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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 ... -
Perception on Credit Cards for E-Payments in E-Government Service in Sri Lanka
(2014)n competitive and complicated context, people look for quick, short and quality services. Government as well needs to provide competitive services by integrating new technologies. In an e-government, a solid and trusted ... -
The Possibility of Adopting the Proportionality Test as a Balancing Tool between Development Needs and Individual Rights: A Critical Review in respect of Recent Development Projects in Sri Lanka
(2014)In 2014, Sri Lanka has closely marked five years since the conclusion of the armed conflict. During the same period, considerable economic and social progress was hindered because Sri Lanka is assertively reshaping its ... -
Post-Cold War Nuclear Weapons and Safety Culture in South Asia:Its impact on Security of Non-Nuclear Weapon States
(21/08/2014)Although one of the desired expectations of ending the Cold- War was the total elimination of nuclear weapons, the threat of nuclear weapon menace still persists. Additionally the ending of the Cold- War has earmarked a ... -
The Potential of Inter Operator Roaming for the future of Mobile Communication Industry in Sri Lanka
(2014)This paper presents the potential towards developing the green mechanism in infrastructure and spectrum development of mobile communication industry in Sri Lanka. It outlines the mobile communication industry of Sri Lanka ... -
Poverty and Perception: Driving Sri Lankan Children's Homes at Multiple Levels
(2014)In Sri Lanka, many children are housed in institutions for economic, social and cultural reasons, as well as the impacts of the civil war and global climatic change. Children's homes house almost 20,000 children, a huge ... -
Power Sharing, Economic Development and National Security- Sri Lanka' s Crisis of Executive Convenience
(2014)'Stability' through national security and economic development is arguably a dominant model for governance in the contemporary world order. In transitional societies such as Sri Lanka the claims made on the basis of ... -
Prevalence of Escherichia coli and Salmonella on Different Cuts of Retail Chicken Meat in Badulla District
(2014)The present study was undertaken to determine the Escherichia coli and Salmonella contamination on different cuts of retail chicken meat from Badulla district. Twenty retail shops were randomly selected from seven secretary ... -
Prevalence of Musculoskeletal Pains among Three Wheel Drivers in Galle Municipality area of Galle District in Sri Lanka
(2014)The number of three wheelers on the roads in every part of the country has increased during past two decades in Sri Lanka. Three wheel driving is one of the common options for thousands of youth who dropped out from schools. ... -
Promoting Entrepreneurship and Protecting Copyright of Authors: Revisiting to the Traditional Meanings of Originality and Authorship of Copyright Law
(2014)In this paper, it is argued that even today's changing face of objectives of copyright protection and its underlying rationale have a direct bearing on some issues of copyright law. For example, from the very inception of ... -
Protection of Digital Databases: Sri Lanka as a Reference Point
(2014)Economic development in Sri Lanka has relied heavily on foreign and domestic investment. Digital databases are a new and attractive area for this investment. This paper, whilst arguing that investment protection is crucial ... -
Protection of the Female Domestic Migrant Workers: Role of the Law
(2014)Female Population as a percentage of the total in Sri Lanka was last reported at 50.66 in 2011.With the introduction of the open economy concept to the country in 1977, new means of earning were integrated into the ... -
Protection of the Rights of Copyright Users with Special Attention to Visually Handicapped People under Sri Lankan Intellectual Property Regim
(2014)Today, the validity of intellectual property has been trumped the validity of all kinds of movable and immovable property. Due to its importance, a specific international organization which was known as World Intellectual ... -
Protection of the Rights of Sri Lankan Migrant Women Workers: Critical Analysis of the Domestic and International Legal Regime.
(2014)Sri Lanka is a third world country in which foreign employment plays a major role in directing foreign currency towards the country. The rate of migrant women workers in Sri Lanka is very high and they are highly vulnerable ... -
Provision of Mental Health Services through Community Partnership
(2014)Background -The World Health Organization signalled the urgent need for provision of community mental health services at its Global Forum for Community Mental Health. This project was innovated to utilise the already ... -
QR Code Based Signature Encoding System
(2014)Signature on a paper is a most general authentication method used in the world. Personal signature plays significant role in a place like Bank in money transactions. A signature encoding system provides secure reliable and ... -
Relationship between Feeding Pattern and Envirmental Factors with Production of Biogas Unit
(2014)BACKGROUND- Bio meth nation is proved the scientific solution for reducing global warming, greenhouse effect and the good source of renewable energy. Two Biogas units functioning at northwestern command HQ Mollikulam with ... -
Respiratory Health Problems of Rice Mill Workers in Ampara Divisional Secretariat Division
(2014)Rice milling is one of the major occupations in Ampara district which is done in various production scales. Cough, phlegm, chest tightness and wheeze were common among rice mill workers. A descriptive cross sectional study ... -
Review of Knowledge Based Engineering and its Applicability to Optimization of Machining Processes
(2014)The knowledge capturing methods have evolved from computer-aided design (CAD) to Knowledge-based engineering (KBE). The KBE systems have been successfully implemented in different fields. Most of the KBE systems were ...