Habtamu Mellie Bizuayehu, Kedir Y. Ahmed, Getiye Dejenu Kibret, Abel Fekadu Dadi et al.
Importance: Cancer prevention and care efforts have been challenged by the COVID-19 pandemic and armed conflicts, resulting in a decline in the global Human Development Index (HDI), particularly in low- and middle-income countries. These challenges and subsequent shifts in health care priorities und...
Md Arif Billah, Md. Mamun Miah, Md Nuruzzaman Khan
BACKGROUND: The coronavirus (SARS-COV-2) is now a global concern because of its higher transmission capacity and associated adverse consequences including death. The reproductive number of coronavirus provides an estimate of the possible extent of the transmission. This study aims to provide a summa...
GBD 2017 Child and Adolescent Health Collaborators, Robert C. Reiner, Helen Elizabeth Olsen, Chad Ikeda et al.
Importance: Understanding causes and correlates of health loss among children and adolescents can identify areas of success, stagnation, and emerging threats and thereby facilitate effective improvement strategies. Objective: To estimate mortality and morbidity in children and adolescents from 1990 ...
Md. Asraful Alam, Gul Muhammad, M. Nuruzzaman Khan, M. Mofijur et al.
Bioresource valorization to obtain valuable phenolic compounds for medicinal, nutraceutical, food, and cosmetic applications are critical for a current and future sustainable and bio-based economy. Renewable, environmentally friendly, and non-toxic choline chloride-based deep eutectic solvents are t...
Spencer L James, Lydia R Lucchesi, Catherine Bisignano, Chris D Castle et al.
BACKGROUND: The global burden of road injuries is known to follow complex geographical, temporal and demographic patterns. While health loss from road injuries is a major topic of global importance, there has been no recent comprehensive assessment that includes estimates for every age group, sex an...
Md Nuruzzaman Khan, Cherri Zhang B. Nurs, M. Mofizul Islam, Md. Rafiqul Islam et al.
BACKGROUND: Household air pollution (HAP) from cooking with solid fuels has become a leading cause of death and disability in many developing countries including Bangladesh. We assess the association between HAP and risk of selected adverse birth and maternal health outcomes. METHODS: Data for this ...
Md. Mostaured Ali Khan, Md Nuruzzaman Khan, Md. Golam Mustagir, Juwel Rana et al.
BACKGROUND: Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), the most hectic pandemic of the era, is increasing exponentially and taking thousands of lives worldwide. This study aimed to assess the prevalence of pre-existing comorbidities among COVID-19 patients and their mortality risks with each category of p...
Md Nuruzzaman Khan, M. Mofizul Islam
BACKGROUND: Despite growing evidence in support of exclusive breastfeeding (EBF) among infants in the first 6 months of birth, the debate over the optimal duration of EBF continues. This study examines the effect of termination of EBF during the first 2, 4 and 6 months of birth on a set of adverse h...
Ismat Zerin Luna, Lutfun Naher Hilary, A. M. Sarwaruddin Chowdhury, M. A. Gafur et al.
Copper oxide nanoparticles (CuO-NPs) were synthesized via chemical precipitation method using copper (II) chloride dihydrate and sodium hydroxide. Then nanoparticles were characterized by using X-ray Diffraction (XRD), Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM), Energy Dispersive X-ray (EDX), and Fourier Tr...
Ruhul A. Khan, Mubarak A. Khan, Haydar U. Zaman, Shamim Pervin et al.
Jute fiber (hessian cloth)-reinforced polypropylene matrix composites (50 wt% fiber) were fabricated by compression molding. Tensile strength, tensile modulus, bending strength, bending modulus, and impact strength of the composites were found to be 48 MPa, 2.5 GPa, 56 MPa, 4.5 GPa, and 18 kJ/m 2 , ...
Md. Nazrul Islam, M. Nuruzzaman Khan, Abul K. Mallik, Mohammed Mizanur Rahman
Chitosan and poly(1-vinylimidazole) are both potential adsorbents to remove Cr(VI). Here, we designed the preparation of new adsorbents by combining chitosan and poly(1-vinylimidazole) to get the synergistic effect for the removal of hexavalent chromium. Trimethoxysilyl group terminated poly(1-vinyl...
Md Nuruzzaman Khan, M. Mofizul Islam, Asma Ahmad Shariff, Md. Mahmudul Alam et al.
BACKGROUND: Globally the rates of caesarean section (CS) have steadily increased in recent decades. This rise is not fully accounted for by increases in clinical factors which indicate the need for CS. We investigated the socio-demographic predictors of CS and the average annual rates of CS in Bangl...
Moin Uddin, C. Emdad Haque, Mohammad Nuruzzaman Khan, Brent Doberstein et al.
Asibul Islam Anik, Md. Mosfequr Rahman, Md. Mostafizur Rahman, Md. Ismail Tareque et al.
BACKGROUND: The coexistence of overweight mother and stunted child at the same household is a type of Double Burden of Malnutrition at Household Level (DBMHL). This particular public health concern is now emerging at an alarming rate among most of the South Asian and its neighboring lower-and-middle...
Md Nuruzzaman Khan, Melissa Harris, Desalegn Markos Shifti, Alexander Suuk Laar et al.
Objectives To examine the association between unintended pregnancy and maternal healthcare services utilization in low- and lower-middle-income countries. Methods A systematic literature search of Medline, Cinahl, Embase, PsycINFO, Cochrane Library, Popline, Maternity and Infant Care, and Scopus dat...