Browsing 2015 IRC Articles by Title
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Modification of User Friendliness into a HydroGIS Tool
(2015)In present context venders have developed fewer number of GIS software to perform advanced GIS manipulations with customised tools for specific uses. Nevertheless those provide general functions, whilst the real ... -
Motives for status consumption: An empirical investigation based on semi-urban women consumers in supermarket settings in Sri Lanka
(2015)Consumption of goods and services for the sake of showing status – commonly referred to as ‘status consumption’, has become a persistent phenomenon in many societies, and it is remarked that urban women, in particular, ... -
A Multivariate Co-integration Analysis of Air Passenger Movement: Empirical Evidence from in Sri Lanka
(2015)Air transportation has been recognized as a key industry in Sri Lanka since most of tourists travel by air and tourism plays a vital role in the economy. The purpose of this research is to test the causality between air ... -
Music Training Interface for Visually Impaired with a Universally Applicable OMR Engine
(2015)Assistive technologies specifically built for the visually impaired have not been able to cater to all their requirements. Visually impaired need third party assistance to convert visual Eastern music notation scripts to ... -
Nepal-India and Sri Lanka-India relations in the Regional Context since 1987
(2015)Nepal is a landlocked country which is situated between the boarders of two regional powers, India and China. Throughout history India has had concerns over the politics and security of Nepal. As a result of sharing boarders ... -
A New Algorithm for Multipoint Evaluation of Univariate Polynomials
(2015)Let l i n l lin x axp 1 0)( be a univariate polynon mial of degree 1 n defined on ] [x ,where ][ x denotes the ring of polynomials in x over , the field of real numbers and let } ,,{ 1 0 nxxS be any set ... -
New Dimension towards the Usage of Cheques in Sri Lankan Payments System
(2015)The usage of cheques other than cash (Coins and Note) and e- payments are integral part of Sri Lankan payment system. Bank cheques continue to remain as the main non cash payment in the country. In recent time with the ... -
Non-Farm Activities and Rural Poverty in Sri Lanka: Review of Literature
(2015)Rural poverty is a concept of deprivation of basic needs in the rural area which is a geographic area located outside cities and towns. In order to have a long term solution to such a deprivation of needs in rural human ... -
Novel solid state solar cell made from n-cu2o using granular active carbon as upper - electrode
(2015)Coir is a natural vegetable fibre obtained from the coconut tree. In this research, alkaline-bio scoured bristle coir fibres powders were subjected to alkaline activation method. Potassium Hydroxide (0.1M) was used to treat ... -
Nuclear Terrorism and Theft at Borders
(2015)Effectively managing country’s border against the proliferation of nuclear substance is a considerable security risk that is faced by the border protection agencies. These state owned border agencies are expected to maintain ... -
Octopus: A Multi Agent Chatbot
(2015)A Chatbot is a type of conversational agent or a computer program which has been designed to simulate an intelligent conversation with one or more human users via auditory or textual methods. Chatbots can be used as an ... -
On an Algorithm to Prove the Strong Goldbach Conjecture
(2015)The strong Goldbach conjecture says that any even number greater than the integer can be expressed as the sum of two prime numbers which has been numerically justified up to such large numbers that of order 4 . We assume ... -
One Up for Statutory Interpretation and Two Down for Separation of Powers
(2015)The research aims to assess the impact of applying the rules of interpretation on the doctrine of separation of powers. The question is whether the judiciary performs its function of statutory interpretation as prescribed ... -
Optimized Power Output from Piezoelectric Flexure Element Driven by Low Frequency Vibration
(2015)Energy harvesting is the process of capturing readily available energy and converting into usable energy. Among the many different types of energy harvesting methods, piezoelectric energy harvesting has become popular as ... -
p-CuSCN (band gap=3.1eV) Sensitized Cu2O Quantum Dots (QDs) Photoelectrochemical Cell
(2015)This work focuses on making photoelectrochemical cell for the first time by sensitizing p-CuSCN with Cu2O quantum dots (QDs). Copper (I) thiocyanate (CuSCN) is wide band gap material which is sensitive only to UV light. ... -
Performance Appraisal System for Allion Technologies (PVT) LTD
(2015)The purpose of this paper to introduce an automate performance appraisal system for a software developing organization. Allion technologies used, manual form based performance appraisal system for assessing the performance ... -
Performance of an all polymer supercapacitor
(2015)Demand for power sources is getting increased day by day due to high usage of electronic equipment. Most widely used power sources are the batteries. However, when energy storage is considered, capacitors are in the ... -
Phylogenetic and Conservational Analyses of Dengue Non-Structural Protein 1
(2015)The variability in the host immune responses against infections by different strains of Dengue virus (DENV), due to their sequence heterogeinity, is a huge obstacle in disease management and development of an effective ... -
Plant Variety Protection: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow; With Special Reference to UPOV Convention, 1991 and TRIPS Agreement
(2015)Plant variety protection has been identified by the industrialized countries for a long time. As a result of this identification plant variety protection became as an internationally identified protection system since 1991 ... -
Potential of a Herbal Preparation Used in Indigenous Medicine to Neutralize Nba nojo Venom: Example from Wet Zone, Sri Lanka
(2015)The venom neutralizing ability of a herbal preparation used in traditional medicine was characterized. The preparation is known for successful treatment of Naj a naj a and Daboia russelii envenomation, particularly in the ...