Amina Khan, Rumana Huque, Sarwat Shah, Jagdish Kaur et al.
INTRODUCTION: Almost a fifth of the world's tobacco is consumed in smokeless form. Its consumption is particularly common in South Asia, where an increasing array of smokeless tobacco (SLT) products is widely available. Mindful of the growing public health threat from SLT, a group of international a...
S. M. Shahidullah, Mohamed Hanafi, Mohammad Ashrafuzzaman, Mohd Razi Ismail et al.
The study was conducted at Bangladesh Rice Research Institute (BRRI), Gazipur in 2005 to assess the genetic divergence of aromatic rices for grain quality and nutrition aspects. Forty genotypes composed of 32 local aromatic, five exotic aromatic and three non-aromatic rice varieties were used. Univa...
Sarwat Shah, Mona Kanaan, Rumana Huque, Aziz Sheikh et al.
INTRODUCTION: We report on second-hand smoke (SHS) exposure based on saliva cotinine levels among children in Bangladesh-a country with laws against smoking in public places. METHODS: A survey of primary school children from two areas of the Dhaka district was conducted in 2015. Participants complet...
Hannah Ainsworth, Sarwat Shah, Faraz Ahmed, Amanda Amos et al.
BACKGROUND: In the UK, 40% of Bangladeshi and 29% of Pakistani men smoke cigarettes regularly compared to the national average of 24%. As a consequence, second-hand smoking is also widespread in their households which is a serious health hazard to non-smokers, especially children. Smoking restrictio...
Sarwat Shah, Hannah Ainsworth, Caroline Fairhurst, Helen Tilbrook et al.
BACKGROUND: In the United Kingdom, men of Bangladeshi and Pakistani origin have higher smoking rates than the general population. This makes non-smokers in their households more vulnerable to second-hand smoke (SHS) exposure than the general population. AIMS: The aim of this study was to investigate...
Kamran Siddiqi, Rumana Huque, Mona Kanaan, Farid Uddin Ahmed et al.
INTRODUCTION: Children exposed to secondhand smoke (SHS) are at increased risk of respiratory illnesses. We piloted a Smoke Free Intervention (SFI) and trial methods before investigating its effectiveness and cost-effectiveness in primary school children. METHODS: In a pilot cluster randomized contr...
Md Faiyaz Shahriar, Md. Safkat Azad Arnab, Munia Sarwat Khan, Safwon Sadif Rahman et al.
Rumana Huque, Sarwat Shah, Nasir Mushtaq, Kamran Siddiqi
INTRODUCTION: More than 80% of all smokeless tobacco (ST) products in the world are consumed in South Asia; yet little is known about their consumption behaviour, addictiveness, and toxic properties. This paper, for the first time, describes associations between salivary cotinine concentrations amon...
Nasir Mushtaq, Rumana Huque, Laura A. Beebe, Sarwat Shah et al.
BACKGROUND Despite the high prevalence of smokeless tobacco (ST) use in South Asia, ST dependence in this population has not been studied. Therefore, it is of interest to explore if ST dependence measures developed and validated in the western countries are of similar relevance to ST users who are c...
Kamran Siddiqi, Rumana Huque, Cath Jackson, Steve Parrott et al.
INTRODUCTION: Exposure to secondhand smoke (SHS) increases children's risk of acquiring chest and ear infections, tuberculosis, meningitis and asthma. Smoking bans in public places (where implemented) have significantly reduced adults' exposure to SHS. However, for children, homes remain the most li...
S. M. Shahidullah, Mohamed Hanafi, Mohammad Ashrafuzzaman, Md. Abdus Salam et al.
Crop duration of a rice plant, essentially dictated by flowering response, is an important selection criterion. It is determined by the interaction of genotype and environment. A field experiment was conducted with 40 rice genotypes to assess the fluctuation and/or stability of crop duration in a se...
Sarwat Rehman, Muhammad Obaid-ur-Rehman, Taquir Ahmed
Malnutrition and population growth rate are the basic problems is south Asian countries, mainly Pakistan, Bangladesh, India etc. This situation becomes serious when a woman becomes pregnant. In this research work 30 pregnant women belonging to middle and lower middle class of 25 to 35 years of age w...
Cath Jackson, Rumana Huque, Farid Uddin Ahmed, Shammi Nasreen et al.
BACKGROUND: Children are vulnerable to the effects of second-hand smoke exposure. Creating smoke-free homes is an effective strategy to limit exposure. We developed a smoke-free intervention (SFI) using children as a catalyst for change and teaching skills to negotiate a smoke-free home. In this pap...
Md. Akhtar‐E‐Ekram, Afrin Priya Talukder, Nazmul Haque, Sarwat Tazrian et al.
Rapid growth of industries and directly discharge of hazardous toxic effluents particularly heavy metals into water streams creating alarming circumstances for entire ecosystem. With regard to removal of heavy metals, bioaccumulation is an advantageous technique which is comparatively safer and chea...
SM Shahidullah, Mohamed Hanafi, Mohammad Ashrafuzzaman, Md Abdul Hakim et al.
Plant stature of a rice crop is an important selection criterion. As plant height is a quantitative trait it is influenced by environmental conditions. A field experiment was conducted with 40 rice genotypes to assess the fluctuation and stability of plant height in a series of 16 environmental situ...
Roksana Reza, Mayin Uddin Mahmud, Sefa Sarwath Alam, Md. Mashud Rana et al.
Background: Surgical Site Infection (SSI) is one of the most common healthcare-associated infections, with significant morbidity, death and economic consequences. Antibiotic resistance is a growing problem nowadays, affecting SSI management and its control. This study aims to identify the bacterial ...
Maino Uddin Shadin, M.N. Mahmud, Md. Shahriar Rahman Naeem Patwary, Sarwat Jahan et al.
Through the analysis and comparison of meteorological data and seasonal fluctuations in air pollutants, this study investigated the quality of the air in Dhaka. All around the nation, there is a lot of rainfall during the rainy season. Rivers, canals, marshes, and low-lying regions around Dhaka city...
Muhammad Omar Faruk, Shahadat Hossain, Shumsun Naher Begum, Sarwat Binte Rafiq et al.
The standard solid-state reaction method was used to prepare perovskite LaCoO3 crystal successfully. The crystal structure was confirmed by means of powder X-ray diffraction. An investigation of the electrical properties shows an interesting temperature dependence. The real and imaginary parts of th...
Sarwat Jahan Zubyra, Md. Soroar Hossain, Mohammad Zakir Hossain, Tridip Kanti Barman et al.
Introduction: Vitamin D (VitD) insufficiency is present in over half of population worldwide. Over a billion people worldwide are vitamin D deficient or insufficient. It has been long known that VitD insufficiency contributes to development of osteopenia and osteoporosis. Objective: To assess the se...
Md. Soroar Hossain, Sarwat Jahan Zubyra, Mohammad Zakir Hossain, Tridip Kanti Barman et al.
Introduction: PEFR is considered as the simplest index of pulmonary function. Ventilatory function tests like PEFR provide a better understanding of the changes in the lungs from a diagnostic viewpoint. It is effort dependent and reflects mainly the calibre of the bronchi and larger bronchioles, whi...