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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 ...

Genetic Diversity of Green Turtle Population Nesting at Kosgoda Turtle Rookery, Sri Lanka

Ekanayake, E.M.L.; Kapurusinghe, T .; Samaraweera, P.; Saman, M.M.; Rathnakumara, A.M.D.S.; Ranawana, K.B. (University of Jaffna, 2012)

Genetic diversity is widely accepted as a foundation for future organismal diversity and corresponding conservation efforts are directed at preserving the existing genetic variation within endangered species. Green turtle ...

Factors Affecting People’s Attitudes towards Cricket: with Special Reference to Kandy Sectarian Division

Weerakoon, W.M.R.K.; Jayantha, K.; Ubayachandra, E.G. (University of Jaffna, 2012)

As the most popular and widely spaded sport in Sri Lanka, it was selected the particular topic titled ‘factors affecting people's attitude towards cricket: with special reference Kandy sectarian division’. At the point ...

Expansion of the Gillnet Fishery for Blue Swimmer Crab (Portunus pelagicus) in the Coastal Waters off Jaffna: The Post-war Context, Where will we End up?

Sivanthan, S.; De Croos, M.D.S.T. (University of Jaffna, 2012)

After the war, the export oriented, live blue swimmer crab fishery in northern Sri Lanka has emerged as an increasingly important fisheries sector because of its economic value. Based on passive gill nets set from small ...

Ecology of Dry forests of Sri Lanka: Implications for the Conservation Management of Northernmost Dry Forests

Perera, G.A.D. (University of Jaffna, 2012)

This study assesses some floristic and physiognomic features and threats prevailing in dry forests at three localities: Bandaraketiya in Victoria Randenigala-Rantambe sanctuary (in Badulla District), Bundala National Park ...

Development of QuickEZ Kit and a Non-stop, Single-tube, Semi-nested PCR Technique for Diagnosing WSSV in Penaeus Monodon (Shrimps)

Fernando, T.S.R.; Pavithra, P.; Baranage, G.; Bulumulla, P.B.A.I.K.; Fernandopulle, N.D. (University of Jaffna, 2012)

White spot syndrome is a viral infection of Penaeid shrimp. The disease is highly lethal, contagious and killing shrimps quickly. Since this disease is caused by a virus, there is no anti-viral treatment for the disease. ...

Present status of potential medicinal plants grown in mattuvil, jaffna

Sathiyaseelan, V. (University of Jaffna, 2012)

Medicinal plants are widely utilized in both the developing and developed countries. In the developing countries herbal medicines form the backbone of the traditional therapeutic armoury. The objective of the study is ...

Preliminary study on prevalence of diabetes mellitus and metabolic syndrome among adults aged above 20 years in point pedro and karaveddy medical officer of health areas during year 2011

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

The aim of this study was to assess the prevalence of diabetes mellitus (DM) and metabolic syndrome (MS) among adults aged above 20 years in Point Pedro and Karaveddy MOH areas of Jaffna district. This was a community ...

Coherent States for an Abstract Hamiltonian with a General Spectrum

Thirulogasanthar, K. (University of Jaffna, 2012)

Following the method proposed by Gazeau and Klauder to construct temporally stable coherent states, CS for short, in recent years, several classes of CS were constructed for quantum Hamiltonians. The spectrum E(n) of ...

Post-war jaffna (jaffna police division) and t.s. Eliot’s waste land: a comparative study

Anandakumarasamy, S. (University of Jaffna, 2012)

Jaffna is considered one of the more affluent districts in comparison to the other districts in the North. Unfortunately, the present situation of Jaffna creates a lot of criticisms. The moral and spiritual degradation ...

Post-war children in the perspective of william blake’s poems

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

The poet and artist William Blake is described as a man of genius who devoted his entire life and imagination to express his bold original ideas. His poems in “Songs of Innocence” and “Songs of Experience” explore the ...

Bioactivity of some Macro Algae Present in the Coastal Areas of Northern Sri Lanka

Jeyaseelan, E.C.; Kothai, S.; Kavitha, R.; Thavaranjit, A.C. (University of Jaffna, 2012)

Northern coastal area of Sri Lanka is a unique marine habitat with huge variety of algae. The present study was aimed to explore bioactive potential of some macro algae present in this region. The brown algae, Sargassum ...

Pesalai passion play in mannar

Samarakoon, K. (University of Jaffna, 2012)

The passion play in Pesalai is unique to Sri Lanka as it is probably the only passion play in the world that is entirely acted using life sized puppets. The play is based on the script ‘Viyakula Pirisangam’ which is the ...

Perspectives of characterizations of the last king of sri lanka: portray in tamil dramatic texts of jaffna

Navadharsahani, K (University of Jaffna, 2012)

The true events during the histories have been documented as memories in the Sri Lankan Tamil Dramatic Texts. The evidence of the production subjected on histories available from 1833 onwards. True historical events ...

Behaviour of Rainfall Patterns in the Trincomalee District: A Time Series Modelling Approach

Yogarajah, B.; Elankumaran, C.; Vigneswaran, R. (University of Jaffna, 2012)

With the advent of rapid developmental activities in the Eastern province of Sri Lanka in the post-war scenario, the government’s mandates focus on reviving plans for the agricultural sector to meet the growing demands ...

Patterns of breastfeeding practices among children aged one to five years in jaffna district

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

Breastfeeding is pivotal to infants and early childhood period to their normal physical and mental growth. Currently, Sri Lanka has adopted the World Health Organization (WHO) recommendation of exclusive breastfeeding ...

Barcode Enabled Inventory Management Systems for Pharmaceutical Company

Shiraj, M.M.; Shameem, A.L.M.A (University of Jaffna, 2012)

This research explicates the advance of Inventory Management System (IMS) and as a part of the research a system has been developed to automate the manual inventory management of a pharmaceutical company. Most of the ...

Literature as a function of aristotelian “catharsis”: a study in relation to shame by salman rushdie

Anandawansa, B.D.K. (University of Jaffna, 2012)

The Greek term “Catharsis” has two principle meanings: purgation and purification. More specifically, the crux between the two meanings holds the notion of “Catharsis” as a medical purgation of excessive emotions on one ...

Knowledge, compliance, and factors influence the compliance of universal precautions among nurses

Viniththira, V.; Sivapalan, K. (University of Jaffna, 2012)

Universal Precaution (UP) is a set of guidelines which aims to protect health care workers from infections. Compliance to the UP is often minimal in low income countries, in spite of greater risk of infection. A cross ...

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