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Response of Glycine max to Inoculation with Rhizobial Strains Isolated from Crop Wild Relatives of Vigna Spp., Crotalaria Spp. and Mimosa Spp.

Hettiarachchi, C.S.; Kumar, P.S.; Abayasekara, C.L.; Kulasooriya, S.A.; Ekanayake, E.M.H.G.S.; Kumara, R.K.G.K. (University of Jaffna, 2012)

Inoculation of grain legumes with rhizobia has been recorded to have a great potential in maximizing biological N2 fixation in these crops. Glycine max (soybean) is one of the most important grain legumes in the rain fed ...

Reconstructing Monthly Temperature Time Series in Jaffna: A Neural Network Approach

Thevakaran, A.; Sonnadara, D.U.J. (University of Jaffna, 2012)

The meteorological station in Jaffna 80 9202 238 ′𝐸, 9 9241 238 ′𝑁 which is the main meteorology station to maintain weather records for the northern peninsula experienced difficulties in collecting data during the ...

Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) Based Real Time Attendance Recorder

Rangana, P.A.K.; Edirisinghe, C.M. (University of Jaffna, 2012)

Attendance is an important aspect in every education institution and workplace. Attendance recording and monitoring is an area of administration that can require significant amounts of time and effort in a university ...

Preservation of Fungi by using Mineral Oil and Silica gel in Laboratories for Teaching Purposes

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

The preservation and maintenance of stock cultures are required for microbiological pathological biotechnological and research studies. The laboratories in Universities maintain a series of stock cultures for teaching ...

Preliminary Assessment of the Status of Commercially Prepared Salted and Sun Dried Fish Scomberoides Commersonianus (Lacepede, 1802)

Vivekshan Reval, S.; Sivashanthini, K.; Thavaranjit, A.C. (University of Jaffna, 2012)

The present research work was carried out to evaluate the status of commercially prepared salted and sun dried fish, Scomberoides commersonianus from the most popular dried fish preparation site Velanai in Jaffna district ...

Phenols, Antioxidants and Resistant Starch Contents in Local Banana Varieties

Vinthuja, S.; Karthiha, K.; Balakumar, S. (University of Jaffna, 2012)

The aim of this study was to compare the antioxidant properties, phenol content, resistant starch, total starch and reducing sugar contents of six local banana (Musa species) varieties such as kathali, kappal, itharai ...

Petrographical Evidence for Ultra High Temperature (UHT) Metamorphism of Pelitic and Mafic Rocks from the Central Highland Complex, Sri Lanka

Dharmapriya, P.L.; Malaviarachch, S.P.K. (University of Jaffna, 2012)

Ultra High Temperature (UHT) metamorphism, with temperature >9000C, has been proposed and documented in very restricted localities in the Highland Complex (HC) – Sri Lanka. We have started fresh sampling of Al and Mg ...

Occurrence of Scomberoides lysan (Forsskal, 1775) (Pisces: Carangidae) in Relation to Ovarian Development

Thulasitha, W.S.; Sivashanthini, K. (University of Jaffna, 2012)

: The present study was carried out to understand the occurrence of maturity stages of double spotted queen fish Scomberoides lysan in the waters around Jaffna Peninsula. These are economically important food fishes ...

Modelling a Probability Distribution for Extreme Rainfall Events in Colombo, Sri Lanka

Mayooran, T.; Laheetharan†, A. (University of Jaffna, 2012)

Modelling of extreme rainfall events is the fundamental part of flood hazard estimation. Establishing a probability distribution to represent the precipitation depth at various durations has long been a topic of interest ...

Microbial Analysis of Bottled Drinking Water available in Jaffna Peninsula

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

More than 20 brands of bottled drinking water are supplied in Jaffna peninsula. People rely on the quality of the bottled drinking water, expecting them to be free of microbial contamination which will not cause any ...

Isolation and Identification of Xylanase Producing Bacterial Strain and Kinetic Properties of Xylanase Produced

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

This study focuses on the isolation and identification of xylanase producing bacteria, and characterization of xylanase which is produced by the selected isolate. Bacterial strains were isolated from corncob decaying ...

Thomas kuhn’s stucture of scientic revolution and social sciences

Rajaratnam, M. (University of Jaffna, 2012)

Thomas Samuel Kuhn (1922-1996) made a remarkable revolutionary impact on the methodology of science and social sciences through his writing on the structure of scientific revolution [1962]. In this magnum opus he made ...

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, ...

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