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Health aspects of traditional housing in Bali
(1977) Cabot, GM
Man is made in the image of his creator, and in his turn becomes the creator of his immediate environment, again in his own image. Thus do the Balinese view their own existence and their role in shaping the tiny morsel of the physical world allotted to their care. Their success as caretakers will affect their crops, their families1 safety and well-being, wealth, happiness, state of mind, and their physical health. The guidelines and consequences of alternative methods in manipulation of the living environment are detailed in ancient texts in the classical Xtiwi language, which have been preserved and recopied from the times of the Hindu Javanese Kingdoms until the present. These texts allow us to see the insights which the Balinese have into the interrelationships between themselves as physical and spiritual beings, their surroundings, and the physiology of the perceivable universe.
item: Report-Full-text
A study of the co-relation between the performance at the G.C.E (A/L ) and the performance at the first year examination of engineering students at the university of Moratuwa
Sadique, ALJ
I had observed that through the years the standards of the University Undergraduates had gone down considerably. there were several reasons for the fall in standards. The defective system of admission to Universities had been a primary reason. The G.C E. (A/L) itself was not a satisfactory test to base university admission. The A/L test in Most Subjects was a test of the memory of students. In most subjects it was not a test of intelligence or special skills of a student. The appropriate skills so very necessary especial l y field like Engineering cannot be tested at the G.C.E (A/ L) . This may perhaps explain for the high failure rate in the First year examination in engineering. Then the G.C.E (A/L) was one of luck and chance. Selected topics Could be Studied and the large number of tutorials help this Process. There was the ability to guess questions in most subjects. This report provides ways and means to streamline the current University Admission Policy.
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Guidelines to office system in the university
Sadique, ALJ
There is no guidelines available in the Universities to perform the office administration effectively and efficiently. Methodology adopted in the past in a University differs from the other and depends on the administrator who administer. This report provides ways and means to streamline the above past practice. This report describes the basic understanding of principals of office system and the relevance to efficient and effective University administration. The aims of this report are to provide basic skills and techniques in the office system for achieving better performance and to make aware of various practice of office system in the University to enable University administrators and clerical staffs to develop a brodened perspective of their role in the University administration.
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Internet and its Impact on University Libraries: A Case Study at University of Moratuwa
(2014-08-19) Seneviratne, TM
The Internet, networks of networks, has revolutionized the way one can access the information and provide numerous opportunities to the field of library and information science in providing information services easily, timely and appropriately to the users. Therefore the Internet has an impact on library and information services. This case study was carried out at University of Moratuwa to find out the impact of Internet on university libraries. The study aimed to analyze trends in Internet usage in terms of major user categories, Internet usage patterns, Internet information resources, services, Internet tools and technologies and their impact on university library. The focus of this study was based on three hypotheses; 1) Since Internet is regarded as an information resource and academic staff and students of the university can freely access it, Internet has significantly reduced the university library usage. 2) As an information resource; Internet users had more favourable attitude towards the characteristics and features of the Internet than the university library. 3) Majority of the Internet users, irrespective of the user category view, University of Moratuwa, Library web site in fulfilling their information needs. The research sample of the study consisted of 50% of the population of academic staff members, 25% of the postgraduate students, 10% of the undergraduate students and 10% of National Diploma in Technology students and amounted to 518. The study received 83.4% response rate. According to the results, two hypotheses found to be true. And it was revealed that the Internet has been recognized as source of information by all the user categories of University of Moratuwa, Library and some or other way Internet has reduced the university library usage. To add up, all user categories had favourable attitudes towards the Internet as a resource of information than the university library. But Internet tools, technologies and services are not optimally used by all the user categories. Even the facilities and features of University of Moratuwa, Library web site has not been utilized as expected. Therefore, university libraries have to taken an advantage of Internet as a source of information and must play a pro-active role in utilizing its tools, technologies and services to enhance access to the information with respect teaching, learning and research activities of the university without diminishing its status in the academic
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Procurement and use of periodicals on science and technology in Sri Lanka with special reference to University of Moratuwa
(2014-08-07) Wijayatunga, SD
Scientific and technical periodicals are a powerful mean of disseminating current information on research and development . As these periodicals published in Sri Lanka are few nearly ninety five percent of our requirements come from the developed countries of the western world. Mode of subscription is direct ordering from publishers, through foreign subscription agencies and in rare occasions through membership. The subscription rates of these are high with a tendency of increasing around 10% annually . This study based on special and university libraries and on printed periodicals published in English, attempts to find out how far these periodicals are received to the satisfaction and aspirations of librarians and how far these are being used. The study also attempts to find better ways to procure and facilitate optimum use. The sample of this study is a stratified sample. Data is analysed by exploratory methods showing frequencies and central tendencies, range. Data analysed by univariate A and bivarariate methods are displaye d by tables, barcharts, piecharts, graphs etc
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Digital library of statistical information for science and technology personnel in Sri Lanka
(2014-08-07) Gamage, RCG
Digital Library is a popular concept in the West. It is considered as an efficient tool for improving access to information. This study has made an attempt to justify the need for a digital library on Statistical Information for Science and Technology Personnel in Sri Lanka. The possibility for a Digital Library of Statistical Information to be sustainable was justified with the data on availability of infrastructure and enthusiasm of prospective patrons. At the same time, actual user needs and preferred presentation formats were identified. The research tool was a survey. Seventy five per cent of the sample think statistical information is very significant in their routine work. But they believe that such information is difficult to find. It was revealed that Internet is 387 times efficient in retrieving information than Books. This demonstrates the possibility of building up an Internet based information source. Seventy nine per cent of the sample had access to Internet at office. Therefore having access to an Internet based Digital Library is not a problem for Science and Technology Personnel in Sri Lanka. More information related to agriculture should be included. The first level of data should be presented as abstracts. Science and Technology Personnel in Sri Lanka think of Digital Libraries positively. They are even willing to pay for information. Thus, a Digital Library Project would find its audience in Sri Lanka.
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An Investigation of the needs and needs satisfaction of the aged in institutional care
(2014-08-07) Senarath, DCH; ELDERLY-Institutional care; ELDERLY-Sri Lanka
The issues associated with an increasing population of the aged have received much attention in recent years in Sri Lanka as well as in many other countries. The importance of these issues has been highlighted by setting up an International Elders Day, which is 01st of October, and an International Elders' Year from 01s l October 1998 to 30I h September 1999. A major part of the investigation described in this dissertation was carried out during the International Elders' Year. In the Sri Lankan context, several factors of comparatively recent origin have contributed to the magnitude of the problem that exists today. The technological and scientific advances particularly in the context of preventive and curative medicine have resulted in enhanced longevity. Successes in education in reproductive health and family planning have resulted in decreased birth rates. These two factors in combination have given rise to a larger proportion of the aged. The competitiveness of society as a result of the diminishing of natural resources and the longing for comfortable life styles have resulted in diminishing of the ability of family members to care for the aged within the family. This situation causes increasingly heavy burdens on society in caring for the aged. In this context, it is very pertinent to examine- the problems of the aged from many angles. The present study focuses on the needs of the aged and the extent to which they are satisfied in Sri Lanka.
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Factors affecting query formulation in Web information search
(2014-06-13) Kumara, ADB
The World Wide Web, which is exponentially growing daily, is also known to be the richest source of information. The Web is universally adopted by university academic communities as a part of their information seeking motivated by a wide variety of needs including academic, professional, personal or entertainment etc. The ability to search and retrieve information from the Web effectively and efficiently is a challenge as current search tools retrieve too many documents of which only a small fraction is relevant to the user query. Studies have revealed that well formulated queries are one of best solutions for this challenge. This study is an attempt to find out the factors affecting query formulation on Web information searching of university academic community. The study is compiled with data gathered from questionnaires of 255 undergraduate students, 107 postgraduate students, 40 NDT students and 30 teaching faculty members. The total response rate is 98.63%. The results indicate Web experience, topic familiarity and search strategies as the identified factors affecting query formulation. The average number of stop words per query decreases when Web used experience increases and the time spent to formulate a query increases when the Web used experience increases. Also, the time spent per query decreases with a familiar topic and he/she desire to use synonyms. Recommendations were made to conduct training programs on available Web information sources/resources and Web searching strategies.
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Usage of online databases and user perceptions towards the facilities provided: A case study at University of Moratuwa
(2013-11-07) Punchihewa, CND; Jayasuriya, S
In the past the main role of the libraries was ownership and storage. But today it has been replaced by accessibility and availability of materials. Developments of these new services mainly depended on the feedback of the end users. Therefore, conducting of user surveys was very important to obtain the exact situation of the library services. There were two aims of this case study. First aim was to present a comparison and an evaluation of user interfaces and the functionality of web based e-journals and databases. The second aim of the study was to find out the extent of accepting electronic journals and databases by the users. The objectives of the study were to explore the use of online databases, the user perception towards online databases, user satisfaction with facilities provided by the library for using online resources and the factors that affect the usage of these resources. Data for the study was obtained from the usage statistical reports (provided by the vendors) and the user survey. The participants of the user survey were drawn from four categories of the University, academic staff members, postgraduate students, undergraduate students and students of Institute of Technology - University of Moratuwa (ITUM). Total of 400 participants were selected for the survey. Online journal and database features were analyzed according to pre-defined guidelines based on user friendliness and functionality. Many similarities and few differences were found among the features of electronic journals and databases. The main difference was found in the area of query formulation. Common retrieval features included Boolean operators, phrase searching, match of exact words or phrases, truncation and wildcard characters. Interpretation and implementation of these features had differences among the online journals and databases.
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Long waves on water of variable depth
(6/21/2011) Gunasekara, MM
This dissertation is mainly a review of some of the work done .by various authors on the long wave (shallow water) approximation and its applications to different problems. Shallow water wave equations are derived which are identical with Stoker's equations but the method of derivation is slightly different. The method of characteristics is used in solving the differential equations governing the shallow water wave theory. The climbing and breaking of waves on sloping beaches is discussed. After the derivation of the transport equations for the discontinuities that can exist across a characteristic an equation is obtained for the time and hence the distance of breaking. A simple explanation of the formation of a bore in a sloping stream is given here. The climb of a bore on a beach of uniform and non-uniform slope is also discussed briefly because of its close resemblance to non-uniform shock propagation in gas dynamics. The notion of tsunami waves and the use of shallow water wave theory in the study of the numerical simulation of realistic tsunamis is also discussed briefly.
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Cross-bonded cables and analysis of non-linearities
(1972) Lucas JR
The present work investigates the problem of determining transient overvoltages in cross-bonded cable systems, the efficiency of computation by determining short-cut methods and by organising the inverse Fourier transform in a more efficient manner. It also investigates the effect of assuming zero earthing resistances at the major bonding points wherein the analysis is simplified considerably. It improves This work also presents the difficulties encountered in representing non-linear voltage limiting devices when Fourier analysis is used and investigates an alternative method of analysis involving Duhamel's integral.

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