Sharifa Sultana, Mitrasree Deb, Ananya Bhattacharjee, Shaid Hasan et al.
Women in the global south often seek justice to their online harassment through unveiling the harassers and the screenshots of their sent harassment texts and visual contents before the relevant authorities. Nevertheless, such evidence is often challenged for their authenticity. Our survey (n=91) an...
Md. Sazedul Hoque, Despena Andrioti Bygvraa, Kate Pike, Md. Mahmudul Hasan et al.
COVID-19 has profoundly impacted global livelihoods and disrupted the food supply chain, including the aquaculture and fisheries industries. Little is known about the response to COVID-19 and the impact it has on incomes, livelihoods and knowledge and practice in the coastal artisanal fishers commun...
Tazbiul Mahmud Aranno, Sobahan Mia, Md. Shafayet Ullah Khan, M. A. Mehedi Hasan et al.
Abstract A special type of jute fiber woven mat was introduced by a hand loom. Epoxy jute fiber composites were fabricated using the woven fiber mat. A series of jute-hybrid epoxy composites based on the arrangement of the direction of jute fibers, and additional material were introduced to ensure t...
Biplob Dey Mithun, Md. Sazedul Hoque, M. van Brakel, Md. Mahmudul Hasan et al.
) dried fish produced using improved versus traditional open-air drying method. The sensory, microbial, and biochemical quality was determined following quality index, total plate count (TPC), and Association of Official Analytical Chemists (AOAC) method, respectively. The sensory quality results in...
Sharifa Sultana, Sadia Tasnuva Pritha, Rahnuma Tasnim, Anik Das et al.
The challenge of designing against child sexual abuse becomes more complicated in conservative societies where talking about sex is tabooed. Our mix-method study, comprised of an online survey, five FGDs, and 20 semi-structured interviews in Bangladesh, investigates the common nature, location, and ...
Sharifa Sultana, Ilan Mandel, Shaid Hasan, S. M. Raihanul Alam et al.
Marginalized communities’ access to and use of ICT have long been a concern in HCI4D and social computing. Many works in this domain have pointed out that the challenges to access to ICT often go beyond limited computing resources and skills and frequently include many other socio-cultural factors. ...
Sharifa Sultana, Pratyasha Saha, Shaid Hasan, S. M. Raihanul Alam et al.
Facebook users often join Facebook groups to connect to the people with the same interest regardless of the fact that the other members take the same standing with them. Our study aims to investigate Bangladeshi users' motivation to join and strategies to manage their Facebook groups and identify th...
Shaid All Sahaba, Mohammad Mamun Ur Rashid, Md. Saiful Islam, Noor Ahmed Nahid et al.
Background Breast cancer (BC) is the most common disease in women and the leading cause of death from cancer globally. Epidemiological studies examined that nucleotide excision repair genes ERCC2 (rs13181) and ERCC4 (rs2276466) SNPs might increase cancer risk. Based on the previous investigation, th...
Sharifa Sultana, Shaid Hasan, Khandaker Reaz Mahmud, S. M. Raihanul Alam et al.
Previous Information and Communication Technology and Development (ICTD) research has shown that rural women's access to digital technologies in many Low and Middle Income Countries (LMICs), including Bangladesh, is challenging because of a number of reasons, including Techno-Phobia. With a view to ...
Sharifa Sultana, Pratyasha Saha, Shaid Hasan, S. M. Raihanul Alam et al.
Through Facebook "Group" feature, users often sensitize communionships, join different Facebook groups, and establish imagined communities with known people and strangers. In our interview study with 32 admins and users of Facebook groups, we explored the influential factors of such communionships, ...
Yasaman Rohanifar, Sharifa Sultana, Shaid Hasan, Priyank Chandra et al.
Financial technology (FinTech) platforms often exclude certain countries from their services due to global political conflicts. As a result, immigrants from these neglected countries struggle with transferring money to and from their homeland through formal mechanisms. Instead, they get involved in ...
Md Saizuddin, Md Shaidul Hasan
Background: Infant and young child feeding (IYCF) practices play vital role for the growth & development in the early months of life. Objective: The purpose of the present study was to determine and to identify the patterns and influencing factors of feeding practices in infant and young childre...
Shaid Hasan, Nashmin Alam, Nazmul Amin, Mahbub Alam
Ballistic and coherent transport is an emerging field of research for nanoscale electronic and optoelectronic devices [1]. In this work, we have investigated coherent electron transport in zigzag graphene nanoribbon (ZGNR) for elastic phonon dephasing. A comparison between two phonon dephasing mecha...
Mamunur Rahman, Md. Reazul Islam, Mohd Nazmul Hasan Apu, Md Nasir Uddin et al.
Abstract Background Breast cancer, one of the most prevalent cancer types among women worldwide as well as in Bangladesh, is the leading cause of cancer death in women throughout the globe. The risk of breast cancer development was found to be associated with genetic polymorphism according to severa...
Taposhi Nahid Sultana, Nusrat Islam Chaity, Md. Mehedi Hasan, Ishrat Islam Shrabonee et al.
Background Among Bangladeshi males and females, colorectal cancer is the fourth and fifth most prevalent cancer, respectively. Several studies have shown that the transforming growth factor beta 1 (TGFβ1) gene and SMAD4 gene have a great impact on colorectal cancer. Objective The present study aimed...