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Phytochemical screening and evaluation of cytotoxic and hypoglycemic properties of Mangifera indica peels
(© 2016 Hainan Medical University, 2017-01-01)Objective To investigate the presence of different phytoconstituents in Mangifera indica (M. indica) peel and evaluate its cytotoxicity to Artemia salina and hypoglycemic potential in Swiss albino mice. Methods The methanolic ... -
Piety, music and gender transformation: reconfiguring women as culture bearing markers of modernity and nationalism in Bangladesh
The rise in an intense, textually-based piety, which has become increasingly prevalent in many circles in Bangladesh in the past decade, sees music as taking away from an ideal pious disposition, and therefore considers ... -
PNGP : a social relationship based routing algorithm for pocket switched network
(© 2016 IEEE, 2016-12)Transferring messages or packets through a network using human mobility as a means, requires intelligent routing decisions. Throughout an opportunistic network, nodes travel with a few messages and searches for an opportunity ... -
The political economy of domestic tax reform in Bangladesh: political settlements, informal institutions and the negotiation of reform
This paper explains the persistence of a tax system characterised by low revenue collection and extensive informality in Bangladesh. It combines analysis of long-term formal and informal institutions and of micro-level ... -
Political leadership and legitimacy among the urban elite in Bangladesh
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Positionality and transformative knowledge in conducting 'feminist' research on empowerment in Bangladesh
This article is based on the experiences and reflections of a group of researchers in Bangladesh (of which we were members) studying women's empowerment. We investigate the kinds of epistemological and ethical dilemmas ... -
Power allocation for the network coded cognitive cooperative network
(© 2011 IEEE, 2011)Demand for higher data rate wireless applications has led to scarcity in radio frequency spectrum. This article focuses the power allocation for the network coded cognitive cooperative network (NCCCN). Analog network coded ... -
Power and influence of islam-based political parties in Bangladesh: perception versus reality
Bangladesh has received scholarly attention about the extent and nature of Islamism in the political domain. We argue that, to analyze the significance of religion in the political process, it is essential to consider the ... -
Power conversion for environment friendly electrically assisted rickshaw using photovoltaic technology in Bangladesh
(© 2015 Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2015)Addressing the problem of high energy consumption from national grid of electrically assisted rickshaw the Control and Applications Research Centre (CARC), BRAC University has proposed a field tested green solution: provide ... -
Power dependence of size of laser ablated colloidal silver nanoparticles
(© 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 ... -
Power pilferage in Bangladesh: a simple and economically affordable solution
(© 2015 Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2016-03)In Bangladesh, illegal consumption of electricity takes a considerable part of the revenue as a non-technical loss in power distribution system. Unlike technical losses, this has no easy way to be calculated and fixed. ... -
Practice of using gifts as promotional materials for marketing of pharmaceutical products in Bangladesh: a survey conducted on general physicians and representatives from pharmaceutical companies
(© 2011 Stamford Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 2011)The present study was undertaken to find out the promotional strategies followed by the pharmaceutical companies, attitudes and responses of physicians towards these promotional activities and influence of using gifts as ... -
A pragmatic approach to the analysis of a combination formulation
The aim of the paper was to formulate a combined oral dosage form of rosuvastatin calcium and amlodipine besylate and to develop and validate an analytical method to be adopted for both routine quality control assay and ... -
Preliminary studies on phytochemicals and cytotoxic activity of methanolic rhizome extract of Hedychium coronarium
(© 2015 Journal of Pharmacognosy and Phytochemistry, 2015)The methanolic extract of the rhizome of Hedychium coronarium (Family- Zingiberaceae) was screened for the presence of various phytochemicals by standard procedures and the cytotoxic activity was evaluated by brine ... -
Prevalence and experiences of intimate partner violence against women with disabilities in Bangladesh: results of an explanatory sequential mixed-method study
(© 2014 SAGE Publications Inc., 2014)This study was aimed to estimate the prevalence of intimate partner violence (IPV) in a sample of 226 women with disabilities living in four different districts of Bangladesh. It also explored the physical and psychological ... -
Prevalence of diabetic-hypertensive patients in the current population of Dhaka City
(© 2017, Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, 2017-10-01)Aim: Diabetes and hypertension, which share several common risk factors, are rising at an alarming rate in the population of Dhaka, the capital city of Bangladesh. A cross-sectional study was carried out to visualize the ... -
Prevalence of exclusive breastfeeding and associated factors among mothers in rural Bangladesh: a cross-sectional study
(© 2014 BioMed Central Ltd., 2014)Background: Exclusive breastfeeding (EBF) means that the infant receives only breast milk for the first six months of life after birth. In Bangladesh, the prevalence of EBF remained largely unchanged for nearly two decades ... -
Prevalence of knowledge and use of the female condom in South Africa
(© 2014 © Springer Science+Business Media New York, 2014)Male condoms remain a key tool in preventing the spread of HIV and the female condom (FC) holds similar potential. Using data collected through a national cross-sectional population survey that was conducted in 2008, this ... -
The prevalence of underweight, overweight and obesity in Bangladeshi adults: data from a national survey
(© 2017 Public Library of Science, 2017-05-05)Background: Over the two last decades Bangladesh, a low-income country, has experienced a rapid demographic and epidemiological transition. The population has increased substantially with rapid urbanization and changing ... -
Prevention and control of tuberculosis in workplaces: how knowledgeable are the workers in Bangladesh?
(© 2015 BioMed Central Ltd., 2015)Background: The National Tuberculosis (TB) Control Programme (NTP) of Bangladesh succeeded in achieving the dual targets of 70 % case detection and 85 % treatment completion as set by the World Health Organization. However, ...