Robert Y. Chen, Vanderlene L. Kung, Subhasish Das, Md. Shabab Hossain et al.
BACKGROUND: Environmental enteric dysfunction (EED) is an enigmatic disorder of the small intestine that is postulated to play a role in childhood undernutrition, a pressing global health problem. Defining the incidence of this disorder, its pathophysiological features, and its contribution to impai...
Firdausi Qadri, Thomas F. Wierzba, Mohammad Ali, Fahima Chowdhury et al.
BACKGROUND: A single-dose regimen of the current killed oral cholera vaccines that have been prequalified by the World Health Organization would make them more attractive for use against endemic and epidemic cholera. We conducted an efficacy trial of a single dose of the killed oral cholera vaccine ...
Md Ashraful Alam, Stephanie A. Richard, Shah Mohammad Fahim, Mustafa Mahfuz et al.
BACKGROUND: Globally more than 150 million children under age 5 years were stunted in 2018, primarily in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), and the impact of early-onset, persistent stunting has not been well explored. To explore the association between early-onset persistent stunting in chil...
Abul K. Mallik, SM Fijul Kabir, Fahim Bin Abdur Rahman, Mohammad Nazmus Sakib et al.
Firdausi Qadri, Mohammad Ali, Fahima Chowdhury, Ashraful Islam Khan et al.
Background Cholera is endemic in Bangladesh with epidemics occurring each year. The decision to use a cheap oral killed whole-cell cholera vaccine to control the disease depends on the feasibility and effectiveness of vaccination when delivered in a public health setting. We therefore assessed the f...
Muhammad Shahdaat Bin Sayeed, Md. Asaduzzaman, Helal Morshed, Md Monir Hossain et al.
Background Experimental evidences have demonstrated that Nigella sativa Linn. seed (NS) has positive modulation effects on aged rats with memory impairments, prevents against hippocampal pyramidal cell loss and enhances consolidation of recall capability of stored information and spatial memory in r...
Mohammad Fahim Kadir, Muhammad Shahdaat Bin Sayeed, Masum M. Mia
Ethnopharmacological relevance There is very limited information regarding plants used by traditional healers in Rangamati, Bangladesh, for treating general ailments. Current study provides significant ethnopharmacological information, both qualitative and quantitative on medical plants in Rangamati...
Muhammad Shahdaat Bin Sayeed, Tahiatul Shams, Sarder Fahim Hossain, Md. Rezowanur Rahman et al.
Ethnopharmacological relevance Previous studies conducted on animals linked consumption of Nigella sativa L. seeds (NS) to decreased anxiety and improved memory. The present study, which was carried out at a boarding school in Bangladesh, was designed to examine probable effect of NS on mood, anxiet...
Mohammad Fahim Kadir, Muhammad Shahdaat Bin Sayeed, Nurul Islam Setu, Asif Mostafa et al.
Ethnopharmacological relevance There is very limited information regarding plants used by traditional healers in Bandarban Hill Tracts (BHT), Bangladesh for treating general as well as complex ailments. Current study provides significant ethnopharmacological information, both qualitative and quantit...
Sidra Fahim, Afsheen Maqsood, Gotam Das, Naseer Ahmed et al.
Many modern advancements have taken place in dentistry that have exponentially impacted the progress and practice of dentistry. Augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) are becoming the trend in the practice of modern dentistry because of their impact on changing the patient’s experience. The...
Mohammad Fahim Kadir, Muhammad Shahdaat Bin Sayeed, Tahiatul Shams, Masum M. Mia
Ethnopharmacological relevance There is very limited information regarding plants used by traditional healers for treating diabetes in Bangladesh, let alone compilation on the use of those. This study aimed at collecting and documenting information on antidiabetic plants traditionally used in the tr...
Mohammad Fahim Kadir, Muhammad Shahdaat Bin Sayeed, Masum M. Mia
Ethnopharmacological relevance Gastrointestinal diseases are common worldwide, including Bangladesh where majority of the rural people depend on water from unprotected sources. The people from Bangladesh use medicinal plants as their first line of health care to cure and prevent different types of g...
Romana Akter Shathy, Shahriar Atik Fahim, Mithun Sarker, Md. Saiful Quddus et al.
A novel B-doped ZnO/TiO2 (B–ZnO/TiO2) nanocomposite photocatalyst was prepared using a mechanochemical–calcination method. For the characterization of the synthesized B–ZnO/TiO2 photocatalyst, XRD, FESEM-EDS, FTIR, UV-Vis DRS, BET, PL, and XPS techniques were used. The bandgap energy of B–ZnO/TiO2 w...
Shahinul Alam, Shah Mohammad Fahim, Muhammad Abdul Baker Chowdhury, Md Zakiul Hassan et al.
Background and Aim Non‐alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is a significant cause of hepatic dysfunction and liver‐related mortality. As there is a lack of population‐based prevalence data in a representative sample of general population, we aimed to estimate the prevalence and risk factors of NAF...
Subhasish Das, Shah Mohammad Fahim, Md. Saimul Islam, Tuhin Biswas et al.
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the prevalence and sociodemographic determinants of household-level mother-child double burden (MCDB) of malnutrition in Bangladesh. DESIGN: The analysis was done using Bangladesh Demographic and Health Survey 2014 data. Multivariable logistic regression identified the soci...