Chitra Lekha Karmaker, Tazim Ahmed, Sayem Ahmed, Syed Mithun Ali et al.
Motivated by the COVID-19 pandemic and the challenges it poses to supply chain sustainability (SCS), this research aims to investigate the drivers of sustainable supply chain (SSC) to tackle supply chain disruptions in such a pandemic in the context of a particular emerging economy: Bangladesh. To a...
Mashrafi Bin Mobarak, Md. Sahadat Hossain, Fariha Chowdhury, Samina Ahmed
In this research, we strived to utilize waste fish scale (labeo rohita) for synthesizing CuO nano-particles (CuO NPs), which gained much attention due to its distinctive properties and versatile applications. Upon the heat treatment, the collagen content of the fish scale got transformed into gelati...
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...
Bachir Sakaa, Ahmed Elbeltagi, Samir Boudibi, Hicham Chaffaï et al.
The water quality index is one of the prominent general indicators to assess and classify surface water quality, which plays a critical role in river water resources practices. This research constructs a hybrid artificial intelligence model namely sequential minimal optimization-support vector machi...
Md. Abu Kawsar, Md. Sahadat Hossain, Newaz Mohammed Bahadur, Samina Ahmed
] is remarkably similar to the hard tissue of the human body and the uses of this material in various fields in addition to the medical sector are increasing day by day. In this research, mustered oil, soybean oil, as well as coconut oil were employed as liquid media for synthesizing nanocrystalline...
Zahidul Islam, Sarwar Uddin Ahmed, Ikramul Hasan
The main objective of this paper is to examine the nature of relationship between corporate social responsibility (CSR) and corporate financial performance (CFP). In doing so we have summarized the findings of the empirical studies, drawn the conceptual framework, measured CSR by developing a measur...
Mirza A. T. M. Tanvir Rahman, A. H. M. Saadat, Md. Safiqul Islam, Md. Abdullah Al-Mansur et al.
The main source of irrigation water in Bangladesh is groundwater, hence its quality needs to be ensured; otherwise, it can damage soil and reduce crop production. In current research, work by analyzing hydrogeochemical characteristics of groundwater different water types have been assessed to find o...
Hussain Md. Shahjalal, Ahmed Abdal Dayem, Kyung Min Lim, Tak-Il Jeon et al.
Human embryonic stem cells (hESC) and induced pluripotent stem cells (hiPSC) are considered attractive sources of pancreatic β cells and islet organoids. Recently, several reports presented that hESC/iPSC-derived cells enriched with specific transcription factors can form glucose-responsive insulin-...
Md. Rayhan Ahmed, A.K.M. Muzahidul Islam, Swakkhar Shatabda, Salekul Islam
Identity Management System (IDMS) refers to how users or individuals are identified and authorized to use organizational systems and services. Since traditional identity management and authentication systems rely heavily on a trusted central authority, they cannot mitigate the effects of single poin...
K. M. Iftekharuddaula, M. A. Newaz, Muhammad Abdus Salam, Hoda Ahmed et al.
Flooding is one of the major hazards of rice production for the rainfed lowland rice ecosystem, and tolerant cultivars are urgently needed to help protect farmers from submergence damage. A quick and efficient strategy was implemented to introgress SUB1, a major QTL for submergence tolerance, into a...
S M Ishaque, Sheikh Mohammed Khosruzzaman, Dewan Saifuddin Ahmed, Mukesh Prasad Sah
BACKGROUND: Accumulating evidence supports the view that an imbalance of gut bacteria contributes to IBS, and that increasing the mass of beneficial species may reduce the numbers of pathogenic bacteria and help alleviate symptoms. METHODS: In this double-blind trial 400 adult patients with moderate...
Freddie Ssengooba, Syed Azizur Rahman, Charles Hongoro, Elizeus Rutebemberwa et al.
BACKGROUND: Despite the expanding literature on how reforms may affect health workers and which reactions they may provoke, little research has been conducted on the mechanisms of effect through which health sector reforms either promote or discourage health worker performance. This paper seeks to t...
M. A. Hoque, Pauline Scheelbeek, Paolo Vineis, Aneire Khan et al.
Drinking water in much of Asia, particularly in coastal and rural settings, is provided by a variety of sources, which are widely distributed and frequently managed at an individual or local community level. Coastal and near-inland drinking water sources in South and South East (SSE) Asia are vulner...
Israt Z. Shahid, Ahmed A. Rahman, Paul M. Pilowsky
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: The rostral ventrolateral medulla (RVLM) maintains sympathetic nerve activity (SNA), and integrates adaptive reflexes. Orexin A-immunoreactive neurones in the lateral hypothalamus project to the RVLM. Microinjection of orexin A into RVLM increases blood pressure and heart rat...
Benjamin Kilian, Hannes Dempewolf, Luigi Guarino, P. Werner et al.
Plant domestication and crop improvement have resulted in reduced genetic diversity in most of our cultivated crops, thus limiting their potential to adapt to future challenges (Byrne et al., 2018; Keneni, Bekele, Imtiaz, & Dagne, 2012; Tanksley & McCouch, 1997; Swarup et al., 2020). One response to...
Dilip Kumar Roy, Tapash Kumar Sarkar, Sheikh Shamshul Alam Kamar, Torsha Goswami et al.
Precise forecasting of reference evapotranspiration (ET0) is one of the critical initial steps in determining crop water requirements, which contributes to the reliable management and long-term planning of the world’s scarce water sources. This study provides daily prediction and multi-step forward ...
Bikash Kumar Paul, Md. Shadidul Islam, Kawsar Ahmed, Sayed Asaduzzaman
A micro structure porous cored octagonal photonic crystal fiber (P-OPCF) has been proposed to sense aqueous analysts (alcohol series) over a wavelength range of 0.80 μm to 2.0 μm. By implementing a full vectorial finite element method (FEM), the numerical simulation on the proposed O-PCF has been an...
Mohammad Zahidul Islam, Md. Khalequzzaman, M. F. R. K. Prince, M. A. Siddique et al.
While the functionality and healthy food value of red rice have increased its popularity, such that market demand for it is expected to rise, most strains suffer from low grain yield. To perform diversity and population structure analyses of red rice germplasm, therefore, becomes essential for impro...
Francesco Mancini, Andrea Ó Súilleabháin, Apiwat Ratanawaraha, Imtiaz Ahmed et al.
This report aims to highlight diverse sources of urban fragility and approaches to urban transformation, renewal, and resilience. Five city case studies explore the drivers of fragility related to security, development, and governance, before offering examples of policies and programs that can build...
Hamish Graham, Carina King, Ahmed Ehsanur Rahman, Freddy Eric Kitutu et al.
Executive summary<br/>“Oxygen delayed is life denied,” COVID-19 survivor, Kenya<br/><br/>Medical oxygen is an essential medicine that has been in clinical use for over 150 years. It is required at every level of the healthcare system for children and adults with a wide range of acute and chronic con...