Browsing Faculty Publications by Subject "Bangladesh"

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    • Combination of community-based vulnerability and adaptation to storm surges in coastal regions of Bangladesh 

      Younus, Md. Aboul Fazal; Sharna, Sabrina Shahrin (© 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 ...

    • Early detection of lung cancer risk using data mining 

      Ahmed, Kawsar; Kawsar, Abdullah-Al-; Kawsar, Emran; Emran, Abdullah-Al-; Jesmin, Tasnuba; Mukti, Roushney Fatima; Rahman, Md. Zamilur; Ahmed, Farzana (© 2013 Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention, 2013)
      Background: Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death worldwide Therefore, identification of genetic as well as environmental factors is very important in developing novel methods of lung cancer prevention. However, ...

    • Evaluation of three immunological tests for the diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis in a rural endemic area of Bangladesh 

      Islam, Mohammad Tariqul; Rabbi, Fazle; Ferdous, Shameema; Parvin, Ummey Shahnaz; Hossain, Akram; Hossain, Mohammad Sorowar (© 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 ...

    • Score based risk assessment of lung cancer and its evaluation for Bangladeshi people 

      Mukti, Roushney Fatima; Samadder, Pratul Dipta; Emran, Abdullah Al; Ahmed, Farzana; Imran, Iqbal Bin; Malaker, Anyanna; Yeasmin, Sabina (© 2014 Asian Pacific Organization for Cancer Prevention, 2014)
      Background: The problem of cancer, especially lung cancer, is very acute in Bangladesh. The present study was conducted to evaluate the risk of lung cancer among Bangladeshi people based on hereditary, socio-economic and ...