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  • A Statistical Approach to Define Thresholds for Dengue Epidemic Management in Akurana Medical Officer of Health Area, Kandy District of Sri Lanka 
    Udayanga, N.W.B.A.L.; Gunathilaka, P.A.D.H.N.; Iqbal, M.C.M.; Fernando, M.A.S.T.; Abeyewickreme, W. (19th Conference on Postgraduate Research, International Postgraduate Research Conference 2018, Faculty of Graduate Studies,University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2018)
    Stegomyia indices, namely; Premise Index (PI), Breteau Index (BI) and Container Index (CI) are used forvector management approaches in Sri Lanka. Properly defined threshold values for larval indices are of higher importance ...
  • Sterile Insect Technique for Controlling Aedes albopictus (Skuse); Sex Separation and Mating Competitiveness 
    Harishchandra, J.; Hapugoda, M.; Premaratne, R.G.; Abeyewickreme, W. (19th Conference on Postgraduate Research, International Postgraduate Research Conference 2018, Faculty of Graduate Studies,University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2018)
    Sterile Insect Technique (SIT) introduced by Edward F. Knipling in 1950s has been shown as an effective and sustainable genetic approach to control populations of selected pest insects in area wide integrated pest management ...
  • Study of Gross Anatomy of Ten Nila Sthana in the Head and Neck Region 
    Madumani, H.H.G.; Chandimal, K.M.; Wijesinghe, W.A.M.S.; Balasooriya, M.G.D.N. (19th Conference on Postgraduate Research, International Postgraduate Research Conference 2018, Faculty of Graduate Studies,University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2018)
    Nila treatment is an important treatment modality which is used in the field of Indigenous medicine since Anuradhapura era. At present, this has been used by few of traditional practitioners in Sri Lanka. Although the large ...
  • A Study of Vevalketiya Slab Inscription from the Perspectives of Penal Laws of Sri Lanka - A Comparative Legal Analysis 
    Goonaratne, R. (19th Conference on Postgraduate Research, International Postgraduate Research Conference 2018, Faculty of Graduate Studies,University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2018)
    The concepts of crime and punishment have been in existence since the dawn of the human cavillation. Sri Lanka is not an exception to this phenomenon as her rich history spanning more than two thousand five hundred years ...
  • A Study on Adaptability of the Chinese Language Teaching Material “Happy Chinese” for Elementary Chinese Education in Sri-Lanka 
    Kandambi, S.U. (19th Conference on Postgraduate Research, International Postgraduate Research Conference 2018, Faculty of Graduate Studies,University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2018)
    The Chinese language plays a vital role in current Sri Lankan education. Although at first the Chinese language has been introduced as a certificate course study program in Sri Lanka, now it has been uplifted as a degree ...
  • A Study on Sub Cultural Language of Wooden Tear 
    Kumara, A.M.C. (19th Conference on Postgraduate Research, International Postgraduate Research Conference 2018, Faculty of Graduate Studies,University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2018)
    Main human needs are food, clothes and houses. Wood can be identified as one of the main raw materials used in construction of houses. From the past decade’s humans used wood in constructing their residences. With the ...
  • A Study on the Orientation Program Conducted by the University Senior Students for the Freshers Special Reference to the University of Kelaniya 
    Herath, D.B. (19th Conference on Postgraduate Research, International Postgraduate Research Conference 2018, Faculty of Graduate Studies,University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2018)
    There is a criticism in the university and society regarding the orientation program conducted by the senior students of the universities for the freshers. Some group of senior students and the Student’s Union activists ...
  • Success Entrepreneurs’ are Externally Locus of Control: Examination of the Venture Performance 
    Kumarapeli, K.; Semasignhe, D. (19th Conference on Postgraduate Research, International Postgraduate Research Conference 2018, Faculty of Graduate Studies,University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka., 2018)
    The objective of this study to identify successfulentrepreneurs’ believes on some intangible, invisible phenomena on their success. According to the findings we could inspire or create another stimulus for entrepreneurs’ ...
  • Sustainability and Sustainable Development: A Discourse Analysis on Understandings and Perspectives of Educated Society Beyond Their Fields of Study 
    Isabella, A.A.J.M.; Arathiya, P.; Wanniarachchi, W.S.A. (19th Conference on Postgraduate Research, International Postgraduate Research Conference 2018, Faculty of Graduate Studies,University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2018)
    Sustainability and Sustainable development should not always define with incomprehensible terminologies with restricted fields and disciplines. Despite the popularity of Sustainability as a concept in almost all the fields ...
  • Tackling Metalinguistic Lacunas and the Choice of Loans: A Study Based on the Compilation of a Sinhalese Treatise on Indian Folk Dance 
    De Silva, J.; Seuwandi, W.M. (19th Conference on Postgraduate Research, International Postgraduate Research Conference 2018, Faculty of Graduate Studies,University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2018)
    In order to fill a metalinguistic lacuna, i.e., the non-existence of a term to describe some new object or practice, the necessity to adopt a word from a different language with little or no modification arises. Known as ...
  • Translating Fantasy: Not So Fantastic. A Study on Challenges of Translating Fantasy Fiction, Based on the Experience of Translating the Fantasy Fiction Novel: The Lord of the Rings 
    Rajapksha, U.D. (19th Conference on Postgraduate Research, International Postgraduate Research Conference 2018, Faculty of Graduate Studies,University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2018)
    Contrary to the popular belief, translation is NOT just a matter of words but a matter of making intelligible a whole culture, says Anthony Burgess the English writer/composer. However, this proves challenging, especially ...
  • The Use of Commercial Videos as Authentic Materials in Improving the Practice of Intercultural Skills of Foreign Language Learners 
    Cooray, B.M.S. (19th Conference on Postgraduate Research, International Postgraduate Research Conference 2018, Faculty of Graduate Studies,University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2018)
    “The combination of moving picture and sound can present language more comprehensively than any other teaching medium and a video sequence watched in class, makes students more ready to communicate in the target language” ...
  • Use of Haptics: Ethical Considerations of the Process of Communication in the Family 
    Jayarathna, R.N.H.M.D. (19th Conference on Postgraduate Research, International Postgraduate Research Conference 2018, Faculty of Graduate Studies,University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2018)
    As it consists contact cues and type of touch, “haptics” is always communicative and it is a fairly sound statement which leads all society towards a need of 'be ethical' in use of haptics. Most of the ethical considerations ...
  • Use of Journals among Law Students in the University of Colombo, Law College & KDU 
    Sumanadewa, S.; Dayananda, D. (19th Conference on Postgraduate Research, International Postgraduate Research Conference 2018, Faculty of Graduate Studies,University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2018)
    Information is an indispensable for human development as air is essential for the survival of all living organisms on earth. Information technology enabled services fulfill the information needs of the users at the right ...
  • Use of Machine Readable Cataloging Standard in University Libraries of Sri Lanka 
    Rathnayaka, D.; Ven.Rewatha, P. (19th Conference on Postgraduate Research, International Postgraduate Research Conference 2018, Faculty of Graduate Studies,University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2018)
    Machine Readable Cataloguing (MARC) is the adoption of Manual Catalogue into machine-based system. In 1960, Use of computers for cataloguing purpose began. MARC I, MARC II, Universal Machine Readable Cataloguing - UNIMARC ...
  • User Satisfaction on the Reader Services Provided by the University of Kelaniya Main Library: A Case Study 
    Dharmarathne, N.B.A.N.D. (19th Conference on Postgraduate Research, International Postgraduate Research Conference 2018, Faculty of Graduate Studies,University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2018)
    Academic libraries provide various services and these services help to sustain the development in the developed countries. Thus academic libraries in developing counties also need to provide various services in order to ...
  • Using PowerPoint Presentations to Enhance Student’s Learning: With Reference to Undergraduates of University of Kelaniya 
    De Zoysa, H.N. (19th Conference on Postgraduate Research, International Postgraduate Research Conference 2018, Faculty of Graduate Studies,University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2018)
    PowerPoint can be used as a tool to facilitate teaching and learning. It guides students in note-taking, reinforcing points made in a lecture, and to inject occasional humor or visual reinforcement. Therefore, it helps ...
  • Visualization of Positive Semi Definite Matrices 
    Ranasinghe, L.P.; Liyanage, U.P.; Perera, S.S.N. (19th Conference on Postgraduate Research, International Postgraduate Research Conference 2018, Faculty of Graduate Studies,University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2018)
    This paper studies on how to identify positive semi definite property of a matrix using a plot. The main difference of positive semi definite matrix and negative semi definite matrix is defined by eigen values. All the ...
  • Vocabulary Learning Strategies of Engineering Sciences Students 
    Manchanayaka, S. (19th Conference on Postgraduate Research, International Postgraduate Research Conference 2018, Faculty of Graduate Studies,University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2018)
    The aim of this paper is to analyze the vocabulary learning strategies and enumerating the number of vocabulary learning strategies used by the participants. The problem investigated in the study is the poor vocabulary of ...
  • Wholesome Limit of Sense Perception with Reference to the Madhupi ṆḌikasutta and the Bāhiyasutta 
    Ven.Dhammanisanthi, E. (19th Conference on Postgraduate Research, International Postgraduate Research Conference 2018, Faculty of Graduate Studies,University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2018)
    It is necessary to explore the limits of knowledge, within the bounds of the subject of Buddhist epistemology. Here, wholesome deeds are recognized as the limit of knowledge. All the objects kusala’ grasped by the five ...

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