Jena Hamadani, Mohammed Imrul Hasan, Andrew Baldi, Sheikh Jamal Hossain et al.
BACKGROUND: Stay-at-home orders (lockdowns) have been deployed globally to control COVID-19 transmission, and might impair economic conditions and mental health, and exacerbate risk of food insecurity and intimate partner violence. The effect of lockdowns in low-income and middle-income countries mu...
Md. Rayid Hasan Mojumder, Fahmida Ahmed Antara, M. Hasanuzzaman, Basem Alamri et al.
The gradual shift towards cleaner and green energy sources requires the application of electric vehicles (EVs) as the mainstream transportation platform. The application of vehicle-to-grid (V2G) shows promise in optimizing the power demand, shaping the load variation, and increasing the sustainabili...
Hasin Hasnat, Suriya Akter Shompa, Mirazul Islam, Safaet Alam et al.
, and clinical research. The review contains recent trends, therapeutical interventions, and futuristic aspects of flavonoids to treat several diseases like diabetes, inflammation, bacterial and viral infections, cancers, and cardiovascular diseases. However, this manuscript should be handy in futur...
Jena Hamadani, Fahmida Tofail, Syed Nazmul Huda, Dewan S Alam et al.
OBJECTIVE: We aimed to determine the timing and size of the cognitive deficit associated with poverty in the first 5 years of life and to examine the role of parental characteristics, pre- and postnatal growth, and stimulation in the home in Bangladeshi children. We hypothesized that the effect of p...
Safaet Alam, Md. Moklesur Rahman Sarker, Sadia Afrin, Fahmida Tasnim Richi et al.
SARS-CoV-2 is the latest worldwide pandemic declared by the World Health Organization and there is no established anti-COVID-19 drug to combat this notorious situation except some recently approved vaccines. By affecting the global public health sector, this viral infection has created a disastrous ...
Md Asiful Islam, Fahmida Alam, Md. Solayman, Md. Ibrahim Khalil et al.
Cumulatively, degenerative disease is one of the most fatal groups of diseases, and it contributes to the mortality and poor quality of life in the world while increasing the economic burden of the sufferers. Oxidative stress and inflammation are the major pathogenic causes of degenerative diseases ...
Fahmida Alam, Md Asiful Islam, Siew Hua Gan, Md. Ibrahim Khalil
Diabetic wounds are unlike typical wounds in that they are slower to heal, making treatment with conventional topical medications an uphill process. Among several different alternative therapies, honey is an effective choice because it provides comparatively rapid wound healing. Although honey has b...
Sania Ashrafi, Safaet Alam, Arifa Sultana, Asef Raj et al.
L. Although it lacks analgesic effects and is unrelated to the compounds in the morphine class, it is a peripheral vasodilator and has a direct effect on vessels. It is reported to inhibit the cyclic adenosine monophosphate (cAMP) and cyclic guanosine monophosphate (cGMP) phosphodiesterase in smooth...
Safaet Alam, Nazim Uddin Emon, Saimon Shahriar, Fahmida Tasnim Richi et al.
Millettia peguensis, popular for its ethnopharmacological uses, was employed to evaluate its different pharmacological properties in this study. The analgesic studies of the plant have been performed by acetic acid-induced writhing and formalin-induced licking tests respectively, whereas the antidia...
Kevin Steiner, Shahnawaz Ahmed, Carol A. Gilchrist, Cecelia Burkey et al.
Background: Cryptosporidiosis is a major cause of childhood diarrhea in low- and middle-income countries and has been linked to impairment of child growth. This study investigated the burden of cryptosporidiosis and its impact on child growth in both a rural and an urban site in Bangladesh. Methods:...
Sant‐Rayn Pasricha, Mohammed Imrul Hasan, Sabine Braat, Leila M Larson et al.
BACKGROUND: Universal provision of iron supplements (drops or syrup) or multiple micronutrient powders to young children in low-to-middle-income countries where anemia is prevalent is recommended by the World Health Organization and widely implemented. The functional benefits and safety of these int...
Amit Hasan Anik, Maisha Binte Sultan, Mahbub Alam, Fahmida Parvin et al.
Jeffrey R. Donowitz, Heather L. Cook, Masud Alam, Fahmida Tofail et al.
BACKGROUND: Previous studies have shown maternal, inflammatory, and socioeconomic variables to be associated with growth and neurodevelopment in children from low-income countries. However, these outcomes are multifactorial and work describing which predictors most strongly influence them is lacking...
Umme Laila Urmi, Shamsun Nahar, Masud Rana, Fahmida Sultana et al.
Introduction: Klebsiella pneumoniae carbapenemase (KPC) belongs to the Group-A β-lactamases that incorporate serine at their active site and hydrolyze various penicillins, cephalosporins, and carbapenems. Metallo-beta-lactamases (MBLs) are group-B enzymes that contain one or two essential zinc ions ...
Debashish Biswas, Makhdum Ahmed, Katherine Roguski, Probir Kumar Ghosh et al.
Schoolchildren are commonly linked to influenza transmission. Handwashing with soap has been shown to decrease infections; however, improving handwashing practices using soap and water is difficult in low-resource settings. In these settings, alternative hygiene options, such as hand sanitizer, coul...