Md. Simul Bhuyan, Sayeed Mahmood Belal Haider, Gowhar Meraj, Muhammad Abu Bakar et al.
Heavy metal pollution in marine ecosystems is an escalating environmental concern, largely driven by anthropogenic activities, and poses potential threats to ecological health and human well-being. This study embarked on a comprehensive investigation into the concentrations of heavy metals in sedime...
Catherine Egan, Haogang Zhu, Aaron Lee, Dawn A. Sim et al.
AIMS: To describe baseline characteristics and visual outcome for eyes treated with ranibizumab for diabetic macular oedema (DMO) from a multicentre database. METHODS: Structured clinical data were anonymised and extracted from an electronic medical record from 19 participating UK centres: age at fi...
Mahmood Ahmed, Maksuda Khatun
The study examines the compliance levels of 17 private commercial banks, which operate Islamic banking in Bangladesh, with Shariah governance system of AAOIFI to understand their Shariah non-compliance risk management status. The results show that none of the Islamic banks in Bangladesh are full-com...
Peige Song, Ananya Gupta, Ian Y. Goon, Mehedi Hasan et al.
Peige Song , Ananya Gupta, Ian Y Goon, Mehedi Hasan, Sara Mahmood, Rajendra Pradeepa, Samreen Siddiqui, Gary S Frost , Dian Kusuma , Marisa Miraldo, Franco Sassi, Nick J Wareham, Sajjad Ahmed, Ranjit M. Anjana, Soren Brage , Nita G Forouhi, Sujeet Jha, Anuradhani Kasturiratne, Prasad Katulanda, Khad...
B A Hoque, AA Mahmood, M. Quadiruzzaman, Md Firoz Khan et al.
Arsenic problems have been observed in several countries around the world. The challenges of arsenic mitigation are more difficult for developing and poor countries due to resource and other limitations. Bangladesh is experiencing the worst arsenic problem in the world, as about 30 million people ar...
Imran Ali, Iffat Naz, Changsheng Peng, Kamel A. Abd–Elsalam et al.
The demand for safe and reliable drinking water is an emerging issue for wastewater treatment experts. Due to rapid industrialization and infrastructure development, toxic pollutants such as dyes, heavy metal ions, pesticides, chlorinated organic compounds, hormones, drugs, and others have been intr...
Seif Al-Abri, Adil Al Wahaibi, Hanan Al-Kindi, Padmamohan J. Kurup et al.
OBJECTIVE: To assess the seroprevalence of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) in Oman and longitudinal changes in antibody levels over time within the first 11 months of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. METHODS: This nationwide cross-sectional study was con...
Adam Bolton, Aneela Nijabat, Muhammad Mahmood ur Rehman, Naima Huma Naveed et al.
Carrot production is constrained by high levels of heat stress during the germination stage in many global regions. Few studies have been published evaluating the effect of heat stress on carrot seed germination or screening for genetic heat stress tolerance. The objectives of this study were to eva...
Syed Manzoor Ahmed Hanifi, Aazia Hossain, Asiful Haidar Chowdhury, Shahidul Hoque et al.
BACKGROUND: The government of Bangladesh initiated community clinics (CC) to extend the reach of public health services and these facilities were planned to be run through community participation. However, utilisation of CC services is still very low. Evidence indicates community score card is an ef...
Muhammad Aasım, Khalid Mahmood Khawar, Sebahattin Özcan
Multiple shoots from shoot meristems of three - five-day-old in vitro grown seedlings of Turkish cowpea (Vigna unguiculata L.) cv. Akkiz was obtained in MS supplemented with 0.50 mg/l BAP - 0, 0.10, 0.30 and 0.50 mg/l NAA. Callus induction was recorded on all cultures. Callusing was recorded on all ...
Elisa Pineda, Petya Atanasova, Nalinda Tharanga Wellappuli, Dian Kusuma et al.
Background: The increasing prevalence of diet-related non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in South Asia is concerning, with type 2 diabetes projected to rise to 68%, compared to the global increase of 44%. Encouraging healthy diets requires stronger policies for healthier food environments. Methods: Th...
Tousif Bin Mahmood, A. Chowdhury, Mohammad Uzzal Hossain, Mehedee Hasan et al.
Coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) is a recent world pandemic disease that is caused by a newly discovered strain of the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus-2 (SARS- CoV-2). Patients with comorbidities are most vulnerable to this disease. Therefore, cancer patients are reported to be more...
Shehrin Shaila Mahmood, Sabrina Rasheed, Asiful Haidar Chowdhury, Aazia Hossain et al.
BACKGROUND: Engaging communities in health facility management and monitoring is an effective strategy to increase health system responsiveness. Many developing countries have used community scorecard (CSC) to encourage community participation in health. However, the use of CSC in health in Banglade...
C. A. Viraktamath, Michael D. Webb
Leafhopper genera and species of the tribe Mukariini from the Indian subcontinent are revised. Nine genera and 22 species including two new genera, one new subgenus and 12 new species are dealt with. The new taxa described are Aalinga gen. nov. with its type species Aalinga brunoflava sp. nov. (Indi...
Genevie Fernandes, Tracy Jackson, Aaliyan Kashif, Ahmed Ehsanur Rahman et al.
Governments worldwide responded to the continual waves of the COVID-19 pandemic with unprecedented measures ranging from social distancing and cancellation of public events to border restrictions and complete closure of all but essential services [1]. Health research studies were suspended, becoming...