Since the Asian economic crisis of the late 1990s, many countries in the region are embarking on programs to develop their financial systems to minimise or prevent such an incident in the future. This paper looks at Sri Lanka as an example of an underdeveloped bond market and its progress to date in reducing the divide. Comparisons and advice can be sought from developed economies, however the ...

Precision Agriculture is completely new to the Sri Lankan agricultural community. The objective of this paper is to identify the methods and implementations that can be applied to the agricultural sector of Sri Lanka. While composing the framework with identified implementations the cost, scientific and technological knowledge of the farmers were taken into consideration.

Many factors influence the regulation of pharmaceuticals in a country. The essential drugs concept, formulated by the World Health Organization to assist developing countries in selecting appropriate drugs, also provides a basis for regulation. Sri Lanka has long regulated pharmaceuticals as part of its health policy. Over 70% of 3436 pharmaceutical product registrations were found to be drugs ...

In vitro screening of thiacetazone derivatives indicated that two derivatives, SRI-286 and SRI-224, inhibited a panel of 25 Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC) isolates at concentrations of 2 micro g/ml or lower. In mice, SRI-224 and thiacetazone had no significant activity against the MAC in livers and spleens, but treatment with SRI-286 resulted in significant reduction of bacterial loads in li...

Introduction In Sri Lanka, nursing education is moving from diploma nursing certificate to a university bachelor degree. In this transitional stage, the development of an evidence based national level framework for undergraduate nursing education is a crucially important step to improve nursing education and nursing service in Sri Lanka. The overall purpose of this PhD research study was to dev...

emotion regulation strategies are considered as determinant variables on both normal and psychopathological processes. the aim of the present study was to investigate the mediating role of emotion regulation difficulties on the relationship between social anxiety symptoms and anger. a total of 171 participants (71 men, 100 women) from the city of tehran participated in this study as volunteers....

objective: pediatric cancer is a life threating and challenge for family and it may affect adjustment and mental health of the family members. many factors such as harm avoidance and emotion regulation strategies may have a role in people's wellbeing when coping with stressful situations. the aim of the present study was to examine the mediating role of cognitive emotion regulation strateg...