• Chikungunya virus outbreak in Dhaka, Bangladesh in 2017 - a seroprevalence study 

  Mahmud, Humaira (BRAC Univeristy, 2018-01)

  Chikungunya is a viral disease transmitted by mainly Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus mosquitoes. In 2017, Chikungunya virus was introduced into the Dhaka city of Bangladesh and triggered a massive outbreak which affected ...
• Screening for silver resistant silE gene in Klebsiella pneumoniae isolated from wound and burn patients 

  Rahman, Jakia (BRAC Univeristy, 2017-11)

  Background: Bacteria are one-celled organisms cause various infectious disease. Wound site is more susceptible to the pathogenic bacteria and those bacteria becoming resistant to antibiotic day by day, a serious threat to ...
• Isolation of cellulolytic bacteria from soil sample and production of cellulase and its purification 

  Khanom, Shabrina (BRAC Univeristy, 2018-03)

  The cellulase producing bacteria were isolated from cow dung and characterized by morphological and biochemical analysis. Hence, studies pursue to unfold a novel cellulase that can overcome existing challenges in biorefinery, ...
• Determination of the prevalence and antibiotic susceptibility pattern of the members of Enterobacteriaceae family from the urine samples of UTI suspected patients from a diagnostic center in Dhaka city 

  Haque, Syeda Samiha (BRAC Univeristy, 2018-03)

  Urinary Tract Infection (UTI) defines a condition in which the urinary tract is infected with a pathogen causing inflammation which is a common, distressing and occasionally life threatening condition. UTI affects people ...
• Bacteriological profile and its antibiotic susceptibility in patients with Urinary Tract Infection in a diagnostic center in Dhaka 

  Islam, Namista; Department of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, BRAC University (BRAC Univeristy, 2018-03)

  Urinary tract infection (UTI) is a common bacterial infection known to affect the different parts of the urinary tract and the occurrence is found in both males and females. Despite the fact, that both the genders are ...
• Determination of prevalence and antibiotic susceptibility pattern of bacteria isolated from kitchen utensils of BRAC university of Dhaka, Bangladesh 

  Tamanna, Tasnim (BRAC Univeristy, 2018-03)

  Kitchen utensils become contaminated by people, food, pet or other environmental sources and cross contamination occurs. This study aimed at isolating, identifying, determining antibiotic susceptibility pattern and ...
• Analytical solution of non-linear partial differential equation by using the extended (𝐆′/𝐆) expansion method with non-linear auxiliary equation 

  Karmaker, Bishwajit (BRAC Univeristy, 2018-03-01)

  Among some new methods, these were introduced to find the exact solution of Non-Linear Partial Differential Equations (NLPDEs), (G'/G) expansion method proposed by Mingliang Wang, is straightforward and easy to handle ...
• Comparison of the effect of garlic with the effect of antibiotics on the survival and growth of broiler chickens 

  Tuson, Olia Najon (BRAC Univeristy, 2018-01)

  The aim of the present study was to compare the effect of garlic as feed additives with the effect of antibiotics on the survival and growth of broiler chickens. The massive use of the antimicrobial drug in poultry industries ...
• Determination of prevalence and antibiotic susceptibility pattern of bacteria isolated from household and restaurant kitchen utensils of Dhaka, Bangladesh 

  Anwar, Tashfia (BRAC Univeristy, 2018-03)

  The kitchen is one of the most crucial areas that harbors and transmits infection. This study aimed at isolating, identifying, determining antibiotic susceptibility pattern and investigating antimicrobial activity of ...
• Travelling wave and non-travelling wave solutions of nonlinear evolution equation via new generalized and Improved (G'/G) - expansion method 

  Khan, Anika Tahsin (BRAC Univeristy, 2018-03-01)

  In this thesis, we have applied the new extension of the generalized and improved ( G' / G) - expansion method in order to find the explicit solutions of non-travelling and travelling wave solutions of Fisher equation. ...
• Nonperturbative phenomena in field theory and gravity, and use of Borel summation to capture nonperturbative information 

  Rahman, Md Ashiq (BARC University, 2017-12)

  This thesis addresses non-perturbative phenomena and techniques to analyze nonperturbative problems. First, we discuss the simplest non-perturbative example in quantum gravity: blackholes, and how they non-perturbatively ...
• In vivo propagation of monoclonal antibodies in ascites fluid produced in BALB/c mice: characterization and diagnostic application for the identification of Vibrio cholerae O1 

  Chowdhury, Mashiat Nawar (BRAC University, 2017-07)

  Monoclonal antibodies are powerful tools in biomedical sciences. High affinity of binding domains of monoclonal antibodies towards a specific antigen enables their use in diagnostic assays and kits to identify particular ...
• Designing and performance evaluation of a solar water pumping system 

  Haque, Aynus Tazwar (BRAC University, 2016-01)

  This study includes the detailed designing of solar water pumping system and its performance evaluation. Water pumping system is an ancient procedure and many methods have been established. Human energy, animal power, ...
• Detection of extended spectrum β-lactamase (ESBLA), screening of AmpC β-lactamase and detection of CTX-M and aacA-aphD genes among the multidrug resistant bacteria found in two tertiary hospitals of Dhaka city 

  Sultana, Sarmin (BRAC University, 2017-05)

  Klebsiella spp. and Pseudomonas spp. are opportunistic pathogens that are responsible for severe infections. These infections can be treated by antibiotics of different classes individually or in combination. However, ...
• Comparative study of the presence of stx1 and stx2 genes from clinical and environmental samples of Shigella 

  Annur, Rocksher (BRAC University, 2017-03)

  Shigellosis, a disease caused by Shigella spp. occur because of the presence of stx1 and stx2 genes. Shigellaspp. Sometimes escapes detection by the traditional culture methods. Bacterial isolates were chosen on the basis ...
• Antimicrobial activities of Aloe vera leaf and clove extracts, their comparison with commercial antibiotics and molecular analysis of genes involved with multidrug resistance in bacteria 

  Afrin, Nusrat (BRAC University, 2017-06)

  The need for new, potent antimicrobial agents from natural sources is increasing because of the growing cases of multidrug resistance in clinically relevant organisms. The purpose of this study was to investigate in vitro ...
• Study of a rare medicinal plant Artemisia nilagirica: phytochemical screening, antioxidant properties and antimicrobial activities 

  Nayeema, Mehbubun (BRAC University, 2017-01)

  Artemisia nilagirica is an aromatic herbaceous plant belongs to Asteraceae family used in traditional medicine for the treatment of various ailments. Locally the plant is known as Nagdan or Nagdamani. This plant has been ...
• A 4D spacetime embedded in a 5D pseudo-Euclidean space describing interior of compact stars 

  Singh, Ksh Newton; Murad, Mohammad Hassan; Pant, Neeraj (© 2017, Springer New York LLC, 2017-02-01)

  The present paper provides a new model of compact stars satisfying the Karmarkar condition. The model is obtained by assuming a new type of metric potential for gr r from the condition of embedding class I. The model ...
• Accurate numerical simulation of the far-field tsunami caused by the 2011 Tohoku earthquake, including the effects of Boussinesq dispersion, seawater density stratification, elastic loading, and gravitational potential change 

  Baba, Toshitaka; Allgeyer, Sébastien; Hossen, Md. Jakir; Cummins, Phil R.; Tsushima, Hiroaki; Imai, Kentaro; Yamashita, Kei; Kato, Toshihiro (© 2017 Elsevier Ltd, 2017-03-01)

  In this study, we considered the accurate calculation of far-field tsunami waveforms by using the shallow water equations and accounting for the effects of Boussinesq dispersion, seawater density stratification, elastic ...
• Phytochemical screening of ethanol and methanol extract of pimpinella anisum and comparison of antibacterial assays of prevalent organisms in Bangladesh 

  Rashid, Faiza Noor E (BRAC University, 2017-05)

  There simply aren't enough new drugs in the pharmaceutical pipeline to keep pace with the evolution of drug-resistant bacteria, the so-called superbugs”. Medicinal plants synthesize a vast array of secondary metabolites ...

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