Md. Shamim Talukder, Golam Sorwar, Yukun Bao, Jashim Uddin Ahmed et al.
Wearable healthcare technology (WHT) has the potential to improve access to healthcare information especially to the older population and empower them to play an active role in self-management of their health. Despite their potential benefits, the acceptance and usage of WHT among the elderly are co...
Nurshad Ali, Rasheda Perveen, Shahnaz Rahman, Shakil Mahmood et al.
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Recent studies have shown that hyperuricemia is commonly associated with dyslipidemia, cardiovascular diseases, hypertension and metabolic syndrome. Elevated serum uric acid has been demonstrated to be associated with obesity in the adult population in many countries; howe...
Jeffrey V. Lazarus, Diana Romero, Christopher J. Kopka, Salim S. Abdool Karim et al.
Abstract Despite notable scientific and medical advances, broader political, socioeconomic and behavioural factors continue to undercut the response to the COVID-19 pandemic 1,2 . Here we convened, as part of this Delphi study, a diverse, multidisciplinary panel of 386 academic, health, non-governme...
Keith P. West, Abu Ahmed Shamim, Sucheta Mehra, Alain Labrique et al.
<h3>Importance</h3> Maternal micronutrient deficiencies may adversely affect fetal and infant health, yet there is insufficient evidence of effects on these outcomes to guide antenatal micronutrient supplementation in South Asia. <h3>Objective</h3> To assess effects of antenatal multiple micronutrie...
Jee Hyun Rah, Parul Christian, Abu Ahmed Shamim, Ummeh T. Arju et al.
Adolescent pregnancy is associated with adverse birth outcomes. Less is known about its influence on maternal growth and nutritional status. We determined how pregnancy and lactation during adolescence affects postmenarcheal linear and ponderal growth and body composition of 12-19 y olds in rural Ba...
Keith P. West, Parul Christian, Alain Labrique, Mahbubur Rashid et al.
CONTEXT: Maternal vitamin A deficiency is a public health concern in the developing world. Its prevention may improve maternal and infant survival. OBJECTIVE: To assess efficacy of maternal vitamin A or beta carotene supplementation in reducing pregnancy-related and infant mortality. DESIGN, SETTING...
Md. Aminul Ahsan, Farjana Satter, Md. Abu Bakar Siddique, Md. Ahedul Akbor et al.
Industrial effluents are one of the foremost concerns relating to the anthropogenic environmental pollution. The effluents from the tanning and textile industries in Dhaka, Bangladesh, were characterized chemically and physicochemically with multivariate statistical techniques. The concentrations of...
Rolf Klemm, Alain Labrique, Parul Christian, Mahbubur Rashid et al.
OBJECTIVES: We assessed the effect of supplementing newborns with 50000 IU of vitamin A on all-cause infant mortality through 24 weeks of age. PATIENTS AND METHODS: This was a community-based, double-masked, cluster-randomized, placebo-controlled trial conducted in 19 unions in rural northwest Bangl...
Nurshad Ali, Sadaqur Rahman, Shiful Islam, Md Tangigul Haque et al.
BACKGROUND: Although the link between elevated uric acid and metabolic syndrome has been reported in some studies; the relationship of serum uric acid (SUA) with lipid profile has not well studied or little is known so far. This study was conducted to assess the relationship between SUA and lipid pr...
Kerry Schulze, Sucheta Mehra, Saijuddin Shaikh, Hasmot Ali et al.
BACKGROUND: Antenatal multiple micronutrient (MM) supplementation improves birth outcomes relative to iron-folic acid (IFA) in developing countries, but limited data exist on its impact on pregnancy micronutrient status. OBJECTIVE: We assessed the efficacy of a daily MM (15 nutrients) compared with ...
Md. Rakib Hossain, Md. Mehade Hasan, Siraj Ud Daula Shamim, Tahmina Ferdous et al.
The chlormethine (CM) drug adsorption on C24, B12C6N6 and B12N12 nanocages has been investigated by using density functional theory at B3LYP/6-31G(d,p) method. Also, the adsorption energy (EAd) investigation of the CM adsorbed complexes has been done by using wB97XD functional to understand the non-...
Shamim Ahmed, Swapan Kumar Sarker, Daniel A. Friess, Md. Kamruzzaman et al.
) to the salinity and functional variable relationships. In this study, we found that rises in salinity significantly impede forest growth and produce less productive ecosystems dominated by dwarf species while reducing stand structural properties (i.e., tree height, basal area, dominant tree height...
Sabuj Kanti Mistry, Rajat Das Gupta, Sabiha Alam, Kuljeet Kaur et al.
INTRODUCTION: The prevalence of gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) is increasing in developing countries including the South Asian Nations. The current study aimed to examine the association of GDM with adverse pregnancy outcomes from foetal and maternal perspectives in South Asia. METHODS: A syste...
Muzi Na, Sucheta Mehra, Parul Christian, Hasmot Ali et al.
Background Household food insecurity (HFI) can lead to a poor diet and malnutrition. Yet, little is known about the extent to which maternal diet covaries with food insecurity during pregnancy and lactation. Objective Longitudinal associations between HFI and maternal dietary diversity from early pr...
Alain Labrique, Snaebjorn Gunnsteinsson, Keith P. West, Parul Christian et al.
This study aimed to construct indices of living standards in rural Bangladesh that could be useful to study health outcomes or identify target populations for poverty-alleviation programmes. The indices were constructed using principal component analysis of data on household assets and house constru...