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Eagle i-Bot: an eye-controlled system
(© International Organization Of Scientific Research (IOSR), 2012-12)Hundreds of millions of people in the world are hand impaired in some way, and for many, there is no absolute solution. Operation of computers by physically disabled people; especially with hand impairment was quite ... -
Early detection of lung cancer risk using data mining
(© 2013 Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention, 2013)Background: Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death worldwide Therefore, identification of genetic as well as environmental factors is very important in developing novel methods of lung cancer prevention. However, ... -
Economic burden of influenza-associated hospitalizations and outpatient visits in Bangladesh during 2010
(© 2014 Blackwell Publishing Ltd., 2014)Objective: Understanding the costs of influenza-associated illness in Bangladesh may help health authorities assess the cost-effectiveness of influenza prevention programs. We estimated the annual economic burden of ... -
The economic impact of e-commerce
(© 2005 BRAC University Journal, BRAC University, 2005)E-commerce has a significant impact on business costs and productivity. E-Commerce has a chance to be widely adopted due to its simple applications. Thus it has a large economic impact. It gives the opportunity for ... -
Economic/ecological tradeoffs among ecosystem services and biodiversity conservation
An integrated economic/ecological model is built to address tradeoffs between biodiversity conservation and two marketable rangeland ecosystem services: cattle grazing and elk hunting. The ecology is represented by an ... -
Editorial introduction: Islam, culture and women
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Education and skill development of santal children and youth in Bangladesh
(© 2014 Bangladesh Education Journal, 2014-06)This study explores education and skill development situation, needs, expectations, and challenges of Santal children and youth in Bangladesh. As a part of the study, focus group discussions (FGDs) with Santal children and ... -
Education supply chain management model to achieve sustainability in private Universities in Malaysia: a review
(© 2016 ExcelingTech Pub., 2016)This paper addresses an Integrated Tertiary Educational Supply Chain Management Model (ITESCM) to achieve sustainability among the private universities in Malaysia. The application model highlights the role of Supply chain ... -
The education system
(© 2016 Taylor and Francis Inc., 2016-01)In the past decade, Bangladesh has achieved significant social and economic progress. Despite high population density, a limited natural-resource base, underdeveloped infrastructure, frequent natural disasters and political ... -
Effect of a food supplementation and psychosocial stimulation trial for severely malnourished children on the level of maternal depressive symptoms in Bangladesh
(© 2015 Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 2015)Background: Maternal depression is associated with poor child development and growth in low-income countries. This paper evaluates the effect of a community-based trial providing psychosocial stimulation and food supplements ... -
The effect of board’s quality on performance: a study of Canadian firms
(© 2007 Blackwell Publishing Ltd., 2007)We investigate the impact of board’s quality as defined by a Score published in a Canadian National Newspaper on the performance of the firm. Based on the current literature, we ranked the boards of 219 Canadian firms ... -
Effect of Fluctuating surface heat and mass flux on natural convection flow along a vertical flat plate
(© 2015 Hindawi Publishing Corporation, 2015)An investigation has been carried on double diffusive effect on boundary layer flow due to small amplitude oscillation in surface heat and mass flux. Extensive parametric simulations were performed in order to elucidate ... -
Effect of random perturbations on adaptive observation techniques
(© 2012 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., 2012-05-10)An observation sensitivity (OS) method to identify targeted observations is implemented in the context of four-dimensional variational (4D-Var) data assimilation. This methodology is compared with the well-established ... -
The effect of verotoxin producing escherichia coli in development of experimental gastroenteritis among streptomycin treated murine model: a longitudinal study
(© 2013 Bangladesh Journal of Microbiology, 2013-06)Escherichia coli O157:H7 is a newly emerged pathogen, which has been recognized as a major cause of large scale epidemics and thousands of sporadic cases of gastrointestinal illness. This observation particularly calls for ... -
Effect of vitamin D, calcium and multiple micronutrients supplementation on lipid profile in pre-menopausal Bangladeshi garment factory workers with hypovitaminosis D
(© 2014 International Center for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, 2014)Elevated total cholesterol and low-density lipoprotein cholesterol in sera are both well-known risk factors of coronary heart disease. Adequate vitamin D status is important for optimal function of many organs and tissues ... -
Effective coverage for antiretroviral therapy in a Ugandan district with a decentralized model of care
(© 2013 PLoS ONE, 2013)Introduction:While increasing access to antiretroviral therapy (ART) is reported from many African countries, data on effective coverage particular from settings without external support or research remains scarce. We ... -
Effects of managerial leadership power bases on employees' job commitment in the nationalised commercial banks of Bangladesh
(© 2005 Bank Parikrama, 2005-03)Lack of efficiency in the Nationalised Commercial Banks (NCBs) of Bangladesh can be attributed to a multitude of sources. Absence of adequate infrastructure facilities, lack of modern technology and the use of conventional ... -
Effects of warranty on purchase decision of electronic products: an empirical research from the perspective of Bangladesh
(© 2011 Industrial Engineering Letters, 2011)Warranty can be defined as a part of the common law system that states and assures the consumers that a product or service is fit for the purpose for which it is sold. This study focuses on effects of warranty in the purchase ... -
Efficient and effective automated surveillance agents using kernel tricks
(© 2012 The Society for Modeling and Simulation International., 2012)Many schemes have been presented over the years to develop automated visual surveillance systems. However, these schemes typically need custom equipment, or involve significant complexity and storage requirements. In this ... -
Efficient and fast convergent consensus algorithms for faulty nodes tracking in distributed wireless sensor networks
(© 2016 IEEE, 2016-09)One of the challenging issues in a distributed computing system is to reach on a decision with the presence of so many faulty nodes. These faulty nodes may update the wrong information, provide misleading results and may ...
