identifying municipal solid waste (msw) disposal sites and appropriately managing them is a challenging task to many developing countries like bangladesh. it is a complex issue in an urban area, as increasing population levels, rapid economic growth and rise in community living standard, accelerates the generation rate of msw. the study area is zone-2 (mirpur-pallabi) of dhaka north city corpor...

An electroorganic reaction for the synthesis of 7-amino-2, 4-dioxo-5-phenyl-2,3,4,5-tetrahydro-1H-pyrano[2, 3-d] pyrimidine-6-carbonitrile and ethyl-7-amino-2, 4-dioxo-5-phenyl-2,3,4,5-tetrahydro-1H-pyrano[2, 3-d] pyrimidine-6-carboxylate derivatives are described, using an electrogenerated base of the anion of malonitrile or ethylcyanoacetate. This one-pot, three-component condensation of an a...

It was five days before my first Christmas in Perth, Australia, and our family had begun to arrive the night before. As the rest of household slept, I quickly threw on a skirt and tank top and left to attend the memorial service for one of my study participants, a 57-year old Anglican minister who had died from motor neurone disease (MND). Though I feared I would be late, I could see people mil...