Audrie Lin, Benjamin F. Arnold, Sadia Afreen, Rie Goto et al.
We assessed the relationship of fecal environmental contamination and environmental enteropathy. We compared markers of environmental enteropathy, parasite burden, and growth in 119 Bangladeshi children (≤ 48 months of age) across rural Bangladesh living in different levels of household environmenta...
Md. Korban Ali, Rahman Md Moshikur, Rie Wakabayashi, Yoshiro Tahara et al.
Ionic liquid (IL) surfactants have attracted great interest as promising substitutes for conventional surfactants owing to their exceptional and favorable physico-chemical properties. However, most IL surfactants are not eco-friendly and form unstable micelles, even when using a high concentration o...
Rafiqul Islam, Shihab Uddin, Md. Raihan Chowdhury, Rie Wakabayashi et al.
Since injection administration for diabetes is invasive, it is important to develop an effective transdermal method for insulin. However, transdermal delivery remains challenging owing to the strong barrier function of the stratum corneum (SC) of the skin. Here, we developed ionic liquid (IL)-in-oil...
Rie Goto, C. G. N. Mascie‐Taylor, P. G. Lunn
A longitudinal study of 298 rural Bangladeshi infants found evidence of growth faltering starting at 3 months of age. Anthropometric status declined substantially in the first 2 years of life, with weight-for-height (WHZ) falling from - 0.49 to - 1.75, weight-for-age (WAZ) from - 1.18 to - 2.87 and ...
Rafiqul Islam, Md. Raihan Chowdhury, Rie Wakabayashi, Yoshiro Tahara et al.
Transdermal delivery of drugs is more challenging for drugs that are insoluble or sparingly soluble in water and most organic solvents. To overcome this problem, ionic liquid (IL)-mediated ternary systems have been suggested as potential drug carriers. Here, we report potent ternary (IL-EtOH-IPM) sy...
Rafiqul Islam, Md. Raihan Chowdhury, Rie Wakabayashi, Noriho Kamiya et al.
The transdermal delivery of sparingly soluble drugs is challenging due to of the need for a drug carrier. In the past few decades, ionic liquid (IL)-in-oil microemulsions (IL/O MEs) have been developed as potential carriers. By focusing on biocompatibility, we report on an IL/O ME that is designed t...
Masuda Mohsena, CG Nicholas Mascie-Taylor, Rie Goto
OBJECTIVE: To determine how much of the variation in nutritional status of Bangladeshi children under 5 years old can be attributed to the socio-economic status of the family. DESIGN: Nutritional status used reference Z-scores of weight-for-age (WAZ), height-for-age (HAZ) and weight-for-height (WHZ)...
C. G. N. Mascie‐Taylor, MK Marks, Rie Goto, Rakibul M. Islam
OBJECTIVE: To determine whether a cash-for-work programme during the annual food insecurity period in Bangladesh improved nutritional status in poor rural women and children. METHODS: The panel study involved a random sample of 895 households from over 50,000 enrolled in a cash-for-work programme be...
Rie Goto, C. G. N. Mascie‐Taylor, P. G. Lunn
In order to test the impact of Giardia and geohelminthic infection on infant growth faltering in Bangladesh, a randomised double-blind placebo controlled intervention of 36 weeks' duration was conducted in a rural community located 40 km northwest of Dhaka. Infants aged between 3 and 15 months were ...
Shihab Uddin, Rafiqul Islam, Md. Raihan Chowdhury, Rie Wakabayashi et al.
Lipid-based biocompatible ionic liquids (LBILs) have attracted attention as carriers in transdermal drug delivery systems (TDDSs) because of their lipophilic character. In this study, we report the formulation of a peptide–LBIL complex microencapsulated in an oil phase as a potential carrier for the...
Shihab Uddin, Rafiqul Islam, Rahman Md Moshikur, Rie Wakabayashi et al.
Transdermal drug delivery systems (TDDSs) may be useful for preventing various diseases including cancer. However, the stratum corneum (SC) inhibits the permeation of foreign particles into the skin. To obtain an effective TDDS, we developed a protein-containing nanocarrier (PCNC) comprising an anti...
Masuda Mohsena, Rie Goto, CG Nicholas Mascie-Taylor
BACKGROUND: Undernutrition among mothers and children is currently a major public health and development concern in Bangladesh. In literature relating to nutritional determinants, of particular interest is the geography, as regions with poor nutrition tend to pull down the overall nutritional status...
Shihab Uddin, Rafiqul Islam, Rahman Md Moshikur, Rie Wakabayashi et al.
Transcutaneous vaccination is one of the successful, affordable, and patient-friendly advanced immunization approaches because of the presence of multiple immune-responsive cell types in the skin. However, in the absence of a preferable facilitator, the skin’s outer layer is a strong impediment to d...
Masuda Mohsena, Rie Goto, CG Nicholas Mascie-Taylor
OBJECTIVE: To analyse trends in maternal nutritional status in Bangladesh over a 12-year period and to examine the associations between nutritional status and socio-economic variables. DESIGN: Maternal nutritional status indicators were height, weight and BMI. Socio-economic variables used were regi...
Masuda Mohsena, Rie Goto, C. G. N. Mascie‐Taylor
The nutritional status of under-five-year-old children is a sensitive indicator of a country's health status as well as economic condition. The objectives of this study were to analyse trends in the nutritional status in Bangladeshi children over the period 1996-2007 and to examine the associations ...