The LTTE Proposals for an Interim Self-Governing Authority and Future of the Peace Process in Sri Lanka

The political brinkmanship of the Liberation Tigers of the Tamil Eelam has been illustrated vividly by the way in which it brought forward its proposals for an Interim Self-Governing Authority by exploiting the vulnerabilities of the United National Front Government. In the proposals the LTTE articulated its political intentions in concrete constitutional terms for the first time. The Proposals rationalize the armed struggle and a contractual agreement outside the Constitution. The plenary powers of the ISGA exceed the federal formula; effectively exclude the institutions of the state of Sri Lanka from the North-East; and clear the route for a separate state. This situation demands a redirection of the peace process which requires a clear political vision and a proper strategy with alternative proposals on the part of the government. In the face of present impasse of the peace process the challenges before the new Freedom Alliance government are formidable.

Low workforce participation of educated female and the role of work organizations in post-war Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka as a developing economy that achieved gender equity in education and a higher literacy rate (both adult and youth) in the South Asian region still records a low labor force participation and high unemployment rate of females when compared to their male counterparts. With the suggestion of existing literature on the non-conventional models of careers those adopted by young and female populations at the working age, this paper discusses the role of work organizations in absorbing more females (and even minority groups) into the workforce. It mainly focuses on the need of designing appropriate human resource strategies and reforming the existing organizational structures in order for contributing to the national development in the post-war Sri Lanka economy.

Genetic and root phenotype diversity in Sri Lankan rice landraces may be related to drought resistance

Acknowledgements Mayuri Munasinghe was supported by a Commonwealth Scholarship (ref no. LKCS-2009-384). The development and use of the SNP chip was funded by a BBSRC grant BB/J003336/1. The authors thank Owen Price (University of Wollongong, Australia) for producing the coloured province map of Sri Lanka, Gareth Norton (Aberdeen) for merging the RDP1 SNP data with the Sri Lankan data and Tony Travis (Aberdeen) for help with PCA.

Los sistemas de recuperación de la información (SRI) de las bases de datos documentales y la calidad de los resultados obtenidos

Los Sistemas de Recuperación de la Información (SRI) de las bases de datos documentales (BDd) y la calidad de los resultados obtenidos es un tema del programa de la asignatura 'Documentación e Información Científica en Salud' que se imparte en el Máster en Investigación en Ciencias de la Enfermería de la Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud (Universidad de Alicante).

South India & Sri Lanka, 1766 (Raster Image)

This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Carte réduite de la presque isle de l'Inde : contenant les costes depuis Cambaye jusqu'aux bouches du Gange, par le S. Bellin, Ingenieur de la Marine. It was published by Dépost des cartes, plans et journaux de la Marine in 1766. Scale [ca. 1:3,300,000]. Covers South India and Sri Lanka. Map in French. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the World Miller Cylindrical projected coordinate system. All map collar and inset information is also available as part of the raster image, including any inset maps, profiles, statistical tables, directories, text, illustrations, index maps, legends, or other information associated with the principal map. This map shows features such as rocks, channels, points, ports, coves, islands, shoals, anchorage points, and more. Includes also selected land features such as towns and villages, drainage, roads, and more. Relief shown pictorially.This layer is part of a selection of digitally scanned and georeferenced historic maps from the Harvard Map Collection. These maps typically portray both natural and manmade features. The selection represents a range of originators, ground condition dates, scales, and map purposes.

Sri Lanka, ca. 1650 (Raster Image)

This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Insvla Zeilan, olim Taprobana, nunc incolis Tenarisim, [by] Joannes Janssonius. It was published by J. Jansson, ca. 1650. Scale [ca. 1:1,000,000]. Covers Sri Lanka. Map in Latin. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM Zone 44N, meters, WGS 1984) projected coordinate system. All map collar and inset information is also available as part of the raster image, including any inset maps, profiles, statistical tables, directories, text, illustrations, index maps, legends, or other information associated with the principal map. This map shows features such as drainage, cities and other human settlements, roads, shoreline features, and more. Relief shown pictorially, depth by soundings.This layer is part of a selection of digitally scanned and georeferenced historic maps from the Harvard Map Collection. These maps typically portray both natural and manmade features. The selection represents a range of originators, ground condition dates, scales, and map purposes.