Quique Bassat, Dianna M. Blau, Ikechukwu U. Ogbuanu, Solomon Samura et al.
Importance: The number of deaths of children younger than 5 years has been steadily decreasing worldwide, from more than 17 million annual deaths in the 1970s to an estimated 5.3 million in 2019 (with 2.8 million deaths occurring in those aged 1-59 months [53% of all deaths in children aged <5 years...
Zachary J. Madewell, Cynthia G. Whitney, Sithembiso Velaphi, Portia Mutevedzi et al.
Importance: Although child mortality trends have decreased worldwide, deaths among children younger than 5 years of age remain high and disproportionately circumscribed to sub-Saharan Africa and Southern Asia. Tailored and innovative approaches are needed to increase access, coverage, and quality of...
Md. Abdus Sattar Bag, Md. Shahidur Rahman Khan, Md.Deluar Hossain Sami, Ferdousi Begum et al.
E. coli is one of the major significant pathogens causing mastitis, the most complex and costly diseases in the dairy industry worldwide. Present study was undertaken to isolate, detect the virulence factors, phylogroup, antimicrobial susceptibility and antimicrobial resistance genes in E. coli from...
Ahsanur Rahman, Most. Ferdousi Begum, Matiur Rahman, Md Abdullah Al Bari et al.
The native population of Trichoderma species collected from different habitats was quantified and characterised. The identified strains are T. harzianum (IMI-392432, 392433, 392434); T. pseudokoningii (IMI-392431) and T. virens (IMI-392430). Out of five strains, T. harzianum was the most common in a...
Most. Ferdousi Begum, M. A. Rahman, M. F. Alam
Trichoderma strains were evaluated under field conditions to assay their efficacy in suppressing Alternaria fruit rot disease and promoting chili plant growth. The experiment was conducted at the Botanical Garden, Rajshahi University, Bangladesh from July 2006 to March 2007. Application of Trichoder...
Sana Mahtab, Dianna M. Blau, Zachary J. Madewell, Ikechukwu U. Ogbuanu et al.
BACKGROUND: The Child Health and Mortality Prevention Surveillance (CHAMPS) Network programme undertakes post-mortem minimally invasive tissue sampling (MITS), together with collection of ante-mortem clinical information, to investigate causes of childhood deaths across multiple countries. We aimed ...
Selina Akhtar, Shelina Begum, Sultana Ferdousi
Background: Pre-eclampsia is the most common medical complication of pregnancy associated with increased maternal and infant mortality and morbidity. Reduced serum calcium and zinc levels are found associated with elevated blood pressure in preeclampsia. Objective: To observe serum calcium and zinc ...
Mst. Sarmina Yeasmin, Md. Jasim Uddin, Subarna Sandhani Dey, Jaytirmoy Barmon et al.
This research delves into the analysis of essential oil derived from Citrus limon leaves cultivated in the northern region of Bangladesh, focusing on their potential attributes. The essential oil was extracted employing microwave-assisted gravity station without using solvent. Optimization was carri...
Nargis Akhter, Most. Ferdousi Begum, Shahidul Alam, Md Shah Alam
Inhibition of conidial germination of Bipolaris sorokiniana was tested using eight ethanolic plant extracts, ten aqueous plant extracts in combination with cow dung and five aqueous plant extracts in combination with cow urine. Hundred percent of conidial germination was inhibited with the applicati...
Most. Ferdousi Begum, Nurul Absar
Purification and characterization of intracellular cellulase produced by A. oryzae ITCC-4857.01 are reported. The enzyme was purified by ion-exchange chromatography using DEAE-cellulose followed by Gel filtration. The purification achieved was 41 fold from the crude extract with yield of 27%. The pu...
Most. Ferdousi Begum, Abdul Razak Alimon
The recent interest in bioconversion of agricultural and industrial wastes to chemical feedstock has led to extensive studies on cellulolytic enzymes produced by microorganisms. In the present study three lignocellulosic substrates viz. sugarcane bagasse, sawdust and water hyacinth were pre-treated ...
Lola Madrid, Kartavya J. Vyas, Vijaya Kancherla, Haleluya Leulseged et al.
BACKGROUND: Neural tube defects are common birth defects resulting in severe morbidity and mortality; they can largely be prevented with periconceptional maternal intake of folic acid. Understanding the occurrence of neural tube defects and their contribution to mortality in settings where their bur...
Md. Mahbubul Alam, Ferdousi Begum, Pryanka Roy
A field experiment was conducted at the Central Research Station of BARI, Gazipur for two consecutive years 2010-11 and 2011-12 with 30 varieties/ genotypes of rapeseed-mustard under three dates of sowing viz., 25 November, 5 December, and 15 December to determine changes in crop phenology, growth a...
Moustaq Karim Khan Rony, Dipak Chandra Das, Most. Tahmina Khatun, Silvia Ferdousi et al.
Background: Artificial Intelligence (AI) has demonstrated significant potential in transforming psychiatric care by enhancing diagnostic accuracy and therapeutic interventions. Psychiatry faces challenges like overlapping symptoms, subjective diagnostic methods, and personalized treatment requiremen...
Ferdousi Begum, A. K. M. Aminul Islam, M. G. Rasul, M MofazzalbrHossain
Morphological diversity in 92 eggplant genotypes based on twenty one characters was estimated using Mahalanobis's D 2 statistics. The highest intra-cluster distance was observed in cluster VIII (2.13), containing seven genotypes and the lowest intra-cluster distance (1.18) was observed in cluster IV...
Sadika Akhter, Iqbal Anwar, Rashida Akter, Feroza Akhter Kumkum et al.
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: In Bangladesh, postpartum hemorrhage (PPH) is the leading cause of maternal mortality accounting for 31% of all blood transfusions in the country. Although safe blood transfusion is one of the 8 signal functions of Comprehensive Emergency Obstetric Care (CEmOC) strategy, m...
Most. Ferdousi Begum, Mst Ferdowsi Mahal, Md. Shahidul Alam
Six chemical fungicides and extracts of 15 locally available plants were tested against three fruit rot pathogens viz. Fusarium oxysporium f. sp. capsici, Rhizopus artocurpi and Alternaria tenuis for the evaluation of inhibition of spore germination and mycelial growth. Among the fungicides tested, ...
Md. Abdus Sattar Bag, Mohammad Arif, Sonia Riaz, Md. Shahidur Rahman Khan et al.
This study was designed to identify Enterococcus faecalis from clinical mastitis of cattle and determine their antimicrobial resistance and virulence determinants to evaluate their potential public health significance. A total of 105 composite milk samples (80 from cattle with clinical mastitis and ...
S. M. Tafsir Hasan, Daluwar Hossain, Faysal Ahmed, Md Alfazal Khan et al.
Food insecurity may affect women’s health; however, pertinent research is scant among pregnant women. This study investigated the association of household food insecurity (HFI) with the nutritional status and mental health of 672 early-gestation (5–16 weeks) pregnant women with a singleton fetus, wh...
Lailatul Ferdousi, Mohajira Begum, Mst. Sarmina Yeasmin, Jasim Uddin et al.
) applying a facile acid fermentation process, for the first time. The extraction was performed using two different types of organic acids, 3% of each acetic and citric acid. The yield of the extracted oil was 3.52 ± 0.23% from fresh silkworm pupae. The produced oil was then characterized physically...