Jahangirnagar University

Experimental evaluation and GC–MS guided computational identification of potential antidiabetic compounds from Heritiera fomes leaves

Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) remains a major global health burden, while existing therapies are often associated with adverse effects and limited long-term efficacy, underscoring the need for safer and more effective antidiabetic agents. In this context, understudied mangrove-...

Sediments in the Archaeological contexts Of the Bengal Delta

Sediments in the Archaeological Contexts of the Bengal Delta is conceived not as a catalog of sedimentary structures but as a pedagogical argument about how archaeological knowledge is produced in a materially heterogeneous, multiscalar, and historically changing delta. Its struc...

Why Do People Engage in Sustainable Consumption Behavior? Examining the Moderating Role of eWOM

In recent years, consumers have become increasingly concerned about environmental issues and are seeking sustainable purchasing practices. This study aimed to investigate the relationship between consumers’ environmental knowledge (EK) and environmental concerns (EC) and sustaina...

Defensive avoidance: How intimidating, belief-incongruent, and repetitive news disengages social media users from news

Social media has become a key news source worldwide, transforming how people access and consume news. Despite easy access and availability of news, many users gradually tend to disengage from news consumption. Research indicates that factors such as overload and fatigue contribut...

Factors associated with the unmet need for spacing and limiting family planning: Evidence from a national survey

Traditional binary frameworks tend to combine the various aspects of unmet family planning needs into one general category. This study evaluates unmet family planning needs by first using conventional multinomial logistic regression to determine baseline demographic risk profiles...

Designing an mRNA vaccine encoding multi-epitopes to combat Pipistrellus bat coronavirus BtHKU5-CoV-2 based on consensus sequence using an immunoinformatics approach

The bat-derived Pipistrellus bat coronavirus BtHKU5-CoV-2, a merbecovirus lineage, is an emerging zoonotic risk due to its ability to utilize human ACE2 receptors and ongoing spike protein recombination events that enhance cross-species transmission potential. At the moment no au...

Salinity challenges and community adaptation: insights from coastal Bangladesh

Abstract Rising sea levels and increasing cyclone intensity are exacerbating salinity problems in coastal regions globally, threatening freshwater availability and public health. To address gaps in understanding community adaptation, we employed a multi-faceted approach comprisin...

Effect of obstacle shape on flow and heat transfer in a partially heated channel: A finite element study

This paper numerically investigates the influence of the shape of the obstacle on the fluid flow and heat transfer in a partially heated rectangular channel. We consider four geometries with the same area, square, circular, elliptical and equilateral triangular, under the same fl...

Revolutionizing Residential Living: A Systematic Review of IoT Applications, Challenges, and Future Trends in Smart-Home Automation

Background: This paper aims to systematically review, based on a set of 125 papers, smart-home automation with IoT from the perspective of the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) guidelines. The main evidence synthesis was conducted on empi...

Evolution of Mru Ethnicity from the time of Francis Buchanan to Menley Mru

Based on archival research, linguistic observations, fieldwork, and interviews undertaken in the Bandarban district of Bangladesh, this article explores the history of Mru ethnicity, its origin, and the evolution of ethnic practices. This study aims to evaluate the established pe...

Memory is a stranger, History is for fools Presentist desires, methodological absenteeism, and the illusion of continuity in Early and Early Modern Bengal

This document is the PDF version of the Presentation of my seminar, entitled “Memory is a Stranger, History is for Fools: Presentist Desires, Methodological Absenteeism, and the Illusion of Continuity in Early and Early Modern Bengal” was organized by the BRAC University History...

Memory is a stranger, History is for fools Presentist desires, methodological absenteeism, and the illusion of continuity in Early and Early Modern Bengal

This document is the PDF version of the Presentation of my seminar, entitled “Memory is a Stranger, History is for Fools: Presentist Desires, Methodological Absenteeism, and the Illusion of Continuity in Early and Early Modern Bengal” was organized by the BRAC University History...

Detection of cardiovascular conditions using ECG image analysis: an evaluation of DenseNet121, InceptionV3, and a hybrid deep learning model

Cardiovascular diseases remain a leading cause of mortality worldwide, necessitating rapid and accurate diagnostic tools. Electrocardiogram (ECG) image analysis using deep learning offers a promising avenue for automated detection, yet model performance and generalizability requi...

Recyclable Material Flow and Market Dynamics in Secondary Transfer Stations in Dhaka, Bangladesh

This study investigates the flow and economic valuation of recyclable materials across fifteen Secondary Transfer Stations (STSs) in Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC), Bangladesh, with the aim of understanding how market dynamics influence material recovery and circular economy...