Provides details on the culture and demographics of Sri Lanka which business executives can use to evaluate potential strategic investments in the area. Population figures; Major ethnic groups that live there; Life expectancy of its citizens; Key demographic drivers; Prevalent cultural issues that have...
However, some scholars attribute the origin of Moors to South Indian traders, who later settled in Sri Lanka5. This view in part is based on the similarities shared by Sri Lankan Moors with the Tamil Muslims of Tamil Nadu. Indian Tamils make the 4th largest ethnic group in Sri Lanka and ...
5303 Accesses 14 Citations Metrics details Abstract A substantial number of factors have been examined on the potentials of SMEs to exploit mobile marketing devices to achieve a competitive edge. However, the limited scholarly investigation has focused on the demographic characteristics of top executives...
4809 Accesses 8 Citations 2 Altmetric Metrics details Abstract Background Suicide is a major public health problem worldwide. It contributes for more than one million deaths each year. Since previous suicidal attempt was considered as the best predictor of future suicide, identifying factors behind ...
10k Accesses 87 Citations 1 Altmetric Metrics details Abstract Background Mass vaccinations of domestic dogs have been shown to effectively control canine rabies and hence human exposure to rabies. Knowledge of dog population demography is essential for planning effective rabies vaccination programmes; ...
2840 Accesses 24 Citations 5 Altmetric Metrics details Abstract Background Non-human primates have long been identified to harbour different species of Plasmodium. Long-tailed macaques (Macaca fascicularis), in particular, are reservoirs for P. knowlesi, P. inui, P. cynomolgi, P. coatneyi and ...
Author details 1 Department of Health Economics and Finance, Hanoi University of Public Health, Hanoi, Vietnam. 2 Department of Demography‑Reproductive Health, Hanoi University of Public Health, Hanoi, Vietnam. 3 Department of Biostatis- tics, Hanoi University of Public ...
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. We estimated the amount of shade cast in the understory (at 0.5 m height) using Beer’s law (i.e. a constant proportion of light removed by each layer present) and trigonometry (i.e. the angle of sky overshadowed by vegetation, see Rügeret al.84for more details). The relative...
2712 Accesses 22 Citations 5 Altmetric Metrics details Abstract Background Non-human primates have long been identified to harbour different species of Plasmodium. Long-tailed macaques (Macaca fascicularis), in particular, are reservoirs for P. knowlesi, P. inui, P. cynomolgi, P. coatneyi and ...