Luisa F. Angeles, Shamim Islam, Jared Aldstadt, Kazi Nazmus Saqeeb et al.
Densely populated countries in Asia, such as Bangladesh, are considered to be major contributors to the increased occurrence of global antimicrobial resistance (AMR). Several factors make low-and middle-income countries vulnerable to increased emergence and spread of AMR in the environment including...
William Sambisa, Gustavo Ángeles, Peter Lance, Ruchira Tabassum Naved et al.
Using data from 8,320 husbands'self reports for the 2006 Urban Health Survey, this article examines the prevalence of physical and sexual intimate partner violence (IPV) perpetrated by husbands against their wives in Bangladesh and identifies risk markers associated with such violence. Of the men in...
Molly L. Kile, Elaine Hoffman, Ema Rodrigues, Carrie V. Breton et al.
Inorganic arsenic is metabolized to monomethylarsonic acid (MMA) and dimethylarsinic acid (DMA). Limited evidence suggests that the ability to fully metabolize arsenic into DMA influences susceptibility to disease. To determine whether percentage of MMA was predictive of disease, the authors used da...
G. S. Khush, A. N. M. R. Karim, E. R. Angeles
Nicolin Datz, Marianna Rachmiel
The 34th annual meeting of the International Society for Pediatric and Adolescent Diabetes (ISPAD), held in Durban, South Africa, was entitled ‘Advancing Diabetes Care’ and was aimed at reflecting the need for continuous improvement in care for the world’s children with diabetes. In his opening rema...
Md. Anisur Rahman Mazumder, Ahsanul Kabir, Nur Yazdani
In the customary way of clay brick production by burning soil in Bangladesh and other developing countries, a good number of bricks (approximately 13%) are severely overburnt due to uncontrolled distribution of temperature in the kiln. These bricks are dark red in color, severely distorted, and swol...
Gustavo Ángeles, Karar Zunaid Ahsan, Peter Kim Streatfield, Shams El Arifeen et al.
Bangladesh is undergoing a rapid urbanization process. About one-third of the population of major cities in the country live in slums, which are areas that exhibit pronounced concentrations of factors that negatively affect health and nutrition. People living in slums face greater challenge to impro...
Md Mizanur Rahman, Lian Kwen Fee
Abstract Much of the interest and research on migrant remittances in the past have been concerned with the monetary value of such transactions and their macro-economic implications for the sending countries. It was only in recent years that research has focused on the social impact that remittances ...
Satyajit Kundu, Jhantu Bakchi, Md. Hasan Al Banna, Abu Sayeed et al.
In low-resource settings like Bangladesh, there is a dearth of research on the mental health of university students. This pilot study aimed to identify the prevalence of depressive symptoms, loneliness, and physical activities as well as the associated factors of depressive symptoms among graduate s...
Fabiana F. De Moura, Mourad Moursi, Moira Donahue Angel, Imelda Angeles‐Agdeppa et al.
BACKGROUND: Vitamin A deficiency continues to be a major public health problem affecting developing countries where people eat mostly rice as a staple food. In Asia, rice provides up to 80% of the total daily energy intake. OBJECTIVE: We used existing data sets from Bangladesh, Indonesia, and the Ph...
Ali Flores‐Pérez, Laurence A. Marchat, Lidia López Sánchez, Diana Romero‐Zamora et al.
PURPOSE: To search for regulated proteins in response to green tea (-)-epigallocatechin-3-gallate (EGCG) in A549 lung cancer cells. EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN: 2DE and ESI/multistage MS (ESI-MS/MS) were performed to identify modulated proteins in A549 cells treated with EGCG. Cell migration was evaluated b...
Young-Min Lee, Kyonghwan Park
Abstract Transnationalism has emerged as a key factor in altering immigrant ethnic enclaves by networking them with global flows of capital and labor. A quintessential example is Koreatown in Los Angeles, often portrayed as the 'overseas Korean capital.' The area has experienced rapid transition sin...
Marshall J. Orloff, NICHOLAS A. HALASZ, CHARLES LIPMAN, ARTHUR D. SCHWABE et al.
The UCLA Interdepartmental Conference1 January 1967The Complications of Cirrhosis of the LiverMARSHALL J. ORLOFF, M.D., NICHOLAS A. HALASZ, M.D., CHARLES LIPMAN, M.D., ARTHUR D. SCHWABE, M.D., F.A.C.P., JAMES C. THOMPSON, M.D., WILLIAM A. WEIDNER, M.D.MARSHALL J. ORLOFF, M.D.Search for more papers b...
Geoffrey DeVerteuil
This article seeks to unpack why certain immigrant communities manage to avoid absolute homelessness, emphasizing how survival strategies embedded in immigrant community space may be deployed in both advantageous and disadvantageous fashions. Bangladeshis in Greater London and Central Americans in L...
Ando M. Radanielson, Donald S. Gaydon, Md. Mahbubur Rahman Khan, Apurbo Kumar Chaki et al.
The rice model ORYZA v3 has been recently improved to account for salt stress effect on rice crop growth and yield. This paper details subsequent studies using the improved model to explore opportunities for improving salinity tolerance in rice. The objective was to identify combinations of plant tr...