Md. Shahidul Islam, Md. Samiul Haque, Mohammad Moinul Islam, Emdadul Mannan Emdad et al.
BACKGROUND: Macrophomina phaseolina is one of the most destructive necrotrophic fungal pathogens that infect more than 500 plant species throughout the world. It can grow rapidly in infected plants and subsequently produces a large amount of sclerotia that plugs the vessels, resulting in wilting of ...
Jesmin Pervin, Allisyn C. Moran, Monjur Rahman, Abdur Razzaque et al.
BACKGROUND: Antenatal Care (ANC) during pregnancy can play an important role in the uptake of evidence-based services vital to the health of women and their infants. Studies report positive effects of ANC on use of facility-based delivery and perinatal mortality. However, most existing studies are l...
Md. Shahidul Islam, Jennifer A. Saito, Emdadul Mannan Emdad, Borhan Ahmed et al.
Abstract Jute ( Corchorus sp.) is one of the most important sources of natural fibre, covering ∼80% of global bast fibre production 1 . Only Corchorus olitorius and Corchorus capsularis are commercially cultivated, though there are more than 100 Corchorus species 2 in the Malvaceae family. Here we d...
Muhammad Awais, Arafat A. Bhuiyan, Sayedus Salehin, M. Monjurul Ehsan et al.
Unique thermophysical properties of nanofluids set them apart from conventional basefluids; nanofluids impart substantial role in enhancing heat transfer performance since they have the advantage of exhibiting superior thermal conductivity. Due to their numerous applications in various industrial an...
Md. Monjurul Islam, Anika Amir Mohana, Md. Aminur Rahman, Mahbubur Rahman et al.
Chromium (Cr) exists in aqueous solution as trivalent (Cr3+) and hexavalent (Cr6+) forms. Cr3+ is an essential trace element while Cr6+ is a dangerous and carcinogenic element, which is of great concern globally due to its extensive applications in various industrial processes such as textiles, manu...
Aminur Rahman, Monjura Khatun Nisha, Tahmina Begum, Sayem Ahmed et al.
The objectives of this study are to document the trend on utilisation of four or more (4+) antenatal care (ANC) over the last 22 years period and to explore the determinants and inequity of 4+ ANC utilisation as reported by the last two Bangladesh Demographic and Health surveys (BDHS) (2011 and 2014...
Md. Hafezur Rahaman, Md Ataul Islam, Md. Monjurul Islam, Md. Aminur Rahman et al.
Chromium (Cr), Lead (Pb) and Cadmium (Cd) have been conceded as one of the most perilous heavy metals which causes a prominent affliction on both environment and human health. In this study, chemical modification of biodegradable, eco-friendly materials such as cellulose and chitosan were carried ou...
Tasnuva Wahed, Anadil Alam, Salima Sultana, Monjur Rahman et al.
OBJECTIVES: This study aimed to identify the barriers female sex workers (FSWs) in Bangladesh face with regard to accessing sexual and reproductive health (SRH) care, and assess the satisfaction with the healthcare received. METHODS: Data were collected from coverage areas of four community-based dr...
S.M. Omar Faruque Babu, M. Belal Hossain, M. Safiur Rahman, Md. Moshiur Rahman et al.
Contamination of aquatic ecosystems by various sources has become a major worry all over the world. Pollutants can enter the human body through the food chain from aquatic and soil habitats. These pollutants can cause various chronic diseases in humans and mortality if they collect in the body over ...
Md. Anisur Rahman, Henrik Bjarne Møller, Chayan Kumer Saha, Md Monjurul Alam et al.
Anika Amir Mohana, Md. Monjurul Islam, Mahbubur Rahman, Sagor Kumar Pramanik et al.
Since the end of 2019, the world has faced a major crisis because of the outbreak of COVID-19 disease which has created a severe threat to humanity. To control this pandemic, the World Health Organization gave some guidelines like wearing PPE (personal protective equipment) (e.g., face masks, oversh...
Jesmin Pervin, Syed Moshfiqur Rahman, Monjur Rahman, Shaki Aktar et al.
BACKGROUND: Strengthening the antenatal care programme is suggested as one of the public health strategies to reduce preterm birth burden at a population level. However, the evidence so far available is inconclusive. OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the association between antenatal care (ANC) visit and pret...
Jesmin Pervin, Mahima Venkateswaran, U Tin Nu, Monjur Rahman et al.
BACKGROUND: Timely utilization of antenatal care and delivery services supports the health of mothers and babies. Few studies exist on the utilization and determinants of timely ANC and use of different types of health facilities at the community level in Bangladesh. This study aims to assess the ut...
Md. Anisur Rahman, Henrik Bjarne Møller, Chayan Kumer Saha, Md Monjurul Alam et al.
Anaerobic co-digestion of poultry droppings (PD) and briquetted wheat straw (BWS) with alkali additive in the form of KOH (BWSadd) or without any additive (BWSraw) was conducted using continuously stirred tank reactors (CSTRs) under both mesophilic (35 °C) and thermophilic (53 °C) conditions. The ai...
Anisur Rahman, Allisyn C. Moran, Jesmin Pervin, Aminur Rahman et al.
BACKGROUND: Improving perinatal health is the key to achieving the Millennium Development Goal for child survival. Recently, several reviews suggest that scaling up available effective perinatal interventions in an integrated approach can substantially reduce the stillbirth and neonatal death rates ...