State-of-the-Art of Establishing Test Procedures for Real Driving Gaseous Emissions from Light- and Heavy-Duty Vehicles by S. M. Ashrafur Rahman, I. M. Rizwanul Fattah, Hwai Chyuan Ong, Fajle Rabbi Ashik, Mohammad Mahmudul Hassan, Md Tausif Murshed, Md Ashraful Imran, Md Hamidur Rahman, Md Akibur Rahman, Mohammad Al Mahdi Hasan, T. M. Indra Mahlia

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Effectiveness of home-based pulmonary rehabilitation: systematic review and meta-analysis by Md. Nazim Uzzaman, Dhiraj Agarwal, Soo Chin Chan, Julia Patrick Engkasan, G.M. Monsur Habib, Nik Sherina Hanafi, Tracy Jackson, Paul Jebaraj, Ee Ming Khoo, Fatim Tahirah Mirza, Hilary Pinnock, Ranita Hisham Shunmugam, Roberto A. Rabinovich

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Pollution level of trace metals (As, Pb, Cr and Cd) in the sediment of Rupsha River, Bangladesh: Assessment of ecological and human health risks by Khadijatul Kubra, Anwar Hossain Mondol, Mir Mohammad Ali, Md. Amin Ullah Palash, Md. Saiful Islam, A. S. Shafiuddin Ahmed, Mst Antara Masuda, Abu Reza Md. Towfiqul Islam, Md. Simul Bhuyan, Md. Zillur Rahman, Md. Mostafizur Rahman

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Prevalence and determinants of the gender differentials risk factors of child deaths in Bangladesh: evidence from Bangladesh demographic and health survey 2011 by Hossain, Md. Mosharaf, K. C. Mani, Kulanthayan, Islam, Md. Rafiqul

“…The women participants numbered 16,025 from seven divisions of Bangladesh – Rajshahi, Dhaka, Chittagong, Barisal, Khulna, Rangpur and Sylhet. The χ2 test and logistic regression model were applied to determine the prevalence and factors associated with child deaths in Bangladesh. …”
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A Decision Rule and Machine Learning-Based Hybrid Approach for Automated Land-Cover Type Local Climate Zones (LCZs) Mapping Using Multi-Source Remote Sensing Data by Md Didarul Islam, Liping Di, Chen Zhang, Ruixin Yang, John J. Qu, Daniel Tong, Liying Guo, Li Lin, Aran Pandey

“…Targeting global applicability, we tested our method across six diverse locations spanning four continents: Fresno (California), Central Michigan, Western Phoenix (Arizona), Khulna (Bangladesh), Lagos (Nigeria), and Western Sydney. …”
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Are Bangladeshi healthcare facilities prepared to provide antenatal care services? Evidence from two nationally representative surveys by Shariful Hakim, Muhammad Abdul Baker Chowdhury, Zobayer Ahmed, Md Jamal Uddin

“…We found that private hospitals had a lower chance of having high preparedness than district and upazila public facilities in 2014 (RRR = 0.04, 95% CI: 0.01–0.22, p-value = <0.001) and 2017 (RRR = 0.23, 95% CI: 0.07–0.74, p-value = 0.01), respectively. HCFs from the Khulna division had a 2.84 (RRR = 2.84, CI: 1.25–6.43, p-value = 0.01) and 3.51 (RRR = 3.51, CI: 1.49–8.27, p-value = <0.001) higher likelihood of having medium and high preparedness, respectively, for ANC service compared to the facilities in the Dhaka division in 2017. …”
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Nutritional, microbial and various quality aspects of common dried fish from commercial fish drying centers in Bangladesh by Md. Hasan Al Banna, Md. Sazedul Hoque, Fatima Tamanna, Md. Mahmudul Hasan, Pronoy Mondal, Md. Belal Hossain, Suprakash Chakma, Mst. Niloy Jaman, Md. Abu Tareq, Md Shafiqul Islam Khan

“…The lipid content varied from 5.38 ± 0.37% (Bombay duck from Cox’s Bazar) to 8.67 ± 0.96% (Bombay duck from Khulna). The ash content was ranged from 13.89 ± 0.94% to 20.07 ± 1.64% in Bombay duck from Patuakhali and Cox’s Bazar. …”
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Are Bangladeshi healthcare facilities prepared to provide antenatal care services? Evidence from two nationally representative surveys. by Shariful Hakim, Muhammad Abdul Baker Chowdhury, Zobayer Ahmed, Md Jamal Uddin

“…We found that private hospitals had a lower chance of having high preparedness than district and upazila public facilities in 2014 (RRR = 0.04, 95% CI: 0.01-0.22, p-value = <0.001) and 2017 (RRR = 0.23, 95% CI: 0.07-0.74, p-value = 0.01), respectively. HCFs from the Khulna division had a 2.84 (RRR = 2.84, CI: 1.25-6.43, p-value = 0.01) and 3.51 (RRR = 3.51, CI: 1.49-8.27, p-value = <0.001) higher likelihood of having medium and high preparedness, respectively, for ANC service compared to the facilities in the Dhaka division in 2017. …”
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Association of infant and child health characteristics with the hazard of any medical condition or disability in Australian children by Kabir Ahmad, Syed Afroz Keramat, Nusrat Jahan Sathi, Enamul Kabir, Rasheda Khanam

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Social-demographic, environmental and caring risk factors for childhood drowning deaths in Bangladesh by Hossain, Mosharaf, K. C. Mani, Kulanthayan, Mohd Sidik, Sherina, Kadir @ Shahar, Hayati, Fazlur Rahman, A. K. M.

“…The participants represented 171,366 households from seven divisions of Bangladesh—Dhaka, Rajshahi, Chittagong, Barisal, Sylhet, Khulna and Rangpur. The survey was conducted between January and December of 2003. …”
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Seasonal influenza vaccine uptake among healthcare workers in tertiary care hospitals, Bangladesh: Study protocol for influenza vaccine supply and awareness intervention by Md Zakiul Hassan, Tahmina Shirin, Mahbubur Rahman, A. S. M. Alamgir, Nusrat Jahan, Md Abdullah Al Jubayer Biswas, Sazzad Hossain Khan, Md Ahmed Khairul Basher, Md Ariful Islam, Kamal Hussain, Md Nazrul Islam, Md Arif Rabbany, Md Azizul Haque, Shishir Ranjan Chakraborty, Syeda Rukhshana Parvin, Mahmudur Rahman, Fahmida Chowdhury

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The effect of farmer nutrition schools on household food production and women's dietary diversity in Bangladesh by Lidan Du, Timothy Williams, Aaron Hawkins, Sarah McClung, Teemar Fisseha, Heather Danton

“…Second, 10 women were randomly drawn from each of the 44 FNS groups, which were scattered across 38 upazilas (sub-districts), 19 each in Barisal and Khulna Divisions. Sample size was calculated to detect a 0.25 effect size in the WDDS with a power of 80% and confidence interval of 95%. …”
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Acceptability, cost-effectiveness, and capacity of a facility-based seasonal influenza vaccination among high-risk groups: a study protocol in selected tertiary care hospitals of B... by Md Zakiul Hassan, Md Abdullah Al Jubayer Biswas, Mahbubur Rahman, Homayra Rahman Shoshi, Ashrak Shad Pyash, Md Ariful Islam, Md Azizul Haque, Syeda Rukhshana Parvin, Md Tanvir Hossen, Mofakhar Hussain, Mahmudur Rahman, Tahmina Shirin, Fahmida Chowdhury

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Genetic characterization and pathological diversity of Colletotrichum falcatum went associated with red rot disease of sugarcane in Bangladesh by Hossain, Md Imam

“…From August 2018 to February 2019, a total of 41 C. falcatum isolates were obtained from sugarcane diseased samples collected from four regions in Bangladesh including Rajshahi, Rangpur, Khulna and Dhaka. The experiments were carried out at Bangladesh Sugarcrop Reserch Institute Pathology Laboratory and research farm using completely randomizd design (CRD) and randomized completely block design (RCBD) respectively. …”
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Association between concurrence of multiple risk factors and under-5 mortality: a pooled analysis of data from Demographic and Health Survey in 61 low-and-middle-income countriesRe... by Yuhao Kong, Shaoru Chen, Ning Ma, Zekun Chen, Peter Karoli, John Lapah Niyi, Pengyang Fan, Günther Fink, Xiaoxiao Jiang Kwete, Fernando C. Wehrmeister, Feng Cheng, Dongqing Wang, Melkamu Aderajew Zemene, Samwel Maina Gatimu, Nuruzzaman Khan, Ashfikur Rahman, Lelisa Fekadu, Gebretsadik Shibre, Lhuri Dwianti Rahmartani, Justice Moses K. Aheto, Pascal Geldsetzer, Zhihui Li

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Bangladesh Sundarbans: Present status of the environment and Biota by Abdul Aziz, Ashit Ranjan Paul

“…Landsat images and GIS data from 1989 to 2010 at the extreme northern part of Khulna and Chandpai Ranges revealed the formation of a large number of small rivers and creeks some time before 2000 that reduce the 443 km2 forestland by 3.61%, approximately 16 km2, and decreasing H. fomes by 28.75% and total tree cover by over 3.0%. …”
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Analysis of the Inequality of Spatial Distribution of Administrative-Disciplinary Services via the Spatial Justice Approach (Case Study: Isfahan Neighborhoods) by Mohammad Hossein Saraei, farzaneh dasta

“…Status of water use sanitation and hygienic condition of urban slums: A study on Rupsha Ferighat slum, Khulna", www.elsevier.com, pp. 322-328.- Tirband, Majid and Azani, Mehri (2012). …”
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