Najmuj Sakib, A. K. M. Israfil Bhuiyan, Sahadat Hossain, Firoj Al‐Mamun et al.
Abstract The recently developed Fear of COVID-19 Scale (FCV-19S) is a seven-item uni-dimensional scale that assesses the severity of fears of COVID-19. Given the rapid increase of COVID-19 cases in Bangladesh, we aimed to translate and validate the FCV-19S in Bangla. The forward-backward translation...
Scott Geibel, Sharif M.I. Hossain, Julie Pulerwitz, Nargis Sultana et al.
Purpose Working with health providers to reduce HIV stigma in the healthcare setting is an important strategy to improve service utilization and quality of care, especially for young people who are sexually active before marriage, are sexual minorities, or who sell sex. A stigma reduction training p...
Angella Magdalene George, Rashid Ansumana, Dziedzom K. de Souza, Vettakkara Kandy Muhammed Niyas et al.
As the world experiences warmer weather, heat waves and flooding, the climate change is leading to the geographical expansion of mosquitos, which are known vectors of a range of infectious diseases like dengue, malaria, chikungunya, yellow fever, rift valley fever, West Nile fever, Japanese encephal...
Md. Imdadul Haque, Saheda Tamanna, Tamanna Nasrin, Mohammad Rashedul Haque et al.
Rapeseed oil is one of the important and cheapest vegetable oil in Bangladesh and many other countries. It is commonly used as cooking oil in Bangladesh particularly in rural areas and also used as other food items. This study evaluated the physiological effects of four type’s rapeseeds namely Musta...
Najmuj Sakib, Merajul Islam, Md. Syeed Al Habib, A. K. M. Israfil Bhuiyan et al.
PURPOSE: This study examined the role of subject-selection reasons and learning environment factors in students' depression and suicidality. DESIGN AND METHODS: This study surveyed 960 students from five different Bangladeshi universities using questions concerning socio-demographics, lifestyles, su...
Eileen A. Yam, Nargis Sultana, Tarik Hossain, Brady Zieman et al.
Globally, reproductive health research among female sex workers (FSWs) often focuses on pregnancy prevention, but many women who sell sex aspire to have children in the future. In Bangladesh, where early marriage and parenthood is the norm, we examine reproductive histories and childbearing desires ...
Md. Moinul Haque, M. IQBAL AZIZ, M. SHARIF HOSSAIN, Md.A. Quaiyyum et al.
Acacias have been planted and it was found that Acacia auriculiformis, Acacia mangium and their hybrid are promising species with respect to their survival and growth performance in Bangladesh. Therefore, these three species have been introduced into a social forestry program in Bangladesh. In this ...
Sharif M.I. Hossain, Ubaidur Rob, M.E. Khan, Ahmed Al‐Sabir et al.
Over the last 30 years, family planning programs in Bangladesh have primarily focused on women. While government policy has been effective in influencing women to accept contraceptive methods, the role of men in family planning has been completely ignored. The aim of this study was to integrate male...
Md Shariful Islam, Shreyase Kundu, Mst Samsunnahar, Tasmina Khandaker et al.
Carbon-based gel materials have become a flexible class of porous materials with great promise for sustainable material innovations, energy storage, and environmental remediation.
Aslam Mahmud, Md Ridwanur Rahman, S Akbar, A Dey et al.
This article evaluates and compares the financial soundness of Islamic and conventional PCBs operating in Bangladesh based on the CAMEL approach over the period 2015 to 2019. For this purpose, the authors select a sample of 17 Conventional PCBs and 6 Islamic PCBs listed on the Dhaka Stock Exchange. ...
Md. Mohibbullah, Md. Afzal Hossain, M.A.H. Mithu, M. M. Islam et al.
Ulva intestinalis (UI) is widely available edible seaweed and has potential to be introduced as functional food items in Bangladesh. However, potential health hazards of this seaweed with biotoxicity assays and its relation to heavy metal contents were not evaluated previously. With these objectives...
Chandan Kumar Sarkar, Sarmin Jamaddar, Tasniya Nahiyan Zulfiquar, Milon Mondal et al.
The progression of biotechnology and genetic engineering to produce transgenic animals by familiarizing the foreign DNA into the germline of an animal has elevated the potential of biological research to an unprecedented level. This technology not only beneficial in human welfare, society, and the e...
Ahmed Al‐Sabir, Md Ashraful Alam, S. M. I. Hossain, Ubaidur Rob et al.
Over the last 30 years, Bangladesh’s national family planning (FP) program has mainly concentrated its promotional efforts on women’s adoption of FP. While the government policy has been effective in influencing women to accept contraceptive methods, men’s role in FP has been completely neglected. S...
Md. Shahinul Islam, Chandon Roy, Kifayat Sadman Ishadi, Mohammad Mejbah Uddin Mithu et al.
1. Adolescents. https://data.unicef.org/topic/adolescents/overview/. Published 2022. Accessed August 2024. 2. Sawyer SM, Azzopardi PS, Wickremarathne D, Patton GC. The age of adolescence. Lancet Child Adolesc Health. 2018; 2:223-228. 3. Sinai T, Axelrod R, Shimony T, Boaz M, Kaufman-Shriqui V. Dieta...
Md. Ismail Hossain, Major Rahman, A Adnan, A Khan et al.
E--accounting is referred as the internet based accounting software usage in performing accounting functions. Responding to the evidence that Bangladesh’s top business sector, Ready-made Garments (RMG) factories largely using e-accounting, the study is aimed to explore the scenario of the practice i...