Wintertime black carbon assessment in dhaka, Bangladesh: Integrated health risk analysis by A.K.M. Nayem, Shahid Uz Zaman, Farida Begum, Abdus Salam

“…These findings underscore the substantial implications of BC's influence, particularly in a nation like Bangladesh, and furnish invaluable insights into aerosol characteristics and emission sources in South Asia, facilitating the formulation of emission inventories.…”
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Predicting changes in agricultural yields under climate change scenarios and their implications for global food security by Christine Li, James Camac, Andrew Robinson, Tom Kompas

“…Without mitigation and adaptation, countries in South Asia, sub-Saharan Africa, North America, and Oceania could become at risk of being unable to meet national calorie demand by the end of the century under the most severe emissions scenario.…”
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Soft computing paradigm for climate change adaptation and mitigation in Iran, Pakistan, and Turkey: A systematic review by Muhammad Talha, A. Pouyan Nejadhashemi, Kieron Moller

“…These three nations—key Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) members and a nexus between Europe and South Asia—are experiencing diverse environmental challenges due to varying climatic conditions. …”
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Unveiling farmers’ perceptions: a citizen science and machine learning approach to exploring drivers in the adequacy and fairness of water systems by Vasilios Plakandaras, Fahad Khan Khadim, Vassiliki Kazana, Emmanouil Anagnostou, Amvrossios C Bagtzoglou

“…Agricultural production sustains a large part of the population in the Great South area (sub-Saharan Africa, South America and South Asia), relying heavily on rainfed agriculture and partly on reservoir-based irrigation schemes. …”
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Becoming Resilient: Promoting the Mental Health and Well-Being of Immigrant Women in a Canadian Context by Judith A. MacDonnell, Mahdieh Dastjerdi, Nimo Bokore, Nazilla Khanlou

“…Four focus groups were completed in Toronto, Ontario, Canada with 35 racialized immigrant women who represented diverse countries of origin: 25 were from Africa; others were equally represented from South Asia (5), Asia (5), and Central or South America and the Caribbean (5). …”
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Interactions among Zinc, Iron, and Paraquat in the Physiological and Toxicological Responses of the Egyptian Cotton Leafworm <i>Spodoptera littoralis</i> by Haq Abdul Shaik, David Siaussat, Archana Mishra

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Adoption and Impact of the Maize Hybrid on the Livelihood of the Maize Growers: Some Policy Insights from Pakistan by Akhter Ali, AbduRahman Beshir Issa, Dil Bahadur Rahut

“…Despite hybrids being grown on 30–40 percent of the maize area in Pakistan, the retail price of hybrid maize seed is high in Pakistan compared with its neighbors in South Asia and beyond. Hence, this paper analyzes the adoption and impact of hybrid maize on livelihoods using a cross-sectional dataset collected from 822 maize growers in Pakistan. …”
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The nexus between social media advertising and customers’ purchase intention with the mediating role of customers’ brand consciousness: evidence from three South Asian countries... by Md Sajjad Hosain, Abdullah Mohammad Ahshanul Mamun

“…Originality/value – South Asia is a growing business hub and the largest consumer market in terms of population. …”
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Investigating Incursion of Transboundary Pollution into the Atmosphere of Dhaka, Bangladesh by Md. Masud Rana, Mastura Mahmud, Munjurul Hannan Khan, Bjarne Sivertsen, Norela Sulaiman

“…Transboundary source-regions were spotted by concentration weighted trajectory (CWT) method and also by the monthly average aerosol optical depths (AOD) over South Asia. North-western Indian regions, Nepal and its neighboring areas, and Indian state of West Bengal were identified as the most probable zones that might have contributed to PM pollution in Gazipur, Dhaka. …”
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Effectiveness of health literacy and relaxing music on quality of sleep and risk for antenatal depression by Meena Konsam, Samir Kumar Praharaj, Sunita Panda, Jyothi Shetty, N. Ravishankar, Sonia R. B. D’Souza

“…There is a dearth of interventional studies that combine health literacy and the provision of music for the benefit of pregnant women in South Asia. Aim: To determine the effectiveness of a combination of Comprehensive Health literacy And Relaxing Music (CHARM) interventions on quality of sleep and risk for antenatal depression among women visiting antenatal outpatient departments of a tertiary hospital in South India. …”
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Factors influencing food preferences and eating behaviour among the Forcibly Displaced Myanmar Nationals (FDMN) adolescents in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh: a cross-sectional survey by Mahamudul Hasan, Azaz Bin Sharif, Rashedul Islam, A B M Nahid Hasan, Nusrat Jahan Ferdous

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Global, regional, and national burden of blindness and vision loss attributable to smoking from 1990 to 2021, and forecasts to 2030: findings from the Global Burden of Disease Stud... by Yi Zeng, Yixian Liu, Xingyi Chen, Jennifer Kenny, Rong Rong, Xiaobo Xia

“…Regionally, the highest burdens were observed in South Asia, Southeast Asia, and North Africa. It is expected that the number of global BVL-related YLDs will increase further by 2030. …”
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Application of Quantum Recurrent Neural Network in Low-Resource Language Text Classification by Wenbin Yu, Lei Yin, Chengjun Zhang, Yadang Chen, Alex X. Liu

“…However, in low-resource regions such as South Asia, where languages like Bengali are widely used, the research interest is relatively low compared to high-resource regions due to limited computational resources, flexible word order, and high inflectional nature of the language. …”
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Maternal betel quid use during pregnancy and child growth: a cohort study from rural Bangladesh by Mohammad Redwanul Islam, Shaki Aktar, Jesmin Pervin, Syed Moshfiqur Rahman, Monjur Rahman, Anisur Rahman, Eva-Charlotte Ekström

“…Background Chewing betel quid (BQ) – a preparation commonly containing areca nut and slaked lime wrapped in betel leaf – is entrenched in South Asia. Although BQ consumption during pregnancy has been linked to adverse birth outcomes, its effect on postnatal growth remains largely unexplored. …”
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Women’s empowerment as a determinant of neonatal mortality in Sub-Saharan Africa: a narrative review focused on Nigeria by Joel-Medewase Victor Idowu, Wada Zechariah Ojima, Sayomi Bukola Adetutu, Adetoye Mayowa Mary, Ashaolu Joseph Oluwakayode, Olowolafe Tubosun Alex

“…Neonatal mortality remains a critical public health issue, with Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) experiencing disproportionately high rates compared to other global regions. Notably, SSA and South Asia are the regions most lagging behind the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 3.2, aiming for <12 neonatal deaths per 1,000 live births by 2030. …”
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A qualitative study examining psychosocial distress and coping mechanisms among orphan and vulnerable children living in institutional care in New Delhi, India by Abhishek Saraswat, Sayeed Unisa

“…Introduction: India is home to the largest population of orphaned children in the South Asia, who are at increased risk of poor psychosocial well-being. …”
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Mapping neonatal vulnerability using the Small Vulnerable Newborn (SVN) framework—secondary analysis of PRISMA Pakistan studyResearch in context by Hajra Malik, Nida Yazdani, Sameeta Kumari, Sheikh Asad Jamal, Muhammad Kashif, Azqa Mazhar, Zahra Hoodbhoy

“…Summary: Background: Despite progress in global neonatal mortality, South Asia continues to lag behind in reducing neonatal deaths. …”
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Paediatric Contacts of Adult COVID-19 Patients: Clinical Parameters, Risk Factors, and Outcome by Ammara Farooq, Taimur Khalil Sheikh, Fibhaa Syed, Tehmina Mustafa

“…There is insufficient data in Pakistan and in South Asia regarding paediatric COVID-19 demographics and related parameters. …”
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The global burden of chronic respiratory diseases attributable to tobacco from 1990 to 2021: a global burden of disease study 2021 by Haoshen Feng, Zhe Li, Rui Zheng

“…Between 1990 and 2021, ASMR [average annual percentage change (AAPC) = -2.009 (95% CI: -1.8915 to -2.1263)] and ASDR [AAPC = -2.1057 (95% CI: -2.0123 to -2.199)] for tobacco-related CRDs showed a declining trend globally, with autoregressive integrated moving average forecasting suggesting continued declines in ASMR and ASDR in the future. Regionally, South Asia, East Asia, and Oceania had the highest CRD burdens, while country-specific data indicated that Nepal, Myanmar, Papua New Guinea, Kiribati, and the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea bore significant burdens. …”
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Prognostic significance of lymph node ratio in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma: insights from the South Asian population by Sajida Qureshi, Waqas Ahmad Abbasi, Hira Abdul Jalil, Saba Mughal, Muhammad Saeed Quraishy

“…BackgroundEsophageal cancer (EC) is a significant health concern in South Asia, yet data on prognostic factors, such as lymph node ratio (LNR), in this region is limited. …”
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