FACULTY STAFF PUBLICATIONS: Recent submissions
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Perceptions on Indigenous Medicine, First Aid and Treatment of Snakebite among Sri Lankan Farmers
(2024-04)Since snakebite is a serious public health concern in Asia, one of the most affected countries is Sri Lanka. The incidence, species variety, clinical symptoms, and management of snakebite in Asia, with a focus on Sri ... -
Chaperones to the Rescue: Tackling Neurodegenerative Diseases and Potential Therapeutic Applications
(2024-03-01)Protein misfolding has been identified as a contributing factor in several neurodegenerative conditions, such as Alzheimer's disease (AD), Huntington's disease (HD), Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), and Parkinson’s ... -
The Role of Neutrophils, Lymphocytes and Monocytes in Ischemic Heart Disease: Friend or Foe?
(2024-04-25)Ischemic heart disease (IHD) remains a leading cause of morbidity and mortality globally. In recent years research has increasingly focused on the interplay between the white blood cells and the development and progression ... -
Knowledge and application of first aid and treatment of snakebites among Sri Lankan North Central Province farmers
(2024-02-11)Abstract The application of first aid for snakebites are important in rural Sri Lanka. This study aimed to assess the current level of knowledge and application of snakebite first aid. Results revealed a substantial gap ... -
Internet Use and Its Impact on Library Usage by Trainees at Naval and Maritime Academy (NMA), Sri Lanka
(2016)This study focused on the impact of Internet on Library usage in the Navel and Maritime Academy (NMA), Sri Lanka. In this study, two hundred trainees attached to NMA were given a semi structured questionnaire to collect ... -
Role Played by Biochemical and Hematological Parameters in the Prediction of Cardiovascular Risk
(2024-03-11)The term “cardiovascular diseases” (CVDs) refers to any disease affecting the heart or blood vessels. CVDs are the most common cause of death worldwide and the most responsible reason for 10% of deaths in the early ... -
Developing an Academic Institutional Repository: A Case at the General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University
(2019)An institutional repository is defined as an online locus for collecting, preserving, and disseminating the intellectual output of an institution in digital form, particularly a research institution (New World Encyclopedia, ... -
Research visualization of post – COVID publications: Bibliometric analysis of PubMed database
(2022-10)COVID-19 is a communicable disease that impacted worldwide in December 2019 and has taken more attention from researchers. Since then, a considerable amount of medical literature on COVID-19 has been generated. However, ... -
Therapeutic Potential of Carica papayaLinn.: A Comprehensive Review of Its Pharmacological Properties and Health Benefits, with Emphasis on Dengue Fever Healing
(2024-02-21)For thousands of years, people have used various plant products, foods, spices, and herbs to treat and prevent illnesses. Sri Lankans have been using traditional and folk medicine to satisfy their basic health needs from ... -
Evaluating, patterns of research publications in the intangible cultural heritage of Sri Lanka: a Bibliometric study
(2018)This bibliometric study analyses the characteristics of research publications in the field of Intangible cultural heritage of Sri Lanka between the years of 1998 to 2018. The study is limited to investigate the research ... -
Citation Analysis of Undergraduate Dissertations: an Assessment of the Utilization of Information Sources as a Collection Development Tool
(2018)ABSTRACT This study examines bibliographic references of undergraduates’ dissertations accepted by the faculty of Allied Health Sciences, General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University, Sri Lanka in the year 2017. The ... -
A Study of the Associations of Platelet-Indices and Lipid Profile Parameters of the Individuals With no Previous History of Cardiovascular Diseases
(2023-12-06)Platelet-Indices (PIs) are markers of platelet activation, which relates to the platelet’s prolif- eration kinetics and morphology. Platelets play a key-role in the aetiology of cardiovascular diseases (CVDs), including ...