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    • Same old, same old: from boring to creative presentation 

      Conlan, Chris; Ahmed, Sabreena (BRAC University, 2011)
      This study compares attitudes of tertiary-level students in Australia and Bangladesh towards the use of technology in lectures and seminars. Students were shown audiovisual recordings of two seminars. The content and ...

    • Sans analysis on CTAB (Cetyltrimethyl ammonium bromide micellar solution) 

      Ullah, A.K.M. Shafiq; Kamal, Imtiaz (BRAC University, 2007)
      The CTAB (Cetyltrimethyl Bromide) micellar solutions are studied by SANS measurement for different concentrations and at different temperatures with the additives of NaSal. The concentrations are 0.1M, 0.2M and 0.4M in ...

    • Scaling up: the BRAC experience 

      Ahmed, Salehuddin; French, Micaela (BRAC University, 2006)
      BRAC, a development NGO based in Bangladesh, has demonstrated an extraordinary aptitude for program expansion, or ‘scaling up’. Only thirty-four years old, the organization is today the largest NGO in the world, with ...

    • Seasonal siitfting and its impact on crop production: local community perception of Satkhira district 

      Nipa, Sharmin Nahar; Mukherjee, Nandan; Khan, Md. Reaz Uddin; Akhter, Taslima; Khanum, Roufa; Khan, A S Moniruzzman; Nishat, Ainun (© 2016 Published by BRAC University, 2016)
      In Bangladesh, climate change apparently has started to affect the climatic parameters which cause seasonal shifting and the behavior of different seasoos. This kind of pheoomeoon is currently posing a serious threat to ...

    • Secrets of the corporate jungle, shirley peddy JAICO publishing house, India,1997 

      Anam, Rumana Liza (BRAC University, 2004)

    • Sexism in language 

      Ahmad, Naufela Nafisa; Khan, Naira (BRAC University, 2010)
      This paper aims to examine the various forms of sexism that exist within languages. Over the years sexism has been weaved into the language system so subtly that people end up submitting to sexist views without even realizing ...

    • A simple approach to countability 

      Chowdhury, Munibur Rahman (BRAC University, 2004)

    • 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 ...

    • Solid waste management of Dhaka city: public private community partnership 

      Zahur, Moushumi (BRAC University, 2007)
      Urban solid waste management is considered as one of the most immediate and serious environmental problems confronting municipal authorities in developing Asian Countries. Although municipal authorities acknowledge the ...

    • Specific language impairment - when only language becomes difficult 

      Sultana, Asifa (BRAC University, 2010)
      Specific Language Impairment (SLI) is a language disorder that primarily affects oral language selectively. This impairment is not any sudden loss; rather some children are born with this disability. The impaired children ...

    • Stability of a chemostat model of two microorganisms 

      Hossain, A B M Shahadat; Podder, Chandra Nath (BRAC University, 2006)
      We studied stability analysis of a chemostat model of two microorganisms that incorporates both different response functions and we made a single code of the model using a computer algebra system (CAS) Mathematica for ...

    • The stability of a mathematical model in the presence of a preventive vaccine 

      Rahman, Kazi Aminur; Jannatun, Nayeem; Salek, Mr. Md. Abu (BRAC University, 2008)
      Various kinds of deterministic models for the spread of infectious disease in populations have been analyzed mathematically and applied to specific diseases. In this paper a deterministic model for the dynamics of an ...

    • The state of food security in Bangladesh : an econometric analysis 

      Akhter, Yesmin; Rahman, Pk. Md. Motiur (BRAC University, 2012)
      The main concern of this paper is to examine the food availability, self-sufficiency rate and food gap situation in Bangladesh. Attempt has been made to estimate food gaps between production and requirement for the last ...

    • The strategic implication of electronic commerce for small and medium sized enterprises (SME) 

      Quader, Mohammed Shahedul; Ahmed, Rubina I. (BRAC University, 2005)
      The objective of this Paper is to examine the strategic implication of Electronic Commerce for small and medium sized enterprises. This paper explores how electronic commerce has the potential to transform the concept of ...

    • Strengths and weaknesses of participatory methods for rapid definition of problems and potentials to promote socially just urban intervention 

      Jabeen, Huraera (BRAC University, 2006)
      Urban development and planning, at present, demand an approach that both provides an account of the forces leading to change in the qualities of places in urban regions and offers ideas about the forms and processes of ...

    • Study of sans distribution function for different particles at different conditions 

      Ullah, A.K.M. Shafiq; Ahsan, M. H.; Ahmed, F. U.; Kamal, I. (BRAC University, 2008)
      The size and shape of a particle can be found out by the analysis of form factor distributions in small angle neutron scattering. In the present work, the form factors were calculated theoretically by computer program and ...

    • Study of transfer free graphene formation 

      Roy, Sajib; Galib, O.F.M Abdul (BRAC University, 2012)
      The method of using CVD or Chemical Vapor Deposition [1-2] in the formation of graphene synthesis has recently progress quite a lot. The material shows exceptional electronic properties and also characterizes suspended ...

    • Study on Chohomology of supermanifolds 

      Ahmed, M. Khondokar (BRAC University, 2006)
      In this present paper de Rham cohomology of graded manifolds, cohomology of graded differential forms and cohomology of DeWitt supermanifolds are studied. The structure of a G-supermanifold in general is not acyclic. So, ...

    • Subversive images of women in medieval English literature: a selective reading 

      F. Shams, Sheikh (BRAC University, 2008)
      It is commonly assumed that medieval society is hostile to women’s power. Women are continuously contained and constrained by the patriarchal norms of medieval Europe to strengthen the heroic ideals of masculinity, while ...

    • Supplementary cementing materials for high performance concrete 

      Safiuddin, Md.; Zain, M.F.M. (BRAC University, 2006)
      Supplementary cementing material is an important component of high performance concrete. In particular, the incorporation of supplementary cementing material is essential when the high strength and durability become the ...