Rabbee G. Mahmudunnabi, Fatema Zerin Farhana, Navid Kashaninejad, Shakhawat H. Firoz et al.
In recent years, a new group of nanomaterials named nanozymes that exhibit enzyme-mimicking catalytic activity has emerged as a promising alternative to natural enzymes. Nanozymes can address some of the intrinsic limitations of natural enzymes such as high cost, low stability, difficulty in storage...
Farhan Jamil Emon, Md Fazle Rohani, Nusrat Sumaiya, Mst. Fatema Tuj Jannat et al.
Heavy metals, the most potent contaminants of the environment, are discharged into the aquatic ecosystems through the effluents of several industries, resulting in serious aquatic pollution. This type of severe heavy metal contamination in aquaculture systems has attracted great attention throughout...
Mohammad Ziaul Islam Chowdhury, Ataul Mustufa Anik, Zaki Farhana, Piali Dey Bristi et al.
BACKGROUND: Metabolic syndrome (MS) is a cluster of health problems that set the stage for serious health conditions and places individuals at higher risk of cardiovascular disease, diabetes and stroke. The worldwide prevalence of MS in the adult population is on the rise and Bangladesh is no except...
Farhana Safa, Afifa Anjum, Sahadat Hossain, Tonima Islam Trisa et al.
Background The most recent global pandemic of COVID-19 has been creating multidimensional damages, including a detrimental impact on the mental health status of individuals. Medical students, a vulnerable cross-section of the population, may have perceived a myriad of psychological stressors during ...
Mohammad Chowdhury, Md Ashiqul Haque, Zaki Farhana, Ataul Mustufa Anik et al.
BACKGROUND: Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is a group of conditions affecting the functioning of the heart or blood vessels and is one of the leading causes of death globally. Like other countries, CVD prevalence is also rising among the adults in Bangladesh. Epidemiological studies have shown not onl...
Nasima Khan, Farhana Afroz, Mst. Nadira Begum, Satyajit Roy Rony et al.
This study reports the chemical investigation and bioactivity of the secondary metabolites produced by the endophytic fungus Fusarium solani isolated from Cassia alata Linn. growing in Bangladesh. This plant was collected from conservation forest in Bangladesh and belongs to the Caesalpiniaceae fami...
Jessica Y. Islam, Fatema Khatun, Anadil Alam, Farhana Sultana et al.
BACKGROUND: The objective of this study was to assess the level of knowledge of cervical cancer among Bangladeshi women and to assess their willingness to receive the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine. METHODS: A population-based, cross-sectional survey was conducted from July to December 2011 in o...
Fatema Zerin Farhana, Muhammad Umer, Ayad Saeed, Amandeep Singh et al.
Magnetic nanozymes with peroxidase-mimicking activity have been widely investigated for developing molecular biosensors. Herein, we report a starch-assisted method for the synthesis of a novel class of carboxyl group-functionalized iron oxide nanoparticles (C-IONPs). Scanning electron and transmissi...
Quamrun Nahar, Farhana Sultana, Anadil Alam, Jessica Y. Islam et al.
Background: There has been no population-based study on human papillomavirus (HPV) prevalence or its genotypes in Bangladesh; a country eligible for GAVI funding for HPV vaccine.
Md. Mominur Rahman, Xiaoyan Wang, Md. Rezaul Islam, Shopnil Akash et al.
Natural substances originating from plants have long been used to treat neurodegenerative disorders (NDs). Parkinson's disease (PD) is a ND. The deterioration and subsequent cognitive impairments of the midbrain nigral dopaminergic neurons distinguish by this characteristic. Various pathogenic mecha...
Md Ziaul Islam, Baizid Khoorshid Riaz, A N M Shamsul Islam, Fatema Khanam et al.
Diverse risk factors intercede the outcomes of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). We conducted this retrospective cohort study with a cohort of 1016 COVID-19 patients diagnosed in May 2020 to identify the risk factors associated with morbidity and mortality outcomes. Data were collected by telepho...
M. Tasdik Hasan, Sahadat Hossain, Farhana Safa, Afifa Anjum et al.
Objectives: In addition to risking their physical well-being, frontline physicians are enduring significant emotional burden both at work and home during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. This study aims to investigate the levels of anxiety and depressive symptoms and to identify ass...
Mohammad Monirul Islam, Farha Fatema
Purpose This study examines the survival probability of the firms during the COVID-19 pandemic and identifies the effects of pandemic-era business strategies on firm survival across sectors and sizes. Design/methodology/approach This study combines World Bank Enterprise Survey data with three consec...
Zihan Rahman Khan, Fatema Moni, Suriya Sharmin, Muhammad Abdullah Al-Mansur et al.
In the pharmaceutical world the majority of the active pharmaceutical ingredients (API) have been obtained from the natural products. Piperine is such naturally occurring alkaloid which can be considered as major bioactive phytochemical having broad spectrum of pharmacological activities. It is obta...
Md Abdullah Al Jubayer Biswas, M. Tasdik Hasan, Nora Samir, Sayma Islam Alin et al.
Background: Whilst very limited studies have demonstrated a correlation between the COVID-19 pandemic and depressive symptoms amongst Bangladeshi medical students, the prevalence and associated factors of depressive symptoms as measured by the Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9) remains widely unkn...
S.M. Neaz Mahmud, Md. Hossain Sohrab, Mst. Nadira Begum, Satyajit Roy Rony et al.
Endophytic fungi are a group of fungi that reside in the living plant without causing any disease symptoms. It shows symbiotic/mutualistic characteristics with host plants. Endophytic fungi may increase the host defense system against various pathogenic microorganisms and may encompass secondary met...
Marjahan Akhtar, Md. Rashedul Islam, Fatema Khaton, Umma Hany Soltana et al.
Background: Understanding the characteristics of the humoral immune responses following COVID-19 vaccinations is crucial for refining vaccination strategies and predicting immune responses to emerging SARS-CoV-2 variants. Methods: A longitudinal analysis of SARS-CoV-2 spike receptor binding domain (...
M. Tasdik Hasan, Sahadat Hossain, Farhana Safa, Afifa Anjum et al.
OBJECTIVES: In addition to risking their physical well-being, frontline physicians are enduring significant emotional burden both at work and home during the COVID-19 pandemic. This study aims to investigate the levels of anxiety and depressive symptoms and to identify associated factors among Bangl...
Tamanna Sultana, Jarin Tasnim, Md Walid Hossain Talukder, Mohammad Liton Mia et al.
Pesticides play a significant role in modern agriculture and public health by protecting crops, preventing the spread of diseases, and ensuring food safety. However, the use of pesticides also raises concerns due to their potential negative consequences on human health and the ecosystem. This study ...
Mohammad Monirul Islam, Farha Fatema
This study examines the potential macroeconomic effects of Covid-19 on the tourism sector of Europe, the USA, and China as well as provides policy suggestions in light of previous scholarly works. The study finds that the global tourism sector is geocentric and the tourism sector of EU countries is ...