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    Type 1 diabetes: The Bangladesh perspective

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    Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a common endocrine disorder among children and adolescents in Bangladesh. The latest International Diabetes Federation atlas estimated the incidence of type 1 DM (T1DM) in Bangladesh as 4.2 new cases of T1DM/100,000 children (0-14 years)/year, in 2013. Diabetes, being a lifelong disease, places a huge burden on the economy of the most densely populated, and resource-poor country of the world. The Diabetic Association of Bangladesh (BADAS), the largest of its kind in the world, provides comprehensive care to the biggest number of diabetics at any one centre and is engaged in advocacy. Although sounding grandiose, it′s aims that ′no diabetic shall die untreated, unfed or unemployed, even if poor′ is pursued with a passion. Recently BADAS has been supported in its endeavor for children and adolescents by two programmes; viz the Changing Diabetes in Children program (a joint initiative of BADAS, the World Diabetes Foundation and Novo Nordisk), and the Life for a Child Programme (LFAC) supported by the IDF. Numerous studies from the prosperous countries have demonstrated the incidence of T1DM is increasing. Data from the CDiC clinic at BIRDEM shows a rising trend in patients presenting with classical T1DM. In addition, the pattern of DM is changing

    Maulana Abul Kalam Azad: The Social Reformer

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    This paper discusses the contribution of Maulana Abul Kalam Azad towards development of education in the country. The author remarked that, Maulana Abul Kalam Azad emphasized on the speedy progress of adult education and observed that without education, electorate democracy could not perform the functions expected of it

    Falsafah Pemikiran Hatta Azad Khan dalam Kumpulan Drama Dunia Belum Kiamat: Philosophical Thought by Hatta Azad Khan in Kumpulan Drama Dunia Belum Kiamat

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    Makalah ini adalah untuk melihat falsafah pemikiran Hatta Azad Khan dalam Kumpulan Drama Dunia Belum Kiamat (2013). Fokus kajian ini ialah untuk mengenal pasti dan membincangkan falsafah dan pemikiran yang ingin diketengahkan oleh pengarang dalam kumpulan drama tersebut. Kumpulan Drama Dunia Belum Kiamat (2013) beraliran realisme dan mengandungi lima buah drama iaitu drama Awang, Anak Korporat, Dunia Belum Kiamat, Cermin Tipu Daya dan Puteri Gunung Ledang. Kaedah kajian yang digunakan ialah kaedah kepustakaan dan analisis kandungan. Kajian ini menggunapakai teori Sosiologi oleh J. Duvidnaud (1972) untuk mencapai dua objektif kajian. Pertama, untuk mengenal pasti falsafah dan pemikiran dalam Kumpulan Drama Dunia Belum Kiamat (2013) karya Hatta Azad Khan. Kedua, membincangkan falsafah dan pemikiran dalam Kumpulan Drama Dunia Belum Kiamat (2013) dari aspek sosial, politik dan ekonomi. Kajian ini menghasilkan dapatan kajian iaitu Kumpulan Drama Dunia Belum Kiamat (2013) karya Hatta Azad Khan merupakan sebuah kumpulan drama yang sarat dengan falsafah dan pemikiran. Falsafah dan pemikiran tersebut terdiri daripada pemikiran sosial, ekonomi dan politik. This research is intended to view the philosophical thoughts of Hatta Azad Khan in Kumpulan Drama Dunia Belum Kiamat (2013). This research is focusing on identifying and discussing the philosophy and the thoughts which had been highlighted by the author of the above mentioned drama’s group. The drama’s group is based on realism and it is comprised of five dramas which are Awang, Anak Korporat, Dunia Belum Kiamat, Cermin Tipu Daya dan Puteri Gunung Ledang.. The method used in this research was literature analysis and content analysis method. This study applied the Sociological Theory by J. Duvidnaud (1972) to achieve two objectives which were to identify and to discuss the philosophy and the perspectives in Kumpulan Drama Dunia Belum Kiamat (2013) by Hatta Azad Khan specifically in terms of social, economic and political aspect. Hence, the research findings showed that this group of drama was loaded philosophy perspectives that consist of social, economic and political thinking

    Corresponding Author The relationship between work ethic and justice perception in Islamic Azad University

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    ABSTRACT This study aims at investigating the relationship between work ethic and justice perception in the professors and employees of Islamic Azad Universities. The research methodology was descriptive-correlational and the data was collected via field procedure. The population of the study consisted of all the professors and employees of Islamic Azad Universities (N=60000). The participants of the study were 800 professors and employees who were selected from among the population based on cluster random sampling. The sample size was determined using Morgan table. 569 posted questionnaires were completed and returned by the participants. To assess work ethic and the ratio of justice perception, a summarized version of Ali's questionnaire (1998) and Starvan's employees' justice perception questionnaire (1996) were used, respectively. In order to assure the validity of the questionnaires, they were submitted to some professors in the department of Theology and Islamic Thoughts as well as some other experts. Subsequently, the experts' opinions regarding all the questionnaire items were applied in moderating the scales. The reliability of the scales in a sample group using Cronbach's alpha coefficient was calculated to be 0.83 and using test-retest method to be 0.76. Both descriptive and inferential statistics were used to analyze the data. Qualitative data was described using percentage and frequency counts and quantitative data was illustrated using measures of central tendency and variability. Besides, based on the objectives of the study and data type, t test and Pearson's correlation coefficient were used as inferential statistics. The results showed that, out of the maximum mean score of 5 for work ethic, the participants' mean score was 4.09 with the standard deviation of 0.48. The participants' mean score of justice perception was 2.80 with the standard deviation of 0.70, out of maximum mean score of 5. The results of hypothesis tests revealed a weak positive correlation (r=0.280) between work ethic and justice perception in the professors and employees of (all participants) Islamic Azad University

    Author Correction: c-Met activation leads to the establishment of a TGFβ-receptor regulatory network in bladder cancer progression (Nature Communications, (2019), 10, 1, (4349), 10.1038/s41467-019-12241-2)

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    © 2019, The Author(s). The original version of this Article contained an error in the spelling of the author Azad Saei, which was incorrectly given as Azad Saie. This has now been corrected in both the PDF and HTML versions of the Article

    Social power and information technology implementation: a contentious framing lens

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