Md Ashraful Alam, Nusrat Subhan, Mahbubur Rahman, Shaikh Jamal Uddin et al.
Flavonoids are important natural compounds with diverse biologic activities. Citrus flavonoids constitute an important series of flavonoids. Naringin and its aglycone naringenin belong to this series of flavonoids and were found to display strong anti-inflammatory and antioxidant activities. Several...
Md. Kamrul Hasan, Md. Ashraful Alam, Dola Das, Eklas Hossain et al.
Diabetes, also known as chronic illness, is a group of metabolic diseases due to a high level of sugar in the blood over a long period. The risk factor and severity of diabetes can be reduced significantly if the precise early prediction is possible. The robust and accurate prediction of diabetes is...
Mohammad Asaduzzaman Chowdhury, Nayem Hossain, Mohammod Abul Kashem, Md. Abdus Shahid et al.
The immune system protects against viruses and diseases and produces antibodies to kill pathogens. This review presents a brief overview of the immune system regarding its protection of the human body from COVID-19; illustrates the process of the immune system, how it works, and its mechanism to fig...
Mohammad Abdul Mumit, Tarun Kumar Pal, Md. Ashraful Alam, Md. Al‐Amin‐Al‐Azadul Islam et al.
Benzyl-3-N-(2,4,5-trimethoxyphenylmethylene)hydrazinecarbodithioate (compound 1) is a bidentate and nitrogen-sulfur containing Schiff base, which has been synthesized by the condensation reaction of S-benzylndithiocarbazate and 2,4,5-trimethoxybenzaldehyde. The theoretical calculations of the mentio...
Md Ashraful Alam, Nusrat Subhan, Hemayet Hossain, Murad Hossain et al.
Hydroxycinnamic acid derivatives are important class of polyphenolic compounds originated from the Mavolanate-Shikimate biosynthesis pathways in plants. Several simple phenolic compounds such as cinnamic acid, p-coumaric acid, ferulic acid, caffeic acid, chlorgenic acid, and rosmarinic acid belong t...
Jason Abaluck, Laura H. Kwong, Ashley Styczynski, Ashraful Haque et al.
Persuading people to mask Even in places where it is obligatory, people tend to optimistically overstate their compliance for mask wearing. How then can we persuade more of the population at large to act for the greater good? Abaluck et al . undertook a large, cluster-randomized trial in Bangladesh ...
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...
Akbar Hossain, Milan Skalický, Marián Brestič, Sagar Maitra et al.
Wheat is one of the world’s most commonly consumed cereal grains. During abiotic stresses, the physiological and biochemical alterations in the cells reduce growth and development of plants that ultimately decrease the yield of wheat. Therefore, novel approaches are needed for sustainable wheat prod...
Shoumen Lasker, Md Mizanur Rahman, Faisal Parvez, Mushfera Zamila et al.
The main objective of this experiment was to determine the effects of yogurt supplementation on fat deposition, oxidative stress, inflammation and fibrosis in the liver of rats with high-fat (HF) diet-induced obesity. Male Wistar rats were used in this study and were separated into the following fou...
Md Ashraful Alam, Kazuo Emura, Craig Farnham, Jihui Yuan
The study of frequency analysis is important to find the most suitable model that could anticipate extreme events of certain natural phenomena e.g., rainfall, floods, etc. The goal of this study is to determine the best-fit probability distributions in the case of maximum monthly rainfall using 30 y...
Md Ashraful Alam
Ferulic acid is a simple phenolic acid found mainly in cereals and grains, used as an antioxidant and food preservative. Recent evidence suggests that ferulic acid possess anti-inflammatory, anti-diabetic, anticancer, and cardioprotective properties. Several investigations also have shown that ferul...
Md. Kamrul Hasan, Md. Toufick E Elahi, Md. Ashraful Alam, Md. Tasnim Jawad et al.
Although automated Skin Lesion Classification (SLC) is a crucial integral step in computer-aided diagnosis, it remains challenging due to variability in textures, colors, indistinguishable boundaries, and shapes. This article proposes an automated dermoscopic SLC framework named Dermoscopic Expert (...
Md. Kamrul Hasan, Md. Ashraful Alam, Shidhartho Roy, Aishwariya Dutta et al.
Recently, numerous studies have been conducted on Missing Value Imputation (MVI), intending the primary solution scheme for the datasets containing one or more missing attribute’s values. The incorporation of MVI reinforces the Machine Learning (ML) models’ performance and necessitates a systematic ...
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...
Muhammad Mainuddin Patwary, Md Ashraful Alam, Mondira Bardhan, Asma Safia Disha et al.
Widespread vaccination against COVID-19 is critical for controlling the pandemic. Despite the development of safe and efficacious vaccinations, low-and lower-middle income countries (LMICs) continue to encounter barriers to care owing to inequitable access and vaccine apprehension. This study aimed ...