Volume 2, Issue 1 & 2, January-July 2015http://dspace.daffodilvarsity.edu.bd:8080/handle/123456789/1812024-03-28T09:25:13Z2024-03-28T09:25:13ZEVALUATION OF DEPRESSION AMONG CHINESE AND NON-CHINESE STUDENTS IN HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY, JAPANChowdhury, A. B. M. AlauddinEskanderieh, Shararehhttp://dspace.daffodilvarsity.edu.bd:8080/handle/20.500.11948/15292019-05-27T06:51:41Z2015-06-01T00:00:00ZEVALUATION OF DEPRESSION AMONG CHINESE AND NON-CHINESE STUDENTS IN HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY, JAPAN
Chowdhury, A. B. M. Alauddin; Eskanderieh, Sharareh
A total of 813 are foreign students from 77 different countries are studying in Hokkaido University (Hokudai), among them 306 are Chinese. The existing health education, health promotion and disease prevention programs of Hokudai Students Health Center (HSHC) may not meet the needs of international students like Chinese students. The objective of this study is to determine the prevalence of depression, examine potential risk factors for depression among international students of this campus and at last, recommend potential interventional measures to alleviate the stressful life event. This cross-sectional study was carried out among Chinese students in 2007. A Self-administered questionnaire was sent to them by mail. Levels of depression were measured with the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale (CES-D). More Chinese students were psychologically distressed (51.5%) in comparison to non-Chinese students (36.8%).
2015-06-01T00:00:00ZKNOWLEDGE ON BREAST FEEDING AND WEANING AMONG MOTHERS OF INFANTS IN ICDDR,B HOSPITAL, DHAKAMehriban, NadiraSayed, Sharikahttp://dspace.daffodilvarsity.edu.bd:8080/handle/20.500.11948/15282019-05-27T06:51:41Z2015-06-01T00:00:00ZKNOWLEDGE ON BREAST FEEDING AND WEANING AMONG MOTHERS OF INFANTS IN ICDDR,B HOSPITAL, DHAKA
Mehriban, Nadira; Sayed, Sharika
This study was carried out to assess knowledge regarding breast feeding and weaning among lactating mothers of infants attending International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (icddr,b) Hospital. A pretested semistructured questionnaire was used for this purpose and the study period was May to August 2011. 200 lactating mothers with children less than one year of age was selected. The study revealed that the mean age of mothers was 24± SD 6 years and mean age of child was 6.25 months. Most of respondents were Muslim (92.5%) and from nuclear family (62.5%). Most of the respondents had completed their primary education (56%), 82% of them are house wife, most of the respondents family income ranges from BDT 3,000-10,000. Majority of the respondent had mean monthly income of BDT 6028 ± SD 4636. Marital age’s ranges from 18-22 years and 23% were less than 18 years. Majority of infants’ mother (81%) thought that breast feeding is compulsory for every child. About (46%) opined that colostrum is needed for infants. About 26% thought that thickness of colostrum is indigestible and 22% thought that colostrum may be harmful for the infants. Only 33.5% had fair knowledge on breastfeeding but majority (72.5%) of the infant’s mother shows fair knowledge regarding weaning. About 75 % mother got information regarding breast feeding and weaning knowledge from television. The knowledge of mothers regarding breast feeding was poor but their knowledge on weaning was comparatively adequate.
2015-06-01T00:00:00ZSTUDY ON THE SENSORY CHARACTERISTICS OF MILK CANDY AMONG DIFFERENT AGED GROUP CONSUMERS OF BANGLADESHHossain, BJahan, EAhttp://dspace.daffodilvarsity.edu.bd:8080/handle/20.500.11948/15272019-05-27T06:51:42Z2015-06-01T00:00:00ZSTUDY ON THE SENSORY CHARACTERISTICS OF MILK CANDY AMONG DIFFERENT AGED GROUP CONSUMERS OF BANGLADESH
Hossain, B; Jahan, EA
Milk candy contains calcium with other essential nutrients, which make it a potential food supplement for adults and children. The present study was designed to characterize the sensory properties of flavored milk candies. A trained panelist evaluated three milk candies (plain, chocolate, and coffee) using a 15-cm line scale. Three hundred and thirty five adult consumers evaluated the acceptability of three types flavored milk candy on the basis of appearance, shape, texture, aroma, flavor, sweetness, and overall liking. Ninety two children evaluated the acceptability on the basis of overall liking of chocolate and plain flavored milk candies. Evaluations of the flavored milk candies revealed that they were different, based on descriptive sensory attributes. Buttery aroma and caramel aroma were considerer’s discriminating attributes, while sweet and cooked flavors were considerer’s least discriminating. Taste, specific flavor, overall liking and aroma were the critical factors for acceptability of the products. Children liked the chocolate flavored milk candy better than the plain one. There were no significant differences between evaluation by children and adults for chocolate and plain milk candy respectively. It was observed that the consumers accepted the calcium enriched flavored milk candies.
2015-06-01T00:00:00ZCOMPARATIVE STUDY OF DIFFERENT BRANDS OF RANITIDINE TABLETS IN BANGLADESHSultana, MahfuzaAkter, JeasminAl-Faruk, Md.http://dspace.daffodilvarsity.edu.bd:8080/handle/20.500.11948/15262019-05-27T06:51:42Z2015-06-01T00:00:00ZCOMPARATIVE STUDY OF DIFFERENT BRANDS OF RANITIDINE TABLETS IN BANGLADESH
Sultana, Mahfuza; Akter, Jeasmin; Al-Faruk, Md.
Ranitidine is a H2- receptor blocker, which is widely used for the treatment of peptic ulcer disease. Present was designed to assess the therapeutic properties of different branded ranitidine hydrochloride tablets available in retail pharmacies of Bangladesh. Ranitidine HCl tablets manufactured by five different brands following USP specifications were collected from local retail Pharmacy located in Dhaka. Various parameters such as weight variation, thickness, hardness, disintegration, dissolution, potency etc. were analyzed according to the official (BP/USP8) pharmacopoeia methods to evaluate their quality. The result showed that four brands of Ranitidine HCl tablets complied USP specification of potency and the remaining one was more potent. Four brands showed a good result for weight variation, hardness, disintegration time and dissolution rate. One brand of tablets showed minor deviation in dissolution rate as compared to USP specification. It is evident from the study that most of the brands tested showed good results. Though this study was performed on a limited scale but the data reported here can help the Drug Control Authority to get an idea a
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