scholarly journals Strategic planning for management of information and electronic communication in healthcare sector: Story of the North-Western Province

2013 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 3
Author(s):  
Arjuna Wijekoon ◽  
R.M.S.K. Rathnayake
Keyword(s):  
Strategic Planning ◽  
Electronic Communication ◽  
Healthcare Sector ◽  
Western Province ◽  
The North ◽  
North Western

Provincializing the International: Communist Print Worlds in Colonial India

2020 ◽  
Vol 89 ◽  
pp. 140-153
Author(s):  
Ali Raza
Keyword(s):  
Print Culture ◽  
British India ◽  
Colonial India ◽  
Western Province ◽  
The North ◽  
Colonial Archive ◽  
The Rich ◽  
The One ◽  
North Western ◽  
Global Project

Abstract This paper charts communist print worlds in colonial India during the interwar period. Beginning in the early 1920s, self-declared ‘Communist’ and ‘Bolshevik’ publications began surfacing across India. Through the example of the Kirti Kisan Sabha (Workers and Peasants Party: a communist group in the north-western province of Punjab), and its associated publications, this paper will provide a glimpse into the rich, diverse and imaginative print worlds of Indian communism. From 1926 onwards, Kirti publications became a part of a thriving print culture in which a dizzying variety of revolutionary, socialist and communist publications competed and conversed with the equally prolific and rich print worlds of their political and ideological rivals. Removed on the one hand from the ivory towers of party intellectuals, dense treatises and officious theses, and on the other hand from the framing of sedition, rebellion and fanaticism in the colonial archive, Kirti publications show how the global project of communist internationalism became distinctly provincialized and vernacularized in British India.

Prevalence and Molecular Characteristics of Vibrio spp. Isolated from Preharvest Shrimp of the North Western Province of Sri Lanka

2012 ◽  
Vol 75 (10) ◽  
pp. 1846-1850 ◽  
Author(s):  
MADURA SANJEEVANI GONSAL KORALAGE ◽  
THOMAS ALTER ◽  
DUANGPORN PICHPOL ◽  
ECKHARD STRAUCH ◽  
KARL-HANS ZESSIN ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sri Lanka ◽  
Penaeus Monodon ◽  
Molecular Characteristics ◽  
Pathogenic Potential ◽  
Western Province ◽  
The North ◽  
Geographical Regions ◽  
Seafood Products ◽  
North Western ◽  
Vibrio Spp

This study investigated the prevalence and molecular characteristics of Vibrio spp. in farmed shrimp (Penaeus monodon) in Sri Lanka. A total of 170 shrimp samples (100 g of whole shrimp each) taken from individual ponds from 54 farms were collected 1 week prior to harvest from the North Western Province of Sri Lanka. Overall, 98.1% of the farms and 95.1% of the ponds were positive for Vibrio spp. in shrimp; at the pond level, V. parahaemolyticus (91.2%) was most common, followed by V. alginolyticus (18.8%), V. cholerae non-O1/non-O139 (4.1%), and V. vulnificus (2.4%). Multiple Vibrio spp. were detected in 20.6% of the ponds. None of the V. parahaemolyticus isolates (n = 419) were positive for the virulence-associated tdh (thermostable direct hemolysin) and trh (TDH-related hemolysin) genes. V. cholerae was confirmed by the presence of ompW, and all isolates (n = 8) were negative for the cholera toxin (ctxA) gene. V. cholerae isolates were serogrouped by PCR and identified as V. cholerae non-O1/non-O139. All four V. vulnificus strains, isolated from different ponds of two geographical regions, showed pathogenic potential; they belonged to vcgC sequence type, type B 16S rRNA genotype and contained a pilF polymorphism associated with human pathogenicity. The results of this study revealed the ubiquitous nature of vibrios in farmed shrimp. To minimize the potential risk of Vibrio infections due to handling or consumption of raw or undercooked seafood products, good manufacturing practices as well as proper handling and processing should be addressed.

scholarly journals Isolation, molecular characterization and phylogeny of Naegleria species in water bodies of North-Western Province, Sri Lanka

PLoS ONE ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (3) ◽  
pp. e0248510
Author(s):  
Nuwan Gunarathna ◽  
Anjalie Amarasinghe ◽  
Sunil Wijesundara ◽  
Devika Iddawela ◽  
Susiji Wickramasinghe
Keyword(s):  
Phylogenetic Analysis ◽  
Sri Lanka ◽  
Bayesian Analysis ◽  
Molecular Characterization ◽  
Its Region ◽  
Water Bodies ◽  
Internal Transcribed Spacer Region ◽  
Western Province ◽  
The North ◽  
North Western

Background The inland freshwater bodies in the North-Western Province of Sri Lanka have ideal environmental conditions for the Naegleria species. Therefore, the presence and prevalence of Naegleria species in the water bodies of North-Western Province were determined by molecular characterization and phylogenetic analysis in this study. Methods A total of 104 water bodies were selected from Kurunegala and Puttalam districts in the North-Western Province of Sri Lanka. Mean turbidity, pH, and temperature were recorded in each water body from three selected site. Centrifuged samples were cultured on non-nutrient agar plates with Escherichia coli. Enflagellation test positive isolates were subjected to DNA extraction and polymerase chain reaction using genus and species-specific primers targeting the internal transcribed spacer region (ITS) and Mp2CL5 gene. Phylogenetic analysis was performed using Bayesian and maximum likelihood (ML) methods. Results The prevalence of Naegleria species and N. fowleri in the study area were 23.07% and 1.92%. The prevalence of Naegleria species and the physicochemical parameters of the water bodies showed no significant correlation. Bayesian analysis of the ITS region revealed the Naegleria Sri Lankan (SL) isolates 1, 3, and 4 in a single clade separated from the 2 and 5. Furthermore, Bayesian analysis identified isolates 2 and 5 in the same clade with Naegleria sp. samples and N. Philippinensis forming a sister clade. However, in the ML tree, all isolates were in the same clade with Naegleria sp. samples and N. Philippinensis. Conclusions The present study reports the first isolation of pathogenic N. fowleri from Sri Lanka. Based on Bayesian analysis, SL isolates 2 and 5 form a separate clade from 1, 3, and 4. However, in ML analysis, all isolates are grouped in one clade with Naegleria sp. samples and N. philippinensis. Further investigations are required to confirm these findings.

III.—Some new Rock-building Organisms from the Lower Carboniferous Beds of Westmorland

1914 ◽  
Vol 1 (6) ◽  
pp. 265-271 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. J. Garwood
Keyword(s):  
Presidential Address ◽  
The Other ◽  
Lower Carboniferous ◽  
North West ◽  
Western Province ◽  
The North ◽  
Calcareous Alga ◽  
The Village ◽  
Important Form ◽  
North Western

In my account of the Lower Carboniferous rocks of the North-West of England, published in 1912, I figured an organism, probably the thallus of a calcareous alga, which plays an important part as a rock-builder at the base of the Seminula gregaria sub-zone in Westmorland and Lancashire. More recently, at the meeting of the British Association in Birmingham, I pointed out the need of some distinctive name for this important form, and suggested for it the generic name of ‘Ortonella’, from the village of Orton, near Tebay, in the neighbourhood of which this fossil is specially abundant. Two other structures were mentioned at the same time which occur constantly in microscopic sections of the Lower Carboniferous rocks of the North-West of England and elsewhere. The first of these was alluded to under the general descriptive term ‘festoon structure’, and the other was referred to Gurich's somewhat obscure genus Spongiottroma. In view of the zonal value of these organisms in the North-Western Province and the probability that they will be found to be widely distributed in the Lower Carboniferous rocks elsewhere, I propose here to give a somewhat fuller description of these forms than could be attempted in the limits of a presidential address.

scholarly journals DROUGHT AND FAMINE IN NORTHWEST CHINA: A LATE VICTORIAN TRAGEDY?

2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 373-391 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrea Janku
Keyword(s):  
North China ◽  
Northwest China ◽  
Social Conditions ◽  
Qing Empire ◽  
Western Province ◽  
The North ◽  
Modern Chinese ◽  
History Of ◽  
Chinese Historiography ◽  
North Western

AbstractThe North China Famine of 1876–1879 has received some attention recently, but little of this work has focused on the north-western province of Shaanxi. This imbalance is reflected in the local histories that devote far more space to the documentation and commemoration of the Hui rebellion than to the famine. This paper argues that the drought of those years and the ensuing famine is historically much more significant than this biased documentation would suggest, and that the rebellion can only be fully understood by paying attention to the environmental and social conditions in which it unfolded. Further, the paper engages with Mike Davis’s argument that portrays the famine in China as part of a ‘late-Victorian holocaust.’ While persuasive, his focus on outside forces is problematic as it ignores the history of the Qing Empire as an expanding force in itself and inadvertently reinforces the victimization narrative that dominates modern Chinese historiography.

scholarly journals Deficient Feminine Nature Theory: Functional Ability Analysis in North-Western Society of Pakistan

2015 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 49-58
Author(s):  
Mamoon Khan Khattak ◽  
Khanzadi Fatima Khattak ◽  
Zubaida Khatoon Khattak
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Values ◽  
Functional Ability ◽  
Western Society ◽  
Western Province ◽  
The North ◽  
Application Analysis ◽  
Research Task ◽  
Samples Selection ◽  
Underlying Causes ◽  
North Western

This research task is based on application analysis of the Marxist’s “The Deficient Feminine Nature Theory (DFNT)” which explains the nature of people’s attitude especially of males and this attitude’s underlying causes towards females. This theory provides and furthers the explanation of the phenomenon that how the women are unjustly exploited on the basis of this assumption that they are deficient. The core objective of the research has been to analyze the functional-ability of the said theory in the context of the society of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, a traditional and cultural values preserving society within the world. A number of 600 male respondents were interviewed of married status who were within the age group ranging from 25 years to 55 years; this category of the respondents were selected with the assumption that they may have a significant influential status over females within the community. The North-Western province i.e. Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) was selected at random for samples’ selection.

Use of regression techniques for rice yield estimation in the North-Western province of Sri Lanka

2021 ◽  
Vol 50 (4) ◽  
pp. 439
Author(s):  
E. M. P. Ekanayake ◽  
L. C. D. Wickramasinghe ◽  
R. T. Weliwatta
Keyword(s):  
Sri Lanka ◽  
Rice Yield ◽  
Yield Estimation ◽  
Western Province ◽  
The North ◽  
Regression Techniques ◽  
North Western

scholarly journals AN INVESTIGATION OF SELF-CONCEPTS AND MOTIVATION OF STUDENTS ON DIFFERENT TEACHING METHODS IN G.C.E. (O/L) PHYSICS

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 178-184
Author(s):  
S.A.B. Maheshinee ◽  
W.D. Chandrasena ◽  
J.P. Liyanage
Keyword(s):  
Teaching Methods ◽  
Quantitative Data ◽  
Qualitative Data ◽  
Teaching Method ◽  
Teaching Methodology ◽  
Test Paper ◽  
Convenience Sample ◽  
Western Province ◽  
The North ◽  
North Western

Science education is a valuable asset to gain scientific knowledge and share it within the community. Some students’ performances in physics are not very satisfactory. Thus, the purpose of this study was to investigate the relations of G.C.E. (O/L) students’ science self concepts, motivation with the teaching methods in the lessons on forces in Grade 10. The four different teaching methods used for this study were included problem based learning; practical based learning, cooperative learning, and integrated learning. This study was conducted in an educational zone in the North Western Province, Sri Lanka. A convenience sample of 185 Grade 10 students and 5 teachers participated in the study. The quantitative data were collected using a pre test paper, physics self-concepts scale, physics motivation scale and a final assessment test paper. Qualitative data were collected in Grade 10 students to explore their views on different teaching methodology. Quantitative data were analyzed using SPSS 17.0. Qualitative data were analyzed using thematic analysis. The results revealed that students’ self concepts and motivation were highest in the integrated teaching method while the lowest was problem based. However, practical approach was highly admired by the students and teachers to learn forces lesson. The findings of this study could be used in planning forces lessons in Grade 10.

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