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Item Impact of nature and attitudes of customers on internet banking in Sri-Lanka(4th National Research Conference on Applied Social Statistics, Social Statistics Students’ Association, Department of Social Statistics, Faculty of Social Science, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2018) Ashinsa, T.The main intention of providing internet banking services is to reduce the physical distance between modern world customers and banks. The study was carried out to identify the impact of nature and attitudes of customers on internet banking with specific reference to Sri-Lanka. The sample was selected from Colombo, Kaluthara and Gampaha districts so as to cover the geographical area of western province. Research was conducted via a questionnaire using random sampling method. The questionnaire was distributed among 50 customers and only 30 customers responded, representing a 60% of response rate. The research explored that, although most of the customers were aware about internet banking services there is a significant amount of customers not using these internet banking facilities. Through the regression analysis of the demographic factors, gender and marital status have found a negative relationship with the internet banking usage. Level of education which was analyzed through the percentage calculation, was discovered to have a strong positive relationship with the adoption of internet banking services. No clear relationship could be detected regarding the age while employment status was identified as a factor that can influence the online banking services. Ease of use was used to determine the attitudes of customers. It showed a positive correlation with the internet banking usage. Furthermore, limited service provided by internet banking services has discovered as the main factor that hindered the use of internet banking services while saving of time has highly motivated customers to use online banking facilities. When considering about the new trends of online banking facilities in Sri-Lanka, accounting information & balance inquiry and the E-payment services were recorded as more popular online banking services. Moreover for the ease of the banking transactions an emerging trend to use mobile banking facilities among Sri-Lankans was identifiedItem Perceived practices and attitudes of the Sri Lankan preschool children pertaining to environmental protection(Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2014) Pathirana, B.D.D.Perceptions of the environment that young children acquire in their early childhood function as a base for their holistic development. Studies convey that if children do not develop a sense of respect and caring for the environment during their early years, they are at risk of never developing such attitudes later in life. Therefore, educators, primary caregivers of children and environmental proponents should address and assess the frequency, nature, and quality of child-environment interactions during early childhood. However, research studies carried out to investigate children’s sense of environmental protection is almost nonexistent in the Sri Lankan context. The present study explores the preschool children’s perceived practices and attitudes pertaining to environment protection using a two point pictorial rating scale (12 statements, 6 pairs). Participants were 34 preschool children, 12 boys (M = 3.91; S.D = .539) and 21 girls (M = 4.19; S.D = .602), from Colombo. The research was conducted, adhering to the ethical standards of test administration for young children. After listening to their preschool teacher instruction the children were requested to put stickers against the appropriate picture which indicated their preference. Results conveyed that the majority of the children have said that they do not leave the water running when they brush their teeth (28, 82.4%), love animals (31, 91.2%), like to play outside (23, 67.6%), pick trash (32, 94.1%), like to plant things (31, 91.2), turn the lights off when they leave a room (28, 82.4%). When children’s perceived practices and attitudes of the environment was calculated the scores ranged between 9 to 12 (M = 11.088; S.D = 0.996), conveying that the majority of the children have positive attitudes and perceived practices pertaining to environmental protection.