Recent Submissions

  • Gendered marginalization of disabled bodies: understanding 'marginalization' as (perhaps) the most dangerous form of oppression 

    Karim, Shuchi (BRAC University, 2005)
    The essay applies Iris Marion Young's discussion of marginalization as a form of oppression suffered differentially by specific social groups, in relation to women with disabilities. It draws on Young's frame, which ...
  • Transactional analysis counselling: an introduction 

    Sami, Mahbuba Naznin; Karim, Shamim F. (BRAC University, 2005)
    Transactional analysis is a systematic tool for personal growth and development. In Transactional Analysis counselor does counseling for developing adult ego states of the client. Though all time an individual behaves, ...
  • Free convection and mass transfer flow past an infinite vertical porous plate with dufour and soret effects in a porus medium 

    Alam, Md. Shariful; Rahman, Mohammad Mansur (BRAC University, 2005)
    A numerical solution of unsteady free convection and mass transfer flow is presented when a viscous, incompressible fluid flows along an infinite vertical porous plate embedded in a porous medium. Both the Dufour and Soret ...
  • Parsing Bangla using LFG: an introduction 

    Haque, Muhammad Nasimul; Khan, Mumit (BRAC University, 2005)
    This paper is intended to introduce LFG (Lexical Functional Grammar) for parsing Bangla. The LFG formalism, which has evolved from extensive computational, linguistic, and psycholinguistic research, provides a simple set ...
  • Finite volume methods for solving hyperbolic partial differential equations on curved manifolds 

    Rahman, Moshiour (BRAC University, 2005)
    The natural mathematical arena to formulate conservation laws on curve manifolds is that of differential geometry. Ricci developed this branch of mathematics from 1887 to 1896. Subsequent work in differential geometry has ...
  • Linear and nonlinear dynamic conductivity of carbon nanotubes 

    Kamal, Marzuk M; Y evthshenko, Oleg M (BRAC University, 2005)
    Electronic properties of carbon nanotubes are studied. L inear response of dynamic conductivity of both zigzag and armchair nanotubes is analyzed at different temperatures and for different radii of nanotubes in the framework ...
  • Gravitational waves in a magnetized plasma 

    Mofiz, U.A. (BRAC University, 2005)
    An overview of gravitational wave and its possible detection while propagating in a plasma is given. The linear propagation of gravitational wave in magnetized plasma is considered. It is found that a × polarized gravitational ...
  • Interaction in second language classrooms 

    Chowdhury, Shaheena (BRAC University, 2005)
    Dealing with reticent students in a second language classroom is one the major issues a language teacher is faced with, and it becomes an exasperating experience when the students are from multicultural background who do ...
  • Participation by the NGOs in housing for the urban poor in Bangladesh 

    Rahman, Mohammed Mahbubur (BRAC University, 2005)
    Many non-government organisations (NGOs) are involved in various development programs in Bangladesh, targeting the urban poor, who also lack proper housing. Yet they have not been widely involved in urban housing. This ...
  • Assesing needs and scopes of upgrading urban squatters in Bangladesh 

    Roy, Gouri S.; Abduallah, A.Q.M (BRAC University, 2005)
    In almost all urban areas of developing countries squatter growth is a common phenomenon, characterized by filthy, dense, unhygienic and poorly-serviced human settlement, which can pose paramount threat to the discipline ...
  • Progress in procedural justice: tunnelling through the maze 

    Jahangir, Nadim; Haq, Mahmudul; Ahmed, Ezaz (BRAC University, 2005)
    Recent developments in the contribution to the literature on procedural justice have opened avenues for exploring the subject and gaining perspective in the field with a view to assessing how the concept of procedural ...
  • Socio-Demographic changes in Bangladesh: a study on impact 

    Khan, H.T. Abdullah; Raeside, Robert (BRAC University, 2005)
    The paper aims at examining the socio-demographic changes over years and their impact on the future age-sex structure of population in Bangladesh. The mechanisms of change in the population are reviewed and it is shown ...