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Assessing the Accuracy of Terrestrial Laser Scanner Against the Total Station for Surveying Applications in Sri Lanka.
(2020-10)3D laser scanning or terrestrial lidar instruments have been in used in surveying task since the 1990’s but it is very new technology for the Sri Lankan surveying field. Terrestrial laser scanners have been proven to ... -
Assessment of Public Speaking Anxiety (PSA): A Study Based on the Second Year Law Undergraduates in Kotelawala Defence University, Sri Lanka
(2020)Eliminating the apprehension of public speaking is vital for law undergraduates to perform well as future attorneys and other legal professionals. A descriptive cross-sectional study assessed Public Speaking Anxiety ... -
Assessment of the Awareness in Management of Chemotherapy Related Adverse Effects Experienced by Cancer Patients at Apeksha Hospital, Maharagama, Sri Lanka
(2020)Abstract: Cancer accounts for majority of the disease related deaths all over the world. Although cancer can be treated with chemotherapy successfully, the burden of chemotherapy related side effects makes a negative ... -
An Assessment of Wave Climate Variability Using Energy Flux Method: A Case Study in the Coastal Area of Negombo to Wadduwa
(2020-10)Wave climate can be described as the distribution of wave characteristics averaged over a period of time and for a particular location. Coastal erosion has significant impact from the change of wave climate. The West ... -
Association Between Perceived Stress And Obesity Among Female Undergraduate Students In The University Of Peradeniya
(2020)Abstract:-Obesity has been widely recognized as a major health hazard due to the increased risk of heart disease, diabetes mellitus, and cancers. BMI is the most popular method of measuring obesity. However, ... -
The association between physical activities and overweight/obesity among adolescent girls in three provincial girls’ schools in Piliyandala Educational Zone, Colombo, Sri Lanka.
(2020)Abstract:-Obesity/overweight in adolescents have declared as a risk for noncommunicable diseases in late life. The level of physical activity is considered a useful determinant in assessing the risk of overweight/obesity. ... -
Association of quadriceps and hamstring muscle strengths with low back pain due to non-contact injuries among fast bowlers aged between 15 – 19 years in division 1 boys’ schools in Colombo
(2020)Abstract. The purpose of this study was to investigate how quadriceps and hamstring muscle strengths associate with low back pain (LBP) due to non-contact injuries among 102 fast bowlers aged between 15-19 years at ... -
Association of socio demographic and educational factors on knowledge and attitudes on the role of community pharmacist in healthcare system among the science students of University of Jaffna
(2020)Abstract – Community pharmacists are expanding their services from dispensing practice to various health services to the public. Understanding their role in healthcare system is essential to get their satisfactory ... -
ATM Detail protection using Geofence Technology
(2020)GPS technology enable devices to utilize the location information, geofence technology is a novel technology which implement an area with a certain radius and get information trough it. This paper represent how we can ... -
Auto-generate Landmine Path, Digitize and Visualize the Data for the Sri Lankan Context
(2020-10)Landmines could be identified as affordable and effective defensive weapon, but it has many complexities. Human deaths and injuries, agricultural land degradation, destruction to infrastructure, environmental destruction, ... -
Automate Timetable Scheduling with AI: A Review
(2020)Scheduling timetables are one of the complex and time-consuming process when constructing using manual methods. These manual methods don’t always promise the optimum schedule plan and leads to countless conflicts. ... -
Automated Generation of Sinhala Lyrics using Recurrent Neural Networks
(2020)Abstract: This paper discusses the approaches involved in implementing automated song lyrics system in the Sinhala language. Which includes an overview of the complexity of writing song lyrics and develop an automated ... -
Automated Hospital Clinic Maintaining System for Government Hospitals in Sri Lanka
(2020)The healthcare system is the most important factor in the development of the country. When considering healthcare hospitals contribution is priceless. So, in Sri Lanka, there are two types of hospitals. Such as ... -
Awareness on Prevention of Common Oral Diseases Among Non –Dental Undergraduate Students of University of Peradeniya
(2020)Abstract:. In Sri Lankan context, dental caries, periodontal diseases and oral cancers are the common oral diseases with a higher prevalence .Objective of this study was to assess the awareness on prevention of common ... -
Behavioural and Psychological Impact of Covid-19 on a Group of Youth and Young Adults Repatriated Back to Sri lanka from the uk: a qualitative study
(2020)Abstract. The COVID-19 pandemic affected international students around the world, including the Sri Lankan undergraduate and post-graduate students who were studying in the UK, and they were repatriated to Sri Lanka by ... -
Big Data Analytics: Best Practices from Singapore in the Context of Sri Lanka’s Digital Defence Requirements
(2020)The information age has resulted in massive amounts of data being shared online and data being created over multiple platforms including smart devices. Such amounts of data create big data that can be used to understand ... -
Causes behind Poor Written Communication Impact on Contractor’s Quantity Surveyor Practices in Post Contract Stage
(2020-10)Effective communication among different stakeholders is a vigorous characteristic of successful construction industry practices. Written communication provides documentary evidence for strengthening key contractual ... -
Celebrity Endorsement and its Effect on Purchase Intention with Reference to Skincare Products in Sri Lanka
(2020)In the current media landscape, advertisers use different celebrity personnel as brand ambassadors. As per the secondary evidences such advertisements with celebrities, are favourably judged by the viewers. Therefore, the ... -
Cervical Spine Injury of Sri Lankan Origin
(2020)Abstract— According to the World Health Organization, 250,000 – 500,000 people suffer from spinal cord injuries around the world every year, of which up to 90% are traumatic and preventable. Here we discuss a unique ... -
Challenges in investigating Cybercrime in social networks: A Sri Lankan Perspective
(2020)With the explosive growth of social networks, the modern society has found itself in the midst of a transformation from pre-social network age to a new world where social networks influence everything from democratic ...