Perceived acceptability of online volunteer-led exercise classes: Perspectives of rural volunteer exercise leaders and older people.

Objective: This study assessed perceived acceptability of online rural volunteer-led exercise classes among volunteer leaders and older people during the COVID-19 pandemic and interrogate differences in acceptability between older people who were currently participating in regular exercise and those who were not.

Method: A case study was conducted of an existing volunteer-led exercise program using a cross-sectional preintervention survey (38 volunteer exercise leaders and 172 program participants).

Results: Thirty per cent (n = 11) of the volunteer leaders reported an interest in running the online classes.

Sustaining rice productivity through weather-resilient agricultural practices.

Background: Enhancing productivity and profitability and reducing climatic risk are the major challenges for sustaining rice production. Extreme weather can have significant and varied effects on crops, influencing agricultural productivity, crop yields and food security.

Results: In this study, a comparative evaluation of two crop management systems was performed involving farmers adopting a weather forecast-based advisory service (WFBAS) and usual farmers' practice (FP).

Tetrodotoxin poisoning: a clinical analysis, role of neostigmine and short-term outcome of 53 cases.

Introduction: Puffer fish (tetrodotoxin) poisoning is now a common form of poisoning throughout coastal countries, but its diagnosis and management are still unclear. In this paper, we aim to share our experience and to find out the toxic manifestations, lag period between ingestion of fish and development of symptoms, the short-term clinical outcome, and value of neostigmine in its management.

Methods: The study was carried out in the Department of Medicine and Paediatrics, Khulna Medical College Hospital, Khulna, Bangladesh, from May 1, 2001 to May 1, 2006.