Rakibul M. Islam, Juwel Rana, Sadia Katha, Md. Anwer Hossain et al.
OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to systematically map available evidence on menopause-related knowledge, symptoms and management in low and middle-income countries (LMICs) and identify critical gaps to inform research and policy. METHODS: Following the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews an...
Arzu Karakulak, Beyza Tepe, Radosveta Dimitrova, Mohamed Abdelrahman et al.
With the COVID-19 pandemic, behavioural scientists aimed to illuminate reasons why people comply with (or not) large-scale cooperative activities. Here we investigated the motives that underlie support for COVID-19 preventive behaviours in a sample of 12,758 individuals from 34 countries. We hypothe...
Md Zakiul Hassan, Katharine Sturm‐Ramirez, Md Saiful Islam, Sadia Afreen et al.
OBJECTIVES: Interpreting real-time reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (rRT-PCR) results for human avian influenza A virus (AIV) detection in contaminated settings like live bird markets (LBMs) without serology or viral culture poses a challenge. METHODS: During February-March 2012 and N...
Xiaoyu Zhou, Alexander Scott English, Steve J. Kulich, Lu Zheng et al.
Abstract The current study examines whether the prevalence of COVID‐19 cases and cultural flexibility correlate to one's use of acceptance coping across 26 cultures. We analyzed data from 7476 participants worldwide at the start of the first outbreak from March 2020 to June 2020. Results showed that...
Veljko Jovanović, Maksim Rudnev, Mohamed Abdelrahman, Nor Ba’yah Abdul Kadir et al.
= 21,513), we examined the CAS's measurement invariance and assessed the convergent validity of CAS scores in relation to the fear of COVID-19 (FCV-19S) and the satisfaction with life (SWLS-3) scales. We utilized both conventional exact invariance tests and alignment procedures, with results reveali...
Arzu Karakulak, Beyza Tepe, Radosveta Dimitrova, Mohamed Abdelrahman et al.
The current study investigated the motives that underlie support for COVID-19 preventive behaviorsin a large, cross-cultural sample of 12,758 individuals from 34 countries. We hypothesized that the associations of empathic prosocial concern and fear of disease, with support towards preventive COVID-...
Mst Kaniz Fatema, Onamika Mustafi Katha, Zoarder Faruque Ahmed, Ferdous Ahamed et al.
The present study aimed to analyze and compare the morphometric and meristic characteristics of Botia dario and Botia lohachata through a systematic approach involving morphometric measurements, meristic counts, and external morphological observations. A total of twenty-two morphometric parameters a...
Juwel Rana, John Oldroyd, Mohammad Bellal Hossain, Sadia Katha et al.
Summary Background Bangladesh faces a rapidly increasing diabetes burden; however, current evidence is lacking. This study examines recent trends and identifies risk factors associated with changes in the prevalence of diabetes and fasting plasma glucose (FPG) among adults in Bangladesh between 2011...
Tusar Kanti Roy, Sadia Shama, Mustafa Saroar, Md. Ashraful Alam
Community garden (CG) is a form of urban green space. It provides social, economic, health and environmental benefits to the urban people in a city. Bangladesh's third largest city is Khulna, which is dominated by agriculture, two of the Wards of this city namely Ward no. 17 and Ward no. 20 are sele...