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Pesticide Use, Handling and Awareness among Rural Farmers in Sri Lanka: Implications on Emerging Chronic Kidney Disease of Uncertain Etiology (CKDu)
(2018)
Agrochemical exposure has been considered
as the main risk factor of Chronic Interstitial
Nephritis in Agricultural Communities (CINAC)
in Sri Lanka. Poor awareness and agrochemical
handling practices could lead to ...
The Impact of Leader Images in Sri Lanka’s Foreign Policy Making from 2005 to 2019
(2020)
Any leader of a country, as its
foreign policy executive (FPE), may perceive
systemic stimuli with surgical precision,
hence positioning his country in a foreign
policy trajectory, which in turn facilitates the
realization ...
Role of Military Professionals in Dealing with Construction Industry of Sri Lanka
(2019)
Construction industry is one of the main
industries which contributes to the national economy. This
paper is focused to identify the role of military professionals
such Civil Engineers, Architects, Quantity Surveyors ...
Mitigating the Effects of E-learning in Higher Education Sector in Sri Lanka during the COVID-19 Pandemic
(2021)
This study sets out to examine the efficacy of e-learning in the Sri Lankan higher
education sector that was ignited by the emergency created by the COVID-19
pandemic. Drawing a random sample of 350 undergraduates from ...
Maritime Security and Theories of Naval Warfare: Way Ahead for a Professional Navy
(2015)
Sri Lanka was engaged in a long drawn conflict for nearly three decades. The ocean around the country played a crucial role in this conflict. The government of Sri Lanka paid dearly for not maintaining maritime security ...
Challenges Allied to the Effectiveness of the Environmental Impact Assessment in the Construction Industry of Sri Lanka
(2022-09)
‘Environmental Impact Assessment’ is a structured programme for evaluating and
inspecting environmental factors, in order to support and aid the decision-making
or the planning stage of a development process. Basical ...
Application of Research and Development in Sri Lankan Construction Industry
(2019)
Research and development (R&D) is the process
by which a company works to obtain new knowledge that
it might use to create new technology, products, services,
or systems that it will either use or sell. The constructi ...
Bionomics of Leishmaniasis Vector Sand Flies (Psychodidae:Phlebotominae) in Kurunegala District, Sri Lanka
(2019)
Sand flies are responsible for the transmission of leishmaniasis, a disease caused by protozoan parasites of genus Leishmania. Control of the sand fly populations in disease endemic areas is a critical step in the effective ...
Power Balance between China and India to Project Sri Lanka into Propitious Future
(2015)
Sri Lankan socio-politico changes offer desire for achieving unprecedented prosperity changes in all spheres in view of projecting Sri Lanka into a better future. With the end of the three decade long conflict, Sri Lanka ...
Cervical Spine Injury of Sri Lankan Origin
(2020)
Abstract— According to the World Health
Organization, 250,000 – 500,000 people suffer
from spinal cord injuries around the world
every year, of which up to 90% are traumatic
and preventable. Here we discuss a unique ...