Christopher J L Murray, Cristiana Abbafati, Kaja Abbas, Mohammad Hossein Abbasi et al.
The Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors Study (GBD) 2019 provides a rules-based synthesis of the available evidence on levels and trends in health outcomes, a diverse set of risk factors, and health system responses. GBD 2019 covered 204 countries and territories, as well as first ...
Gregory A. Roth, Catherine O. Johnson, Kalkidan Hassen Abate, Foad Abd-Allah et al.
Importance: Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of death in the United States, but regional variation within the United States is large. Comparable and consistent state-level measures of total CVD burden and risk factors have not been produced previously. Objective: To quantify and des...
Ridwanur Rahman, Maryam Faiz, Shahjada Selim, Bayzidur Rahman et al.
BACKGROUND: Snake bite is a neglected public health problem in the world and one of the major causes of mortality and morbidity in many areas, particularly in the rural tropics. It also poses substantial economic burdens on the snake bite victims due to treatment related expenditure and loss of prod...
Lisa M Force, Jonathan M Kocarnik, Miranda L May, Kayleigh Bhangdia et al.
Background Cancer is a leading cause of death globally. Accurate cancer burden information is crucial for policy planning, but many countries lack up-to-date cancer surveillance data. To inform global cancer-control efforts, we used the Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors Study (GB...
Dejan Ravšelj, Damijana Keržič, Nina Tomaževič, Lan Umek et al.
The paper presents the most comprehensive and large-scale global study to date on how higher education students perceived the use of ChatGPT in early 2024. With a sample of 23,218 students from 109 countries and territories, the study reveals that students primarily used ChatGPT for brainstorming, s...
Local Burden of Disease Vaccine Coverage Collaborators, Alyssa N. Sbarra, Sam Rolfe, Jason Q. Nguyen et al.
Abstract The safe, highly effective measles vaccine has been recommended globally since 1974, yet in 2017 there were more than 17 million cases of measles and 83,400 deaths in children under 5 years old, and more than 99% of both occurred in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) 1–4 . Globally co...
Hasin Md. Muhtasim Taqi, Humaira Nafisa Ahmed, Sumit Paul, Maryam Garshasbi et al.
This paper aims to identify the negative impacts of the COVID-19 outbreak on supply chains and propose strategies to deal with the impacts in the context of the readymade garment (RMG) industry supply chain of an emerging economy: Bangladesh. To achieve the aims, a methodological framework is propos...
Quique Bassat, Dianna M. Blau, Ikechukwu U. Ogbuanu, Solomon Samura et al.
Importance: The number of deaths of children younger than 5 years has been steadily decreasing worldwide, from more than 17 million annual deaths in the 1970s to an estimated 5.3 million in 2019 (with 2.8 million deaths occurring in those aged 1-59 months [53% of all deaths in children aged <5 years...
LBD Double Burden of Malnutrition Collaborators, Damaris K. Kinyoki, Jennifer M. Ross, Alice Lazzar-Atwood et al.
A double burden of malnutrition occurs when individuals, household members or communities experience both undernutrition and overweight. Here, we show geospatial estimates of overweight and wasting prevalence among children under 5 years of age in 105 low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) from 20...
Viren Swami, Ulrich S. Tran, Stefan Stieger, Toivo Aavik et al.
The Body Appreciation Scale-2 (BAS-2) is a widely used measure of a core facet of the positive body image construct. However, extant research concerning measurement invariance of the BAS-2 across a large number of nations remains limited. Here, we utilised the Body Image in Nature (BINS) dataset - w...
Md. Asadul Hoque, Marya Ahmed, Gagi Tauhidur Rahman, Mehbuba Rahman et al.
Incorporation of nanoparticles into polymer matrix allows the development of new features that differs from the pure materials. In this research, magnetic nanoparticles reinforced organic biodegradable polymer matrix based biocompatible nanocomposite films were fabricated. This work covered, synthes...
Soumya Narayana, B.H. Jaswanth Gowda, Umme Hani, Sharmin Sultana Shimu et al.
Colorectal cancer, the third most prevalent cancer globally, contributes significantly to mortality rates, with over 1.9 million reported cases and nearly 935,000 fatalities annually. Surgical resection is a primary approach for localized colorectal tumors, with adjunct therapies like chemotherapy, ...
Faruk Ahmed, Md Mizanur Rahman Khan, C. Banu, Maryam Qazi et al.
Objective To investigate the prevalence of selected micronutrient deficiencies amongst anaemic adolescent schoolgirls in rural Bangladesh and to examine their relationship with haemoglobin (Hb) levels. Design A cross-sectional study. Setting Girls' high schools in rural areas of Dhaka District in Ba...
Amit Banik, Hasin Md. Muhtasim Taqi, Syed Mithun Ali, Sayem Ahmed et al.
This study examines critical success factors (CSFs) for the implementation of green supply chain management (GSCM) for the electronics industry of an emerging economy. Based on a literature review, a total of 22 CSFs for GSCM implementation were selected. Sixteen of the 22 CSFs were finalised using ...
Mahmudur Rahman, Be‐Nazir Ahmed, Maryam Faiz, Muhtamim Chowdhury et al.
Miltefosine (target dose of 2.5 mg/kg/day for 28 days) is the recommended treatment for visceral leishmaniasis (kala-azar) in Bangladesh on the basis of data from India. We evaluated miltefosine in a phase IV trial of 977 patients in Bangladesh. At the six-month final follow up, 701 were cured. 24 s...
Emily Haeuser, Audrey L. Serfes, Michael A. Cork, Mingyou Yang et al.
BACKGROUND: Human immunodeficiency virus and acquired immune deficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS) is still among the leading causes of disease burden and mortality in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), and the world is not on track to meet targets set for ending the epidemic by the Joint United Nations Programme o...
Nuha Junaid, Niha Khan, Naseer Ahmed, Maria Shakoor Abbasi et al.
This study aimed to analyze the existing literature on how artificial intelligence is being used to support the identification of cephalometric landmarks. The systematic analysis of literature was carried out by performing an extensive search in PubMed/MEDLINE, Google Scholar, Cochrane, Scopus, and ...
Maryam Mustafa, Kimia Tuz Zaman, Tallal Ahmad, Amna Batool et al.
We present findings from a three country study exploring the intersection between female intimate health and religious beliefs. Through a qualitative study with Muslim female populations in Pakistan, Bangladesh and Malaysia, three different Muslim majority contexts, we examine the deep impact Islami...
Osaretin Christabel Okonji, Emeka Francis Okonji, Parvathy Mohanan, Maryam Salma Babar et al.
In August 2021, the Marburg virus disease (MVD) outbreak was confirmed amid the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic in the Republic of Guinea. This is the first time it is detected in Guinea and West Africa. Marburg virus is one of the world's most threatening diseases, causing severe haemo...
Benjamin Lee, Marya P. Carmolli, Dorothy M. Dickson, E. Ross Colgate et al.
Background: Rotavirus (RV)-specific immunoglobulin A (IgA) responses following oral RV vaccination are impaired in low-income countries, where the utility of RV-IgA as a correlate of protection (CoP) remains unclear. In a monovalent oral RV vaccine (Rotarix) efficacy trial among infants in Dhaka, Ba...