Md. Burhan Kabir Suhan, S.M. Tanveer Mahtab, Wafi Aziz, Sonia Akter et al.
The presence of dyes in effluents discharged from the textile industries is one of the major concerns of water-living organisms. This study aimed at investigating the Fenton degradation of Sudan black B (SBB) dye in an aqueous solution. The effects of initial dye concentration, Fe2+ concentration, a...
Sonia Akter, Timothy J. Krupnik, Fahmida Khanam
This paper investigates if climate change skepticism, farmers' fatalistic beliefs, and insurance plan design influence interest in crop weather insurance. While studies of the influence of fatalism on disaster preparedness are common, the ways in which fatalism influences climate change skepticism, ...
Md. Shimul Bhuia, Hossam Kamli, Tawhida Islam, Fatema Akter Sonia et al.
Current study was conducted to assess the effectiveness of the polyphenol trans-ferulic acid (TFA) as an antiemetic agent using in vivo and in silico methods. To evaluate this, we induced emesis in 3-day-old chicks through the oral administration of copper sulfate (CuSO4·5H2O) at a dose of 50 mg/kg....
Md Abdus Subhan, Tanjila Parvin Rifat, Pallab Chandra Saha, M. M. Alam et al.
), linear dynamic range (LDR, 0.1 nM to 0.01 mM) and lower limit of detection (DL, 97.12 ± 4.86 pM). The analytical parameters of the sensor such as response time, reproducibility and long-term stability in the detection of 3-CP were reliable. Finally, it was used to analyze real samples collected f...
Roy Brouwer, Sonia Akter
The main objective of this paper is to assess demand for catastrophe insurance in one of the most flood-prone developing countries in the world and to estimate rural household willingness-to-pay for different micro insurance policies to reduce catastrophic flood risks and socio-economic vulnerabilit...
Md. Shimul Bhuia, Raihan Chowdhury, Fatema Akter Sonia, Hossam Kamli et al.
With the increasing prevalence of cancer and the toxic side effects of synthetic drugs, natural products are being developed as promising therapeutic approaches. Gracillin is a naturally occurring triterpenoid steroidal saponin with several therapeutic activities. It is obtained as a major compound ...
Sonia Akter, Roy Brouwer, Saria Choudhury, Salina Aziz
Sajib Mandal, Md. Sirajul Islam, Md. Haider Ali Biswas, Sonia Akter
Abdulla Al-Towfiq Hasan, Chhanda Biswas, Moumita Roy, Sonia AKTER et al.
The paper aims at expanding the TPB model to examine the relationship among attitude, subjective norms, perceived behavioural control, motivation, and behavioural intention as well as the extent to which satisfaction mediates the relationship in the link between TPB predictive constructs along with ...
Tanja A. J. Houweling, Joanna Morrison, Glyn Alcock, Kishwar Azad et al.
BACKGROUND: Efforts to end preventable newborn deaths will fail if the poor are not reached with effective interventions. To understand what works to reach vulnerable groups, we describe and explain the uptake of a highly effective community-based newborn health intervention across social strata in ...
Md. Elias, Sonia Akter, Md. Awlad Hossain, Mahmudul Hassan Suhag
Thin films of Zn3(PO4)2 and Zn3(PO4)2/carbon nanotubes (Zn3(PO4)2/CNT) were fabricated on glass substrate by the simple sol-gel drop coating method. The crystal structure, particle size, morphology and optical properties were characterized by X-ray Diffraction, Field Emission Scanning Electron Micro...
Sonia Akter, SM Shamsuzzaman, Ferdush Jahan
This cross sectional study was conducted to identify the common bacterial causes of community acquired pneumonia (CAP) from sputum and blood by culture and polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and to evaluate the effectiveness of these tests. A total of 105 sputum and blood samples were collected from pa...
Sonia Akter
This study presents empirical evidence of the nexus between social cohesion and climate change adaptation from a tropical cyclone prone coastal district of Bangladesh. The climate change adaptation measure considered here is the reduction of tropical cyclone risk through the improvement of coastal p...
Mehedi Hasan Bappi, Abdullah Al Shamsh Prottay, Hossam Kamli, Fatema Akter Sonia et al.
Sedatives promote calmness or sleepiness during surgery or severely stressful events. In addition, depression is a mental health issue that negatively affects emotional well-being. A group of drugs called anti-depressants is used to treat major depressive illnesses. The aim of the present work was t...
Yeasmin Nahar Jolly, Md. Refat Jahan Rakib, Md. Saiful Islam, Sonia Akter et al.
Indexical appraisal of potentially toxic elements (PTEs) in sediment and fish of riverine ecosystem give valuable information for environmental management. In this research, PTEs were measured in sediment and soft tissues of six fish species from an important fish breeding river (Halda) of Banglades...