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Journal of National Institute of Neurosciences Bangladesh, 2019

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Tohoku Journal of Agricultural Research, Mar 1, 2008

Advances in Animal and Veterinary Sciences, 2016

The present study was carried out to investigate the relationship between morphometric measuremen... more The present study was carried out to investigate the relationship between morphometric measurements and weight and to predict live weight of Brahman X Local crossbred cattle using linear body measurements. A total of 100 male and 85 female Brahman X Local crossbred cattle of 6 to 33 months age were used for the study. The study revealed that most of the morphometric measurements were linearly increased with the advances of age. The body weight had highest correlation coefficient with heart girth (HG) around the chest (r=0.95) and lowest with ear length (r=0.70) compared with other body measurements. Grouping of data according to age indicated that correlation coefficients of heart girth with body weight were similar for all age groups. The stepwise regression models indicated that heart girth singly accounted highest variation (91%) in body weight for all animals. Thus, the general equation for prediction of live weight (Y) of Brahman crossbred cattle was Y=4.447HG-390.2 (±11.3). The regression equations for the live weight were Y=2.554HG-173.90(±12.3), Y=3.988HG-336.3(±11.0) and Y=5.854HG-596.0(±30.0) for equal or less than 12 months, above 12 to 24 months and above 24 months age groups, respectively. Body length (BL) and HG combined together gave the best fitted model for estimating body weight for all animals, which was Y=3.549HG + 1.251BL-408.85(±11.7). The results suggested that prediction equations based on HG or in combination of HG and body length can be used efficiently to predict live weight of Brahman crossbred cattle in rural condition.

Asian Journal of Medical and Biological Research, 2016

The present work was conducted to evaluate the variability in linear body measurements; to invest... more The present work was conducted to evaluate the variability in linear body measurements; to investigate the relationship between body linear measurements and live weight and to predict live weight of F1 Brahman crossbred cattle using body measurements. A total of 123 male and 87 female F1 Brahman crossbred cattle of 6-36 months age and weighing from 63 to 535 kg were used for the study over a period from 2010 to 2014. The study revealed that that most of the morphological measurements were linearly increased with the advances of age. The body weight had highest correlation coefficient with the heart girth around the chest (r=0.96, p<0.001) and lowest with canon bone length (r=0.49, p<0.001) compared with other body measurements. The correlations of body weight with tail length, ear length, canon bone length and canon bone width were at medium level (r=0.51-0.79). Grouping of data according to age indicated that heart girth in >24 months group had highest correlation coeffici...

PROCEEDINGS OF COASTAL ENGINEERING, JSCE, 2001

PROCEEDINGS OF COASTAL ENGINEERING, JSCE, 2002

Acta Scientiarum. Animal Sciences, 2014

with the objectives of comparing the body characteristics and body weight of three Indigenous chi... more with the objectives of comparing the body characteristics and body weight of three Indigenous chicken genotypes namely Common Desi, Hilly and Naked Neck. Of the four hundred and eighty nine birds analyzed the proportion of Common Desi, Naked Neck and Hilly chicken were 49.49, 24.95 and 25.56% respectively. The most predominant plumage color was reddish black (33.13%). Four types of shank colors were most frequently observed, i.e. white (39.87%), yellow (37.22%), black (20.04%) and mixed (2.87%). The earlobes were mainly reddish white (44.79%) followed by white (29.24%) and red (25.97%). The most predominant skin color was white (92.22%). Most birds had a single comb (96.12%). Hilly birds were heavier than the other Indigenous chicken groups (p < 0.05). The mature weight between Common Desi and Naked Neck did not differ significantly (p > 0.05) but significantly differed from that of Hilly chicken. In terms of shank length and circumference, there were no significant (p > 0.05) differences between Common Desi and Naked Neck chicken, but Hilly chicken had significant (p < 0.05) differences from both.

PROCEEDINGS OF COASTAL ENGINEERING, JSCE, 1999

The Journal of Poultry Science, 2010

Ocean Wave Measurement and Analysis (2001), 2002

/Uastraot: The study investigates the effects of reflective seawalls on wave breaking processes a... more /Uastraot: The study investigates the effects of reflective seawalls on wave breaking processes and mean flow distribution throughout the surf zone. The presence of reflective structures results in a significant change of wave breaking characteristics and turbulence structure in the surf zone. The organized large vortexes, which cause onshoreward mass transport, will also be changed thus changing the undertow considerably. The physical processes and mechanisms of wave breaking and turbulence structures in presence of a seawall have been investigated using visualization techniques. A model for evaluating the distribution of undertow in front of a reflective structure is also proposed on the basis of the change in wave fields due to the presence of reflected waves in the surf zone. The model is in reasonable agreement with the experimental results. It has been found that the presence of reflected waves due to reflective condition in the surf zone changes the wave breaking characteristics and reduces the magnitude of undertow. The results of the present work can be implemented for predicting cross-shore sediment transport models and beach evaluation models where reflective conditions exist.

Research in World Economy, 2011

Poverty is a major threat to the coastal communities specially the estuarine set-beg net fisherme... more Poverty is a major threat to the coastal communities specially the estuarine set-beg net fishermen in Bangladesh. This study covers the poverty profiling of this community through traditional approaches as well as sustainable livelihoods approach. The headcount ratio of the investigated villages ranged between 43% and 74% with an average 52% which is higher then the national poverty level (37.4%) of Bangladesh. Livelihoods assets profiling shows that high level of poverty is prevailing in all the capital assets needed for the sustainable livelihoods of the estuarine set bag net fishermen. Poverty levels of different livelihood components are quantified using fuzzy method. Human poverty index, physical poverty index, social poverty index, financial poverty index and natural poverty index of the estuarine set bag net www.sciedu.ca/rwe

Journal of Neurology, 2002

Sirs: Subacute sclerosing panencephalitis (SSPE) is a chronic reactivated infection with measles ... more Sirs: Subacute sclerosing panencephalitis (SSPE) is a chronic reactivated infection with measles virus causing progressive inflammation and gliosis of the brain, mostly in children with an average age of onset of 14 years. The clinical course initially is marked by changes in behaviour, followed by myoclonic jerks, seizures and motor abnormalities, accompanied by progressive dementia. Later in the course pyramidal signs, stupor and finally decorticate postures and coma ensue. The course is slowly progressive with death occurring within three years. Up to 10 % of cases show either a fulminant or prolonged course. Diagnosis is based on antibodies against measles virus, elevation of gamma-globulin fraction and positive oligoclonal bands of immunoglobulin (Ig) in the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) [4]. The electroencephalogram (EEG) shows a characteristic abnormality with periodic bursts of 2to 3-persecond high voltage waves [3]. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) shows involvement of periventricular and subcortical white matter [1]. Although no effective treatment has been proven, oral isoprinosine and intrathecal application of alpha-interferon may prolong survival [5]. We report a case of a very late adult-onset of SSPE presenting as a degenerative dementia syndrome. The 38-year-old Turkish female patient was admitted to our department for the evaluation of a progressive dementia. First symptoms were apparent when she was aged 35 years. She first developed indifference to her job, became apathetic with decline in intellectual functions. Disorientation for time, place and parts of her own person followed, furthermore psychomotor slowing, flat affect, depression, but no paranoid-hallucinatory symptoms. The patient developed mild neurogenic bladder disturbance with urge-incontinence. There was no history of any vaccination. She had suffered from “the usual childhood diseases”, but the family could not state explicitly whether she had suffered from measles. Cranial MRI in the year of onset of symptoms and two years later demonstrated a progressive generalized cerebral atrophy without any white matter changes or gadolinium enhancement. EEG and visual and somatosensory evoked responses were normal. When we saw the patient three years after the first manifestation of symptoms, neuropsychological examination showed verbal perseverations, anomia, phonematic paraphasia, dysgraphia, dyslexia, ideomotor and ideatoric and spatial constructive apraxia. Mini-Mental State Examination Score (MMSE) was 9,5/30. Neurological examination was normal except for slight rigidity of all limbs and very mild gait ataxia. Examination of the CSF revealed a massively elevated titre of anti-measles IgG antibodies (38.880 mU/ml) on enzyme-linked immuno-sorbent assay (ELISA), also demonstrable in the serum (270.000 mU/ml), with negative IgM antibodies in the CSF and serum. Antibody index was 57.2 [calculated as (anti-measles CSF IgG titre/mg total protein CSF)/ (anti-measles serum IgG titre/mg total serum IgG)], proving local synthesis in the CSF. Oligoclonal bands were strongly positive in the CSF because of intrathecal production of IgG. Cell count (16/3) and total protein content (539 mg/l) of the CSF were slightly elevated. Beta-amyloid 1–42 was decreased (370 pg/ml), but tau-protein, neuronspecific enolase and protein 14–3–3 in CSF were normal. Cultures for bacteria and fungi were negative. Further evidence of infection was lacking in CSF and serum, including search for antibodies against rubella-, cytomegaly-, Epstein-Barr-, varicella-zoster-virus and against Borrelia burgdorfferi. The patient was discharged and therapy with oral isoprinosine and intrathecal application of alpha-interferon was recommended in her home country. We present a case of very late adult-onset SSPE in a female Turkish patient now aged 38 years with a very slow and chronic course of three years so far. Because the relationship between measles virus and SSPE had not been established until 1967, a case of adult-onset of SSPE with immunological detection of measles virus was only first described in 1973. Cases of adultonset of SSPE reported before this time therefore must be regarded as questionable [2]. A more recent review of cases of adult-onset SSPE reports a range of the age of onset from 20 to 35 years [6]. In the reported cases of SSPE in adults the clinical picture was quite characteristic, making the diagnosis likely. The case we present is notable for the clinical picture of an almost pure cortical dementia without any myoclonus, seizures or dystonia. MRI showed unspecific generalized progressive cerebral atrophy and EEG was normal. Examination of CSF with local synthesis of anti-measles IgG antibodies reLETTER TO THE EDITORS

International Journal of Rural Management, 2007

The vulnerability context of the estuarine set bag net (ESBN) fishermen community of Bangladesh w... more The vulnerability context of the estuarine set bag net (ESBN) fishermen community of Bangladesh was examined through the sustainable livelihood approach format. Participatory methods were used to find out the attributes related to livelihoods vulnerability due to seasonality, shock and trend. Fifteen attributes—with their possible answers in a five point likert scale—were developed through the focus group discussion and validated by the key informant to quantify the extent of prevailing vulnerability in the community. Means for the attributes accounting for the seasonality, shocks and trend ranged between 4.15 and 4.38, 4.23 and 4.36 and 4.46 and 4.54 respectively. All the means of selected attributes were found significantly higher than the critical rating (here, 4) which indicated the prevalence of the acute vulnerable situation in the community. The information of the present study may be taken into consideration during construction of the management recommendations for ESBN fish...

Animal Science Journal, 2004

Residual feed intake (RFI) was estimated by ordinary regression (RFI ord), linear regression (RFI... more Residual feed intake (RFI) was estimated by ordinary regression (RFI ord), linear regression (RFI reg), and genetic regression (RFI gen) for Japanese Black bulls, and compared among them by the magnitude of correlations, heritabilities, and empirical mean squared errors. The estimations were made for a total test periods of 140 days (77 bulls) and 112 days (663 bulls) subdivided each into two equal stages: first half and second half of the test periods. The means of RFI reg , RFI ord , and RFI gen for the total test periods were 1.09,-0.05, and-2.21 kg/day, respectively. The genetic variation exists for these estimates at different stages of the test period. High genetic and phenotypic correlations (> 0.95) were found between RFI ord and RFI gen , confirming that these are regarded practically as the same traits. The phenotypic variance (0.714) and heritability (0.24) of RFI ord were close to those of RFI gen (0.726 and 0.25, respectively). According to the empirical mean squared errors from the result of the total test periods, RFI gen yielded better estimates of RFI. The high to moderate heritabilities for RFI ord were estimated for the three stages of the test periods, indicating that RFI ord might be an alternative estimate for genetic improvement of feed utilization.

Animal Science Journal, 2008

ABSTRACTData on 380 Duroc boars from seven generations, and 1026 Landrace pigs (341 boars and 685... more ABSTRACTData on 380 Duroc boars from seven generations, and 1026 Landrace pigs (341 boars and 685 gilts) from six generations were used to estimate genetic parameters for daily gain (DG), backfat thickness (BF), metabolic weight (MWT), daily feed intake (FI), feed conversion ratio (FCR) and residual feed intake (RFI). Two measures of RFI were estimated as the difference between actual feed intake and that predicted from models that included initial test age and weight and DG (RFI1); and initial test age and weight, DG and BF (RFI2). Heritability estimates for DG, MWT and FI were moderate for both breeds. BF estimates were high for both the breeds. The measures of feed efficiency (FCR and RFI) were moderately heritable. Genetic correlations of BF with measures of RFI were stronger when BF was not included in the estimation of RFI (0.40 and 0.46 for Duroc and Landrace, respectively (for RFI1), compared with 0.05 and 0.06 for Duroc and Landrace, respectively (for RFI2)). Genetic correl...

Background: Outcome of TBM can be modified by several predictors. Objective: This study was under... more Background: Outcome of TBM can be modified by several predictors. Objective: This study was undertaken to evaluate the predictors of outcome of tuberculous meningitis (TBM) at 6 and 9 months. Methodology: This hospital based prospective cohort study was carried out from October, 2016 to September, 2017 (1 year) in the in-patient Department of Neurology at the National Institute of Neurosciences & Hospital (NINS & H), Dhaka, Bangladesh. All the patients with age 18 years or more of both sexes with features of TBM fulfilling the case definition criteria was included as the study population. The outcome was measured at 6 and 9 months by modified Rankin Scale (mRS) with no disability (score=0-1), mild disability (score = 2), moderate disability (score=3-4), severe disability (score=5) and dead (score=6). For statistical analysis outcome was classified as death and survival group. A number of clinical, laboratory and radiological parameters were evaluated initially by univariate and fina...

American Journal of Medical Case Reports, 2016

Lafora body disease is one of the inherited progressive myoclonic epilepsy (PME) syndromes. It is... more Lafora body disease is one of the inherited progressive myoclonic epilepsy (PME) syndromes. It is an autosomal-recessive disorder with onset in late childhood or early adolescence. The disease is characterized by fragmentary, symmetric, or generalized myoclonic and/or generalized tonic-clonic seizures, visual hallucinations (occipital seizures), and progressive neurologic degeneration including cognitive and/or behavioral deterioration, dysarthria, and ataxia. The frequency and intractability of seizures increase over time. Status epilepticus is common. Emotional disturbance and confusion are common at or soon after onset of seizures and are followed by dementia. Dysarthria and ataxia appear early, spasticity late. Pathologically polyglucosan inclusion bodies (Lafora body) are seen which are pathognomonic of the disease and are not seen in any other types of PMEs. Electroencephalogram (EEG) reveals slowing of background and generalized spike/polyspike-and-waves and photosensitivity....

Four major storms ( in 1985, 1993, 1999 and 2000) associated with significant coastal impacts and... more Four major storms ( in 1985, 1993, 1999 and 2000) associated with significant coastal impacts and representing a range of ice conditions are simulated to study wave generation in the nearshore region around the Mackenzie Delta of the southern Beaufort Sea. Simulations are performed using SWAN40.51 under its non-stationary and two-dimensional mode of a fine resolution domain nested with a coarse resolution domain. Wind forcing in the form of a hourly hindcast over the southern Beaufort Sea is provided from the Meteorological Service of Canada Beaufort (MSCB) 21-year wind reanalysis. Bathymetry for the coarse domain is from ETOPO2. A fine resolution bathymetry for the nested domain was generated based primarily on data from Canada Hydrographic Service charts and NRCan field measurements. Moving boundaries of the ice edges are considered in the simulations. Wave attenuation along several transects are examined. Severe eaves are found to be predominantly from the northwest direction. Fu...