The Ceylon Journal of Medical Science (CJMS) since its re-launch in 2016 is the official journal Faculty Medicine, University Colombo. focus CJMS to provide a platform those involved diverse fields medical science publish high quality research. This will facilitate promotion evidence based medicine and thereby improve health care. open doctors, researchers, scientists sciences education student...

In Sri Lanka, home-cooked diets are often fed due to the cost and poor availability of commercial diets. Milk has traditionally been a popular food to give to dogs in this country. There is a recent perceived increase in the number of owners choosing commercial diets for their pets. This study aimed to determine how dog owners visiting a single veterinary practice in Colombo fed their pets. We ...

OBJECTIVE To assess the quality of care in government family planning clinic services in Colombo District. DESIGN Descriptive cross-sectional study. SETTINGS Government family planning clinics in the Colombo District. STUDY SAMPLE The study was conducted in 23 government family planning clinics in the Colombo District selected through stratified sampling. 593 women visiting these clinics ...

Sucrose and other neutral solutes reduce the oxygen affinity of human hemoglobin. This effect was attributed by Colombo et al. (Colombo, M.F., Rau, D.C., and Parsegian, V.A. (1992) Science 256, 655-659) to a stabilization of the deoxy-T quaternary state of hemoglobin A, via a reduction of the activity coefficient of water. This was correlated to crystallographic results which showed that a sign...

Twin Research and Human Genetics Volume 9 Number 6 pp. 868–874 T Sri Lankan Twin Registry began as a volunteer register in 1997. Previously, we have shown doorto-door surveys as the best option to build a population-based twin register of older, adult twins. Our aim was to build a population-based twin register in the Colombo district and use it for twin studies on common mental disorders. We a...

The so-called Colombo-Nyquist (Colombo, The global mapping of gravity with two satellites, 1984) rule in satellite geodesy has been revisited. This rule predicts that for a gravimetric satellite flying in a (near-)polar circular repeat orbit, the maximum resolvable geopotential spherical harmonic degree (lmax) is equal to half the number of orbital revolutions (nr) the satellite completes in on...

For several weeks running now, increasing concentrations of sulphur dioxide (SO 2) have been recorded on air quality monitors in Colombo. It is pertinent that the medical profession is made aware that the Sri Lanka Air Quality Index has recorded SO 2 levels entering the "unhealthy" category [1]. Burning of diesel produces SO 2 , and more fossil fuels are burnt now to meet our increasing energy ...

Introduction: Chlamydia trachomatis (CT) is the most common cause of non-gonococcal urethritis. Prevalence CT infections in Sri Lanka was 17.1% females 2015. Real-time PCR for diagnostic testing started 2015 but screening programmes have not been initiated due to high cost. The aim this study determine genotypes patients from Colombo, since genotypic distribution known.Methods: Stored first voi...

Abstract Wetlands hold significant potential for climate change mitigation due to their high capacity sequester atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO 2 ). Colombo, Sri Lanka was recently declared as one of the eighteen global Ramsar wetland cities. The current study represents first attempt quantify soil organic (SOC) stocks held by urban freshwater wetlands in Colombo. focused on extensive ecosystems...

The Sri Lankan Twin Registry began as a volunteer register in 1997. Previously, we have shown door-to-door surveys as the best option to build a population-based twin register of older, adult twins. Our aim was to build a population-based twin register in the Colombo district and use it for twin studies on common mental disorders. We aimed to identify a random sample of 4000 twins ascertained t...