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  • Radio “Dambana”: A new experiment of Community radio in Sri Lanka 
    Herath, D.B.; Rupasinghe, W.; Jayasekara, D.; Gamage, D.; Attanayaka, M. (Faculty of Graduate Studies, University of Kelaniya, 2015)
    Sri Lanka is the first country which started the Community Radio station in Asia, as Mahawali Community Radio (MCR).But many researchers points out that it was not a proper way of establishing a community radio.(Jayara ...
  • The Rape, the Reason, the Response: A Critique of the Representation of Rape 
    Meegaswatta, T.N.K. (Faculty of Graduate Studies, University of Kelaniya, 2015)
    This paper is an attempt to critically analyze the cultural and gendered discourses that underlie the representation of sexual violence against women in Sri Lanka. While genderbased sexual violence takes many forms, this ...
  • Re- styling civilizations: Understanding changing repertoire of elegance in male dress fashions 
    Karunaratne, P.V.M. (Faculty of Graduate Studies, University of Kelaniya, 2015)
    This paper explores the necessity to take further analytical reading of the critical issues of hybrid male dress by using the knowledge on cultural authentication. Furthermore, paper this examines how the elements of ...
  • Re-structuring Education for Social Cohesion- Sri Lankan disclosure 
    Munagama, K.P.; Jayawardana A.A. (Faculty of Graduate Studies, University of Kelaniya, 2015)
    For the sustainable development of a country, it is essential to maintain peace & harmony. The thirty years old ethnic conflict in Sri Lanka has been hindered its social integrity. As a remedial measure, Citizenship ...
  • A reading 'Gangnam Style' with the key word 'gangnam' 
    Jin-Ryang, Kim (Faculty of Graduate Studies, University of Kelaniya, 2015)
    'Gangnam Style', the main text for this reading, is a song and music video by Korean musician Psy(싸이). The video was first released in July 2012, and in December 2012, it became the first YouTube video to hit one billion ...
  • Real Time Emotion Based Music Player for Android 
    Dissanayaka, D.M.M.T.; Liyanage, S.R. (Faculty of Graduate Studies, University of Kelaniya, 2015)
    Listening to music has been found to affect the human brain activities. Emotion based music players with automated playlists can help users to maintain a selected emotional state. This research proposes an emotion based ...
  • Recreating pre historic environment based on the spread of land snails and fresh water snails 
    Sumangala Thero, Pahiyangala (Faculty of Graduate Studies, University of Kelaniya, 2015)
    Sri Lanka has been positioned as a small island in right direction in the Indian subcontinent. There are three major climatic and environmental zones in Sri Lanka including wet zone, dry zone and intermediate zone. Remains ...
  • Reflection of ‘access’ in ICT4D evaluation: The case of Nenasala telecenter initiative in Sri Lanka 
    Jayashantha, D.L.C. (Faculty of Graduate Studies, University of Kelaniya, 2015)
    As the world moves towards information society, countries started to extend access to information and communication technologies to their populations. Telecenters have been seen as an important means of bridging the ...
  • The Relationship between Public Interest and Structural Aspect of Sport News Reporting 
    Sahajeewa, W.M.D. (Faculty of Graduate Studies, University of Kelaniya, 2015)
    News reporting media is one of the most powerful forces for shaping public opinion .Newspaper headlines, as a subgenre of media genre are of importance in news discourse. As an opening section to their relevant main text, ...
  • Religion of Humanity: A Study on the Jagannath Cult 
    Das, B. (Faculty of Graduate Studies, University of Kelaniya, 2015)
    Syncretism is an essential feature of the Jagannath cult which synchronizes with humanistic approach spreading the message of love, peace and mutual harmony. Till now, it is difficult to ascertain the exact date of the ...
  • Repatriation of Sri Lankan Refugees in South India 
    Thalpawila, O.N. (Faculty of Graduate Studies, University of Kelaniya, 2015)
    During the course of the protracted war in Sri Lanka, several displaced victims of the war entered as refugees and sought asylum in Tamil Nadu state in South India. There are around one hundred thousand of Sri Lankan ...
  • Repellent Activity of Mosquitoes To Herbal Formulations 
    Ranasinghe, M.S.N. (Faculty of Graduate Studies, University of Kelaniya, 2015)
    The present study was conducted to determine the mosquito repellent activities of some selected plant materials in order to obtain safe and efficient herbal mosquito repellent formulations by combinations of the selected ...
  • Representation of femininity through the Śākta texts (Śilpa Prakāśa and Śilparatnakośa) of Early Medieval Odisha 
    Rakshit, S. (Faculty of Graduate Studies, University of Kelaniya, 2015)
    Śilpa or art is an important marker of the world view of any culture. If we consider the art traditions in different parts of India as mirroring notions of femininity and masculinity prevalent in society, the sculptures ...
  • Representations of Vithiya Sivaloganathan‟s Rape, Murder and Protests against Its Violence 
    Jayasuriya, U. (Faculty of Graduate Studies, University of Kelaniya, 2015)
    Incidents of rape become highlighted in a nature ad hoc and are replaced with other current news or dominant narratives while the issue remains dormant until another rape incident is reported by media. In such a context, ...
  • Research Paper on ‘Impact of Organizational Factors Affect on Retention of Indirect Cadre Employees in Apparel Industry' 
    de Saram, P.G. (Faculty of Graduate Studies, University of Kelaniya, 2015)
    This research involved predominantly quantitative method supported by qualitative components in retention of indirect cadre employees in apparel industry. Researcher gathered data from a questionnaire and having interviews ...
  • A Review of Capital Structure Theories 
    Abeywardhana, D.K.Y. (Faculty of Graduate Studies, University of Kelaniya, 2015)
    Capital structure is still a puzzle among finance scholars. So far, researchers have not yet reached a consensus on the optimal capital structure of firms by simultaneously dealing with the agency problem. Purpose of ...
  • Role of Tea in Tourism Industry in Sri Lanka 
    Weerasingha, I. (Faculty of Graduate Studies, University of Kelaniya, 2015)
    Geographical and climatic conditions of Sri Lanka have formed an appropriate possibility for tea cultivation including the areas in Central Province, Southern Province and Western Province. Historical evidences proved ...
  • Sales Prediction with Data Mining Algorithms 
    Rathnadiwakara, A.S.K.; Liyanage, S.R. (Faculty of Graduate Studies, University of Kelaniya, 2015)
    Nowadays most business fields using many strategies to improve business profits. Most of them used traditional methods. Therefore, those company‘s efficiency and profit goes to the critical situation. So the improve ...
  • Seasonal water level fluctuation, habitat alteration and colonization of marginal benthic fauna in irrigation reservoirs in the Kala Oya River basin in Sri Lanka 
    Weerakoon, S.N.; Chandrasekara, W.U.; Amarasinghe, U.S. (Faculty of Graduate Studies, University of Kelaniya, 2015)
    The innumerable benthic microhabitats in freshwater ecosystems support a wide variety of fauna. These benthic fauna are sensitive to natural as well as anthropogenic disturbance events such as water level fluctuations, ...
  • Selenium in rice consumed by Sri Lankans 
    Prasanna, E.G.J.; Wickramasingha, E.A.D.N.N.; de Silva, D.S.M.; Wimalasena, S. (Faculty of Graduate Studies, University of Kelaniya, 2015)
    Selenium is an essential trace element found in the selenoproteins and as a component of enzymes such as glutathione peroxidase that could quench free radicals by acting as antioxidants and prevent free radical induced ...

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