Publications by authors named "A P J Abdul Kalam"
Background And Objectives: Natural disasters are harmful occurrences caused by the Earth's geological and meteorological processes. Bangladesh is recognized as one of the country's most vulnerable to natural disasters. Therefore, the people of Bangladesh remain at high risk of natural disasters.
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- Fermented cassava roasting, used for producing the popular Nigerian food gari, traditionally relies on firewood, which is inefficient and poses health risks to rural communities, particularly for women and children.
- This study explores a solar-powered roasting system using a concentrated parabolic solar collector, achieving higher and more efficient roasting temperatures (118°C - 154°C) compared to traditional methods.
- The system not only reduces harmful smoke emissions but also supports sustainable practices, aiming to alleviate health risks and contribute to zero-emission goals in gari production.
A social cognitive theory of customer value co-creation behavior: evidence from healthcare.
J Health Organ Manag
October 2024
Purpose: Customer value co-creation behavior is promising but undertheorized. To bridge this gap, this study examines the viability of a social cognitive theory positing that customers' value co-creation behavior is shaped by their co-creation experience, self-efficacy, and engagement.
Design/methodology/approach: Using healthcare as a case, a stratified random sample comprising 600 patients from 40 hospitals across eight metropolitan cities in an emerging economy was acquired and analyzed using co-variance-based structural equation modeling (CB-SEM).
In this work, a novel series of naphthalimide hydrazide derivatives were designed, synthesized and evaluated against a bacterial pathogen panel. Most of the compounds were found to exhibit potent antibacterial activity against carbapenem-resistant BAA 1605, with MIC ranging from 0.5 to 16 μg mL.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: In early 2021, the 10-valent Pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV10) was replaced with 13-valent (PCV13) by the federal directorate of immunization (FDI), Pakistan. We assessed the impact of a higher valent vaccine, PCV13, on the serotype distribution of nasopharyngeal carriage in rural Pakistan.
Methods: Children <2 years were randomly selected from two rural union councils of Matiari, Sindh in Pakistan between September-October,2022.