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A Case Study to Identify Factors Affected the Optimal Utilization of Library at the Naval and Maritime Academy, Sri Lanka
(2015)This study focuses on investigatingfactors which affect optimal utilization of library facilities by the under-trainees of the Navel and MaritimeAcademy (NMA), Sri Lanka and it proposes suitable recommendations to Commandant ... -
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 ... -
Citation Analysis of Undergraduate Dissertations: an Assessment of the Utilization of Information Sources as a Collection Development Tool
(2018)ABSTRACT This study examines bibliographic references of undergraduates’ dissertations accepted by the faculty of Allied Health Sciences, General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University, Sri Lanka in the year 2017. The ... -
Clinicoepidemiological Characteristics of Vitiligo: A Descriptive Cross- Sectional Study
(2021-12-31)Vitiligo is a common dermatological disorder characterized by white patches of the skin.The main reason for this disease is the loss of functioning melanin and melanocytes. The objective of the study was to investigate ... -
Comparative Study of Prevalence of Migraine among Defence and Non- Defence Undergraduate Students in General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University (KDU), Sri Lanka
(2018-04-07)Introduction: Epidemiological studies have revealed its high prevalence, high socio-economic and personal impacts of migraine; it was ranked as the third most prevalent disorder and the seventh-highest specific cause of ... -
A Comparison of Classical Time Series Models and Machine Learning LSTM Model to Forecast Paddy Production in Sri Lanka
(2022-09)The most common & effective traditional methods of univariate time series forecasting are Autoregressive Integrated Moving Average (ARIMA) family models and Exponential Smoothing family models. With the recent advancement ... -
A Comprehensive Review of Salacia reticulata: Botanical, Ethnomedicinal, Phytochemical, and Pharmacological Insights
(2013-11-01)Salacia reticulata(HIPPOCRATEACEAE) is a large ligneous climber or scandent shrub held by Sri Lanka, the Andaman Islands, and south India. It is known as Kothala himbutu/Himbutu wel in Sinhalese and is ... -
Creating Value for Museums, Academia and Communities: Overview from Sri Lanka
(2015)Digitized museums have overcome the physical barriers and provided a golden opportunity for everyone who wants to access formation about the past. New technologies have changed the traditional ... -
The cross cultural adaptation of Morisky Green Levine Medication Adherence Scale for use with diagnosed patients of Ischemic Heart Disease in Sri Lanka
(2019-10-25)Ischemic Heart Disease (IHD) has been classified as one of the major cardiovascular diseases in the world and it has become the main cause of death in Sri Lanka. Medication adherence is defined as the level to which the ... -
The Cross-cultural Adaptation of the Begley and Glackens's Assertiveness Scale for use with Nursing Students in Sri Lanka
(2021-08-26)Background: Assertiveness is recognized as a crucial skill in the nursing profession since it is capable of reinforcing interprofessional relationships, preventing workplace violence, reducing work stress, improving ... -
The cross-cultural adaptation of the Schutte Self-Report Emotional Intelligence Test (SSEIT) for use among nursing students in Sri Lanka
(2022-03-31)Background: Emotional Intelligence (EI) is defined as the capability to perceive, control, and evaluate emotions. Schutte Self-Report Emotional Intelligence Test (SSEIT) has been identified as a successful tool for measuring ... -
The cross-cultural adaptation of the Toronto Empathy Questionnaire (TEQ) from the English language to the Sinhala language to use with nursing students in Sri Lanka
(2022-06-17)Background: Empathy is defined as understanding another person's experience by imagining oneself in that other person's situation. There is paramount importance to assess empathy at the student level in Nursing. Toronto ... -
Design of an IoT based indoor air quality monitoring system
(2020)Indoor air pollution is receiving widespread attention as it can endanger people's health. The advantage of ending indoor environmental monitoring is the detection and improvement of indoor air quality. However, many ... -
Developing an Academic Institutional Repository: A Case at the General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University
(2019)An institutional repository is defined as an online locus for collecting, preserving, and disseminating the intellectual output of an institution in digital form, particularly a research institution (New World Encyclopedia, ...