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A Case of Urinary Tract Infection Caused by Providencia stuartii in a Sterile Mid-Stream Urine Sample

Wijesooriya, L.I.; Siriwardana, S.R. (19th Conference on Postgraduate Research, International Postgraduate Research Conference 2018, Faculty of Graduate Studies,University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2018)

Introduction: Urinary tract infections (UTI) are frequently caused by enterobacteria and most commonly caused by Escherichia coli both in the community and hospital settings. UTIs are diagnosed microbiologically by culturing ...
Impact of Electronic Word-of-Mouth Marketing on Customer Purchase Intentions: A Case Study of the Food and Beverage Industry with Specific Reference to Elephant House- Ceylon Cold Stores PLC, Colombo District

Fernando, A.M.S.; Janathanan, C. (19th Conference on Postgraduate Research, International Postgraduate Research Conference 2018, Faculty of Graduate Studies,University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2018)

Purpose Theresearch problem that this study focuses on is the contraction of the food and beverage (F&B) industry by -2.5% (CCSAnnualReport, 2016/17). Hence, the main purpose of this research is to identify whether eWOM ...
Impact of Social Media Marketing on Customer Purchase Intentions: A Survey on the Tourism Industry with Specific Reference to the Top 5 Hotel Groups within the Colombo District

De Livera, D.C,; Janathanan, C. (19th Conference on Postgraduate Research, International Postgraduate Research Conference 2018, Faculty of Graduate Studies,University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka., 2018)

Purpose The research problem identified within this study is that a majority of the leading hotel groups in Sri Lanka are not engaging actively in social media marketing. Thereby, these hotel groups gain a disadvantage ...
Mediating the Effect of Working Capital on the Relationship between Entrepreneurship Education and Small Business Management in Gombe State

Jibir, A.; Ahmed, I.; Bakari, M.A.; Abdullahi, S. (19th Conference on Postgraduate Research, International Postgraduate Research Conference 2018, Faculty of Graduate Studies,University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2018)

This study is embarked upon to examine the effect of entrepreneurship education on small business management mediated by the size of working capital available to the small businesses in Gombe metropolitan city in Gombe ...
Impact of Service Quality Factors on Customer Satisfaction: With Special Reference to Public Banking Sector in Kandy City

Sumanadasa, G.S.P.; Premkumar, P.P. (19th Conference on Postgraduate Research, International Postgraduate Research Conference 2018, Faculty of Graduate Studies,University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka., 2018)

The delivering of quality service plays a significant role in service industries such as banking as it is critical for the bottom line and to survival in the industry. As per the research studies the profitability of banks ...
Methodological Issues in Forecasting Corporate Failure: A Systematic Literature Review

Samaraweera, A.S.A.; Thilakerathne, P.M.C. (19th Conference on Postgraduate Research, International Postgraduate Research Conference 2018, Faculty of Graduate Studies,University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka., 2018)

Research on predicting corporate failure has been reserved vital place over eighty years. Previous researchers adopted vivid methodological approaches in this area of study. Literature stems from the univariate model of ...
Banking Sector Customer Centric Service Culture and Corporate Customer Bank Behavior

Sandagiri, S.P.N.N.; Thilakarathna, P.M.C. (19th Conference on Postgraduate Research, International Postgraduate Research Conference 2018, Faculty of Graduate Studies,University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2018)

This research paper investigates literature review in corporate customer bank behavior in light of introducing a customer centric service culture to Sri Lankan banking sector and provides a proposal for future research in ...
Determinants of Tourists’ Destination Loyalty; (With Special Reference to the Sacred Areas at Anuradhapura in Sri Lanka).

Udurawana, Y.M.W.G.P.K. (19th Conference on Postgraduate Research, International Postgraduate Research Conference 2018, Faculty of Graduate Studies,University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2018)

Tourism has been identified as the major industry to develop the world economy through regional development. Though all the almost countries, use same resources to cater for its tourists, some countries are in higher ...
Factors Affecting Technological Issues in Diary Industry, with Special Reference to the Large-Scale Firms in Sri Lanka

Weerasekara, S.; Abeysekera, R. (19th Conference on Postgraduate Research, International Postgraduate Research Conference 2018, Faculty of Graduate Studies,University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2018)

The development of the Dairy Industry is as an instrument for social and economic advancement of the rural economy, through employment, sustainable income and improved nutrition. The development of this sector will not ...
Success Entrepreneurs’ are Externally Locus of Control: Examination of the Venture Performance

Kumarapeli, K.; Semasignhe, D. (19th Conference on Postgraduate Research, International Postgraduate Research Conference 2018, Faculty of Graduate Studies,University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka., 2018)

The objective of this study to identify successfulentrepreneurs’ believes on some intangible, invisible phenomena on their success. According to the findings we could inspire or create another stimulus for entrepreneurs’ ...
The Moderating Effect of Ethnicity on Relationship between Role Demands and Work-Life Balance among Women Lecturers in Sri Lanka

Welmilla, I. (19th Conference on Postgraduate Research, International Postgraduate Research Conference 2018, Faculty of Graduate Studies,University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2018)

Women lecturers participate in various work and life roles, which can create challenges when trying to balance the pressures and responsibilities associated with each role. This study is particularly relevant for women in ...
The Effects of Working Capital Management on the Profitability of Plantation and Power Energy Sector in Sri Lanka

Kankanamge, C.A. (. 19th Conference on Postgraduate Research, International Postgraduate Research Conference 2018, Faculty of Graduate Studies,University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2018)

This study seeks to establish the influence of Working Capital Management (WCM) towards the profitability of Sri Lanka’s Plantation and Power energy firms. Plantation, Power and energy sectors are the sectors which showed ...
The Banking, Insurance and Finance Sector’s Contribution to Sustainable Growth: Evidence from Sri Lanka

Tilakasiri, K.K. (19th Conference on Postgraduate Research, International Postgraduate Research Conference 2018, Faculty of Graduate Studies,University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2018)

Many studies have defined the different way of sustainability development and sustainability terms. However, this study uses these terms for the environmental concerns. Sustainable development is development which meets ...
Potential Use of a Combined Sterile Insect Technique (SIT) and Wolbachia-Based Approach for the Control of the Dengue Vector Aedes albopictus in Sri Lanka

Wijegunawardana, N.D.A.D.; Chandrasena, T.G.A.N.; Abeyewickreme, W.; Dassanayake, R.S.; Xi, Z.; Bourtzis, K.; Gunawardene, Y. I. N.S. (19th Conference on Postgraduate Research, International Postgraduate Research Conference 2018, Faculty of Graduate Studies,University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2018)

This study addresses the possibility of using a novel and environmental friendly strategy of combined sterile insect technique (SIT) and a Wolbachia-based approach in Aedes albopictus population control efforts in Sri ...
Effective Domain Specific Stopwords Generation for Sinhala Text

Gunasekara, S.V.S.; Haddela, P.S. (19th Conference on Postgraduate Research, International Postgraduate Research Conference 2018, Faculty of Graduate Studies,University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2018)

Sri Lankans mainly use three languages: Sinhala, Tamil and English in day-to-day life. However, Sinhala is the mother tongue of about 15 million Sinhalese, while it is spoken by 19 million people in total. As a result, ...
Literature Review on Usability of Mobile Application.

Weerasinghe, W.P.G.M.; Wickramaarachchi, D.N. (19th Conference on Postgraduate Research, International Postgraduate Research Conference 2018, Faculty of Graduate Studies,University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2018)

Over the past few decades, mobile device penetration showed a significant growth. With the dawn of digitalization, the need to rely on mobile devices is becoming an essential component of modern-day community to improve ...
Cellular Antenn Network Optimization based on ‘Timing Advance Profile’ of ‘dedicated mode Mobile Stations’

Musthafa, K.M. (19th Conference on Postgraduate Research, International Postgraduate Research Conference 2018, Faculty of Graduate Studies,University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2018)

Optimization of Cellular Radio antenna network is a key factor in increasing the performance of any Cellular network, especially in GSM, GPRS, and EDGE Network architecture. Cellular Antennae networks are generally optimized ...
Impact of ERP System Characteristics for the Business Performance of Manufacturing Companies in Sri Lanka

Abeyratne, D.M.C.G. (19th Conference on Postgraduate Research, International Postgraduate Research Conference 2018, Faculty of Graduate Studies,University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2018)

Having an ERP system in a company has been identified as a mandatory requirement needed to enter the industry. Since it costs a larger amount of the budget, decision of selecting a suitable ERP system for a company was ...
Knowledge, Attitude and Practice of Cloud Storage among the Medical Students at Faculty of Medicine, University of Kelaniya

Hettige, S.; Hettiarachchi, W.G.; Solangaarachch, D.I.K.; Dasanayaka, I.P.E.U.; Ediriweera, E.P.D.S. (19th Conference on Postgraduate Research, International Postgraduate Research Conference 2018, Faculty of Graduate Studies,University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2018)

The rise of the healthcare spending on cloud services indicates the adaptation of the cloud technology in recent past. The aim of this study is to assess the attitudes and practice of cloud storage (CS) among the students ...
Process Modelling and Analysis of Discrete Part Manufacturing for System Integration.

Pussepitiya, P.P.S.S.; Dewasurendra, S.D. (19th Conference on Postgraduate Research, International Postgraduate Research Conference 2018, Faculty of Graduate Studies,University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2018)

The research was carried out is essentially about system integration of discrete parts manufacturing industry. The main objective of the research is to process modelling and analysis for system integration for manufacturing ...

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