Ha Thi Hong Nguyen, Laurel Hatt, Mursaleena Islam, Nancy L. Sloan et al.
With the ultimate goal of reducing maternal and neonatal mortality, many countries have recently adopted innovative financing mechanisms to encourage the use of professional maternal health services. The current study evaluates one such initiative - a pilot voucher program in Bangladesh. The program...
Olalekan John Okesanya, Gilbert Eshun, Bonaventure Michael Ukoaka, Emery Manirambona et al.
BACKGROUND: Suboptimal water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) practices constitute a serious public health risk, affecting one-third of the world's population. Remarkable progress has been made to improve WASH; however, challenges remain, with rapid population growth adding pressure on WASH systems. ...
Mohammad Rakibul Islam, Md. Abu Jamil, Md. Siraz-Uz Zaman, Syed Asir Hamim Ahsan et al.
A novel, perfectly hexagonal lattice photonic crystal fiber (PCF) biosensor based on surface plasmon resonance (SPR) is proposed in this research. To design and investigate the influence of several initial geometric parameters on the sensing properties of the sensor, finite element method (FEM) base...
Faisal Muhammad, Jamil Hassan Abdulkareem, ABM Alauddin Chowdhury
The inadequate programs designed to address the numerous health problems in Nigeria have led to the little improvement in our health status. Besides the continued neglect of the importance of addressing public health issues would make matters worse for poor Nigerians most of who are at the receiving...
Md. Taufiq-Ur-Rahman, Jamil A. Shilpi, Muniruddin Ahmed, Chowdhury Faiz Hossain
Piper chaba Hunter (Piperaceae) is a common pepper in the southern part of Bangladesh. Various parts of this plant have been extensively used in different traditional formulations including ayurveda. In order to rationalize the ethnomedical uses of this plant in a number of ailments, the methanol ex...
Alaullah Sheikh, Md Saruar Bhuiyan, Farhana Khanam, Fahima Chowdhury et al.
Many currently available diagnostic tests for typhoid fever lack sensitivity and/or specificity, especially in areas of the world where the disease is endemic. In order to identify a diagnostic test that better correlates with typhoid fever, we evaluated immune responses to Salmonella enterica serov...
Md. Asfaq Jamil, Ridwan Mustofa, Niamat Ullah Ibne Hossain, Shamimur Rahman et al.
Sustainable Supply Chain and Industry 5.0 are two important concepts reshaping how businesses operate in the modern world. Together, these two concepts drive the advancement of a highly sustainable and robust worldwide economy. Companies are now becoming more sustainable in supply chain management, ...
Ahmed Shafiqur Rahman, Kazi M. Jamil, P K Bardhan, Ashraful Islam Khan et al.
Micronutrient deficiencies and anaemia remain as major health concerns for children in Bangladesh. Among the micronutrient interventions, supplementation with vitamin A to children aged less than five years has been the most successful, especially after distribution of vitamin A was combined with Na...
Mohammad Rakibul Islam, Md. Abu Jamil, Syed Asir Hamim Ahsan, Md Moinul Islam Khan et al.
Mohammad Islam Jony, Mohammad Amin, Md. Jahangir Alam, Md Alam et al.
This study aims to show the influence of the three types of leadership style: Autocratic, Democratic and Laissez-Faire on an organization's success and the study was conducted through a field survey of 60 respondents from different popular restaurants of Mymensingh, Bangladesh. The researchers desig...
Muhammad Torequl Islam, Cristina Quispe, Jesús Herrera‐Bravo, Md. Mizanur Rahaman et al.
Diterpenes and their derivatives have many biological activities, including anti-inflammatory and immunomodulatory effects. To date, several diterpenes, diterpenoids, and their laboratory-derived products have been demonstrated for antiarthritic activities. This study summarizes the literature about...
Mami Taniuchi, Sharmin Begum, Md. Jashim Uddin, James A Platts-Mills et al.
Amid polio eradication efforts, detection of oral polio vaccine (OPV) virus in stool samples can provide information about rates of mucosal immunity and allow estimation of the poliovirus reservoir. We developed a multiplex one-step quantitative reverse transcription-PCR (qRT-PCR) assay for detectio...
Raushanara Akter, S. S. Hasan, Mokarram Hossain, Mariam Jamila et al.
Hydromethanol extract of Curcuma alimatifolia leaves was scientifically evaluated for its antidiarrhoeal and antioxidant properties. Antidiarrhoeal property was studied using castor oil and 4 MgSO -induced diarrhoeal models and charcoal induced gastrointestinal motility test in Swiss Albino mice. At...
Mohammad Ismail Hossain, Milon Chowdhury, Syed Shaheer Uddin Ahmed, Abu Hamja et al.
Alan Gray, Jamil Chowdhury, Bruce Caldwell, Ahmed Al‐Sabir
Some coitus-dependent methods of family planning, such as withdrawal, periodic abstinence, and the condom, require male involvement for their use, and using these methods in combination has proved to be sensible. An investigation of why male and female respondents in a survey conducted in Bangladesh...