Browsing 2017 IRC Articles by Title
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Safe Operation of Tugs within Close Proximity to the Forward and Aft Regions of Ships
(2017)When tugs are used for ship assist manoeuvers, hydrodynamic interaction effects between them can adversely affect the safety and handling of the tug. During such manoeuvers, tugs need to frequently change their location ... -
Sea Level Variability in the West Coast of Sri Lanka
(2017)Sea level variability in west cost of Sri Lankan waters was investigated by means of insitu (Tide gauge) and satellite altimetry data over a period spanning two decades from 1993 to 2014. This paper describes the sea lev ... -
Securitization of National Borders: A Case Study of Sri Lankan Border Control Measures
(2017)National border is vital for survival of a state and protecting it is important for National security. Paying lip service to security of National borders will maintain the threat level to the National borders which in tu ... -
Silent threat to Sri Lanka’s biodiversity: laws relating to Invasive Alien Species
(2017)Incidents such as reduction of forge grasses that can be used by elephants due to rapid spreading of Lantana in Udawalawe National Park and growth of common gorse in Horton National Park indicate that there is a silent ... -
Single Carrier Communication System on Open Source Embedded Platform
(2017)Modern open source embedded platforms are very cost effective while providing enormous computing power. Open source embedded platforms with processor clock frequency exceeding 1GHz speed are common and ideal for implemen ... -
Sinhala Speech to Text Library using Sphinx
(2017)Speech-to-text has generated a tremendous interest in the field of Natural Language Processing where the ultimate goal is to build applications and systems that has the capability to respond to the natural languages that ... -
Sinhala and Tamil influence on Sri Lankan English particle use: A corpus-based study on the case of ‘for
(2017)Colonial expansion brought English into contact with different languages. In Sri Lanka, English has been in contact with Sinhala and Tamil for over 200 years. Today, all users of Sri Lankan English (SLE) are either bilingual ... -
Slippage of Tradition and Conversion into New Technology in the Paddy Cultivation In MuthukandiyaArea
(2017)Rice consumption has become the no one food around the globe. In Sri Lanka, the paddy supply changes in different provinces and the districts. Presently, a competition in the paddy cultivation can be identified due to th ... -
A Small-Scale Genre Analysis Study of the Introductions of a Corpus of Postgraduate Essays in the Field of Applied Linguistics
(2017)Most English for Academic Purposes (EAP) courses focus on developing general academic writing skills. Swales (1990) argues that prominence should be given not only to the general writing skills but also to discipline related ... -
Smart Cane for Staircase and Water Detection
(2017)The World Health Organization (WHO) reported that there are 285 million visually-impaired people worldwide. Among these individuals, there are 39 million who are totally blind. Blind people need some help in interacting ... -
Smart Hospital Ward Management System with mobile robot WARDBOT: An efficient management solution for hospital ward
(2017)The hospital ward system is one of the major section of the hospital. Various ward management systems are used by hospital staff in order to maintain the system. This paper presents a novel concept of, Smart Hospital War ... -
Sri Lanka between Geopolitical Interests of China and India
(2017)Sri Lanka has become a point of interest in the Indian Ocean in the 21st century due to her geostrategically attractive position. Precisely, the pearl of the Indian Ocean is now in dilemma due to the conflicting interest ... -
Sri Lankan Legal Version of Migrant Workers’ Rights: How It is and How It shall be
(2017)‘Migrant workers’ are generally defined as people who leave their home country in search of employment. It is known that the largest source of income in Sri Lanka is foreign employment. Protection of the migrant becomes ... -
State Responsibility and Legal Framework of Sri Lanka in Food Safety
(2017)Using different kinds of chemicals for agriculturally produced foods is a common phenomenon in Sri Lanka. The use of chemicals can be seen mostly in each and every step in the cultivation process, from nursery level till ... -
Strategic Importance of Blue Economy to Sri Lanka and Challenges
(2017)At the COP+21 conference, the idea of blue energy and blue economy first emerged as a component of green economy. At a time when the world is moving away from the Millennium goals towards a Sustainable Development, the e ... -
The Strategic Importance of Sri Lanka in Indian Ocean Region: Reference to String of Pearls Strategy
(2017)China’s interest in maritime silk route and continues energy flow to the country has resulted as “String of Pearls” across the Indian Ocean Region (IOR). In the 21st century, China came into the scenario of balancing the ... -
Strategy to Overcome Maritime Blindness: The Sri Lankan Case
(2017)The strategic location of Sri Lanka in the Indian Ocean not only make the island a vital connecting nod for the East-West maritime traffic, but also behaves as a centre to monitor the entire ocean space that spans to the ... -
A study on the prevalence of high cholesterol among aircrew members of Sri Lanka Air Force
(2017)Flying involves a complex interaction between the aviator and a sophisticated machine in a highly challenging environment. Thus the physical fitness of aircrew should be maintained at the highest level when flying an air ... -
A Study on Strengthening the Laws on Genetically Modified Organisms in Sri Lanka with Special Reference to the Proposed Regulatory Mechanism
(2017)The agricultural and fisheries industries have traditionally been supportive of technological innovation, particularly in the field of genetic improvement. For decades, these industries have been mixing naturally the genetic ... -
Survival of Kandy before Three European Nations
(2017)This paper intends to trace the secret of survival of Knadyan kingdom till it fell down to the British in 1815. The innovational methods used by Kandyan since the day Kandy was attacked by Portuguese in later part of 16t ...