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  • 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 ...
  • Semantics of Region and ASEAN 
    Padmakumara, S.C. (Faculty of Graduate Studies, University of Kelaniya, 2015)
    The term ‗region‘ with its manifold semantic manifestations and attributions has become a prominent academic ambiguity in the discipline of International Relations. As viewed by John Agnew, the idea of ―geographical ...
  • Sexual Deviance and Sexual Violence in the Vālm ki Rāmāya a 
    Singh, A. (Faculty of Graduate Studies, University of Kelaniya, 2015)
    The Vālm ki Rāmāya a, a popular epic of the brāhma ical tradition, delineates several behavioural patterns ingrained in different structures, formed to control the conscious and unconscious actions of humans. The recognized ...
  • Should We Say „This Is Wrong‟? ; Impact of Explicit Corrective Feedback on Language Accuracy 
    Kithulgoda, E. (Faculty of Graduate Studies, University of Kelaniya, 2015)
    In terms of pedagogy, the methodological options whereby a teacher can impart grammar knowledge to students are of two kinds: Learner performance options and Feedback options. Although learner performance options have ...
  • The Significance of Animal Metaphors: Émile Zola’s Thérèse Raquin and Patrick Suskind’s Perfume: The story of a murderer 
    Ranasinghe, D.S.B. (Faculty of Graduate Studies, University of Kelaniya, 2015)
    In philosophy, the concept of animalism is about personal identity which explains that humans are animals by nature as they succumb to their instincts. This research aims to present the significance of animal metaphors ...
  • A Smartphone Based Traffic Information System (AFromT) 
    Amarasekara, A.A.T.M.; Weerasinghe, K.G.H.D. (Faculty of Graduate Studies, University of Kelaniya, 2015)
    Today traffic congestion is a growing problem in many metropolitan areas. It can have a big impact on our lives, career, future and even our safety. Several solutions have been proposed over the years to address traffic ...
  • Social and Economic Consequences of Road Traffic Injury in Sri Lanka 
    Ramanayake, R.A.K.D. (Faculty of Graduate Studies, University of Kelaniya, 2015)
    Traffic injuries are largely preventable and predictable; it is a human made problem. Today, road traffic injuries are the 9th leading cause of death in the world and, World Health Organization predicts that road traffic ...
  • Social impact Management with regard to the kidney disease in Sri Lanka 
    Dasanayake, D.D.; Mani, A. (Faculty of Graduate Studies, University of Kelaniya, 2015)
    The chronic kidney decease (CKD) is one of the major health problems as well as an unresolved socio economic catastrophe in the North Central province of Sri Lanka. The socio economic and the environmental changes have ...
  • Socialist Realism in Bharatendu Harishchandra’s Play ‘Bharat- Durdasha’ 
    Chandrasekara, P.V.S. (Faculty of Graduate Studies, University of Kelaniya, 2015)
    Socialist Realism entered the literature with the Russian Revolution of the 20th century. It highlights the making of a classless society. Russian and Soviet writer Maxim Gorky was the founder of Socialist Realism. The ...
  • A sociological study on puberty rites effects on self control in Sri Lankan society 
    Herath, U.; Jayarathna, N. (Faculty of Graduate Studies, University of Kelaniya, 2015)
    Attain puberty is a physical and social process. It is a decisive moment of women‘s life. The girl before attain puberty is called ―Kanyawa‖ (virgin) and after it she is called ―Kanyawada‖. In that manner she has to live ...
  • Some Observations on Personifying Inanimate Nouns in Sinhalese Language 
    de Silva, W.T.C.J. (Faculty of Graduate Studies, University of Kelaniya, 2015)
    In Sinhalese language, personifying inanimate nouns is considered a device required in poetry in order to maintain the poetic quality of the language. However, this device has been used in both poetic and non-poetic works ...
  • Spatial and Temporal Variation of Drought Hazard in the North Central Province of Sri Lanka 
    Gunawardhana, L.M.A.P.; Dharmasiri, L.M. (Faculty of Graduate Studies, University of Kelaniya, 2015)
    Drought is the deficiency of water for various purposes or shortage of rainfall within the expected period of time. There is no universal accepted definition for drought because it is vary from region to region. But ...

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