Browsing BracU Publications by Title
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Facebook : utopia, dystopia or heterotopia
(BRAC University, 2010)Social networking sites (SNSs) like Facebook, Friendster, Orkut, Hi5, and MySpace have accelerated and changed the meaning of communication for millions of computer users around the world. The growing number of people ... -
Factors associated with pregnancy complications during antenatal period: an extended GEE approach
(BRAC University, 2005)The purpose of the paper is to examine the factors affecting pregnancy complications during antenatal period of mothers. The study uses data which have been repeated over time i.e., the nature of the data is longitudinal ... -
Factors determining the presence of glass ceiling and influencing women career advancement in Bangladesh
(BRAC University, 2008)The purpose of the study is to examine the existence of glass ceiling in different industries and service sectors in Bangladesh. This study also attempts to identify the contributing factors which create the glass ceiling ... -
Factors related to childbearing in Bangladesh: a generalized linear modeling approach
(BRAC University, 2008)Childbearing is generally considered as an important and major determinant of large family size and rapid population growth, particularly in the countries where family planning is not widely practiced. Bearing more children ... -
Fantasy and the Jonsonian Masque
(BRAC University, 2010)This paper highlights Jonson's portrayal of contemporary psychology of fantasy where absurd ideas vanish and the positive aspects of reality and beauty exist. To portray this “paradoxical” approach to fantasy, Jonson took ... -
A fast tree based cluster labeling algorithm for Monte Carlo simultaitons
(BRAC University, 2005)A highly efficient tree based algorithm for studying site or bond percolation on any lattice system is described. Our approach is to identify the connectivity of the lattice sites in a single phase and to reduce the redundant ... -
Feeding practices of under-5 children in a semi-urban village in Bangladesh
(BRAC University, 2012-12)Objective: To explore the reported feeding practices of under-five (U-5) children in a rapidly urbanizing village in Bangladesh. Methodology: This was a study with qualitative exploratory design based on grounded theory. ... -
Finite volume methods for solving hyperbolic partial differential equations on curved manifolds
(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 ... -
Finite volume methods for solving hyperbolic problems on euclidean manifolds without radially symmetric initial condition
(BRAC University, 2006)Many interesting physical systems are successfully modeled with time-dependant conservation laws on smooth manifolds, M. Examples of such systems include hydrodynamic flows in non-trivial geometry, important in aerodynamic ... -
First language acquisition: Grammar in the speech of a two-year old Bangladesh child
(BRAC University, 2008)The paper explores the grammar in the speech of a two-year old Bengali-speaking child. Though language acquisition process is still a mystery, linguists throughout the world confirm that it follows a systematic process in ... -
Foreign exchange risk management practices-a study in Indian scenario
(BRAC University, 2008)Indian economy in the post-liberalization era has witnessed increasing awareness of the need for introduction of various risk management products to enable hedging against market risk in a cost effective way. This ... -
Fostering the practice of communicative competence in ESL classrooms
(BRAC University, 2006)In an attempt to make our students literate in international discourse, to make them compete successfully on a national and international level, the demand to teach communicative English is increasing more and more in ... -
Free convection and mass transfer flow past an infinite vertical porous plate with dufour and soret effects in a porus medium
(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 ... -
From "Now-here" to "Nowhere" : the spatial aesthetics of postmodernism
(BRAC University, 2010)With the waning of the age of modernism, time has ceased to have a primary role in shaping people’s psychological and cultural expressions. Time has given way to space and a new understanding of spatiality, which has been ... -
Gender inequality in the distribution of household expenditure in Bangladesh: a theil decompositon analysis
(BRAC University, 2007)This paper attempts to study the gender inequality situation in Bangladesh during 1995-96 through examining the effect the gender of a household head and their marital status has on the per capita household expenditure. ... -
Gendered marginalization of disabled bodies: understanding 'marginalization' as (perhaps) the most dangerous form of oppression
(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 ... -
Generation of supersonic solitions by earthquake emission in the van Allen rediation belt
(BRAC University, 2005)The parametric coupling between earthquake emitted circularly polarized electromagnetic radiation and ponderomotively driven ion-acoustic perturbations in the Van Allen Radiation Belt is considered. A cubic nonlinear ... -
Glimpse on child labor: a study on child labor situation in Dhaka city corporation area
(BRAC University, 2007)The prevalence of child labor has, in recent years, become a serious problem throughout the world and especially in many poor developing countries of Asia, Africa and Latin America. Being one of the most densely populated ... -
Global technological change impact on female textile and garment workers in Thailand
(BRAC University, 2004)Global technological change has significant impact on lower skilled female textile and garment workers in Thailand, as it brings new machines and manufacturing processes into the company. This study aims at identifying the ... -
Gravitational waves in a magnetized plasma
(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 ...