Minhazul Abedin, Mohammad Aminul Islam, Farah Naz Rahman, Hasan Mahmud Reza et al.
BACKGROUND: Although the approved COVID-19 vaccine has been shown to be safe and effective, mass vaccination in Bangladeshi people remains a challenge. As a vaccination effort, the study provided an empirical evidence on willingness to vaccinate by sociodemographic, clinical and regional differences...
Maureen S. Durkin, Leslie L. Davidson, Patricia Desai, Zaki Hasan et al.
An international study to validate the Ten Questions screen for serious childhood disability was undertaken in communities in Bangladesh, Jamaica, and Pakistan, where community workers screened more than 22,000 children ages 2-9 years. All children who screened positive, as well as random samples of...
Md. Shahidul Islam, Jennifer A. Saito, Emdadul Mannan Emdad, Borhan Ahmed et al.
Abstract Jute ( Corchorus sp.) is one of the most important sources of natural fibre, covering ∼80% of global bast fibre production 1 . Only Corchorus olitorius and Corchorus capsularis are commercially cultivated, though there are more than 100 Corchorus species 2 in the Malvaceae family. Here we d...
Kishan Nandi Shoudho, Tausif Hasan Khan, Ummay Rifat Ara, Moshiur Rahman Khan et al.
The world is currently facing significant challenges in reducing the concentration of atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) through scientific methods, primarily by sequestering the CO2 in the soil. Biochar is a kind of charcoal that is primarily composed of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen. Due to its aroma...
Maureen S. Durkin, W. Wang, Patrick E. Shrout, Sultana S. Zaman et al.
This paper uses five strategies to evaluate the reliability and other measurement qualities of the Ten Questions screen for childhood disability. The screen was administered for 22,125 children, aged 2-9 years, in Bangladesh, Jamaica and Pakistan. The test-retest approach involving small sub-samples...
Anayt Ulla, Md Ashraful Alam, Biswajit Sikder, Farzana Akter Sumi et al.
BACKGROUND: Obesity and related complications have now became epidemic both in developed and developing countries. Cafeteria type diet mainly composed of high fat high carbohydrate components which plays a significant role in the development of obesity and metabolic syndrome. This study investigated...
Kawsar Ahmed, Mohammed A. AlZain, Hasan Zuhudi Abdullah, Yanhua Luo et al.
A plasmonic material-coated circular-shaped photonic crystal fiber (C-PCF) sensor based on surface plasmon resonance (SPR) is proposed to explore the optical guiding performance of the refractive index (RI) sensing at 1.7-3.7 μm. A twin resonance coupling profile is observed by selectively infiltrat...
Hasan Zaki
Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection is one of the most prevalent public health problems worldwide, and causes 1 million deaths annually. In Bangladesh, information about prevalence of HBV infection is scarce, and there is no available data on HDV infection. We determined rates of HBsAg and anti-HBc se...
Maureen S. Durkin, Sheikh Nazrul Islam, Zaki Hasan, Sultana S. Zaman
This paper examines the reliability and validity of several hypothesized indicators of socioeconomic status for use in epidemiologic research, particularly in studies of child health in the less developed world. Population-based surveys of child health and disability were completed in Bangladesh and...
Mohammad Raihanul Hasan, Shiming Deng, Mollah Aminul Islam, Muhammed Zakir Hossain
Purpose The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effect of blockchain technology on firms’ operational efficiency in the context of China. Design/methodology/approach The authors use panel data for blockchain-based companies listed on stock exchanges in China (Shanghai, Shenzhen and Hong Kong) b...
Ashraful Islam Khan, Md. Mahbubur Rashid, Md Taufiqul Islam, Mokibul Hassan Afrad et al.
BACKGROUND: Despite advances in prevention, detection, and treatment, cholera remains a major public health problem in Bangladesh and little is known about cholera outside of limited historical sentinel surveillance sites. In Bangladesh, a comprehensive national cholera control plan is essential, al...
Hasan Zuhudi Abdullah, Kawsar Ahmed, Mirza Sanjida Alam, Ahmed Nabih Zaki Rashed et al.
Imran Hasan, Md Zakiul Hassan, Md Mofijul Islam Bulbul, Taufique Joarder et al.
OBJECTIVES: 'Negligence of Physicians' and 'Wrong Treatment' have become commonly-used phrases in print and electronic media of Bangladesh, while violence against healthcare workers has always been under-reported. Unfortunately, there is little evidence regarding physical violence against healthcare...
Md. Mahmudul Hasan, Rozina Akter, Md. Shahin Ullah, Md. Jaynul Abedin et al.
The new epidemic Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) is caused by a type of human coronavirus called MERS-CoV which has global fatality rate of about 30%. We are investigating potential antiviral therapeutics against MERS-CoV by using host microRNAs (miRNAs) which may downregulate viral gene exp...
Mamoon M. Saeed, Mohammad Kamrul Hasan, Ahmed J. Obaid, Rashid A. Saeed et al.
Abstract Fifth Generation (5G) is the final generation in mobile communications, with minimum latency, high data throughput, and extra coverage. The 5G network must guarantee very good security and privacy levels for all users for these features. Therefore, researchers have deliberated the privacy a...
Arun Uniyal, Amrindra Pal, Gaurav Srivastava, Md. Masud Rana et al.
Mohammad Raihanul Hasan, Shiming Deng, Neegar Sultana, Muhammed Zakir Hossain
Purpose Blockchain technology, a key feature of the fourth industrial revolution, is receiving widespread attention and exploration around the world. Taking the coronavirus pandemic as an example, the purpose of this study to examine the application of blockchain technology from the perspective of e...
Abul Hasnat Milton, Wayne Smith, Bayzidur Rahman, Bashir Ahmed et al.
Malnutrition among the rural Bangladeshi women of reproductive age is still very high. This high prevalence attributes to a range of adverse health consequences on the women and their offspring. A total of 2341 women aged between 20 and 45 years residing in the study area were interviewed in this cr...
Mohammad Shafiul Alam, Muhammad Mahbubur Rashid, Ahmed Rimaz Faizabadi, Hasan Firdaus Mohd Zaki et al.
The research describes an effective deep learning-based, data-centric approach for diagnosing autism spectrum disorder from facial images. To classify ASD and non-ASD subjects, this method requires training a convolutional neural network using the facial image dataset. As a part of the data-centric ...
Asif Zuhayer, Mohammed Abd‐Elnaby, Sk Hasane Ahammad, Mahmoud M. A. Eid et al.