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  1. Article ; Online: Knowledge and preventive behaviors regarding COVID-19 in Bangladesh: A nationwide distribution.

    Hosen, Ismail / Pakpour, Amir H / Sakib, Najmuj / Hussain, Nur / Al Mamun, Firoj / Mamun, Mohammed A

    PloS one

    2021  Volume 16, Issue 5, Page(s) e0251151

    Abstract: Assessing individuals' knowledge and preventive behaviors towards the Coronavirus Disease of 2019 (COVID-19) is essential for the related public health surveillance strategies. Although some of the studies were conducted in Bangladesh, none of these ... ...

    Abstract Assessing individuals' knowledge and preventive behaviors towards the Coronavirus Disease of 2019 (COVID-19) is essential for the related public health surveillance strategies. Although some of the studies were conducted in Bangladesh, none of these studies considered the geographical distribution of knowledge and preventive behaviors towards COVID-19. Therefore, the present nationwide cross-sectional study with 10,067 samples for the first-time aims to assess the knowledge gap by presenting the geographical distribution of the COVID-19 knowledge and preventive behaviors across all administrative districts of Bangladesh. The measures included socio-demographics and questions about knowledge and preventive behaviors related to COVID-19. One-way ANOVA, independent t-test, and multiple linear regression were used to analyze the data. In addition, GIS-based mapping identified district-wise distribution of the outcomes. Results indicated that the overall mean score of knowledge related to COVID-19 was 14.363 ± 3.073, whereas 16.95 ± 2.89 was for preventive behaviors. Participants' being male, being divorced or widowed, consuming alcohol, smoking cigarettes, living in villages, and having no formal education reported lower performing preventive COVID-19 behaviors. Those participants with higher knowledge scores reported higher preventive COVID-19 behaviors (β = 0.053, p<0.001). However, the model predicted only 13.2% of the variation in preventive COVID-19 behaviors while the overall model being significant. The findings suggest that the Bangladeshi government should initiate appropriate far-reaching program of health education focusing on knowledge and preventive behaviors towards COVID-19 at a community level. After all, the strategies to combat COVID-19 will require individuals' involvement to control and prevent the disease outbreak, for which education is essential.
    MeSH term(s) Adolescent ; Adult ; Bangladesh/epidemiology ; COVID-19/epidemiology ; COVID-19/prevention & control ; Child ; Cross-Sectional Studies ; Disease Outbreaks/prevention & control ; Health Behavior ; Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice ; Humans ; Middle Aged ; Surveys and Questionnaires ; Young Adult
    Language English
    Publishing date 2021-05-03
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 2267670-3
    ISSN 1932-6203 ; 1932-6203
    ISSN (online) 1932-6203
    ISSN 1932-6203
    DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0251151
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  2. Article ; Online: Sleep duration during the COVID-19 pandemic in Bangladesh: A GIS-based large sample survey study.

    Al-Mamun, Firoj / Hussain, Nur / Sakib, Najmuj / Hosen, Ismail / Rayhan, Istihak / Abdullah, Abu Hasnat / Bhuiyan, A K M Israfil / Sarker, Md Abedin / Hossain, Sahadat / Zou, Liye / Manzar, Md Dilshad / Lin, Chung-Ying / Sikder, Md Tajuddin / Muhit, Mohammad / Pakpour, Amir H / Gozal, David / Griffiths, Mark D / Mamun, Mohammed A

    Scientific reports

    2023  Volume 13, Issue 1, Page(s) 3368

    Abstract: Although several studies have been conducted in Bangladesh regarding sleep problems during the COVID-19 pandemic, none have utilized a large nationwide sample or presented their findings based on nationwide geographical distribution. Therefore, the aim ... ...

    Abstract Although several studies have been conducted in Bangladesh regarding sleep problems during the COVID-19 pandemic, none have utilized a large nationwide sample or presented their findings based on nationwide geographical distribution. Therefore, the aim of the present study was to explore the total sleep duration, night-time sleep, and daily naptime and their associated factors as well as geographic information system (GIS) distribution. A cross-sectional survey was carried out among 9730 people in April 2020, including questions relating to socio-demographic variables, behavioral and health factors, lockdown, depression, suicidal ideation, night sleep duration, and naptime duration. Descriptive and inferential statistics, both linear and multivariate regression, and spatial distribution were performed using Microsoft Excel, SPSS, Stata, and ArcGIS software. The results indicated that 64.7% reported sleeping 7-9 h a night, while 29.6% slept less than 7 h nightly, and 5.7% slept more than 9 h nightly. 43.7% reported 30-60 min of daily nap duration, whereas 20.9% napped for more than 1 h daily. Significant predictors of total daily sleep duration were being aged 18-25 years, being unemployed, being married, self-isolating 4 days or more, economic hardship, and depression. For nap duration, being aged 18-25 years, retired, a smoker, and a social media user were at relatively higher risk. The GIS distribution showed that regional division areas with high COVID-19 exposure had higher rates of non-normal sleep duration. Sleep duration showed a regional heterogeneity across the regional divisions of the country that exhibited significant associations with a multitude of socioeconomic and health factors.
    MeSH term(s) Humans ; Adolescent ; Young Adult ; Adult ; Sleep Duration ; COVID-19/epidemiology ; Geographic Information Systems ; Bangladesh/epidemiology ; Cross-Sectional Studies ; Pandemics ; Communicable Disease Control
    Language English
    Publishing date 2023-02-27
    Publishing country England
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 2615211-3
    ISSN 2045-2322 ; 2045-2322
    ISSN (online) 2045-2322
    ISSN 2045-2322
    DOI 10.1038/s41598-023-30023-1
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  3. Article: Can devolution and rural capacity trigger de-urbanization? Case studies in Kenya and Malaysia respectively

    Munya, Andrew / Hussain, Nur Huzeima Mohd / Njuguna, Mugwima B

    GeoJournal. 2015 June, v. 80, no. 3

    2015  

    Abstract: Urbanization in Kenya and perhaps in sub-Saharan Africa can be described as prescriptive rather than organic. We posit that this prescriptive urbanization can be checked and balanced by employing the governance model of devolution and rural capacity. We ... ...

    Abstract Urbanization in Kenya and perhaps in sub-Saharan Africa can be described as prescriptive rather than organic. We posit that this prescriptive urbanization can be checked and balanced by employing the governance model of devolution and rural capacity. We first review competing views on urbanization in Kenya during the colonial and postcolonial era and its contribution to disenfranchising both urban and rural inhabitants. We then examine devolution in Kenya through the lens of Lefebvre’s theory of production of space and the right to the city, enabling us to contextualize and redefine ‘the right to the city’. In the second part we analyze the potential of rural capacity in Malaysia to absorb a large influx of return immigrants and demonstrates how they have adapted and benefited from the prosperity of land in the face of diminishing energy resources and de-industrialization. We conclude that coupling devolution with rural capacity may hold the key to check rapid urbanization, especially in Kenya.
    Keywords case studies ; energy resources ; governance ; immigration ; models ; urbanization ; Kenya ; Malaysia
    Language English
    Dates of publication 2015-06
    Size p. 427-443.
    Publishing place Springer-Verlag
    Document type Article
    ZDB-ID 715360-0
    ISSN 1572-9893 ; 0343-2521
    ISSN (online) 1572-9893
    ISSN 0343-2521
    DOI 10.1007/s10708-014-9559-5
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  4. Article: Role of renal sympathetic nervous system in the control of renal potassium handling.

    Salman, Ibrahim M / Sattar, Munavvar A / Abdullah, Nor A / Ameer, Omar Z / Basri, Fathihah / Hussain, NurJannah M / Yam, Mun F / Swarup, Kolla R L Anand / Rathore, Hassaan A / Kazi, Raisa N / Hye Khan, Md Abdul / Johns, Edward J

    Journal of nephrology

    2010  Volume 23, Issue 3, Page(s) 291–296

    Abstract: Background: It is well established that renal sympathetic nerves are primarily involved in renal sodium and water regulation. However, the relationship between renal sympathetic nerve activity (RSNA) and renal potassium handling is not extensively known. ...

    Abstract Background: It is well established that renal sympathetic nerves are primarily involved in renal sodium and water regulation. However, the relationship between renal sympathetic nerve activity (RSNA) and renal potassium handling is not extensively known. The present study was performed to investigate the role of the renal sympathetic nervous system in the regulation of tubular potassium reabsorption and secretion.
    Methods: Male Sprague Dawley (SD) rats (each group, n=6) were fasted overnight, anesthetized with pentobarbital sodium (60 mg/kg intraperitoneal), denervated by application of phenol to the left renal artery and maintained on an intravenous infusion of saline for 2 hours. During this period, 6 urine and plasma samples were collected at 20-minute intervals to study kidney function parameters.
    Results: In denervated rats, there were significantly higher (all p<0.05 vs. innervated control) urine flow rate (UFR), glomerular filtration rate (GFR), absolute sodium excretion (U(Na)V), fractional sodium excretion (FE(N)a), absolute potassium excretion (U(K)V), fractional potassium excretion (FE(K)) and urinary sodium to urinary potassium ratio (U(Na)/U(K)). No appreciable differences were seen in the mean arterial pressure (MAP) and plasma sodium (P(Na)) between denervated and innervated SD rats. However, plasma potassium (P(K)) levels were significantly lower (p<0.05) in denervated rats as compared with innervated counterparts.
    Conclusions: There is a possible involvement of renal nerves in the regulation of renal potassium handling. This effect is largely attributable to a direct action of renal sympathetic nerves on the renal tubular segments.
    MeSH term(s) Animals ; Kidney/innervation ; Kidney/metabolism ; Male ; Potassium/metabolism ; Rats ; Rats, Sprague-Dawley ; Sympathetic Nervous System/physiology
    Chemical Substances Potassium (RWP5GA015D)
    Language English
    Publishing date 2010-05
    Publishing country Italy
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
    ZDB-ID 1093991-x
    ISSN 1724-6059 ; 1121-8428 ; 1120-3625
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  5. Article: Functional Subtypes of Renal α ; -Adrenoceptor in Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats with Streptozotocin-Induced Experimental Diabetic Nephropathy

    Khan, Md. Abdul / Sattar, Munavvar Abdul / Abdullah, Nor Azizan / Abdulla, Mohammed H. / Salman, Ibrahim M. / Kazi, Raisa N. / Swarup, K.R.L. Anand / Rathore, Hassaan A. / Basri, Fathihah / Hussain, NurJannah M. / Dewa, Aidiahmad / Johns, Edward James

    Kidney and Blood Pressure Research

    2009  Volume 32, Issue 5, Page(s) 349–359

    Abstract: Aim: This study investigated the impact of hypertension combined with diabetic nephropathy on rat renal α1-adrenoceptor subtype composition. Methods: In streptozotocin-induced diabetic spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR), diabetic nephropathy developed ...

    Institution School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang, Malaysia Tulane Hypertension and Renal Center of Excellence, Tulane University, New Orleans, La., USA Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Department of Physiology, Aras Windle, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland
    Abstract Aim: This study investigated the impact of hypertension combined with diabetic nephropathy on rat renal α1-adrenoceptor subtype composition. Methods: In streptozotocin-induced diabetic spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR), diabetic nephropathy developed as reflected by increased kidney index, plasma creatinine, albumin excretion, creatinine clearance and fractional excretion of Na (all p < 0.05). Renal vasoconstrictions caused by electrical stimulation of renal nerves and intrarenally administered noradrenaline (α-adrenoceptor agonist), phenylephrine (α1-adrenoceptor agonist) and methoxamine (α1A-adrenoceptor agonist) were determined in the presence and absence of intrarenally administered amlodipine (Ca2+ channel blocker), 5-methylurapidil (α1A-adrenoceptor antagonist), chloroethylclonidine (α1B-adrenoceptor antagonist) and BMY 7378 (α1D-adrenoceptor antagonist). Results: In diabetic nephropathy SHR, there was a significant (all p < 0.05) attenuation of all adrenergically induced vasoconstrictor responses in the antagonists, except chloroethylclonidine, which caused a significant (all p < 0.05) enhancement of the responses. Conclusion: The data demonstrated that there was a functional coexistence of α1A- and α1D-adrenoceptors in the renal vasculature of SHR irrespective of the presence of diabetic nephropathy. However, there was a minor contribution of pre-synaptic α-adrenoceptors to the adrenergically mediated vasoconstrictor responses in the diabetic nephropathy SHR.
    Keywords Diabetic nephropathy ; Renal vasculature ; Rat renal α ; -adrenoceptor ; α ; -Adrenoceptor
    Language English
    Publishing date 2009-10-20
    Publisher S. Karger AG
    Publishing place Basel, Switzerland
    Document type Article
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    ZDB-ID 1326018-2
    ISSN 1423-0143 ; 1420-4096
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    ISSN 1420-4096
    DOI 10.1159/000249149
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