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    • Men’s perspectives on women’s empowerment and intimate partner violence in rural Bangladesh 

      Schuler, Sidney Ruth; Lenzi, Rachel; Badal, Shamsul Huda; Nazneen, Sohela (© 2017 Routledge, 6/9/2017)
      Intimate partner violence (IPV) may increase as women in patriarchal societies become empowered, implicitly or explicitly challenging prevailing gender norms. Prior evidence suggests an inverse U-shaped relationship between ...

    • Methodological issues in socio-economic development 

      Ahmed, Ansar; Chandrasekar, Ruben (Concept Publishing Company, 2007)
      "This set of three volumes is not just a compilation of essays in honour of Professor Ashok Kumar Dutt, it personifies his life as a person and a professional. Prof. Dutt has established his international credentials as ...

    • Micropropagation of environmental stress tolerant local potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) varieties of Bangladesh 

      Parveen, Fazlima; Khatun, Mahmuda; Islam, Aparna (© 2014 Bangladesh Association for Plant Tissue, 2014)
      In vitro response of four explants namely, leaf, shoot apex, nodal and internodal, in three stress tolerant Bangladeshi potato varieties, viz. Zaubilati, Shadaguti and Challisha were tested. Of all the varieties, Shadaguti ...

    • Mixed FBB and RBB low leakage technique for high durable CMOS circuit 

      Barua, Parag; Jafar, Imran Bin; Sengupta, Prianka; Noor, Md Sadaf (© 2014 IEEE Computer Society, 2014)
      CMOS logic circuit is extensively used for designing low power Very Large Scale Integration (VLSI). Reducing the dimension of CMOS in a nanometer range, functionality and efficiency can be increased, but as a result we ...

    • Mixing methods, tasting fingers: notes on an ethnographic experiment 

      Mann, Anna; Mol, Annemarie; Satalkar, Priya; Savirani, Amalinda; Selim, Nasima; Sur, Malini; Yates-Doerr, Emily (© 2011 School of Social and Political Sciences, 2011)
      This article reports on an ethnographic experiment. Four finger eating experts and three novices sat down for a hot meal and ate with their hands. Drawing on the technique of playing with the familiar and the strange, our ...

    • A model of customer-centric banking practices for corporate clients in Bangladesh 

      Andaleeb, Dr. Syed Saad; Rashid, Mamunur Harunur; Rahman, Quazi Akhlaqur (© 2016 Emerald Group Publishing Ltd., 2016)
      Customer-centric banking envisions that banks should meet both tangible and intangible satisfaction criteria of their customers. The purpose of this paper is to investigate the customer-centric banking practices that drive ...

    • Modeling the energy consumption of a lift 

      Ahmed, Shamsuddin Shahnawaz; Iqbal, Asif P M; Sarwar, Rashed; Salam, Dr. Md. Sayeed (© 2014 Elsevier B.V., 2014)
      A semi-rigorous and generalized model has been developed to determine the electrical energy (Watt-hour) consumed by the motor of a typical lift in each step of an upward or a downward travel cycle. The model has been ...

    • Modelling consumers' environmental responsibility and understanding of eco-labels: a conceptual framework for empirical research in Malaysia 

      Taufique, Khan Md Raziuddin; Siwar, Chamhuri Bin; Talib, Basri Abdul Abdul; Chamhuri, Norshamliza (© 2014 Inderscience Enterprises Ltd., 2014)
      This paper aims to develop and propose an all-inclusive framework for assessing consumers' environmental responsibility and understanding of eco-labels. One of the preparatory issues regarding green marketing is to understand ...

    • The modified benjamin-bona-mahony equation via the extended generalized riccati equation mapping method 

      Naher, Hasibun; Abdullah, Farah Aini (© 2012 Applied Mathematical Science, 2012)
      The generalized Riccati equation mapping is extended together with the (G'/G) -expansion method and is a powerful mathematical tool for solving nonlinear partial differential equations. In this article, we construct twenty ...

    • A modular one-switch three-phase Single Ended Primary Inductor (SEPIC) rectifier 

      Bashar, Khandaker Lubaba; Islam, Samia M.Naeemul; Choudhury, Mohammad Ali A.Shoukat; Abedin, Amina Hasan; Uddin, Mohammad Nasir (© 2017 IEEE, 2017-04-26)
      An input switch based modular Single Ended Primary Inductor (SEPIC) three phase AC-DC converter is proposed in this paper. The proposed rectifier has the advantage of step-up/down voltage gain with boost input stage. Input ...

    • MOOC mania: implications and collaboration for english language teachers 

      Miraj, Asek Amin; Islam, Mohammad Aminul (@ 2015 ULAB, 2015-12)
      In today's Internet ridden world e-learning is one of the crucial parts of modern education. This way of learning is surprisingly diverse but shares a predictable common denominator. Technology’s transformative power ...

    • Morphosyntactic development of Bangla-speaking preschool children 

      Sultana, Asifa; Stokes, Stephanie F.; Klee, Thomas M.; Fletcher, Paul (© 2016 SAGE Publications Ltd., 2016-12-01)
      This study examines the morphosyntactic development, specifically verb morphology, of typically-developing Bangla-speaking children between the ages of two and four. Three verb forms were studied: the Present Simple, the ...

    • Multiplex PCR (polymerase chain reaction) assay for detection of E. coli O157:H7, Salmonella sp., Vibrio cholerae and Vibrio parahaemolyticus in spiked shrimps (Penaeus monodon) 

      Fakruddin, M.D.; Sultana, Mahmuda; Ahmed, Monzur Morshed; Chowdhury, Abhijit; Choudhury, Naiyyum (© 2013 Pakistan Journal of Biological Sciences, 2013)
      The coastal aquaculture mainly shrimps constitute major export sector in Bangladesh and is increasingly shaped by international trade conditions and by national responses to those stringent quality and safety standards. ...

    • A multivariate model of perceived quality in a developing country 

      Chowdhury, M. Humayun Kabir; Andaleeb, Syed Saad (© 2007 Published by Taylor & Francis Online, 2007)
      This paper integrates past research and proposes a framework for the analysis of consumer perceptions of quality in a developing country. In this framework, consumer-perceived quality is hypothesized to be formed from ...

    • Muslim Americans: Debating the Notions of American and Un-American 

      Kabir, Nahid Afrose (© 2016 Taylor and Francis Inc., 2016)
      With Islamophobia on the rise in the US since 9/11, Muslims remain the most misunderstood people in American society. Taking as its point of departure the question of the compatibility of Islam and democracy, this book ...

    • Muslim aspirations in Bangladesh: looking back and redrawing boundaries 

      Huq, Samia
      Till 2013, political discourses in Bangladesh offered Muslims very little space other than one of two polar opposites: the ultra secular liberals or the anti-1971 and thus anti-nationalist Islamists. As Islam presented ...

    • Muslims and the Australian labour market, 1980-2001 

      Kabir, Nahid Afrose; Evans, Raymond (© 2002 Frank Cass Publishers., 2002-11)
      The unemployment of Muslims in Australia was 28 and 25 per cent compared to the national total of around nine per cent in 1986 and 1996 respectively (Australian Bureau of Statistics). This article conceptually analyses the ...

    • Muslims in a 'White Australia': colour or religion? 

      Kabir, Nahid Afrose (© 2006 Immigrants and Minorities., 2006-07)
      Muslim migration to Australia took place over three distinct periods - the Colonial, the 'White Australia' and the Multicultural periods. This article discusses the settlement issues of Muslims during the 'White Australia' ...

    • Muslims in Australia: Immigration, Race Relations and Cultural History 

      Kabir, Nahid Afrose (© 2004 Kegan Paul, 2004)
      In Muslims in Australia, Nahid Kabir seeks to understand the basis of mainstream Australians fear by tracing Muslim history since the Afghan settlement in 1860. In social, economic and political contexts, the author compares ...

    • Muslims in Australia: the double edge of terrorism 

      Kabir, Nahid Afrose (© 2007 Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies., 2007-11)
      Self-improvement is often seen as the driving force behind international migration. In other cases, people are forced to depart because of social or political upheaval, oppression or national disaster. Finally, people may ...