INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH CONFERENCE ARTICLES (KDU IRC): Recent submissions
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Motives for status consumption: An empirical investigation based on semi-urban women consumers in supermarket settings in Sri Lanka
(2015)Consumption of goods and services for the sake of showing status – commonly referred to as ‘status consumption’, has become a persistent phenomenon in many societies, and it is remarked that urban women, in particular, ... -
Hydro Power from Existing Irrigation Reservoirs in Sri Lanka
(2014)For over four decades from the time oil producing countries started increasing prices, the local intellectual community had been discussing and debating the subject of the use of alternate energy sources. Some progress has ... -
Provision of Mental Health Services through Community Partnership
(2014)Background -The World Health Organization signalled the urgent need for provision of community mental health services at its Global Forum for Community Mental Health. This project was innovated to utilise the already ... -
Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices (KAP) among Blood Donors from Southern Sri Lanka
(2014)Behaviour of the blood donors plays a major role in maintaining continuous blood supply for transfusion services worldwide. At the same time it is a challenge to obtain safe blood from the donors. A cross sectional descriptive ... -
South Asia Regional Integration and trade agreements on Economic Security
(2015)South Asia has almost one half of the world’s poor even though it has only 20% of the world’s population and South Asia has always provided highly contrasting economic images. It is a land of fabulous wealth and of extreme ... -
A Review of Research on Green Logistics Distribution Practices
(2015)Due to increased focus on environmental pollution through transport activities, organizations, transport providers and governments have taken various initiatives towards reducing the environmental impact of transport and ... -
Strategies to Promote Solar Power Energy: A Review of Literature
(2015)Solar Energy is a clean renewable resource with zero emission. With the recent development taken place globally, solar energy has the potentiality of expanding into large scale operations and fulfils the industrial and ... -
Eight noble of path as a mean professional inculcation and its influence in making a new face of national empowerment
(2015)Inculcation of professionalism is one of very much concerned topic in modern world. Burning issues come across in day to day life from its every aspects as societal, cultural, economic human behavior needs a regenerative ... -
What they want and what they receive on the way of reaching regional development in Sri Lanka
(2015)The concept of regional development was rooted in Sri Lanka’s development agenda only after 1970s with respect to resolve the problems of unemployment, social unrest, the rising cost of living, declining of local production ... -
Military Training Improves Lipid Profile
(2014)The effect of physical exercise during military training on plasma lipid levels has not been investigated in Sri Lankan military establishments. This study examined the effect of military training on lipid profiles of ... -
The Impact of Leader Member Exchange (LMX) on Job Burnout
(2015)Job burnout is a state of exhaustion where one is cynical about the value of his/her occupation and doubtful about his/her ability to perform. At the organizational level burnout has been linked to costly outcomes, including ... -
Correlation of Dengue Fever with Rainfall and Other Environmental Indices in Dehiwala Medical Officer of Health Area during 2011 & 2012
(2014)The present study examined the relationship between weather pattern and trend of dengue fever. It also assessed the incidence of dengue fever according to gender and Public Health Inspector (PHI) areas in 2011 and 2012 by ... -
Evaluation of the Effect of the Water Extract of Dried Flowers of Aegle marmelos on Na+/K+ ATPase Activity in Liver, Erythrocytes and Small Intestine of Diabetic Rats
(2014)The water extract of Aegle marmelos (Beli mal Drink) is a popular beverage used by Sri Lankans with many medicinal benefits and the hypoglycaemic and anti-inflammatory effects of this beverage have been scientifically ... -
Time Series Approaches to Forecast Air Freight Imports and Exports: Empirical from Sri Lanka.
(2015)This paper establishes an approach to forecast Air freight exports and imports volumes in Sri Lanka for the period of 2008-2013. Further the paper also applies Granger Causality to test the causality between air cargo ... -
A study of developing Colombo Port as a major multi country consolidation(MCC) hub in South East Asia region with the help of improving the effectiveness of the MCC activities
(2015)Sri Lanka is involving in handling transshipment and Multi Country Consolidation (MCC) practices at Colombo port during last two decades of time. This research was carried out base on the question of how could be Sri Lanka ... -
Livelihood Development by Investing Remittances of Rural Expatriates Through Sampath Bank: A Case Study In Galewela
(2015)Rural economy is another developing area. Rural people do not utilize these remittances for productive purposes as they are poor with low household income. In this study, utilization patterns of remittances by the rural ... -
In Vitro Lipase, Cholesterol Esterase and Cholesterol Micellization Inhibitory Activities of Ceylon Cinnamon (Cinnamomum Zeylanicum Blume)
(2014)Hyperlipidaemia is a group of metabolic disorders characterized by the elevated levels of serum triglycerides and cholesterol. It contributes significantly in pathogenesis of diabetes, obesity, hypertension and cardiovascular ... -
Hypocholesterolaemic Effect of Okra on Cholesterol Induced Wistar Rats
(2014)Okra or Lady's fingers (Hibiscus esculentus) which belongs to the Family Malvaceae is a mucilaginous vegetable frequently included in the diet of Sri Lankans. There is currently great deal of interest in the hypoglycaemic ... -
Assessing Customer Relationship Management Strategies for Creating Customer Loyalty in Insurance Industry
(2015)In a strongly competitive and rapidly changing business environment, the need to be market focused and forming strong relationships with customers is more critical than any other time in the past. Today, organizations have ...