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    Knowledge and Its Associated Factors Related Venti lator Associated Pneumonia Among Intensive Care Nurses: Cross-secti onal Study in Southern Province of Sri Lanka
    (Faculty of Humanities and Sciences, SLIIT, 2024-12-04) Gunasekara, P.A.D. K; Gunawardhana, K.G.I.S; Akalanki, K.G.I; De Silva, P.H.R.V.I.S; Sriyani, K.A
    This study aimed to assess knowledge and its associated factors on venti lator-associated pneumonia (VAP) among intensive care nurses. This descripti ve cross-secti onal study included 164 nurses who worked in intensive care units. Data were collected through a content-validated, pretested selfadministered questi onnaire. It included parti cipants’ socio-demographic informati on and knowledgeassessing questi ons. Descripti ve stati sti cs, the Mann–Whitney U-test, and the Kruskal–Wallis test were performed. Signifi cance was accepted at alpha < 0.05. The sample was female predominant and included more undergraduate and graduate nurses than diploma nurses. The overall knowledge of VAP among nurses ranged from 82.92 to 14.86, with 75% of them achieving a score above 80%. Nurses’ knowledge of VAP was associated with their age, professional qualifi cati ons, and experiences in nursing service and intensive care units (p < 0.05). Nurses had sati sfactory knowledge of VAP. However, gaps exist. Nurses’ knowledge is associated with their on-the-job training and professional qualifi cati ons.
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    To Leave or not to Leave: Attitudes of the Undergraduates towards Speaking in an Online ESL Classroom
    (Faculty of Humanities and Sciences, SLIIT, 2022-09-15) Peiris, A.E
    Covid 19 pandemic has affected all sectors in Sri Lanka including education. Online delivery mode was integrated into tertiary education in most of the universities to meet the new challenges. Facilitators of the English as a second language (ESL) classes use effective strategies and platforms to improve English language(L2) proficiency of the students. Improving speaking of the learners in such online ESL classes is challenging. ESL facilitator commonly experienced that some students leave the meeting when they are assigned to do a group activity or a speaking activity. Hence, it is vital to study the attitudes of the students towards speaking in an online class to help them improve speaking. A questionnaire was distributed among the first year, first and second semester students in a non-state university, and one hundred twenty-eight responses were collected. The results of the quantitative data were analysed using the percentages of the responses. As revealed, the main reason to avoid ESL lectures is irregular power cuts. On the other hand, the learners have not clearly identified the importance of L2 speaking. The majority use L2 only for oral exams/ assignments, and some prefer the recording. The decision to leave the online lecture when there are speaking activities is rooted mainly from psychological factors, and then secondly from linguistics factors. With proper guidance the students may change their attitudes towards L2 speaking, and their 47 decision to leave the online lecture would be less.
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    An exploratory study of SME barriers for adoption of ICT and e-commerce in the Developing Countries -An empirical pilot study of Sri Lanka
    (Proceedings of the International Conference on Information Management and Business, 2006) Kapurubandara, M
    Embracing ICT and e-commerce for stability in international markets and competitive advantage are becoming imperative for Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs,) to survive in a global economy. Yet, SMEs in developing countries, forming the backbone of the economy, are relatively slow in adopting ICT and ecommerce. Literature reveals many significant reasons contributing towards this reluctance.This paper looks into more in-depth information about the reasons why SMEs in Sri Lanka – a developing country in Asia, are reluctant to adopt ICT and e-commerce technologies. . The barriers were identified through a pilot studyof 17 SMEs carried out in Sri Lanka. It identifies the similarities and differences between the SMEs in developing countries and the developed. The author hopes to develop a methodology to effectively help e-transform SMEs in developing countries.