INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH CONFERENCE ARTICLES (KDU IRC): Recent submissions
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Traditional Techniques of Dyeing Textiles with Natural Dyes: a Case Study of Southern Province in Sri Lanka.
(2018)Dyeing with plant-based extracts has a long tradition in the world. The desire for more bright and stable colours can be seen as one of the strong driving forces in the historical development of natural dyes. Today synthetic ... -
Study on Awareness of Cyber Security Among Primary Teacher Trainees in Addalaichenai Govt. Teachers` College
(2018)Cyber Crime is on the increase everywhere in the world. A large number of people have become victims to this crime. It has affected not only the dealer, but also teachers and students to a great extent. Small children are ... -
Influence of Push and Pull Travel Motivational Factors on International Tourists Re-Visit Intention to Gall in Sri Lanka
(2018)Tourism plays a dominant role in Sri Lanka and tourism industry consider as a major foreign currency earner in the economy. Hence, International tourists perform most prominence role in the country. However, as compared ... -
The Need for Insider Perspective in Language Codification; a Study in Relation to Sri Lankan English Codification
(2018)Defined as the "language used by Sri Lankans who choose to use English for whatever purpose in Sri Lanka (Gunesekera, 2005, p. 11), Sri Lankan English (SLE) is gradually accepted as a newly institutionalized variety of ... -
Critical Review of Literature on Giving Corrective Feedback in Tesol Sessions
(2018)Giving corrective feedback in classes has widely been discussed in Second Language Acquisition focusing on the requirement of the feedback and the types of feedback based on the time and the purpose of providing them. The ... -
Improving Oral Presentation Skills in Undergraduates Through Constructive Criticism (As a Bi-Product of Scaffolding)
(2018)English is a global language at present and it is considered the key to knowledge, information, communication, technology, travel, trade and business (Turmapang, 2012). As there is a continuous rise in the unity of people ... -
Assessing the Composing Competency of Adult Second Language Learners Enhanced Through Increased Self-Confidence During Portfolio Based Learning
(2018)Writing being a language skill hard to acquire, but essential for academic success, identifying the learner attitudes towards it is important. This study is devoted to investigate the possibility of developing the ... -
Power and Displacement: En Route to Female Empowerment
(2018)Empowerment and liberation are frequently associated with women portrayed in literature. In a significant body of literature in English, the acquisition of female liberation is depicted as a result of displacement. 'Displacement` ... -
The Symptom of Situational Consciousness in Third-World Literature: Exploring Salman Rushdie`s Midnight`s Children
(2018)-This study claims that Fredric Jameson`s (1986) situational consciousness is prevalent in Salman Rushdie`s Midnight`s Children (2006) to the extent that it is identified as a 'symptomatic deadlock` (Žižek, 1994) from which ... -
The Interdependence of Gender, Sexuality, Ethnic and Class Binaries in Shyam Selvadurai`s Funny Boy and Cinnamon Gardens
(2018)Shyam Selvadurai`s novels have contributed significantly to Sri Lankan English literature. The author highlights sensitive areas such as gender, economic classes and racial issues as well as subjects considered as taboo in ... -
A Palimpsestuous Reading of Shehan Karunatilaka`s "chinaman"- Power Dynamics of the Palimpsest of Sri Lankan English
(2018)The present study is an attempt to device a combined approach towards reading Sri Lankan English literature that takes into account both socio-linguistic and thematic concerns of the cannon. In this context, the study holds ... -
Innovative Behavior of Employees in Sri LankanSoftware Companies
(2018)Along with the advancement of the technology, software companies have to face a huge competition in the global and local market. To face this competition innovations can be used as a strategic weapon. As employees are the ... -
Factors Affecting on the Demand for Three Wheelers: Special Reference to the Perception of Passengers
(2018)Three wheelers play a significant role in the transportation sector in Sri Lanka. The selection of this topic is highly influenced to the current situation of Sri Lanka where we can see a large number of three wheelers on ... -
A Study on the Effect of online System of Sri Lanka Customs on Shipping Lines` Satisfaction
(2018)Sri Lanka Customs performs a vital role in the country. The functions performed by them include collection of government revenue as customs duty and other levy on behalf of a number of other government authorities and ... -
Identification of Factors Affecting Warehouse Efficiency in Apparel industry
(2018)Warehouse activities are now becoming the midpoint of important to ensure the effective storing, handling, receiving the goods efficiently in the manufacturing firms. Therefore, this study has been conducted to identify ... -
Potential Applicability of Just-in-Time to Improve Procurement Efficiency Reference to Sri Lanka Navy
(2018)Sri Lanka Navy (SLN) required to be equipped with resources by new acquisitions whilst upgrading inventory in hand. Meantime acquisitions are challenging as many constraints in spending government funds in peace time ... -
A Mechanistic Probabilistic Model to Estimate Truck Operation Cost
(2018)Truck operations cost is the major cost element in the total supply chain for a better service. In relation to such situations, estimation of the truck operation cost has become a main factor in making important decisions. ... -
Applying Six Sigma Methodology to Reduce the Lead Time of Service Process; a Case Study Based on Visa Process At Catch My tour (Pvt) Ltd
(2018)Business organizations make an attempt to apply many strategies to enhance the productivity by improving the process to face the changes in modern competitive market. Sig sigma methodology is one of the strategies that can ... -
Automation of Sri Lanka's Downstream Petroleum industry Supply Chain Management Operations
(2018)Ceylon petroleum Storage Terminals Limited (CPSTL) is the entity responsible for handling 90% of the storage and distribution of the country's fuel requirement. This encompasses providing ERP, Laboratory and tanker operations ... -
Evaluation on Key Factors Affecting on the Profitability of the Carrier Transportation Services for Automobile: a Study Based on the Automobile Carrier Services from Hambanthota to Colombo in Sri Lanka.
(2018)Automobile supply chain is one of the pillar chains of operations in Sri Lanka. In the current context, the paper proposes counter measures from the core entrepreneurial level in order to evaluate key factors affecting the ...