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Volume 52, Issue 250, October 2016

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CELEBRITY OF THE MONTH
Erik Acharius
259th Birthday (10 October 1757 – 14 August 1819)
Father of lichenology

Acharius, Erik (1757-1819), Swedish botanist, the father of lichenology was born on the 10th of October 1757. He devoted himself to the study of lichens, and all his publications were connected with the class of plants, his Lichenographia Universalis being the most important. He was a member of the Royal Physiographic Society in Lund (1795), the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences (1796), the Linnean Society of London (1801) and the Royal Society of Sciences in Uppsala (1810). He awarded Acharius Medal for his lifetime achievement in lichenology. He continued to work restlessly on his lichens, using all spare time left from his daily hospital duties. His Synopsis Methodica Lichenum was printed in Lund in 1814, but it was naturally a great disappointment that his Alma Mater should turn down his offer to buy his herbarium. During the winter of 1819 he had suffered from minor strokes, which caused him problems with hearing and balance, but he persisted with his hard work during spring and summer.

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RESEARCH

Socio-economic conditions of the fishing community of Rezu khal in Ukhiya, Cox’s bazar

Md. Osman, Md. Simul Bhuyan, Aysha Akhtar and Md. Shafiqul Islam

The present research work was conducted to assess the socio-economic conditions of the fishing community of Rezu khal, Ukhia. A structured questionnaire survey was done on 60 fishermen. Education status showed that, only 4.7% of the fishers having secondary education while 48.2% of them having no formal education at all.

Discovery, 2016, 52(250), 1933-1940

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Cellulase production by Aspergillus Niger, Trichoderma Harzianum and Penicillium Chrysogenum using some selected agricultural wastes

Bukar A, Abbas MI, Milala MA, Ali AA

With increasing cost of production in manufacturing industries, coupled with unending accumulation of organic wastes in the environment, researchers are faced with challenge of search for cheap raw materials and enzyme hyper-producing microorganisms for the production of various enzymes used in different sectors of manufacturing processes.

Discovery, 2016, 52(250), 1947-1953

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Study of Angiosperm Plant Species at Sadar Upazila of Naogaon District, Bangladesh

Jesmin Nahar, Mahbubur Rahman AHM

Study of Angiosperm plant species at sadar upazila of Naogaon district, Bangladesh conducted during December 2013 to July 2015. A total of 239 species belonging to 198 genera under 83 families were recorded. Of these, Magnoliopsida (Dicotyledones) is represented by 206 species under 167 genera and 74 families while Liliopsida (Monocotyledones) is represented by 33 species under 31 genera and 9 families.

Discovery, 2016, 52(250), 1963-1978

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Total Electron Content and Electron Density Profile Observations during Geomagnetic Storms using COSMIC Satellite Data

Niraj Bhattarai, Narayan P Chapagain, Binod Adhikari

Total Electron Content (TEC) and electron density are the basic parameters, which determine the major properties of the Ionosphere. Detail study of the ionospheric TEC and electron density variations has been carried out during geomagnetic storms, with longitude and latitude, for four different locations: (24°W-14°W, 25°S-10°S); (53°W- 46°W, 04°N-14°N); (161°E-165°E, 42°S-34°S), and (135°W- 120°W, 39°S-35°S) using the COSMIC satellite data.In order to find the background conditions of the ionosphere.

Discovery, 2016, 52(250), 1979-1990

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ANALYSIS

What could be the Impact of the Community Financing Approach of BRAC in Health Care to Achieve the Health Goals of MDG in Bangladesh?

Anwarul Islam KM

A closure look at the indicators makes it evident that the achievement of the health goals of MDG does not require high quality health care, doctors or expensive technology. Rather the targets could be fulfilled by creating a health service network targeting the goals, an efficient group of health workers including nurses, paramedics, midwife in the accessible distance in need. BRAC have a large health service network that provides mainly the basic health care services especially to the woman.

Discovery, 2016, 52(250), 1997-2003

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The Relationship between the Macroeconomic Factors and Stock Market Price: Empirical Evidence from Bangladesh

Anwarul Islam KM

This paper examines the changes of the stock price as the consequence of the movement of the macroeconomic factors. Here money supply, inflation rate, exchange rate, interest rate and index of production are employed to judge for explaining power of the variability of the stock price and find out the relationship with the stock price.

Discovery, 2016, 52(250), 2006-2014

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The Relationship between Intellectual Capital, Firms’ Market Value and Financial Performance: Empirical Evidence from Bangladesh

Anwarul Islam KM

This paper examines to investigate the empirically the relation between the value creation efficiency and firms’ market valuation and financial performance by using data drawn from 22 banks enlisted in the DSE.

Discovery, 2016, 52(250), 2023-2034

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CASE STUDY

Development of Bangladesh through SMEs Financing: A Case Study on IDLC Finance Limited

Anwarul Islam KM

SMEs (Small and Medium Enterprises) is very much crucial for overall development of the economy. Several banks and other nonbanking financial institutions are now concentrating on this sector very actively. Industrial Development Leasing Company (IDLC) of Bangladesh Limited started its operation in the year 1985 as the pioneer leasing company as to facilitate lease- financing and capital investment in industrial sector.

Discovery, 2016, 52(250), 2041-2053

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PERSPECTIVE

Approaches to Human-Wildlife Conflict Management in and around Ayubia National Park, Khyber Pakhthunkhwa, Pakistan

Tufail Shakeel

The present study has been designed to study the human-wildlife conflict management in and around Ayubia National park, KPK Pakistan. A total of 14 animal species has been studied in seven villages to investigate the conflict ratio.

Discovery, 2016, 52(250), 2059-2062

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