Shaker Ahmed, Mostafa Monzur Hasan, Md Rajib Kamal
Abstract We examine the effect of the Russia–Ukraine crisis on the European stock markets. Because of increased political uncertainty, geographic proximity and the ramifications of the fresh sanctions imposed on Russia, the European stock markets tended to react negatively to this crisis. We find th...
Mostafa Kamal Masud, Jongbeom Na, Muhammad Younus, Md. Shahriar A. Hossain et al.
The detection of clinically relevant disease-specific biomolecules, including nucleic acids, circulating tumor cells, proteins, antibodies, and extracellular vesicles, has been indispensable to understand their functions in disease diagnosis and prognosis. Therefore, a biosensor for the robust, ultr...
Akhirunnesa Mily, Rokeya Sultana Rekha, S. M. Mostafa Kamal, Abu Saleh Mohammad Arifuzzaman et al.
BACKGROUND: Development of new tuberculosis (TB) drugs and alternative treatment strategies are urgently required to control the global spread of TB. Previous results have shown that vitamin D3 (vitD3) and 4-phenyl butyrate (PBA) are potent inducers of the host defense peptide LL-37 that possess ant...
S. M. Mostafa Kamal, Che Hashim Hassan, Gazi Mahabubul Alam, Ying Yang
This study examines the trends and determinants of child marriage among women aged 20-49 in Bangladesh. Data were extracted from the last six nationally representative Demographic and Health Surveys conducted during 1993-2011. Simple cross-tabulation and multivariate binary logistic regression analy...
Md. Adnan, Md. Nazim Uddin Chy, A.T.M. Mostafa Kamal, Md Obyedul Kalam Azad et al.
Ophiorrhiza rugosa var. prostrata is one of the most frequently used ethnomedicinal plants by the indigenous communities of Bangladesh. This study was designed to investigate the antidiarrheal, anti-inflammatory, anthelmintic and antibacterial activities of the ethanol extract of O. rugosa leaves (E...
S. M. Mostafa Kamal
In Bangladesh, preference for place of delivery and socioeconomic factors associated with caesarean section are not well-understood. This paper examines the socioeconomic correlates of preference for institutional delivery and caesarean sections in Bangladesh. The study used data from the nationally...
Md. Aslam Ali, Md. Mostafa Kamal, Md. Hafizur Rahman, Md. Nurealam Siddiqui et al.
Milk is an incredibly healthy food world-wide. However, the 'lactase deficient' individuals cannot digest milk's carbohydrate lactose. A large part of the world population is depriving of highly beneficial milk proteins like casein, lactoalbumin, lactoglobulin, etc. due to lactose intolerance. Produ...
Shayna Sharma, Mostafa Kamal Masud, Yusuf Valentino Kaneti, Prarthana Rewatkar et al.
Extracellular vesicles (EVs) can transfer intercellular messages in various (patho)physiological processes and transport biomolecules to recipient cells. EVs possess the capacity to evade the immune system and remain stable over long periods, identifying them as natural carriers for drugs and biolog...
Iqram Hussain, Md Azam Hossain, Rafsan Jany, Md Abdul Bari et al.
Electroencephalography (EEG) is immediate and sensitive to neurological changes resulting from sleep stages and is considered a computing tool for understanding the association between neurological outcomes and sleep stages. EEG is expected to be an efficient approach for sleep stage prediction outs...
Mostafa Kamal Masud, Jeonghun Kim, Md. Motasim Billah, Kathleen Wood et al.
Nanozymes (nanoparticles with enzyme-like properties) have attracted considerable attention in recent years owing to their intrinsic enzyme-like properties and broad application in the fields of ELISA based immunoassay and biosensing. Herein, we systematically investigate the influence of crystal ph...
Md. Nazim Uddin Chy, Md. Adnan, Md. Riad Chowdhury, Ester Pagano et al.
ETHNOPHARMACOLOGICAL RELEVANCE Ophiorrhiza rugosa var.prostratais a traditional medicinal plant used by the indigenous and local tribes (Chakma, Marma and Tanchangya) of Bangladesh for the management of chest pain, body ache, and earache. However, the knowledge of anti-nociceptive and anti-inflammat...
S. M. Mostafa Kamal, Che Hashim Hassan, Gazi Mahabubul Alam
The discourse of dual burden caused through underweight and overweight is well-documented globally but this issue and its connection with women's health in Bangladesh is yet to be explored widely. To enrich the current debate, this study, in the context of Bangladesh, examines the patterns, prevalen...
Kamal S M Mostafa
INTRODUCTION: Malnutrition among under-five children is a chronic problem in developing countries. This study explores the socio-economic determinants of severe and moderate stunting among under-five children of rural Bangladesh. METHODS: The study used data from the 2007 Bangladesh Demographic and ...
Akhirunnesa Mily, Rokeya Sultana Rekha, S. M. Mostafa Kamal, Evana Akhtar et al.
BACKGROUND: We earlier showed that 4-phenylbutyrate (PB) can induce cathelicidin LL-37 expression synergistically with 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 in a lung epithelial cell line. We aimed to evaluate a therapeutic dose of PB alone or in combination with vitamin D3 for induction of LL-37 expression in i...
S. M. Mostafa Kamal, AKM M Rashid, MA Bakar, MA Ahad
Anthrax is a zoonotic disease caused by Bacillus anthracis. It is potentially fatal and highly contagious disease. Herbivores are the natural host. Human acquire the disease incidentally by contact with infected animal or animal products. In the 18th century an epidemic destroyed approximately half ...