Wolfgang Stroebe, Michelle R. vanDellen, Georgios Abakoumkin, Edward P. Lemay et al.
During the initial phase of the COVID-19 pandemic, U.S. conservative politicians and the media downplayed the risk of both contracting COVID-19 and the effectiveness of recommended health behaviors. Health behavior theories suggest perceived vulnerability to a health threat and perceived effectivene...
Md. Akkas Ali, Rajesh Kumar Dhanaraj, Anand Nayyar
M. Akkas Ali, J. K. Ladha, J. Rickman, J. S. Laies
Abstract Shortage of labor and water are forcing farmers to explore the alternatives of transplanting. A field experiment was conducted at the experimental farm of International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), Philippines during the 2003 wet season and the 2004 dry season to (1) evaluate the effects...
Md. Akkas Ali, Rajesh Kumar Dhanaraj, Seifedine Kadry
Md. Samim Hossain Molla, Sutkhet Nakasathien, Md. Akkas Ali, ASMMR Khan et al.
Plants have evolved different mechanisms to survive under stress conditions. This field study was conducted to evaluate the influence of nitrogen (N) application on dry biomass allocation and translocation in two maize varieties under short pre-anthesis and prolonged bracketing flowering period of d...
Zannatul Ferdous, Hayat Ullah, Avishek Datta, Mazharul Anwar et al.
Biogas slurry, a by-product of biogas production generated from anaerobic digestion of animal waste and crop residues, is often considered a waste product. Being a cheap source of organic matter and plant nutrients, its application may improve soil fertility, and yield quality and quantity. Field ex...
Md Jahangir Alam, Abdullah Al-Mahmud, Md Aminul Islam, Md. Faruque Hossain et al.
Cropping systems in the Level Barind Tract (LBT) of Bangladesh are highly diverse, as Transplanted (T.) Aman and Boro (T. Boro) rice are a common practice in the area. Although. T. Aman is generally cultivated in the rainy (monsoon) season, but the T. Boro rice is the intensive irrigation-based wint...
Jolien van Breen, Maja Kutlaca, Yasin Koç, Bertus F. Jeronimus et al.
We examine how social contacts and feelings of solidarity shape experiences of loneliness during the COVID-19 lockdown in early 2020. From the PsyCorona database, we obtained longitudinal data from 23 countries, collected between March and May 2020. The results demonstrated that although online cont...
Karen M. Douglas, Robbie M. Sutton, Caspar J. Van Lissa, Wolfgang Stroebe et al.
Abstract Psychological research on the predictors of conspiracy theorizing—explaining important social and political events or circumstances as secret plots by malevolent groups—has flourished in recent years. However, research has typically examined only a small number of predictors in one, or a sm...
Rajesh Kumar Dhanaraj, Md. Akkas Ali, Anupam Kumar Sharma, Anand Nayyar
Md. Robiul Alam, Sutkhet Nakasathien, Md. Samim Hossain Molla, Md. Ariful Islam et al.
Water deficit is a major limiting condition for adaptation of maize in tropical environments. The aims of the current observations were to evaluate the kernel water relations for determining kernel developmental progress, rate, and duration of kernel filling, stem reserve mobilization in maize. In a...
Md. Burhan Kabir Suhan, Md. Naimur Rahman Hemal, M.A.A. Shoukat Choudhury, Md. Ali Akkas Mazumder et al.
Ammonia synthesis is a crucial section of ammonia and urea plant. Many industries are facing a challenge of efficient ammonia production every day. In this study, steady state one dimensional pseudo-homogeneous models of an axial flow industrial catalytic packed bed ammonia converter have been devel...
Md Mahamudul Hasan Mredul, Md Rushna Alam, Antara Binta Akkas, Sadia Sharmin et al.
This study reflects the biometric characters of the endangered species Nandus nandus (Hamilton, 1822) including sex ratio, length-length relationships (LLRs), and length-weight relationships (LWRs) utilizing the sum of 14 linear variables, various meristic measurements, reproductive biology, and con...
Elena Resta, Silvana Mula, Conrad Baldner, Daniela Di Santo et al.
Abstract The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19) pandemic has caused a global health crisis. Consequently, many countries have adopted restrictive measures that caused a substantial change in society. Within this framework, it is reasonable to suppose that a sentiment of societal discontent, defined...
Taslima Zahan, Md. Faruque Hossain, Apurba K. Chowdhury, Md Omar Ali et al.
Conservation agriculture (CA) based practices are gaining popularity in smallholder farming systems recently because they ensure soil quality and soil health, and they also reduce the total cultivation costs. However, weeds are a major hinderance to achieving the desired yield of crops in cereal-bas...
M Robiul Alam, M Akkas Ali, M. N. Molla, MA Momin et al.
Balanced fertilization with optimum potassium management may lead to maximize wheat yield. The experiment was carried out at the Farming Systems Research and Development (FSRD site, Pushpapara, Pabna during the rabi seasons of 2003-04 and 2004-05 to ascertain the effect of potassium application on w...
Abdullah Al Mahmud, Mohamed M. Hassan, Md Jahangir Alam, Md. Samim Hossain Molla et al.
The study aimed to select high-yielding, farmers-preferred quality sweet potato varieties that are suitable to grow in various environmental conditions in Bangladesh. In this context, four popular sweet potato varieties (viz., ‘BARI Mistialu-8′, ‘BARI Mistialu-12′, ‘BARI Mistialu-14′, and ‘BARI Mist...
Abdul Hadi Himel, Farjana Abedin Boby, S.B. Amreen Saba, Tajim Md. Niamat Ullah Akhund et al.
Alexander Calderwood, Jo Hepworth, Shannon Woodhouse, Lorelei Bilham et al.
Abstract Comparative transcriptomics can be used to translate an understanding of gene regulatory networks from model systems to less studied species. Here, we use RNA-Seq to determine and compare gene expression dynamics through the floral transition in the model species Arabidopsis thaliana and th...
Md. Aminul Islam, Md. Jahedul Islam, M Akkas Ali, A.S.M. Mahbubur Rahman Khan et al.
Changing three crops pattern to four crops can play a potential role for achieving countries food security. With this view to increase crop productivity, production efficiency, land use efficiency, and economic return through intensifying cropping intensity as well as crop diversity by transforming ...