Browsing 2015 IRC Articles by Title
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A Study on the Acquisition of English as Second Language at the Critical Age
(2015)This research studied about acquisition of second language (hereinafter referred to as L2) at the critical age. Critical age plays a crucial role in Language Acquisition. Critical period (hereinafter referred to as CP) ... -
Success of Current Local Government System in Sri Lanka
(2015)The present system of local government institutions (LGI) was introduced by the 13th Amendment to the Constitution of 1987, in order to decentralize power as a solution to the ethnic problem in the country. This study ... -
A Survey on Factors Affecting Supply Chain Management Effectiveness: A Case of Textile Sector in Sri Lanka
(2015)The modern world is streaming towards the simplification of processes, reengineering and reformations of management to increase the effectiveness of manufacturing, thus practices innovative concepts, state of art technologies, ... -
Sustainable Development and the Challenge of E-Waste in Sri Lanka
(2015)Sustainable Development is development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. However, loosely discarded, surplus, obsolete, broken, electrical ... -
Tale of RED and ARRI : the Unseen Role of Run Out Legislation and WhiteCollar Seats
(2015)Cinema is a reputed, glorious mode of expression in pictures in the whole world. Day by day it becomes a widespread entertainment mode with the help of capital and technology. The observable situation in Sri Lanka reflects ... -
Technology Adoption and Disability Digital Divide: an Empirical Study on Sri Lanka
(2015)Disabled people are not having equal opportunities in accessing Information technology and Internet access compare to the non-disabled working population in Sri Lanka. The differently-abled population in the country has ... -
Time Series Approaches to Forecast Air Freight Imports and Exports: Empirical from Sri Lanka.
(2015)This paper establishes an approach to forecast Air freight exports and imports volumes in Sri Lanka for the period of 2008-2013. Further the paper also applies Granger Causality to test the causality between air cargo ... -
Time Series Models to Forecast Dengue Fever Incidences in Western Province of Sri Lanka
(2015)Dengue is one of the most dangerous mosquito viral infections in the world. In the recent past dengue has become the number one killer mosquito infection in Sri Lanka. Each year the number of incidences of dengue is ... -
Torture Occurrence in Police Custody: Critical Legal study on Sri Lankan Context
(2015)A Police force is established in a country with the prime objective of enhancing the internal security of a state. Thus, the safety and security of the individuals is expected to be upheld by the Police and from the initial ... -
Tracing the Development of Approaches of Needs Analysis in English for Specific Purposes (ESP)
(2015)Since the beginning of the concept of English for Specific Purposes (ESP) there have been multiple perspectives of the term 'needs' and its classification, and as a result models of needs analysis have evolved tremendously ... -
Transferability of Leadership Skills to Day-Scholars by the Leadership Programme at KDU
(2015)Leadership programme for the military education is not a novel subject but for the other tertiary education systems it is very much highlighted and debatable not only within the intellectual community but also within ... -
Under Frequency Load Shedding Based on Dynamic System Information
(2015)Under Frequency Load shedding is an effective mechanism to prevent a disturbance – induced collapse of a power system. Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) also uses such a system with the support of under frequency load shedding ... -
Use of low cost information communication technologies for knowledge mobilization in agricultural communities in Sri Lanka
(2015)The potential role and significance of mobilization of scientific and indigenous knowledge to promote sustainable agriculture is well recognized. Yet, the inherent features associated with traditional agricultural extension ... -
Validation of OpenFOAM as Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) Software
(2015)Computational Fluid Dynamic (CFD) software is doing a critical role in the modern era of engineering. It is very important especially to the aeronautical and aerospace engineering fields. New CFD software comes in to the ... -
Volatility Models for World Stock Indices and Behaviour of All Share Price Index
(2015)The purpose of the study is to model the volatility of the world stock indices. The word volatility is derived as the results of unequal variances of the error terms of the return series. The technical term used here is ... -
Voluntary Repatriation as a Durable Solution to Sri Lankan Refugees in India: A Critical Analysis with Legal Perspective
(2015)Assimilation, voluntary repatriation and third country resettlement are generally accepted as durable solutions for refugees. Among these, voluntary repatriation is considered to be the most welcome. Sri Lankan refugees ... -
What they want and what they receive on the way of reaching regional development in Sri Lanka
(2015)The concept of regional development was rooted in Sri Lanka’s development agenda only after 1970s with respect to resolve the problems of unemployment, social unrest, the rising cost of living, declining of local production ...