The book entitled A Critical Approach to Adaptive Strategies of Haor People: A Case Study on Sunamgonj, Sylhet deals with the ecological settings and the physical background of the studied area (Rupnagar village, Sunamgonj), the socio-economic conditions of the villagers, the features of resource exploitation and the basic modes of their production...

People are suffering from physical discomfort or emotional distress in every society and they try to relieve from these diseases to use a number of ways. This book addresses the issues of Medicare and Ethno-Medicare. More particularly, the book focused on health care system of Manipuri community living in and around Sylhet City....

Ensuring accountability and transparency are necessary condition for sound economic governance. So, a transparent public financial accounting policy makes it possible to determine what the government has done and to compare budgeted and actual financial operations....

Mitral Annular Calcification (MAC) is degenerative, fibrous calcification of the mitral valve support ring.It develops from progressive calcium deposition along and beneath the mitral valve annulus.It was shown to be an independent predictor of cardiovascular mortality and morbidity. MAC is a marker of increased cardiovascular risk ....

The use of Substrate Integrated Waveguide (SIW) in the design of microwave band pass filter has been very popular in recent years. Attractive SIW filters include compact size, high power handling capability and low loss....

Petroleum feedstock serves as the primary source (>90%) of the world’s industrial organic chemicals, ranging from pharmaceuticals to agrochemicals to large-scale commodity products. Petroleum primarily consists of reduced hydrocarbons, and their selective oxidation chemistry remains a formidable challenge in chemical industry....

Microelectromechanical systems(MEMS)are small integrated devices or systems that combine electrical and mechanical components. They range in size from the sub micrometer (or sub micron) level to the millimeter level, and there can be any number, from a few to millions, in a particular system....

Regional variation in crop-sector in Manipur state in India is owing to topographical as well as agro-ecological differentiation manifested in economic activities as such the valley districts exhibiting relative advantages over the hilly districts in terms of quantum of fertilizer use per hectare, proportionately larger areas under irrigation and m...

We have demonstrated Physics for which we need to modify boundary condition to be used in matching solutions of Schroedinger equation at finite potential discontinuities i.e. at interfaces between barrier and quantum well materials, because of difference of effective mass of electron in their conduction bands....

Here, I describe the basic principles and operation of a VoIP system, the current scenario of the implementation site and what necessary changes are to be made to execute the implementation....

The rationale behind this study is to explore performance of Citibank, N.A. Bangladesh which is reflected on its financial statements and to provide some comments to improve its banking business. This study is carried out by observing several financial ratios, analyzing trends of various elements of Citibank’s past four years performance results....

Species of the genus Utricularia L. are carnivorous plants, which capture and digest insects and other tiny animalcules have been subject of scientific curiosity for quite a long time; which are thought to be able to supplement nutrients from animals. Only a small number of Utricularia are genuine aquatic....

Thunbergia grandiflora(Acanthaceae) has been investigated for isolation of its secondary metabolites and evaluation of biological activities of the crude extractive. One compound had been isolated, which was identified by extensive analyses of resolution NMR spectral data. The powdered leaf of T. grandiflora was extracted separately with methanol....

This research work was conducted with the peel and seed of Baccaurea ramiflora to investigate the Phytochemical constituents and Pharmacological activities. The powdered peel of B. ramiflora was extracted with methanol and seed was extracted with n-haxane....

As Southeast and Northeast Asia recover from the Asian crisis and return to a state of growth, the authors of this book assess the lessons to be learned from the crisis to achieve sustainable development in the future....