BRACU Faculty Publications: Recent submissions
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Combination of community-based vulnerability and adaptation to storm surges in coastal regions of Bangladesh
(© 2014 World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte Ltd, 2014)Bangladesh has been identified as one of the countries most vulnerable to climate change and rising sea-level. This is because it is located at the northern end of the funnel-shaped Bay of Bengal, and as a consequence it ... -
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 ... -
Neuro-fuzzy-based hand-off and opportunistic spectrum access for cognitive cooperative network
(© 2012 Inderscience Enterprises, 2012-04)This paper investigates neuro-fuzzy (NF)-based opportunistic spectrum access and spectrum hand-off (HO) for a cognitive cooperative network (CCN). The main aim is to increase the average throughput of the CCN. Secondary ... -
Evaluation of three immunological tests for the diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis in a rural endemic area of Bangladesh
(© 2014 Elsevier Ltd, 2014-06)Objective: Bangladesh is a high tuberculosis burden country. It is always challenging to diagnose active pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB) cases in rural areas where the setting up of conventional microscopic and cultural ... -
Performance improvement of SHWS by increasing thermal efficiency using insulation materials and optimum position of solar collectors
(© 2012 Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2012)The word itself "Solar" describes that we are dealing with some renewable energy source for a hot water system. A Solar Hot Water System(SHWS) has been already designed, further implementation has been done by working on ... -
McDonaldization without a McDonald's: globalization and food culture as social determinants of health in urban Bangladesh
(© Association for the Study of Food and Society 2013, 2013)Bangladesh is one of the few developing countries where there is no McDonald's and yet the process of “McDonaldization” is in full progress. This paper explores the food consumption practices of a group of affluent ... -
Development of biomedical data acquisition system in hard real-time Linux environment
(© 2012 Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2012)This paper proposes a data acquisition (DAQ) system for the bio signals which is based on the use of biosensors, signal processing unit, data acquisition card and computing device. The methodologies of developing a biomedical ... -
Input switched single phase buck and buck-boost AC-DC converter with improved power quality
(© 2012 Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2012)Two new topologies of single-phase AC-DC converter using Buck and Buck-Boost conversion with low input current THD and high input power factor are proposed. Instead of using a single phase rectifier followed by a boost ... -
Performance comparison of medium access control schemes for IEEE 802.11
(© 2012 Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2012)The distributed coordination function (DCF) of the IEEE 802.11 standard based medium access control has drawn significant interest from the researchers in the past decade. Many proposals of its performance analysis and ... -
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 ... -
Solar home system components qualification testing procedure and its effect in bangladesh perspective
(© 2012 Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2012)Bangladesh has seen a proliferation of Solar Home System (SHS) in Off-grid areas as a substitute for grid electricity. Along with the demand, supply of low quality SHS components is increasing resulting in decreased SHS ... -
Solar battery charging station and torque sensor based electrically assisted tricycle
(© 2012 Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2012)Bangladesh is witnessing an increase in solar electricity generation as part of an ambitious plan to boost the provision of power from renewable energy sources. Solar energy is being harnessed and converted to electrical ... -
True three-phase bidirectional switch based AC-AC Buck-Boost converter topology
(© 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 ... -
Starving for Justice: Bangladeshi garment workers in a 'Post-Rana Plaza' world
(© 2015 International Labor and Working-Class History, Inc., 2015)On the afternoon of August 2, 2014, I walked into Hossain Market, one of the many nondescript multistoried buildings lining the commercial thoroughfare in Uttor Badda, Dhaka. I had gone to show solidarity with hunger-striking ... -
Relating development to quality of education: a study on the world bank's neoliberal policy discourse in education
(© 2014 Korean Educational Development Institute, 2014)This article examines the way the World Bank policy discourse in education relates development to quality of education and the underlying agenda. It argues that development and education have been defined deficiently, ... -
Isolation of yeasts from raisins and Palm-juice and ethanol production in molasses medium
(© 2016 Indian Society for Education and Environment, 2016)The alternative fuels are expected to satisfy the progressive demand for energy on the wake of the negative effects of fossil fuel on the atmosphere and resultant universal warming. In this study two ethanol fermenting ... -
Antioxidant, anti-inflannnatory and anti-pyretic activities of trichosanthes dioica roxb. fruits
(© 2011 Academic Journals Inc., 2011)The present study was designed to investigate the antioxidant, anti-inflammatory and antipyretic potential of the methanolic extract along with its organic soluble fractions of the fruits of Trichosanthes dioica Roxb. ... -
In vitro study on interaction of ketotifen fumarate with metformin hydrochloride
(© 2011 Latin American Journal of Pharmacy, 2011)The present study was designed to study the in vitro interaction of ketotifen fumarate and metformin hydrochloride in aqueous media at different pH values using Job's continuous-variation analysis and Ardon's spectrophotomeric ... -
A class of relativistic anisotropic charged stellar models in isotropic coordinates
(© 2014, Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht., 2014)In this present paper, we present a class of static, spherically symmetric charged anisotropic fluid models of super dense stars in isotropic coordinates by considering a particular type of metric potential, a specific ... -
Women, Islam and nation in Bengal
(© 2011 Taylor & Francis, 2011)