Annual Research Session 2008http://www.digital.lib.esn.ac.lk//handle/123456789/136942024-03-28T21:40:16Z2024-03-28T21:40:16ZWoman Entrepreneurship A Bane or A Boon to Enterprise DevelopmentK, KarunanithyM, Karunanithyhttp://www.digital.lib.esn.ac.lk//handle/123456789/137712020-10-29T09:06:45Z2008-01-01T00:00:00ZWoman Entrepreneurship A Bane or A Boon to Enterprise Development
K, Karunanithy; M, Karunanithy
Women choose micio enterprises as a way for the betterment of their
livellhood. Whether employment generated by enterprises really enabled
them to achieve their goals is not clear. Therefore, the major objective
of this study was to assess the interrelationship between the potentiality
of women as entrepreneurs and their enterprise development, and to
recommend suitable remedial measures.
Through interviews and questionnaires data was obtained related to
demographic, situational, contextual and personal characteristics that
could affect enterprise development.
It was found the situational factors pushed women to become as
entrepreneurs. Demographic factors, contextual and personal
characteristics contribute marginally to the development of the enterprise
while placing barriers.
2008-01-01T00:00:00ZInstitutionalised teaching System of Carnatic MusicB, Rajaeshwaranhttp://www.digital.lib.esn.ac.lk//handle/123456789/137692020-10-29T07:38:26Z2008-01-01T00:00:00ZInstitutionalised teaching System of Carnatic Music
B, Rajaeshwaran
Music plays an important role in the lives of hurnan beings. In our country
Music has been intensely associated with the daily activities of people.
There are different stories and opinions regarding the origin of music.
Some philosophical beliefs associated music with Hindu Gods' The origin
of Indian music can be traced to the Vedic period. There is also an
opinion that music originatred from various sounds of the nature and
animals. In the Rikpratishakhya (the grammar ofthe Rigveda) and musical
treaties of India this theciry finds support to some extent. Teaching of
music has been considered an important aspect in the general education
system as it provides a background to improve the moral character and
also influences the child's inner mind for the development of overall
personality.
This paper traces the background to the teaching of camatic music from
the Guru Kula system to the institutionalized system leading up to the
university. This paper also identifies the various aspects of these systems,
their merits and demerits and finally attempts to focus on modern trends
and the role of computer in music education as well as music therapy.
2008-01-01T00:00:00ZAnalytical Studies on Prawn Farm Wastewater Generated At Thiruperunthurai Area Of The BatticloaM, SugirtharanS, Amuthenichttp://www.digital.lib.esn.ac.lk//handle/123456789/137682020-10-29T07:34:32Z2008-01-01T00:00:00ZAnalytical Studies on Prawn Farm Wastewater Generated At Thiruperunthurai Area Of The Batticloa
M, Sugirtharan; S, Amuthenic
The world's aquaculture industry has in recent times grown rapidly to
satisfu the demand for seafood, which cannot be met by wild fisheries
trariiesting. Uncontrolled expansion of aquaculture industries has fofsome
countries like Sri Lanka, resulted in adverse environmental impacts and
dbgradation of coastal environments. Prawn farms near the coabtal area
of Sri Lanka are one of the profit-oriented industries and those are
constrained by problems related to environmental degradation. This study
was undertaken in 2004 and examined the wastewater from the prawn
farms located at the Thiruperunthurai area of the Batticaloa district.
Quality parameters such as Chemical Oxygen Demand (COD), Turbidity,
Nitrate, Phosphate, Total Suspended Solids (TSS), pH, Temperature and
Salinity were monitored in the prawn farm wastewater. The wastewater
discharged from the prawn farms to the Batticaloa lagoon showed that
relatively higher concentrations ofTSS, Turbidity, COD and Salinity with
mean concentrations of 34833 mgll,94 FAU, 1451 mg/l and25%o"
respectively. Further, large volume of prawn farm wastewater was
discharged directly to the lagoon water without any treatment processes.
Therefore, lagoon water in Batticaloa showed high turbidity values and
found some algal growth near the prawn farms. It is proposed that
secondary treatment systems or wetlands to be introduced to improve
the quality of prawn farm effluents before discharged into the lagoon to
minimize the environmental impact ofthe prawn farm industry
2008-01-01T00:00:00ZDemonstration on Environmental Noice Removal Techniques For Raster Data Via User-Friendly Software InterfacesV.S, PragashJM, Manobavanhttp://www.digital.lib.esn.ac.lk//handle/123456789/137662020-10-29T07:29:31Z2008-01-01T00:00:00ZDemonstration on Environmental Noice Removal Techniques For Raster Data Via User-Friendly Software Interfaces
V.S, PragashJ; M, Manobavan
Environmental noise in the form of influences from cloud cover and/or
smoke is often a critigal problem faced when deploying analyses using
rernotely sensed infoimation. Such 'noise' will impact on the quality of
the analysis. Hencg, it becomes necessary to remove such 'noise' in the
pre-processing stages of the GIS-remote sensing analysis. whilst various
noir"-r"n1oval methods have been developed by the purist image
processing communiry a common problem faced by general practitioners
in environmental science is that these methods are complex and very
hard to comprehend and apply off-the-hand. Considering these difficulties,
a simple yeicomprehensive methodolory is presented in this paper, where
a tutorial spatial model using MS Excel is applied to explain the principle(s)
behind spatial noise removal. using digitized data based on Landsat
images for the Vavuniya district, the paper provides a detailed step-bystep
discussion on how environmental noise could be removed using
Boblean logic operators in"the MS Excel platform. Further, a detailed
description of how this 'noise removal concept' can be transferred into
the BtiOAS Imagine software platform for remotely sensed analysis is
also given using the (original) Landsat image (ry) for Vavuniya district
u, un
"*urnple.
Whilst this prototyping method is established as an
excellent .\r"nu" for validation, refinement and improven;'ent of the
analytical procedure, it is also stressed that future research in-these
l."gu.d, should focus on developing software interfaces in advanced
mathematical programming languages for enabling development of
efficient and user-friendly tools for environmental noise removal'
2008-01-01T00:00:00Z