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Integrating Mindfulness Based Techniques into Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT) for Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD): A Case Description
(2022-09-29)Sam was a patient admitted to the psychiatry department of a tertiary care hospital due to the worsening of his OCD symptoms. He had been to many psychiatrists and psychotherapists for close to six years. His OCD symptoms ... -
Knowledge and Selected Practices of Paid Bystanders Regarding Patient Care and Personal Protection in Colombo-North Teaching Hospital, Ragama, Sri Lanka
(2022-09-29)The dearth of studies on paid bystanders who figure prominently in caregiving for inward patients in Sri Lankan hospitals led us to assess their knowledge and selected practices regarding patient care and personal ... -
Knowledge, Attitudes, Self-Reported Adherence to Antibiotics and Their Associated Factors among Undergraduate University Students in Sri Lanka: An Online Survey
(2022-09-29)Antibiotic resistance (ABR) occurs when bacteria change in response to the use of antibiotics. These bacteria become resistant to antibiotics and may infect humans and animals. Therefore, present descriptive cross-sectional ... -
Knowledge, Practices, and Self-Reported Symptoms of Menstrual Irregularities among Female University Students in Sri Lanka: An Online Cross-Sectional Study
(2022-09-29)Menstrual irregularities are important in terms of female reproductive health. However, it is poorly addressed in developing countries like Sri Lanka especially in school level and above. The present descriptive ... -
Melioidosis: A Deadly Disease Mimicking Leptospirosis Reported from a Highly Endemic Area of Sri Lanka
(2022-09-29)Melioidosis is endemic in Sri Lanka. We present a case of melioidosis which led to diagnostic confusion and an unfavourable outcome. A 53-year-old paddy farmer from Kurunegala was admitted to the University Hospital, KDU ... -
Overweight and Obesity: Knowledge, Attitudes and Recognition by Patients and Medical Practitioners
(2022-09-29)The World Health Organization describes obesity as the most visible but neglected public health problem. We assessed the knowledge, perception and attitudes towards obesity among overweight/obese patients and the recognition ... -
Physical Activity and Associated Factors on Work-Related Stress of Bank Officers in a Government Bank in Colombo, Sri Lanka
(2022-09-29)Stress is the feeling of being overwhelmed or being unable to cope with mental, and emotional pressure. Employment in a bank can be stressful due to increased screen time, feeling of confinement and uniformity during ... -
Prediction of Newborn Anthropometric Parameters using Maternal Anthropometry at Tertiary Care Maternity Hospital in Galle District, Sri Lanka
(2022-09-29)The state of maternal nutrition, denoted by maternal anthropometric parameters, is found to play a pivotal role in determining new-born anthropometric parameters. This study was conducted to predict new-born anthropometric ... -
A Relapsed Case of Disseminated Histoplasmosis – A Case Report from Sri Lanka
(2022-09-29)Histoplasma capsulatum is a soil saprophyte which is now considered to be endemic in Southeast Asia and Southern Europe. It is a thermally dimorphic fungus seen in damp soil contaminated with bat guano and bird excreta. ... -
Review on Antidiabetic Potency of Family Aristolochiaceae Using the Diabetic Rat Model, α-Glucosidase, and α-Amylase Inhibitory Assays
(2022-09-29)The plant species in the family Aristolochiaceae consists of various important bioactive compounds, and they are used as functional ingredients in the development of therapeutic agents to act against diseases including ... -
Sexual Dimorphism in Sri Lankan Saw Scaled Viper Based on the Mensural and Pholidosis Characters
(2022-09-29)Sri Lankan SSV was recorded as a sub species of Echis carinatus named as Echis carinatus Sinhaleyus by Deraniyagala in 1951. The study aimed to explore the sexual dimorphism in Sri Lankan saw scaled viper based on the ... -
Stem Cell Manipulation with Plasmid-Based Transcription Factor Over-Expression Systems to Successfully Generate Pre-Specified Cells Fates in-vitro; Proof of Concept of in-vitro Stem Cell Fate Reprogramming Using cDNA Vectors
(2022-09-29)The differentiation of stem cells in a controlled fashion is essential to achieve a predefined daughter cell types required for research or regenerative therapies. Transcription factors play a key role in switching ... -
The Utility of Rotational Thromboelastometry (ROTEM) in Identifying Envenomation Following Cobra Bites
(2022-09-29)The cobra is one of the highly venomous snakes in Sri Lanka. Cobra bites are not known to cause haemato-toxicity, except in some studies that have shown a transient coagulopathy by nonclotting 20-minute Whole Blood ...