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Informal allopathic provider knowledge and practice regarding control and prevention of TB in rural Bangladesh
(International Health, 2014-06-17)Background: BRAC (formerly Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee), in collaboration with the National Tuberculosis Control Programme, provides one full-day training on TB to make informal allopathic providers knowledgeable ... -
The informal health sector and health care-seeking behaviour of mothers in urban Dhaka slums
(Journal of Population Research, 2014-04-22)Infant and child mortality in Bangladesh has declined in recent years but early death rates remain high among Bangladesh’s urban poor, even in comparison to rates in rural Bangladesh. Although they live close to the ... -
Informal markets in sexual and reproductive health services and commodities in rural and urban Bangladesh
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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 – ... -
Innovation for universal health coverage in Bangladesh: a call to action
(© 2013 The Lancet, 2013)A post-Millennium Development Goals agenda for health in Bangladesh should be defined to encourage a second generation of health-system innovations under the clarion call of universal health coverage. This agenda should ... -
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 ... -
Intelligent intrusion prevention system for households based on system-on-chip computer
(© 2016 IEEE, 2016-05)Over the course of the last few decades, security systems have undergone radical overhauls and have transitioned into such sophisticated devices that some even completely shun any form of human interventions. In spite of ... -
The interference management and cost analysis perspective of femtocell in 4G network
(© 2016 IEEE., 2016-12-19)Telecommunication has seen distinct upgrade since the innovation of wireless communication. The latest addition is LTE-Advanced. LTE-Advanced requires implementation of femtocell. Spontaneous femtocell deployment introduces ... -
Internalized HIV/AIDS-related stigma in a sample of HIV-positive people in Bangladesh
(© 2012 International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh., 2012)Internalized stigma among people living with HIV/AIDS (PLHA) is prevalent in Bangladesh. A better understanding of the effects of stigma on PLHA is required to reduce this and to minimize its harmful effects. This study ... -
International acquisitions and the glabalization of firms from India
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International practice of public legal education: a missing element in the justice system of Bangladesh
(© 2012 Commonwealth Secretariat., 2012)Public Legal Education (PLE) is a recently developed international practice which aims at providing nationwide legal education and information services to the public by way of a variety of innovative methods. Compared to ... -
Intersectoral collaboration: a novel path to promote community health promotion
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Intersectoral collaboration: an original way to promote community health promotion
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Investigation of CNTFET performance with gate control coefficient effect
(© 2014 Sumy State University, 2014)For the first time, a deep study of gate control coefficient (αG) effect on CNTFET performance has done in this research. A new, analytical CNTFET simulation along with multiple parameter approach has executed with 3D ... -
Is healthcare a ‘Necessity’ or ‘Luxury’? an empirical evidence from public and private sector analyses of South-East Asian countries?
(© 2015 Springer Verlag, 2015)South-East Asian Regional (SEAR) countries range from low- to middle-income countries and have considerable differences in mix of public and private sector expenditure on health. This study intends to estimate the ... -
Is there a linkage between sustainable development and market access of LDCs?
(© 2013 Law and Development Review, 2013)This article revisits the decades-long trade-sustainable development debate in the context of Rio+20 and its endorsement of green economy policy. It aims to grapple with the possible linkages between LDCs' market access ... -
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 ... -
Issues with families and children in a disaster context: a qualitative perspective from rural Bangladesh
(© 2015 Elsevier Ltd., 2015-09)Natural disasters such as floods and cyclones have repeatedly devastated lives and destroyed the belongings of people. This is especially so for children and their families in Bangladesh. This study analyzed the specific ... -
Journal writing: a silent kit for writing skills
(@ 2011 Horizon, Department of English, University of Chittagong, 2011)This article explores how dialogue journals can be used as a silent kit to improve writing skill. Sixty-five primary school teachers with limited English proficiency wrote dialogue journals in a teachers-training course ... -
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. ...