ARS - 2012

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    Information Seeking Habits and Practices of Freshman Medical Students of University of Kelaniya
    (Faculty of Graduate Studies, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2016) Abeygunasekera, C.; Solangaarachchi, I.; Beddage, T.; Hewage, S.
    Studying information-seeking habits of different groups of students is important as a decision making tool for collection development practices and introducing variety to library services. This study examined the past experiences of information access and usage by freshman medical students prior to their university admission. A survey was conducted on the new batch of MBBS students admitted in 2016 using a self-administered questionnaire distributed at the orientation programme. Of the 155 respondents, majority (65.1%) were female students. They represented eight administrative districts of the country. Highest percentage of students was admitted from the Western Province (52.9%), while 20.6% and 10.3% were from North Western and Central provinces respectively. Students who reportedly visited the library at least on a weekly basis constituted 52.9% of the sample, while the remaining 47.1% did so less frequently. Even though the main information seeking mode was searching the web (99%), a considerable number of students used library books (80%) and personal textbooks (61.9%). Library books were a source of information for 83.7% of females and 75.5% of males, while use of personal text books for this purpose was noted by 62.2% of female and 60.4% of male students. Books lent by colleagues were a source of information for 37.8% of females and 47.2% males. The main purpose of information used by majority of students (84%) was self-study. Seventy-six percent (n=118) of students used information for gaining additional subject knowledge while 68.4% (n=106) used it for entertainment and 50.3% (n=78) for project work. School library is the place for information access for 98.7% of the students, followed by town council libraries (37.4%) and provincial council libraries (16.8%). There was no significant difference between males and females (p = 0.701) or those from the Western Province and other provinces (p = 0.082), when it comes to frequency of library usage. The research finds that even though the main information seeking method of sampled freshman medical students is the internet, a considerable number still rely on libraries and other print based resources.
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    Cloud Computing Efficiency in Developing Economics
    (University of Kelaniya, 2012) Yuvaraj, M.; Nawarathne, I.M.
    Cloud Computing has unfurled a new panorama replacing the traditional IT practices for the organizations striving to cut down computing costs as well as to execute painless IT. With the influx of IT, organizations have engaged in major deals on computers which have nothing to do with the mission and objectives of the libraries. Under such circumstances, Cloud Computing has emerged as a blessing in disguise that has brought decentralization to the computing world. The theme of this paper is to discuss the winds of change brought about to the computing world by the prominent cloud candidates: Microsoft, Amazon and Google. It describes in detail Amazon strategies of Elastic Computing, Microsoft Azure and the benefits of Pay per use model. Further, it brings to light various research initiatives undertaken globally and the use of Cloud Computing by OCLC, University of California and University of Berkley. Knowhow of using clouds of computing power like data centre, servers, online operating systems, online storage systems, online software will be also discussed. Discussion will include in detail the flair of Cloud Computing (IaaS- Infrastructure as a Service, PaaS- Platform as a Service, SaaS- Software as a Service) and the deployment strategies (Public, Private and Hybrid Cloud). Cloud Computing unconsciously is being used optimally by everyone and it is high time that people should know its significant use. It has received considerable attention from global and local IT players, national governments, and international agencies that are using the cloud infrastructure in education, health, commerce, governance, environment and telecommuting. For a country like Sri Lanka adopting Cloud Computing is the best solution for painless IT and usage of computing power with less investment and less infrastructure.
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    බුදු සමයෙන් පෝෂණය ලද ටිබෙටයේ බොන ආගම
    (University of Kelaniya, 2012) Wimalagnana Thero, Naotunne
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    Hidden Motives of Domestic Female Travelers to have Pleasure Travel Experiences in Sri Lanka: A Case Study of Kandy Tourist Region
    (University of Kelaniya, 2012) Wijesundara, C.N.R.
    This study focuses on the hidden motives of domestic female travelers to have pleasure travel experience in Sri Lanka. The tourism industry of Sri Lanka is becoming increasingly important in terms of its contribution to the GDP, employment generation and related economic consequences. Even the government of Sri Lanka has given a prominent place for the tourism industry in their economy. After defeating terrorism in 2009, tourism showed rapid growth rate and both international and domestic travelers travel in large numbers. Today, women play a dominant role in the world tourism scenario. There is a shortage of research looking specifically at women and their pleasure travel behavior. Females are thought to have diverse expectations to have pleasure travel, play a major role in decision making and have different attitudes toward travel. A number of travel motives were derived through the literature review and eight motives were chosen to analyze the strength of decision making power of travelers. The researcher did this study as a case study by focusing on the Kandy tourist region and gathered required information through questionnaires, and simple method of analysis was employed to identify the strength of each and every motive factor. The findings showed that a large number of female travelers travel to “Spend leisure time with their family”, “Release working stress”, and “Visit friends and relatives” while a small number of female travelers have traveled to “Strengthen the family bonds” and “Do it as a annual hobby”.
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    Which is more Feminine - the ‘Sari’ or the ‘Evening Dress’?
    (University of Kelaniya, 2012) Wickramasinghe, A.
    Clothing has become a symbolic code to recognize humans as particular kinds of individuals. In all societies the body is ‘dressed’, and everywhere dress and adornment play symbolic, communicative and aesthetic roles. Tension regarding the dress and female body oscillates between modern feminism and cultural allegiances. The women, dress and feminism always change according to the lifestyle and attitudes in contemporary world. In the western world over the years the evening dress has become an iconic piece of clothing. Non-western dress, in global culture is progressively more appropriated by western fashion. The ‘sari’ is sensual and flattering female attire in South Asia and now travels the globe as ‘fashion’. The paper mainly discusses ‘Evening Dress’ and the ‘Sari’, sexual factors in ‘Sari’ and ‘Dress’, 21st century women and the ‘Sari’ and generational changes through feminism. The aim of the paper is to identify the most feminine attire for women between the ‘Sari’ and the ‘Evening Dress’. Data has been analyzed quantitatively using participants’ preference as ‘wearer’ and ‘qualitatively’ using participants’ feedback as viewer. The survey was completed by using 100 ‘MA Fashion Design and Technology’ students at London College of Fashion, University of the Arts, London. After the intervention it was found that 32% percent agreed that the sari is more feminine, another 33% agreed evening dress is more feminine than the ‘sari’ and the rest, 35% agreed with both. So the survey suggested that feelings about wearing a dress depend on the wearer’s sense of the dress and the viewer’s points of view of the wearer. The study shows that, the positive or negative feeling of wearing a dress, depends on the wearer’s sense of the dress and her awareness of its effect on others.
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    Challenges in Technical Translations
    (University of Kelaniya, 2012) Wanasinghe, W.M.S.P.K.
    As human beings are social animals, people have the instinct to communicate with others, to share their feelings and thoughts and as a result translations have become popular among people in order to make communication more effective. Translations can be simply explained as translating a text from a source language to a target language. Translations can be categorized into various varieties such as literary, legal, scientific, technical and religious/sacred translations. This paper will discuss existing issues such as lack of a clear theoretical home for technical translations which remains problematic for researchers, translators and students alike. A number of key challenges for technical translations still remain and it will be found beyond the traditional confines of translation studies. Technical translation is a type of specialized translation involving the translation of circulars, reports, official documents, manuals, user guiders, advertisements etc. Many translators find it a challenging task to translate specialized features such as technical words, terms, jargon, phrases which are unique to its own subject area. Thus technical translations cover the translation of many kinds of specialized texts and require a high level of subject knowledge and mastery of the relevant terminology and writing conventions. Data has been gathered through personal experience, practice, secondary sources, observations and interviews. This research would provide an insight into recognizing and overcoming problems in technical translations enabling one to produce a successful outcome.
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    Ensuring Good Administration through Development of Judicial Review in Sri Lanka: Special Reference to Fundamental Rights Based Jurisdiction as Grounds for Judicial Review
    (University of Kelaniya, 2012) Udayanaganie, U.A.T.
    Public authorities should exercise their powers within the four corners of the legislation. The grounds of judicial review are important in this context and up-to-date judicial review of administrative action has acquired many developments in its application. Though the doctrine of Ultra Vires was considered as ‘the central principle of administrative law’ it has moved from Ultra Vires rule to concern for the protection of individuals and for the control of power rather than powers or vires. Therefore the present tendency is to uphold the principles of good administration. On the other hand, the administrative law in Sri Lanka relating to judicial control has developed several principles such as proportionality, legitimate expectation, public trust doctrine and right to equality. In Sri Lanka, there are two ways of challenging the discretionary power of public authorities: writs and fundamental rights. In view of the fact that Sri Lanka has a fundamental rights system like India, the principles of good governance and public trust doctrine have been developed. However, these have nurtured the scope of exercising the power of judicial review of a given jurisdiction and accordingly have given finer meaning to the exercise of judicial power of the people by the judiciary and for upholding the rule of law. Therefore, this paper seeks to analyze the effectiveness of using fundamental rights based jurisdiction to challenge administrative action and how it ensures good administration. The main sources of the research are secondary resources such as library research and internet that include books, journal articles, cases and other related statutes. For the purpose of providing recommendations for Sri Lanka, a comparative study was done by the author in other jurisdictions including U.K., and India. According to the above facts, administrative law of Sri Lanka has moved towards a right based approach. However, many of the recently decided cases of Sri Lanka have shown the willingness of the superior courts to expand the scope of the control of administrative action to areas of fundamental rights. Under the fundamental rights jurisdiction and article 12(1), the judge can uphold the principle of rule of law via equality before the law. It is an essential feature of good and fair administration.