Mahfuzur Rahman, Chen Ningsheng, Md Monirul Islam, Ashraf Dewan et al.
Effi Haque, Hiroaki Taniguchi, Md Mahmudul Hassan, Pankaj Bhowmik et al.
The world population is expected to increase from 7.3 to 9.7 billion by 2050. Pest outbreak and increased abiotic stresses due to climate change pose a high risk to tropical crop production. Although conventional breeding techniques have significantly increased crop production and yield, new approac...
Ram Proshad, Tapos Kormoker, Md. Saiful Islam, Mohammad Asadul Haque et al.
Plastics are used widely everywhere in our life and without plastic, modern civilization would indeed look very diverse. This study focuses on the toxic effects of plastic on human health and environment and possible consequences of health risk assessment in Bangladesh. Plastics are essential materi...
Mosaddiqur Rahman, Abdullah As Sabir, Julakha Akter Mukta, Md. Mohibul Alam Khan et al.
Strawberry is an excellent source of natural antioxidants with high capacity of scavenging free radicals. This study evaluated the effects of two plant probiotic bacteria, Bacillus amylolequefaciens BChi1 and Paraburkholderia fungorum BRRh-4 on growth, fruit yield and antioxidant contents in strawbe...
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...
Moutoshi Chakraborty, Mirza Hasanuzzaman, Mahfuzur Rahman, Md. Arifur Rahman Khan et al.
The chitosan (CHT) biopolymer is a de-acetylated chitin derivative that exists in the outer shell of shrimp, shellfish, lobster or crabs, as well as fungal cell walls. Because of its biodegradability, environmental non-toxicity, and biocompatibility, it is an ideal resource for sustainable agricultu...
Mosaddiqur Rahman, Julakha Akter Mukta, Abdullah As Sabir, Dipali Rani Gupta et al.
Strawberry is a well-known source of natural antioxidants with excellent free radical scavenging capacity. This study determined the effects of chitosan application in field condition on plant growth, fruit yield and antioxidant activities in strawberry fruit. Foliar applications of chitosan on stra...
Tapos Kormoker, Ram Proshad, Md. Saiful Islam, Saad Ahmed et al.
This study was conducted to assess the potential ecological and human health risk of toxic metals in agricultural soils near the industrial areas of Bangladesh. In this study, six toxic metals (chromium, nickel, copper, arsenic, cadmium, and lead) were assessed in 58 soil samples of five different s...
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...
Sezanur Rahman, Md Mahfuzur Rahman, Mojnu Miah, Mst. Noorjahan Begum et al.
The protection against emerging SARS-CoV-2 variants by pre-existing antibodies elicited due to the current vaccination or natural infection is a global concern. We aimed to investigate the rate of SARS-CoV-2 infection and its clinical features among infection-naïve, infected, vaccinated, and post-in...
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...
Mohammad Al Mamun, Shah Md Mahfuzur Rahman, Tanvir Chowdhury Turin
A cross sectional study was conducted to assess the microbiological quality of local food items vended by the school-based street food vendors in Dhaka City. A total of 80 schools from 19 school-zones of Dhaka City and its outskirts were chosen for the study. A total of 110 food samples, one each fr...
Fahad Ahmed, A. N. M. Fakhruddin, M. D. Toufick Imam, Nasima Khan et al.
In this study, metal pollution and their sources in surface soils were evaluated by pollution indices and multivariate statistical techniques in association with a geographical information system (GIS). Surface soil samples were collected in dry season from different locations of Dhaka Aricha highwa...
Mujahid Mohiuddin Babu, Shahriar Akter, Mahfuzur Rahman, Md Morsaline Billah et al.
Artificial intelligence (AI) has become an integral part of every industry. With the emergence of big data, the industries, and more especially textile and apparel (T&A) industry, are on the brink of relationships with consumers, suppliers, and competitors. They need to handle different scenarios wi...
Iftiaz A. Alfi, Md. Mahfuzur Rahman, Mohammad Shorfuzzaman, Amril Nazir
A skin lesion is a portion of skin that observes abnormal growth compared to other areas of the skin. The ISIC 2018 lesion dataset has seven classes. A miniature dataset version of it is also available with only two classes: malignant and benign. Malignant tumors are tumors that are cancerous, and b...
Mohammad Humayun Kabir, Nur Hasan, Md Mahfuzur Rahman, Md Ashikur Rahman et al.
BACKGROUND: The number of tribes present within Bangladesh has been estimated to approximate one hundred and fifty. Information on traditional medicinal practices, particularly of the smaller tribes and their clans is lacking. It was the objective of the study to document the tribal medicinal practi...
Mohammad Mostafa Zaman, Md Mujibur Rahman, Md Ridwanur Rahman, MahfuzurRahman Bhuiyan et al.
BACKGROUND: Nationally representative data on noncommunicable disease (NCD) risk factors are lacking in Bangladesh. This study was done to determine the prevalence of common risk factors for major NCDs among men and women of rural and urban areas of Bangladesh. MATERIALS AND METHODS: This survey was...
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...
Tofazzal Islam, Dipali Rani Gupta, Akbar Hossain, Krishna Kanta Roy et al.
Abstract Wheat blast, caused by the Magnaporthe oryzae Triticum ( MoT ) lineage (synonym Pyricularia oryzae Triticum lineage), is a destructive disease in South America and Bangladesh. It is primarily a disease of wheat head, which can cause yield loss up to 100% under favorable disease conditions. ...
Marzia Sultana, Atol Mondal, Sumon Islam, Most. Afroza Khatun et al.
This review article discusses the potential of using metal-doped TiO2 as a photocatalyst for dye degradation in water. TiO2 is a promising photocatalyst but is limited due to its fast electron-hole recombination rate and vast bandgap energy. Metal dopants have enhanced the photocatalytic activity of...