Muhammad Ali Khan, Aziz Abdur Rahman, Md. Shafiqul Islam, Proma Khandokhar et al.
BACKGROUND: Antioxidants play an important role to protect damage caused by oxidative stress (OS). Plants having phenolic contents are reported to possess antioxidant properties. The present study was designed to investigate the antioxidant properties and phenolic contents (total phenols, flavonoids...
Mohammad Zakaria, Mashud Ahmed, Md Mozammel Hoque, Shafiqul Islam
The natural jute fiber can be the effective material to reinforce concrete strength which will not only explore a way to improve the properties of concrete, it will also explore the use of jute and restrict the utilization of polymer which is environmentally detrimental. In Bangladesh, jute is local...
Md. Shafiqul Islam, Nahida Akter, Md. Mahbubur Rahman, Chen Shi et al.
Paper and paper products are widely used without any antimicrobial efficacy in our everyday lives and thus can act as potential transporters of many diseases. Herein, we introduce antimicrobial activity to cellulose paper by presenting a tailored mussel-inspired strategy for the sustainable immobili...
Satyajit Kundu, Md. Hasan Al Banna, Abu Sayeed, Sadia Sultana et al.
OBJECTIVES: The study aimed to determine the associated factors of household food security (HFS) and household dietary diversity (HDD) during the COVID-19 pandemic in Bangladesh. DESIGN: Both online survey and face-to-face interviews were employed in this cross-sectional study. The Household Food Se...
Syed Mahfuz Al Hasan, Mahedi Hassan, Sonjoy Saha, M Shafiqul Islam et al.
Phytate, a potent inhibitor of calcium, iron, and zinc absorption, may hamper the bioavailability of these micronutrients at the time of pregnancy. This study assessed dietary phytate intake and its inhibitory effect on the bioavailability of calcium, iron, and zinc from the diets of pregnant women ...
A. S. Akanda, Antarpreet Jutla, Shafiqul Islam
Cholera has reemerged as a global killer with the world witnessing an unprecedented rise in cholera infection and transmission since the 1990s. Cholera outbreaks across most affected areas show infection patterns with a single annual peak. However, cholera incidences in the Bengal Delta region, the ...
Saugata Sarker, Md Tohidul Islam, Abrar Rauf, Hasan Al Jame et al.
M. Sirajul Islam, A. A. Brooks, M.S. Kabir, Iqbal Kabir Jahid et al.
AIMS: To describe the extent of faecal pollution and point of use water treatment strategy during and after the 2004 flood in Dhaka. METHODS: A total of 300 water samples were collected from 20 different drinking water sources in Kamalapur, Dhaka city from August 2004 to January 2005. The level of f...
M. Sirajul Islam, M.H. Zaman, M. Shafiqul Islam, Niyaz Ahmed et al.
The environmental reservoir of Vibrio cholerae, the causative agent of cholera, has been a topic of scientific investigation ever since the discovery of the bacterium itself. While the bacteria can be isolated from both clinical and environmental sources during epidemics, it evades isolation by conv...
Md. Shafiqul Islam Md. Shafiqul Islam
The paper portrays the green baking practices in Bangladesh. Study is mainly based on secondary data highlighting the mobile banking, online banking, green financing, and guidelines for green banking practices as well as green banking unit. Green Banking is a new way of conducting the banking busine...
Md. Simul Bhuyan, Venkatramanan Senapathi, S. Selvam, Sylvia Szabo et al.
Oceanic marine plastic contamination was an increasingly global issue due to increased demand. This has a significant effect not only on marine biodiversity, but also on public safety and numerous infectious diseases found in both aquatic and human species. A huge amount of money was spent worldwide...
Md Humayun Kabir, Tapos Kormoker, Md. Saiful Islam, Rahat Khan et al.
Anthropogenic activities in and around the urban highways followed by aerodynamic processing generate street dusts, which can cause adverse health effects through different exposure pathways. Hence, considering the high degree of industrialization, concomitant unplanned urbanization, and rapid demog...
M. Safiur Rahman, A.S. Shafiuddin Ahmed, Md. Moshiur Rahman, S.M. Omar Faruque Babu et al.
Abstract The Meghna River, the largest and the widest river in Bangladesh, is important for navigation, irrigation, fish spawning and shelter, industrial usages, and drinking water sources for millions of people living in nearby areas. The present study illustrated the seasonal variation of some phy...
Shafiqul Islam Khan, AK Mottashir Ahmed, Mohammad Yunus, Mahfuzar Rahman et al.
Arsenic contamination of tubewell water is a major public-health problem in Bangladesh. In the recent years, the use of shallow and deep tubewell water for irrigation and the use of excess amount of cheap fertilizers and pesticides containing cadmium pose a serious threat of contamination of arsenic...
Mian Mashhud Ahmad, Mahbubur Rahman, Azharul Karim Rumi, Shafiqul Islam et al.
Epidemiological reports reveal that H. pylori is distributed among all population in the world. The present cross-sectional study was undertaken to see the H. pylori seroprevalence rates among the asymptomatic adults, as yet reportedly no such data available in Bangladesh. Serum samples were collect...