http://repo.lib.sab.ac.lk:8080/xmlui/handle/susl/2559 2026-04-21T16:02:10Z http://repo.lib.sab.ac.lk:8080/xmlui/handle/susl/2621 Sabaragamuwa University Journal 2011-12-01T00:00:00Z http://repo.lib.sab.ac.lk:8080/xmlui/handle/susl/2620 Sabaragamuwa University Journal 2011-12-01T00:00:00Z http://repo.lib.sab.ac.lk:8080/xmlui/handle/susl/2619 Being active for Iater Ufe: What determines physical activity and exercise participation among retired female government servants in Sri-Lanka? Nanayakkara, Samantha; Culpan, Ian; McChesney, Jane; Dzenis, Jack Gentle exercise can help reduce many of the health risks of old age, and enable senior citizens to stay mobile. Unfortunately, it can be seen that Sri Lankan older women are generally not heeding the message. The purpose of this paper is to examine what specific social practices accomplish the physical and ideological exclusion of elderly Sri Lankan women from participation in physical activity and exercises. Randomly selected retired female Sri Lankan government servants (N = 300) have been taken as the research sample. The empirical component of this paper uses a questionnaire and semi-structured interviews to investigate the research proposition. The main questions related to this research address the issue in two ways. First, it emphasises the main reasons why female retired government servants do or do not participate in exercise and physical activity. Second, it identifies the perceived obstacles they are facing in participating in physical activity and exercise. The results revealed that retired female government servants feel they do enough physical activity and exercise to benefit their health and they regard physical activity.and exercise as important. Finally, specific attention has been paid to how obstacles on physical activity and exercise participation by retired female government servants can be overcome, and how those who are not interested in physical activity and exercise can be encouraged to become involved. 2011-12-01T00:00:00Z http://repo.lib.sab.ac.lk:8080/xmlui/handle/susl/2618 Moisture Sorption Isotherm Studies of Formulated Rice and Soy Based Ready - to - Eat Breakfast Cercáis Using B.E.T Model Felix, E. Delina; Mahendran, T. Satisfactory diets contain protein that is sufficient hot only in quantity, but also in quality. A new type of combined breakfast blend based on locally available cereals and Iegumes were formulated adopting drum drying technology. Based on preliminary studies Soybean was maintained as 30-40% in the treatments while red rice was maintained as 60-70% .in the treatments. Banana,pumpkin and miIk powder were used as ingredients to overcome the beany flavour of the product. The prepared dried products were subjected to nutritional and sensory analysis. Based on the nutritional and consumer preference, the drum dried mixture of rice, soybean and banana was selected as best combination.among the tested treatments. Moisture sorption isotherms for the best product were determined at 30 and 40°C over water activity range of 0.10 to 0.95 using a static gravimetric technique with the application of Brunauer-Emmett-Teller (BET) equations. The B.E.T monolayer values 5.23 and 5.1.2 g / 10Qg dry matter were obtained from the constructed isotherm curves as this can be stored for a long term period at 30° and 40°C to meet the nutritional needs of the individuals. 2011-12-01T00:00:00Z