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    • Young British Muslims: Identity, Culture, Politics and the Media 

      Kabir, Nahid Afrose (© 2010 Edinburgh University Press, 2010)
      Based on 216 in-depth interviews of Muslims in Britain, the book examines how British Muslim youths and young adults, 15-30 years old, define their identities, their values and their culture and whether these conflict ...

    • An experimental demonstration of quantum NOT gate: transition from classical to quantum regime 

      Sajeed, Shihan; Haider, A F M Yusuf (© 2010 IEEE, 2010)
      Path of a photon was considered to be used as qubit for implementing quantum NOT gate. An experimental setup was designed using a Mach-Zehnder interferometer constructed from simple optical devices such as He-Ne lasers, ...

    • Transformation of spatial pattern and declining of social capital in Dhaka city , Bangladesh 

      Sultana, Sheikh Rubaiya (© 2010 BRAC University, 2010)
      In human settlement, there is a strong link between spatial quality and societal values. A space has two facts: physical phenomenon and a mental arena. Both of them are influenced by the social process (Sheikh, 2006). ...

    • Impact of flooding on feeding practices of infants and young children in Dhaka, Bangladesh Slums: what are the coping strategies? 

      Goudet, Sophie M.; Griffiths, Paula L.; Bogin, Barry A.; Selim, Nasima (© 2010 Blackwell Publishing Ltd., 2010)
      Previous research has shown that urban slums are hostile environments for the growth of infants and young children (IYC). Flooding is a hazard commonly found in Dhaka slums (Bangladesh) which negatively impacts IYC's ...

    • Service experiences in hospitals in Bangladesh: are there gender inequities? 

      Andaleeb, Syed Saad; Millet, Ido (© Emerald Group Publishing Limited, 2010)
      Purpose – The disparities faced by women, especially in Bangladesh, have a long and contentious history. From education and employment to health care and other social products, the marginalization of women has been stark. ...

    • Recurrent neural network classifier for three layer conceptual network and performance evaluation 

      Md. Khalilur, Rhaman; Endo, Tsutomu (© 2010 ACADEMY PUBLISHER, 2010-01)
      Natural language has traditionally been handled using symbolic computation and recursive processes. Classification of natural language by using neural network is a hard problem. Past few years several recurrent neural network ...

    • Brain-Gain in Bangladesh: What makes it possible? 

      Rahman, Shahidur (© 2010 International Journal of Innovation, Management and Technology, 2010-06)
      This paper examines the factors that are responsible for the migration of academics from developing countries to developed countries. After exploring the causes,the paper also examines the factors related with the return ...

    • Survival during economic shock: the role of firm experience 

      Kamal, Sifat; Kamal, Shawkat (Journal of State University of Bangladesh, 2010-07)
      Based on organizational ecology and other management theories, this paper aims at finding a relationship between organizational aging and firm survival during economic shocks. There is differing evidence on whether ...

    • Factors affecting consumers preferences on fast food items in Bangladesh 

      Ullah, G. M. Shafayet; Islam, Nazrul (Journal of Applied Business Research (JABR), 2010-08)
      Fast food industry is a high growing sector of Bangladesh. It is concerned with the tastes and habits of the people. The food-taking habit especially in fast food segment has been changing very fast over last decade among ...

    • Elemental profiling and determination of Ti content of the beach sand samples of Bangladesh using LIBS technique 

      Haider, A F M Yusuf; Wahadoszamen, Md; Sadat, M. E.; Abedin, Kazi Monowar; Talukder, A.I. (© 2010 Elsevier Ltd., 2010-09)
      Laser-induced breakdown spectroscopic technique was used to study the elemental profile of beach sand samples of Bangladesh. Apart from Silicon, which is the main elemental constituent of sand, the presence of Li, Na, Mg, ...

    • Power dependence of size of laser ablated colloidal silver nanoparticles 

      Talukder, A. I.; Sultana, Parvin; Haider, A F M Yusuf; Wahadoszamen, Md; Abedin, Kazi Monowar; Farhad, S.F.U. (© 2010 EDP Sciences, SIF, Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, 2010-11)
      Silver nanoparticles have been produced by laser ablation of silver metal in nanopure water without any chemical additives. It has been observed that laser power has a control over the size of the nanoparticles. Increasing ...

    • Authorship in leading management journals: representation from Asian business schools 

      Kamal, Shawkat; Duc, Le Manch; Qi, Zhu (© 2010 Bangladesh Institute of Management, 2010-12)
      This study investigates the representation of works by authors of affiliated with Asian business schools in top management journals. The results did not indicate strong support for change in the representation of works by ...

    • Antidiarrheal, antioxidant and antimicrobial activities of the musa sapientum seed 

      Hossain, M Sarowar; Alam, M Badrul; Asadujjaman, M; Zahan, Ronok; Islam, M Monirul; Mazumder, M Ehsanul H; Haque, Md Ekramul (© 2011, Avicenna Journal of Medical Biotechnology., 2011)
      Musa sapientum (M.sapientum) commonly known as 'banana' is widely used in Bangladeshi folk medicine for the treatment of various ailments including diarrhea. Hence, the present study was designed to investigate antidiarrheal, ...

    • A single phase buck-boost AC-AC converter with low input current THD and high input power factor 

      Abedin, Amina Hasan; Kabir, Ashfanoor N M Enamul; Ahmad, Estiak; Rahman, Dhrubo; Choudhury, Mohammad Ali A Shoukat (© 2011 Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2011)
      Two new topologies of Buck-Boost single-phase ac-ac conversion are proposed. In one of the circuits a bi-directional switch with a single buck-boost inductor is used, whereas, in the other circuit a bi-directional switch ...

    • Square diaphragm CMUT capacitance calculation using a new deflection shape function 

      Rahman, Md. Mosaddequr; Chowdhury, Sazzadur Tanvir Ur Rahman (© 2011 Hindawi Publishing Corporation, 2011)
      A new highly accurate closed-form capacitance calculation model has been developed to calculate the capacitance of capacitive micromachined ultrasonic transducers (CMUTs) built with square diaphragms. The model has been ...

    • Noninstitutional births and newborn care practices among adolescent mothers in Bangladesh 

      Rahman, Mosiur Mosiur; Haque, Syed Emdadul Mdadul; Zahan, Sarwar; Islam, Ohidul (© 2011 JOGNN - Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic, and Neonatal Nursing, 2011)
      Objective: To describe home-based newborn care practices among adolescent mothers in Bangladesh and to identify sociodemographic, antenatal care (ANC), and delivery care factors associated with these practices. Design: The ...

    • Design, implementation and performance of a controller for uninterruptible solar hot water system 

      Hasan, Mohammed A.; Arifin, K.; Rahman, Arifur K M Zillur; Azad, AKM Abdul Malek (© 2011 Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2011)
      This paper describes a novel design and implementation of an automatic control system for solar hot water system in both domestic and industrial purpose. The project consists of one 150 liters evacuated tube solar collector, ...

    • In vitro study on interaction of ketotifen fumarate with metformin hydrochloride 

      Sayeed, Mohammed Aktar; Hasan, S. M. Raquibul; Rana, Md Sohel (© 2011 Latin American Journal of Pharmacy, 2011)
      The present study was designed to study the in vitro interaction of ketotifen fumarate and metformin hydrochloride in aqueous media at different pH values using Job's continuous-variation analysis and Ardon's spectrophotomeric ...

    • Feasibility and importance of an automatic controller for solar hot water system 

      Hasan, Mohammed A.; Rahman, Arifur K M Zillur; Azad, AKM Abdul Malek (© 2011 Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2011)
      Being a developing country, Bangladesh has a very poor condition in terms of generating electricity. Alongside, natural resources like fuel and coal are in limited amount and will not be able to sustain forever. As a result, ...

    • A single phase AC-AC boost converter with improved input power factor and THD 

      Kabir, Md. Ashfanoor; Abedin, Amina Hasan; Mustafiz, Rubiya Binta; Islam, Muhammed Kamrul; Choudhury, Mohammad Ali A Shoukat (© 2011 Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2011)
      A new circuit is proposed for single phase AC-AC conversion using Boost topology. Input Power factor, input current Total Harmonic Distortion (THD) and efficiency of the circuit are examined for the proposed circuit for ...