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Defining and measuring literacy: facing the reality
(© 2011 Springer Science+Business Media B.V., 2011-08)Increasing recognition of a broadened concept of literacy challenges policy-makers and practitioners to re-define literacy operationally, develop and apply appropriate methods of assessing literacy and consider and act ... -
Defining self and other: Bangladesh’s secular aspirations and its writing of islam
(© 2013 Sameeksha Trust, 2013-12)Bangladesh’s experience with secularism has been a checkered one. Beginning with a strong constitutional mandate and political rhetoric, the word secularism has been changed, removed and restored, while Islam remains the ... -
Delivering primary education in Bangladesh: enabling the field personnel
(© 1998 Published by MCB UP Ltd., 1998)To transform the population of Bangladesh into a more literate and numerate group so that higher‐order nation building objectives can be attained, primary education has a vital role to play. Its effective delivery depends ... -
Dependence relations and the moderating role of trust: implications for behavioral intentions in marketing channels
(© 1995 Published by Elsevier Inc., 1995)This paper examines how the behavioral intentions of channel members are likely to be moderated by trust perceptions when dependence is high or low. An experimental research methodology using a 2 × 2 factorial design was ... -
Design and analysis of hierarchically modulated BICM-id receivers with low inter-layer interferences
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Design and implementation of a simple electromechanical system to reduce domestic gas wastage and accidents in South-Asia
(© 2012 IEEE, 2012)This paper elaborates design and implementation aspects of a system design project which aims at modernizing the current design of domestic gas-stoves with a simple electromechanical sensor-integrated system in order to ... -
Design challenges and scope for cognitive radio wireless networks in Bangladesh
(© 2011 Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2011)Standards groups and regulatory bodies around the world are increasingly seeking new ways of using and allowing access to allocating spectrum. In most parts of the world, cellular network bands are overloaded, but amateur ... -
Design of a solar powered LED street light: effect of panel's mounting angle and traffic sensing
(© 2013 IEEE Computer Society, 2013)In this work, the effect of mounting angle of solar panels and traffic sensing on the requirement of system size, i.e., panel size and battery capacity, for a solar powered street light system is investigated. Street lights ... -
Design, implementation and performance of a controller for uninterruptible solar hot water system
(© 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, ... -
Designing novel antibacterials: application of omics science
(© 2013 AVES Ibrahim Kara, 2013)Antibacterials are agents that act against pernicious bacterial pathogens by killing or inactivating them. At present, designing antibacterials have been assisted greatly by omics sciences-genomics, proteomics, metabolomics ... -
Detection and classification of speed limit traffic signs
(© 2014 Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2014-10)This paper presents a novel traffic sign recognition system which can aid in the development of Intelligent Speed Adaptation. This system is based on extracting the speed limit sign from the traffic scene by Circular Hough ... -
Detection of multiple elements in coal samples from Bangladesh by laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy
(© 2011 Elsevier Ltd., 2011-11)Laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS) was used to analyze the coal samples from the Barapukuria coal mine of Bangladesh and coal from eastern India. Besides the major elements carbon and silicon, a number of minor ... -
Detection of trace amount of arsenic in groundwater by laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy and adsorption
(© 2014 Optics and Laser Technology, 2014)LIBS technique coupled with adsorption has been applied for the efficient detection of arsenic in liquid. Several adsorbents like tea leaves, bamboo slice, charcoal and zinc oxide have been used to enable sensitive detection ... -
Determinants of age-specific undernutrition in children aged less than 2 years—the Bangladesh context
(© 2017 Blackwell Publishing Ltd., 2017-07)Globally, undernutrition affects nearly half of all children aged less than 5 years. It is more prominent in low- and middle-income countries. This study aimed to identify the age-specific risk factors for different ... -
Determinants of customer satisfaction with hospitals: a managerial model
(© 1998 Published by MCB UP Ltd., 1998)States that rapid changes in the environment have exerted significant pressures on hospitals to incorporate patient satisfaction in their strategic stance and quest for market share and long‐term viability. This study ... -
Determinants of malnutrition among urban slum children in Bangladesh
Background: This paper analyzes the role of child, maternal and household variables on weight-for-age nutritional status of children in the largest urban slum of Bangladesh. Methods: We use anthropometric weight-for-age ... -
Determination of Ca content of coral skeleton by analyte additive method using the LIBS technique
(© 2012 Elsevier Ltd., 2012-09)Laser-induced breakdown spectroscopic (LIBS) technique was used to study the elemental prole of coral skeletons. Apart from calcium and carbon, which are the main elemental constituents of coral skeleton, elements like Sr, ... -
Determination of ratio of unsaturated to total fatty acids in edible oils by laser Raman spectroscopy
(© 2009 Asian Network for Scientific Information, 2009)In this study, a homemade laser Raman spectrometer was used to examine the Raman spectra of different edible oils, such as canola, corn, soybean, sunflower, palm and coconut oils. To avoid severe fluorescence effects which ... -
Determination of the ash content of coal without ashing: a simple technique using laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy
(© 2013 American Chemical Society, 2013-07-18)The bituminous coal samples were analyzed using the technique of laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS). The fraction of the ash content of the coal was spectroscopically determined by a technique requiring only two ... -
Developing effective policy strategies to retain health workers in rural Bangladesh: a policy analysis
(© 2015 Rawal et al.; licensee BioMed Central., 2015)Introduction: Retention of human resources for health (HRH), particularly physicians and nurses in rural and remote areas, is a major problem in Bangladesh. We reviewed relevant policies and provisions in relation to HRH ...