Browsing 2016 IRC Articles by Title
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Safeguarding National Security through Neo Realistic Approach
(2016)The concept of National Security is an inevitable factor in every country which aims protecting and securing the survival of state. In that context neo realism can be used to identify international (Macro) and Local (Micro) ... -
Sale of Goods Ordinance No 11 of 1896: A Call for Reforms
(2016)Sale of Goods Ordinance No 11 of 1896 of Sri Lanka, which amends and codifies the law relating to the sale of goods in Sri Lanka is based on the English Sale of Goods Act of 1893 drafted by Sir Mackenzie Chalmers. Unlike ... -
Secure Collaborative Mobile Platform for Transmission and Archival of Medical Images
(2016)Compromising security of sensitive medical data often lead to severe consequences such as death of a patient or financial loses to health workers. This becomes worse when we share electronic medical data among a large ... -
''Sethusamudram Ship Canal Project adverse to Sri Lanka?” Legal and Environmental Impact on Sri Lanka
(2016)This research aims to assess the adverse impact of Sethusamudram Ship Canal Project to Sri Lanka. India had overseas trading with many countries around the world since time immemorial. Sethusamudram Ship Canal project was ... -
Shareholders’ Responses at the Announcement of the Changes in Executive Directors and Simi-Strong Form Efficient Market Hypothesis: Evidence from Colombo Stock Exchange (CSE)
(2016)This study analyzes the shareholders’ responses at the announcement of the changes in executive directors of the companies listed on the CSE thereby provides a test of the semi-strong form efficient market hypothesis of ... -
Shoulder injuries among fast bowlers of school cricket teams in Colombo district
(2016)Cricket is identified as one of the famous games in the world which consists of three primary activities: bowling, fielding and batting. Among those of different activities, the fast bowlers are identified to be having a ... -
Study and Analysis on Security of Ad - Hoc Networks
(2016)Mobile Ad Hoc Network (MANET) represents a system of wireless mobile nodes that can freely and dynamically self-organize into arbitrary and temporary network topologies. Due to this dynamic nature and due to the absence ... -
A Study on Knowledge and Practices Related to Prevention of Needle Stick Injuries among Nurses in Intensive Care Units of Kandy Teaching Hospital
(2016)Needle stick injuries (NSIs) in healthcare settings are a global issue. Risk of transmitting variety of blood borne pathogens to a health care worker is greatly increased with the exposure to NSIs. Incidence is high among ... -
A Study on Passenger Attitudes towards Future Inland Ferry Service from Negombo to Colombo
(2016)Ferry services are used as a public transport mode in most of the countries for both passenger and cargo transportation and it is considered as more environmental friendly mode than other modes because of the low emission ... -
A Study on the Impact of Corporate Social Responsibility on Organizations Level of Profitability
(2016)Investigations were done over a long period to see whether or not there is a correlation between Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and organization profitability. The major reason for disparity is due to the complexity ... -
Studying the factors affect for the accuracy of reflectorless Total Station observations
(2016)It is important to study the reliability and accuracy of modern survey instruments before using them for a specific task like engineering work or change detection studies. Reflectorless total stations are widely used in ... -
Substantive Equality as a Universal Remedy to Eliminate Gender Stereotypes: Snakes and Ladders
(2016)Gender Stereotypes are deeply-rooted societal norms or social taboos on gender. Though it is merely an unconscious categorization, it directly affects on the concept of equality between men and women, particularly leading ... -
Sufficiency of Employment Maternity Benefits Law in Sri Lanka: comparative study with European Union Discrimination Law
(2016)The protection of the motherhood, fatherhood and family life is priority for many national governments. Yet, pregnancy and maternity related discrimination occurs across Sri Lanka in many areas in the Employment and it is ... -
A Survey of WebSocket Development Techniques and Technologies
(2016)WebSocket protocol has become a sound technology in software industry for real-time web application development, since it provides bidirectional, full-duplex communication between client and server over a single connection. ... -
Testing the Anti-inflammatory Activity of Sri Lankan traditional medicine pill using albumin denaturation method
(2016)Inflammation is a useful protective mechanism in response to infections and injuries. It attempts to remove the initial causes of tissue damages by inactivating and destroying them. Non-Steroidal Anti Inflammatory Drugs ... -
Title Registration System in Sri Lanka: Comparative Study of Law in Austria and Ghana
(2016)In Sri Lanka registration of deeds was proposed to be replaced with registration of title system, introduced by the Registration of Title Act 21 of 1998. Under this system certainty of ownership of a land is guaranteed by ... -
Towards a secure nation: how safe are we against cyclone-induced sea surges?
(2016)Several severe tropical cyclones have hit Sri Lanka in the past century, with those in 1964 and 1978 being the worst, resulting in loss of lives of the order of several hundred as well as considerable damage to housing and ... -
Towards Dispute Resolution in Construction Contracts in Sri Lanka: What is Quantity Surveyor’s role on Dispute Avoidance rather than Dispute Resolution?
(2016)This article considers the Quantity Surveyor?s (QS) role from inception to close-out of the final account by achieving holistic approach on commercial, contractual and contract administrative advice from inception to ... -
Traffic controlling in unpredictable environment using multi agent systems
(2016)With the developments taking place in every area, life has become fast-paced journey making time is one of the most important factor. Transport sector has not been left behind on this scope of development. Technologies ...