ARS - 2012: Recent submissions

Now showing items 101-120 of 182

Variations in Dialect and Usage of Specific Vocabulary among Different Castes in the Jaffna Peninsula

Arunakirinathan, T. (University of Kelaniya, 2012)

Jaffna Peninsula, the northern most part of Sri Lanka, has a population of around 632 thousand and is predominantly Tamil speaking. Tamil is “Diglossic” in nature. The highly codified variety is considered “standard” and ...
Impact of User Education Programs in the Library, University of Jaffna: An Appraisal

Arulanantham, S.; Navaneethkrishnan, S. (University of Kelaniya, 2012)

Libraries function as the driving force in achieving the target of the universities and other higher educational institutions in the world. User education is considered as an important element of the services provided ...
Movies and Television Shows as Effective Tools for Teaching and Learning English: Open Educational Resources

Amarasinghe, D.G. (University of Kelaniya, 2012)

One of the specifics of language learning, as opposed to mechanics, biology or literature is that the learning objectives are not content based only, but rather the vehicle that carries the content: a capacity to use the ...
Community Responses at Environmental Injustice: A case of Sedawattha, Kelani River Reservation, Sri Lanka

Abenayake, C.; Perera, H. (University of Kelaniya, 2012)

Researchers in the field of environmental justice are widely focused on policy studies on mainstreaming environmental rights of vulnerable communities and their social movements. This research is placed in the Sri Lankan ...
Developing a Narrative Assessment Tool for Sinhala Speaking Children through Cross-cultural Collaboration: The Process and the Product

Wijesinghe, T.; Perera, I.; Shadden, B. (University of Kelaniya, 2012)

Background: The lack of standardized assessment protocols for the Sinhala and Tamil languages used in assessing clients with communication disorders poses a challenge to speech and language therapists working in Sri ...
The Prevalence of Hamstring Tightness among the Male Athletes of University of Peradeniya in 2010

Weerasekara, R.M.I.M.; Kumari, H.M.I.S.; Weerarathna, L.R.N.D.; Withanage, G.W.C.R.; Wanniarachchi, C.D.; Yancy, M.; Vigneshwaran, S.; Priyanthi, S.; Suraweera, H.J. (University of Kelaniya, 2012)

R.M. I.M.Weerasekara, H.M.I.S.Kumari, L.R.N.D.Weerarathna, G.W.C.R.Withanage, C. D.Wanniarachchi, M.Yancy, S.Vigneshwaran, S. Priyanthi, Department of Physiotherapy, Faculty of Allied Health Sciences, University of ...
Comparison of Meanings in Discourse among the Sinhala Speaking Aphasic and Non-aphasic Individuals

Rathnayake, S.P.; Shadden, B.B.; Chang, T. (University of Kelaniya, 2012)

Background: Aphasia is an acquired communication disorder that affects the individual’s use of language at all levels including the use of discourse. Aphasia can be diagnosed using clinical language assessment tools. In ...
Anomalies of the Lumbrical Muscles of the Hand

Ranaweera, L.; Hasan, R.; Salgado, S.; Karunanayake, A.; Salvin, K.A.; Fernando, P.; Fernando, E.; Wijesooriya, P.; Vithanage, S. (University of Kelaniya, 2012)

Introduction:The human hand occupies a unique position in evolution. The lumbrical muscles, one of the major constituents of intrinsic musculature in hand, play significantly greater role in the precision movements of ...
Information Seeking Behavior of Students of the Medical Faculty, University of Kelaniya

Marasinghe, M.P.L.R. (University of Kelaniya, 2012)

The study investigated the information seeking behavior of the medical students of the University of Kelaniya. The objectives of the study were to examine how the medical students obtain required information; to identify ...
Histological and Microbiological Assessment of the Role of Micro Organisms in Chronic Anal Fistula

Kumara, A.A.J.P.; Jayaratne, D.L.; Anthony, D.J. (University of Kelaniya, 2012)

Fistula in ano is one of the commonest ailments pertaining to the ano-rectal area and said to arise from crypto glandular infection of the anal gland, which lies within the intersphincteric space. Infection would seem ...
Taxonomic and Phytochemical Study on Albizia lebbeck and Substitute Plants used in Ayurvedic Drug Preparations in Sri Lanka

Jayasiri, A.P.A.; Senanayake, S.P.; Paranagama, P.; Amarasinghe, A.P.G. (University of Kelaniya, 2012)

Nowadays consumption of herbal medicines is widespread and has increased dramatically. The main supply of herbal material for ayurvedic drug preparations is from the wild. It causes inherent problems: misidentification, ...
Variations in the Termination of the Human Thoracic Duct

Hasan, R.; Salgado, S.; Karunanayake, A.; Salvin, K.A.; Fernando, P.; Ranaweera, L.; Vithanage, S.; Wijesooriya, P.; Ilayperuma, I.; Fernando, E. (University of Kelaniya, 2012)

Introduction: The mammalian thoracic duct is the main lymphatic channel which drains lymph from the distal extremities of the trunk, lower limbs and the left half of the proximal trunk. In humans, it runs a typical course ...
Breeding of Anopheles culicifacies in different waterbodies in the district of Trincomalee

Gunathilaka, P.A.D.H.N.; Fernando, M.A.S.T.; Hapugoda, M.D.; Wijeyerathne, P.; Wickremasinghe, A.R.; Abeyewickreme, W. (University of Kelaniya, 2012)

Introduction: Anopheles culicifacies (Diptera: Culicidae), the major vector of malaria in Sri Lanka is known to breed in clean and clear water. This study was focused to understand the larval habitats of the major malaria ...
Susceptibility of malaria vectors to insecticides in Ampara, Batticaloa, Trincomalee & Mannar districts of Sri Lanka

Gunathilaka, P.A.D.H.N.; Fernando, M.A.S.T.; Hapugoda, M.D.; Wijeyerathne, P.; Wickremasinghe, A.R.; Abeyewickreme, W. (University of Kelaniya, 2012)

Background: The current status of insecticide resistance was studied for potential malaria vectors in four districts namely Ampara, Batticaloa, Mannar and Trincomalee of Sri Lanka. Methods: Insecticide-susceptibility ...
Blood-feeding patterns of Anopheles mosquitoes in malaria-endemic areas of Sri Lanka

Gunathilaka, P.A.D.H.N.; Fernando, M.A.S.T.; Hapugoda, M.D.; Wijeyerathne, P.; Wickremasinghe, A.R.; Abeyewickreme, W. (University of Kelaniya, 2012)

Background: Studies on host preference patterns in blood-feeding of anopheline mosquitoes are crucial for incriminating them as malaria vectors. However, little information is available on the host preferences of ...
Stress and Coping Experiences of Parents of Children with Neurodevelopmental Disorders in Sri Lanka: A Qualitative Study

Godamunne, P.K.S.; Pathmeswaran, A.; Samarasinghe, G. (University of Kelaniya, 2012)

Objectives: To describe how parents of children with autism, cerebral palsy or Down syndrome understand and explain the child’s disability, and identify stressors affecting these parents and their coping strategies. Method: ...
Prevalence of Anopheline species in Ampara district, Sri Lanka

Fernando, M.A.S.T.; Gunathilaka, P.A.D.H.N.; Hapugoda, M.D.; de Silva, B.G.D.N.K.; Wijeyerathne, P.; Abeyewickreme, W. (University of Kelaniya, 2012)

Introduction: Investigating the presence of primary and secondary vectors of malaria in the selected areas where no entomological surveillance was carried out for about 30 years due to ethnic conflict. Objective: To study ...
Evaluation of Service Quality: Mathematical Modeling Approach

Surasinghe, N.W.V.S.C.; Perera, S.S.N. (University of Kelaniya, 2012)

Human behavior may lead to change in parameters, which has been used in the various models which describe different phenomena. Modeling human behavioral patterns is complex and hence a challenging task. This research is ...
Finite Difference Approximation for Valuation of Option Prices with Dividend Payments of the Underlying Assets

Premarathna, L.P.N.D.; Karunathilaka, N.G.A. (University of Kelaniya, 2012)

The development and the expansion of financial derivatives can be considered as the most significant events in finance during the past decade. The main purposes of the derivatives are hedging or providing risk reduction, ...
New Set of Primitive Pythagorean Triples and Proofs of Two Fermat’s Theorems

Manike, K.R.C.J.; Ekanayake, E.M.P.; Piyadasa, R.A.D. (University of Kelaniya, 2012)

Fermat used the well known primitive Pythagorean set [1], [2], (1.1) ,where > 0 and are of opposite parity to prove the two theorems (1) Fermat’s last theorem for (2) the area of a Pythagorean triangle cannot be a ...

Recently added

ARS - 2012: Recent submissions

Search Digital Repository

Browse

All of DSpace

This Collection

My Account