Sadia Afroz, Nobumichi Kobayashi, Shigeo Nagashima, Md. Mahbub Alam et al.
To assess the spread and genetic characteristics of Panton-Valentine leukocidin (PVL) gene-carrying Staphylococcus aureus in Bangladesh, we investigated 59 strains (49 isolates from clinical specimens and 10 isolates colonized in the nasal cavities of medical staff), including 26 methicillin-resista...
Moshiur Rahman, Khaled Bin Amin, S. M. Mahbubur Rahman, Abul Khair et al.
BACKGROUND: Staphylococcus aureus is responsible for large numbers of hospital-related and community-acquired infections. In this study, we investigated the presence of S. aureus and methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA) in 100 samples from animals (55 cattle, 36 dogs, and 9 cats) and 150 samples f...
Moazzem Hossain, Kamruddin Ahmed, Aung Swi Prue Marma, Sohrab Hossain et al.
Globally, Bangladesh ranks third in the number of human deaths from rabies. Although dogs are the principal known transmitters of rabies and knowledge of dog populations is essential for effective national control and proper planning, dog control programs are scarce in Bangladesh. Our objective was ...
Kamrun Nahar, Md. Abul Khair Chowdhury, Md. Akhter Hossain Chowdhury, Afzal Rahman et al.
The Madhabdi municipality in the Narsingdi district of Bangladesh is a well-known area for textile, handloom weaving, and dyeing industries. These textile industries produce a considerable amount of effluents, sewage sludge, and solid waste materials every day that they directly discharge into surro...
Abul Khair, Md. Mahbub Alam, A. K. M. Anisur Rahman, MT Islam et al.
Reproductive and production disorders (PD) of cross-bred dairy cattle significantly reduce their productivity which is of great concern of dairy producers worldwide because most reproductive disorders adversely affect the future fertility. The present study was conducted to determine the incidence o...
S. M. Shahidullah, Mohamed Hanafi, Mohammad Ashrafuzzaman, Mohd Razi Ismail et al.
The study was conducted at Bangladesh Rice Research Institute (BRRI), Gazipur in 2005 to assess the genetic divergence of aromatic rices for grain quality and nutrition aspects. Forty genotypes composed of 32 local aromatic, five exotic aromatic and three non-aromatic rice varieties were used. Univa...
Ruhul Amin, Abul Khair, Nuhu Alam, Tae Soo Lee
Calocybe indica, a tropical edible mushroom, is popular because it has good nutritive value and it can be cultivated commercially. The current investigation was undertaken to determine a suitable substrate and the appropriate thickness of casing materials for the cultivation of C. indica. Optimum my...
Mohammad Zahangir Alam, Abul Khair Mohammad Shamsuzzaman, Katrin Kuhls, Gabriele Schönian
Detection of Leishmania parasites in a clinical sample is necessary to confirm a suspected case of leishmaniasis. We compared the sensitivity of internal transcribed spacer 1-PCR (ITS 1-PCR) assay for parasite diagnosis with that of microscopic detection in clinical samples from kala-azar (KA) or po...
Md. Arifur Rahman, Md. Yeasinul Haque Rayhan, Md. Akhter Hossain Chowdhury, K. M. Mohiuddin et al.
Among the industrial chemical wastes, the effluents of loom-dyeing industry raise great concern in recent times because of their diverse environmental hazards. A laboratory experiment was conducted to determine the phytotoxic effect of different loom-dye effluents on seed germination and early seedl...
Mohammad Shafiul Alam, Mohammad M Kabir, Mohammad Hossain, Shamsun Naher et al.
BACKGROUND: Malaria is endemic in 13 districts of Bangladesh. A baseline malaria prevalence survey across the endemic districts of Bangladesh was conducted in 2007, when the prevalence was reported around 39.7 per 1000 population. After two rounds of Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malar...
Md Abul Khair, Ravikiran Mahadasa, Ferdouse Ara Tuli, Janaki Rama Phanendra Kumar Ande
This study aims to evaluate the impact of artificial intelligence (AI) on the efficiency and fairness of human resources (HR) decision-making. The key goals are to determine how artificial intelligence improves decision-making efficiency, investigate the fairness issues involved in AI-driven human r...
Abul Khair Mohammad Shamsuzzaman, Rouseli Haq, Mohammad Jahirul Karim, Motasim B. Azad et al.
BACKGROUND: Bangladesh had one of the highest burdens of lymphatic filariasis (LF) at the start of the Global Programme to Eliminate Lymphatic Filariasis (GPELF) with an estimated 70 million people at risk of infection across 34 districts. In total 19 districts required mass drug administration (MDA...
Mian Sayeed Hassan, Abul Khair, M. Moynul Haque, Abul Kalam Azad et al.
Nitrogen % in both straw and grain, nitrogen uptake by straw and grain, total nitrogen uptake and physiological nitrogen use efficiency (PNUE) showed significant differences due to variable nutrient levels at maturity in traditional rice varieties. PNUE ranges from 40.58 to 49.88 (kg/kg N). Signific...
SK Biswas, Abul Khair, PK Sarker, MS Alom
Bulb yield and storability of onions (cv. BARI Piaj-1) was studied against five levels of irrigation viz., no irrigation, irrigation at 10, 15, 20, and 30 days interval. Yield and storage losses were increased gradually with increasing number of irrigation. The highest yield of onion was obtained wi...
Md. Sakhawat Hossain, Amresh Kumar, A.F.M Akhtar Hossain, Md. Mahshin et al.
BACKGROUND: Adverse effects of antileishmanial drugs can affect patients' quality of life and adherence to therapy for visceral leishmaniasis (VL) and post-kala-azar dermal leishmaniasis (PKDL). In Bangladesh, there are 26 treatment centers that manage leishmaniasis cases coming from 100 endemic upa...