Md. Mominur Rahman, Md. Saidur Rahaman, Md. Rezaul Islam, Firoza Rahman et al.
Inflammation is a natural protective mechanism that occurs when the body's tissue homeostatic mechanisms are disrupted by biotic, physical, or chemical agents. The immune response generates pro-inflammatory mediators, but excessive output, such as chronic inflammation, contributes to many persistent...
Abdullah H Baqui, Shams El Arifeen, Gary L. Darmstadt, Saifuddin Ahmed et al.
BACKGROUND Neonatal mortality accounts for a high proportion of deaths in children under the age of 5 years in Bangladesh. Therefore the project for advancing the health of newborns and mothers (Projahnmo) implemented a community-based intervention package through government and non-government organ...
Shaikhul Islam, Abdul Mannan Akanda, Ananya Prova, Tofazzal Islam et al.
Plant growth promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) are the rhizosphere bacteria that may be utilized to augment plant growth and suppress plant diseases. The objectives of this study were to identify and characterize PGPR indigenous to cucumber rhizosphere in Bangladesh, and to evaluate their ability to su...
Md. Shahidul Islam, Md. Samiul Haque, Mohammad Moinul Islam, Emdadul Mannan Emdad et al.
BACKGROUND: Macrophomina phaseolina is one of the most destructive necrotrophic fungal pathogens that infect more than 500 plant species throughout the world. It can grow rapidly in infected plants and subsequently produces a large amount of sclerotia that plugs the vessels, resulting in wilting of ...
Sudhin Thayyil, Stuti Pant, Paolo Montaldo, Deepika Shukla et al.
BACKGROUND: Although therapeutic hypothermia reduces death or disability after neonatal encephalopathy in high-income countries, its safety and efficacy in low-income and middle-income countries is unclear. We aimed to examine whether therapeutic hypothermia alongside optimal supportive intensive ca...
Shams El Arifeen, Luke C. Mullany, Rashed Shah, Ishtiaq Mannan et al.
Background Up to half of neonatal deaths in high mortality settings are due to infections, many of which can originate through the freshly cut umbilical cord stump. We aimed to assess the effectiveness of two cord-cleansing regimens with the promotion of dry cord care in the prevention of neonatal m...
Kazi Abdul Mannan, Khandaker Mursheda Farhana
The COVID-19 pandemic continues to ravage the world, with the United States being highly affected. A vaccine provides the best hope for a permanent solution to controlling the pandemic. Several coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines are currently in human trials. However, to be effective, a vaccine...
Syed Moshfiqur Rahman, Nabeel Ashraf Ali, Larissa Jennings, M. Habibur R. Seraji et al.
BACKGROUND: Well-trained and highly motivated community health workers (CHWs) are critical for delivery of many community-based newborn care interventions. High rates of CHW attrition undermine programme effectiveness and potential for implementation at scale. We investigated reasons for high rates ...
Dipanjoli Baral Dola, Md. Abdul Mannan, Umakanta Sarker, Md. Abdullah Al Mamun et al.
Drought is one of the most destructive abiotic stresses that impact the growth, physiology, yield, and nutritional quality of seeds of crop plants. In modern agriculture, the use of nanoparticles can be beneficial due to their large surface area and higher potentiality to enter into the plant leaf d...
Md. Shahidul Islam, Jennifer A. Saito, Emdadul Mannan Emdad, Borhan Ahmed et al.
Abstract Jute ( Corchorus sp.) is one of the most important sources of natural fibre, covering ∼80% of global bast fibre production 1 . Only Corchorus olitorius and Corchorus capsularis are commercially cultivated, though there are more than 100 Corchorus species 2 in the Malvaceae family. Here we d...
Mohammad Morshedur Rahman, Md. Kowsar Hamid, Md Abdul Mannan Khan
This study attempts to investigate capital strength, credit risk, ownership structure, bank size, non-interest income, cost efficiency, off-balance sheet activities, liquidity as potential bank specific determinants as well as growth in gross domestic products, inflation as potential macroeconomic d...
Abdullah H Baqui, Salahuddin Ahmed, Shams El Arifeen, Gary L. Darmstadt et al.
OBJECTIVE: To assess the effect of the timing of first postnatal home visit by community health workers on neonatal mortality. DESIGN: Analysis of prospectively collected data using time varying discrete hazard models to estimate hazard ratios for neonatal mortality according to day of first postnat...
Abdullah H Baqui, Shams El Arifeen, Emma Williams, Saifuddin Ahmed et al.
BACKGROUND: : Infections account for about half of neonatal deaths in low-resource settings. Limited evidence supports home-based treatment of newborn infections by community health workers (CHW). METHODS: : In one study arm of a cluster randomized controlled trial, CHWs assessed neonates at home, u...
Gary L. Darmstadt, Yoonjoung Choi, Shams El Arifeen, Sanwarul Bari et al.
BACKGROUND: To evaluate a delivery strategy for newborn interventions in rural Bangladesh. METHODS: A cluster-randomized controlled trial was conducted in Mirzapur, Bangladesh. Twelve unions were randomized to intervention or comparison arm. All women of reproductive age were eligible to participate...
for the ProjAHNMo Study Group in Bangladesh, Rashed Shah, Luke C. Mullany, Gary L. Darmstadt et al.
BACKGROUND: Globally, about 15 million neonates are born preterm and about 85% of global preterm birth occurs in Asia and Africa regions. We aimed to estimate the incidence and risk factors for preterm birth in a rural Bangladeshi cohort. METHODS: Between June 2007 and September 2009, community heal...