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Madduma bandara” and the last king of sri lanka “sri wickrama rajasimha”: changing perspectives of representation of the “child hero” and “despotic king” in genres of theatre in colonial times

De zoysa, A. (University of Jaffna, 2012)

On the orders of Sri Wickrama Rajasinha, the last king of Kandy Madduma Bandara, the nine year old Son of Ähalepola, the first Adigar or Prime Minister to the King of Kandy, was beheaded on 17th March 1814 along with ...

Long memory of food inflation and its dynamics: empirical evidence from sri lanka

Sivarajasingham, S.; Balamurali, N. (University of Jaffna, 2012)

This study examines the statistical properties of dynamic behaviour of food inflation. The data used in this study consist of monthly price indices for all variables from 2003 to 2010. They were obtained from the Census ...

Labour force in the tea plantation sector: a special reference to privatized large scale tea estates in sri lanka

Chandrabose, A.S. (University of Jaffna, 2012)

Technically tea plantation is a labour intensive sector and it requires 2.5 labours per hectare. However, the privatized tea plantation could not retain land labour ratio. The land for extension of tea remains unchanged, ...

Institutional support and social work in a post–war context

Vasudevan, V. (University of Jaffna, 2012)

The social work profession largely concerned with disaster-related issues has evolved using a combination of two approaches: residual and institutional. These paths while providing preventive or responsive support offers ...

Income, consumption pattern and economic status of paddy farming household (with special reference to sammanthurai divisional secretariat area)

Lebbe, S.M.A. (University of Jaffna, 2012)

Nearly 70 percent of total population living in rural areas depends completely or partially on agriculture sector. Sri Lanka has made great strides in the sphere of agricultural development in general and paddy cultivation ...

Income diversification in the plantation households: a strategy to rise above socio-economic deprivation

Pushparani, A.; Morais, N. (University of Jaffna, 2012)

This paper looks at the income diversification patterns of the plantation sector households. A study in selected plantation areas shows that plantation households diversify more into non-plantation, non agricultural ...

Impact of the human rights council’s sri lanka resolution on the reconciliation efforts in a post-war context

Seneviratne, W. (University of Jaffna, 2012)

The United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) adopted a resolution in March 2012 pertaining to the promotion of the reconciliation and accountability in post-war Sri Lanka. The crux of the resolution focused on the ...

Supervised Learning for Land-Use Mapping of Tea Plantation

Mahavidanage, M.D.S.R.A.; Karunarathna, D. (University of Jaffna, 2012)

Remote sensing offers efficient and reliable means to recognize the pattern of the real world and to provide source data for geographic information system. Supervised learning is traditionally used to classify remotely ...

Impact assessment on house reconstruction of two funding systems

Alvaappillai, P.; Prabhaharan, M.; Mikunthan, T. (University of Jaffna, 2012)

Two systems of multimillion financially supported reconstruction projects were practiced in Vadamaradchi North to improve the condition of affected people those who have been facing continuous grievances for a long period ...

Identifying the influential factors for the effectiveness of disabled persons: a case study from alaiyadivembu d.s., akkaraipattu

Himali, L. P.; Prarththana, T. (University of Jaffna, 2012)

Disabled person is someone who has a physical or mental impairment that has a substantial and long-term adverse effect on his or her ability to carry out normal day-to-day activities. There are six hundred million of ...

Study the Feeding Efficacy of the Predatory Larvae of Genus Lutzia (Diptera: Culicidae) during its Larval Life

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

Mosquitoes are nuisance and play a major role as vectors of many pathogens. Larvae are mostly filter feeders but the larvae of genus Lutzia is known as predators of mosquito larvae for a long time. The maximum prey ...

Highlights of archaeological studies in jaffna peninsula since 2010

Pushparatnam, P. (University of Jaffna, 2012)

Among the Historical significant regions in Sri Lanka, Jaffna Peninsula is very unique. The Jaffna Peninsula is referred to as “Nagadipa(m)”, in Pali and Nakanadu in Tamil literary works from sixth century B.C. to ...

Study of Saccharomyces cerevisiae IQ motifs of Iqg1p and its interaction with Mlc1p

Mathuranthini, S.; Ravimannan, N; Sevvel, P. (University of Jaffna, 2012)

IQGAP related proteins are found in a number of organisms including human and yeast. Iqg1p is a cytoskeletal scaffolding protein found in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. It has critical role in cell division and disruption of ...

Habitat security of urban households in the batticaloa district of sri lanka

Jeyarajah, S. (University of Jaffna, 2012)

The aim of the study is to explore the habitat security status of urban households in the Batticaloa district. Primary and secondary data were used in this study. Primary data were collected through the questionnaires. ...

Statistical Modelling for Injuries among the Soccer Players in Jaffna

Gobinaath, S.; Arivalzahan, S. (University of Jaffna, 2012)

Many studies have reported the frequency and types of injuries in soccer players. However, a few have assessed the relationship of playing position, climate, psychological effects and infra structure facilities with ...

Good governance and local government in post-war sri lanka: a case study of navithanveli predhesiya sabah

Fowsar, M.A.M. (University of Jaffna, 2012)

Good Governance is widely considered to be a necessary and important concept if a country or province or region or division is to develop politically, socially and economically during the post-war context. While good ...

Singularity Analysis of Curvature Flow of Curves on a Riemannian Surface

Muraleetharan, M. (University of Jaffna, 2012)

In this paper, we consider evolution of embedded curves by curvature flow in a compact Riemannian surface. Let 𝛾 be a closed embedded curve evolving under the curvature flow in a compact surface M. If a singularity ...

Sequential Fractionation of Micronutrient Metal Ions in Organic Compost Fertilizer

Chinthaka, S.D.M.; Mahesha, J.A.V. (University of Jaffna, 2012)

Sequential fractionation of metal cations in various compost types was carried out to determine the availability of these cations for plant intake. The selected compost types were domestic, market available, municipal ...

Seasonal Distribution and Bionomics of Sandflies (Diptera: Psychodidae: Phlebotominae), Vectors for Leishmaniasis, in Jaffna, Sri Lanka

Gajapathy, K.; Jude, P.J.; Surendran, S.N. (University of Jaffna, 2012)

Leishmaniasis is a major public health concern in Sri Lanka. More than 2000 cases of cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) have been reported from the island since 2000. The most fatal visceral leishmaniasis (VL) is also emerging ...

Generalized model for implementation of cash for work program during post-war recovery based on the experience gained from emergency northern recovery project

Janen, S.S. (University of Jaffna, 2012)

Livelihoods of the resettled IDPs were critically poor, immediately after the resettlement process of post war recovery in Sri Lanka. Cash for work (CFW) was implemented by emergency Northern recovery project to facilitate ...

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