KDU Journal of Multidisciplinary Studies: Recent submissions
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Assertiveness and its associations among nursing undergraduates in General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University, Sri Lanka
(2022-07)Assertiveness is considered as a valuable skill in the nursing profession as it contributes to strengthening interprofessional relationships, preventing workplace violence, reducing occupational stresses, minimizing ... -
Dosimetric comparison study of three dimensional conformal radiotherapy (3dcrt) versus different intensity modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) techniques in prostate cancer treatment
(2022-07)IMRT is a well-known and widely used treatment technique for carcinoma of the prostate (PCa) because it permits dose escalation to the tumour while sparing normal tissues. In Sri Lanka, along with IMRT, the 3DCRT technique ... -
Comparative Study of the Factors Associated With Wages and Wage Differentials of Graduate Employees Between Public and Private Sectors in Sri Lanka
(2021)The main objective of this study is to analyze the differences in earnings between the Public and Private sector graduate employees in Sri Lanka using a sample of 1,421 graduate employees derived from the secondary data ... -
Assessment of Groundwater Quality Using Multivariate Statistical Analysis in the Medawachchiya Area and the Huruluwewwa Areas in Anuradhapura District
(2021)Water is a scarce commodity in North Central Province (NCP) of Sri Lanka and people use groundwater for consumptive purposes. 85% of the rural population in the NCP obtains water from shallow and deep wells. However, human ... -
Redefining the Role of Airpower for Nation Building in Peacetime
(2021)Airpower is offensive by nature. In the post conflict situation after the defeat of brutal terrorism in 2009, airpower was performing its traditional role of preserving the peace for almost a decade. However, economy and ... -
An Analysis of Causes of Coastal Erosion in Calido Beach, Kalutara, West Coast of Sri Lanka
(2021)The coastal zone is key to sustainable development of a country. However, coastal erosion has been identified as a major natural hazard in the world for a long time. Coastal erosion is mainly affected to damage or destroy ... -
Caging Chat Room Predators: the Legislative Address of ‘online Child Grooming’, a Comparative Analysis of Sri Lanka and the United Kingdom
(2021)The most vulnerable sector of people are the minors, and that is a statement which can be pronounced with great confidence. Hence the duty of society to safeguard the offspring of its future cannot be renounced. With the ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
Analysis of Land Surface Temperature Variability Over the Industrial Zone During the Lockdown Period of Covid-19 Pandemics by Using Satellite Remote Sensing and GIS
(2021)Rapid industrialization one of the concerns that lead to climate change in the current world. With the advancement of industrialization declining vegetation cover inversely proportional to the raise of built-up areas. ... -
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 ... -
Time Scale Variation of Some Selected General Water Quality Parameters of Batticaloa Lagoon, Sri Lanka
(2021)The present study was conducted to find out the time scale variation of some water quality parameters of the Batticaloa Lagoon in Sri Lanka from January 2019 to April 2019. Ten sampling locations in the middle part of the ... -
Investigating the Possibility of Mixing Food and Yard Waste for an Effective Compost Product at an Existing Pilot-scale Composting Plant
(2018)Composting is a natural biological process that reduces the waste stream into a product that can be used as a conditioner. The existing Pilot-Scale composting plant at General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University (KDU) ... -
Naipaul, Postcolonial Identity Politics and Totalitarianism: Zizekian Re-reading of the Novel, a Bend in the River
(2018)Based on the fictional evidence in the novel A Bend in the River by V.S. Naipaul, this essay examines how the ‘totalitarian symptoms’ are sustained within the identity politics in the postcolonial world. This interpretation ... -
Social and Economic Factors Affecting Ethnic Fertility Differentials in Sri Lanka
(2018)In the Sri Lankan context, society consists of different ethnic groups with distinctive languages, cultures, values and norms, and the behavior of people in many ethnic groups is attached to their ethnicity. Further at ... -
Chemical Evaluation of Some Selected Metal Composition in Edible Salt
(2018)It is important to assess the quality of salt as salt is the most used food additive worldwide. Determination of metallic elements of salt samples which were purchased from retail outlets of Ambalangoda were done by ... -
Escalation of Tensions Between China and Japan: Should There Be a Paradigm Shift in Japanese Foreign Policy?
(2018)The dispute between China and Japan is a manifestation of the growing Chinese influence in the region. China has been making steady progress on the economic and military front and the recent advances in military technology ... -
Internally Generated Revenue and School Plant Maintenance in Kwara State Pubic Secondary Schools, Nigeria
(2017)This study investigated the internally generated revenue and school plant maintenance in Kwara State public secondary schools, Nigeria. The research adopted descriptive research design of survey type. The population of the ...