Browsing 2020 IRC Articles by Title
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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 ... -
Citizens Acceptance of Online Services in Sri Lanka Police: Study on Police Clearance Online System
(2020)The Police, as the main law enforcement agency in Sri Lanka, assure a society which is free from fear of crimes & violence by her vision statement. Ensuring the state security is vital because threat to the security ... -
Clustering Crimes Related Twitter Posts using WordNet and Agglomerative Algorithm
(2020)Abstract: Crime is a major problem faced today by society. Crimes have affected the quality of life and economic growth badly. We can identify the crime patterns and predict the crimes by detecting and analyzing the ... -
CNN based image detection system for elephant directions to reduce human-elephant conflict
(2020)Abstract: Human-Elephant Conflict has been a major issue in the forest border areas, where the human habitat is destroyed by the entry of wild elephants. This conflict depends due to the shared field of humans and ... -
Comparative in vitro bioequivalence evaluation of atenolol tablets available in Sri Lanka
(2020)Abstract: The availability of multiple brands for a single drug places health professionals and patients in a dilemma of drug substitution. Hence, evaluating bioequivalence of different brands compared to respective ... -
Comparative Study Of Range Of Motion After Conventional Physiotherapy In Adhesive Capsulitis Of Shoulder Joint Among Diabetic And Non-Diabetic Patients At Teaching Hospital Batticaloa.
(2020)Abstract: Adhesive capsulitis (AC) of shoulder is one of the commonest condition among musculoskeletal disorders. It affects both male and female gender and some medical conditions associated with AC especially diabetes. ... -
A Comparative Study of the Characteristics of Domestication and Foreignization in the Sinhalese First Translation and the Retranslation of Chinua Achebe's 'No Longer at Ease
(2020)'Retranslation' is a new-born concept still under the research process, which has a number of research gaps to be fulfilled. The most curious part is that the latter is still in hypothetical form, which implies that ... -
A Comparison of Nonlinear Material Models Used in Pavement Response Modelling
(2020)The numerical modelling of pavement responses is very much influenced by structural properties of pavement. The structural properties are modelled by material models. Clear understandings of pavement responses with respect ... -
Computer Vision Based Approach for Traffic Violation Detection
(2020)Abstract -The ever growing number of vehicles in a country present a variety of problems including but not limited to; infrastructural problems, air and water pollution and accidents with the latter being the most ... -
Conceptual Design of Boom Mounted Inverted V-Tail in the Searcher MK II UAV
(2020)Abstract: Long endurance surveillance drones are preferred in both military and meteorological applications. Designers aim to enhance vehicle aerodynamics in view of increasing endurance by introducing methods of drag ... -
Conceptualizing Local Governance in the Context of Citizen Participation: Towards a Participatory Approach of Local Government Institutions in Sri Lanka
(2020)This paper, provides a conceptual basis for institutionalizing citizen participation in the local government system under the existing constitutional structure. To achieve this objective, the study employs the assumption ... -
Construction workers Motivation and Skill Development: A strategy for improving Construction Produtivity in Sri Lanka
(2020-10)Human factors are important sources of increasing efficiency and performance in the construction industry which contribute to project success Human resource today has a strategic role for productivity increase in ... -
Consumer Intention Towards Self-Banking Services in Sri Lanka: A Study Based on Peoples’ Bank
(2020)Bankers in Sri Lanka recently introduced new self-banking technologies including automated teller machines, cash/cheque deposit machines and bill payment machines where customers can directly engage with banking services ... -
Consumer Preference Towards Own Brands with Special Reference to Own Brands of Cargills & Keells Supermarkets
(2020)The supermarkets in Sri Lanka operate in an oligopolistic market in which the players have head to head competition. In order to win such competition, several supermarkets introduced their own brands, which are available ... -
Contracts formed during Frustrations and Force Majeures: An Anti-Crisis Shield for Consumer Protection against Boilerplate and Limited Liability Clauses
(2020)All productions and consumptions are outcomes of various contracts between producers, intermediates (whole-sellers, retailers, brokers, dealers, suppliers) and consumers. In a force majeure or frustrating situation barging ...