Christina Fitzmaurice, Degu Abate, Naghmeh Abbasi, Hedayat Abbastabar et al.
<h3>Importance</h3> Cancer and other noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) are now widely recognized as a threat to global development. The latest United Nations high-level meeting on NCDs reaffirmed this observation and also highlighted the slow progress in meeting the 2011 Political Declaration on the P...
Jennifer Luedtke, Janice Chanson, Kelsey Neam, Louise Hobin et al.
Abstract Systematic assessments of species extinction risk at regular intervals are necessary for informing conservation action 1,2 . Ongoing developments in taxonomy, threatening processes and research further underscore the need for reassessment 3,4 . Here we report the findings of the second Glob...
Gregory A. Roth, Catherine O. Johnson, Kalkidan Hassen Abate, Foad Abd-Allah et al.
Importance: Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of death in the United States, but regional variation within the United States is large. Comparable and consistent state-level measures of total CVD burden and risk factors have not been produced previously. Objective: To quantify and des...
Srikant Ghosh, G.C. Bansal, Suresh Gupta, D.P. Ray et al.
On a global basis, ticks transmit a greater variety of pathogenic microorganisms, protozoa, rickettsiae, spirochaets, and viruses than any other arthropods and are among the most important vectors of diseases affecting livestock, humans, and companion animals. Ticks and tick-borne diseases (TTBDs) a...
Gamal Shiha, Alaa Ibrahim, Ahmed Helmy, Shiv Kumar Sarin et al.
Hepatic fibrosis is a common pathway leading to liver cirrhosis, which is the end result of any injury to the liver. Accurate assessment of the degree of fibrosis is important clinically, especially when treatments aimed at reversing fibrosis are being evolved. Despite the fact that liver biopsy (LB...
Muhannad Hamid, M.A. Rahman, Shahin Ahmed, Kabir M. Hossain
The present study attempts to examine the scenario of poultry industry and the role of private sector for its development in Bangladesh. In Bangladesh, more than half of the people is based on agricultural and livestock farming. The poultry sector is an integral part of farming systems and has creat...
Maiko Sakamoto, Tofayel Ahmed, Salma Begum, Hamidul Huq
The textile industry in Bangladesh has been a great engine for boosting economic growth in the country. However, with great success came environmental deterioration. Untreated effluents containing heavy metals are being released into rivers from nearby factories, affecting the health of people who l...
Md. Ashraf Hussain, Tofael Ahmed Sumon, Sabuj Kanti Mazumder, Mir Mohammad Ali et al.
M. John Albert, Firdausi Qadri, Mohammad A. Wahed, Tanvir Ahmed et al.
To investigate whether micronutrient supplementation could improve the vibriocidal antibody response of children to a killed oral cholera vaccine, 2-5-year-old children were randomly assigned to receive vitamin A and zinc (AZ group), vitamin A and a placebo (A group), zinc and a placebo (Z group), o...
Mahfuzur Rahman, Ningsheng Chen, Ahmed Elbeltagi, Md Monirul Islam et al.
Floods are among the most devastating natural hazards in Bangladesh. The country experiences multi-type floods (i.e., fluvial, flash, pluvial, and surge floods) every year. However, areas prone to multi-type floods have not yet been assessed on a national scale. Here, we used locally weighted linear...
Md. Rakib Hossain, Md. Mehade Hasan, Noor–E- Ashrafi, Hamidur Rahman et al.
In this present study, we have theoretically scrutinized the interaction mechanism of Metronidazole drug on the surface of graphene, boron carbide and boron nitride nanosheets in gas and aqueous phase applying density functional theory with B3LYP/6-31G method to sort a path for minimizing the advers...
Zahoor Ahmed, Michael Cary, Sajid Ali, Muntasir Murshed et al.
A revolution in the energy sector is crucial for achieving environmental sustainability since almost three-fourth of global carbon dioxide emissions is generated from the energy sector. It is believed that combustion of unclean energy resources is the major contributor to the multifaceted environmen...
Mahfuzur Rahman, Ningsheng Chen, Md Monirul Islam, Ashraf Dewan et al.
This work developed models to identify optimal spatial distribution of emergency evacuation centers (EECs) such as schools, colleges, hospitals, and fire stations to improve flood emergency planning in the Sylhet region of northeastern Bangladesh. The use of location-allocation models (LAMs) for eva...
Farhana Akter, Adnan Mannan, H. M. Hamidullah Mehedi, Md. Abdur Rob et al.
Background and aims This study investigated the clinical manifestations, outcomes and long-term complications of COVID-19 inpatients in southern part of Bangladesh while emphasizing on individuals having diabetes. Methods A cross-sectional study was conducted for a sample of COVID-19 inpatients acro...
Md Quamrul Ahsan, Abdul Hasib Chowdhury, Shakeel Ahmed, Imamul Hassan Bhuyan et al.
Abnormal condition in a power system generally leads to a fall in system frequency, and it leads to system blackout in an extreme condition. This paper presents a technique to develop an auto load shedding and islanding scheme for a power system to prevent blackout and to stabilize the system under ...