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Factors impacting on customer promotion acceptance in the fast food industry in Sri Lanka
(2022-07)Fast food chains in Sri Lanka are a recently emerging industry which makes revolutionary transmutations within the frequent consumer patterns. The purpose of this research is to point out the factors which influence the ... -
Fall of the Water Falls: a Legal Analysis on Impacts of Mini-hydro Power Projects on Natural Springs in Sri Lanka
(2021)Mini-hydro power plants are becoming a popular method of generating power using natural streams and waterfalls. Mini-hydro power plants are targeting the areas which are high in ecological sensitivity and biodiversity. Sri ... -
Flood Hazard Assessment Using Gis-based Multicriteria Analysis: a Case Study From Downstream of Kelani River Basin, Sri Lanka
(2021)Increasing the occurrence of extreme rainfalls due to climate change has become a common feature of the climate in Sri Lanka during the past decades. According to the study on national climate change adaptation strategy ... -
Food and feeding habits of wild guppy (Poecilia reticulata), in natural water bodies of Sri Jayewardenepura canal system, Sri Lanka
(2021-11)Guppy (Poecilia reticulata) is a small freshwater fish belonging to the family Poeciliidae, first introduced to Sri Lanka in 1928 and used to control malaria mosquito vectors during1940-1950. The present study investigates ... -
Fraud Unravels All; Do Fraudulent Documents Invalidate A Letter of Credit?
(2021)Over the centuries, the banks and trade practitioners have developed practices and techniques for use in letters of credit in international trade finance. Those practices and were subsequently standardized by the ... -
Geospatial Mapping of Groundwater Potentiality in Sooriyawewa Divisional Secretariat Division by Utilizing GIS
(2023-11)The dry zone of Sri Lanka is affected by drought conditions owing to a lack of rainfall. Hence, mapping the distribution of groundwater potential zones is vital for water management. The Hambantota district, which is ... -
The Globalisation of Middle Eastern Terrorism
(2021-12)Contemporary global terrorism has its roots to Middle East, especially starting from 1960s. The Israel-Palestinian issue has geared up the wave of modern terrorism and then following the Soviet invasion in Afghanistan has ... -
Heart Disease Risk Identification Using Machine Learning Techniques for A Highly Imbalanced Dataset: A Comparative Study
(2022-11)Heart disease has become one of the most prevailing universal diseases in the world today. It is estimated that 32% of all deaths worldwide are caused due to heart diseases. One of the major causes for this is that its ... -
Identification Parades: an Interrogation of Identity and History in the Postcolonial Novels Ice Candy Man by Bapsi Sidhwa and Anil’s Ghost by Michael Ondaatje
(2021)Postcolonial literature becomes a source through which dominant ideologies can be challenged and deconstructed. It is a potential site of resistance that reveals the way in which imperialist power structures strive to ... -
Identification Parades: the Evidentiary Value & the Credibility of the Witness in Identifying Suspects for Criminal Investigations in Sri Lanka
(2021)The term Identification does not only refer to Fingerprint Identification but also to voice identification, footprint identification and identification parades (Rajamanickam and Kung, 2017). However, the present paper ... -
The Impact of Academic Emotions on Language Learning in the University Context: a Narrative Review
(2017-06)Emotions affect learning in general and language learning (LL) in particular since they contain useful information that guides human cognition, behaviour and motivation. As such, emotions experienced in an academic setting ... -
The Impact of Brand Positioning and Brand Knowledge on Impulsive Purchasing Intention With Mediating Role of Green Brand Attitude: Special Reference to Green Branded Products in Sri Lanka
(2023-11)The market for green products in Sri Lanka is small but rising. However, many green product producers adhere to the ideas of their Sustainable Living Plan (SLP) in order to manufacture green products that reduce emissions ... -
Impact of Covid-19 on us dollar exchange rate in Sri Lanka: A time series analysis
(2021-11)The exchange rate is considered a key financial variable that affects the decisions of exporters, importers, investors, bankers, tourists, and policymakers in developed and developing countries. Exchange rate fluctuations ... -
The Impact of Expectations on Turnover Intention Among Generation Z Employees in the Financial Sector in Sri Lanka
(2022-11)With the Generation Z taking over the workforce of Sri Lanka, as more and more of these individuals entering the job market and moving up the corporate ladder, it seems for the workplace to be prepared to not only ... -
The Impact of Human Capital on Employee Productivity of Medium Scale Apparel Industry in Sri Lanka
(2016-09)Human capital refers to the stock of knowledge, habits, social and personality attributes including creativity, embodied in the ability to perform labour so as to produce economic value. Further, several studies have ... -
The Impact of Lean Construction Tools on the Reduction of Contractor-related Causes of Delay in Sri Lankan Construction Industry
(2023-11)Though lean construction is abundantly used in other countries, it is an underrated concept when it comes to Sri Lanka. Past research studies collectively demonstrate that construction industry in Sri Lankan is lagging ... -
The Impact of Parental Involvement on Students’ Attitude and Performance in Science in Batticaloa Educational Zone, Sri Lanka
(2017-06)This study was carried out to find the impact of parental involvement on student’s attitude and their performance in science subject. A sample survey design was adopted for this study. The study was directed at the population ...