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    • True three-phase bidirectional switch based AC-AC Buck-Boost converter topology 

      Tanvir Hossain, Mohammad Rubaiyat; Abedin, Amina Hasan; Choudhury, Mohammad Ali A Shoukat; Uddin, Mohammad Nasir (© 2013 IEEE Computer Society, 2013)
      A new three-phase true bidirectional switch is proposed in this paper. This switch consist of a unidirectional switch enclosed in two three phase diode bridges with bidirectional input and output terminals. A family of ...

    • Tsunami source uncertainty estimation: the 2011 Japan tsunami 

      Dettmer, Jan; Hawkins, Rhys; Cummins, Phil R.; Hossen, Jakir; Sambridge, Malcolm; Hino, Ryota; Inazu, Daisuke (© 2016 Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 2016)
      This paper studies the initial sea surface displacement and its uncertainty after an earthquake based on tsunami waveforms. The spatial distribution is inferred with a Bayesian approach that provides probabilities that are ...

    • Tuberculosis associates with both airflow obstruction and low lung function: BOLD results 

      F. S. Amaral, André; Coton, Sonia; S Kato, Bernet; C Tan, Wan; Studnicka, Michael; Janson, Christer; Gislason, Thorarinn; Mannino, David; D Bateman, Eric; Buist, Sonia; G J Burney, Peter; BOLD Collaborative Research Group (© 2015 European Respiratory Society, 2015)
      In small studies and cases series, a history of tuberculosis has been associated with both airflow obstruction, which is characteristic of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and restrictive patterns on spirometry. The ...

    • Tuning the TCP congestion control parameters to optimize client-server systems 

      Uddin, Jia; Kim, Jong-Myon; Yi, Myeong-Jae; Kim, Tae-Gong (© 2012 International Journal of Multimedia and Ubiquitous Engineering, 2012)
      The demand of high volume data communication over the internet is mounting day by day. In general, the performance of a communication system depends on the loss of data packets. It happens as there are multiple paths exist ...

    • Two switch three phase ĆUK regulated rectifier 

      Abedin, Amina Hasan; Choudhury, Mohammad Ali A.Shoukat (© 2016 IEEE, 2016-11-22)
      A three phase Vienna/Modular-Boost rectifier provides only boost voltage gain regulation using three single phase PFC controller to achieve power factor correction and input current waveform improvement. A Buck-Boost voltage ...

    • A two-dimensional fault diagnosis model of induction motors using a gabor filter on segmented images 

      Uddin, Jia; Islam, Mr. Rashedul; Kim, Jong-Myon; Kim, Cheol-Hong (© 2016 Science and Engineering Research Support Society, 2016)
      Image segmentation has received extensive attention due to the use of high-level descriptions of image content. This paper proposes a fault diagnosis model using a Gabor filter on segmented two-dimensional (2D) gray-level ...

    • A two-seater light-weight solar powered clean car: preliminary design and economic analysis 

      Ahmed, Sanjana; Zenan, Ahmed Hosne; Rahman, Mosaddequr Abdur (© 2014 Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2014-07)
      This paper outlines the design of a prototype solar powered light-weight economically affordable clean car for the daily office commuters of Dhaka city. Calculation in this paper shows that the solar power alone will be ...

    • Undernutrition, vitamin A and iron deficiency are associated with impaired intestinal mucosal permeability in young Bangladeshi children assessed by lactulose/mannitol test 

      Hossain, Md Iqbal; Haque, Rashidul; Mondal, Dinesh; Mahfuz, Mustafa; Ahmed, Am Shamsir; Islam, Mohammad Munirul; Guerrant, Richard Littleton; Petri, William Arthur; Ahmed, Tahmeed J. (© 2017 Public Library of Science, 2016-12)
      Background: Lactulose/mannitol (L:M) test has been used as a non-invasive marker of intestinal mucosal-integrity and -permeability (enteropathy). We investigated the association of enteropathy with anthropometrics, ...

    • Understanding the lives of caregivers of children with cerebral palsy in rural Bangladesh: use of mixed methods 

      Zuurmond, Maria A; Mahmud, Ilias; Polack, Sarah; Evans, Jenny (© 2015 Action for Disability Regional Rehabilitation Centre, 2015-06)
      Cerebral palsy is the most prevalent health condition linked to childhood disability in Bangladesh, yet support and rehabilitation for this group is limited. Understanding the impact of cerebral palsy at family level is ...

    • Universal health coverage anchored in the right to health 

      Ooms, Gorik; Brolan, Claire; Eggermont, Natalie; Eide, Asbjørn; Flores, Walter; Forman, Lisa; Friedman, Eric A; Gebauer, Thomas; Gostin, Lawrence O; Hill, Peter S; Hussain, Sameera; McKee, Martin; Mulumba, Moses; Siddiqui, Faraz; Sridhar, Devi; Leemput, Luc Van; Waris, Attiya; Jahn, Albrecht (© 2013 Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 2013-01)

    • University course advising: overcoming the challenges using decision support system 

      Roushan, Tanvir; Chaki, Dipankar; Hasdak, Onishim; Chowdhury, Md. Syeed; Rasel, Annajiat Alim; Rahman, M. Abdur; Arif, Hossain (© 2014 Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2014-12)
      Universities require a fast and reliable system to provide academic advising to its students, register them into different courses, and to manage change requests. Currently in Bangladesh, academic advising is done mostly ...

    • Unsteady laminar mixed convection boundary layer flow near a vertical wedge due to oscillations in the free-stream and surface temperature 

      Roy, Nepal Chandra; Hossain, Md. Anwar; Hussain, Sharmina (© 2016 De Gruyter Open Ltd., 2016)
      The unsteady laminar boundary layer characteristics of mixed convection flow past a vertical wedge have been investigated numerically. The free-stream velocity and surface temperature are assumed to be oscillating in the ...

    • Usage of academic libraries: the role of service quality, resources, and user characteristics 

      Simmonds, Patience L.; Andaleeb, Syed Saad (© Graduate School of Library and Information Science. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2001)
      Competitive pressures from different information providers; widely available information resources; rising costs of books, serials, and electronic resources; and emerging new technologies and services providing information ...

    • Users discourses about primary health care professionals in rural Bangladesh 

      Hasan, Md. Kamrul; Conn, Cath; Wilson, Kaisa (© 2014 Department of Public Health, School of Public Health and Psychosocial Studies, Auckland University of Technology, 2014-12)
      Evidence from earlier studies in Bangladesh indicates that an imbalance in status between health professionals and primary healthcare users in rural Bangladesh can lead to corrupt behaviour among health professionals. This ...

    • Utilization of maternal health services among adolescent women in Bangladesh: a scoping review of the literature 

      Shahabuddin, A. S. M.; Delvaux, Therese; Abouchadi, Saloua; Sarker, Malabika; Brouwere, Vincent De (Tropical Medicine & International Health, 2015-07)
      objective To understand the health-seeking behaviour of adolescent women in Bangladesh with respect to the use of maternal health services. methods Literature review of seven electronic databases: PubMed, ISI Web of ...

    • Utilization of mobile phones for accessing menstrual regulation services among low-income women in Bangladesh: a qualitative analysis 

      Messinger, Chelsea Jordan; Mahmud, Ilias; Kanan, Sushama; Jahangir, Yamin Tauseef; Sarker, Malabika; Rashid, Sabina Faiz (© 2017 BioMed Central Ltd., 2017-01-14)
      Background: As many as one-third of all pregnancies in Bangladesh are unplanned, with nearly one-half of these pregnancies ending in either menstrual regulation (MR) or illegal clandestine abortion. Although MR is provided ...

    • Vapor adsorption limitation of graphene nanoribbons in quasi conductance increment: a NEGF approach 

      Shakil, Shifur Rahman; Zohra, Fatema Tuz; Pramanik, Parna; Tushar, Raihanul Islam; Saha, Atanu Kumar; Bhuian, Md Belal Hossain (© 2015 Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2015)
      The adsorption of H2O molecules on Armchair Graphene Nanoribbons (A-GNR) was theoretically studied using Non Equilibrium Green Function (NEGF) formalism to determine Device Density of States (DDOS), Electrostatic Effective ...

    • Vibration and voice operated navigation system for visually impaired person 

      Mahmud, Nasif; Saha, R. K.; Zafar, R. B.; Bhuian, Dr. Md. Belal Hossain; Sarwar, Shahzad S. (IEEE Computer Society, 2014)
      Usually blind people use white canes which are very limited in its ability to provide navigation assistance to the user and cannot easily detect obstacles. Mobility of visually impaired people is limited by their inability ...

    • Viewing angle enhancement of a real-time integral imaging system using multi-directional projections and GPU parallel processing 

      Alam, Md Ashraful; Islam, Md Sifatul; Tareque, Mohd Zishan; Subhani, Mahfuze; Rafi, Mohammad Rashidur Rahman; Alam, Md Ashraful; Kim, Nam (© 2017 SPIE, 2017-02)
      A novel method of viewing angle enhancement of a real-time integral imaging system using multi-directional projections and GPU parallel processing is proposed. The proposed system is composed of three processes: information ...

    • Vocational education and training in Bangladesh: why it is not working? 

      Newaz, Mohammad Tanvi; Faruquee, Murtaza; Farha, Sadia (© 2013 Published by Consortia Academia, 2013)
      In order for vocational training to be successful, the successes achieved through labor market, a knowledge-based economy, the struggle against social inequality as well as the awareness of a combined and highly qualified ...