Md. Abdul Moktadir, Ashish Dwivedi, Nadia Sultana Khan, Sanjoy Kumar Paul et al.
In the present competitive business environment and era of globalized marketing, supply chain (SC) of the leather industry is facing a variety of risks. Hence, one of the fundamental concerns in the leather industry supply chain (LISC) is recognizing and prioritizing the various risk factors for att...
A. H. M. Belayeth Hussain, Noraida Endut, Sumonkanti Das, Mohammed Thanvir Ahmed Chowdhury et al.
This study explores the impact of financial inclusion on financial resilience in Bangladesh, using World Bank data on global financial inclusions. It finds that respondents with financial accounts are more resilient than those without accounts. The chances of being financially resilient are around 1...
S M Rakib-Uz-Zaman, Ehsanul Hoque Apu, Mohammed Nimeree Muntasir, Sadrina Afrin Mowna et al.
Background: Silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) are toxic to microorganisms and can potentially kill multidrug-resistant bacteria. Nanoparticles can be synthesized in many ways, such as physical or chemical methods. Recently, it has been found that plant molecules can perform the same reduction reactions n...
Rebeca Sultana, Nadia Ali Rimi, Shamim Ahmed Azad, Md Saiful Islam et al.
INTRODUCTION: Highly pathogenic avian influenza (H5N1) virus (known as "bird flu") is an important public health concern due to its potential to infect humans and cause a human pandemic. Bangladesh is a high-risk country for an influenza pandemic because of its dense human population, widespread bac...
Rashidul Alam Mahumud, Nadia Ishrat Alamgir, Md. Tarek Hossain, Elaine Baruwa et al.
Despite substantial improvements in several maternal health indicators, childbearing and birthing remain a dangerous experience for many women in Bangladesh. This study assessed the relative importance of maternal healthcare service characteristics to Bangladeshi women when choosing a health facilit...
Nadia Ali Rimi, Rebeca Sultana, Kazi Ishtiak‐Ahmed, Salah Uddin Khan et al.
Slaughtering sick poultry is a risk factor for human infection with highly pathogenic avian influenza and is a common practice in Bangladesh. This paper describes human exposures to poultry during slaughtering process and the customs and rituals influencing these practices in two Bangladeshi rural c...
Israt Jahan, Risad Sultana, Mohammad Muhit, Delwar Akbar et al.
Background: Malnutrition is substantially higher among children with cerebral palsy (CP) in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) when compared with the general population. Access to appropriate interventions is crucial for better management of malnutrition and nutritional outcomes of those child...
Tasnova Tanzil Khan, Nadia Sultana, Rezwana Binte Reza, Raqibul Mostafa
Diagnosis of cardiac conditions is greatly dependent on ECG analysis. The current trend is to automate analysis and diagnosis through adopting various signal processing techniques. This paper presents a temporal feature extraction method for ECG feature extraction and detection of various heart cond...
Apurba Chakraborty, Mahmudur Rahman, M. J. Hossain, Salah Uddin Khan et al.
Background: In March 2011, a multidisciplinary team investigated 2 human cases of highly pathogenic avian influenza A(H5N1) virus infection, detected through population-based active surveillance for influenza in Bangladesh, to assess transmission and contain further spread. Methods: We collected cli...
Arifa Nazneen, Rebeca Sultana, Mahmudur Rahman, Mahbubur Rahman et al.
The substantial high number of asymptomatic cases all over Bangladesh suggests that community-level containment and mitigation measures are required to combat COVID-19. Future studies to understand the transmission capability could help to define mitigation and control measures.
Sami Mukhdari Mushta, Israt Jahan, Risad Sultana, Sarah McIntyre et al.
Background: We aimed to estimate the burden and underlying risk factors of malnutrition among children and adolescents with cerebral palsy in Arabic-speaking countries. Methods: OVID Medline, OVID Embase, CINAHL via EBSCO, Cochrane Library, and SCOPUS databases were searched up to 3 July 2021. Publi...
Rebeca Sultana, Nazmun Nahar, Stephen P. Luby, Sayeda Tasnuva Swarna et al.
There is a paucity of recent research on direct water quantity measurement for personal and domestic hygiene. We aimed to measure the water quantity used for personal and domestic hygiene and to explore the reasons and determinants for variation of water usage. We conducted this study from September...
Rebeca Sultana, Stephen P. Luby, Emily S. Gurley, Nadia Ali Rimi et al.
The illness cost borne by households, known as out-of-pocket expenditure, was 74% of the total health expenditure in Bangladesh in 2017. Calculating economic burden of diarrhea of low-income urban community is important to identify potential cost savings strategies and prioritize policy decision to ...
F A Mishu, N Boral, Nadia Ferdous, Shamsun Nahar et al.
Zinc (Zn), Copper (Cu) and Magnesium (Mg) are essential trace elements for normal embryogenesis and fetal growth. Alteration of Zn, Cu and Mg concentrations in blood has been observed in normal pregnancy as well as in gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM). Aim of this study was to evaluate the serum Z...
Nure Jannat, Hijmun Nahar, Nadia Sultana Khan, Mostak Ahamed Tanmoy et al.
Israt Jahan, Risad Sultana, Mousume Afroz, Mohammad Muhit et al.
(1) Background: Data on immediate causes of malnutrition among children with Cerebral Palsy (CP) are limited in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). We aimed to assess the dietary intake pattern, feeding characteristics, and nutritional status of children with CP in Bangladesh; (2) Methods: We ...
Rebeca Sultana, Nazmun Nahar, Nadia Ali Rimi, Sayeda Tasnuva Swarna et al.
Improving hygiene practices is considered to be the single most cost-effective means of reducing the global health burden of infectious diseases. Hygiene promotion and disease prevention interventions often portray and promote "hygiene" from a biomedical perspective, which may not be optimally effec...
Md. Tariqujjaman, Md. Mehedi Hasan, Mohammad Abdullah Heel Kafi, Md. Alamgir Hossain et al.
BACKGROUND: The human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) burden has frequently been changing over time due to epidemiological and demographic transitions. To safeguard people, particularly women of reproductive age, who can be exposed to transmitting this burden to the next generation, knowledge regarding...
F A Mishu, Nischit Baral, Nadia Ferdous, Shamsun Nahar et al.
The hyperuricaemia in Gestational diabetes mellitus has been explained to be a component of the metabolic syndrome which reflects insulin resistance and it has been shown to have a positive correlation with the creatinine levels. Gestational hyperuricaemia was found to be significantly associated wi...
Morshed Nasir, Rawshan Ara Perveen, Shilpasree Saha, Ashrafun Nessa et al.
Healthcare professionals are the crucial and influencing source of information for vaccines and their communication among patients and communities that can accelerate successful vaccination in a country. This cross-sectional study was one of the first and foremost ones in Bangladesh to observe the b...