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Item Pastor photography, political image and public relations(Staff Development Unit, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka., 2020) Rupasinghe, W.W. Amani Ireshikaලෝකයේ දේශපාලන ප්රතිරූප හා මහජන සම්බන්ධතා ගොඩනංවනු පිණිස භාවිත කරන නොයෙකුත් ප්රචාරණ ක්රම අතර පෝස්ටර් ජායාරූපය ප්රමුඛ වේ. ශ්රී ලංකාවේ ද පෝස්ටර් ජායාරූපය දේශපාලන ප්රතිරූප ගොඩනැංවීමෙහි ලා භාවිත වන අතර එයට මෙරට දේශපාලන සංස්කෘතිය තුළ දිගු ඉතිහාසයක් ඇත. දේශපාලන ප්රතිරූප හා මහජන සම්බන්ධතා ගොඩනැංවීමට පෝස්ටර් ජායාරූපය භාවිතයේ ඇති උපයෝගිතාවය කෙබඳුද? යන්න මෙහි පර්යේෂණ ගැටලුව වේ. එම කාර්යය සඳහා පෝස්ටර් ජායාරූපය භාවිතයේ උපයෝගීතාවය අධ්යයනය කිරීම මෙම පර්යේෂණයේ අරමුණ විය. පර්යේෂණ ක්රමවේදය ලෙස මිශ්ර ක්රමවේදය භාවිත කෙරිණි. ශ්රී ලංකාවේ 2015 ජනාධිපතිවරණයේ අපේක්ෂකයින් වූ මෛත්රීපාල සිරිසේන හා මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ යන ප්රධාන අපේක්ෂකයින්ගේ ප්රචාරණ කණ්ඩායම විසින් භාවිත කළ පෝස්ටර් ජායාරූප මෙහිදී පර්යේෂණයට භාජනය කෙරිණි. බස්නාහිර පළාතේ කොළඹ, ගම්පහ, කළුතර යන දිස්ත්රික්කවල අහඹු නියැදියක් ලෙස ඡන්දදායකයින් සියදෙනෙකු පර්යේෂණය සඳහා යොදා ගැනිණි. ප්රශ්නාවලිය, අන්තර්ගත විශ්ලේෂණය හා සම්මුඛ සාකච්ජා මඟින් දත්ත රැස්කර SPSS හා Excel මෘදුකාංග ඔස්සේ දත්ත විශ්ලේෂණය කර නිගමනයට එළඹුණි. දේශපාලන ප්රතිරූප හා මහජන සමබන්ධතා ගොඩනැංවීමට පෝස්ටර් ඡායාරූපය උපයෝගීතාවයක් සිදු නොවුණු බව පර්යේෂණයේ අවසන් නිගමනය විය. දේශපාලනඥයින් අවංක මහජන සේවයට ප්රමුඛත්වය දි මහජන මතය ගොඩනැගිය යුතු බවත්, දේශපාලන ප්රතිරූප හා මහජන සම්බන්ධතා ගොඩනැංවීමට මහජන මුදල් නාස්තියෙන් හා පරිසර දූෂණයෙන් තොර නව මහජන සම්බන්ධතා ක්රම භාවිතය හා ඒ සඳහා නිර්මාණශීලි ජායාරූප භාවිතය සිදු කළ යුතු බව පර්යේෂණයෙන් අනාවරණය කරගැනීමට හැකි විණි.Item Department of Film Production and the Arts(Staff Development Unit, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka., 2020) Madhusanka, H. 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Gayanචිත්රපටයක් නිෂ්පාදනය කිරීමේදී කලා දෙපාර්තමේන්තුව නිර්මාණාත්මක ක්රියාවලියේ මුලික කාර්යයක් සිදුකරයි. විදේශීය චිත්රපටයක් ලංකාවේ නිෂ්පාදනය කිරීමේදී කලා දෙපාර්තමේන්තුවේ දේශීය ශිල්පීන් සහය ලබාදෙයි. විදේශීය නිශ්පාදන කණ්ඩායමක් ශ්රී ලංකාවේදී චිත්රපටයක් නිශ්පාදනය කිරීමේදී කලා දෙපාර්තමේන්තුව මුහුණදෙන ගැටලු මොනවාද? යන්න මෙම පර්යේෂණයේ ගැටලුව වේ. කලා දෙපර්තමේන්තුව මුහුණදෙන ගැටලු අධ්යයනය කිරීම මෙම පර්යේෂණයේ අරමුණ වේ. කලා දෙපාර්තමේන්තුව මුහුණදෙන ගැටලු සඳහා විසඳුම් ලබාදීම චිත්රපට කර්මාන්තයේ දියුණුව කෙරෙහි හේතුවේ. මෙම පර්යේෂණය ශ්රී ලංකාවේ රූගත කළ දීපා මෙහෙතා අධ්යක්ෂණය කළ ෆනී බෝයි චිත්රපටයට විශේෂිත සිදුකර ඇත. පර්යේෂණ ක්රමවේද ලෙස සහභාගීත්ව නිරීක්ෂණය සහ සම්මුඛ සාකච්ඡා සිදුකර ඇත. පරමාර්තගත සහ විනිශ්චයමය නියැදියට අනුව චිත්රපටයේ අධ්යක්ෂ දීපා මෙහෙතා, නිශ්පාදක ඬේවිඞ් හැමිල්ටන්, පිටපත් රචක ශ්යාම් සෙල්වදොරේ, නිශ්පාදන නිර්මාණකරු එරල් කෙලී, රංග භාණ්ඩ අංශ ප්රධාන සුජීව පරණහේවා, දර්ශනතල නිර්මාණකරු ලාල් හරින්ද්රනාත් සම්මුඛ සාකච්ඡාවට භාජනය කර ඇත. රැස් කරගත් ගුණාත්මක දත්ත සවිස්තරාත්මකව විශ්ලේෂණය කර ඇත. දර්ශනතලය සකස් කිරීම සඳහා අවශ්ය රංග භාණ්ඩ සපයා ගැනීම සඳහා නිසි ප්රමිතියකට අනුව සකස් වුණු රංග භාණ්ඩ නිවස්න ලංකාවේ නොමැතිවීම ප්රධාන ගැටලුවක් ලෙස නිරීක්ෂණය විය. මේ හේතුවෙන් කලා දෙපාර්තමේන්තුව සඳහා ඇස්තමේන්තුකර තිබෙන වියදම් අපේක්ෂිත සීමාව ඉක්මවා ඉහළ ගිය අතර අධ්යක්ෂවරිය වෙත තෝරාගැනීම් සඳහා අවස්ථා අවම විය. පිටපතේ නොමැති නමුත් අධ්යක්ෂවරිය ඉල්ලා සිටින රංග භාණ්ඩ සොයාගැනීමේ දුෂ්කරතා ඇතිවීම හේතුවෙන් ඉංදියාවෙන් ගෙන්වාගැනීමට තීරණය කළ අවස්ථාද ඇත. කලා දෙපාර්තමේන්තුවේ මුද්රිත රංග භාණ්ඩ සඳහා ශ්රී ලංකාවේ අවශ්ය ප්රකාශන අයිතීන් ලබාගැනීමේදී විධිමත් භාවිතයක් නොමැති බව නිරීක්ෂණය විය. කලා දෙපාර්තමේන්තුව මුහුණදෙන ගැටලු අවම කර ගැනීම සඳහා විධිමත්ව සකස් කරන ලද රංග භාණ්ඩ නිවස්නයක අවශ්යතවක් ඇත.Item Labour Migration Trends in Sri Lanka(Staff Development Unit, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka., 2020) Basnayaka, B.M.S.MSri Lankans did not migrate for foreign employment. In history There is no record of any migrate for foreign employment. Migration for foreign employment started from the beginning of the 20th century. Among the sectors that contribute to the national income, the foreign employment income occupies a prominent position. The main objective is to identify the recent trends for foreign employment. The secondary data of Ministry of national policies and economic affairs, Department of census, Foreign employment Bureau are used in this study. Data analysis was done by using statistical analysis techniques and data are presented using graph and tables. It shows an increase of in foreign employment from 1987 to 2014. In 1987 it was 15,157 and in 2014 National income among the sectors that contribute to the national income, foreign employment income occupies a prominent position. Female participation surpassed that of men for the first time in 1988, and that trend has continued until 2007. Female participation surpassed that of men for the first time in 1988, and that trend has continued until 2007. This trend was attributed to the increasing number of migrants seeking employment in the domestic sector and garment factories. Twenty years later, in 2008, 48.81% of men, 51.19% of male workers, outperformed women in the narrow range. Female migration was 48.84%. The highest number of workers were reported in 2014.Migration to employment after 2014 has been downgraded by both men and women. Over the past few years, overseas employment has become Sri Lanka's main foreign exchange earner, surpassing all traditional foreign exchange sources.Item The Study of Bead Materials in Lower Kiridi - Oya Basin(Staff Development Unit, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka., 2020) Hansamali, M.P.Artifacts are the most important objects to understand the past human behavior. Among artifacts, beads are one of the best material evidences to reconstruct human narratives. Research area of the study was the ancient Magama city. It is situated in the southren region in Sri Lanka. Archaeological excavation had been carried out in ancient Magama in Lower Kridioya Basin. This excavation reported a number of 151 beads. According to that, the sample of this research was these 151 beads. The objective of this research study was to study the cultural development in ancient Magama city based on the materials of beads. The research problem was, "How to identify cultural patterns of ancient Magama city through materials of beads in LKB"? Several methods were used in the research study. Firstly, literary sources were used to collect of qualitative data. Secondly, the researcher studied ancient beads which are found in Magma city based on a quantitative method. Observation was mainly used as the primary data collection technique. As a result, the researcher could identify specialties of beads material and detected new evidence through these beads sample. Several materials are used to manufacture beads such as clay, stone, bone, teeth, metal and glass. Most of the beads meterials are based on stones (Amazonite, Agate, Ametheyst, Granet, and Quartz). Finally, 69.99% of beads were recorded as stone beads made of different kinds of stone meterilas. The key findings of the study were the assistance of technical skills, aesthetic skills, foreign relations, political stability, decline, and urban degeneration of ancient society. In conclusion, ancient cultural patterns could be identified through the meterials of beads sample and based on these findings. Further, it is important to understand the value of beads as archaeological evidence in ancient Magama city to identify ancient human behaviors and cultural patterns.Item A Sociological Impact of Smart Mobile Phones on Child Abuse Among School Children (Comparative Analysis from Urban and Rural Samples)(Staff Development Unit, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka., 2020) Silva, H.Sachini NisansalaBiologically, a child (plural; children) is a human being between the stages of birth and puberty, or between the development period of infancy and puberty. The legal definition of child generally refers to a minor, otherwise known as a person younger than the age of majority. The term ‘children’ is defined as the group below the age of 18 years. Moreover , biologically a child is introduced as an individual who is physically mentally and socially immature. Child abuse is the process in which children are misused and maltreated. Thus, it can be further defined as misusing children physically, vocally, mentally, sexually and bluntly harassing them. In this context there are several ways in which a child is abounded. It affected they can be named and neglected harassments. At present, the smart mobile phones is prominent among new technological tool. However, children are abused in several ways through the use of the smart mobile phones. Hence this research focuses on the different ways of child abuses that are caused through the use the smart mobile phones.The problem of this research is how smart mobile phone usage impacts on the child abuse. The objective is to identify the behavioral changes and deviance occurred among the children due to the smart mobile phone usage. Data was obtain from a semi-structured interview and questionnaires using a purposive sample of 100 students from 10 schools (under O/L to A/L). Five schools from Anuradhapura in North Central province, Five schools from Colombo, Dehiwala , Mount Laviniya from Western province and 20 teachers of the 10 schools were used in the study. The data was qualitatively analyzed by the Spss software. Accordingly, the violence activities increase viewing pornographic materials tendency of doing risky things. Findings were not different according to the geographical area (location).Rural and urban limitations could not be identified in Sri Lankan using the smart mobile phones. Mobile phones were affected to of their education process and day. Finally, it has been identified the usage of smart mobile phones has impacted on the memory capacity of the students.Item Buddhist Therapeutic Methods for Obsessive Compulsive Disorder or Doubt (Vicikicchā)(Staff Development Unit, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka., 2020) Kalyana Thero, KadawalaweweDoubt is interpreted as a way of knowing or reasoning doubt in the philosophy, and it is a basic symptom that causes different kinds of mental illnesses such as anxiety, stress, and depression in psychology. According to DSM, the reason for doubt has been discussed under the disorders of obsessive-compulsive disorders. Those disorders have been named as (OCD) Obsessive Compulsive Disorders. Vicikicchā is the term used in Pāli Cannon to express the meaning of doubt in Buddhism. The major objective of this research study is to introduce some therapeutic methodologies to overcome it because it has been pointed out as a mental illness by the Buddha himself in a large number of discourses. The data from the primary and secondary sources related to the field are collected through the libraries and discussed with scholars in the field. The data analysis method of the research is descriptive method. According to the evidence of both Buddhism and modern psychology, the doubt is considered as a mental illness. Psychiatric methods are used to cure this disease in psychology, but the Buddha has recommended a variety of mental therapeutic methods. Buddhist psychology extend far beyond than modern psychology, because modern psychologists still have not accepted doubt as a mental disease but just as a basic symptom that causes many mental illnesses. Doubt can be completely eliminated by using Buddhist psychiatry. Buddha has pointed out listening to the preaching (Dhammassavana) wise attention (Yonisomanasikāra), The Four Noble Truths and Patticcasamuppāda, the theory of ‘dependent origination’ or the principle of causality and other methods. According to Buddhism, it is concluded that doubt is a serious mental disease and that it can be fully eliminated by using the above-mentioned methods. If anybody practices these methods, she/he will succeed in this life as well as after death.Item The Impact of Palaeo Climatic Changes in the Late Pleistocene and Early Holocene on the Subsistence Patterns of the Early Humans in Sri Lanka(Staff Development Unit, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka., 2020) Induma Digoarachchi, ChirathThere are many evidences recovered about the prehistoric man during the late Pleistocene period in Sri Lanka. That can be identified as the Mesolithic era of the human history. The modern Homo sapiens lived from about 50 000 ya to 6000 ya, subjected to specific climatic and temperature changes. Thus, according to the geological time scale, after shifting from the terminal Pleistocene to Holocene, there are evidences found on the extinction of the animals lived in Pleistocene. Aside from that, the sepeartion of the terrestrial land mass between India and Sri Lanka was also taken place 7000 ya. The desired time period of study for this research is from around 20 000 to 5000 ybp. Depending on the proxy that are been recognized up to date, there seems some turning points on the events like food patterns and domestication processes. The temperature variations, the location of habitats, floral and faunal reamains are mainly analysed to build up the conclusions. As a whole, it is clear that some features are gradually faded away with the progression of the early Stone Age. Preferentially, the changes in the floral and the faunal remains recovered at sites from different layers reflects the climatic changes and subsistent patterns that can be attributed to factors of nutrient intake, inter relationships and domestication of plants and animals. Further, these revolutionary conversions are expected to be supported straightly to the cognitive development of the human with future experiments.Item Macroeconomic Determinants of Current Account Balance: An Investigation from Sri Lanka(Staff Development Unit, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka., 2020) Udayanga Kamburawala, TharinduCurrent Account deficit has been negatively influencing the Balance of Payment imbalance in Sri Lanka. Alternatively, a high volume of external debt and the exchange rate depreciation are being considered as the factors that affect the external economic stability of the country. This study is designed to focus on macroeconomic determinants influencing current account balance (CAB) in comparison to External Debt (EXD), Exchange Rate (EXR) and Reserve Assets (RA). It covers the period from 1990 to 2017 and uses secondary time series data. Data were extracted from the World Economic Outlook Database of International Monetary Fund and the International Debt Statistics of World Bank. Augmented Dickey Fuller (ADF) unit root method has been used to test the order of integration of time series variables. Akaike Information Criterion (AIC) has been used to determine the optimal lag length of each series. The Johansen Cointegration method has been adopted to investigate the relationship between variables. Vector Error Correction Model (VECM) has been adopted to determine the short run dynamics and long run adjustment of variables. These tests were conducted using STATA econometric software. The findings of the study revealed the long- term basis causality running from reserve assets, external debt and exchange rate to current account balance. However, there is no significant impact of exogenous variables on determining the current account balance in short term basis. Based on the findings, certain recommendations are made for policy makers and monetary authorities to increase foreign reserve assets of the country while decreasing the high volume of external debt and controlling the exchange rate depreciation.Item A Study of the Piriven Library Collection in Sri Lanka: With Special Reference to Western Province Pririven Libraries(Staff Development Unit, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka., 2020) Somananda Thero, BopeththeBuddhist temples were the foundation of Sri Lankan old education system. The education of Sri Lanka which commenced at “Kalapprasada Pirivena” in Anuradhapura, developed as “Pirivena” subsequently. Piriven Library is the main information centre for the Pirivena education process. The Piriven Libraries, which represent the academic libraries, are increasing the knowledge and skills of the students in various subjects and languages, and fulfil the teacher's academic information requirements. Accordingly, the main objectives of this study were to identify the nature of the Pirivena Library collection and its contribution to fulfilling the information needs of pirivena students. Specific objectives were identifying students' attitudes towards library collections, identifying issues related to library collections and identifying the library conservation methods. The study was based on the survey method and population of the study were all pirivena students in the western province. Stratified random sampling method was used to select the sample. Accordingly, 15 Piriven libraries were selected as the study sample. The data obtained by randomly distributing the questionnaires among the five students from each Pirivena and the interviews with the teachers in charge of the Pirivena Library were used as the primary data. Secondary data was collected through printed sources which were considered relevant to the research. MS excel software was used to analyse the primary data obtained through the questionnaires. It was revealed that, although there was a large collection in the Pirivena libraries, while a period has been set aside for the use of libraries, most of the students from the sample do not use library collection systematically when searching for the information needed for their learning process. Unbalance of library collections, lack of up-to-date information, poor preservation of library materials, poorly organized collections, poor collections, etc. are the main reasons for this situation. Suggestions were made to employing a Librarian with a Library Professional Education, introducing a Collective Development Policy to better develop the collection. By preserving the rare and precious books in the collection, the Piriven Libraries collection can be arranged properly to meet the requirements of the utility.Item Importance of Traditional Cinnamon Cultivation on Rural Economy; A Study of Mulatiyana Divisional Secretariat, Matara District(Staff Development Unit, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka., 2020) Deepthika, H.G.S.This study investigates the importance of traditional cinnamon cultivation on rural economy. It is a valuble spice plant in Sri Lanka. In 2017, the most exported crop in Sri Lanka was cinnamon and the exported quantity was 16967 metric tons and its export value was 33342 million rupees. Accordingly, cinnamon cultivation can be identified as a crop which contains high export value and this cultivation progresses on a traditional level at present. The purpose of this study was to identify importance of traditional cinnamon cultivation on the rural economy. The survey method was used for the collection of primary data and secondary data were used to achieve this objective. Mulatiyana Divisional Secretariat Division in Matara District was selected as the study area and the sample population consisted of 30 cinnamon cultivating families which replace 7% from Beragama West Grama Niladari Division. According to the findings, Cinnamon can produce a high profit per year and can be grown in two seasons. The farmer can produce 300kg from 1-acre cinnamon fertile land and presently 1kg of good cinnamon grade Prices range between Rs 2,000 - 3,500. Even though the cost of cultivation is high for the cinnamon cultivator, it was found that one acre of cultivation can make a profit of Rs.128964.16 by year. According to this analysis, it is apparent that cinnamon cultivation is one of the main reasons for increasing the income of the rural economy. By using new techniques to improve this cultivation, the farmer can get a higher return from cinnamon cultivation. Cinnamon cultivation can be promoted with state intervention to improve the rural economy and thereby improve the quality of life of the rural population.