Fresh water management in coastal Bangladesh: preparedness and adaptation by Md. Shohel Khan, Shitangsu Kumar Paul

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Stunting and its associated factors in under-five children: evidence from Bangladesh Demographic and Health Survey 2014 by Md Sahidul Islam, Md Saimul Islam, Rajib Chowdhury, Mohammad Mostafa Zaman

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Snake bites with Neuropsychiatric Presentation ─ A Study in Hill Tracts of Bangladesh by Ahmed Tanjimul Islam, Shamrin Sultana, Md Kafil Uddin, Matiur Rahman

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A Geospatial Approach to Measure Social Benefits in Urban Land Use Optimization Problem by Md. Mostafizur Rahman, György Szabó

“…Finally, the proposed method was applied in Rajshahi city in Bangladesh. The result suggests the potential of using SBI in the land use allocation problem. …”
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Mangifera indica mediated biogenic synthesis of undoped and doped TiO2 nanoparticles and evaluation of their structural, morphological, and photocatalytic properties by FNU Asrafuzzaman, Kazi Faiza Amin, Md. Abdul Gafur, Fahmida Gulshan

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Stunting and its associated factors in under-five children: evidence from Bangladesh Demographic and Health Survey 2014 by Md Sahidul Islam, Md Saimul Islam, Rajib Chowdhury, Mohammad Mostafa Zaman

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Attention-assisted hybrid 1D CNN-BiLSTM model for predicting electric field induced by transcranial magnetic stimulation coil by Khaleda Akhter Sathi, Md Kamal Hosain, Md. Azad Hossain, Abbas Z. Kouzani

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Determinants of household adoption of clean energy with its rural–urban disparities in Bangladesh by Iqramul Haq, Maruf Khan, Sharanon Chakma, Md. Ismail Hossain, Shuvongkar Sarkar, Md. Rayhan Ali Rejvi, Md. Salauddin, Md Mizanur Rahman Sarker

“…On the contrary, households residing in the Barisal, Khulna, Rajshahi, and Rangpur divisions, belonging to poor and middle-class households, with household heads aged 15–64 and without formal education, were less likely to adopt cleaner fuels than their counterparts. …”
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Variation in Growth and Yield Performance of Seventeen Water Chestnut Accessions (Trapa spp.) Collected from Asia and Europe by Lalith Suriyagoda, Susumu Arima, Akihiro Suzuki, Aminul Hoque

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Stunting and its associated factors in under-five children: evidence from Bangladesh Demographic and Health Survey 2014 by Md Sahidul Islam, Md Saimul Islam, Rajib Chowdhury, Mohammad Mostafa Zaman

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Acacia Catechu Trees in Rice Fields: A Traditional Agroforestry System of Northern Bangladesh by Md. Alamgir Kabir, K.M. Masum Billah, Md. Masud Parvez

“…Growing Acacia catechu trees on rice fields is one traditional crop-land Agroforestry system of Rajshahi region in Bangladesh. Farming system was explored with detailed information on farm operations and cropping calendar including system outputs. …”
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Modifiable and nonmodifiable factors associated with anxiety, depression, and stress after one year of the COVID-19 pandemic. by Azharul Islam, Papia Mahbuba, Tanvir Ahmed, Shamsul Haque

“…Multivariate analyses showed that several nonmodifiable factors, such as those who were students, unmarried and females, and those living in the Northern region (Rajshahi and Mymensingh division) and dwelling in the rural areas, suffered from worse mental health (accounted for 5%-23% of the variances in the mental health outcome scores). …”
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A Novel Composite Index to Measure Environmental Benefits in Urban Land Use Optimization Problems by Md. Mostafizur Rahman, György Szabó

“…Finally, the proposed method was applied in Rajshahi city in Bangladesh. This study identified that, in an average-risk decision, most of the land (64.55%) of the study area falls within the low-environmental-benefit zone due to a lack of vegetated land cover. …”
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Wave profile analysis of a couple of (3+1)-dimensional nonlinear evolution equations by sine-Gordon expansion approach by Md. Rezwan Ahamed Fahim, Purobi Rani Kundu, Md. Ekramul Islam, M. Ali Akbar, M.S. Osman

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Dynamics of cyanobacteria planktothrix species (Oscillatoriales: Phormidiaceae) in Earthen fish ponds, Northwestern Bangladesh by Yeamin Hossain .Md, Abu Sayed Jewel .Md, Bernerd Fulanda, Ferdous Ahamed, Sharmeen Rahman, Saleha Jasmine, Jun Ohtomi

“…The seasonal abundance, dynamics and composition of the filamentous Cyanobacteria Planktothrix spp. was studied over a 1-year period in two storm-water-fed earthen fishponds in Rajshahi city, northwestern Bangladesh. Sampling was conducted monthly using plankton net (25 μm mesh size) and the samples preserved in 5% formalin. …”
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Age at menarche of university students in Bangladesh: secular trends and association with adult anthropometric measures and socio-demographic factors by Hossain, M.D.G., Islam, S., Aik, S.A.W., Zaman, T.K., Lestrel, P.E.

“…Data were collected from 995 students from Rajshahi University using a stratified sampling technique between July 2004 and May 2005. …”
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Evaluation of two concepts of fertilization for wheat in a calcareous soil of Bangladesh by Abedin, M. J., Saleque, M. A., Panullah, G. M., Mazid, M. A.

“…Two popular concepts of soil fertilization, basic cation saturation ratio (BCSR) and sufficiency level of available nutrients (SLAN), were tested on a calcareous soil (Aeric haplaquept) during 1995-1996 at the Bangladesh Rice Research Institute (BRRI) Regional Station Rajshahi using wheat as a test crop. According to BCSR concept the soil was deficient in potassium (K) and according to SLAN concept it was deficient in phosphorus (P), respectively. …”
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The impact of microcredit program on women empowerment: Evidence from Bangladesh by Nessa, Tasqurun, Ali, Jamal, Abdul Hakim, Roslan

“…The empowerment of women is one of crucial development issues.This is due to the fact that women appear to form the largest of the poor and vulnerable group.In this regards, microcredit program has been argued to be potentially effective as a tool for poverty alleviation and lifting the poor, particularly women, out of poverty.The impact of microcredit program, however, is not limited to improving income of poor women.What is more important is that microcredit program has received widespread recognition as a viable strategy for empowerment of women, i.e. greater capabilities, choices and freedom in decision making.The objective of this paper is to examine the impact of microcredit program on women empowerment.Towards this end, we perform regression analysis based on a sample of 600 poor women in eight districts of Rajshahi Division, Bangladesh.Five dimensions of empowerment are used to arrive at an aggregate index of empowerment.These dimensions are: (a) economic decision making, (b) household decision making, (c) freedom of movement, (d) ownership of property, and (e) political and social awareness.The aggregate measure of empowerment is regressed against the explanatory variables, which is participation in microcredit program as well as other control variables. …”
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Status of lipid control in Bangladeshi subjects with type 2 diabetes mellitus on lipid-lowering drugs: a multicenter, facility-based, cross-sectional study by Shahjada Selim, Muhammad Shah Alam, Samir Kumar Talukder, Md Lutful Kabir, Abu Jar Gaffar, Md Ahamedul Kabir, Nusrat Zarin, Shahin Ibn Rahman, Md Masud Un Nabi, Marufa Mustari, Md Firoj Hossain, Ahmed Ifrad Bin Raunak, Md Azizul Hoque, Md Rashedul Islam, Farhana Akter, Mohammad Abdul Hannan, Mohammad Saifuddin, Md Asaduzzaman, Mohammad Motiur Rahman, Afsar Ahammed, Md Abdur Rafi, Mohammad Jahid Hasan, A. B. M. Kamrul-Hasan

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Systematic Analysis of Wind Resources for Eolic Potential in Bangladesh by Mariam Hussain, Seon Ki Park

“…The northern regions are Rajshahi, Rangpur, Mymensingh, and Sylhet. This investigation illustrates wind (m/s) speeds at various heights (m) and analyzes the boundary layer height (BLH) from the European Center for Medium Range Weather Forecast reanalysis 5th generation (ERA5). …”
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