Borassus flabellifer L (Palmyrah palm) is widely distributed in North - East part of Sri Lanka. Among the palmyrah products palmyrah fruit pulp is rich in sugar, provitamin A, vitamin C and lycopene which could be used ...

Jaffna teaching hospital is the main hospital in the Jaffna peninsula which is functioning with all the essential services. At present, it consists blood bank facility with manual based system. They are facing many ...

Chewing is the process in which pieces of food are ground into a fine state, and mixed with saliva. The process of chewing is affected by characteristics of oral physiology, initial food properties, and neuromuscular ...

In recent years, dehydration issues are increasing dramatically in Jaffna district. An awareness level of physical education teachers on preventing dehydration is considered as one of the main factor. Major objective ...

Breast cancer is one of the most common malignancies among the women and second cause of cancer death in globally, with the prevalence of more than one million in worldwide annually. The fatal outcome is most probably ...

Delay in transport of urine specimens from collec-tion site to analytical laboratories causes significant errors. Preservatives conserve the characteristics of the urine. The objective of the study was to compare the ...

Inadvertent delay and reanalysis may be required in bilirubin measurement due to heavy workload, transport and inadequate working staff. Hence samples have to be stored and the bilirubin concentration may need to be ...

Rational use of medicines reduces the risk and wastage and increase the benefits to the patients. Drug utilization studies describe pattern of drug use in health facilities which in turn help to optimize the drug use ...

Wound cleaning and dressing is one of the main responsibilities of nurses and nursing undergraduates. Better awareness on wound cleaning and dressing minimizes the wound infections, healing time, pain during the procedure, ...

Iranamadu reservoir is the largest reservoir in Northern Province of Sri Lanka, which is located in Kilinochchi. Iranamadu tank is one of the ancient reservoir in Sri Lanka, which was built in 5th century. Capacity of ...