Browsing 2013 IRC Articles by Issue Date
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An analysis of knowledge economy in Sri Lanka:a regional perspective
(2013)The purpose of this study is to examine and evaluate Sri Lankan knowledge economy and its transformation process to assess Sri Lankan readiness to embrace a knowledge economy and further to seek the challenges that Sri ... -
End of an armed conflict with the death of a terrorist leader:Analysing the absence of terrorist attacks in the post-war context
(2013)The military defeat of the Liberation Tigers of the Tamil Eelam (LTTE) in May 2009 is significant not only as it marks the end of the prolonged armed struggle. More importantly, the island nation has not witnessed a single ... -
Should the Sri Lankan government develop a government-sponsored arbitration centre for the resolution of international commercial disputes? -An effort to make Sri Lanka a viable commercial hub
(2013)One of the major objectives of Sri Lanka is to achieve economic prosperity after the end of decades long conflict that ravaged the country. The desire to achieve this objective is reflected through massive development ... -
Phytochemical study on medicinal plant- Sida cordifolia Linn
(2013)Medicinal plants form the major source of drugs in all the traditional systems of medicine practiced in Sri Lanka, India viz., Siddha, Ayurveda, Unani and Homeopathy. There is a growing importance in medicinal plants and ... -
Distribution reliability improvement through optimal location of load break switches in 33 kV network
(2013)Distribution network is responsible for many of the interruptions in an electricity supply system. This is internationally the case due to the more exposed nature of the distribution lines which are mostly of overhead type ... -
Knowledge and attitudes towards psychological counselling and guidance among first year undergraduates at the Faculty of Allied Health Sciences, General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University
(2013)Introduction-Students are the major recipients of psychological guidance and counselling services in a university setting where each student is enable to derive optimal educational benefits so as to actualize his/ her ... -
Barodontalgia among SLAF air crew
(2013)Barodontalgia, a dental pain evoked by a change in barometric pressure in an otherwise asymptomatic tooth, may be severe enough to cause inflight vertigo, incapacitation, and premature cessation of flights and altitude-chamber ... -
Using musical intelligence based techniques to coach young ESL learners in acquiring grammar
(2013)Despite the facilities provided by the Sri Lankan Government, the students in most of the rural schools are not motivated to learn English due to various reasons. On the basis of this premise, this research explored the ... -
Sri Lanka as hub of environment protection in Asia: constructing expressways while mitigating its environmental impact
(2013)Expressways are seen as an important device to stimulate "economic development", an objective which states seek to achieve. However, development in most instances, as in the case of expressways, comes at the cost of ... -
Selected text machine translator for English to Sinhala
(2013)Nowadays people are used to read English text online and sometimes prefer to see the meaning of the portions of text in his/her mother tongue. Some computer-based solutions enable the reader copy the desired text to a ... -
Impact of hydraulic loading rate on performance of constructed wetlands for wastewater treatment
(2013)Wastewater generation is increasing at an exponential rate as a result of rapid population growth and urbanization. Sri Lanka in its way forward to become a hub in Asia will have to give an immense attention for treatment ... -
Design an infrared radar training module
(2013)In this project, we designed a type of close proximity infrared radar training module that can be used to detect any object close to the device by scanning with an angle of 180 degrees and from a distance from 20cm to ... -
Fast transform algorithm for legendre polynomial transforms
(2013)Let P={p0,p1,...,pn-1] denote the collection of the first n Legendre polynomials pk of degree k and let X={x0,x1,...,xn-1} be a set of n sample points. The Discrete Legendre polynomial transform (DLT) of an input ... -
Sri Lanka in the new Asian century: the importance of ecologically sustainable development to national security
(2013)The increasing occurrence of natural disasters and extreme weather patterns will put enormous stress on agricultural production and thus food security in the future. The international competition for scarce resources amidst ... -
Challenges & opportunities for Sri Lankan engineering professionals in the emerging maritime hub:a case presentation from the shipbuilding industry
(2013)While the demand for Asian shipbuilders prevail over the demand for European shipbuilders, Sri Lanka is in a relatively advantageous position to take the advantage of becoming a Regional Maritime Hub.With the end of the ... -
Anti-inflammatory activity of the aqueous extract of Phychotria sarmentosa
(2013)The hot water extracts of leaves and stems of Psychotria sarmentosa at doses of 1015, 2039, 3885 and 5050 mg/kg were subjected to anti-inflammatory activity in a carrageenan induced paw edema model using Wistar male rats, ... -
The impact of non rational elements on strategy and warfare
(2013)As the world-famous critic of Strategy and Warfare General Von Clausewitz argues, much could be learned about strategies of warfare from a careful analysis of war; it could always be a highly unpredictable affair shaped ...