Browsing 2016 IRC Articles by Title
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Implications of Using Salvaged Materials for Building Construction in Sri Lankan Context
(2016)As the biggest contributor for global environmental concerns construction industry has under gone through many transformations in the recent pass. During last quarter of the millennium principles for building design has ... -
Improving Work Efficiency by Reducing Interface Noise Generation Experienced in Connecting Modbus Protocol to Arduino
(2016)Modbus is a standard open communication protocol which is extensively used in industry and is the most commonly available means of connecting industrial electronic devices in many industries today. The Modbus was developed ... -
In Search of a Liquefied Natural Gas Trading Hub in Asia: Sri Lanka’s Potential to Become a Candidate
(2016)Asian regions natural gas demand is growing fast but a lack of competitive national and regional markets creates high prices, and the region largely imports Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG). The LNG is one of the energy sources ... -
India - Pakistan war of 1971: A Sri Lankan Perspective
(2016)The 1971 India - Pakistan war arose due to the East Pakistani’s claim to be a separate nation. The war was one of the shortest battles in history, ending victoriously after 13 days of its commencement. West Pakistan who ... -
INDIA’S POLITICAL ECONOMY: CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR SRI LANKA
(2016)India's economy became the world's fastest growing major economy from the last quarter of 2014 replacing the People's Republic of China (DNA, 2015), a title which was held by China for more than three decades. India ... -
India’s Strategy in the Indian Ocean and South Asia: Implications for Sri Lanka’s National Security
(2016)As a result of the steady growth of the Indian economy vast financial resources have accrued to the Indian government. The Indian government is using these financial resources to pursue a very ambitious strategy in the ... -
Indicators for Assessing Social Sustainability of Fuel Wood Systems
(2016)There are pressing reasons for developing a better understanding group of indicators to assess social, economic and environmental sustainability of fuel wood systems. Therefore an important current research need is to ... -
An Integrated Framework for Opinion Mining and Summarization of Hotel Reviews
(2016)Customer opinions hold a very important place in businesses, especially for companies and hotels. In last years, opinions have become more important due to global Internet usage as opinions pool. The opinion mining is one ... -
Internet of Everything: Unlock the Potential Fear of Sri Lankan Government Sectors
(2016)The internet has evolved in ways that we could never have imagined. The internet now provides the facilities connecting things and making our lives easier than ever before. The Internet of everything (IoE) is an immense ... -
Investigation of the Effects of DC Current at the Point of Common Coupling on the Operation of Distribution Transformers
(2016)Non-linear loads, such as ac and dc motor drives, computers etc. connected to the power distribution network inject a DC current component back to the network. Individual currents from different loads add at the point of ... -
ITray: Multi - agent Solution for LAN Based File Sharing
(2016)Multi-agent systems are capable of handling the complexity of the real world problems through its emerging features including coordination, communication and negotiations. Thus, Multi-agent systems can be applied to handle ... -
Knowledge and self-reported practices on post-operative pain management among nurses working in surgical wards in two selected Teaching Hospitals
(2016)A descriptive cross sectional study was conducted at Colombo South Teaching Hospital (CSTH) and Sri Jayewardenepura General Hospital (SJGH) to describe knowledge and self-reported practices on post-operative pain management ... -
LESSONS FOR SRI LANKA FROM THE RWANDA EXPERIENCE
(2016)Sri Lanka had an ethnic disturbance situation since 1981 which concluded in 2009. In Sri Lanka, there were thousands of civilians and combatants who were killed during the conflict. The genocide in Rwanda was based on two ... -
Low - Cost VoIP Solution for University PBX by Using SPA3102
(2016)The benefits of implementing an open source VoIP system at General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University (KDU) where an analog system is still being used, and VoIP system provides not only voice communication but also ... -
Manipulation of Thermal Mass with Natural Ventilation; Application for Residential Buildings in Tropics
(2016)This paper investigates the integration of thermal mass with natural ventilation for passive climate modification in residential buildings in tropics. Compact house forms found in historic world heritage site, Galle Fort, ... -
Market Basket Analysis: A Profit Based Approach to Apriori Algorithm
(2016)The field of data mining seeks to recognize the regularities, patterns and behaviours of large data collections. Association mining is used to discover elements that occur frequently within a dataset consisting of multiple ... -
Market Orientation and Financial Performance (An Empirical Study on Tea Exporters in Tea Export Industry in Sri Lanka
(2016)This study aims to examine the effect of market orientation on financial performance in relation to Sri Lanka Tea export industry. The problem of the study is “Is the variation of the Market Orientation (MO) reflected in ... -
Maternity Benefits Laws for Sri Lankan Female Employees: Reference to Maternity Benefits Ordinance and the Shop and Office Employees Act
(2016)As in many developing countries, the increasing Sri Lankan female employment constitutes crucial sectors of the working population. By analogy, it has been associated with low wages, poor working conditions and significant ... -
Mathematics of architecture: A study of the philosophy of emerging architecture
(2016)Mathematics has been used in architectural design since the ancient times. Modern architectural forms designed on digital design platforms based on complex mathematical equations differ from Euclidean geometry. The ... -
Means to ensure gap free coastal surveillance to Sri Lanka
(2016)This paper writer is attempting to formulate combine strategy for effective coastal surveillance mechanism for Sri Lanka. This will enable to counter existing maritime threats and challenges in to the island. The existing ...