Wei Zhao, Asif Rasheed, Emmi Tikkanen, Jung‐Jin Lee et al.
To evaluate the shared genetic etiology of type 2 diabetes (T2D) and coronary heart disease (CHD), we conducted a genome-wide, multi-ancestry study of genetic variation for both diseases in up to 265,678 subjects for T2D and 260,365 subjects for CHD. We identify 16 previously unreported loci for T2D...
Nadeem Ahmed, Jahir Ibna Rafiq, Md. Rashedul Islam
Human activity recognition (HAR) techniques are playing a significant role in monitoring the daily activities of human life such as elderly care, investigation activities, healthcare, sports, and smart homes. Smartphones incorporated with varieties of motion sensors like accelerometers and gyroscope...
Habib‐ur‐Rehman Athar, Faisal Zulfiqar, Anam Moosa, Muhammad Ashraf et al.
Salinity stress is considered the most devastating abiotic stress for crop productivity. Accumulating different types of soluble proteins has evolved as a vital strategy that plays a central regulatory role in the growth and development of plants subjected to salt stress. In the last two decades, ef...
Yumei Hou, Wasim Iqbal, Ghulam Muhammad Shaikh, Nadeem Iqbal et al.
When assessing energy efficiency, most studies have frequently ignored environmental aspects even though the concept has been widely used in the past. This study evaluates the energy efficiency and environmental performance of South Asia by using DEA (data envelopment analysis) like mathematical com...
B A Hoque, Mohammed Moshiul Hoque, Tahmeed Ahmed, Safiqul Islam et al.
A supply of safe drinking water is a recognized global concern. The arsenic contamination of groundwater in Bangladesh and other countries has furthered this concern. Lack of appropriate water options is one of the main barriers to the supply of safe drinking water for 30-60 million people who are e...
Shams Forruque Ahmed, Fatema Mehejabin, Ashfaque Ahmed Chowdhury, Fares Almomani et al.
Abstract Biochar possesses unique characteristics, including a substantial surface area, a high carbon content, sufficient capacity for cation exchange, and a robust structure. However, biochar contains hazardous pollutants like volatile organic compounds that harm soil properties and functionality....
Rasel Ahmed Bhuiyan, Nadeem Ahmed, Md Amiruzzaman, Md. Rashedul Islam
Human Activity Recognition (HAR) using embedded sensors in smartphones and smartwatch has gained popularity in extensive applications in health care monitoring of elderly people, security purpose, robotics, monitoring employees in the industry, and others. However, human behavior analysis using the ...
Anees Ahmed Khalil, Md. Mominur Rahman, Abdur Rauf, Md. Rezaul Islam et al.
L. is mostly used for production of olive oils. Various parts of olive tree are rich source of diverse bioactive compounds such as Apigenin, elenolic acid, Hydroxytyrosol, Ligstroside, Oleoside, Oleuropein, Oleuropein aglycone, Tyrosol, etc. Among these, oleuropein, a secoiridoid is predominantly fo...
Sumaiya Jarin Ahammed, Rajab Homsi, Najeebullah Khan, Shamsuddin Shahid et al.
Nadeem Ahmed, Umme Kulsum, Imran Bin Azad, Anik Momtaz et al.
In modern era digital devices are the part and parcel in everyday life. Easy access to internet across the globe has totally changed the pattern of life. Web has become the main source of acquiring knowledge and information. Email is replacing the postal mail system. Use of computer is a mandatory f...
Abdullah H Baqui, Parvez Ahmed, Sushil Kanta Dasgupta, Nazma Begum et al.
OBJECTIVE: The objective of the Alliance for Maternal and Newborn Health Improvement (AMANHI) gestational age study is to develop and validate a programmatically feasible and simple approach to accurately assess gestational age of babies after they are born. The study will provide accurate, populati...
Nusrat Husain, Farah Lunat, Karina Lovell, Jahanara Miah et al.
BACKGROUND: Postnatal depression necessitates timely and effective interventions to mitigate adverse maternal and child outcomes in the short term and over the life course. British south Asian women with depression are often underserved and undertreated due to stigma, language barriers, and cultural...
Raihan Kabir, Nadeem Ahmed, Niloy Roy, Md. Rashedul Islam
Efficient Human Robot Interaction (HRI) interface is very much demandable for controlling the semi-autonomous robots. Hand gesture recognition is an effective form of non-touch instruction. Thus, human hand gesture recognition is mostly used technique for HRI. However, in most research, some sensor ...
Tanmoy Sarkar Pias, Raihan Kabir, David Eisenberg, Nadeem Ahmed et al.
Activity-based computing aims to monitor the physical state of a user by sending continuous signals through sensors attached to the subject's body. This research field is becoming very important with the increasing number of smart devices. The sensors embedded in these smart devices can be used to m...
Nitin Arora, Prashant Nasa, Sandeep Kantor, Madiha Hashmi et al.
Purpose: The coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) pandemic had affected the visiting or communicating policies for family members. We surveyed the intensive care units (ICUs) in South Asia and the Middle East to assess the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on visiting and communication policies. Materi...