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Nasima Akhter

Nasima Akhter is a physics topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Nasima Akhter rather than just read about it. In short: Nasima Akhter (Bengali: নাসিমা আক্তার; born 1970) is a Bangladeshi scientist who specializes in nuclear medicine. In 2010, she won the BAS-TWAS Young Scientists Prize for her research involving nuchal translucency for fetal anomalies and research into nuclear cardiology.

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Reference excerpt

Nasima Akhter (Bengali: নাসিমা আক্তার; born 1970) is a Bangladeshi scientist who specializes in nuclear medicine. In 2010, she won the BAS-TWAS Young Scientists Prize for her research involving nuchal translucency for fetal anomalies and research into nuclear cardiology. In 2013, she was honoured with the Elsevier Foundation Award for her work on nuclear medicine and ultrasonography.

Biography Born in 1970, Nasima Akhter attended Sylhet MAG Osmani Medical College, graduating in 1995. She went on to earn an M. Phil from Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (2001) and a Ph.D. from Kanazawa University, Japan, (2008) followed by training in obstetric ultrasonography at Japan's Kagawa University. In 1998, Akhter began working as a nuclear medicine physician at the Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission in Dhaka. She has researched anomalies during the first three months of pregnancy using nuchal translucency. She has also used adjunct medication with radioiodine therapy to research Graves' disease treatment. Her work has also focused on experiments with rats and mice to develop radiotracers for investigating dementia, schizophrenia and tumor growth by means of sigma receptor imaging.

Awards As a young scientist, Nasima received a number of awards, including the Young Scientist Award and the Gold Medal from the Bangladesh Society of Nuclear Medicine. In 2010, she won the BAS-TWAS Young Scientist Prize and in 2013, she was honoured with the OWSD-Elsevier Foundation Award for her pioneering work in medicine and life sciences. In addition to a monetary prize, The Elsevier award included attendance at the American Association for the Advancement of Science meeting in Boston.

References

External links Nasima Akhter on LinkedIn Media related to Nasima Akhter at Wikimedia Commons

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Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Nasima Akhter

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Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Nasima Akhter before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Nasima Akhter ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Nasima Akhter

In research: Nasima Akhter appears in physics research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Nasima Akhter in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Nasima Akhter is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 1970 births, Bangladesh Medical University alumni, Bangladeshi medical doctors, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Nasima Akhter outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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