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Papers by Hasib Ahsan
Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention, 2015
Background: Mortality from breast cancer is high in low-and middle-income countries, in part beca... more Background: Mortality from breast cancer is high in low-and middle-income countries, in part because most patients have advanced stage disease when first diagnosed. Case-finding may be one approach to changing this situation. Materials and Methods: We conducted a pilot study to explore the feasibility of population-based case finding for breast cancer by community health workers (CHWs) using different data collection methods and approaches to management of women found to have breast abnormalities. After training 8 CHWs in breast problem recognition, manual paper data collection and operation of a cell-phone software platform for reporting demographic, history and physical finding information, these CHWs visited 3150 women >age 18 and over they could find-from 2356 households in 8 villages in rural Bangladesh. By 4 random assignments of villages, data were collected manually (Group 1), or with the cell-phone program alone (Group 2) or with management algorithms (Groups 3 and 4), and women adjudged to have a serious breast problem were shown a motivational video (Group 3), or navigated/accompanied to a breast problem center for evaluation (Group 4). Results: Only three visited women refused evaluation. The manual data acquisition group (1) had missing data in 80% of cases, and took an average of 5 minutes longer to acquire, versus no missing data in the cell phone-reporting groups (2,3 and 4). One woman was identified with stage III breast cancer, and was appropriately treated. Conclusions: Among very poor rural Bangladeshi women, there was very limited reluctance to undergo breast evaluation. The estimated rarity of clinical breast cancer is supported by these population-based findings. The feasibility and efficient use of mobile technology in this setting is supported. Successor studies may most appropriately be trials focusing on improving the suggested benefits of motivation and navigation, on increasing the numbers of cases found, and on stage of disease at diagnosis as the primary endpoint.
European Journal of Business and Management, 2013
In Bangladesh, contemporary business practices are fraught with lot of undesirable and un-Islamic... more In Bangladesh, contemporary business practices are fraught with lot of undesirable and un-Islamic business practices like bribery, corruption, falsehood, underweighing, frauds, adulteration etc. But, Bangladesh being a Muslim majority country this should not be the practices here. The demand of Islam is such a business environment which is immune from such malpractices. These malpractices created a lot of issues in the business world and society in Bangladesh which are in no way desirable by the government and society. So there are lot of issues which need to be studied carefully, as for example; Why the scenarios are as such? Why a Muslim majority country like Bangladesh's business world is not transparent and clean? Therefore, in order to uncover and identify the clue to the crux of these problems an empirical study is conducted on some selected business firms in Chittagong.The major finding of the study is that Islamic business is practiced partially by most of the businessmen because of many reasons such as lack of knowledge about IB, lack of knowledge about the benefits of IB, lack of Islamic environment, and lack of policy support. But most of the business people think that the practices of IB will ensure welfare society by eliminating bribery, corruption, falsehood, under weighing, frauds, and adulteration which will protect the interest of the producers, traders, consumers and all stakeholders.
Journal of Educational and Social Research, 2013
This paper aims to analyze the impact of television commercials on children in Bangladesh. Advert... more This paper aims to analyze the impact of television commercials on children in Bangladesh. Advertising in and around children's program has a significant influence over their attitudes. The study considers four fundamental attributes that reflect children's attitudes based on literature survey, namely-unnecessary purchasing behavior, nature of food consumption, materialism and violence, upon which there is influence of TV advertising. Based on a survey on 410 parents of children aged from 5 to 10, the research finds strong association among the variables. Results of ordinary least square regression analysis, employed to estimate the responsiveness of the attributes mentioned earlier towards exposure to advertising, exhibit that child's unnecessary purchasing is highly responsive to television advertising followed by low nutritional food consumption, materialism and violence, respectively. Furthermore, the research rejects all the null hypotheses stating the absence of relationship between the attributes and exposure to advertising that asserts the positive influence of television commercials on all of those attributes.
European Journal of Business and Management, 2013
Service quality is a critical component of customer perceptions about the service. The performanc... more Service quality is a critical component of customer perceptions about the service. The performance and quality parameters of any service are dependent on customer expectations and how efficiently and satisfactorily the service firm is able to serve its customers. This study employs the SERVQUAL method to study service quality aspects of retail stores in Chittagong, Bangladesh. The traditional quality dimensions for assessing the service quality have been modified to assess the customers' service needs and satisfaction in the retail sector. The results showed that a high positive correlation existed between various service dimensions, and that customers' evaluation of service quality was more or less similar across different age groups. This study aims at identifying components of retail service quality in retail chain store in Chittagong. A survey of 412 shoppers in various retail chain store in Chittagong has resulted that service quality of retain chain store composes of 5 dominant factors namely Tangibility, Reliability, Assurance, Responsiveness and Empathy.
This paper attempts to reveal the relationship between service quality, customer satisfaction and... more This paper attempts to reveal the relationship between service quality, customer satisfaction and customer loyalty of the hotel sector in Bangladesh. A total of one hundred native and international tourists are selected for this study. The self-employed form survey was used to gather information from the respondents by using SERVQUAL model. Data has been analyzed by using SPSS version-22. The relationship between the variables was studied by applying Pearson Correlation analysis. Results indicate that a significant relationship exist between service quality attributes and customer satisfaction. Results conjointly revealed that service quality results in satisfying customers and customers’ satisfaction results in customer loyalty. Hotel managers should offer better services to their customers for gaining competitive advantage, and it will facilitate them to guide the market with efficiency.
Urban Public Transportation Systems 2013, 2013
Dhaka, the capital city of Bangladesh, is growing rapidly with an estimated population of over 15... more Dhaka, the capital city of Bangladesh, is growing rapidly with an estimated population of over 15 million. The city's transport system is characterised by the critical and deteriorated traffic congestion and the poor public transport services: inefficiency, poor quality of services, lack of reliability and safety for commuters. In addressing the enormous public transport challenges and for achieving sustainable urban transport in Dhaka, the Strategic Transport Plan (STP) suggested the development of six major corridors as mass transit routes including three Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) corridors. In this paper an attempt has been made to discuss the concepts, needs and opportunities of the BRT system. The paper in particular highlights the Dhaka's transport problem characteristics and the potentials of the implementation of BRT system for enhanced and improved public transport services in Dhaka.
Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention, 2015
Background: Mortality from breast cancer is high in low-and middle-income countries, in part beca... more Background: Mortality from breast cancer is high in low-and middle-income countries, in part because most patients have advanced stage disease when first diagnosed. Case-finding may be one approach to changing this situation. Materials and Methods: We conducted a pilot study to explore the feasibility of population-based case finding for breast cancer by community health workers (CHWs) using different data collection methods and approaches to management of women found to have breast abnormalities. After training 8 CHWs in breast problem recognition, manual paper data collection and operation of a cell-phone software platform for reporting demographic, history and physical finding information, these CHWs visited 3150 women >age 18 and over they could find-from 2356 households in 8 villages in rural Bangladesh. By 4 random assignments of villages, data were collected manually (Group 1), or with the cell-phone program alone (Group 2) or with management algorithms (Groups 3 and 4), and women adjudged to have a serious breast problem were shown a motivational video (Group 3), or navigated/accompanied to a breast problem center for evaluation (Group 4). Results: Only three visited women refused evaluation. The manual data acquisition group (1) had missing data in 80% of cases, and took an average of 5 minutes longer to acquire, versus no missing data in the cell phone-reporting groups (2,3 and 4). One woman was identified with stage III breast cancer, and was appropriately treated. Conclusions: Among very poor rural Bangladeshi women, there was very limited reluctance to undergo breast evaluation. The estimated rarity of clinical breast cancer is supported by these population-based findings. The feasibility and efficient use of mobile technology in this setting is supported. Successor studies may most appropriately be trials focusing on improving the suggested benefits of motivation and navigation, on increasing the numbers of cases found, and on stage of disease at diagnosis as the primary endpoint.
European Journal of Business and Management, 2013
In Bangladesh, contemporary business practices are fraught with lot of undesirable and un-Islamic... more In Bangladesh, contemporary business practices are fraught with lot of undesirable and un-Islamic business practices like bribery, corruption, falsehood, underweighing, frauds, adulteration etc. But, Bangladesh being a Muslim majority country this should not be the practices here. The demand of Islam is such a business environment which is immune from such malpractices. These malpractices created a lot of issues in the business world and society in Bangladesh which are in no way desirable by the government and society. So there are lot of issues which need to be studied carefully, as for example; Why the scenarios are as such? Why a Muslim majority country like Bangladesh's business world is not transparent and clean? Therefore, in order to uncover and identify the clue to the crux of these problems an empirical study is conducted on some selected business firms in Chittagong.The major finding of the study is that Islamic business is practiced partially by most of the businessmen because of many reasons such as lack of knowledge about IB, lack of knowledge about the benefits of IB, lack of Islamic environment, and lack of policy support. But most of the business people think that the practices of IB will ensure welfare society by eliminating bribery, corruption, falsehood, under weighing, frauds, and adulteration which will protect the interest of the producers, traders, consumers and all stakeholders.
Journal of Educational and Social Research, 2013
This paper aims to analyze the impact of television commercials on children in Bangladesh. Advert... more This paper aims to analyze the impact of television commercials on children in Bangladesh. Advertising in and around children's program has a significant influence over their attitudes. The study considers four fundamental attributes that reflect children's attitudes based on literature survey, namely-unnecessary purchasing behavior, nature of food consumption, materialism and violence, upon which there is influence of TV advertising. Based on a survey on 410 parents of children aged from 5 to 10, the research finds strong association among the variables. Results of ordinary least square regression analysis, employed to estimate the responsiveness of the attributes mentioned earlier towards exposure to advertising, exhibit that child's unnecessary purchasing is highly responsive to television advertising followed by low nutritional food consumption, materialism and violence, respectively. Furthermore, the research rejects all the null hypotheses stating the absence of relationship between the attributes and exposure to advertising that asserts the positive influence of television commercials on all of those attributes.
European Journal of Business and Management, 2013
Service quality is a critical component of customer perceptions about the service. The performanc... more Service quality is a critical component of customer perceptions about the service. The performance and quality parameters of any service are dependent on customer expectations and how efficiently and satisfactorily the service firm is able to serve its customers. This study employs the SERVQUAL method to study service quality aspects of retail stores in Chittagong, Bangladesh. The traditional quality dimensions for assessing the service quality have been modified to assess the customers' service needs and satisfaction in the retail sector. The results showed that a high positive correlation existed between various service dimensions, and that customers' evaluation of service quality was more or less similar across different age groups. This study aims at identifying components of retail service quality in retail chain store in Chittagong. A survey of 412 shoppers in various retail chain store in Chittagong has resulted that service quality of retain chain store composes of 5 dominant factors namely Tangibility, Reliability, Assurance, Responsiveness and Empathy.
This paper attempts to reveal the relationship between service quality, customer satisfaction and... more This paper attempts to reveal the relationship between service quality, customer satisfaction and customer loyalty of the hotel sector in Bangladesh. A total of one hundred native and international tourists are selected for this study. The self-employed form survey was used to gather information from the respondents by using SERVQUAL model. Data has been analyzed by using SPSS version-22. The relationship between the variables was studied by applying Pearson Correlation analysis. Results indicate that a significant relationship exist between service quality attributes and customer satisfaction. Results conjointly revealed that service quality results in satisfying customers and customers’ satisfaction results in customer loyalty. Hotel managers should offer better services to their customers for gaining competitive advantage, and it will facilitate them to guide the market with efficiency.
Urban Public Transportation Systems 2013, 2013
Dhaka, the capital city of Bangladesh, is growing rapidly with an estimated population of over 15... more Dhaka, the capital city of Bangladesh, is growing rapidly with an estimated population of over 15 million. The city's transport system is characterised by the critical and deteriorated traffic congestion and the poor public transport services: inefficiency, poor quality of services, lack of reliability and safety for commuters. In addressing the enormous public transport challenges and for achieving sustainable urban transport in Dhaka, the Strategic Transport Plan (STP) suggested the development of six major corridors as mass transit routes including three Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) corridors. In this paper an attempt has been made to discuss the concepts, needs and opportunities of the BRT system. The paper in particular highlights the Dhaka's transport problem characteristics and the potentials of the implementation of BRT system for enhanced and improved public transport services in Dhaka.