Robert Y. Chen, Ishita Mostafa, Matthew C. Hibberd, Subhasish Das et al.
BACKGROUND: More than 30 million children worldwide have moderate acute malnutrition. Current treatments have limited effectiveness, and much remains unknown about the pathogenesis of this condition. Children with moderate acute malnutrition have perturbed development of their gut microbiota. METHOD...
Mahfuzur Rahman, Chen Ningsheng, Md Monirul Islam, Ashraf Dewan et al.
Mahfuzur Rahman, Chen Ningsheng, Golam Iftekhar Mahmud, Md. Monirul Islam et al.
Bangladesh experiences frequent hydro-climatic disasters such as flooding. These disasters are believed to be associated with land use changes and climate variability. However, identifying the factors that lead to flooding is challenging. This study mapped flood susceptibility in the northeast regio...
Md Ashraful Alam, Stephanie A. Richard, Shah Mohammad Fahim, Mustafa Mahfuz et al.
BACKGROUND: Globally more than 150 million children under age 5 years were stunted in 2018, primarily in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), and the impact of early-onset, persistent stunting has not been well explored. To explore the association between early-onset persistent stunting in chil...
Jules Maurice Habumugisha, Ningsheng Chen, Mahfuzur Rahman, Md Monirul Islam et al.
Among natural hazards, landslides are devastating in China. However, little is known regarding potential landslide-prone areas in Maoxian County. The goal of this study was to apply four deep learning algorithms, the convolutional neural network (CNN), deep neural network (DNN), long short-term memo...
Mahfuzur Rahman, Ningsheng Chen, Ahmed Elbeltagi, Md Monirul Islam et al.
Floods are among the most devastating natural hazards in Bangladesh. The country experiences multi-type floods (i.e., fluvial, flash, pluvial, and surge floods) every year. However, areas prone to multi-type floods have not yet been assessed on a national scale. Here, we used locally weighted linear...
Md Mizanur Rahman, Megumi Rosenberg, Gabriela Flores, Nadia Parsell et al.
BACKGROUND: The absolute number of older individuals needing medical care and long-term care (LTC) is increasing globally due to the growing ageing population. However, it is uncertain who and what proportion of the population has access to care. Therefore, a systematic review and meta-analysis of t...
Mahfuzur Rahman, Ningsheng Chen, Md Monirul Islam, Ashraf Dewan et al.
This work developed models to identify optimal spatial distribution of emergency evacuation centers (EECs) such as schools, colleges, hospitals, and fire stations to improve flood emergency planning in the Sylhet region of northeastern Bangladesh. The use of location-allocation models (LAMs) for eva...
Mohammad Mahfuz Ali Khan Shawan, Sajal Kumar Halder, Md. Ashraful Hasan
Abstract Background At present, the entire world is in a war against COVID-19 pandemic which has gradually led us toward a more compromised “new normal” life. SARS-CoV-2, the pathogenic microorganism liable for the recent COVID-19 outbreak, is extremely contagious in nature resulting in an unusual n...
Mahfuzur Rahman, Ningsheng Chen, Md Monirul Islam, Golam Iftekhar Mahmud et al.
This study performs flood hazard mapping and evaluates community flood coping strategies. In addition, it proposes a humanitarian aid information system (HAIS) to enhance emergency support for flood victims. First, a flood hazard map was prepared using the hydrodynamic model (HM)–FLO 2D coupled with...
Mohammad Mahfuz Ali Khan Shawan, Ashish Ranjan Sharma, Sajal Kumar Halder, Tawsif Al Arian et al.
A vaccine is defined as a biologic preparation that trains the immune system, boosts immunity, and protects against a deadly microbial infection. They have been used for centuries to combat a variety of contagious illnesses by means of subsiding the disease burden as well as eradicating the disease....
Md Mahfuz Ashraf, Mohammed Abdur Razzaque, Siaw‐Teng Liaw, Pradeep Ray et al.
Purpose Despite its immense potentials as a sustainable and innovative means to solve specific social problems, the basic concept of the social business model (SBM) advanced by Professor Muhammad Yunus remains unclear to many. There exists no literature that objectively compares this model from empo...
Mohammad Mahfuz Ali Khan Shawan, Ashish Ranjan Sharma, Manojit Bhattacharya, Bidyut Mallik et al.
The devastating outbreak of COVID-19 has spread all over the world and has become a global health concern. There is no specific therapeutics to encounter the COVID-19. Small interfering RNA (siRNA)-based therapy is an efficient strategy to control human viral infections employing post-transcriptiona...
Md. Hanif Uddin, Md Shahjahan, Adnan Amin, Md. Mahfuzul Haque et al.
This experiment was carried out to evaluate the effect of an organophosphate pesticide, sumithion on water and sediment quality and benthic invertebrates in aquaculture ponds for 120 days. Three treatments were tried in duplicate: no sumithion (control), weekly application of 1.0 mg/L sumithion (Low...
Shahriar Akter, Nabila Jamal, Md Mahfuz Ashraf, Grace McCarthy et al.
Social business has emerged as a sustainable and innovative means to solve emerging social problems. Although it is gaining momentum, there is a paucity of studies on the drivers of social business models and its key success factors. Drawing on a systematic literature review and an in-depth analysis...
Noushin Laila Ansari, Md. Mahfuz Ashraf, Bushra Tahseen Malik, Helena Grunfeld
This paper presents preliminary findings from a `Green IT' research project, dealing with mobile phone and battery disposal and recycling by businesses and individuals in Bangladesh. Electronic waste (e-waste) is one of the fastest growing sources of waste. In addition to facing the issue of illegal...
Mahfuzur Rahman, Md Morsaline Billah, Dieu Hack‐Polay, Ashraful Alam
The research aims to critically discuss key new biotechnologies in textile processing and examines the foundation of the resistance to adoption of such technologies in emerging markets. Using semi-structured interviews and the scientific literature, the paper draws on experts’ opinions about enzyme ...
Md. Ahshanul Haque, James A Platts-Mills, Estomih Mduma, Ladaporn Bodhidatta et al.
Campylobacter species infections have been associated with malnutrition and intestinal inflammation among children in low-resource settings. However, it remains unclear whether that association is specific to Campylobacter jejuni/coli. The aim of this study was to assess the association between both...
Md Mohsin, Sultan Mahmud, Ashraf Uddin Mian, Prottay Hasan et al.
Objective: One of the primary reasons for hesitancy in taking COVID-19 vaccines is the fear of side effects. This study primarily aimed to inspect the potential side effects of the COVID-19 vaccines circulated in Bangladesh.Design and Settings.The study was based on a cross-sectional anonymous onlin...
Sajal Kumar Halder, Ive Sultana, Md Istiaq Mohhamad Shuvo, Aparna Shil et al.
SARS-CoV-2, a deadly coronavirus sparked COVID-19 pandemic around the globe. With an increased mutation rate, this infectious agent is highly transmissible inducing an escalated rate of infections and death everywhere. Hence, the discovery of a viable antiviral therapy option is urgent. Computationa...