M. Masudur Rahman, Uday C. Ghoshal, Krish Ragunath, Gareth Jenkins et al.
Health research is essential for improving global health, health equity, and economic development. There are vast differences in the disease burden, research budget allocation, and scientific publications between the developed and the low-middle-income countries, which are the homes of 85% of the wo...
Mohammad Nazrul Islam, Khandkar Shaharina Hossain, Sourav Sarker, Jannatul Ferdous et al.
Nigella sativa seed and its active compounds have been historically recognized as an effective herbal panacea that can establish a balanced inflammatory response by suppressing chronic inflammation and promoting healthy immune response. The essential oil and other preparations of N. sativa seed have...
Shahreen Raihana, Michael J. Dibley, Mohammad Masudur Rahman, Tazeen Tahsina et al.
BACKGROUND: In Bangladesh, neonatal sepsis is the cause of 24% of neonatal deaths, over 65% of which occur in the early-newborn stage (0-6 days). Only 50% of newborns in Bangladesh initiated breastfeeding within 1 hour of birth. The mechanism by which early initiation of breastfeeding reduces neonat...
M. Masudur Rahman, Sanjiv Mahadeva, Uday C. Ghoshal
Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is a chronic gastrointestinal disorder, common in clinic and in the community. It has a significant impact on both society and patients' quality of life. The epidemiology, clinical presentation, and management of IBS may vary in different geographical regions due to di...
Ayed Al Sayem, Md. Masudur Rahman, M. R. C. Mahdy, Ifat Jahangir et al.
In this article, we have theoretically investigated the performance of graphene-hexagonal Boron Nitride (hBN) multilayer structure (hyper crystal) to demonstrate all angle negative refraction along with superior transmission. hBN, one of the latest natural hyperbolic materials, can be a very strong ...
Md. Arif Mahmud, Nafis Abir, Ferdausee Rahman Anannya, Ayub Nabi Khan et al.
Coir is a lignocellulosic natural fiber derived from the coconut's husk, an abundantly found fruit or nut worldwide. This fiber has some unique characteristics, such as its resistance to seawater, microbial attack, high impact, etc. But its low thermal conductivity or high thermal insulating propert...
Abu Yousuf Md Abdullah, Ashraf Dewan, Md Rakibul Islam Shogib, Md. Masudur Rahman et al.
Visceral leishmaniasis (VL) is a parasitic infection (also called kala-azar in South Asia) caused by Leishmania donovani that is a considerable threat to public health in the Indian subcontinent, including densely populated Bangladesh. The disease seriously affects the poorest subset of the populati...
Irin Perveen, Mufti Munsurar Rahman, Madhusudan Saha, Mohammad Masudur Rahman et al.
Background This community-based survey aimed to find out the prevalence of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), functional dyspepsia (FD), overlapping symptoms, and associated factors for overlap. Method By cluster sampling method, 3,000 (1,523 male) randomly selected adult subjects in the Sylhet distric...
Ayşe Ercümen, Andrew Mertens, Benjamin F. Arnold, Jade Benjamin‐Chung et al.
Water, sanitation, and hygiene interventions have varying effectiveness in reducing fecal contamination in the domestic environment; delivering them in combination could yield synergies. We conducted environmental assessments within a randomized controlled trial in Bangladesh that implemented single...
A. Saleem, Ashraf Dewan, Md. Masudur Rahman, Shahrin M. Nawfee et al.
Mohammad Rifat Haider, Mohammad Masudur Rahman, Md Moinuddin, Ahmed Ehsanur Rahman et al.
BACKGROUND: Despite remarkable progress in maternal and child health, inequity persists in maternal care utilization in Bangladesh. Government of Bangladesh (GOB) with technical assistance from United Nation Population Fund (UNFPA), United Nation Children's Fund (UNICEF) and World Health Organizatio...
Md. Masudur Rahman, Md. Josim Uddin, A.S.M. Ali Reza, Abu Montakim Tareq et al.
The use of conventional drugs to treat metabolic disorders and the pathological consequences of diabetes further increases the complications because of the side effects, and is sometimes burdensome due to relatively higher costs and occasionally painful route of administration of these drugs. Theref...
Mahmudul Akonda, Shah Alimuzzaman, Darshil U. Shah, A. N. M. Masudur Rahman
Fully biodegradable flax/polylactic acid (PLA) thermoplastic composites were fabricated by using random (nonwoven mat) and aligned (unidirectional yarn) flax fiber as reinforcements (39% flax by volume) and Polylactic acid (PLA) as matrix. Results revealed that the aligned flax fibers have a greater...
Mohammad Ali Zinnah, Md Bashir Uddin, Tanjila Hasan, Shobhan Das et al.
The Mpox virus (MPXV) is known to cause zoonotic disease in humans. The virus belongs to the genus Orthopoxvirus, of the family Poxviridae, and was first reported in monkeys in 1959 in Denmark and in humans in 1970 in the Congo. MPXV first appeared in the U.S. in 2003, re-emerged in 2017, and spread...
Mithu Chandra Roy, Tonmoy Chowdhury, Muhammad Tafazzal Hossain, Md Mahmudul Hasan et al.
Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is a ubiquitous public health challenge, with its prevalence in human, animal, and environmental interfaces posing significant concerns. This study aimed to characterize and detect the zoonotic linkages of MRSA within the cow-environment-human inter...
Mrittika Chakraborty, Md Masudur Rahman Rahat, Tasrina Rabia Choudhury, Refayat Nigar et al.
In the recent years, air pollution has become an alarming issue for human health in many rapidly growing megacities including Dhaka and Narayanganj. Herein, pollution status and health risk have been assessed by the road dusts collected from landfills in Dhaka and Narayanganj through determination o...
Masudur M. Rahman, Uday C. Ghoshal, Shamima Sultana, Md. Golam Kibria et al.
BACKGROUND: Postinfection irritable bowel syndrome (PI-IBS) and functional dyspepsia (PI-FD), though reported from the temperate countries, have not been studied in the tropics; PI-malabsorption syndrome (MAS), which mimics PI-IBS, is reported from the tropics. No report till date on PI-IBS excluded...
Md. Atikul Islam, Abul Kalam Azad, Md. Ali Akber, Masudur Rahman et al.
Scarcity of drinking water in the coastal area of Bangladesh compels the inhabitants to be highly dependent on alternative water supply options like rainwater harvesting system (RWHS), pond sand filter (PSF), and rain-feed ponds. Susceptibility of these alternative water supply options to microbial ...
Sejuti Reza, Ramisa Anjum, Rubaiyat Zahan Khandoker, Saimur Rahman Khan et al.
The heart shattering impact afflicted by the notorious cervical cancer is rising rapidly as it emerges as the second most prevalent cancer among women in the developing countries. There was an anticipated 604,127 observed reports and 341,831 fatalities reported worldwide in 2020. The mortality rate ...
Ashfaqul Hoque Khadem, Touhid Ul Hasan, A. N. M. Masudur Rahman, Shamima Akter Smriti et al.