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Anti-microbial activity of different solvent extracts of dried flowers of Aegle marmelos
(2017)Aegle marmelos has been used to treat various illnesses of human beings in traditional and folk medicine for thousands of years. The aim of the present study is to validate the in vitro antibacterial activity of different ... -
A Comparative Study on In Vitro Antibacterial Activity of Different Leaf Extracts of Medicinal Plant Talinum paniculatum
(2017)There is an urgent need for the development of novel affordable plant based natural antibacterial agents in order to combat against the emergence of antibiotic resistance, resulting from the indiscriminate use of currently ... -
Derivatives: Are they weapons of mass destruction?
(2017)The growth of the amount of financial derivatives during the last fifteen years has been phenomenal. With the total notional amounts outstanding on over-the-counter derivative contracts amounting to around nine times global ... -
Duty towards environmental protection: companies’ role under the Companies Act No 07 Of 2007
(2017)The Brundtland Commission's report defined sustainable development as “development which meets the needs of current generations without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs”. In this ... -
Turnitin Usage and its impact on Academic Integrity and Honesty of General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University (KDU)
(2018-08)Higher educational institutions are expected to adhere to academic integrity and honesty in their mission for gaining and disseminating knowledge. But the advancement of new technology is one of the negative impacts on ... -
A Bibliometric Analysis of Scholarly Publications on Dengue in PubMed Database
(2018-09)Dengue is a re-emerging mosquito-borne infectious disease that seriously affects the population all over the world. However, there is no sufficient information on the bibliometric direction of dengue research output globally. ... -
Traversing beyond postcolonial identity: symptomatic selfannihilation in The God of Small Things as a symbolic failure in Roy’s politics
(2017)This study claims that the roots of the symptomatic ‘madness’ found in the Syrian-Christian Kottayam family in The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy traverse beyond the general postcolonial identity crisis. It investigates ... -
Study on information needs of the undergraduates in Visual & Performing Arts
(2015)This research attempts to study information needs of the undergraduates in Visual & Performing Arts. The study was done based on the University of Visual & Performing Arts, Sri Lanka. According to the study, information ... -
Challenges Faced in Formulating a New Faculty Library: With Special Reference to Allied Health Sciences Library, General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University
(2016)The aim of this paper is to discuss and bring out challenges faced in formulating a faculty library with special reference to Allied Health Sciences Library, Kotelawala Defence University. Issues occurred in collection ... -
Electronic Information Resources Utilization by Medical Students in General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University
(2016)This study evaluated the utilization of electronic information resources in General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University Library by Medical students by addressing four objectives namely; identifying the awareness of ... -
Awareness of Information Retrieval in Online Environment: A Study on Newcomers to the Faculty of Engineering of General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University
(2017-06)Undergraduates, in their first year, usually perform poorly in their studies and it has been attributed to the inability of students to effectively retrieve information for academic work. At present, there are many problems ...