Md. Ashrafuzzaman, FA Hossen, Ismail, Ariful Hoque et al.
Plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) are beneficial bacteria that colonize plant roots and enhance plant growth by a wide variety of mechanisms. The use of PGPR is steadily increasing in agriculture and offers an attractive way to replace chemical fertilizers, pesticides, and supplements. Her...
Atiqur Rahman Sunny, Sharif Ahmed Sazzad, Shamsul H. Prodhan, Md. Ashrafuzzaman et al.
COVID-19 is now a major global health crisis, can lead to severe food crisis unless proper measures are taken. Though a number of scientific studies have addressed the possible impacts of COVID-19 in Bangladesh on variety of issues, problems and food crises associated with aquatic resources and comm...
Md. Mashiur Rahman, Sreejith Aravindakshan, Muhammad Arshadul Hoque, Mohammad Arifur Rahman et al.
Soil organic carbon (SOC), greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and water footprint (WF) are the key indicators of environmental sustainability in agricultural systems. Increasing SOC while reducing GHG emissions and WF are effective measures to achieve high crop productivity with minimum environmental im...
Md. Ashrafuzzaman, Artemi Cerdà, Filipe Duarte Santos, Luísa Schmidt
The southwestern coastal regions of Bangladesh (SWCRB) are highly exposed to saltwater intrusions brought about through cyclones and storm surges. These salinity intrusions are contributing to soil and water salinity in the coastal areas. This study aimed to determine the impact of these salinity in...
Md. Ashrafuzzaman, Carla Gomes, João Miguel Días, Artemi Cerdà
This study has been conducted to identify vulnerabilities and effects of climate change on women in 12 unions in Shyamnagar upazila in the Satkhira district in the Southwestern Coastal Region of Bangladesh (SWCRB). Climate vulnerability and gender inequality may increase due to climate change. Women...
Atiqur Rahman Sunny, Mahmudul Hasan Mithun, Shamsul H. Prodhan, Md. Ashrafuzzaman et al.
Fisheries and the aquaculture sector can play a significant role in the achievement of several of the goals of the 2030 Sustainable Development agenda. However, the current COVID-19 situation can negatively impact the fisheries sector, impeding the pace of the achievement of development goals. There...
Niaz Mahmud, Muzahidul I. Anik, M. Khalid Hossain, Md Ishak Khan et al.
The COVID-19 pandemic caused by the SARS-CoV-2, a ribonucleic acid (RNA) virus that emerged less than two years ago but has caused nearly 6.1 million deaths to date. Recently developed variants of the SARS-CoV-2 virus have been shown to be more potent and expanded at a faster rate. Until now, there ...
Md. Ashrafuzzaman, Carla Gomes, João Guerra
This study focuses on investigating the impact of climate change on the availability of safe drinking water and human health in the Southwest Coastal Region of Bangladesh (SWCRB). Additionally, it explores local adaptation approaches aimed at addressing these challenges. The research employed a comb...
Mahfujul Alam, Mrityunjoy Biswas, Mir Meahadi Hasan, Md. Faruk Hossain et al.
The study aims to investigate the effects of different drying methods on the changes in functional properties, physicochemical composition, bioactive compounds, antioxidant activity, sensory attributes, and microstructural quality of the banana flours. Two local banana cultivars, Mehersagar and Sabr...
NazmulKabir Qureshi, Tanjina Hossain, MohammedImrul Hassan, Nazma Akter et al.
OBJECTIVE: There are several methods of assessing overweight and obesity. Several studies conducted in different populations indicate that neck circumference (NC) can be used as a simple measure of overweight and obesity. This study was conducted to evaluate NC as a marker of overweight and obesity ...
M. Mahruf C. Shohel, Goutam Roy, Md. Ashrafuzzaman, Rasel Babu
The higher education sector globally has gone through a transition because of the coronavirus outbreak, and as a result, many traditional higher education institutions across the globe have been forced to go online to provide education and arrange assessments so that their students could continue th...
Md. Ashrafuzzaman, SM Faisal, Dinesh Yadav, D. Khanam et al.
In vitro propagation of strawberry was conducted at the Biotechnology Lab. of BARI, Joydebpur, Gazipur. For shoot induction, five BAP concentrations viz., 0.0 (Control), 0.5, 1.0, 1.5, and 2.0 mg/l and for root induction four IBA concentrations viz., 0.0 (Control), 0.5, 1.0, and 1.5 mg/l were used. ...
M. Ashrafuzzaman, Farzana Khanm Camellia, Abdullah Al Mahmud, MD. Joy Pramanik et al.
A series of transition metal complexes having general formula [M(L1)(L2)](NO3)2, (where, M = Cu(II), Ni(II), and Zn(II)) of mixed ligands, L1 = Isonicotinamido-Thiophene-2-Carbaldimine, L2 = 1, 10-phenanthroline, were synthesized. The obtained compounds were successfully characterized by different s...
A. N. M. Ashrafuzzaman, Soo Yeol Lee, Md. Kamrul Hasan
The digital X-ray detectors often generate stripe artifact in the sinogram which in turn creates ring artifact in the reconstructed micro-Computed Tomography ( -CT), C-Arm CT, and most recent dental CT images. Such ring artifacts not only obscure image details in the regions of interest but also mas...
M. Mahruf C. Shohel, Shahriar Shams, Md. Ashrafuzzaman, Atm S. Alam et al.
There are clear distinctions among the concepts of emergency remote teaching and learning (ERTL), online distance teaching and learning (ODTL), and open and distance learning (ODL). This chapter explores different aspects of changes that happened in the field of higher education during the time of t...