Browsing 2014 IRC Articles by Title
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Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices (KAP) among Blood Donors from Southern Sri Lanka
(2014)Behaviour of the blood donors plays a major role in maintaining continuous blood supply for transfusion services worldwide. At the same time it is a challenge to obtain safe blood from the donors. A cross sectional descriptive ... -
Land Doctrine for Sri Lanka; In Anticipation of Future Threats to the National Security to Sri Lanka
(21/08/2014)The Indian Ocean region has always been a sensitive and a complicated area in Geo-political, Geo-strategy, Geo-economic and Geo-cultural point of view. Situated in right middle of this mighty Indian Ocean, Sri Lanka's ... -
Learning Style Preferences and their Correlates among Physiotherapy Undergraduates
(2014)Degree courses for Allied Health Sciences commenced in Sri Lanka in 2005. The BSc Physiotherapy Degree programme was established in Allied Health Sciences Unit (AHSU), Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo in 2006. ... -
A Meta-Analysis on Public Sector E-Health Practices to Suggest Emerging Areas of E-Health Services Within Sri Lanka
(2014)E-Health is directly intertwined with Information Technology. It is a key e-Governance domain which has a high tendency of growing rapidly to serve the society's health needs. In general, it is obvious that e-Health concept ... -
Military Training Improves Lipid Profile
(2014)The effect of physical exercise during military training on plasma lipid levels has not been investigated in Sri Lankan military establishments. This study examined the effect of military training on lipid profiles of ... -
The Missing Link in Joint Warfare Practices: A Conceptual Analysis of Military Transformation
(2014)Military services have over the years been far more likely to resist cooperation, and this reality has been expressed in the analysis of strategic thought. Although some critics discussed amphibious warfare and the specific ... -
Modelling Robot Navigation to Assist Differently Abled Persons
(2014)Attending requirements of differently abled persons have been a research challenge in the modern world. This matter is crucial in many situations such as waiting areas in receptions, lobbies, airports and hospitals. A ... -
Modification of ID3 Algorithm to Explore Students' Performance with their Attributes
(2014)Classification is one of the influential techniques in data mining process which can apply to accurately predict the target class for each case in a dataset. Particularly, in the field of education, the object of classification ... -
Monitoring of Air Pollution due to Vehicles at Ratmalana, Sri Lanka
(2014)Urbanization and industrialization are the main causes of air pollution in most of the areas in Sri Lanka. Air pollution is occurred due to natural and manmade activities. Monitoring of air quality especially in urban areas ... -
Multi-homing to Provide Reliable Connectivity
(2014)There have been tremendous advances over the past decades when it comes to wireless access technologies. Nowadays, several wireless access technologies are available everywhere. Even mobile devices have evolved to support ... -
Nation Development by Bridging the Disability Digital Divide in Sri Lanka
(2014)The differently abled population in the country has increased due to the 30 years of humanitarian operations.T he Sri Lankan development strategy focuses on rebuilding the nation after having completed operations in 2009. ... -
National Security Implications of Climate Change for Sri Lanka Naval Forces
(2014)Climate change, both natural and man-induced, will cause the most serious environmental problems that will impact the national security of Sri Lanka in 21st Century. Climate change affects the national security of Sri Lanka ... -
Need or Greed? An Analysis of White Collar Crime in the Sri Lankan Context
(2014)White Collar Crimes are a significant type of criminal behaviour which renders the traditional notions of criminal justice inadequate to define the causes of this crime. This paper seeks to analyse the areas in which the ... -
Online Shopping Behaviour of Young Adults in Higher Education Sector: How Brand Matters
(2014)The purpose of this study is to find out the online shopping behaviour of Sri Lankan young adults with special emphasis on brand loyalty. Building and maintaining brand loyalty is a vital part of establishing sustainable ... -
Optimizing Energy Output at Canyon Hydro Power Station, a Case Study
(2014)Due to the rainfed central hills in Sri Lanka, the country enjoyed low cost, renewable hydroelectricity generation since 1950's. With the completion of nearly all major hydro site developments and the growth in electricity ... -
Outcome of Pregnancy Complicated by Infective Endocarditis: A Review of Published Literature over Past Three Decades
(2014)Background - Infective endocarditis (IE) is a rare complication during pregnancy but it associates with high maternal and foetal mortality. Our aim was to study maternal and foetal outcomes in published cases of IE during ... -
Overview of the Cloud Computing for Big Data
(2014)In the last few years, there has been a growing interest in Big Data technologies with cloud Infrastructure. Hadoop software tool is an open source platform that allows for the distributed processing of huge data sets ... -
Perceived Stress and Associated Factors among BSc Nursing Undergraduates in University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri Lanka
(2014)Nursing education has shifted to the conventional universities in Sri Lanka during the past two decades. Since there is a significant difference between school education and university education, new nurse undergraduate ...