INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH CONFERENCE ARTICLES (KDU IRC): Recent submissions
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Recruitment Rhetoric: Media Strategies of the Islamic State and Al-Qa`ida
(2020)Salafi-Jihadi information operations are designed to manipulate, radicalize, and recruit from the global Muslim population. This paper examines the global outreach operations of prominent Salafi-Jihadi groups, in an ... -
Holistic Framework for Migrating Military Applications into Cloud Computing and Ensuring National Security and National Growth of Sri Lanka
(2020)The golden rule and principle in today’s digital world is ‘right to gather information and right to distribute it in right time’. When it comes to military related operations whether security operations in own country or ... -
Identifying Factors for Sustaining the Zero Accident Vision: A Case of Tire Company in Sri Lanka
(2020)Abstract— Zero Accident Vision (ZAV) encourages the vision that accidents are preventable. The objective of this study is to identify the factors which enable, and impede ZAV in a tire industry. Behaviour-based safety may ... -
Corruption Circle of Sri Lanka:The Second Largest Enemy to the State
(2020)A set of fundamental principles and core values are required to govern any state. However, the deep-seated causes and effects of corruption in a system kill people’s satisfaction. Notwithstanding, the stagnation or ... -
A Holistic Approach to National Security of Sri Lanka
(2020)Most spoken effects of the 9/11 Chapter seem to fade away with the new development of the COVID 19 pandemic situation and beyond today. Priorities for security does not limit to terrorism where the world is ... -
Identification of Wolbachia like endosymbiont DNA in Setaria digitata genome and phylogenetic analysis of filarial nematodes
(2020)Setaria digitata is a Wolbachia-free filarial parasite that causes cerebrospinal nematodiasis in non-permissive hosts such as goats and sheep, leading to substantial economic losses in animal husbandry. Therefore, there ... -
Economic Effects of War on a Country: An Overlook of Sri Lankan Economy During the Period of Civil War
(2020)Sri Lanka is a country that faced a war for three decades. Both the extremists and armed forces faced major losses including thousands of lives. Expenses for recruiting and maintaining a large military and the purchase of ... -
The Drift of Ancient Kingdoms in the Post-Polonnaruwa Period: A Critical View of the Causes of Decline of Sinhala Kingdom
(2020)The Sinhalese monarchy has its origins in the settlement of North-Indian Aryan immigrants to the island of Sri Lanka. According to historical records, the first Sinhalese kingdom was established by King Vijaya in the valley ... -
Introduction of Nuclear Power Plants to Sri Lanka: National Growth and Security Perspectives
(2020)Nuclear technology is a vibrant application in the power and energy sector all over the world. At present more than 450 nuclear power plants (NPP) are contributing more than one-tenth of electricity generation all over ... -
Human Resource Functions of the Tank Culture in Sri Lanka
(2020)The human resource which evolved with the functionalities of the ancient tank culture of Sri Lanka is the research focus of this paper. According to Mahawamsa, paddy cultivation was the lifeline of the Sri Lankan economy ... -
The First War of Unification in Sri Lanka: A Critical Analysis
(2020)The war fought between King Duttagamini and King Elara in the 1st Century BC was commonly known as the first war of unification in Sri Lanka. Until then, the country has not been referred to by the historians as a single ... -
The Role of Sri Lanka’s Private Security Sector in Assisting the Nation During Pandemics and Natural Disasters
(2020)The role of private security companies (PSC) has become ever more significant in the 21st century as the world faces increasingly complex threats which require holistic and multidimensional solutions. Non-traditional security ... -
Big Data Analytics: Best Practices from Singapore in the Context of Sri Lanka’s Digital Defence Requirements
(2020)The information age has resulted in massive amounts of data being shared online and data being created over multiple platforms including smart devices. Such amounts of data create big data that can be used to understand ... -
Emerging CBRNE Threat from Industrial and Medical Fields to the National Security of Sri Lanka
(2020)Number of manufacturing industries and medical institutions in Sri Lanka are using variety of CBRNE agents that could cause severe damage if those agents are released to the environment due to behavioural patterns such as ... -
Awareness and Practices Regarding Rabies and Animal Bite Management among Animal Bite Victims
(2018)Animal bite is defined as injury caused by animal mouth and teeth, resulting in direct tissue damage, deep anatomical structure disruption, introduction of infectious agents and envenomation. Rabies is one of the ... -
Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices Regarding Contraceptive Methods among Female Garment Factory Workers in Katunayake Free Trade Zone
(2018)Contraception is the prevention of pregnancy by interfering with the process of conception. Information on knowledge, attitude and practice regarding contraceptive methods are scanty. Therefore, it is vital to study ... -
Prevalence of Menstrual Irregularities among Sri Lankan National Level Female Athletes and Factors Associated with Menstrual Irregularities
(2018)Menstrual irregularities affect the health and performance of female athletes. The purpose of this study was to identify the prevalence of menstrual irregularities and to identify the factors affecting menstrual ... -
Knowledge, Beliefs and Practices Regarding Pap Smear Screening Test among School Teachers in Sri Jayewardenepura Educational Zone in Western Province, Sri Lanka
(2018)Cervical cancer is a female genital cancer, the fourth most frequent one in women. Primary cause of cervical cancers is recurrent infection with one or more of the oncogenic types of Human Papillomavirus (HPV). Cervical ... -
Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices towards Oral Hygiene among a Cohort of 2nd Year Undergraduates Attached To Non-Medical Faculties in University of Sri Jaye Wardenepura
(2018)Oral health is a state of being free from chronic mouth and facial pain, oral sores, oral and throat cancers, birth defects, periodontal (gum) diseases, tooth decay, tooth loss and other disorders that affect the oral ...