4.Journals Published in Sri Lanka

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    Mapping out gender dynamics in paddy farming:a case study of Pavatkulam major irrigation scheme in the Vavuniya district in Sri Lanka
    (Postgraduate Institute of Agriculture, University of Peradeniya:Peradeniya, 2013) Jeyaruba, T.; De Silva, S.; Dharmasena, D.A.N.
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    Auxology of Sri Lankan children age 5 to 18 years 3.. sitting height and sub-ischial leg length
    (SLMA. Colombo, 1990) Wickramanayake, T.W.; Amarasinghe, S.
    Sitting height (SH), leg length (LL) and the rati, SH/TH have been studied in 9070 school children between 5 and 18 years, SH and LL are not influenced by ethnicity. SH, LL and the overall increment in LL are socio-economic dependent during pre-adolescence. LL velocity is greater than SH velocity during pre-adolescence , so that LL catches up with SH before puberty, which occurs earlier in children of a higher socio-economic status. Children who become tall are those with a high LL velocity during pre-adolescence and a high SH velosity after puberty. Neither poverty nor ethnicity have any influence on the relative propotion of SH to stature.
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    Effect of alcohol consumption on the cholesterol content of lipoprotein fractions, with special reference to HDL subfractions
    (Sri Lanka Medical Association. Colombo, 1989) Atukorala, T.M.S.; Perera, S.; Salgado, M.W.; Ramachandran, S.
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    Some factors influencing the age at menarche of Sri Lankans
    (Sri Lanka Medical Association. Colombo, 1988) Godawatta, R.; Wickramanayake, T.W.
    The mean age at menarche (MAM) of girls attending two schools in the City of Colombo catering families of a high socio-economic-educational status has been compared with that of girls of lower socio-economic status in the city and in rural Kadawata. The MAM for the former group is 11.8 years, lower than values reported earlier for more mixed Sri Lankan populations. In all schools studied those who have reached menarche are significantly taller, heavier, have a higher BMI, mid-arm-circum ference and skinfold thickness than those who have not attained age. The man weight of girls who have reached menarche is above 40 kg in all age groups and BMI is above 17.0. The importance of the socio-economic, educational and nutritional status, from the time of birth to the adolescent spurt, to the early onset of menarche, is stressed.
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    Craniofacial anthropometry of Sri Lankans
    (University of Colombo. Colombo, 1998) Nanayakkara, D.
    The data available on craniofacial anthropometry of Sri Lankans are very scanty. These measurements are an important consideration to the clinician and the anthropologist. A total of 8409 children , 3954 males and 4450 females in the age range of 6-18 years, belonging tot eh three major ethnic groups in Sri Lanka. Moors were examined with the aim of establishing the normal values for a series of seven craniofacial measurements obtained using holtain anthropometric instruments. Norms were established for 1 year age categories from 6-18 years. for males and females in the three ethnic groups. The singhlese males and females showed higher values for head circumference head breadth and bicondylar breadth than the Sri Lankan tamils and moors, differences which were statistically significant (p0.001) the facial height of the Sri Lankan moors were significatly greater that of the sinhalese and Sri Lankan tamils.
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    Anthropometric measurements of Sri Lankan newborns
    (University of Colombo. Colombo, 1998) Nanayakkara, D.
    A study was conducted with the aim of establishing the mean birth weight, crown heel length and head circumference for Sri Lankan newborns. A total of 1325 normal, singleton babies (993 sinhalese and 332 moor) with ultrasonically confirmed period of gestation, born at the Maternity unit of the Base hospital Kegalle, were selected. Means and standard deviations for the above measurements of the sinhalese and moor babies were established. Since the number of babies were established. Since the number of babies belonging to the Tamil ethnic group was small for statistical analysis. they were excluded from the study. For all three measurements, the mean values of male newborns were higher than those of the female newborns. when compared with the sinhalese the moor, males and females had highly significant higher values for birth weight crown heel length and head circumfereence (P0.001) simple linear regression analyses were carried out between the baby's weight age and parity. A significant relationship was observed between the baby's weight and mothers weight.