Mahfuza Sharifa Sultana, Sumandeep Rana, Shunsuke Yamazaki, Tatsuo Aono et al.
Most popular vegetables and fruits and their corresponding soil from the sub-urban industrial area of Bangladesh were collected and the concentration of carcinogenic (Pb, As, and Cd) and non-carcinogenic (Fe, Co, V, Cu, Cr, Zn, Mn, and Ni) heavy metals was determined. Health risk was evaluated by es...
Sharifa Sultana, François Guimbretière, Phoebe Sengers, Nicola Dell
This paper examines the opportunities and issues that arise in designing technologies to support low-income rural women in Bangladesh. Through a qualitative, empirical study with 90 participants, we reveal systemic everyday challenges that women face that form the backdrop against which technology d...
Alak Paul, Tapan Kumar Nath, Janardan Mahanta, Naznin Sultana et al.
The objective of this research is to understand the psychological and livelihood-related impacts of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) on Bangladeshi lower income group people who depend on daily earnings for their living. Following the convenience sampling method, 576 respondents were interviewed ...
Sharifa Sultana, Syed Ishtiaque Ahmed
While Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) research on health and well-being is increasingly becoming more aware and inclusive of its social and political dimensions, spiritual practices are still largely overlooked there. For a large number of people around the world, especially in the global south, wi...
Fahadul Islam, Sheikh Shohag, Shomaya Akhter, Md. Rezaul Islam et al.
Metals serve important roles in the human body, including the maintenance of cell structure and the regulation of gene expression, the antioxidant response, and neurotransmission. High metal uptake in the nervous system is harmful because it can cause oxidative stress, disrupt mitochondrial function...
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...
Mahfuza Sharifa Sultana, Md. Shahidul Islam, Ratnajit Saha, MA Al-Mansur
The study was carried out in order to assess the impact of the various pollutants of textile dyeing effluents on the surface water quality of the industrial area inside Dhaka-Narayanganj-Demra (D.N.D) embankment, Narayanganj. Physicochemical parameters such as TSS, TDS, DO, pH, EC, Turbidity, BOD, C...
Md. Mominur Rahman, Md. Rezaul Islam, Shopnil Akash, Sadia Afsana Mim et al.
The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has caused a substantial number of deaths around the world, making it a serious and pressing public health hazard. Phytochemicals could thus provide a rich source of potent and safer anti-SARS-CoV-2 drugs. The absence of approved treat...
Sharifa Sultana, Susan R. Fussell
This paper investigates the dissemination, situated fact-checking processes, and social effects of COVID-19 related online and offline misinformation in rural Bangladeshi life. A six-month-long ethnographic study in three villages found villagers perceived a lack of knowledge and experience among lo...
Shafi M. Tareq, Md. Shiblur Rahaman, SY Rikta, SM Nazrul Islam et al.
Jahangirnagar University Environmental Bulletin, Vol.2, 71-82, 2013 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/jueb.v2i0.16332
Mahfuza Sharifa Sultana, Yeasmin Nahar Jolly, Selina Yeasmin, Ashraful Islam et al.
Fahadul Islam, Sristy Bepary, Mohamed H. Nafady, Md. Rezaul Islam et al.
A spinal cord injury (SCI) occurs when the spinal cord is deteriorated or traumatized, leading to motor and sensory functions lost even totally or partially. An imbalance within the generation of reactive oxygen species and antioxidant defense levels results in oxidative stress (OS) and neuroinflamm...
Oby Dulla, Sharifa Sultana, Md. Shohag Hosen
OBJECTIVE: Esomeprazole is the S-isomer of omeprazole, used to treat gastro esophageal reflux disease. It is one of the widely manufactured and marketed drugs by many pharmaceutical companies in Bangladesh. The aim of the study is to compare the different physical parameters including hardness, fria...
Shariful Islam Shakeel, Md Faruque Ahmed Haolader, Mst Sharifa Sultana
In collaboration with Technical and Vocational Education and Training educators and academic librarians, this study attempts to develop and validate a blended learning readiness scale for Bangladeshi TVET students. This study also attempts to investigate the reliability of this validated scale by me...
Sharifa Sultana, Syed Ishtiaque Ahmed, Jeffrey M. Rzeszotarski
There is a risk that modern practices of information communication and visualization in human-computer interaction can sideline communities due to their prioritization of scientific rationality. Such ideological hegemony can complicate interactions with data and computers, especially for low-literat...