I Belong Here Too: An Oral History of the Immigration of Bangladeshis to New York City

I Belong Here Too is an oral history project which consists of twenty interviews of the Bangladeshi community in New York. The oral histories touch on many aspects of Bangladeshi-American life, history, memory, identity, culture, and the struggles of being an immigrant. It tries to put the interviewees experiences in a larger historical context in order to understand how the Bangladeshi community in Brooklyn, New York has grown and the challenges they faced as immigrants in a new city. The two chapters of this thesis examines the oral history processes and the difficulties of Bangladeshi immigrant women. The project is collaborating with the South Asian American Digital Archive (SAADA) where it hosts the stories of the interviewees. Link to the oral history project: https://www.saada.org/browse/collection/subat-matin-oral-history-interviews

I Belong Here Too: An Oral History of the Immigration of Bangladeshis to New York City

I Belong Here Too is an oral history project which consists of twenty interviews of the Bangladeshi community in New York. The oral histories touch on many aspects of Bangladeshi-American life, history, memory, identity, culture, and the struggles of being an immigrant. It tries to put the interviewees experiences in a larger historical context in order to understand how the Bangladeshi community in Brooklyn, New York has grown and the challenges they faced as immigrants in a new city. The two chapters of this thesis examines the oral history processes and the difficulties of Bangladeshi immigrant women. The project is collaborating with the South Asian American Digital Archive (SAADA) where it hosts the stories of the interviewees. Link to the oral history project: https://www.saada.org/browse/collection/subat-matin-oral-history-interviews

How do hashtags impact history? The use of social media in the 2024 Bangladeshi Gen Z revolution

To raise awareness of the impacts of social media use in promoting social well-being for the greater good, this longitudinal research investigates how Facebook was used by protesters in the July 2024 Gen Z revolution in Bangladesh. Specifically, we examined the content, prevalence, and nature of user behaviors during six stages of the event by collecting Facebook posts (n = 2,095) and comments (n = 420,412) with the relevant hashtags (n = 42). Through a thematic content analysis of 5,174 comments, we found that the content shifted over time, from reforming quota, to reforming government, to reforming Bangladesh. Humorous trolling comments dominated posts targeting the government, while serious non-trolling comments supported the protesters. This study contributes to a nuanced understanding of the changes over time in the content, the nature and the prevalence of political trolling, demonstrating the complex dynamics of technology, social media, and human interactions

STUDI FENOLOGI PERKEMBANGAN BUNGA PADA MATOA KUNING (Pometia pinnata)

YOSI SUBAT AYU LESTARI (2023) : STUDI FENOLOGI PERKEMBANGAN BUNGA PADA MATOA KUNING (Pometia pinnata) Fenologi dan perkembangan bunga merupakan proses yang sangat penting dalam siklus hidup tumbuhan karena informasi ini dapat digunakan untuk menentukan sistem penyerbukan tanaman. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui fase-fase perkembangan fenologi dan tipe bunga pada matoa kuning. Penelitian ini telah dilaksanakan pada bulan Maret sampai Mei 2022 di kebun matoa Petani Desa Palas, Rumbai, Kota Pekanbaru. Pengamatan dilakukan terhadap 4 pohon matoa kuning yang telah berproduksi. Hasil penelitian menunjukan bahwa tahap perkembangan bunga dimulai dari inisiasi malai, trubus anak malai, kuncup besar, anthesis dan buah terbentuk, dan bunga matoa kuning memiliki 2 tipe, yaitu pseudo-hermaphrodite flowers dan functional hermaphrodite flowers dengan posisi malai Terminal dan bentuk malai Pyramidal. Warna kelopak bunga, stamen, kepala sari mengalami degradasi warna dari awal bunga muncul hingga bunga mekar (gradasi pucat menjadi lebih pekat). Lama waktu dalam siklus pembungaan dari inisiasi bunga hingga anthesis berkisar antara 57-68 hari, dengan jumlah rata-rata 12,91 malai pertandandan panjang malai 21,30 cm. Rata-rata jumlah bunga mencapai 4709,47 bunga pertandan dan fruitset 0,92% (46,25 buah pertandan). Kata kunci : anthesis, fruitset, functional hermaphrodite flower, pseudo hermaphrodit

Cardiomyocyte Contractile Dysfunction in the APPswe/PS1dE9 Mouse Model of Alzheimer's Disease

Ample clinical and experimental evidence indicated that patients with Alzheimer's disease display a high incidence of cardiovascular events. This study was designed to examine myocardial histology, cardiomyocyte shortening, intracellular Ca(2+) homeostasis and regulatory proteins, electrocardiogram, adrenergic response, endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress and protein carbonyl formation in C57 wild-type (WT) mice and an APPswe/PS1dE9 transgenic (APP/PS1) model for Alzheimer's disease.Cardiomyocyte mechanical properties were evaluated including peak shortening (PS), time-to-PS (TPS), time-to-relengthening (TR), maximal velocity of shortening and relengthening (+/-dL/dt), intracellular Ca(2+) transient rise and decay.Little histological changes were observed in APP/PS1 myocardium. Cardiomyocytes from APP/PS1 but not APP or PS1 single mutation mice exhibited depressed PS, reduced+/-dL/dt, normal TPS and TR compared with WT mice(.) Rise in intracellular Ca(2+) was lower accompanied by unchanged resting/peak intracellular Ca(2+) levels and intracellular Ca(2+) decay in APP/PS1 mice. Cardiomyocytes from APP/PS1 mice exhibited a steeper decline in PS at high frequencies. The responsiveness to adrenergic agonists was dampened although beta(1)-adrenergic receptor expression was unchanged in APP/PS1 hearts. Expression of the Ca(2+) regulatory protein phospholamban and protein carbonyl formation were downregulated and elevated, respectively, associated with unchanged SERCA2a, Na(+)-Ca(2+) exchanger and ER stress markers in APP/PS1 hearts. Our further study revealed that antioxidant N-acetylcysteine attenuated the contractile dysfunction in APP/PS1 mice.Our results depicted overt cardiomyocyte mechanical dysfunction in the APP/PS1 Alzheimer's disease model, possibly due to oxidative stress

The Renal Parenchyma Evaluation: MAG3 vs. DMSA

Scintigraphy with Tc-99m dimercaptosuccinic acid (DMSA) is considered a reference method for assessment of parenchymal lesions and estimation of differential kidney function. The aim of study was to evaluate Tc-99m mercaptoacetyltriglycine (MAG3) dynamic renal scintigraphy for the same purpose. 188 patients, submitted to both studies within three months, were divided in two groups. In the first, 83 DMSA images were compared to parenchymal phase of MAG3 scintigraphy. Kidney morphology was independently evaluated by four observers. In the second group (N=105), differential function was calculated in MAG3 and DMSA studies and the respective results were compared. Findings corresponded completely in 85% of patients. There were no statistically significant differences between calculated differential function on DMSA and MAG3 images. The results showed that most of parenchymal lesions detected on DMSA scans can be identified on MAG3 parenchymal scans. Both studies can be equally used for the calculation of differential kidney function

The Renal Parenchyma Evaluation: MAG3 vs. DMSA

Scintigraphy with Tc-99m dimercaptosuccinic acid (DMSA) is considered a reference method for assessment of parenchymal lesions and estimation of differential kidney function. The aim of study was to evaluate Tc-99m mercaptoacetyltriglycine (MAG3) dynamic renal scintigraphy for the same purpose. 188 patients, submitted to both studies within three months, were divided in two groups. In the first, 83 DMSA images were compared to parenchymal phase of MAG3 scintigraphy. Kidney morphology was independently evaluated by four observers. In the second group (N=105), differential function was calculated in MAG3 and DMSA studies and the respective results were compared. Findings corresponded completely in 85% of patients. There were no statistically significant differences between calculated differential function on DMSA and MAG3 images. The results showed that most of parenchymal lesions detected on DMSA scans can be identified on MAG3 parenchymal scans. Both studies can be equally used for the calculation of differential kidney function

The Renal Parenchyma Evaluation: MAG3 vs. DMSA

Scintigraphy with Tc-99m dimercaptosuccinic acid (DMSA) is considered a reference method for assessment of parenchymal lesions and estimation of differential kidney function. The aim of study was to evaluate Tc-99m mercaptoacetyltriglycine (MAG3) dynamic renal scintigraphy for the same purpose. 188 patients, submitted to both studies within three months, were divided in two groups. In the first, 83 DMSA images were compared to parenchymal phase of MAG3 scintigraphy. Kidney morphology was independently evaluated by four observers. In the second group (N=105), differential function was calculated in MAG3 and DMSA studies and the respective results were compared. Findings corresponded completely in 85% of patients. There were no statistically significant differences between calculated differential function on DMSA and MAG3 images. The results showed that most of parenchymal lesions detected on DMSA scans can be identified on MAG3 parenchymal scans. Both studies can be equally used for the calculation of differential kidney function