Browsing by Subject "Resistance"
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Anti-tubercular activity of novel indole and indane moiety containing derivatives: a review
(Brac University, 2019-10)Tuberculosis (TB), a global epidemic, is creating critical situations like MDR, XDR or HIV TB which is causing death to millions of people. The demand of developing specific drugs who work through selective pathway and ... -
Antimicrobials resistance pattern of escherichia coli collected from various pathological specimens
(© 2012 Pakistan Journal of Biological Sciences, 2012)Irrational use of antibiotics is common in Bangladesh. The purpose of the present study was to know the effectiveness of various commonly used antimicrobials against Escherichia coli. Antimicrobial susceptibility test was ... -
Backlash in action? or inaction? stalled implementation of the domestic violence (prevention and protection) Act 2010 in Bangladesh
(Institute of Development Studies, 2023-06)While the formulation and enactment of the Act was an achievement for the government and the coalition that championed it (the Citizens’ Initiative Against Domestic Violence, CIDV), its implementation has been weak. In ... -
Bacterial etiology and antibiotic resistance pattern of adult pneumonia in South Asia: a review
(Brac University, 2023-05)This article reviews literature focused on Community Acquired Pneumonia (CAP), Hospital Acquired Pneumonia (HAP) and Ventilator Associated Pneumonia (VAP) in adults published over the years of 2004 to 2021. The review ... -
Comparative analysis: nationalism and resistance in Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart and Bankim Chandra Chatterjee’s Anandamath.
(Brac University, 2024-05)By delving into the literary representations of Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart and Bankim Chandra Chatterjee's Anandamath, this paper aims to examine nationalism and resistance within the colonial context of Africa and ... -
A generalized overview of antibiotic resistance on the context of South Asian countries
(Brac University, 2022-07)Antibiotic resistance has become a global health concern, marking its prevalence in the South Asian countries as well due to a number of underlying factors. With its manifold effects in the public health sector, it’s ... -
Incorporating probiotics in our daily food consumption to combat antibiotic resistance
(Brac University, 2022-10)An increase in antibiotic resistance throughout the globe threatens the survival of these lifesaving drugs (ABR). One of the most pressing global health issues is antibiotic resistance, which develops when bacteria or ... -
Isolation and characterization of carcinogenic chromium reducing Pseudomonas aeruginosa from water of Buriganga river
(Brac University, 2019-05)Hexavalent chromium is a highly toxic heavy metals which has the carcinogenic and mutagenic property. It is mobile in nature and causes many more diseases such as skin cancer, lung cancer, nasal infection etc. This ... -
Isolation of antibiotic resistant salmonella spp. from chicken samples collected from local wet markets of Dhaka city
(Brac University, 2023-05)In Bangladesh poultry chicken is popular as a great protein source but it contains Zoonotic disease called Salmonellosis causing bacteria like Salmonella spp. Salmonellosis is a foodborne illness that is brought on by a ... -
Isolation of antibiotic resistant salmonella spp. from fresh vegetables collected from local wet markets of Dhaka city
(Brac University, 2023-02)In Bangladesh, eating raw vegetables that have undergone less processing is becoming very popular. Consuming fresh vegetables contaminated with significant gastrointestinal pathogenic bacteria like Salmonella increases the ... -
Microbial prevalence of Kaptai lake from two different spots
(Brac University, 2023-01)Kaptai Lake one of the largest artificial freshwater lakes in South-east Asia which is situated in Rangamati district of Bangladesh. The people of Rangamati are greatly dependent on Kaptai Lake for their food source, ... -
Multi-drug resistant pathogens of pneumonia: our stance
(Brac University, 2020-02)As one of the preeminent causes of death, pneumonia is causing more harm than anticipated. Especially, the accompanying horror of antibiotic resistance is adding up into the pile of misery and the emergence of multidrug ... -
Precision medicine in four deadliest Cancers of the world : present practices & future prospects
(Brac University, 2022-02)Cancer is a very personalized disease which is why conventional oncology treatment following the ‘one size fits all’ method is unable to cure all patients effectively and for this, cancer remains one of the leading causes ... -
Resistance of rap: an ever struggling battlefield in Bangladesh
(BRAC University, 2018-12)The thesis explores the relationship of rap and resistance among youth in urban Bangladesh, situated in a transnational context. I first show how rap, a global phenomenon, becomes localized and gains its resistive nature ... -
A review on recent advances in drugs for lung cancer treatment
(Brac University, 2023-02)One of the predominant reasons for cancer-related fatalities worldwide is lung cancer. Existing drugs in the therapeutic landscape though beneficial are linked with various limitations. Overcoming these posed a major ... -
The Struggle of Memory against Forgetting in Lois Lowry’s The Giver, Yoko Ogawa’s The Memory Police, and Kazuo Ishiguro’s The Buried Giant
(Brac University, 2021-09)Since memory studies is a continuously expanding and contentious interdisciplinary field, scholarly interest in it has grown considerably in recent times, especially within the humanities. Situated in memory studies, this ... -
Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and antibiotic resistance: the need to search beyond
(Brac University, 2021-10)SDGs comprise 17 goals and 169 targets to tackle multiple and complex challenges of 21st century faced by the human race. The United Nations Organizations along with several organizations, NGOs have been working hard to ...
