Science & Math: Recent submissions
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A Traditional Closed-Loop Sanitation System in a Chronic Emergency: A Qualitative Study from Afghanistan
(MPDI, 2019)The use of closed-loop sanitation systems (CLSS), or reuse-oriented sanitation systems, has increased in recent years, and such systems have been successfully implemented in many parts of the world. However, no research ... -
Assessing the influence of human settlements on the plant diversity in wetlands of Phobji and Gangtey, Bhutan
(2020)Plant diversity in the wetlands of Phobji and Gangtey represents an important aspect of the overall wetland ecosystem. However, over the years, the increasing trend in population has initiated the building of many ... -
Investigating the presence of enteric bacteria and their antibiotic resistance in drinking water samples of slum households in Port City Chattogram, Bangladesh
(2020)Globally, unsafe water supplies due to contamination with fecal coliforms are major issues in urban slums. To determine the presence of microbial risk, water samples were collected from three slums in the port city ... -
Drinking Water Security Challenges in Rohingya Refugee Camps of Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh
(MPDI, 2020)About a million Rohingyas have fled due to the ethnic cleansing in Myanmar and sought refuge in Bangladesh. The refugees are located in temporary settlements on hilly areas of Cox’s Bazar with inadequate water and ... -
Opportunities and Barriers Against Successive Implementation of Rainwater Harvesting Options to Ensure Water Security in Southwestern Coastal Region of Bangladesh
(frontiers in Water, 2020)The Coastal Region of Bangladesh is surrounded by the acute crisis of safe drinking water. Potable water scarcity is an acute problem within the coastal regions of Bangladesh. Salinity intrusion in freshwater bodies, ... -
Inadequacies in Hospital Waste and Sewerage Management in Chattogram, Bangladesh: Exploring Environmental and Occupational Health Hazards
(MPDI, 2020)Bangladesh has been grappling with the issues of improper hospital waste management. To reflect the inadequacies in existing management practices and the potential implications on the environment and health, this study ... -
Impact of cyclone Amphan on the water, sanitation, hygiene, and health (WASH2) facilities of coastal Bangladesh
(Journal of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene for Development, 2021)The vulnerability of the underfunded water, sanitation, hygiene, and health (WASH2) facilities, particularly in the developing nations, is exacerbated by natural disasters. This study assessed the impacts of Amphan on ... -
Operating status of public toilets in the Hutong neighborhoods of Beijing: An empirical study
(ELSEVIER, 2021)The provision of sanitation services for fast-growing urban populations is one of the world’s urgent challenges. Hutong neighborhoods in Beijing, capital of China, cannot be rebuilt due to the protection of historical ... -
Exploring waste and sanitation-borne hazards in Rohingya refugee camps in Bangladesh
(Journal of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene for Development, 2022)Improper sanitation and waste management is the number one cause for ill health, disease and death throughout the world, particularly under extremely dense living conditions in refugee camps in the global South. This paper ... -
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Computational Studies on T2Rs Agonist-Based Anti–COVID-19 Drug Design
(frontiers in Micrology, 2021)The expeditious and world pandemic viral disease of new coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) has formed a prompt urgency to discover auspicious target-based ligand for the treatment of COVID-19. Symptoms of novel coronavirus disease ... -
Tuning of Photoluminescence and Antibacterial Properties of ZnO Nanoparticles through Sr Doping for Biomedical Applications
(Hindawi, 2021)Sr-doped ZnO nanoparticles have been synthesized using a soft chemical method. The doping ratio of Sr is varied in the range of 0 at.%, 3 at.%, and 5 at.% to 7 at.%. X-ray diffractograms revealed that the samples had ... -
Green Synthesis of Silver Nanoparticles using the Leaf Extract of Filicium decipiens and its Anti-Microbial Activity
(Journal of Environmental Nanotechnology, 2021)Silver nanoparticles has been used since ages; even now it is used in almost all areas like medicine, textiles, industries, cosmetics, purification and dying. There are many approaches to synthesize silver nanoparticles. ... -
Structural, Morphological, Optical, and Antibacterial Activities of Zinc Oxide Nanopowders: A Comparative Study of Green and Soft Chemical Synthesis
(Hindawi, 2022)Zinc oxide, a well-known inorganic metal oxide in nanoparticle form, has outstanding antibacterial properties. In this work, the authors focus on determining ZnO nanoparticles’ structural, optical, and antibacterial ... -
Ni2+ Ion Sensing by a Semicarbazone Derivative of Piperidin-4-one: A Spectrofluorimetric Study
(Iranian Chemical Society, 2022)Nickel ions are toxic to the environment and they are also relevant in biology. Fluorescence sensing is a sensitive method and metal sensing can be carried out employing cheaper and easy-to-synthesize molecules that possess ... -
Culture Method-Dependent Variation in the Sensitivity of Escherichia coli to Silver Nanoparticles
(Hindawi, 2023)Preparation of various metal nanoparticles using plant extracts has been well studied in recent years. In this study, we found that nanoparticles synthesized using the extracts of the inforescence of Cocos nucifera exhibited ... -
An Insight into the Cosmetic and Dermatologic Applications of the Molecules of Palmyra Palm
(MPDI, 2024)Palmyra palm is a resourceful plant species that can be put to use in superabundance. Its extensive range of use stretches in all directions—making it useful for consumption in countless forms, and the cosmetic industry ...