Publications by authors named "Md Touhidul Islam"

This study assessed the application of two specialty adsorbents, also known as green sorption media (GSM), including clay-perlite and sand sorption media (CPS) and zero-valent iron and perlite green environmental media (ZIPGEM) to remove long- and short-chain per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) at field scale. The field-scale demonstration employed four GSM filter cells installed near the C-23 Canal (St. Lucie County, FL), which discharges water to the ecologically sensitive St.

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The transmission of pathogens through contact with contaminated surfaces is an important route for the spread of infections. The recent outbreak of COVID-19 highlights the necessity to attenuate surface-mediated transmission. Currently, the disinfection and sanitization of surfaces are commonly performed in this regard.

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Researchers are currently showing interest in molybdenum disulfide (MoS)-based solar cells due to their remarkable semiconducting characteristics. The incompatibility of the band structures at the BSF/absorber and absorber/buffer interfaces, as well as carrier recombination at the rear and front metal contacts, prevents the expected result from being achieved. The main purpose of this work is to enhance the performance of the newly proposed Al/ITO/TiO/MoS/InTe/Ni solar cell and investigate the impacts of the InTe BSF and TiO buffer layer on the performance parameters of open-circuit voltage ( ), short-circuit current density ( ), fill factor (FF), and power conversion efficiency (PCE).

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The fungal biocontrol agents, Cladosporium sp. have great economic importance on account of their beneficial effects on the integrated pest management (IPM) program. The different species of this genus can control different arthropod pests like sweetpotato whitefly, sugarcane woolly aphid, two-spotted mite, cotton aphid, cotton leaf worm, red spider mite, armyworm; and different plant diseases like- rice blast, wheat stripe rust, chrysanthemum white rust, etc.

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Background And Objective: Low birth weight is one of the primary causes of child mortality and several diseases of future life in developing countries, especially in Southern Asia. The main objective of this study is to determine the risk factors of low birth weight and predict low birth weight babies based on machine learning algorithms.

Materials And Methods: Low birth weight data has been taken from the Bangladesh Demographic and Health Survey, 2017-18, which had 2351 respondents.

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More than one million forcefully displaced Myanmar nationals, known as Rohingyas, are currently living in the 34 camps in the Cox's Bazar district in Bangladesh. To reduce the pressure of Rohingyas in Cox's Bazar, the government of Bangladesh has started the process of relocating some of the Rohingyas to Bhasan Char Island located in Noakhali district, Bangladesh. However, some international organisations, NGOs, and some people expressed their concerns over this relocation process.

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Indiscriminate use of pesticides in agricultural land poses a potential threat to many non-target organisms, including fish. In the present study, we explored the toxicological effects of sumithion on Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) after exposure at different concentrations (0.0, 1.

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