David M. Greer, Sam D. Shemie, Ariane Lewis, Sylvia Torrance et al.
IMPORTANCE: There are inconsistencies in concept, criteria, practice, and documentation of brain death/death by neurologic criteria (BD/DNC) both internationally and within countries. OBJECTIVE: To formulate a consensus statement of recommendations on determination of BD/DNC based on review of the l...
Imogen E. Napper, Anju Baroth, Aaron Barrett, Sunanda Bhola et al.
Microplastics (plastic < 5 mm in size) are now known to contaminate riverine systems but understanding about how their concentrations vary spatially and temporally is limited. This information is critical to help identify key sources and pathways of microplastic and develop management interventions....
Maarten Lupker, Christian France‐Lanord, Valier Galy, Jérôme Lavé et al.
Abdul Aziz, A.C. Paul
The Sundarbans is a deltaic mangrove forest, formed about 7000 years ago by the deposition of sediments from the foothills of the Himalayas through the Ganges river system, and is situated southwest of Bangladesh and south of West Bengal, India. However, for the last 40 years, the discharge of sedim...
Gang Xu, Chengwei Li, Chen Chi, Luyan Wu et al.
Abstract Effective photosensitizers are of particular importance for the widespread clinical utilization of phototherapy. However, conventional photosensitizers are usually plagued by short-wavelength absorption, inadequate photostability, low reactive oxygen species (ROS) quantum yields, and aggreg...
Sarah E. Nelms, Emily M. Duncan, Surshti Patel, Ruchi Badola et al.
Abandoned, lost or otherwise discarded fishing gear represents a substantial proportion of global marine plastic pollution and can cause significant environmental and socio-economic impacts. Yet little is known about its presence in, and implications for, freshwater ecosystems or its downstream cont...
Manoj Kumer Ghosh, Lalit Kumar, Chandan Roy
The Sundarbans mangrove forest is an important resource for the people of the Ganges Delta. It plays an important role in the local as well as global ecosystem by absorbing carbon dioxide and other pollutants from air and water, offering protection to millions of people in the Ganges Delta against c...
Md. Shafi Noor Islam, Albrecht Gnauck
Through their complex network of river channels, the Ganges, Brahmaputra and Meghna Rivers cover an area of about 1.76 million km2, their boundaries extend across different countries such as Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, and Nepal. The Sundarbans are found at the coast of the Ganges River and ar...
S. L. Goodbred, Penny M. Paolo, Mohammad Shahid Ullah, Russell David Pate et al.
Research Article| November 01, 2014 Piecing together the Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna River delta: Use of sediment provenance to reconstruct the history and interaction of multiple fluvial systems during Holocene delta evolution Steven L. Goodbred, Jr.; Steven L. Goodbred, Jr. † 1Department of Earth an...
Mead A. Allison
The enormous delta of the Ganges-Brahmaputra River in Bangladesh, and surrounding areas of India, is the lifeblood for one of the largest populations on Earth. Decending from the Himalayan plateau to a lowland upper delta plain, the rivers experience rapid lateral migration, producing a patchwork of...
M. Belal Hossain, Fatema Tanjin, M. Safiur Rahman, Qi Yu et al.
The lower Meghna River, the easternmost part of the Ganges Delta, faces severe anthropogenic perturbations as it receives a huge discharge and industrial effluents. To measure the metal concentrations and human health hazards, edible tissues of 15 commercially important fish species were collected f...
AK Singh
The presence of arsenic (As) in water and its effect on human health through both drinking and agricultural practices is of serious concern worldwide. Arsenic rich groundwater mostly occurs in the Bengal Delta Plain, covering the state of West Bengal, the adjoining country of Bangladesh and extendin...
Le Ma, Gang Liu, Ming Ding, Geng Zong et al.
Background: Whether soy products confer health benefits related to coronary heart disease (CHD) remains controversial because of inconsistent evidence. Methods: A total of 74 241 women from the NHS (Nurses’ Health Study; 1984–2012), 94 233 women from the NHSII (Nurses’ Health Study II; 1991–2013), a...
Carol A. Wilson, S. L. Goodbred, Christopher Small, Jonathan M. Gilligan et al.
Since the 1960s, ~5000 km2 of tidal deltaplain in southwest Bangladesh has been embanked and converted to densely inhabited, agricultural islands (i.e., polders). This landscape is juxtaposed to the adjacent Sundarbans, a pristine mangrove forest, both well connected by a dense network of tidal chan...
Gawsia Wahidunnessa Chowdhury, Heather J. Koldewey, Emily M. Duncan, Imogen E. Napper et al.
Rivers play a crucial role in transporting land-based plastic waste to the ocean, with the Ganges reported as the second largest contributing river of plastic pollution globally. To better quantify global plastic pollution transport and effectively reduce the sources and risks imposed, a clear under...
Md. Munsur Rahman, Tuhin Ghosh, Mashfiqus Salehin, Amit Ghosh et al.
Abstract The Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna (GBM) Delta and its catchment area are shared between five countries which means that the delta is strongly influenced by neighbouring country’s water and sediment management decisions in addition to climatic, environmental and internal management. Delta admini...
Md. Nur Alam Siddik, Gang Sun, Sajal KABIRA, Shanmugan Joghee et al.
E-banking has become one of the most popular methods of banking that has experienced a considerable expansion during the last few years. However, there is relative dearth of empirical studies examining the impact of e-banking on performance of banks. Though e-banking is gaining acceptance in Banglad...
Edwin J. Bomer, Carol A. Wilson, R. P. Hale, Abu Naser Mohsin Hossain et al.
In the Ganges-Brahmaputra (G-B) delta, periodic flooding of the land surface during the tidal cycle coupled with enormous sediment delivery during the monsoon promotes sediment accretion and surface elevation gain through time. However, over the past several decades, widespread embankment (“polder”)...
Imogen E. Napper, Anju Baroth, Aaron Barrett, Sunanda Bhola et al.
Rivers are key pathways for the transfer of microplastics (MP) to marine environments. However, there are considerable uncertainties about the amount of microplastics transported by rivers to the ocean; this results in inaccuracies in our understanding of microplastic quantity and transport by fresh...
Xiangdong Zhu, Litao Lin, Mingyue Pang, Chao Jia et al.
Abstract Flash Joule heating (FJH) is an emerging and profitable technology for converting inexhaustible biomass into flash graphene (FG). However, it is challenging to produce biomass FG continuously due to the lack of an integrated device. Furthermore, the high-carbon footprint induced by both exc...