Ashraf Dewan, Grigory Kiselev, Dirk Botje, Golam Iftekhar Mahmud et al.
There is currently a lack of knowledge regarding the spatiotemporal variation of day and night surface urban heat island intensity (SUHII) in the major cities of Bangladesh. These cities have a large population base and generally lack the resources to deal with rapid urbanisation impacts, so any inc...
Mohammad Golam Kibria, Mahmud Hossain, Yoshiyuki Murata, Md. Anamul Hoque
In order to elucidate the role of antioxidant responses in salinity tolerance in rice genotypes under salt stress, experiments were conducted using four rice varieties, including salt-sensitive BRRI dhan 28 and three salt-tolerant varieties BRRI dhan 47, BINA dhan 8 and BINA dhan 10. Thirty-day-old ...
Mahfuzur Rahman, Chen Ningsheng, Golam Iftekhar Mahmud, Md. Monirul Islam et al.
Bangladesh experiences frequent hydro-climatic disasters such as flooding. These disasters are believed to be associated with land use changes and climate variability. However, identifying the factors that lead to flooding is challenging. This study mapped flood susceptibility in the northeast regio...
Molly L. Kile, E. Andrés Houseman, Carrie V. Breton, Thomas J. Smith et al.
BACKGROUND: Millions of people in Bangladesh are at risk of chronic arsenic toxicity from drinking contaminated groundwater, but little is known about diet as an additional source of As exposure. METHODS: We employed a duplicate diet survey to quantify daily As intake in 47 women residing in Pabna, ...
Sharful Islam Khan, Mohammed Iftekher Hussain, Shaila Parveen, Mahbubul Islam Bhuiyan et al.
The transgender people (hijra), who claim to be neither male nor female, are socially excluded in Bangladesh. This paper describes social exclusion of hijra [The term is used in this abstract both in singular and plural sense] focusing on the pathway between exclusion and sexual health. In an ethnog...
Syed Emdadul Haque, Mosiur Rahman, Kawashima Itsuko, Mahmuda Mutahara et al.
BACKGROUND: There is a dearth of published literature that demonstrates the impact and effectiveness of school-based oral health education (OHE) program in Bangladesh and it is one of the most neglected activities in the field of public health. Keeping this in mind, the objectives of this study were...
Molly L. Kile, E. Andrés Houseman, Andrea Baccarelli, Quazi Quamruzzaman et al.
Prenatal arsenic exposure is associated with increased risk of disease in adulthood. This has led to considerable interest in arsenic's ability to disrupt fetal programming. Many studies report that arsenic exposure alters DNA methylation in whole blood but these studies did not adjust for cell mixt...
Molly L. Kile, Andrea Baccarelli, Elaine Hoffman, Letizia Tarantini et al.
BACKGROUND: Arsenic is an epigenetic toxicant and could influence fetal developmental programming. OBJECTIVES: We evaluated the association between arsenic exposure and DNA methylation in maternal and umbilical cord leukocytes. METHODS: Drinking-water and urine samples were collected when women were...
Md. Nurealam Siddiqui, Mohammad Golam Mostofa, Mst. Mahmuda Akter, Ashish Kumar Srivastava et al.
High salinity is a major constraint for wheat productivity in many countries, including Bangladesh. Here, we examined the effects of salt-induced toxicity on growth and production of 10 local wheat cultivars by analyzing physiological, biochemical and agronomical responses to identify the salt-toler...
Md. Tanvir Hossaın, Md. Abdus Shahid, Md Golam Mortuza Limon, Imam Hossain et al.
Next generation textiles (NGTs) represent a paradigm shift in the textile industry, incorporating the most recent advances in materials, technologies, and functionalities. The dynamic world of textiles is undergoing an extraordinary transition, ushering in the age of NGTs. This article discusses the...
Karen L. Huyck, Molly L. Kile, Golam Mahiuddin, Quazi Quamruzzaman et al.
OBJECTIVE: To characterize the effects of maternal arsenic exposure on birth weight. METHODS: Hair, toenail, and drinking water samples were collected from pregnant women (n = 52) at multiple time points during pregnancy and from their newborns after birth. Total arsenic was measured using inductive...
Wen‐Chi Pan, Wei Jie Seow, Molly L. Kile, Elaine Hoffman et al.
Chronic exposure to high levels of arsenic in drinking water is associated with increased risk of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), but the association between lower levels of arsenic and T2DM is more controversial. Therefore, this study evaluated the association between low to moderate arsenic expos...
Molly L. Kile, Elaine Hoffman, Yu‐Mei Hsueh, Sakila Afroz et al.
BACKGROUND: Urinary arsenic metabolites (UAs) are used as biomarkers of exposure and metabolism. OBJECTIVES: To characterize inter- and intraindividual variability in UAs in healthy individuals. METHODS: In a longitudinal study conducted in Bangladesh, we collected water and spot urine samples from ...
Kathleen M. McCarty, Yen‐Ching Chen, Quazi Quamruzzaman, Mahmuder Rahman et al.
OBJECTIVE: We investigated whether primary and secondary arsenic methylation ratios were associated with skin lesions and whether GSTT1, GSTP1, and GSTM1 polymorphisms modify these relationships. METHODS: A case-control study of 600 cases and 600 controls that were frequency matched on age and sex w...
Molly L. Kile, Andrés Cárdenas, Ema Rodrigues, Maitreyi Mazumdar et al.
BACKGROUND: The relationship between arsenic and birth weight is not well understood. The objective was to evaluate the causal relationship between prenatal arsenic exposure and birth weight considering the potential mediation effects of gestational age and maternal weight gain during pregnancy usin...