BRACU Faculty Publications: Recent submissions
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A review on endocrine disruptors and their possible impacts on human health
Endocrine disruption is a named field of research which has been very active for over 10 years, although the effects of endocrine disruptors in wildlife have been studied mainly in vast since the 1940s. A large number of ... -
Different approaches in the treatment of obstructive pulmonary diseases
Advances in drug formulation, inhalation device design and disease management are generating new opportunities for patients suffering from obstructive pulmonary diseases. This article provides a comprehensive review of the ... -
A new cytotoxic diterpenoid glycoside from the leaves of Blumea lacera and its effects on apoptosis and cell cycle
A new diterpenoid glycoside, 6E,10E,14Z-(3S)-17-hydroxygeranyllinalool-17-O-β-d-glucopyranosyl-(1 → 2)-[α-l-rhamnopyranosyl-(1 → 6)]-β-d-glucopyranoside (1) together with the known diterpenoid glycoside (2) and two known ... -
Association of BRCA1, BRCA2, RAD51, and HER2 gene polymorphisms with the breast cancer risk in the Bangladeshi population
Purpose: Breast cancer is considered as the most frequent female malignancy. Altered gene expressions due to genetic polymorphisms in the BRCA1, BRCA2, RAD51, and HER2 contribute toward the development of breast cancer, ... -
To control site-specific skin gene expression, autocrine mimics paracrine canonical Wnt signaling and Is activated ectopically in skin disease
Despite similar components, the heterogeneity of skin characteristics across the human body is enormous. It is classically believed that site-specific fibroblasts in the dermis control postnatal skin identity by modulating ... -
Nano satellite: a new journey towards space science for Bangladesh
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Exploring the opportunities of a balloon-satellite in Bangladesh for weather data collection and vegetative analysis
(© 2016 IOP Publishing, 2016)For a third world country like Bangladesh, satellite and space research is not feasible due to lack of funding. Therefore, in order to imitate the principles of such a satellite Balloon Satellite can easily and inexpensively ... -
An appraisal of bacteriophages as biocontrol agent in treating E.coli O157:H7 mediated experimental gastroenteritis in mice
(© 2015 International Journal of Multidisciplinary Research and Development, 2015-04)The emergence of new pathogenic bacteria resistant to most, if not all, currently existing antimicrobial agents has become a serious problem in modern medicine, particularly because of the affiliated increase in ... -
Exploring the best possible route of infection of verotxin producing escherichia coli in development of experimental gastroenteritis among streptomycin treated murine model
(© 2015 Journal of Bangladesh Academy of Sciences, 2015)The prevalence of Escherichia coli O157:H7 induced bacteremia generate a critical problem in modern medical therapy for bacterial infections. This study sought to find out the best possible route and dose of E. coli ... -
Judges as legislators: benevolent exercise of powers by the higher judiciary in Bangladesh with not so benevolent consequences
(© 2016 Oxford University Commonwealth Law Journal, 2016)Recently in Bangladesh, there is a discernible (albeit rare) trend of the Supreme Court passing directives to the government for making laws for redressing specific wrongs or addressing some issues of public importance. ... -
Information technology: marriage between it and social business-grameen intel social business ltd.
Aiming to reduce infant mortality, improve the mother’s health, and help Bangladeshi rural farmers improve agricultural production, Grameen Intel Social Business Limited was formed in 2009 by Grameen Trust and Intel – ... -
Disease: Social business for a malaria free world -BASF Grameen Limited
Badische Aniline und Soda Fabrik (BASF) (Badische Anilin-und Soda-Fabrik (English: Baden Aniline and Soda Factory) Grameen Limited was formed in 2009 as a social business joint venture between BASF and Grameen Healthcare ... -
Adapting buildings to climate change
The interdependence and feedback between climate impacts mitigation and adaptation to the inevitable changes in climate are the key challenges for the built environment in the coming decades. These challenges are more ... -
Offshoring and occupational wages: some empirical evidence
Offshoring has changed the pattern of international competition; labor in specific occupations rather than whole firms and sectors are now facing competition. Accordingly, wages in offshorable occupations are affected in ... -
Does openness reduce wage inequality in developing countries? Panel data evidence from Bangladesh
This paper provides panel data evidence on trade liberalization and wage inequality in Bangladesh. Using several standard econometric models, wage equations for skilled and unskilled workers in the formal manufacturing ... -
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 ... -
Muslim aspirations in Bangladesh: looking back and redrawing boundaries
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 ... -
Globalisation and inter-occupational inequality: Empirical evidence from OECD countries
How does globalisation affect inter-occupational wage inequality within countries? This paper examines this by focusing on two dimensions of globalisation: openness to trade and openness to capital flows, using a relatively ...