Rafia Afroz, Keisuke Hanaki, Kiyo Kurisu
We employed the contingent valuation method to estimate the willingness to pay of the respondents to improve the waste collection system in Dhaka city, Bangladesh. Our objective was to estimate how WTP differs between respondents who received or did not receive door to door waste collection. The met...
Rafia Afroz, Keisuke Hanaki, Rabaah Tudin
Information on waste generation, socioeconomic characteristics, and willingness of the households to separate waste was obtained from interviews with 402 respondents in Dhaka city. Ordinary least square regression was used to determine the dominant factors that might influence the waste generation o...
Rafia Afroz, Keisuke Hanaki, Rabaah Tuddin, Kartinah Ayup
This paper examines the factors that might influence recycling behaviour of the households in Dhaka city, Bangladesh. Information on recycling activity, socio-economic characteristics, and attitudes of the households towards recycling were obtained from interviews with 456 households in Dhaka. Logis...
Rafia Afroz, Rabaah Tudin, Keisuke Hanaki, Muhammad Mehedi Masud
This paper examines the factors that influence the waste generation and willingness to minimise solid waste in Dhaka city, Bangladesh. Information on waste generation, willingness to minimise, socio-economic characteristics, and behaviour of the households towards solid waste management were obtaine...
Rafia Afroz, Keisuke Hanaki, Rabbah Tuddin
Information on waste generation, socio economic characteristics and willingness of the households towards waste separation of waste were obtained from interviews with 402 respondents in Dhaka city. Ordinary Least Square (OLS) regression was used to determine the dominant factors that might influence...
Md. Atiqur Rahman Sarker, Md. Mazedul Haque, Rafia Afroze Rifa, Fateha Akther Ema et al.
AIM: ). MATERIALS AND METHODS: A total of 25 fresh guavas were collected from five markets located in Mymensingh city. Guava samples were cultured onto various selective media such as eosin methylene blue, xylose lysine deoxycholate, thiosulfate-citrate-bile salts-sucrose, blood agar, and mannitol s...
Md Anisur Rahman, Mst. Tania Khatun, Afsana Mim Khandaker, Md. Parvez Khandocar et al.
Oxidative stress is marked by disproportionate levels of reactive oxygen species (ROS) and antioxidant defenses and is a key factor in initiating DNA damage and neurodegenerative diseases. Increased reactive oxygen species (ROS) levels can lead to oxidative DNA lesions, disrupting cellular function ...
Sadia Afroz, Zakir Hossain Habib, Syed Muhammad Baqui Billah, Hasina Akhter et al.
Background: Urinary tract infection (UTI) is one of the most common bacterial infections encountered by clinicians particularly in developing countries. Current knowledge on antimicrobial resistance pattern is essential for appropriate therapy. The aim of the present study was to identify the causat...
Rafia Afroz
The objective of this study is to conduct an economic study to identify the factors which affect households’ solid waste generation, households’ willingness to pay to improve the solid waste management and households’ recycling behaviour in Dhaka City. The results showed that the waste generation of...
Mohammad Rashed Hasan Polas, M. Muhibbullah, Rafia Afroz, Md Nazmus Sadekin
The purpose of this study is to explore how employee motivation factors impact on the employee's desire to keep working in SME firms. This study primarily is based on raw data which are collected from 278 employees of SME firms in Bangladesh. Apart from adopting the quantitative method, the Smart PL...
Jannatul Fardows, Abu Bakar Siddique, Adneen Moureen, Tasmin Afroz Binte Islam et al.
Background: Food-borne disease is a major public health problem affecting developed as well as developing countries. Inaccurately treated eggs can be one of its causes. So we designed this study to observe the possibility of transmission of pathogenic Gram-positive bacteria from market eggs to the c...
Rafia Afroz, Md Muhibbullah, M Zamanur Rahman
Abstract This research aims to assess the economic impact of climate change on the poverty of rice farmers in Kedah. A personal interview was conducted in a sample of 400 farm households in Kedah, Malaysia. To achieve the goal of the analysis, a logit model was used. The findings indicate that educa...
Md. Mazedul Haque, Md. Atiqur Rahman Sarker, Rafia Afroze Rifa, Md. Ariful Islam et al.
AIM: The present study was undertaken to determine bacterial load as well as characterize bacterial flora of ready to eat (RTE) betel leaf sold at local markets in Mymensingh city. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A total of 25 RTE betel leaf samples were collected from five local markets such as Kamal-Ranjit...
Farhana Afroz, Shad Hossain, Rafia Anjum Rimi
Rafia Afroz, Md Nazmus Sadekin, M. Muhibbullah, Mohammad Rashed Hasan Polas
The purpose of this study is to explore how employee motivation factors impact on the employee's desire to keep working in SME firms. This study primarily is based on raw data which are collected from 278 employees of SME firms in Bangladesh. Apart from adopting the quantitative method, the Smart PL...