Information marketing in Sri Lankan academic libraries by Jayatissa , B., Edzan, N.N.

“…Describes a study that investigates the marketing of "free-based" information services in five selected academic libraries in Sri Lanka. A total of 5 senior librarians were interviewed and 250 library users answered questionaires. …”
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An exploratory study of collection development of selected school resource centres in Sri Lanka by Sunil, W., Zainab, A.N.

“…Describes the responses from 48 resource managers as well as 183 students from selected schools in the Colombo District, Sri Lanka. As case studies, the researchers also gather information about the collection composition from five selected schools to ascertain the currency and strength of collections in Sri Lankan school resource centres. …”
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The status of reading habit and interests among secondary school children in Sri Lanka by Abeyrathna, P.H.A.S., Zainab, Awang Ngah

“…Explores the leisure reading habits and interest among 300 secondary school students from 10 schools in Sri Lanka. The study also observes the students attitude towards reading, their use of the school library and knowledge of how the school library are organised for locating needed materials. …”
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Strategies to manage the ethnic diversity in Sri Lanka: Social cohesion through education by Ramzy, Mohammad Ismath, Ashaari, Muhamad Faisal

“…Hence, this research aims at explaining the strategies and plans adopted by the education ministry in Sri Lanka to promote social cohesion and exploring the challenges that faced by the decision makers in implementing these strategies and plans in schools. …”

Sri Lanka is a hot spot for illegal transnational trading of biodiversity and wildlife materials from South Asian region by Azam, A.W.M., Jayasuriya, K.M.G.G., Musthafa, M.M., Marikar, F.M.M.T.

“…Trafficking of biodiversity materials have been regarded as a major threat to the ecological balance on earth and Sri Lanka is not spared on that too. This paper describes the protocol in the context of illicit trade in biodiversity and wildlife materials trade products across Sri Lanka during the period of 1992–2009. …”

Prevalence of malnutrition and associated factors among community-dwelling older persons in Sri Lanka: a cross-sectional study by Damayanthi, Hewaratne Dassanayakege Wimala Thushari, Moy, Foong Ming, Abdullah, Khatijah Lim, Dharmaratne, Samath Dhamminda

“…This study aimed to estimate the prevalence of malnutrition and its associated factors among community-dwelling older persons in Sri Lanka. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted in the Kandy district, Sri Lanka. …”

Handgrip Strength and Its Associated Factors among Community-dwelling Elderly in Sri Lanka: A Cross-sectional Study by Damayanthi, Hewaratne Dassanayakege Wimala Thushari, Moy, Foong Ming, Abdullah, Khatijah Lim, Dharmaratne, Samath Dhamminda

“…The purpose of the present study was to examine handgrip strength (HGS) and its associated factors among community-dwelling older people in Sri Lanka. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted in the Kandy district using multistage sampling. …”

Gene expression profiling reveals biological pathways responsible for phenotypic heterogeneity between UK and Sri Lankan oral squamous cell carcinomas by Saeed, A.A., Sims, A.H., Prime, S.S., Paterson, Ian Charles, Murray, P.G., Lopes, V.R.

“…The aim of this study is to examine gene expression, related carcinogenic pathways and molecular processes that might be responsible for the phenotypic heterogeneity of OSCC between UK and Sri Lankan population groups. Methods: We have compared the gene expression profiles of OSCCs and normal oral mucosal tissues from both Sri Lankan and UK individuals using Affymetrix gene expression arrays. …”
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A PCR-based sex determination method for possible application in caprine gender selection by simultaneous amplification of the Sry and Aml-X genes. by Phua, Alice Choon Yen, Abdullah, Ramli Bin, Mohamed, Zulqarnain

“…Primers were designed to amplify a portion of the X amelogenin gene (Aml-X) on the X chromosome to give a 300 bp product and Sry gene on the Y chromosome to give a 116 bp product. …”

Health related quality of life and its associated factors among community-dwelling older people in Sri Lanka: A cross-sectional study by Damayanthi, Hewaratne Dassanayakege Wimala Thushari, Moy, Foong Ming, Abdullah, Khatijah Lim, Dharmaratne, Samath Dhamminda

“…Purpose: The aim of the study was to investigate HRQOL and its associated factors among community-dwelling older people in Kandy district, Sri Lanka. Method: This cross-sectional survey involved 1300 older people. …”

Phenolic content and antioxidant activity of crude and fractionated extracts of Pereskia bleo (Kunth) DC. (Cactaceae) by Sim, K.S., Sri Nurestri, A.M., Norhanom, A.W.

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Representation of a minority community in a Malaysian Tamil Daily by Ponmalar, N. Alagappar, David, Maya Khemlani, Ramayan, Sri Kumar

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Evaluating the effectiveness of information retrieval systems using effort-based relevance judgment by Rajagopal, Prabha, Ravana, Sri Devi, Koh, Yun Sing, Balakrishnan, Vimala

Induction of apoptosis by pinostrobin in human cervical cancer cells: Possible mechanism of action by Jaudan, Alka, Sharma, Sapna, Malek, Sri Nurestri Abd, Dixit, Aparna

Modelling the information-seeking behaviour of international students in their use of social media in Malaysia by Bukhari, Sarah, Hamid, Suraya, Ravana, Sri Devi, Ijab, Mohamad Taha

Accuracy evaluation of methods and techniques in Web-based question answering systems: a survey by Shah, Asad Ali, Ravana, Sri Devi, Hamid, Suraya, Ismail, Maizatul Akmar

The role of chalcones: helichrysetin, xanthohumol, and flavokawin-C in promoting neurite outgrowth in PC12 Adh cells by Phan, Chia Wei, Sabaratnam, Vikineswary, Yong, Wai Kuan, Abd Malek, Sri Nurestri

Proteomic analysis of flavokawain C-induced cell death in HCT 116 colon carcinoma cell line by Phang, Chung Weng, Gandah, Nur Ashikhin, Malek, Sri Nurestri Abd, Karsani, Saiful Anuar

Ionic Liquid Application in Surfactant Foam Stabilization for Gas Mobility Control by Hanamertani, Alvinda Sri, Pilus, Rashidah Mohd, Manan, Ninie Suhana Abdul, Ahmed, Shehzad, Awang, Maryamni

The use of ionic liquids as additive to stabilize surfactant foam for mobility control application by Hanamertani, Alvinda Sri, Pilus, Rashidah Mohd, Manan, Ninie Suhana Abdul, Abdul Mutalib, Mohamed Ibrahim