Acceptance and transformation of the housing “ladder” in slum resettlement projects in Colombo, Sri Lanka

Growth and residential conditions of a slum community in Colombo, Sri Lanka.

Based on the authors' fieldwork, this article examined the spatial and demographic growth of a slum community in Colombo, Sri Lanka, in association with the inhabitants' socioeconomic conditions. In this slum community, which is near the industrial and commercial centers and has developed especially since the early 1970s, most dwellers are migrants from other parts of Colombo. The increase of d...

Seroprevalence of Toxoplasma gondii in cats from Colombo, Sri Lanka.

Cats are essential in the life cycle of Toxoplasma gondii because they are the only hosts that can excrete the environmentally resistant oocysts in nature. Nothing is known of the prevalence of Toxoplasma gondii in cats from Sri Lanka. Serum samples from 86 cats from Colombo, Sri Lanka, were tested for antibodies to T. gondii using the modified agglutination test; antibodies were found in 26 (3...

New Dengue Virus Type 1 Genotype in Colombo, Sri Lanka

The number of cases and severity of disease associated with dengue infection in Sri Lanka has been increasing since 1989, when the first epidemic of dengue hemorrhagic fever was recorded. We identified a new dengue virus 1 strain circulating in Sri Lanka that coincided with the 2009 dengue epidemic.

Minister of Construction, Engineering Services, Housing and Common Amenities, the Republic of Sri Lanka

the analysis of the role of the speech acts theory in translating and dubbing hollywood films

از محوری ترین اثراتی که یک فیلم سینمایی ایجاد می کند دیالوگ هایی است که هنرپیش گان فیلم میگویند. به زعم یک فیلم ساز, یک شیوه متأثر نمودن مخاطب از اثر منظوره نیروی گفتارهای گوینده, مثل نیروی عاطفی, ترس آور, غم انگیز, هیجان انگیز و غیره, است. این مطالعه به بررسی این مسأله مبادرت کرده است که آیا نیروی فراگفتاری هنرپیش گان به مثابه ی اعمال گفتاری در پنج فیلم هالیوودی در نسخه های دوبله شده باز تولید...