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Prevalence of knowledge and use of the female condom in South Africa
(© 2014 © Springer Science+Business Media New York, 2014)Male condoms remain a key tool in preventing the spread of HIV and the female condom (FC) holds similar potential. Using data collected through a national cross-sectional population survey that was conducted in 2008, this ... -
The prevalence of underweight, overweight and obesity in Bangladeshi adults: data from a national survey
(© 2017 Public Library of Science, 2017-05-05)Background: Over the two last decades Bangladesh, a low-income country, has experienced a rapid demographic and epidemiological transition. The population has increased substantially with rapid urbanization and changing ... -
Prevention and control of tuberculosis in workplaces: how knowledgeable are the workers in Bangladesh?
(© 2015 BioMed Central Ltd., 2015)Background: The National Tuberculosis (TB) Control Programme (NTP) of Bangladesh succeeded in achieving the dual targets of 70 % case detection and 85 % treatment completion as set by the World Health Organization. However, ... -
Progress in procedural justice: tunnelling through the maze
(BRAC University, 2005)Recent developments in the contribution to the literature on procedural justice have opened avenues for exploring the subject and gaining perspective in the field with a view to assessing how the concept of procedural ... -
Propasal of possible OTEC sites in Bangladesh
(© 2014 IEEE Computer Society, 2013)Bangladesh, a new name among the fast developing country, has a huge population of more than 160 Million people and a large demand for electricity. Although Bangladesh is still struggling to provide a stable energy source ... -
Proposal for introduction of ocean thermal energy conversion (OTEC) to the energy sector of Bangladesh
(© 2013 IEEE Computer Society, 2013)Bangladesh is among the worst victims of the global energy crisis, but it is also in one of the most advantageous positions to make transition towards the renewable energy path. In order to solve the power crisis problem ... -
A proposed supply chain management model for teacher education institutions: a structural equation modeling
(© 2017 ExcelingTech Pub, UK., 2017)The higher education system has been facing major challenges, especially in matching its outcomes to the market (society) needs. These challenges are increasing as the job market becomes more globally competitive. Anchored ... -
Prospect and implementation of telemedicine centers in south Asian countries
(© 2015 Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2015)In this paper a sensor based Remote Patient Diagnosing Center is implemented and the prospect of telemedicine in south Asian countries are analyzed accordingly. A computer with sensors and interfacing devices are dedicated ... -
Prospects and problems of medical tourism in Bangladesh
(© 2013 Baywood Publishing Co., Inc., 2013)The growing trend of Bangladeshi patients travelling abroad for medical services has led to some soul-searching in policy circles. While other countries of the Southeast Asia region are profiting from medical tourism, ... -
Protection against shigellosis caused by shigella dysenteriae serotype 4 in Guinea pigs using escherichia albertii dm104 as a live vaccine candidate strain
(© 2017 Akadémiai Kiadó, 2017-06)Recently, we reported the induction of protective immunity by environmental Escherichia albertii strain DM104 against Shigella dysenteriae in Guinea pig model. In this study, we assessed three different immunization routes, ... -
Protein folding in HP model on hexagonal lattices with diagonals
(© 2014 BioMed Central Ltd., 2014)Three dimensional structure prediction of a protein from its amino acid sequence, known as protein folding, is one of the most studied computational problem in bioinformatics and computational biology. Since, this is a ... -
Public and private hospitals in Bangladesh: service quality and predictors of hospital choice
(© 2000 Published by Oxford University Press, 2000)This study compares the quality of services provided by public and private hospitals in Bangladesh. The premise of the paper was that the quality of hospital services would be contingent on the incentive structure under ... -
Qualitative and quantitative analysis of sildenafil in traditional medicines and dietary supplements
Objective: Use of traditional medicines as aphrodisiac and sex stimulant products is a common phenomenon worldwide as well as in our country. In addition to that, in the name of dietary supplements, a number of urban people ... -
Qualitative insights into promotion of pharmaceutical products in Bangladesh: how ethical are the practices?
(© 2015 BioMed Central Ltd., 2015)Background: The pharmaceutical market in Bangladesh is highly concentrated (top ten control around 70 % of the market). Due to high competition aggressive marketing strategies are adopted for greater market share, which ... -
A qualitative study of factors influencing retention of doctors and nurses at rural healthcare facilities in Bangladesh
(© 2015 BioMed Central Ltd., 2015)Background: Bangladesh is a highly populous country with three-quarters rural population. Pressing national shortages in health professionals has resulted in high vacancy rates in rural areas. These are compounded by ... -
Quality of primary health care services in rural Bangladesh: patients’ perspectives
(© 2012 Ontario International Development Agency, Canada, 2012-03-31)A key aim of the health policy of the Government of Bangladesh (GoB) has been to provide quality health services to all its citizens. In line with the policy objective, the GoB has adopted the primary health care (PHC) ... -
Quality with equity in primary education: implications of high stakes assessments on teacher practice in Bangladesh
(© 2015 Springer Netherlands, 2015-01)The purpose of this study is to investigate the teacher change process and understand how the variability of primary school teachers' in Bangladesh implementation of innovative pedagogies, such as active learning, refl ... -
Quantum capacitance in strained armchair Graphene nanoribbon considering Edge effect
(© 2015 Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2015)Armchair Graphene nanoribbons(A-GNRs) are now widely used in nanoscale transistor because of its semiconducting behavior and fast switching speed. The most important parameter which impedes carrier movement through the ... -
A quick method to determine the impurity content in gold ornaments by LIBS technique
(© 2015 SciTePress, 2015)Laser induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS) and low energy dispersive X-ray fluorescence (ED-XRF) spectrometer, were used to determine the line intensity and concentration ratios of the major impurities (Cu and Ag) with ...