Browsing 2018 IRC Articles by Title
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Assessing Service Quality Factors for Building a Loyal Customer in Life insurance industry
(2018)During the recent years, life insurance industry experienced great reforms to improve their market density and penetration. When it comes to provide service to the customers, they lack behind in resulting to customer ... -
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 ... -
An Assessment of Different Coping Strategies Used by Mothers of Children with Cancer in Apeksha Hospital Maharagama
(2018)The purpose of this study was to assess the different coping strategies used by mothers of children with cancer admitted to the national cancer hospital, Sri Lanka. This study was conducted with 200 mothers of children ... -
Assessment of Student’s Perceptions of the Bsc. Radiography Degree Programme at Faculty of Allied Health Sciences, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka
(2018)Radiography education in Sri Lanka has expanded up to the degree level during the past decade. University of Peradeniya is the only state university offering free education for the radiography profession in Sri Lanka. ... -
Associated Factors for Efficient Development of School Sports System for National Level Sports in Sri Lanka
(2018)Sports have turn out to be a global social phenomenon. Sports can be used as a platform for attaining many social goals and resolving persisting social issues. The development of Sri Lankan sports depends on many factors ... -
Associated Factors for Re-admission of the Patients with Psychiatric Disorders in National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), Sri Lanka
(2018)According to WHO’s Global Burden of Disease 2010, nearly 450 million people suffer from behavioural or mental disorders in the world. Inpatient mental health treatment facilities are one of the ways of mental health ... -
Association between Health Related Quality of Life (HRQoL) and Five Health Related Parameters in Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
(2018)Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) is one of the most common chronic respiratory diseases in the world and in Sri Lanka where the prime goal of patient care is to improve the HRQoL. The aim of the study was ... -
Austrian Minds: Examining How Vienna Circle Influenced on Hans Kelsen'S Notion of "Grundnorm" and 20Th Century Legal Positivism
(2018)This paper seeks to explain Kelsen"s pure theory of law and his whole contribution to legal positivism was influenced and bolstered by his early stay in Vienna, even though the foundational stone laid by Kelsen on legal ... -
Automated Prediction of Customer Hotspots to Taxi Drivers Using Clustering Techniques and Web Scrapin
(2018)Taxi service is one of the most important service in our society. There are many mobile application to customer to book a taxi. But the problem is that applications are not utilized properly to find taxis to customers in ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
Awareness on Wound Cleaning and Dressing among Nursing Undergraduates in University of Peradeniya
(2018)Wound cleaning and dressing is one of the main responsibilities of nurses and nursing undergraduates. Better awareness on wound cleaning and dressing minimizes wound infections, healing time, pain during the procedure, ... -
Awareness Regarding Early Detection Techniques of Breast Cancer and Knowledge Regarding Signs and Symptoms of Breast Cancer: Comparative Studty between Breast Cancer Patients of Apeksha Hospital and Women Who Attended Clinics, Piliyandala MOH
(2018)Breast cancer is a type of cancer that develops from breast tissue and is considered the most common cancer among Sri Lankan women. The objectives of this research were to assess the awareness regarding early detection ... -
Awareness, Knowledge and Beliefs of Antenatal Exercises in Second Trimester Pregnant Women Attending Castle Steet Hospital for Woman, Colombo 8, Sri Lanka
(2018)Second trimester of pregnancy is an important period during fetus growth and health of pregnant women. Antenatal exercises during pregnancy are designed to minimize impairments and to promote health while a woman ... -
A Better Approach to Animal Welfare Law; a Critical Analysis of the Law on Prevention of Cruelty to Animals in Sri Lanka
(2018)While human rights play an important role in a country"s legal system, the rights pertaining to the welfare of animals should be awarded a special status in the environmental law regime of a country. Animals deserve an ... -
Beware If You are a "Digital Consumer" - Intangible Digital Goods and Consumer Protection in Sri Lanka
(2018)"First, the man was illiterate. Then he became literate. In recent times, he has even become e-literate”. Justice Saleem Marsoof thus highlights, in a nutshell, the technological evolution of mankind which took place within ... -
Beyond "More Economics - Based Approach" : a Legal Perspective on Competition in Sri Lanka
(2018)The Competition and consumer policy of a nation could play an important role in promoting economic growth and reducing poverty. In the absence of perfect competitive market conditions, there must be a competition policy ... -
The Bitter Cookie: Right to Cyber Privacy in Sri Lanka Vs. the Misappropriation of Data Gathered Using Cookies
(2018)Success and progress in the technological age is dependent on the ability to collect, process and disseminate information at lightning speeds, with incredible efficiency. Ironically, the same technology which improves life ... -
Braille Blood Pressure Interpreter for Home Blood Pressure Measurement for Visually Challenged Individuals
(2018)Hypertension has slowly secured its place as the severest disease burden in the world among Global Burden of Diseases (GBD). Hypertension management programs which are employed to control the disease have identified Home ... -
Buddhist Practices in Rehabilitating War-Affected Children: a Sociological Study of How Buddhist Practices Contribute to the Rehabilitation of War-Affected Children in Sri Lanka
(2018)The purpose of this paper is to examine the role that Buddhist practices for war-affected children in Sri Lanka can play in the overall scheme of rehabilitation and reconciliation. After 1970, more research paved way for ...