Mohammad Abdul Mumit, Tarun Kumar Pal, Md. Ashraful Alam, Md. Al‐Amin‐Al‐Azadul Islam et al.
Benzyl-3-N-(2,4,5-trimethoxyphenylmethylene)hydrazinecarbodithioate (compound 1) is a bidentate and nitrogen-sulfur containing Schiff base, which has been synthesized by the condensation reaction of S-benzylndithiocarbazate and 2,4,5-trimethoxybenzaldehyde. The theoretical calculations of the mentio...
Yeasmin Nahar Jolly, Ashraful Islam, Shawkat Akbar
Metal contamination in agricultural soils is of increasing concern due to food safety issues and potential health risks. Accumulation of Heavy and trace metals in vegetables occur by various sources but soil is considered the major one. Consumption of vegetables containing (heavy/trace) metals is on...
Robert Y. Chen, Ishita Mostafa, Matthew C. Hibberd, Subhasish Das et al.
BACKGROUND: More than 30 million children worldwide have moderate acute malnutrition. Current treatments have limited effectiveness, and much remains unknown about the pathogenesis of this condition. Children with moderate acute malnutrition have perturbed development of their gut microbiota. METHOD...
Akbar Hossain, Milan Skalický, Marián Brestič, Sagar Maitra et al.
Wheat is one of the world’s most commonly consumed cereal grains. During abiotic stresses, the physiological and biochemical alterations in the cells reduce growth and development of plants that ultimately decrease the yield of wheat. Therefore, novel approaches are needed for sustainable wheat prod...
Md. Ashraful Islam, Mohammad Nurul Amin, Shafayet Ahmed Siddiqui, Md. Parvez Hossain et al.
Trans Fatty acids (TFAs) have long been used in food manufacturing due in part to their melting point at room temperature between saturated and unsaturated fats. However, increasing epidemiologic and biochemical evidence suggests that excessive trans fats in the diet are a significant risk factor fo...
Ashraful Kabir, Md. Shahgahan Miah, Asraful Islam
BACKGROUND: Over the past decades, Bangladesh has made substantial progress in improving higher education, and in part, this was achieved by promoting residence based higher education in public universities. University residency is considered a crucial period for students to develop healthy eating h...
Md. Ashraful Islam, Debashis Mitra, Ashraf Dewan, S. H. Akhter
Jason B. Harris, Regina C. LaRocque, Fahima Chowdhury, Ashraful Islam Khan et al.
BACKGROUND: Despite recent progress in understanding the molecular basis of Vibrio cholerae pathogenesis, there is relatively little knowledge of the factors that determine the variability in human susceptibility to V. cholerae infection. METHODS AND FINDINGS: We performed an observational study of ...
Brian Schwartz, Jason B. Harris, Ashraful Islam Khan, Regina C. LaRocque et al.
We examined demographic, microbiologic, and clinical data from patients presenting during 1988, 1998, and 2004 flood-associated diarrheal epidemics at a diarrhea treatment hospital in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Compared with non-flood periods, individuals presenting during flood-associated epidemics were ol...
Jason B. Harris, Ashraful Islam Khan, Regina C. LaRocque, David J. Dorer et al.
Individuals with blood group O are more susceptible than other individuals to severe cholera, although the mechanism underlying this association is unknown. To assess the respective roles of both intrinsic host factors and adaptive immune responses that might influence susceptibility to infection wi...
Ana A. Weil, Ashraful Islam Khan, Fahima Chowdhury, Regina C. LaRocque et al.
BACKGROUND: Multiple Vibrio cholerae infections in the same household are common. The objective of this study was to examine the incidence of V. cholerae infection and associated clinical symptoms in household contacts of patients with cholera and to identify risk factors for development of severe d...
Abdullah Sakib, Shah Md. Masum, Jan Hoinkis, Rafiqul Islam et al.
CuO/ZnO composites are synthesized using a simple mechanochemical combustion method. X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDX), and Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) are used to characterize the prepared oxides. X-ray diffraction reveals ...
Sidratul Montaha, Sami Azam, A. K. M. Rakibul Haque Rafid, Md. Zahid Hasan et al.
Identification of brain tumors and accurate grading at an early stage are crucial in cancer diagnosis, as a timely diagnosis can increase the chances of survival. Considering the challenges and risks of tumor biopsies, noninvasive imaging procedures such as Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) are exten...
Firdausi Qadri, Thomas F. Wierzba, Mohammad Ali, Fahima Chowdhury et al.
BACKGROUND: A single-dose regimen of the current killed oral cholera vaccines that have been prequalified by the World Health Organization would make them more attractive for use against endemic and epidemic cholera. We conducted an efficacy trial of a single dose of the killed oral cholera vaccine ...
Firdausi Qadri, Ashraful Islam Khan, Abu Syed Golam Faruque, Yasmin Ara Begum et al.
Flooding in Dhaka in July 2004 caused epidemics of diarrhea. Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC) was almost as prevalent as Vibrio cholerae O1 in diarrheal stools. ETEC that produced heat-stable enterotoxin alone was most prevalent, and 78% of strains had colonization factors. Like V. cholerae O...