Uday C. Ghoshal, Ujjala Ghoshal, M. Masudur Rahman, Akash Mathur et al.
BACKGROUND AND AIM: Because acute infectious gastroenteritis may cause post-infection irritable bowel syndrome and functional dyspepsia and the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 affects gastrointestinal (GI) tract, coronavirus disease-19 (COVID-19) may cause post-infection-functional G...
R.W. Bell, Md. Enamul Haque, M. Jahiruddin, Md. Moshiur Rahman et al.
We review the recent development of Conservation Agriculture (CA) for rice-based smallholder farms in the Eastern Gangetic Plain (EGP) and the underpinning research on agronomy, weed control, soil properties and greenhouse gas emissions being tested to accelerate its adoption in Bangladesh. The stud...
Mahfuza Marzan, Dewan Zubaer Islam, Halyna Lugova, Ambigga Krishnapillai et al.
BACKGROUND: Antibiotics are lifesaving drugs, and inappropriate uses lead to the resistance that renders them ineffective. This study aims to understand knowledge, attitude, and practice (KAP) concerning antibiotic use and resistance among university students in Bangladesh. METHODS: A cross-sectiona...
Hedayetul Islam, Mahfuza Haque
Improving student’s academic performance is not an easy task for the academic community of higher learning. The academic performance of engineering and science students during their first year at university is a turning point in their educational path and usually encroaches on their General Point Av...
Sheikh Mohammed Shariful Islam, Riaz Uddin, Subasish Das, Syed Imran Ahmed et al.
BACKGROUND: Bangladesh has made substantial progress in improving socioeconomic and health indicators over the past 50 years, but data on national disease burden are scarce. We used data from the Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors Study (GBD) 2019 to estimate the burden of disease...
Sabuj Kanti Mistry, Fatema Tuz Jhohura, Fouzia Khanam, Fahmida Akter et al.
Anemia is a significant wide spread public health threat especially among the adolescent girls who are more vulnerable towards low level of hemoglobin particularly of low and middle income countries (LMICs). We investigated the prevalence of anemia among the adolescent girls (10–19 years) in Banglad...
Elena Gospodarevskaya, Olivia Tulloch, Catherine Bunga, S. Ferdous et al.
OBJECTIVE: To estimate the costs incurred by patients during the intensive and continuation phases of the current 6-month tuberculosis (TB) regimen in Bangladesh and Tanzania, and thus identify potential benefits to patients of a shorter, 4-month treatment regimen. DESIGN: The validated Stop TB pati...
M. Masudur Rahman, Golam Kibria, Hasina Begum, Mazhar Haque et al.
INTRODUCTION: Since there is a paucity of data on the epidemiology of the non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), particularly in rural areas in Asia, we undertook such a study among the population of a rural community in Bangladesh with the aims to (1) determine the prevalence of non-obese and o...
Kaniz Fatema, A. Sharmin, Jinat Fatema Sharna, Md. Anamul Haque et al.
Flemingia macrophylla has traditionally been applied to relieve inflammation, diabetes, and circulatory complications. The leaf extract of F. macrophylla and its fractions were investigated for their in-vitro antioxidant and anti-diabetic properties. The phytochemical screening showed valuable phyto...
Shamsunnahar Sonali, Mahfuza Farzana, Md. Marjanul Haque, Anindita Saha et al.
Natural fiber-reinforced polymer composites have become widely used in the last few years. Environmental concerns have forced academics to focus on developing "green composites," which has led to an increase in the usage of jute fiber as reinforcement. This review article seeks to give a thorough an...
Mst Mahfuza Rahman, Mst. Farhana Afrin, Cai Zong, Gaku Ichihara et al.
Ibuprofen is classified as a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) that is employed as an initial treatment option for its non-steroidal anti-inflammatory, pain-relieving, and antipyretic properties. However, Ibuprofen is linked to specific well-known gastrointestinal adverse effects like ulc...
Abida Fazal, Mohammed Shamim Ahsan, Harun Al, Rahman Motiur et al.
Salinity affects growth of salt-sensitive vegetable crops at an early stage. So, selection of vegetable crops at an early vegetative stage is a significant step in improving salt tolerance. In this study, twenty-four tomato genotypes were subjected to two different salinity stress viz., control, and...
M. Masudur Rahman, Md. Golam Kibria, Nigar Sultana, Mahfuza Akhter et al.
Abstract Background and Aim As the interrelationship between Helicobacter pylori , metabolic syndrome (MetS), and non‐alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is controversial, we undertook a community‐based study with the aim to find the seroprevalence of H. pylori and its relationship with MetS and N...
Mahfuza Afroj, Mohammad Mizanul Haque Kazal, Md Mahfuzar Rahman
Precision Farming merges the new technologies borne of the information age with a mature agricultural industry. It is an integrated crop management system that attempts to match the kind & amount of inputs with the actual crop needs for small areas within a farm fields. This study is basically b...
Tariq Ali, Naomi Hossain
This paper is based on research conducted by a team that included Mamun-ur-Rashid and Iftekhar Mahmud from RED, BRAC and Shahadat Hossain Shobuj. The research was made possible with the financial and institutional support of the PRCPB at BIDS and the Research and Evaluation Division of BRAC, for whi...
Safaet Alam, Nazim Uddin Emon, Md. Hasib, Mohammad A Rashid et al.
Dillenia pentagyna Roxb., a deciduous and medium sized tree, is an ethnobotanically important species of several Asian countries including Bangladesh, Srilanka, and India. Various parts of this endangered tree including leaf, bark, root etc. are used in folkloric medicine systems for a very long tim...
Khandoker Asaduzzaman, Fahmida Jannati Priya, Doni Akter, Md. Enamul Haque et al.
We study radiation exposure resulting from the consumption of farm-raised freshwater fish species that form an essential part of the Bangladeshi diet. The levels of radioactivity in the human diet are of particular concern, requiring assessment of possible radiological risks to human health. Therefo...
Md. Enamul Haque, R.W. Bell, M. Jahiruddin, Hossain, MM et al.
This document describes the current practices that comprise conservation agriculture (CA) and support effective extension, adoption and practice change on CA in Bangladesh.
Md. Shahinul Islam, Chandon Roy, Kifayat Sadman Ishadi, Mohammad Mejbah Uddin Mithu et al.
1. Adolescents. https://data.unicef.org/topic/adolescents/overview/. Published 2022. Accessed August 2024. 2. Sawyer SM, Azzopardi PS, Wickremarathne D, Patton GC. The age of adolescence. Lancet Child Adolesc Health. 2018; 2:223-228. 3. Sinai T, Axelrod R, Shimony T, Boaz M, Kaufman-Shriqui V. Dieta...
M.M. Hossain, Mahfuza Begum, Abul Hashem, Md. Moshiur Rahman et al.
When farmers first shift from conventional tillage (CT) to conservation agriculture (CA) practices, the control of weeds may be more difficult, due to the absence of tillage. However, continuous CA, over several years, may alter the weed seedbank. The nature of the weed seedbank changes over time, i...