Kaizar Hossain

Universiti Sains Malaysia | USM · School of Industrial Technology

Nanobiotechnology has ushered in a new era of scientific discovery where the unique properties of nanomaterials, such as gold nanoparticles, have been harnessed for a wide array of applications. This review explores gold nanoparticles' synthesis, properties, and multidisciplinary applications, focusing on their role as biosensors. Gold nanoparticle...

The clinical applications of nanotechnology are emerging as widely popular, particularly as a potential treatment approach for infectious diseases. Diseases associated with multiple drug-resistant organisms (MDROs) are a global concern of morbidity and mortality. The prevalence of infections caused by antibiotic-resistant bacterial strains has incr...

This research effort aims to evaluate the hazardous potential of the redox state (OH-) of zero-valent iron nanoparticles (nZVI) and its histopathological and oxidative stress toward Mozambique tilapia, Oreochromis mossambicus. X-ray powder diffraction (XRD) validated the nZVI nanoparticles' chemical composition, while transmission electron microsco...

Earth and coastal ecosystems are not static, and they usually respond to environmental changes, mostly anthropogenic and climatic. Here, the authors described natural values, coastal landforms, and types of infrastructure that are most likely to be affected by climate change (CC) and provide information for assessing inundation, erosion, and recess...

Chromium (Cr) is a dangerous industrial pollutant that harms surface water resources and is associated with serious adverse health effects that eventually lead to mortality. In present study Cr concentrations were detected spectrophotometrically by atomic absorption spectrophotometer in abiotic (water and sediment) and biotic [plant (Eichhornia cra...

The present study aims to determine the impact of COVID-19 pandemic confinement on air quality among populous sites of four major metropolitan cities in India (Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, and Chennai) from January 1, 2020 to May 31, 2020 by analyzing particulate matter (PM2.5 and PM10), nitrogen dioxide (NO2), ammonia (NH3), sulfur dioxide (SO2), carbo...

Nanotechnology has been proclaimed as an industrial revolution. Early spurt in agrarian development rate as an after effect of the ‘First Green Revolution’ has resulted sprung the rate in agricultural growth. However, it is now experiencing a slowdown. Demands have been rising for enhancing agricultural productivity through several measures and nan...

The incidence of antibiotics in various environmental matrices is a major matter as the occurrence is linked to the emergence and prevalence of antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs). Country such as China holds the largest allotment of antibiotics utilization in food animal. Whereas, Asian countries such as Myanmar, Indonesia, and Vietnam are projecte...

Earth and coastal ecosystems are not static, and they usually respond to environmental changes, mostly anthropogenic and climatic. Here, the authors described natural values, coastal landforms, and types of infrastructure that are most likely to be affected by climate change (CC) and provide information for assessing inundation, erosion, and recess...

The effectiveness of replacing cement with rice husk ash (RHA) on the leachability of copper from stabilized sediment was studied. RHA was added at 5, 10 15 and 20% and also cement was added at 10% throughout to the total dry weight of mixture, after which curing was undertaken at room atmosphere for 7, 14 and 28 days. The immobilization efficiency...

The present study conducted in Dehradun district of Uttarakhand state advocates that remotely sensed data and GIS based approach in evaluation of drainage morphometric parameter was more appropriate than the conventional methods. Various linear, aerial and relief aspects were taken into consideration to analyze the morphometry of the study area and...

The adsorption of rhodamine B (RhB) using acid modified banana peels has been examined. Chemical characteristics of the adsorbents were observed in order to determine active functional groups. The major functional groups on the surface were OH, C = O, C = C and C-O-C. Interactions between operational parameters were studied using the central compos...

The adsorption of Cd and Pb ions from palm oil mill effluent on a mesoporous-activated cow bone composite powder has been investigated. Adsorbent was developed from cow bones, coconut shells and zeolite. The composite examined in the present work has a BET surface area of 248.398 m²/g. The optimisation of the removal efficiency of the heavy metals...

Mercury (Hg) is present in the environment due to the natural processes and from anthropogenic sources. The amount of Hg mobilized and released into biosphere has increased with the increase of industrial age. The aim of this study was to isolate and characterize the Hg-resistant strains from industrial wastewater of Penang, Malaysia, in terms of H...

The International Conference on Sustainable Development is organized by the European Center of Sustainable Development in collaboration with CIT University. The Conference theme is:”Creating a unified foundation for the Sustainable Development: research, practice and education”. Read more: https://ecsdev.org/index.php/conference

Remediation of wastewater, sludge and removal of objectionable substances from our environment using radiation technology is neglected. Hardly, a couple of decades ago, application of electron beam (EB) technology has gained attention for waste management. When wastewater is irradiated with electron beam, the beam can alter the physico-chemical pro...

The oil degrading bacterial strains were isolated from marine sediments collected from fuel oil–polluted coastal area in Penang, Malaysia. Bioremediation is an ideal tool to be applied as biological treatment of oil pollution due to it is cost-effective and eco-friendly. However the bacteria used in the bioremediation are highly important because t...

European Center of Sustainable Development in collaboration with CIT University will organize the 5th ICSD 2017 Rome, Italy in the days:Wednesday 6 to Thursday 7 September,2017The Conference theme is: ”Creating a unified foundation for the Sustainable Development: research, practice and education”. Read more: http://www.ecsdev.org/index.php/confere...

The rise in the earth’s surface and water temperature is part of the effect of climatic change that has been observed for the last decade. The rates of climate change are unprecedented, and biological responses to these changes have also been prominent in all levels of species, communities and ecosystems. Aquatic-terrestrial ecotones are vulnerable...

Since the last few decades, cadmium anthropocentric sources have been increased drastically. Various chemical and physical approaches for cadmium remediation have been proposed, but these techniques are quite expensive, not healthy for the environment and not efficient at the low concentration of cadmium. Thus, in the last few years, the cadmium re...

Overpopulation is no doubt worldwide concern as it brings different problems to urbanization process as well as environment. Waste is number one side product of overpopulation. Waste generation is ever increasing in both urban and suburban area and has led to many environmental issues. Many of the waste generated have potential to be transformed in...

Peoples of the Bangladesh witness natural and other disasters every year that causing serious natural, environmental, ecological, agricultural and human disruptions. The study was conducted with 245 participants in the upazila (sub-division) of Morelganj and Sharankhola in the district of Bagherhat, Bangladesh. The young (60%) and higher educated p...

Overpopulation is no doubt worldwide concern as it brings different problems to urbanization process as well as environment. Waste is number one side product of overpopulation. Waste generation is ever increasing in both urban and suburban area and has led to many environmental issues. Many of the waste generated have potential to be transformed in...

The 4th ICSD 2016 will be held at the: Gregorian University of Rome - Roma Eventi – Piazza della Pilotta, 4 - 00187 Roma - Italiy Day: Friday 16 to Saturday 17 September, 2016 The International Conference on Sustainable Development is inspired from the critical challenge of human, environmental, and economic sustainability concerning the present a...

The 4th ICSD 2016 will be held at the: Gregorian University of Rome - Roma Eventi – Piazza della Pilotta, 4 - 00187 Roma - Italiy Day: Friday 16 to Saturday 17 September, 2016 The International Conference on Sustainable Development is inspired from the critical challenge of human, environmental, and economic sustainability concerning the present an...

Nowadays, the bioremediation of toxic pollutants is a subject of interest in terms of health issues and environmental cleaning. In the present review, an eco-friendly, cost-effective approach is discussed for the detoxification of environmental pollutants by the means of natural purifier, i.e., blue–green algae over the conventional methods. Indust...

Background: Currently, most farmers favour more on application of inorganic fertilizer compared to organic fertilizer. In the long run, utilization of inorganic fertilizer has raised concern towards health as well as environmental issues. More and more rural lands are turning unsuitable for farming due to the pollution of land and water by factory...

Background Application of membrane technology to wastewater treatment has expanded over the last decades due to increasingly stringent legislation, greater opportunities for water reuse/recycling processes and continuing advancement in membrane technology. Objectives In the present study, a bench-scale submerged microfiltration membrane bioreactor...

The extraction of Rhodamine B (RB) dye from aqueous solution by using soybean oil as organic solvent was investigated in this study. This study is aimed to found out the significant factors, which affect the efficiency of RB extraction using a full factorial design. A total of four factors (pH, organic to aqueous phase ratio, mixing time and mixing...

Global environmental changes have the potential to exacerbate the ecological and societal impacts of changes in biodiversity. In many regions, land conversion forces declining populations towards the edges of their species range, where they become increasingly vulnerable to collapse if exposed to further human impact. South Asia is home to over one...

Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi (S. Typhi) is the causative agent of typhoid fever. TolC, an efflux pump protein, is reported to have a role in the virulence of S. Typhimurium, which does not cause typhoid fever or carriers in humans. The role of TolC in the virulence of S. Typhi is unknown. This study addresses this question by utilizing gene kn...

Presently, 50-60 m3 of water needed to produce a ton of paper and around 240-250 chemicals have been identified in effluents, which are produced at different stages of paper making in pulp and paper industry. The pulp and paper industry is typically associated with pollution problems related to high BOD, COD, toxicity, AOX, color, suspended solids,...

Water is a prime candidate for the development of intensive water recycling strategies and the recovery of valuable chemical products in large industry. The present study performs the bench-scale submerged microfiltration bioreactor using the white-rot fungus Coriolus versicolor for treatment of textile dye wastewater and was confirmed the decolora...

3 rd icsd 2015, ROME, ITALY The ICSD 2015 will be held at the Gregorian University of Rome, Piazza della Pilotta, 4 Rome, Italy o Read more: http://www.ecsdev.org/index.php/conference

Nanotechnology is an extremely wide term, the definition of which varies from field to field. Most commonly, nanotechnology is defined as “…the understanding, control, and restructuring of matter on the order of nanometers (i.e., less than 100 nm) to create materials with fundamentally new properties and functions” [1]. Nanotechnology refers to the...

Conference Objective and Philosophical Framework The International Conference on Sustainable Development is inspired from the critical challenge of human, environmental, and economic sustainability concerning the present and future generations in a global-scale context The 2° ICSD 2014 will be held at the Piazza di Spagna- Roma Eventi, Via Alibe...

Ramanna Tank (cheruvu), Second largest tank in Nellore District. This famous Ramanna Tank located between ulavapalla, Singa peta and kowru Gunta Villages. This is main water resources for various villages (ulavapalla, Singapeta, thippa) for farming Every Year around 30 tonnes of fish is caught by fishermen from this tank. The Physico chemical chara...

Water is the most vital resource for the living beings to survive. India has a vast and varied inland water resource which is considered to be richest in world's nature lakes. The physico-chemical characteristic of Nellore tank has been studied for monsoon, pre-monsoon, post-monsoon in the year. From the results water body was found to be well in t...

Modern economic development sometimes disrupts nature’s delicate balance. The extent of environmental pollution caused by humans is already so great that some scientist question whether the Earth can continue to support life unless immediate corrective action is taken. If left undisturbed, natural environmental systems tend to achieve balance or st...

The idea of water clarification by natural coagulants is many centuries old. Naturalcoagulants like Moring oelifera, Mangifera indica and Prunusarmeniaca,Strychnospotatorum are used for the treatment of waste waters. Nirmali Seed is a naturalcoagulant material with polyelectrolytes. These polyelectrolytes are responsible forcoagulation property of...

First time in India, a study was aimed to establish a base- line data for electron beamradiation dose level needed to disinfect and also improve the water quality of sewage waterfor possible reuse in irrigation, industries as well as a few domestic purposes. Raw andsecondary treated sewage water samples, which were rich with microorganisms from Nav...

Biodegradation is cost-effective, environmentally friendly treatment for oily contaminated sites by the use of microorganisms. In this study, laboratory experiments were conducted to establish the performance of fungal isolates in degradation of organic compounds contained in soils contaminated with petrol and diesel. As a result of the laboratory...

In India a number of reports have appeared concerning the distribution of dermatophytes from various habits. However, there are very few reports on the occurrence and distribution of dermatophytes in soils of India. Keeping in view the microbiological and pathological importance of dermatophytes the present study was planned to find out their distr...

Water represents the basic elements supporting life and the natural environment, a primary component for industry, a consumer item for humans and animals, and a vector for domestic and industrial pollution. Much of ill health that affects humanity, especially in the developing countries can be traced to lack of safe and wholesome water supply. Ther...

European Journal of Sustainable Development Is a double blinded peer-reviewed open access journal, published under the supervision of the European Center of Sustainable Development. EJSD was established as the official journal of ECSDEV, to provide an international forum for debates among diverse disciplines, such as human development, environmenta...

Biodegradation of Nitroso dye effluent by two fungi viz., Phanerochaete chrysosporium and Trametes hirsuta was carried out. These two fungal strains showed considerable decolorization, BOD and COD removal efficiently from dye effluent. Tropically grown edible mushroom Trametes hirsuta degraded nitroso dye without much input of energy. In vitro stud...

The efficacy of electron beam radiation for the disinfection and reduction of organic load of sewage water was assessed with ILU-6 Accelerator at Radiation Technology Development Division of the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai India. The current problem on environmental health in relation to water pollution insists for the safe disposal of se...

The use of electron beam to disinfect sewage water is gaining importance. The current problem on environmental health in relation to water pollution insists for the safe disposal of sewage water. In general, sewage water comprises of heterogeneous organic based chemicals as well as pathogens. EB (electron beam) treatment of the wastewater was found...

First time in India, the present study was investigated the efficiency of electron beam to hygienise and oxidise the wastewater and focus on new technologies and processes. The use of electron beam accelerator to disinfect sewage water is gaining a great importance. The current emphasis on environmental health and water pollution issue are that, th...

The soil fertility is mainly due to soil microorganism, those also include Mycorrhizae. Arbuscular Mycorrhizal (AM) fungi are soil microorganisms that establish mutual symbiosis with the majority of higher plants, providing a direct physical link between soil and plant roots. For rapid growth of plants in soil as well as sandy zones, beneficially m...

Assessment of water quality is important as water is used for domestic, agricultural and also industrial purposes. The coastal stretch of Andhra Pradesh abutting Bay of Bengal is also a part of the Coromandal coast that runs to a length of 960 km on the east coast of India. The two large rivers Godavari and Krishna, which originate in the west coas...

A preliminary survey of the Air mycoflora was done with the exposure of culture plates in old town area with respective to dust fall. A total number of six species namely Aspergillus sp, Rhizopus sp, Penicillium sp, Trichoderma sp, Fusarium sp and Mucor sp were recorded. Six fungal species which colonize in the atmosphere in old town area have been...

A preliminary survey of the Air mycoflora was done with the exposure of culture plates in old town area with respective to dust fall. A total number of six species namely Aspergillus sp, Rhizopus sp, Penicillium sp, Trichoderma sp, Fusarium sp and Mucor sp were recorded. Six fungal species which colonize in the atmosphere in old town area have been...