Browsing 2020 IRC Articles by Title
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Prevalence And Association Of Overweight With Major Non- Communicable Diseases Among Elderly People Living In Kesbewa Secretariat Division, Colombo, Sri Lanka
(2020)Abstract:-Non-Communicable diseases (NCDs) have become a major global health problem. Cardiovascular diseases, diabetes mellitus, cancer and chronic respiratory diseases are considered as major NCDs. Those conditions ... -
Prevalence of forward head posture and its’ relationship with neck pain among sewing machine operators in two selected garment factories in Kaluthara district
(2020)Abstract: Neck pain is one of the very common musculoskeletal symptoms among sewing machine operators. Sewing machine operation which is carried out in a forward inclined position over prolonged period makes them ... -
Prevalence of Unintentional Home Injuries and Awareness of Child Safety among the Parents of Inpatient Children at Sirimavo Bandaranayake Specialized Children’s Hospital Peradeniya
(2020)Abstract: Unintentional injuries are estimated to cause 389,000 annual child deaths in Southern Asia resulting in an annual loss of 74 healthy lives per 1000 population. In Sri Lanka, childhood injuries have been ... -
Prevalence Of Urinary Incontinence And Its Association With Risk Factors In Three Months Postpartum Women Attending MOH Clinics Registered Under Colombo Municipal Council During September And October 2019
(2020)Abstract: Urinary incontinence (UI) is a common symptom after pregnancy causing distress, embarrassment among women and is often under reported due to misbelieves, unawareness and shame. This study is aimed to determine ... -
Principle factors which affect to the proper functioning of urban public gathering spaces with special reference to recreational parks in Colombo city
(2020-10)Rapid urbanization and change of lifestyles require more public open spaces in cities to fulfill different socio, economic and environmental needs of the city. The urban park is a breathing space in a highly dense urban ... -
Projection Profiling Based Sinhala Braille Character Recognition and Conversion
(2020)Abstract: The instantaneous conversion of written Braille characters to readable, colloquial text of the particular language it was written in, has been a hurdle for many sighted personal. Various solutions have been ... -
Proper Management of Quarry Dust that is Generated in Crusher Plants as Waste
(2020)Quarry dust is the by-product produced due to the crushing procedure of stone crushing industry. The unavailability of a proper disposal method to this quarry dust is a huge problem faced by crusher plants. If this quarry ... -
Proportionality as a Separate Ground of Judicial Review: A Myth or Reality in United Kingdom and Sri Lanka
(2020)Administrative Law (AL), is the law which controls the governmental power that is exercised by the Administrative Authorities (AAs). The major purpose of AL is to retain the governmental power within their legal boundaries ... -
Prospects of Improving Civil-Military Integration to Address Maritime Drug Trafficking in Sri Lanka
(2020)Centrality of its location in east west sea lanes has placed Sri Lanka in both advantageous and disadvantageous positions in the context of national security. Though Sri Lanka does not have an immediate threat for ... -
Psychological Experiences of Parents having a Child with Cleft Lip and Palate
(2020)Abstract:-Cleft Lip and Palate (CLP) is one of the most common congenital craniofacial conditions globally. Parents’ who are having Children with CLP are facing various types of experiences. A qualitative study ... -
Public Intention towards Mobile Money Transactions in Sri Lanka
(2020)Mobile Money Transaction (MMT) is an innovative technology, which is freshly introduced by several business entities in Sri Lanka. Though this service is useful and relatively easy, an initial study revealed that it ... -
Punishments under the Quarantine and Prevention of Disease Ordinance in Sri Lanka: Adequate to Fight a Pandemic?
(2020)The society needs more laws to protect the people from COVID-19. Recently, the increasing number of people who are violating the quarantine laws in Sri Lanka due to the insufficient punishments that comes under the Quarantine ... -
Quantitative Analysis of the Additional Radiation Burden due to Electronic Collimation in Digital Radiography
(2020)Abstract: In recent years, the conventional film-screen radiography technique is replaced with the novel invention of digital radiography. This digital technology provides prompt image readout with reduced radiation ... -
Re-thinking the Sri Lankan Approach of Countering Islamist Violent Extremism
(2020)With the rise of Islamic State (IS), South Asian terrorist groups have been vehemently influenced since many of the terror groups such as Tanẓim Ansar al-Tawheed fi Bilad al-Hind, Tehreek-e-Khilafat, Jundullah etc. have ... -
Real-time Animal Detection and Prevention System for Crop Fields
(2020)Abstract: Every year, crop damaged by wild animals is dramatically increasing in Sri Lanka. It often poses risks to humans and animals. Since more and more wild animals are causing damage to their cultivation; humans ... -
Real-Time Traffic Controlling Through Multi-Agent Technology
(2020)Abstract: In Sri Lanka, most of the traffic controlling happens through a fixed time controlling and runs on a static environment. However, these traffic control systems are not much effective compared to humanbased traffic ... -
Real-Time Vision-Based & Optimized Pedestrian Crossing Control System
(2020)As per the National Council for Road Safety, more than 900 fatalities have been reported due to vehicle collisions on or near pedestrian crossings during the past 10 years within Sri Lanka. However, only minimal ... -
Reconsidering Shophouse Architecture for Contemporary Times
(2020-10)The shophouses were the elegant buildings that lined along the Sri Lankan streets from the past. The very fact that the shophouses and their proportions contribute to the growth of the evolution of tropical architecture ... -
Recruitment Rhetoric: Media Strategies of the Islamic State and Al-Qa`ida
(2020)Salafi-Jihadi information operations are designed to manipulate, radicalize, and recruit from the global Muslim population. This paper examines the global outreach operations of prominent Salafi-Jihadi groups, in an ...