Complement to the Classroom (C2L): First language based e-materials platform for effective learning for multi-lingual young learners

This study will address the impactful and scalable solution to the challenges of multi-lingual communities facing access to education in Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT), a southeastern region in Bangladesh. As a probable remedy for learning gap, this study will introduce a low-cost but accessible semi-online platform “Complement to Classroom (C2C)” to develop, upload, and utilize academic content in different mother languages to call for “no more language barrier” in education in CHT

REVISITING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CULTURE AND ENVIRONMENT OF THE A’CHIK INDIGENOUS COMMUNITY OF MEGHALAYA: A REVIEW

One of the issues and problem in the harmonious existence of all the life forms on the earth planet was believed to be the extinction of traditional culture of the indigenous tribe that has a significance linked with natural environment. The two components nature-culture work together and lead to unique features. In line, culture is the set of knowledge, practices, idealism that guides human to associate with the natural environment. Thus, culture can be defined as one of the assets into the paramount of harmonious existence of all the creatures. Coming to the A‟chik ethnic group of Meghalaya, like any other cultural groups of the North East, the A'chiks is very rich in their tradition and culture. Ethnically, for the A'chiks, the name itself is associated with natural environment. There was a historical narrative with regards to the origin and derivation of the name A‟chik. „A‟a‟ means „land‟ and „chik‟ means „hill‟. Thus, A‟chik means „hill‟ and „mande‟ means „man‟ or „hill man‟ (Mihir, 1995, p. 33). Thus, their association with nature was symbiotic and intimate. However, the impact of western culture and its associated aspects of modernity have greatly changed the tradition and culture of the A‟chik. The study is an attempt to give an insightful look into the A‟chik traditional cultural practices associated with natural environment. In view of the culture and tradition within the environment on the unprecedented ecological crisis in the name of development and modernity needs to look back and examine how culture and tradition is linked to environment. The study finding indicates that today one of the greatest challenges in the present global scenario was the crisis in environment on account of the globalization, the influence of modern culture, technological innovative, intermingling and cultural hegemony and hence the tribal cultures are on the way to extinction. The world is now engaged to search out means of tackle this grave catastrophe proves that our lives and practices have somehow gone astray. The natural resources are now subject to increasing destruction and reduction and even overgrazed out of existence. Hence, there was an urgent need to draw the attention of the mankind as well as culture and their environment in the era of modernization and globalization in the environmental degradation and climate changes

Evaluating Rice Biodiversity and Yields of Upland Rice Landraces Grown in Shifting Cultivation in Bandarban, Bangladesh

Shifting cultivation, popularly known as jhum, is a dominant form of agriculture in the Chattogram Hill Tracts (CHT) of Bangladesh with upland rice being the major component of the system. The region is known for its rice biodiversity, which is under threat. This study was an attempt to explore the extent of rice biodiversity and variation in rice yields observing 81 randomly selected shifting cultivation plots from 26 dispersedly located mountainous villages in four sub-districts of Bandarban, one of three districts of the CHT. A total of 28 landraces of upland rice was grown in shifting cultivation. Highest number of landraces (16) was found in sub-district Thanchi. Three landraces most frequently observed were Gunda, Maemonsing and Sadabinni. Rice grain yield varied between 1.421 t ha-1 and 3.442 t ha-1 across landraces with the highest being recorded for Patobi. Landrace Dilon the lowest yield. Relative performance of landraces Kobrokbinni, Maemonsing, Monthon, Patobi and PD were superior to standard BRRI dhan83 and Gunda in relation to grain yield. Some of these landraces having wider adaptability may be released as varieties

A comparative study of the Christian mission in Jamaica and Karnataka

Christian Spirituality, Church History and MissiologyD. Th. (Missiology)

INFLUENCE OF MOTIVATION, SOCIAL SUPPORT AND BASIC NEED SATISFACTION ON BURNOUT AMONG FOOTBALL PLAYERS IN BANGLADESH

Football is ruminated in the guise of the most foremost and modish sports in Bangladesh reminiscent of other countries of the world, as sports are frolicked under prodigious coercion, young football athletes perpetually stumble into divergent circumstances which incorporate affirmative and apathetic scenarios confiding in athlete’s concurrent whereabouts & prospect dispatch which narrates to burnout. The perusal maneuvered motivation as an independent variable, basic need satisfaction which exerted as mediator variable and social support plied as moderator variable that governed young player’s burnout to ebb or to surge. The purpose of the study was to interrogate the relationship among burnout and motivation, social support, basic need satisfaction. The paper pursued quantitative technique to amass accessible data in which five hundred and twelve adolescent football players were surveyed in Bangladesh and their age ranged between 15 to 25 years. The survey questionnaire was in four tranches encompassing Athlete burnout questionnaire, Basic Need Satisfaction scale, Motivation questionnaire & SARASON Social Support scale; furthermore, the study wielded Pearson Correlation analysis, Moderated regression analysis and Process in the course of score reckoning. The study instituted that motivation and social support unconstructively associated with burnout and basic need satisfaction allied moderately with the burnout, when burnout escalates, motivation, social support, and basic need satisfaction went down or when burnout dwindles all of the independent variables augment. The research formed factors relationship with each other and comprehended coping tactic how athletes could trounce their melancholy, fatigue and mental grievance to burgeon their sports recital and would scrutinize players commotion towards their contented & constructive precinct as well

INFLUENCE OF MOTIVATION, SOCIAL SUPPORT AND BASIC NEED SATISFACTION ON BURNOUT AMONG FOOTBALL PLAYERS IN BANGLADESH

Football is ruminated in the guise of the most foremost and modish sports in Bangladesh reminiscent of other countries of the world, as sports are frolicked under prodigious coercion, young football athletes perpetually stumble into divergent circumstances which incorporate affirmative and apathetic scenarios confiding in athlete’s concurrent whereabouts & prospect dispatch which narrates to burnout. The perusal maneuvered motivation as an independent variable, basic need satisfaction which exerted as mediator variable and social support plied as moderator variable that governed young player’s burnout to ebb or to surge. The purpose of the study was to interrogate the relationship among burnout and motivation, social support, basic need satisfaction. The paper pursued quantitative technique to amass accessible data in which five hundred and twelve adolescent football players were surveyed in Bangladesh and their age ranged between 15 to 25 years. The survey questionnaire was in four tranches encompassing Athlete burnout questionnaire, Basic Need Satisfaction scale, Motivation questionnaire & SARASON Social Support scale; furthermore, the study wielded Pearson Correlation analysis, Moderated regression analysis and Process in the course of score reckoning. The study instituted that motivation and social support unconstructively associated with burnout and basic need satisfaction allied moderately with the burnout, when burnout escalates, motivation, social support, and basic need satisfaction went down or when burnout dwindles all of the independent variables augment. The research formed factors relationship with each other and comprehended coping tactic how athletes could trounce their melancholy, fatigue and mental grievance to burgeon their sports recital and would scrutinize players commotion towards their contented & constructive precinct as well.  Article visualizations

Commercial, industrial and household electrical load modelling and short-term load forecasting

In this thesis, a transfer function-based load model is determined for commercial and industrial load. This model is derived from the composite load model which consist of an induction motor and static load. This developed model is compared to composite load model by considering two cases: 1) a small motor composition load or commercial load and 2) higher motor composition load or industrial load. The research is conducted through MATLAB/Simulink simulation. In order to compare the dynamic response of developed model, a comparative study has been done between the two models. In addition, the influence of voltage and frequency dependency terms on the overall model accuracy for developed model has been evaluated through several case studies considering both voltage and frequency dependency disturbances. A short-term load forecast model is developed for an electrically heated house. This research work is based on experimental data collected by installing current sensors in a house in St. Johns, Newfoundland, Canada. The data was collected for three years and only one-year data is used for this model. The model is based on Recurrent Neural Network (RNN) with wavelet transform. The proposed model is verified by comparing other developed models in the literature through MATLAB deep learning toolbox and wavelet toolbox. The proposed model can more accurately forecast the load

Feasibility Studies on Deploying a Self-Contained Solar-Hydraulic Pilot Power Plant in a Rural Area in Bangladesh

In October 2017, the World Bank reported that Bangladesh continued to reduce poverty - rural poverty decreased from 35.2 to 26.4 percent between 2010 and 2016, but at a slower pace. It is well-accepted that lack of access to electricity is one of the major impediments to growth and development of the rural economies in developing countries (Khandker et al. 2009). In Bangladesh, only 29% of rural areas were covered by the national grid which took up merely 2.27% of the total energy consumption and almost 94.2% of which came from highly polluting fuelwood and other biomass including leaves, crops and dung (BIDS Survey 2004). The problems rural people face in obtaining safe, clean, and reliable energy supplies represent a significant barrier to rural economic development and social well-being (Barnes et al. 2010). Solar energy is an excellent candidate as it is clean, safe and abundant in Bangladesh. Since early 1990s more than four-million solar home systems (SHS) have been installed in Bangladesh and the number is still increasing. However, batteries, especially lead-acid batteries used as energy storage systems in solar off-grid power plants, are considered highly hazardous to environment due to their chemistry. In an effort to eliminate this hazard a novel design hybridizing solar power with hydro power has been conceptualized. In this design surplus electrical energy generated by the solar plant during daytime is stored as potential energy by pumping water into an overhead tank rather than stored as chemical energy in battery for usage after sunset. A prototype system is being designed to develop the proof of concept where a power plant will be installed in an off-grid area of the Chittagong Hill Tracts in Bangladesh. For this purpose, several villages in Bandarban and Rangamati districts have been surveyed for estimating the load demand of those villages and the affordability of the potential consumers. Based on the survey results, a village has been selected and a prototype solar-hydro hybrid power plant has been designed. A business model has also been proposed. This report presents the survey methodology, data analysis, and the design for the prototype power plant and the proposal business model

Effect of genotype on proximate composition and biological yield of maize (Zea mays L.)

An experiment was conducted to study the proximate composition of five released maize varieties (Zea mays L.) of Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute (BARI), which was popularly growing in Bangladesh namely BHM-5, BHM-8, BHM-13, BHM-15, and Barnali. There was none a single variety performed best in all nutrient parameters. Among these maize varieties, the highest grain weight of 100 seeds, and yield was found in BHM-15 (32.84g and 12.6 ton/ha). In the case of proximate analysis, the highest protein, ash, and fat content was recorded from BHM-15 (13.11%, 2.33%, and 5.44%), the highest carbohydrate content was recorded from BHM-13 (82.40%), and the highest amount of fiber was recorded from BHM-5 (2.07%). On the other hand, the lowest amount of carbohydrate and protein was recorded from BHM-15 (77.67%) and BHM-8 (10.96%), respectively. BHM-13 contained the lowest amount of fiber (1.24%) and fat (4.27%). Barnali and BHM-15 showed better performance for most of the minerals. The findings concluded that the different genotypes of maize differ substantially in their chemical and mineral compositions