Mohanad Alkhodari, Mamunur Rashid, Mohammad Abdul Mukit, Khawza I. Ahmed et al.
Cardiovascular autonomic neuropathy (CAN) is one of the most overlooked complications associated with diabetes. It is characterized by damage in the autonomic nerves regulating heart rate and vascular compliance. Ewing battery is currently the diagnostic tool of choice but is unable to detect sub-cl...
Rashida Akter Khanam, Md Rafiqul Islam, Ahmed Sharif, Rezina Parveen et al.
Background: The human skin and soft tissue infections (SSTIs) caused by microbial pathogens during or after trauma, burn injuries, and surgical procedures result in the production of pus, a white to yellow fluid comprised of dead WBCs, cellular debris, and necrotic tissues.Objective: The purpose of ...
Ahmed Faisal, Sharmin Parveen, Shahriar Badsha, Hasan Sarwar et al.
An improved and efficient method is presented in this paper to achieve a better trade-off between noise removal and edge preservation, thereby detecting the tumor region of MRI brain images automatically. Compass operator has been used in the fourth order Partial Differential Equation (PDE) based de...
A. K. M. Muraduzzaman, Manjur Hossain Khan, Rezina Parveen, Sharmin Sultana et al.
INTRODUCTION: Every year around 150,000 pilgrims from Bangladesh perform Umrah and Hajj. Emergence and continuous reporting of MERS-CoV infection in Saudi Arabia emphasize the need for surveillance of MERS-CoV in returning pilgrims or travelers from the Middle East and capacity building of health ca...
Sharmina Yasmin, Shahana Parveen, Md. Sakil Munna, Rashed Noor
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Ahmed Faisal, Sharmin Parveen, Shahriar Badsha, Hasan Sarwar
Image denoising and segmentation are the two most challenging fields in medical image processing particularly when it is application specific. The presence of noise not only degrades the visual quality but also immensely affects the accuracies of segmentation which is essential for medical diagnosis...
Anne M. Weaver, Shahana Parveen, Doli Goswami, Christina Crabtree-Ide et al.
Fine particulate matter (PM 2.5 ) is a risk factor for pneumonia; ventilation may be protective. We tested behavioral and structural ventilation interventions on indoor PM 2.5 in Dhaka, Bangladesh. We recruited 59 good ventilation (window or door in ≥ 3 walls) and 29 poor ventilation (no window, one...
Mamunur Rashid, Mohanad Alkhodari, Abdul Mukit, Khawza I. Ahmed et al.
Microvascular complications are one of the key causes of mortality among type 2 diabetic patients. This study was sought to investigate the use of a novel machine learning approach for predicting these complications using only the patient demographic, clinical, and laboratory profiles. A total of 96...
Rezina Parveen, Md Abdullah Yusuf, Ishrat Sharmin, M. Saiful Islam et al.
Background: Urinary tract infection is very common in both male and female.Objectives: The purpose of the present study was to see the antibiotic sensitivity pattern of isolated from urinary tract infected patients.Methodology: This cross sectional study was carried out in Dhaka Medical College Hosp...
Shahana Sharmin, Fatima Tuj Zohura, Md. Sajedul Islam, Anika Shimonty et al.
BACKGROUND: Cervical cancer is a gynecologic cancer type that develops in the cervix, accounting for 8% mortality of all female cancer patients. Infection with specific human papillomavirus (HPV) types is considered the most severe risk factor for cervical cancer. In the context of our socioeconomic...
Samia Tabassum, MS Bashar, MS Islam, Afrina Sharmin et al.
Solar thermal energy is an alternative source of energy which can be used for drying vegetables, fishes, fruits or other kinds of material, such as wood. In Bangladesh, there exist significant post-harvest losses of agricultural products due to lack of the use of proper preservation system. Drying b...
Sharmin Farhana, Parveen Rashid, JL Karmoker
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/dujbs.v23i1.19832 Dhaka Univ. J. Biol. Sci. 23(1): 85-91, 2014
JL Karmoker, Sharmin Farhana, Parveen Rashid
NaCl salinity in the range of 50 to 200 mM increased Na+ accumulation in the root and shoot of 7-, 14- and 21-day-old maize seedlings. The accumulation of Na+ and Cl- increased but K+ accumulation decreased with the increase in NaCl concentration from 50 to 200 mM in the root and shoot of maize in a...
Sharmin Parveen, Md Shahriar Mahbub, Nasreen Nahar, K.A.M Morshed et al.
OBJECTIVES: The objective of this study was to explore healthcare providers' experiences in managing the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic and its impact on healthcare services. METHODS: A qualitative study was conducted with 34 healthcare professionals across 15 districts in Bangladesh. ...
Sharmin Parveen, Nasreen Nahar, Md Shahriar Mahbub, K.A.M Morshed et al.
BACKGROUND: The COVID-19 pandemic, one of the greatest public health challenges, has unleashed damage to human health as well as socioeconomic disruptions on an unprecedented scale. The study looked into the experiences of the people seeking essential healthcare services during COVID-19 and the shor...