About
The Research Symposium of the University of Colombo is a unique event in the calendar of the University. The Annual Research Symposium was initiate as a regular event in 2008.
The main objective of the Annual Research Symposium is to disseminate new knowledge acquired through research conducted by the academic community of the University. The symposium also promotes healthy interaction between the Faculties and Institutes of the University of Colombo.
Each year the abstracts of papers presented at this Symposium is published as ‘Proceedings of the Symposium”. This represents the bulk of research work carried out in the University in that particular year.
Abstracts from the Annual Research Symposium
- “Stories for adults?” Four stories from Blue
- Chronic Kidney Disease with Unknown Etiology: The Discourse, Lay Perceptions, Behaviour and Coping Mechanisms
- Determinants of Inflation in Sri Lanka after Economic Liberalization: An Econometric Analysis
- ගුරුළුගොමීන්ගේ හ විදයාචක්රවර්තීන්ගේ භාෂා රීතීහි විශේෂතා
- A Study on ―Fertility Differential between the Sinhala and Muslim communities in the Matara District, Case Study: Dickwella Divisional secretariat Division
- Scope for Effective Energy Conversation Practices in the Information and Communication Technology Industry: A time Series Examination of a Case from the Sri Lankan Corporate Sector
- Hydrogeological characteristics in the geothermal springs in Sri Lanka: A case study in Madunadala and Kinniya geothermal springs
- Employing ―Focus on Form in the intermediate EAP classroom at the University of Colombo, Sri Lanka
- Exploring the implementation of content and language integrated learning (CLIL) in English for Medicine Programs of a Sri Lankan University
- Regional Integration for the Persian Gulf: Lessons from the European Union
- Reading the Child in Postcolonial Sri Lankan Literature
- The Stories Told: Bolo and its Theatre of Expression
- Burst of the Northeast Monsoon Season in Sri Lanka
- Environmental health issues associated with the disposal of municipal solid waste in Kurunegala
- Enhancing the Literary Competencies of Literature Learners through Activities -An Action Research
- Use of Student Centred Education at Senior Secondary Level
- School Effectiveness of Senior Secondary Schools in Sri Lanka
- Assessment on Teaching Quality of Faculty of Education, University of Colombo – based on the views of Student Teachers who followed the Course P.G.D.E (W.E) in 2008/09 (Extended Abstract Based on an Ongoing Research)
- A Study on Classroom Management Practices Leading to an Effective Teaching-Learning Process in Secondary Schools in Sri Lanka
- An inquiry into the teacher pupil interaction patterns in classes of PGDE teachers during their teaching practice
- Relationships between Post-traumatic Stress Disorder and Coping Strategies in Children‘s Post Disaster Adjustment
- Effectiveness of year end achievement tests to assess the achievement level of the students
- An Investigation of the Leadership Experiences of Principals in the Government Schools of Sri Lanka
- Translation of the Voice Handicap Index (VHI) to Singhalese – Insights from the procedure
- Mediating Domestic Violence Disputes in the Community Mediation Programme in Sri Lanka: Issues of Women‘s Equality and Equity
- The influence of personality risk factors for adolescent substance use
- Historical Evolution of Budgeting and Accountability Practice: The case of Sri Lanka Railway
- Minorities and the Peace Dividend: The Case of the Northern Muslims
- Female Labor Supply and Child Care: Urban Young Parents with Pre-school Children
- Weak-form Efficiency of the Government bond market of Sri Lanka
- The Sri Lankan General Law of Marriage: Dutch, Victorian, or Indigenous ?
- Development of the Law of Servitudes in Sri Lanka
- A Critical Evaluation of the Termination of Employment of Workmen (Special Provisions) Act in light of balancing the Interests of Employers, Workmen and the State
- Assessing the validity of child marriages contracted during the war: A challenge in post-war Sri Lanka.
- Consumer Protection via Products Liability; is transformation needed?
- Protection of Traditional Knowledge – a polycentric issue; A Sri Lankan perspective
- Modern Use of Trusts in Commercial Transactions: Possible Reforms in the Sri Lankan Trusts Law
- Ambiguity in Corporate Duty of Care relating to Delictual Liability
- The Solvency Regime – A Critical Evaluation of the Legal Framework in Sri Lanka
- A Review on the Proposed Act for the Protection of New Plant Varieties (Breeders Rights) – A critical Analysis
- Application of the Principle of Proportionality as a Tool for Investment Dispute Settlement
- Tax Incentives and the Economic Development in Sri Lanka
- Enhancing Sri Lanka‘s potential as a destination for Foreign Direct Investment in post war scenario:Some policy issues that need to be addressed
- Rule of Law and Right to Democracy in International Law: To Contradict or Conform to Constitutionalism?
- The Credibility of the International Criminal Court: A Critical Review of the Jurisdiction and the Functions of the World Court
- Alternatives to Imprisonment: From Institutional Based Corrections to Community Based Corrections as a Means of Prevention of Reconviction and Recidivism in Sri Lankan Context
- The Importance of DNA Evidence in the field of Criminal Law in Sri Lanka
- Issues Relating to Interest Rate Spread in Commercial Banking System of Sri Lanka
- Perception of Auditor Independence among Auditors and Financial Statement users in Sri Lanka
- Factors Leading To CSR Reporting: A Case From Manufacturing Sector In Sri Lanka
- A Budget in consensual spaces: The case of Sri Lanka Railway.
- Moving Beyond the Metaphoric Views of Organizational Culture to Understand the Managerial Practice: Some Critical Insights
- The Motivational Pattern of Attitude Formation within the Functional Approach: With reference to first time voters in the University of Colombo
- Ethnic Variations of PCOS: A Paradigm Shift in Women‘s Health
- Determinants of cigarette smoking and smokeless tobacco use among young adult South Asians
- Toxicological and immunological characterization of the Sri Lanka hump-nosed pit viper (Hypnale hypnale) venom
- Phlebotomus argentipes: possible vector of leishmaniasis in Sri Lanka
- Geographic structure of Plasmodium vivax: microsatellite analysis of parasite populations from Sri Lanka, Myanmar and Ethiopia
- Factors affecting non-adherence with home exercises prescribed by rehabilitation therapists for stroke patients discharged from the National Hospital of Sri Lanka
- A comparative study of metalloestrogens in blood and ectopic endometrial tissue in women with endometriosis and matched controls
- Nutritional status and dietary habits of adolescent school children in Kalutara
- Diabetes in pregnancy among Lankan women: gestational or pre-gestational?
- Tobacco smoking amongst the teenage school children in Colombo district, Sri Lanka – the parental influence
- The impact of diabetes on the quality of life in patients with ischaemic heart disease undergoing coronary revascularization
- Patterns of resting heart rate and its correlates among Sri Lankan adults.
- Prevalence of defective colour vision among medical students in Faculty of Medicine, Colombo
- Clinical profile of leishmaniasis in Polonnaruwa district
- Determining the geographical origin of Plasmodium vivax using five microsatellite markers, instead of twelve markers: a more cost effective tool
- Strain-specific protective immunity induced by infection with pre-erythrocytic stages of Plasmodium cynomolgi in toque monkey
- Association between interleukin – 13 gene polymorphisms and anti – malarial antibodies in a Sri Lankan population
- Medicine information needs and sources, their accessibility and acceptability among visually disabled adults.
- Difficulties encountered in using medicines, medicine related mishaps and self-adopted coping strategies in visually disabled adults.
- Comparison of fasting and OGTT plasma glucose in the diagnosis of diabetes and pre-diabetes in Sri Lankan adults
- Management outcome of cardiomyopathy in pregnancy- A Sri Lankan experience
- Geographic structure of Plasmodium vivax in Sri Lanka
- Investigation of Stability of Caffeine Dimer in Water Clusters:A quantum mechanical study
- A study of human exposure to selected phthalates in toys in Sri Lanka
- Fast responding polyaniline based humidity sensor
- Study of the Deterioration of Aspirin in the Presence of Various Excipients
- Effect of a plant vitamin on the growth of the tomato plant (Lycopersicon esculentum)
- Effect of Caryota urens L. (Kithul) treacle on serum lipid parameters of normal rats
- Antioxidant properties of some Sri Lankan traditional red rice (Oryza sativa L.)
- In vitro assessment of antioxidant capacity of Sri Lankan black tea (Camellia sinensis L.), during storage and its relation to phenolic content
- Electronic Implementation of Sun Algorithm
- Evaluation of temperature dependence of oscillating frequency of an internal RC oscillator of a microcontroller as a temperature sensor
- Electrodeposited nano-crystalline cuprous oxide thin films for solar energy applications
- Development of an Automated Weather Station with Remote Data Transmission Capability
- Simulating Branching Geometries in Random Trees
- Object Tracking using Optical Flow
- Mathematical Model for Vector-Parasite Interactions in Lymphatic Filariasis Transmission
- Mathematical structure for accumulations given by integration
- A detailed analysis of a genotype-environment study on rice in Sri Lanka
- Factors influencing for entering the physical science stream through the first attempt of the G.C.E (A/ L) examination
- Determinants of Poverty in Sri Lanka
- An improvement to the existing measurement of poverty in Sri Lanka