107 results match your criteria: "Independent University-Bangladesh[Affiliation]"
Combined effects of climate change and sea-level rise project dramatic habitat loss of the globally endangered Bengal tiger in the Bangladesh Sundarbans.
Sci Total Environ
May 2019
Centre for Tropical Environmental and Sustainability Science, College of Science and Engineering, James Cook University, Cairns, QLD 4878, Australia.
The Sundarbans, in southern coastal Bangladesh, is the world's largest surviving mangrove habitat and the last stronghold of tiger adapted to living in a mangrove ecosystem. Using MaxEnt (maximum entropy modeling), current distribution data, land-use/land cover and bioclimatic variables, we modeled the likely future distribution of the globally endangered Bengal tiger (Panthera tigris tigris) in the Bangladesh Sundarbans. We used two climatic scenarios (i.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFManaging autism spectrum disorder in developing countries by utilizing existing resources: A perspective from Bangladesh.
Autism
April 2019
1 Biomedical Research Foundation, Bangladesh.
Reference ranges of handgrip strength from 125,462 healthy adults in 21 countries: a prospective urban rural epidemiologic (PURE) study.
J Cachexia Sarcopenia Muscle
December 2016
Article Synopsis
- Handgrip strength (HGS) is an important health indicator linked to overall mortality and frailty, but existing reference values are mainly based on Caucasian populations from rich countries.
- A study involving 125,462 adults from 21 countries measured HGS using a Jamar dynamometer and found significant regional differences, with Europe/North America having the highest values and South Asia, Southeast Asia, and Africa the lowest.
- The results suggest that HGS should be assessed using specific reference ranges based on geographic region, age, and sex to ensure accurate interpretation of individual measurements.
The environmental profile of a community's health: a cross-sectional study on tobacco marketing in 16 countries.
Bull World Health Organ
December 2015
The George Institute for Global Health, Sydney Medical School (Westmead Campus), University of Sydney, PO Box M201, Missenden Road, Camperdown, NSW 2050, Australia.
Objective: To examine and compare tobacco marketing in 16 countries while the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control requires parties to implement a comprehensive ban on such marketing.
Methods: Between 2009 and 2012, a kilometre-long walk was completed by trained investigators in 462 communities across 16 countries to collect data on tobacco marketing. We interviewed community members about their exposure to traditional and non-traditional marketing in the previous six months.
Psychosocial factors and obesity in 17 high-, middle- and low-income countries: the Prospective Urban Rural Epidemiologic study.
Int J Obes (Lond)
August 2015
Population Health Research Institute, McMaster University and Hamilton Health Sciences, Hamilton, ON, Canada.
Background/objectives: Psychosocial stress has been proposed to contribute to obesity, particularly abdominal, or central obesity, through chronic activation of the neuroendocrine systems. However, these putative relationships are complex and dependent on country and cultural context. We investigated the association between psychosocial factors and general and abdominal obesity in the Prospective Urban Rural Epidemiologic study.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFGlobal differences in lung function by region (PURE): an international, community-based prospective study.
Lancet Respir Med
October 2013
Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada.
Background: Despite the rising burden of chronic respiratory diseases, global data for lung function are not available. We investigated global variation in lung function in healthy populations by region to establish whether regional factors contribute to lung function.
Methods: In an international, community-based prospective study, we enrolled individuals from communities in 17 countries between Jan 1, 2005, and Dec 31, 2009 (except for in Karnataka, India, where enrolment began on Jan 1, 2003).
Role of education in the use of contraception.
Lancet
December 2000
Population-Environment Department, Independent University Bangladesh, Dhaka.