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Theorizing violence as an essential by-product of the dialectic of enlightenment: reading inglourious busterds as an evidence of the paradox of modernity

Hapugoda, M. (University of Jaffna, 2012)

One of the most important ideological observations made in the latter half of the previous century was the unsolved problem of the paradoxical dialectic existence between the promises made through mega socio-political ...

the use and non-use of second language teaching through ‘the first step’

Rubavathanan, M.; Abeyweera, G.H. (University of Jaffna, 2012)

Certain policies have been adopted by deferent electronic media institution with a view to enhance national integration. One of the policies adopted by the said is the ‘Language Policy’. The national integration is done ...

The travesty of jaffna in jean arasanayagam’s poems

Sivapalan, C.C.A.; Tharuni, S. (University of Jaffna, 2012)

Jaffna is one of the native places of the Tamil ethnic community in Sri Lanka. Jaffna has its own Tamil culture, tradition and literature. Compared to the Tamil writings, the writings emerged about Jaffna in English are ...

The reflection of sri lankan sensibility in lakdasa wikkramasinha’s poetry

Paramanathan, L. (University of Jaffna, 2012)

Lakdasa Wikkramasinha, the young Sri Lankan poet who died by drowning in 1978, has been considered as the most ‘original’ poet appeared on the Sri Lankan scene. His poetry is very much related to Sri Lankan lifestyle, ...

The impact of self assessment on the second language writing of undergraduates

Sivaji, K. (University of Jaffna, 2012)

This study presents the findings of a classroom research carried out to investigate the effect of Self Assessment on the Second Language Writing of Undergraduates. Second language (L2) writing depends on the variety of ...

The effects of first language and second language glosses on incidental second language vocabulary acquisition among low proficiency learners in a computer assisted language learning environment

Rasakumaran, A. (University of Jaffna, 2012)

Vocabulary has been one of the most important variables that affect second language learning (Egbert, 2005) and lexical errors are the most common among second language (L2) learners Meara (1984). This is true of the ...

The approaches of conflict resolution depicted in sanskrit hitopadeśa

Dhammaloka, J. (University of Jaffna, 2012)

The conflicts are general features of the active societies. Human beings have used many resolution methods to conciliate them. Therefore, they can be divided into two main groups as Traditional approach and Modern ...

Teenage pregnancy and negative outcomes: with special reference to elapatha medical officer of health (moh) area in rathnapura district

Jayathunga, N. (University of Jaffna, 2012)

This study focuses on sociological study on the teenage pregnancy and its negative consequences in Sri Lanka. There are various reasons are directly influenced to the teenage pregnancy. It is a threat to the mother, ...

Teaching and learning tamil as a second language in sri lanka: special reference to auxiliary verb construction in tamil and sinhala languages

Kailainathan, R. (University of Jaffna, 2012)

The aim of this paper is to present a brief comparative and contrastive analysis of the syntactic structure of the auxiliary verbs in Tamil and Sinhala languages on a structural basis. It describes and pin-points the ...

Spatial pattern of dengue risk for jaffna municipal area, sri lanka

Kannathasan, S.; Suthakar, K.; Surendran, S.N. (University of Jaffna, 2012)

There were many clinically diagnosed dengue cases reported during the post-war period in Jaffna district, especially in Jaffna municipal area. As there is no vaccine and specific treatment for dengue, vector control is ...

Socio-demographic correlates of anemia among g.c.e (a/l) students in jaffna zonal schools

Benedict, P.B.; Kandeepan, K.; Balakumar, S.; Arasaratnam, V. (University of Jaffna, 2012)

Anemia is a global public health problem affecting both developing and developed countries with major consequences for adolescents’ health as well as social and economic development. This study assessed the prevalence ...

Relocating literature: rereading the waste land from a sri lankan post-war perspective

Sivapalan, C.C.A.; Canista arthie, D. (University of Jaffna, 2012)

T.S. Eliot’s The Waste Land is a poem that deals with the post war conditions of Europe after the First World War. Even though the poem does not overtly appeal to the First World War, and a very few references are made ...

Prevalence and associated factors of prediabetes and diabetes mellitus in a population living in kopay ds division of jaffna district, sri lanka

Vinitharan, V.; Amarasinghe, S.; Balakumar, S.; Arasaratnam, V. (University of Jaffna, 2012)

The aim of this study was to estimate the prevalence of prediabetes and diabetes mellitus among adults aged 20-69 years residing in Kopay Divisional Secretariat (DS) division of Jaffna district and to identify the ...

Influence of Past Experience on Sport Participation of University System in Sri Lanka: With Special Reference to University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka

Madhushani, A.A.L .; Jayantha, K.; Ubayachandra, E.G. (University of Jaffna, 2012)

This paper discusses the influence of past experience on sport participation of University system in Sri Lanka, (With special reference to the University of Kelaniya). In making a review of sport participation of ...

Improving the Performance of Titanium Dioxide / Polymer Solar Cell by Introducing Monolayers at the Interface

Loheeswaran, S.; Amalraj, P.A.; Balashangar, K.; Ravirajan, P. (University of Jaffna, 2012)

Solar cell comprising conjugated polymer with porous metal oxides that could serve as electron transporter is the theme of several recent researches because of the desirable properties possessed by the metal oxide such ...

mplementation Schemes for Two-stage Gauss Method

Vigneswaran, R.; Khokulan, M. (University of Jaffna, 2012)

Various iteration schemes have been proposed to solve the non linear equations arising in the implementation of implicit Runge-Kutta methods. In more general scheme, when applied to an s-stage Runge-Kutta method, each ...

Image Processing Technique to Detect Discolouration and Deformations in Ancient Pictures

Kulasekara, D.M.R.; Harshanath, S.M.B. (University of Jaffna, 2012)

This paper presents a method to extract the discolouration and deformations areas of ancient pictures using image processing techniques. A recent report on discolouration of world heritage Sigiri frescoes unveiled that ...

Identification of Two Groups with the Rapid Decay Property

Kannan, K. (University of Jaffna, 2012)

Rapid decay property (property (RD)) for groups, generalizes Haagerup’s inequality for free groups and so for example of free groups have property RD. Property RD provides estimates for the operator norm of those functions ...

ICT Enabled Solution through Kiosk for Rural Farmers in Sri Lanka

Sivatharshini, S.; Cooray, K.K.H.; Pavitrani, A.D.S.; Ekanayaka, Y.; Wijesinghe, M.W.A.C.R. (University of Jaffna, 2012)

This paper investigates the effective use of ICT models to facilitate the transferring of knowledge to farmers in order to solve their problems in the Agricultural sector in Sri Lankan context. Farmers in rural areas are ...

Ichthyofaunal Composition of Batticaloa Lagoon, Sri Lanka

Harris, J.M.; Vinobaba, P. (University of Jaffna, 2012)

The present study was undertaken to generate an inventory of the fin fish and shell fish of Batticaloa lagoon and to assess the impact of water chemistry on the assemblages of fishes. A total of 5689 fish specimens were ...

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