Browsing 2017 IRC Articles by Title
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The Implementation of Constitutional Ouster Clauses in Sri Lanka: A Sisyphean Task?
(2017)Abstract –The phrase ‘A Sisyphean task’ originates in Greek mythology, where Sisyphus, king of Ephyra, was condemned to an eternity of repeatedly rolling a large boulder up a hill, only to have it roll back down each time ... -
Improvements in pedestrian facilities at Maharagama to mitigate the traffic congestion
(2017)Traffic congestion at the busy intersections during peak hours is very high and the wastage of time, fuel and other resources of road users is a critical issue. This congestion cost in Sri Lanka is estimated around Rs. 1 ... -
The Influence of Global Islam Radicalisation to Sri Lanka
(2017)The Threat of Global Islam Radicalisation to Sri Lanka’ is a paper submitted to the 10th KDU International Research Conference. This paper in its Introduction examines the background to conflicts in countries where Isla ... -
Influence of Vegetation Density on Vehicle Speed and Position of Roadway
(2017)According to the World Health Organization (WHO), over 1.2 million people lose their lives each year in motor vehicle crashes and disable millions of people annually around the world. Based on crash data in the United St ... -
An infrastructure service suggestion system for data communication network : Local area network
(2017)Network Infrastructure development includes building of networks such as LANs, WANs, Intranets and Extranets. This is a responsibility of the Network Engineers or the network architects. They should have the knowledge as ... -
Intelligent News Reader
(2017)News is one of the most essential requirements from the beginning of the history, it is anything that is exciting, that narrates to what's happening in the world, what's happening in areas of the nation that would be of ... -
International Humanitarian Law and regulations to prevent the deaths and injuries of the civilians during an international armed conflict
(2017)Armed forces in any country are expected to use special expertise knowledge and skills to save the dignity of the state and its citizens without being negligent or without having failure and inappropriate commanding orders. ... -
Key actors in Agenda- Setting on LGBTQ rights: positive and negative role
(2017)I. INTRODUCTION We are in an era that generally accepts that every human being is born free and deserves equal rights to live their lives as they wish with freedom. But this is an almost unrealistic dream for LGBTQ groups ... -
KeyXtract Twitter Model - An Essential Keywords Extraction Model for Twitter Designed using NLP Tools
(2017)Since a tweet is limited to 140 characters, it is ambiguous and difficult for traditional Natural Language Processing (NLP) tools to analyse. This research presents KeyXtract which enhances the machine learning based Sta ... -
KF Implemented Flying Wing
(2017)In modern aviation the main emphasis is pointed towards the direction of improving the efficiency of operation. The design of the aircraft is solely concerned on providing the most effective operating conditions. Designi ... -
Knowledge and attitudes regarding the Emergency Contraceptive Pills among the Defence University students in Sri Lanka
(2017)The emergency contraceptive pill (ECP) is a method of hormonal contraception, which is indicated after unprotected sexual intercourse when regular contraceptive methods are not used. There is very scanty amount of inform ... -
Knowledge, attitudes and practices (KAP) about dengue prevention among residents in Ratmalana Medical Officer of Health area
(2017)Dengue is contributing to considerable morbidity and mortality rates in Sri Lanka and that is one of the leading causes of illness in Western Province, where Colombo district has the highest number. This study was planne ... -
Law and Justice an the Global Environment; Challenges and Responses
(2017)The rapid expansion of the scope of International law in the past few decades has had a significant impact on States. Law and justice stands prominently in this respect. Adoption of international standards within domestic ... -
Legitimate Capability of Executing the Death Penalty under Human Rights Law and Values
(2017)The debate whether the death penalty should be carried out or not has been continuing from time to time in different parts of the world. Death penalty is creating an unnatural way of ending life and it is opposite to the ... -
Liability for Omission in Prospectus under the Companies Act of 2007: Need for Reformation
(2017)Prospectus is a legally mandated document which reflects the status of a company which has offered securities to the public. Based on the information provided in the prospectus, the investors make their decisions as to ... -
Locally available low-cost packing media for anaerobic filters to treat Landfill Leachate
(2017)Solid waste generated in urban centres is disposed into sanitary landfills or dumping sites. The generated leachate at dumping sites causes many problems leading to various environmental impacts. Hence, it is decided to ... -
A Machine Learning Approach to Classify Sinhala Songs Based On User Ratings
(2017)In the music industry there is a need to analyse the significant features that distinguish highly rated songs from lower rated ones. Then an artist can test their music tracks to check whether it will gain potential popu ... -
Machine Learning Optimization for Colour Image Reconstruction from Thermal/Infrared Images
(2017)Machine Learning has generated a tremendous interest in research and development under the umbrella of Artificial Intelligence. It was a field that evolved from pattern recognition and computational learning in Artificia ...