Md. Mijanur Rahman, Mohammad Shakeri, Sieh Kiong Tiong, Fatema Khatun et al.
This paper presents a comprehensive review of machine learning (ML) based approaches, especially artificial neural networks (ANNs) in time series data prediction problems. According to literature, around 80% of the world’s total energy demand is supplied either through fuel-based sources such as oil...
Fatema Khatun, Anita Heywood, Pradeep Ray, SMA Hanifi et al.
Introduction Evidence in favor of mHealth for healthcare delivery in settings where trained health workforce is limited or unavailable is accumulating. With rapid growth in access to mobile phones and an acute shortage of health workforce in Bangladesh, mHealth initiatives are increasing with more t...
Fatema Khatun, Anita Heywood, Pradeep Ray, Abbas Bhuiya et al.
Introduction There are increasing numbers of mHealth initiatives in middle and low income countries aimed at improving health outcomes. Bangladesh is no exception with more than 20 mobile health (mHealth) initiatives in place. A recent study in Bangladesh examined community readiness for mHealth usi...
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...
Md. Mijanur Rahman, Fatema Khatun, Ismat Jahan, Ramprosad Devnath et al.
The emergence of Industry 5.0 marks a transformative era in manufacturing industry that is driven by the integration of advanced technologies. It is a renewed focus on human–robot collaboration. At the forefront of this industrial revolution stands Cobotics, a field that emphasizes the cooperative i...
Nazib Uz Zaman Khan, Sabrina Rasheed, Tamanna Sharmin, Tanvir Ahmed et al.
BACKGROUND: Bangladesh is facing serious shortage of trained health professionals. In the pluralistic healthcare system of Bangladesh, formal health care providers constitute only 5 % of the total workforce; the rest are informal health care providers. Information Communication Technologies (ICTs) a...
Fatema Khatun, Sabrina Rasheed, Allisyn C. Moran, Ashraful Alam et al.
BACKGROUND: Bangladesh has about 5.7 million people living in urban slums that are characterized by adverse living conditions, poor access to healthcare services and health outcomes. In an attempt to ensure safe maternal, neonatal and child health services in the slums BRAC started a programme, MANO...
Fatema Khatun, SMA Hanifi, Mohammad Iqbal, Sabrina Rasheed et al.
INTRODUCTION: Bangladesh has a serious shortage of qualified health workforce. The limited numbers of trained service providers are based in urban areas, which limits access to quality healthcare for the rural population. mHealth provides a new opportunity to ensure access to quality services to the...
Fatema Khatun, Anita Heywood, Syed Manzoor Ahmed Hanifi, Mohammad Shafiqur Rahman et al.
BACKGROUND: Traditional gender roles result in women lagging behind men in the use of modern technologies, especially in developing countries. Although there is rapid uptake of mobile phone use in Bangladesh, investigation of gender differences in the ownership, access and use of mobile phones in ge...
Aliya Naheed, Samir K. Saha, Robert F. Breiman, Fatema Khatun et al.
BACKGROUND: Pneumonia contributes substantially to childhood mortality in Bangladesh. We conducted a study to characterize the disease severity and risk factors for mortality among children hospitalized for pneumonia in Bangladesh. METHODS: We analyzed data on hospitalization, patient characteristic...
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. Mijanur Rahman, Fatema Khatun, Ashik Uzzaman, Sadia Islam Sami et al.
The novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has spread over 219 countries of the globe as a pandemic, creating alarming impacts on health care, socioeconomic environments, and international relationships. The principal objective of the study is to provide the current technological aspects of artificial...
Sabrina Rasheed, Shamshad Jahan, Tamanna Sharmin, Shahidul Hoque et al.
BACKGROUND: Evidence from numerous studies suggests that salt intake is an important determinant of elevated blood pressure. Robust data about salt consumption among adults in Bangladesh is sparse. However, much evidence suggests saline intrusion due to sea level rise as a result of climate change e...
Pavani Kalluri, Aliya Naheed, Saifur Rahman, Mohammad Ansaruzzaman et al.
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate SMART, Medicos Dip Stick and an Institut Pasteur (IP) cholera dipstick tests for accuracy and ease of use. METHOD: Every 50th patient presenting with diarrhoea at ICDDR,B between 1 April 2003 and 30 November 2003 was enrolled. The rapid diagnostic tests were performed by field...