Moving towards sustainable development goals: initiatives of Bangladeshi youth organizations during corona outbreak

The purposes of this paper are to measure youth organizations’ contribution during corona crisis that has impact on SDGs, to know the activities that have done for the society to identify which activity have impact on which SDGs, thus, it can be measured the sustainability of the organization itself. Bangladesh marching towards sustainable development goals undoubtedly will reach its apex by 2030; Bangladeshi youth are dedicating themselves broader during this pandemic. Youth organizations are straight away there for nations by providing relief, creating awareness in the society, health assistance such that providing PPE stocks (masks, hand sanitizers and PPE suits) and through lump sum donations. The statistical analysis has been done in SPSS and the respondents are from Bangladesh covering eight districts. Youth organizations from Dhaka and Chittagong are the top tier actors; the main goal of this study is to measure the Bangladeshi youth-led organizations’ contribution during corona crisis and to know the challenges they faced while working on field, and besides, how the funds they have raised to implement their goals. This paper defines the brief visualization of the parameters (location of youth organizations in Bangladesh, amount of funds, approaches of raising funds, reviews of government and member supports, reviews about the health consciousness against corona virus among Bangladeshis, brief discussion on youth organizations’ expectations to combat those challenges they faced during societal contribution in Bangladesh) to extract their contribution’s impact over Bangladeshi community during corona crisis. Youth organizations rated member support, government support. Their initiatives have impact on goals 1, 2, 8, 10, 11. These youth led organizations have great impact on social change, culture and beliefs thus contributing to SDG 11 (cities and communities); the findings will act as their means of advocacy by notifying stakeholders and will motive youth leaders.Цели исследования - измерить вклад молодежных организаций во время коронакризиса в развитие целей устойчивого развития (ЦУР) и определить влияние на различные ЦУР деятельности, проделанной обществом. В работе над целями устойчивого развития Бангладеш достигнет пика к 2030 году. Во время пандемии коронавируса бангладешская молодежь проявляет большую самоотдачу. Молодежные организации оказывают помощь путем повышения осведомленности в обществе, оказания медицинской помощи, предоставления запасных частей СИЗ (масок, дезинфицирующих средств для рук и костюмов СИЗ), а также посредством единовременных пожертвований. В исследовании участвовали респонденты из восьми районов Бангладеш, статистический анализ проведен в SPSS. Изучены проблемы, с которыми столкнулись молодежные организации при работе на местах, определено количество собранных ими для реализации своих целей средств. Выявлено, что молодежные организации из Дакки и Читтагонга являются ведущими. Дан краткий обзор параметров (местонахождение молодежных организаций, объем средств и подходы к их сбору, поддержка со стороны правительства, сознательность в отношении к собственному здоровью населения Бангладеш в условиях коронавируса, ожидания от борьбы с возникшими во время общественной деятельности проблемами) с целью продемонстрировать влияние этой деятельности на бангладешское сообщество во время коронакризиса. Установлено, что инициативы молодежных организаций, поддерживаемые государством, влияют на цели 1, 2, 8, 10, 11. Они оказывают сильное воздействие на социальные изменения, культуру и убеждения, тем самым способствуя достижению ЦУР 11 (города и сообщества). Полученные результаты привлекают к их деятельности заинтересованные стороны и мотивируют молодежь

BROILER FARMING IN GAZIPUR DISTRICT: PRODUCTIVITY, PROFITABILITY AND VARIABILITY IN SUPPLY

Present study examined production practices of broiler farming in Gazipur district and analyzed productivity, profitability and variability in supply. For measuring productivity, stochastic moment based production function was estimated following Generalized Method of Moment Procedure. It was found that the variable inputs of production like chick, feed and electricity were positively contributing to output but age, education of producers, medicine and vaccine were negatively contributing to mean production of broiler. Age and education of producers, chick cost, medicine and vaccine found to reduce variability in production and positively contributing to sustainable broiler production. While feed cost and electricity were adversely affecting sustainability of broiler production. The total cost of broiler production of 100 birds was TK 5851.81 on cash cost basis and non-cash cost basis it was TK 5277.31. Largest proportion of total cost was spent for both day-old chicks and feed that constituted 35.89 and 33.70 per cent, respectively. The return of the broiler production was estimated TK 7248.80 per 100 birds. BCR on full and cash cost basis were 1.24 and 1.37, respectively. It was found that seasonal variability in supply, demand and prices of broiler exist. It was found that the broiler producers were severely affected by the downward swing of price fluctuation

Text classification using the concepts of data mining association rules

As the amount of online text increases, the demand for text classification to aid the analysis and management of text is increasing. Text is cheap, but information, in the form of knowing what classes a text belongs to, is expensive. Automatic classification of text can provide this information at low cost, but the classifiers themselves must be built with expensive human effort, or trained from texts which have themselves been manually classified. In this paper we will discuss a procedure of classifying text using the concept of association rule of data mining. Association rule mining technique has been used to derive feature set from pre-classified text documents. Naïve Bayes classifier is then used on derived features for final classification

GABA content and an antioxidant profile positively correlated with the anticonvulsive activity of Microcos paniculata in acute seizure mice

This study evaluated the effects of different parts of M. paniculata (MP) extracts on convulsions and antioxidant activities in mice. Six polyphenolic compounds were identified, where epicatechin and quercetin have been identified in the highest amounts (23.01 and 32.23 mg/100 g of dry MP extract, respectively) in MP leaf and stem extracts, using Ultra Performance Liquid Chromatography. 7-day oral administration of MP at doses of 100, 200, and 400 mg/kg body weight (BW) significantly reduced convulsions and reduced mortality rates compared with seizure inducer groups. Antioxidant potentials were measured by superoxide dismutase (SOD), catalase (CAT), thiobarbituric acid reactive substances (TBARS), and reduced glutathione (GSH) content in whole-brain homogenates. Gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) levels significantly increased in leaves and stem-treated groups, suggesting that MP leaves and stems have potent antioxidant properties that can attenuate convulsions by modulating the GABAergic system and antioxidant activities

Rabies control in Bangladesh and prediction of human rabies cases by 2030: a One Health approach

Background Bangladesh is making progress toward achieving zero dog-mediated rabies deaths by 2030, a global goal set in 2015. Methods Drawing from multiple datasets, including patient immunisation record books and mass dog vaccination (MDV) databases, we conducted a comprehensive analysis between 2011 and 2023 to understand the effectiveness of rabies control programmes and predict human rabies cases in Bangladesh by 2030 using time-series forecasting models. We also compared rabies virus sequences from GenBank in Bangladesh and other South Asian countries. Findings The estimated dog population in Bangladesh was determined to be 1,668,140, with an average dog population density of 12.83 dogs/km2 (95% CI 11.14–14.53) and a human-to-dog ratio of 86.70 (95% CI 76.60–96.80). The MDV campaign has led to the vaccination of an average of 21,295 dogs (95% CI 18,654–23,935) per district annually out of an estimated 26,065 dogs (95% CI 22,898–29,230). A declining trend in predicted and observed human rabies cases has been identified, suggesting that Bangladesh is poised to make substantial progress towards achieving the ‘Zero by 30’ goal, provided the current trajectory continues. The phylogenetic analysis shows that rabies viruses in Bangladesh belong to the Arctic-like-1 group, which differs from those in Bhutan despite sharing a common ancestor. Interpretation Bangladesh's One Health approach demonstrated that an increase in MDV and anti-rabies vaccine (ARV) resulted in a decline in the relative risk of human rabies cases, indicating that eliminating dog-mediated human rabies could be achievable. Funding The study was supported by the Communicable Disease Control (CDC) Division of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) of the People's Republic of Bangladesh