Browsing 2014 IRC Articles by Title
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Investigation of Relationship between Variation of Colour Change of Fruits with their Shelf-Life and other Physical Properties
(2014)The relation between diffused reflectance (in spatial and in spectral domains), soluble solid content and firmness of "Mauritius" variety of pineapple (Ananas comosus) grown in Labuduwa farm, Galle, Sri Lanka together with ... -
Investigation on Functions and Product Structure of Islamic Banking vs. Conventional Banking in Sri Lanka: a Case Study
(2014)Islamic banks (IBs) were originated to satisfy the financial needs of Muslim community by rejecting interest and following Profit-Loss sharing paradigm while conforming to Shariah principles. IB is increasingly gaining ... -
Is Stress a Bad Factor in Employee Work Performance (EWP) in Sri Lankan Public Sector?
(2014)Stress experienced by employees has been identified by plenty of scholars as a horrible phenomenon that should be eliminated so that the employee work performance (EWP) could be enhanced. In other words, stress has mostly ... -
Israel Defence Force: a Retrospective Study for Prospective Regional Defence Challenges
(2014)Israel Defence Forces (IDF) comprises of Army Command, Navy, Air Force, Corps, Brigades and Advisory units. The underlying Doctrine is Prepare for Defence and moves to counter-attack. Military heritage, democratic principles, ... -
Job Satisfaction among Nurses in Teaching Hospitals Karapitiya and Mahamodara
(2014)Background Nurses play an extremely important part of patient care. They also assume various roles such as patient educator, counsellor, health care facilitator and patient advocator. But most of the nurses remain as ... -
Job Satisfaction and Organisational Commitment of Soldiers in Sri Lanka Army
(2014)This study aimed to explore the relationships between job satisfaction and organisational commitment of the soldiers in Sri Lanka Army. Within the course of this study, it has been discovered that the main factors that ... -
Knowledge and Attitudes on Food and Drug Allergies among Hospitalized Adult Patients in Teaching Hospital Karapitiya
(2014)Prevalence of drug and food allergies is increasing and no known cure, so community awareness of signs, symptoms and treatments of allergic reactions is vital. General public has to play a big role in taking care of children ... -
Knowledge and Practices Regarding First Aid among School Teachers in the Kurunegala Zonal Educational Division
(2014)To describe knowledge and practices regarding First Aid among school teachers in the Kurunegala Zonal Educational Division. A descriptive cross sectional study was carried out using a sample of 384 school teachers. Simple ... -
Knowledge of Hand Hygiene among the Medical Students at the General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University
(2014)Background. Hospital acquired infections are commonly transmitted by the hands of healthcare workers. The objective of this study was to compare the knowledge of hand hygiene among the preclinical students and the students ... -
Knowledge Regarding Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) among Second, Third and Fourth year B.Sc. Nursing Students at Three State Universities in Sri Lanka
(2014)Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infections are becoming more prevalent in clinical settings. This results in increased morbidity and mortality, and increased health care costs. Nursing students are at ... -
Knowledge Regarding Risk Factors for Oral Cancer among Adult Residents in Thelumpitiya area, Kegalle District, Sri Lanka
(2014)Objective: This study focused on assessing the level of knowledge regarding risk factors for oral cancer among residents in selected rural communities of Thelumpitiya area of Kegalle District, Subaragamuwa province. ... -
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 ...