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Multi-Disease Prediction Website and Android Application Using Explainable Machine Learning and Deep learning Techniques
(North South University, 2022) Abu Tareq; Abdullah Al Mahfug; Mohammad Imtiaz Faisa; Tanvir Al Mahmud; Dr. Riasat Khan; 1821780642; 1821861642; 1821812642; 1813564042
As the world advances towards a more computerized future, disruptive technologies are arriving at a pace second to no other innovation in history. The rise of computer vision and artificial intelligence techniques empowered innovations in the healthcare sector, which are helping to save lives, detect diseases, and extend life expectancy. This paper uses machine learning and deep learning techniques that fall into supervised learning to detect five diseases, e.g., diabetes, coronavirus, cardiac disorder, liver illness, and chronic kidney disease. Consequently, the automatic disease prediction system has been deployed on a website and an Android smartphone application. Initially, we enter necessary values from the pathology report or insert X-ray images into the website or the Android application to predict whether the person suffers from these diseases or not. The prediction is made in real time using machine learning models trained on various open-source datasets of different illnesses. We have used Random Forest as the supervised machine learning model as it produced an accuracy of 85%, 97%, 75%, and 85% to predict diabetes, cardiac disorder, liver illness, and chronic kidney disease, respectively. We have employed an attention-based CNN model, which produces a validation accuracy of 92% to predict coronavirus. Explainable: All models were used to interpret them.
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Workshop on Business research at NSU
(New Age, 2024-03-04) New Age
A research workshop held at North South University campus organized by the 'Centre for Business Research' of NSU.
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Hand Gesture Recognition System for Disable People
(North South University, 2020) Rifah Choudhury; Tasnuba Tabassum Joya; Farjana Farhad; Shahnewaz Siddique; 1510736043; 1520577043; 1530103042
Capacity to communicate feelings is a widespread human need. Individuals who are "deaf", "mute" can't speak with the general individuals utilizing communication through signing. Be that as it may a large portion of the general individuals don't know gesture based communications. To take care of this difficult we have built up a portable glove. This glove is intended to be utilized by "hard of hearing and unable to speak", "semi-hard of hearing" also, "semi-quiet" individuals. The glove will catch the sign motions of the user. The caught sign motions are then converted into suitable sound clips and played on speaker. For our project we concentrated on English language communication via gestures. The glove is furnished with flex sensors and accelerometer. Arduino mega analyses the sensor readings to distinguish the gesture. We made this cost proficient project to make gesture based communications considerably more simple for general individuals to understand.
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Smart Electricity Monitoring System
(North South University, 2019) Md. Farhan Al Mostakim; Md. Sharuar Zahan Rejon; Ali Imran; Ms. Tanjila Farah; 1330226043; 1431048043; 1610425043
‘Save energy, save the environment’ is the emerging motto of this century. The power plant is one of the reasons for increasing global temperature also. Natural resources are also decreasing day by day because of oil plants. A smart electric meter can serve the purpose. Every day, a lot of energy is being wasted because of our forgetting habit. In this project, we have implemented an electricity consumption monitoring system which will collect our everyday usage and notify us if we use more than expected or preset budget. We can see the real time power consumption of electric devices. User of this system can set the limit according to budget. This system will also turn off all kinds of unnecessary loads if no one is around. The system also has a user web portal where users can monitor usage history and plan for the future. This smart meter is expected to make a huge savings of electricity in our day to day life and will make the planet more livable.
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Why should rubrics be used to evaluate oral presentations?
(North South University, 2020) Mohammed Shabrlar Hague; Tasnia Nowshln; Dr. A.Q.M.A. Rahman Bhuiyan
'Why should instructors use rubrics to evaluate oral presentations? Assessing oral presentations is a complex ritual, as it involves multiple activities that need to be monitored simultaneously. A rubric is an assessment tool that is transparent and can also transcend the subjective bias of English language instructors. While using rubrics in evaluating oral presentation is nothing new, the few available studies in the Bangladeshi context suggest that this practice might not be very familiar to instructors and learners, particularly in an EFL country like ours. The primary focus of this paper is to find out the potential of rubrics in evaluating English oral presentations in Bangladesh. especially in private universities. At the same time, this paper looks at teachers' perspectives regarding rubrics in evaluating oral presentations. The outcome of this study, on the one hand, suggests that the proper use of rubric can have a positive effect on learners' preparation and performance of oral presentations by gradually increasing their metacognitivc awareness, and on the other hand, benefits EFL instructors in terms of justifying students' evaluation and providing constructive feedback.
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Heidegger on Poets fora Destitute Time
(North South University, 2020) Norman K. Swam; Dr. A.Q.M,A. Rahman Bhuiyan
The German philosopher Martin Heidegger's later work includes his attention to the nature of language, and this in relation to the poetic verse of ranking poets such as Friedrich HOlderlin, Rainer Maria Alike, and Stefan George. In this essay, I engage Heidegger's thinking as he seeks to elucidate the "neighboring" of thinking (Denken) and poetry (Dichtung), and doing so in the context of what, since the philosophy of Friedrich Nietzsche, becomes the anti-metaphysical discourse heralding "the death of God" and, thus, humanity's destitute time. Following Holderlin, the question at issue is: "what are poets for, in a destitute time?" ("...wozu Dichter in chitftiger Zeit?"). If we discern the answer to this question, we place ourselves before the possibility of a transformative experience.
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BhaloRakhi
(North South University, 2021) Md. Mashrur Sadat; Adiba Samreen Mahmud; Ariful Islam Shanto; Mohammad Ashrafuzzaman Khan; 1711907042; 1711939642; 1711976042
Mental health problems are one of the fastest growing problems among general people around the world. A significant number of people in Bangladesh are also facing this problem. People who suffer from depression and mental health diseases often can not share their problems with family, friends and doctors. Sometimes the society is not supportive and sometimes the person who is suffering from mental health issues does not feel comfortable to share their problems with others. As a result, they do not get help or proper treatment and suffer more. “BhaloRhaki” is a web platform where a person can get mental health related information. It is a platform where a person can share his/her mental health issues without any fear and get advice from mental health professionals and general people. This website will also make general people aware of mental health problems, symptoms and solutions through related articles, posts and videos.
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North South University - 10th Anniversary of the Department of Law
(Financial Express, 2024-03-02) Financial Express
On the occasion of the ten year anniversary of the Law Department of North South University, on the concluding day Chief Justice of Bangladesh Obaidul Hasan was attended as the chief guest of three days program.
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Design of a portable noninvasive Glucometer with clinical accuracy
(North South University, 2022-06) Kazi Mosaddequr; Dr. Rajesh Palit; 1831543042
We propose a painless Blood-Sugar level detector which is minimalistic hardware that individuals can operate regardless of their skill and knowledge. This device uses a dedicated sensor (OPT101) and light source (infra-red LED light) to collect Photoplethysmography (PPG) data from the fingertip of the subject. This data is cleaned before various features are extracted from it. Principal Component Regression and Partial Least Square Regression model are then applied to this data to find a correlation between PPG and actual Glucose level which is simultaneously collected from the subject through a commercial glucometer. The trained model is then used to test on subjects for predicting actual glucose levels using only PPG collected through the device. The results show the accuracy is on the clinical level. This device will eliminate the expensive cost of strips and needles that need to be purchased with the hardware in the traditional method. The user using this device only needs to buy the hardware, and there is no additional cost after that. Users can get an instant reading from the hardware.
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Panopticism as a Solution to Student Inattentiveness in online classes
(North South University, 2020) Afruza Khanom; Dr. A.Q.M.A. Rahman Bhuiyan
This study proposes the use of Panopticism to address inattentiveness, one of the major problems faced by teachers while taking classes in the sudden transition to the virtual classroom during the Covid- 19 pandemic. This small-scale empirical study identifies a few of the reasons for demotivated and inattentive students in online classes and analyzes the possibility of Panopticism as a means of disciplining students from a distance. A survey was conducted through a semi-structured questionnaire consisting of questions that provided both quantitative and qualitative data. This was coupled with the researcher's own experience when discussing the data. Thc participants were a unique group of graduate students of a public university in Bangladesh, who had experienced the midway transition of a taught Masters course from being an offline one to an online one due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Thc data analysis revealed the students' perspectives on their attentiveness in offline classes and the effect of visibility on their engagement in the online class. Findings suggest the possibility for using the Panoptic Effect as propounded by Foucault to increase student attentiveness in online classes.