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Minutes of the 18th Meeting of BRAC University Academic Council (AC)
(Vice Chancellor's Office, BRAC University, 2005-11-30)
1. Confirmation of Minutes of 17th Meeting
2. Review progress of the implementation of the decision of the 17th Meeting
3. Approval of Academic Calendar, 2006
4. Approval of academic results of Summer Semester, 2005
5. ...
Hegemony of misrepresentation: American media coverage of islam and islamic revivalism (1980-2001)*
(BRAC University, 2005-08)
Using Gramsci's notion of hegemony this paper analyses the nature, functions and wide-ranging implications of the U.S. media's coverage of Islam as represented by U.S. daily newspapers the New York Times and the Washington ...
Self-report and test discrepancy evidence from national literacy survey in Bangladesh
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 2005-11)
This paper aims to explore the discrepancy between self-reported and test based literacy
estimates. The Education Watch national literacy survey data of 2002 were used to do so,
where literacy status of a nationally ...
Minutes of the 17th Meeting of BRAC University Academic Council (AC)
(Vice Chancellor's Office, BRAC University, 2005-08-24)
1. Confirmation of Minutes of 16th Meeting
2. Review progress of the implementation of the decision of the 16th Meeting
3. Review and approval of results of Spring Semester, 2005
4. First Convocation, Convocation ...
Role of local elites and village level sanitation
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 2005-12)
This study aimed to explore the role of local elites and associated factors that prevent or
promote sanitation facilities to the poor. The study was conducted in five communities of tive
villages of Nilphamari and ...
BRAC health informatics system
(BRAC University, 2005-05)
At the beginning of the 21st century, the field of global public health is
changing rapidly, not only in its basic methods, but also in technological
aspects. The first and foremost concerns of BRAC health program is ...
A study on BRAC's Palli Shamaj
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 2005-09)
Palli Shamaj is a ward-level organization consisting of representatives from several village
organizations of BRAC and outside poor members. The study aims to depict a regional density
mapping of geographical distribution ...
Micro Health Insurance (MHI) pilot of BRAC: a demand side study
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 2005-12)
The economic impact of e-commerce
(© 2005 BRAC University Journal, BRAC University, 2005)
E-commerce has a significant impact on business costs and productivity. E-Commerce has a chance
to be widely adopted due to its simple applications. Thus it has a large economic impact. It gives
the opportunity for ...
T12: an advanced text input system with phonetic support for mobile devices
(BRAC University, 2005)
The popular T9 text input system for mobile devices uses a predictive dictionary-based disambiguation scheme, enabling a user to type in commonly-used words with low overhead. We present a new text input
system called ...