study area and 32 percent for EHC programme. The SS discontinued their work due to lack of time, lack of "profit", and family's disapproval. The eff...
Mohammed Mainuddin, Jorge L. Peña‐Arancibia, Fazlul Karim, Md Masud Hasan et al.
Understanding the historical and future spatio-temporal changes in climate extremes and their potential risk to rice production is crucial for achieving food security in Bangladesh. This paper presents results from a study on trend analysis for 13 climate metrics that significantly influence rice pr...
Md. Fazlul Karim Khondakar, Md. Hasib Sarowar, Mehdi Hasan Chowdhury, Sumit Majumder et al.
Neuromarketing is an emerging research field that aims to understand consumers' decision-making processes when choosing which product to buy. This information is highly sought after by businesses looking to improve their marketing strategies by understanding what leaves a positive or negative impres...
Mitchell G. Weiss, Christian Auer, D Somma, A. Abouihia et al.
Although more men than women are diagnosed with pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) more than half a million women die each year from this disease. The higher proportion of male cases consistently reported by TB programmes may accurately reflect a greater prevalence among men or it may be an artifact of per...
Mohammed Mainuddin, Fazlul Karim, Donald S. Gaydon, J. M. Kirby
Enhancing crop production, particularly by growing a crop in the typically-fallow dry season is a key strategy for alleviating poverty in the Ganges delta region. We used a polder water and salt balance model to examine the impact of several crop management, salt management and climate change scenar...
Fazlul Karim, Emma Johansson, Vinod Diwan, Asli Kulane
Objective To explore community laypersons' perspective on tuberculosis (TB)-related illness experiences, meanings, behaviours and impact with reference to gender. Study design Qualitative, conducted in rural Bangladesh. Methods Eleven focus group discussions (FGDs) were conducted (six female and fiv...