• Impacts of wheat flour price increment on rice consumption 

  Jayarathne, D. C. A. M. P.; De Silva, W. N.; Rupasena, L. P. (University of Ruhuna, Matara, Sri Lanka., 2012-02-22)

  Among the food consumed by Sri Lankan, rice becomes the main and wheat comes to the next. Wheat is not cultivated in the countiy causing for drainage in foreign exchange.The government tries to reduce wheat consumption ...
• Perception of educational environment of undergraduate nursing students in Sri Lanka: Effect of gender 

  Chandana, N. G. A. S. S.; Hettiarachchi, M. (University of Ruhuna, Matara, Sri Lanka., 2012-02-22)

  A considerable increase in male admission into the nursing profession demands a better understanding of gender influences on nursing education and practice. The aim of this research was to examine students’ perceptions ...
• ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ නිවර්තන වැසි වනාන්තර කළමනාකරණය සඳහා ප්‍රජා සහභාගීත්වය අධ්‍යනය කිරීම 

  භාග්‍යා, කේ ඩී පී; අනුෂ්ක, වී ටී පී; ප්‍රසන්න, පී ජී ඒන්; දිල්හානි, ඒම් බී ඒන්; රණසිංහ, ආර් ඒම් ඒන් ඩී; කුමාරි, කේ ඒම් ඒන්; සඳමාලි, පී ඒල් ඒස් (University of Ruhuna, Wellamadama, Matara, 2012-02-22)

  ලෝකයේ වැසි වනාන්තර පද්ධති තුලින් නිවර්තන වැසි වනාන්තර පද්ධතිය සුවිශේෂි වන අතර ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ කන්නෙලිය වනින්තරය ද ඊට අයත්වේ. තෙත් කලාපයේ ගාල්ල්,මාතර දිස්ත්‍රීක්කවලට මායිම් ව පිහිටා ඇකි මෙය හෙක්ටයාර 5306 කින් යුතුය. දිනෙන් දින ...
• වනාන්තර පර්යන්ත ප්‍රදේශයන්හි කිතුල් කර්මාන්තය සඳහා සාම්ප්‍රදායික දැනුමෙහි ඇති විභවතාවය 

  හේවගේ, ධම්මික; කරුණාරත්න, මංජුල; කුමාර, ආර් කේ සී; සිරිසේන, ආර් කේ (University of Ruhuna, Wellamadama, Matara, 2012-02-22)

  මෙම අධ්‍යනයේ මූලික අරමුණ වන්නේ වනාන්තර පර්යන්ත ප්‍රදේශයන්හි කිතුල් (Caryota urens.L) කර්මාන්තය සඳහා සාම්ප්‍රදායික දැනුමෙහි ඇති විභවතාව අධ්‍යනය කිරීමයි. මෙම පර්යේෂණයේ අධ්‍යයන ප්‍රදේශය ලෙස තෝරා ගනු ලැබූවේ සිංහරාජ වනාන්තරයේ ...
• විලාසිතා කෙරෙහි සමාජීය පෙළඔවීම පිළිබඳ අධ්‍යයනයක් 

  උයන්ගොඩ, ඒස් (University of Ruhuna, Wellamadama, Matara, 2012-02-22)

  මෙම අධ්‍යනයේ අරමුණ වන්නේ වර්තමාන තරුණ ප්‍රජාවෙහි විලාසිතා නැමියාව කෙරෙහි බලපවත්වන සාධක සමාජවිද්‍යානුකූලව විමසීමයි. විලිසිතා සඳහා මුලු වන ඇඳුම් පැළඳුම් මුලු යුගයේ බිහි වන්නේ ප්‍රාථමික අවශ්‍යතා සහිතවයි. නමුත් වර්තමානයේදී ඒය ...
• Compliance of the Board Structure with Best Practices of Corporate Governance and its Impact to the Financial Performance of Listed Companies in Sri Lanka 

  Deepal, A. G. (University of Ruhuna, Matara, Sri Lanka, 2012-02-22)

  Vanik Incorporation Ltd. in 1998 and Pramuka Savings and Development Bank Ltd. in 2002 in Sri Lanka were collapsed suddenly under the background of mismanagement, unsound, improper, and imprudent practices at so called ...
• Prognostic and predictive parameters of breast cancer: The role o f pathologist in the Sri Lankan perspective 

  Mudduwa, Lakmini (University of Ruhuna, Wellamadama, Matara, 2012-02-22)

  Breast cancer has been and continues to be a major health problem. The incidence * o f breast cancer has increased globally over the last several decades and the greatest increase has been seen in Asian countries. It ...
• Effect of brand experience on customer loyalty of public and private banking sector in Matara 

  Harshani, G. U.; Dinesha, P. K. C. (University of Ruhuna, Wellamadama, Matara, 2012-02-22)

  Brand experience is conceptualized as “subjective, internal consumer responses (sensations, feelings, and cognitions) and behavioral responses evoked by brand related stimuli that are part of a brand’s design and identity, ...
• Learning tool for reinforced concrete design - element design 

  Karunaratne, N. P. K. V.; Liyanage, N. C.; Prabath, R. A. S.; Sooriyaarachchi, H. P. (University of Ruhuna, Wellamadama, Matara, 2012-02-22)

  Reinforced concrete design is considered as a vitally important disciplinary in the field of civil engineering. The design of reinforced concrete is done to various standards and well establishes practices. The British ...
• Development of a complementary data base and an interactive map for pedestrian related road accidents 

  Samarasekara, G. N.; De Silva, D. B. S.; Srimal, G. M. C.; Gunwardhane, A. A.; Kariyawasam, C. (University of Ruhuna, Wellamadama, Matara, 2012-02-22)

  18% of the traffic accidents in Sri Lanka involve pedestrians while pedestrians account for 31% of the total causalities. The condition of the physical environment, especially the pedestrian infrastructure can impose ...
• Solid Waste Management System in Hambantota District 

  Edirisinghe, D. D.; Priyankara, N. H.; Alagiyawanna, A. M. N.; Dayanthi, W . K. C. N.; Kawamoto, K.; Satoshi, L.; Mangalika, L. (University of Ruhuna, Wellamadama, Matara, 2012-02-22)

  Solid waste is a growing problem in Sri Lanka and this problem is aggravated due to absence of proper management system in the country. In this research study, attention was given to study the solid waste management ...
• A Study on disaster preparedness on in university libraries in Sri Lanka 

  Pushpakumara, K.T. S.; Lai, U. A. (University of Ruhuna, Wellamadama, Matara, 2012-02-22)

  This paper investigated the preparedness and awareness of staff of university libraries of Sri Lanka to control disasters. Questionnaire was used for collection of data. Data collected were analyzed using the quantitative ...
• Entry barriers of information and communication technology on small and medium enterprises 

  Jayampathi, E. K.; Lakmali, L. R. (University of Ruhuna, Wellamadama, Matara, 2012-02-22)

  Small and Medium scale Enterprises (SMEs) are taken significant place in a booming economy. SMEs are contributed for approximately 1% of country’s GDP. Information and Communication Technology (ICT) is using electronic ...
• Influence of critical factors to the success of small scale manufacturing enterprises in Matara district 

  Dilrukshi, M. G. M.; Jeewantha, G. K. C. (University of Ruhuna, Wellamadama, Matara, 2012-02-22)

  Entrepreneurs are the live wire towards country’s development and advancement of living of people and wealth creation. The contribution of the small business sector cannot be underestimated to the overall performances ...
• Impact of relations with shareholders to the corporate financial performance in Sri Lanka 

  Deepal, A. G. (University of Ruhuna, Wellamadama, Matara, 2012-02-22)

  Proponents of Agency theory define the term “organization” as a "legal fiction which serves as a nexus for a set of contracting relationships among individuals". Thus, the managers being the agents of the corporate ...
• Young consumers and their attitudes towards counterfeits; Evidence from a Developing Country 

  Buddhika, S.A. (2012-02-22)

  The most valuable assets that many companies possess are intangible ones, out of which Brand being the prominent and most important. A thriving brand occupies a unique and prominent position in consumers’ mind accompanied ...
• Incentives for Health W orker Retention in Private Hospitals 

  Sagali, I. L. L.; Galhena, B. L. (University of Ruhuna, Wellamadama, Matara, 2012-02-22)

  The need of health workers in large numbers is widely recognised for the effective functioning of the healthcare sector.Shortage of health workers significantly affect the achievement of health-related development goals ...
• Beauty of Women and Womens’ Rights 

  Silva, K. D. D. (University of Ruhuna, Wellamadama, Matara, 2012-02-22)

  The ideal body and beauty of a “universal” and “world” woman has defined and standardized as slim, tall, fair, blonde, blue-eyed, etc. by the global media. Through out the world women are so much concern of their beauty ...
• Exploring Structural Challenges for Coordinating Education Policy in Sri Lanka 

  Priyantha, I. R. (University of Ruhuna, Wellamadama, Matara, 2012-02-22)

  The problem of coordinating the multi-layered education system of Sri Lanka is studied from a structural-instrumental perspective with reference to mechanism and constraints for effective policy coordination. The ...
• Transformation of traditional agricultural practices in paddy cultivation in the face of green revolution: A sociological study in Hambantota district 

  Wijesuridara, T.; Wijepala, U. S (University of Ruhuna, Wellamadama, Matara, 2012-02-22)

  Green Revolution introduced in 1940s refers to the significant increase in agricultural productivity resulting from the use of high-yield varieties of grains, pesticides, and improved management techniques. In Sri ...

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