Talha Bin Emran, Asif Shahriar, Aar Rafi Mahmud, Tanjilur Rahman et al.
Cancer is one of the leading causes of death worldwide. Several treatments are available for cancer treatment, but many treatment methods are ineffective against multidrug-resistant cancer. Multidrug resistance (MDR) represents a major obstacle to effective therapeutic interventions against cancer. ...
Shabir A. Madhi, Fernando P. Polack, Pedro A. Piedra, Flor M. Muñoz et al.
BACKGROUND: Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is the dominant cause of severe lower respiratory tract infection in infants, with the most severe cases concentrated among younger infants. METHODS: Healthy pregnant women, at 28 weeks 0 days through 36 weeks 0 days of gestation, with an expected delive...
Marjan Walli-Attaei, Rasha Khatib, Martin McKee, Scott A. Lear et al.
BACKGROUND: Hypertension is considered the most important risk factor for cardiovascular diseases, but its control is poor worldwide. We aimed to assess the availability and affordability of blood pressure-lowering medicines, and the association with use of these medicines and blood pressure control...
Nithya Sambasivan, Amna Batool, Nova Ahmed, Tara Matthews et al.
South Asia faces one of the largest gender gaps online globally, and online safety is one of the main barriers to gender-equitable Internet access [GSMA, 2015]. To better understand the gendered risks and coping practices online in South Asia, we present a qualitative study of the online abuse exper...
Syed Ishtiaque Ahmed, Steven J. Jackson, Nova Ahmed, Hasan Shahid Ferdous et al.
Public sexual harassment has emerged as a large and growing concern in urban Bangladesh, with deep and damaging implications for gender security, justice, and rights of public participation. In this paper we describe an integrated program of ethnographic and design work meant to understand and addre...
Rahat Yasir, Md. Ashiqur Rahman, Nova Ahmed
Skin diseases are among the most common health problems worldwide. In this article we proposed a method that uses computer vision based techniques to detect various kinds of dermatological skin diseases. We have used different types of image processing algorithms for feature extraction and feed forw...
Hossain Ahmed, Aar Rafi Mahmud, Mohd. Faijanur - Rob Siddiquee, Asif Shahriar et al.
Immunotherapies boosting the immune system's ability to target cancer cells are promising for the treatment of various tumor types, yet clinical responses differ among patients and cancers. Recently, there has been increasing interest in novel cancer immunotherapy practices aimed at triggering T cel...
Fayika Farhat Nova, Md. Rashidujjaman Rifat, Pratyasha Saha, Syed Ishtiaque Ahmed et al.
Prior research on anonymous social media (ASM) has studied the issue of sexual harassment and has revealed its connections to stereotyping, aggression, interpersonal relationships, and mental health among others [16, 24, 60]. However, the characteristics of such harassment in the context of low and ...
Aar Rafi Mahmud, Tanzila Ismail Ema, Mohd. Faijanur - Rob Siddiquee, Asif Shahriar et al.
Background: Flavonols are phytoconstituents of biological and medicinal importance. In addition to functioning as antioxidants, flavonols may play a role in antagonizing diabetes, cancer, cardiovascular disease, and viral and bacterial diseases. Quercetin, myricetin, kaempferol, and fisetin are the ...
Mohammad Sorowar Hossain, Md. Mahbub Hasan, Muhammad Sougatul Islam, Salequl Islam et al.
BACKGROUND: Chikungunya virus causes mosquito-transmitted infection that leads to extensive morbidity affecting substantial quality of life. Disease associated morbidity, quality of life, and financial loss are seldom reported in resources limited countries, such as Bangladesh. We reported the acute...
Shabana Khan, Jyoti Mishra, Nova Ahmed, Chioma Daisy Onyige et al.
In today's information age, both excess and lack of information can cause a disaster. COVID-19 pandemic not only highlighted the significance of risk communication but also pointed out several unintended and distressing consequences due to information gaps and miscommunications. Despite facing a com...
Sadia Afrin, Hasibur Rahman Shuvo, Banjir Sultana, Faridul Islam et al.
The effluents from textile industries without proper treatment contains a remarkable amount of synthetic dyes which are harmful to the environment and a big challenge globally to degrade it with a eco-friendly way. Conventional methods are extremely energy-consuming, non-effective and generate a tox...
Nithya Sambasivan, Garen Checkley, Amna Batool, Nova Ahmed et al.
Maryam Mustafa, Kimia Tuz Zaman, Tallal Ahmad, Amna Batool et al.
We present findings from a three country study exploring the intersection between female intimate health and religious beliefs. Through a qualitative study with Muslim female populations in Pakistan, Bangladesh and Malaysia, three different Muslim majority contexts, we examine the deep impact Islami...
Syed Ishtiaque Ahmed, Nova Ahmed, Faheem Hussain, Neha Kumar
Gender inequality has long been on the list of factors that impose limits on the potential of computing, in ways that have been more and less obvious. Drawing on ethnographic findings from marginalized communities in Bangladesh, we analyze the impact of gender inequality on the stages of user resear...