1. Dept. of Allied Health Sciences, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Nugegoda, Sri Lanka 2. Dept. of Community Medicine, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Nugegoda, Sri Lanka 3. Dept. of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Nugegoda, Sri Lanka 4. Dept. of Biochemistry, Faculty of M...

We undertook a survey of US investors to examine whether social preferences can explain three measures of engagement in socially responsible investment (SRI): interest in SRI; history of SRI investment; and the proportion currently invested in SRI. We find that investors with stronger social preferences are more interested in SRI than are those with weaker social preferences. Further, investors...

Strongyloides stercoralis is unique among the intestinal nematodes in that it has a free-living cycle in warm and tropical climates in addition to a parasitic cycle in its human host. In immuno-competent hosts, this parasite is mostly confined to the intestinal tract. Infection may be asymptomatic or it may induce a wide variety of symptoms such as nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, chronic diar...

رویکرد انتقادی غذامحور یک حوزه‌ی جدید است که توجه بسیاری از پژوهش‌گران را به خود معطوف داشته است. اهمیت فرهنگی جایگاه غذا و موارد مربوط آن در متون ادبی معمولاً با موضوعاتی چون جنسیت، طبقه اجتماعی نژاد مرتبط این پژوهش، تلاش دارد تا رابطه‌ی بین هویت رمان ختمی ارغوانی (2003) اثر چیماماندا انگزی آدیچی استفاده نظرات جامعه شناسی پییر بوردیو ویژه کتاب تمایز (1984) بررسی نماید. کلیدواژه‌های همچون عادت‌و...

P. B. Kavi Kishor*, S. Sangam, R. N. Amrutha, P. Sri Laxmi, K. R. Naidu, K. R. S. S. Rao, Sreenath Rao, K. J. Reddy, P. Theriappan and N. Sreenivasulu Department of Genetics, and Department of Botany, Osmania University, Hyderabad 500 007, India Department of Botany, and Centre for Biotechnology, Nagarjuna University, Nagarjuna Nagar 522 510, India Department of Botany, Gulbarga University, Gul...

Two new species of Stephanocampta Mathot (Hymenoptera: Mymaridae), S. andamanensis sp. nov. and S. huberi sp. nov., are described from Andaman Islands (Andaman and Nicobar Islands Union Territory) and Manipur, India. The previously unknown female of S. indica Anwar & Zeya is described. A revised key to the world species of Stephanocampta is provided. Stephanocampta serenellae Viggiani stat. rev...

In this paper, we present results from the experimental evaluation for the TRECVID 2011 MED11 (Multimedia Event Detection) task as a part of Team SRI-Sarnoff’s AURORA system being developed under the IARPA ALADDIN Program. Our approach employs two classes of content descriptions for describing videos depicting diverse events: (1) Low level features and their aggregates, and (2) Semantic concept...

Repatriation to Sri Lanka has become a primary challenge to Sri Lankan Tamil refugees in Indian refugee camps, and a matter of significant public discussion in India and Sri Lanka. Anxiety about repatriation among Sri Lankan Tamil refugees and lack of initiation from the Sri Lankan government threatens the development of a coherent repatriation strategy. This article proposes a conceptual frame...

Poverty in Sri Lanka is marked by spatial heterogeneity. The poverty headcount ratio in Colombo District in 2002 (6 percent) was less than a sixth of the ratios in Badulla and Monaragala Districts (37 percent). The regional disparities in the pace of poverty reduction is even more striking. The poverty headcount ratio in Colombo District declined by 10 percentage points between 1990–91 and 2002...