Marie Ng, Tom Fleming, Margaret S. Robinson, Blake Thomson et al.
Background In 2010, overweight and obesity were estimated to cause 3.4 million deaths, 3.9% of years of life lost, and 3.8% of DALYs globally. The rise in obesity has led to widespread calls for regular monitoring of changes in overweight and obesity prevalence in all populations. Comparative, up-to...
Monika Böhm, Ben Collen, Jonathan Baillie, Philip Bowles et al.
Effective and targeted conservation action requires detailed information about species, their distribution, systematics and ecology as well as the distribution of threat processes which affect them. Knowledge of reptilian diversity remains surprisingly disparate, and innovative means of gaining rapi...
Robert Howard, Rupert McShane, James Lindesay, Craig Ritchie et al.
BACKGROUND: Clinical trials have shown the benefits of cholinesterase inhibitors for the treatment of mild-to-moderate Alzheimer's disease. It is not known whether treatment benefits continue after the progression to moderate-to-severe disease. METHODS: We assigned 295 community-dwelling patients wh...
Charlotte Lomax, Wenju Liu, Liyou Wu, Kai Xue et al.
• Inorganic arsenic (iAs) is a ubiquitous human carcinogen, and rice (Oryza sativa) is the main contributor to iAs in the diet. Methylated pentavalent As species are less toxic and are routinely found in plants; however, it is currently unknown whether plants are able to methylate As. • Rice, tomato...
Ivan Bautmans, Margareta Lambert, Tony Mets
BACKGROUND: The 6 minutes walk test (6MWT) is a useful assessment instrument for the exercise capacity of elderly persons. The impact of the health status on the 6MWT-distance in elderly, however, remains unclear, reducing its value in clinical settings. The objective of this study was to investigat...
Md. Refat Jahan Rakib, Aniruddha Sarker, Kirpa Ram, Md. Giash Uddin et al.
Omar Al Farooque, Tony van Zijl, Keitha Dunstan, Akm Waresul Karim
This paper investigates empirically the effect of board ownership on firm performance in Bangladesh. By estimating single equation and simultaneous equation models on an unbalanced pooled sample of listed firms, it offers some new insight into the ownership‐performance link in Bangladesh. Building o...
Patrick Peeters, Tony Mets
BACKGROUND: The value of the 6-minute walk in a population of elderly patients with chronic heart failure (CHF) has not yet been established, as it has been in a younger population. METHODS: In a prospective trial, 2 exercise tests were compared: the 6-minute walk (6 MW) and a treadmill test with pr...
Amarachi Paschaline Onyena, Donald Aniche, Bright Ogbolu, Md. Refat Jahan Rakib et al.
Threats emerging from microplastic pollution in the marine environment have received much global attention. This review assessed sources, fate, and impacts of microplastics in marine ecosystems and identified gaps. Most studies document the ubiquity of microplastics and associated environmental effe...
Tonya K. Rawlings, Gregory M. Ruiz, Rita R. Colwell
The association of Vibrio cholerae with zooplankton has been suggested as an important factor in transmission of human epidemic cholera, and the ability to colonize zooplankton surfaces may play a role in the temporal variation and predominance of the two different serogroups (V. cholerae O1 El Tor ...
Adrian Leftwich
Click to increase image sizeClick to decrease image size Notes 1. Atul Kohli, ‘State, society and development’, in: Ira Katnelson & Helen V. Milner (eds), Political Science: The State of the Discipline (W. W. Norton & Co., 2002), p. 117. 2. Dani Rodrik, ‘Growth strategies’, in: Philippe Aghion & Ste...
Ivan Bautmans, Rose Njemini, Sabine Vasseur, Hans Chabert et al.
BACKGROUND: It is assumed that low-grade inflammation, characterized by increased circulating IL-6 and TNF-alpha, is related to the development of sarcopenia. Physical exercise, especially high intensity resistance training, has been shown to be effective in restoring the strength deficit in the eld...
Abdul Momin, Kazuya Yamamoto, Munenori Miyamoto, Naoshi Kondo et al.
A novel proof of concept was developed targeted at the detection of Materials Other than Grain (MOGs) in soybean harvesting. Front lit and back lit images were acquired, and image processing algorithms were applied to detect various forms of MOG, also known as dockage fractions, such as split beans,...
Md. Refat Jahan Rakib, Alperen Ertaş, Tony R. Walker, Michael J. Rule et al.
Macro-sized marine litter (>2.5 cm) was collected, characterized, and enumerated along the Cox's Bazar Coast, Bangladesh. Marine litter abundance was converted to density (number of items/m2). Beach cleanliness was evaluated using the clean-coast index (CCI). Plastic polythene bags were the most abu...
Abdul Momin, Md Towfiqur Rahman, Madeena Sultana, C. Igathinathane et al.
Mango (Mangifera indica) is an important, and popular fruit in Bangladesh. However, the post-harvest processing of it is still mostly performed manually, a situation far from satisfactory, in terms of accuracy and throughput. To automate the grading of mangos (geometry and shape), we developed an im...
Omar Al Farooque, Tony van Zijl, Keitha Dunstan, Akm Waresul Karim
This paper models the corporate ownership and performance relationship in Bangladesh listed firms using a simultaneous equations approach. Consistent with contemporary literature a “reverse-way” causality relationship between the two is documented. Using an unbalanced pooled sample of 660 firm-years...
Kuntala Lahiri‐Dutt
Contents: Preface Introduction to coal in India: energising the nation, Kuntala Lahiri-Dutt. Part I Justice, Legality and History: Between legitimacy and illegality: informal coal mining at the limits of justice, Kuntala Lahiri-Dutt Coal in colonial Assam: exploration, trade and environmental conseq...
Sheel Bansal, Irena F. Creed, Brian A. Tangen, Scott D. Bridgham et al.
Abstract Wetlands cover a small portion of the world, but have disproportionate influence on global carbon (C) sequestration, carbon dioxide and methane emissions, and aquatic C fluxes. However, the underlying biogeochemical processes that affect wetland C pools and fluxes are complex and dynamic, m...
Tanvir Hasan, Samir Ranjan Nath, Nabilah S Khan, Owasim Akram et al.
Internalized stigma among people living with HIV/AIDS (PLHA) is prevalent in Bangladesh. A better understanding of the effects of stigma on PLHA is required to reduce this and to minimize its harmful effects. This study employed a quantitative approach by conducting a survey with an aim to know the ...
Ruth H. Jack, Henrik Møller, Tony Robson, Elizabeth Davies
OBJECTIVE: To use newly available self-assigned ethnicity information to investigate variation in breast cancer screening uptake for women from the 16 specific ethnic groups within the broad Asian, Black and White groups that previous studies report. SETTING: National cancer screening programme serv...