Introduction (The Poet and his world) by Quayum, Mohammad Abdul

“…The volume has eminent scholars like, Sukanta Chaudhuri, Bharati Ray, William Radice, Uma Dasgupta, Abhijit Sen and others as contributors. …”
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E-Learning: can it help the education in Bangladesh? by Pathan, Al-Sakib Khan, Hassan, Md. Mehedi

“…We also discuss how human learning process could be influenced by E-learning strategies and why E-Learning could be helpful for a country like Bangladesh.…”
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PC sound card based instrumentation and control by Gunawan, Teddy Surya, Khalifa, Othman Omran

“…The buffer hardware circuit or signal conditioning circuit is developed and implemented to enable sound card to be functioned like oscilloscope. Preliminary results showed that sound card with the developed software has a good potential for instrumentation and control.…”
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Doing it right: imperatives of thinking strategically about IT and the Internet by Hassan, Arif, Hassan, Sajid

“…Top managements are often unaware of IT jargons and they allow expenditure on unnecessary or obsolete IT activities and projects. Problems like improper human-IT interface resulting into employees becoming techno shy, improper mformation flow have become quite common. …”
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Effect of Nanoclay on Thermal Properties of Polylacticacid-Clay Nanocomposite by Anuar, Hazleen, Kaiser, Mohammad Rejaul

“…Biopolymer and their composites (like Polylacticacid (PLA) and its composites) can be a suitable competitor to replace convention polymers and composites. …”
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Some thoughts on separation of powers: Westminster model versus American model by Ismail, Ibrahim

“…This paper also highlights the influence of the theory through constitutional provisions and judicial pronouncements, which indicated the modification of the two models to suit countries like Malaysia.…”
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Factors influencing the adoption of m-commerce: a literature review by Sadi, A.H.M. Saifullah, Noordin, Mohamad Fauzan

“…Mobile commerce has been a huge success in terms of individuals’ adoption in some markets like Japan, while, surprisingly, not as flourishing in others. …”
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Seigniorage of fiat money and the maqasid al-shari'ah: the compatibility of the gold dinar with the maqasid by Mydin Meera, Ahamed Kameel, Larbani, Moussa

“…In this Part II paper we argue for commodity monies, like the gold dinar and silver dirham, as being compatible with the maqasid. …”
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A novel text steganography technique to Arabic language using reverse fatah by Shah, Asadullah, Memon, Mujtaba S

“…This technique can be applied on other languages like Persian, Sindhi and other Regional languages…”
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Design of triple-band h slot patch antenna by Noori, Omar, Chebil, Jalel, Sheroz Khan, Sheroz Khan, Islam, Md. Rafiqul

“…This antenna is an attractive candidate for important applications like mobile phone communication systems, mobile phone jammer application, and so on.…”
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Iraq’s democratic dilemmas: from entrenched dictatorship to fragile democracy by Abdulla, Namo

“…Saddam and his former like-minded people created a culture capable of producing as many dictators as it wants. …”
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British and Irish Diasporas: Societies, cultures and ideologies by MacRaild, Donald

“…People from the British and Irish Isles have, for centuries, migrated to all corners of the globe.Wherever they went, the English, Irish, Scots, Welsh, and and even sub-national, supra-regional groups like the Cornish, co-mingled, blended and blurred. …”

Parallel querying of distributed ontologies with shared vocabulary by Aslam, Sharjeel, Vassilev, Vassil, Ouazzane, Karim

“…However, although SPARQL is well-established standard for querying semantic repositories in RDF and OWL format and there are commonly used APIs which supports it, like Jena for Java, its parallel option is not incorporated in them. …”
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The pecking order by Scarso, Jacek Ludwig

“…Drawing on surveillance techniques such as CCTV cameras and internet data monitoring, bird-like characters watch over Tate Modern in a performative/VR intervention. …”

Protea / Extraction by Arkomanis, Ektoras, Shummo, Mae, Medina Uriarte, Lucia

“…Central to the installation is a trophy-like bronze relief of the outline of Protea Village, an area adjacent to Kirstenbosch, the National Botanical Garden of South Africa, located in Western Cape. …”
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Parametric study of carbide precipitation in 16wt% chromium ferritic stainless steel (FSS) welds by Amuda, Muhammed Olawale Hakeem, Mridha, Shahjahan

“…This results in wider ditched-structure in welds made with flow rates lower than 0.052L/min. Cryogenic cooling produces more ditched weld microstructure revealed by electrolytic etching in oxalic acid; however, the structure is acceptable since no single grain boundary is completely surrounded by ditches.…”
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The accuracy of the gas-kinetic BGK finite difference method for solving 3-D compressible inviscid flows by Ong, Jiunn Chit, Omar, Ashraf Ali, Asrar, Waqar

“…To achieve higher order spatial accuracy, the cell interface primitive flow variables were reconstructed via the MUSCL (Monotone Upstream-Centered Schemes for Conservation Laws) interpolation method coupled with a min-mod limiter. As for advancing the solutions to another time level, an explicit-type time integration method known as the modified fourth-order Runge-Kutta was employed in the current flow solver to compute steady-state solutions. …”
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Electro-discharge machining of SUS 304 stainless steel with TaC powder-mixed dielectric by Mohd Zain, Zakaria, Mohammed , Baba Ndaliman, Khan, Ahsan Ali, Ali, Mohammad Yeakub

“…Results indicate that the highest MRR of 0.38 g/min was obtained with TaC concentration of 15 g/l at the current of 6.5 A. …”
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Electro-discharge machining of SUS 304 stainless steel with TaC powder-mixed dielectric by Mohd. Zain, Zakaria, Ndaliman, Mohammed Baba, Khan, Ahsan Ali, Mohammad , Yeakub Ali

“…Results indicate that the highest MRR of 0.38 g/min was obtained with TaC concentration of 15 g/l at the current of 6.5 A. …”
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Tool life assessment in End Milling Titanium Alloy (Ti-6AI-4V) using PCD inserts by Ginta, Turnad Lenggo, Amin, A. K. M. Nurul, Lajis, Mohd Amri, Karim, A.N. Mustafizul, Sutjipto, Agus Geter Edy

“…The range which is used in this study for cutting speed, axial depth of cut, and feed, are 80.5 - 200 m/min, 05 - 2.0 mm, and 0.05 - 0.15 mm/tooth, respectively. …”
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