Samir K. Saha, Stephanie J. Schrag, Shams El Arifeen, Luke C. Mullany et al.
BACKGROUND: More than 500 000 neonatal deaths per year result from possible serious bacterial infections (pSBIs), but the causes are largely unknown. We investigated the incidence of community-acquired infections caused by specific organisms among neonates in south Asia. METHODS: From 2011 to 2014, ...
Md. Tanvir Kabir, Md. Habibur Rahman, Muddaser Shah, Mohd. Raeed Jamiruddin et al.
Neurodegenerative disorders (NDs) including Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, Huntington's disease, and multiple sclerosis have various disease-specific causal factors and pathological features. A very common characteristic of NDs is oxidative stress (OS), whic...
Md Ariful Islam Juel, Al Mizan, Tanvir Ahmed
Chromium-rich tannery sludge generated from tanneries has the potential to become a serious environmental burden in Bangladesh and a promising avenue for disposal of this sludge is by stabilizing it in clay brick products. But for sustainable industrial application of such technique it needs to be e...
Louise T. Day, Harriet Ruysen, Vladimir Sergeevich Gordeev, Georgia R. Gore‐Langton et al.
BACKGROUND: - Birth Indicators Research Tracking in Hospitals (EN-BIRTH) study aims to validate selected newborn and maternal indicators for routine tracking of coverage and quality of facility-based care for use at district, national and global levels. METHODS: EN-BIRTH is an observational study in...
Sina Salajegheh Tazerji, Phelipe Magalhães Duarte, Parastoo Rahimi, Fatemeh Shahabinejad et al.
COVID-19 caused by a novel severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) originated in Wuhan (Hubei province, China) during late 2019. It has spread across the globe affecting nearly 21 million people with a toll of 0.75 million deaths and restricting the movement of most of the world...
Mirza A. T. M. Tanvir Rahman, A. H. M. Saadat, Md. Safiqul Islam, Md. Abdullah Al-Mansur et al.
The main source of irrigation water in Bangladesh is groundwater, hence its quality needs to be ensured; otherwise, it can damage soil and reduce crop production. In current research, work by analyzing hydrogeochemical characteristics of groundwater different water types have been assessed to find o...
Md. Tanvir Kabir, Md. Sahab Uddin, Mst. Marium Begum, S. Thangapandiyan et al.
: In the brain, acetylcholine (ACh) is regarded as one of the major neurotransmitters. During the advancement of Alzheimer's disease (AD) cholinergic deficits occur and this can lead to extensive cognitive dysfunction and decline. Acetylcholinesterase (AChE) remains a highly feasible target for the ...
Md. Ibrahim Khalil, Istiyak Ahmmed, Romana Ahmed, E. M. Tanvir et al.
We investigated the protective role of Withania somnifera leaf extract (WSLEt) on isoproterenol- (ISO-) induced myocardial infarction (MI) in rats. Subcutaneous injection of ISO (85 mg/kg body weight (b.w.)) administered to rats for two consecutive days caused a significant increase in cardiac tropo...
Romana Ahmed, E. M. Tanvir, Md. Sakib Hossen, Rizwana Afroz et al.
Propolis contains high concentrations of polyphenols, flavonoids, tannins, ascorbic acid, and reducing sugars and proteins. Malaysian Propolis (MP) has been reported to exhibit high 1,1‐diphenyl‐2‐picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) radical‐scavenging activity and ferric reducing antioxidant power (FRAP) values. ...
Sina Salajegheh Tazerji, Fatemeh Shahabinejad, Mahya Tokasi, Mohammad Ali Rad et al.
This review was focused on global data analysis and risk factors associated with morbidity and mortality of coronavirus disease 2019 from different countries, including Bangladesh, Brazil, China, Central Eastern Europe, Egypt, India, Iran, Pakistan, and South Asia, Africa, Turkey and UAE. Male showe...
Louise T. Day, Qazi Sadeq-ur Rahman, Ahmed Ehsanur Rahman, Nahya Salim et al.
BACKGROUND: Progress in reducing maternal and neonatal deaths and stillbirths is impeded by data gaps, especially regarding coverage and quality of care in hospitals. We aimed to assess the validity of indicators of maternal and newborn health-care coverage around the time of birth in survey data an...
Louise T. Day, Georgia R. Gore‐Langton, Ahmed Ehsanur Rahman, Omkar Basnet et al.
BACKGROUND: Countries with the highest burden of maternal and newborn deaths and stillbirths often have little information on these deaths. Since over 81% of births worldwide now occur in facilities, using routine facility data could reduce this data gap. We assessed the availability, quality, and u...
Zahid Hayat Mahmud, Mir Himayet Kabir, Sobur Ali, Md. Moniruzzaman et al.
Introduction: Community-acquired infections due to extended-spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL) producing Escherichia coli are rising worldwide, resulting in increased morbidity, mortality, and healthcare costs, especially where poor sanitation and inadequate hygienic practices are very common. Objective...
Md. Jakariya, Firoz Ahmed, Md. Aminul Islam, Abdullah Al Marzan et al.
Wastewater-based epidemiology (WBE) has emerged as a valuable approach for forecasting disease outbreaks in developed countries with a centralized sewage infrastructure. On the other hand, due to the absence of well-defined and systematic sewage networks, WBE is challenging to implement in developin...
Md. Tanvir Alam Himel, Shahrin Ashraf, Tauhid Ahmed Bappy, Md Tanaz Abir et al.
Purpose While the usage of mobile financial services (MFSs) is increasing rapidly in developing countries, research on users' attitudes and behavioral intention to adopt MFS is limited. Thus, this study aims to investigate customers' attitudes and intentions to adopt MFS from a Bangladeshi perspecti...
Benojir Ahammed, Nusrat Jahan, Aysha Seddeque, Md. Tanvir Hossain et al.
< 0.05). Compared to public university students, private university students were more likely to report poor subjective sleep quality since the pandemic began. Therefore, it is strongly recommended that psychiatric conditions of university students should be monitored during the COVID-19 epidemic, a...
Sanjoy Kumar Chanda, Benojir Ahammed, Md. Hasan Howlader, Md. Ashikuzzaman et al.
Antenatal care (ANC) contacts have long been considered a critical component of the continuum of care for a pregnant mother along with the newborn baby. The latest maternal mortality survey in Bangladesh suggests that progress in reducing maternal mortality has stalled as only 37% of pregnant women ...
Mahfuza Zaman Ela, Tunvir Ahamed Shohel, Taufiq-E-Ahmed Shovo, Lubaba Khan et al.
The erratic nature of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) forced the Bangladeshi government to shut down all the educational institutions since March 18, 2020. This prolonged closure not only detached the students from their study but also increased anxiety among them regarding their future aca...
Islam M. Sadiqul, Zannatul Ferdous, Md. Tanvir Ahmed Nannu, Golam Mohammod Mostakim et al.
The present study was aimed to assess the genotoxic effect in fish caused by convoy, an insecticide commercial formulation containing quinalphos, present in the aquatic waterbody. For this purpose a freshwater teleost, silver barb was exposed to sublethal concentrations (25% and 50% of LC 50 ) of co...
Pepijn Schreinemachers, Marie Antoinette Patalagsa, Md. Rafiqul Islam, Md Nasir Uddin et al.