Improving teacher quality is a recurring problem. Although a number of teacher development programs prevail in Sri Lanka, new initiatives are sought to improve the quality of teachers (World Bank, 2011). Academic service ...

Adolescents are identified as those between the ages of 10 to 19 years (UNICEF, 2004). Adolescence is a developmentally stressful period leading to many being vulnerable to mental and physical problems, including ...

Food preservation is the process of treating and handling food to stop or slow down spoilage and thus allows for longer storage to prevent food borne diseases (Zeuthen and Sorensen 2000). Nowadays this preservation is ...

The continuous increase in resistance to pathogenic microbes and shortage of new antimicrobial agents are a serious problem in the treatment of infectious diseases. Several studies have been done to reveal the antimicrobial ...

The explanation of the movement of stock returns is a complex task and has been the subject of research with the objective of identifying potential investment opportunities. A single-factor model, where the stock returns ...

Sri Lankan society is now transforming into an aging population and the country is running out of time to harness the resource of ‘youth’. The most important fact is that youth unemployment is much higher than unemployment ...

Malaria incidence, at present, is low in Sri Lanka and the cases reported from Moneragala District, which was a malaria endemic area, have reduced; but a study of host factors associated with protection is important to ...

Unintentional paediatric poisoning (UPP) is a major public health issue worldwide. Lack of caregiver awareness is an identified risk factor for UPP. Determining level and gaps of awareness among mothers is useful in ...