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Right of the Host State to Regulate the Environment and Investment Protection - A Changing Landscape
(2020)The increase in investment flows is one of the newest challenges in the pursuit of sustainable development. Generally, investors establish their operations in countries that have less stringent environmental regulations ... -
Robust Street edges as an Extension of Shop Fronts; a study with special reference to area of Negombo
(2020-10)Streets are providing a media for the moving elements such as pedestrians and vehicles, but it serves a place for myriad purposes and forming a major part of the cities. While streets offering multiple activities ... -
The Role of Sri Lanka’s Private Security Sector in Assisting the Nation During Pandemics and Natural Disasters
(2020)The role of private security companies (PSC) has become ever more significant in the 21st century as the world faces increasingly complex threats which require holistic and multidimensional solutions. Non-traditional security ... -
Safety of Life at Sea: Current Status of Sri Lanka
(2020)Asia is rising as the global economic power. Consequently, seaborne activities including flow of maritime trade container port activities, cruise industry as well as the fishery activities are increasing in the Indian ... -
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SherLock: A CNN, RNN-LSTM Based Mobile Platform for Fact- Checking on Social Media
(2020)Abstract: Today, false news is easily created and distributed across many social media platforms. Due to that, people find it difficult to choose between right and wrong information on those platforms. Therefore, ... -
The Significance of Co-operative Maritime Diplomacy to Curb Transnational Maritime Crimes in Sri Lanka
(2020)In this paper, the researcher attempts to research contemporary requirement of Sri Lanka to build better international relationship with countries through co-operative maritime diplomacy, in order to curb the transnational ... -
Significant Causes behind Payment Delays in Public Sector Building Construction Projects in North Western Province of Sri Lanka.
(2020-10)Payment delay is one of the most significant issues experienced in public sector building construction projects. Correspondingly, most of the building construction projects in North-Western Province (NWP) of Sri Lanka ... -
Smart Pest Recognition System for Sri Lankan Crop-Growing
(2020)Srilanka is a developing country. Agriculture is main livelihood in sri lanka. Paddy cultivation is the major crop production among it. main problem in Paddy cultivation is pest defect. In Every month any pest defect ... -
Social Construction of Personality: An Assessment on the Perceptions of Introversion and Extroversion among Undergraduates of Colombo, Sri Lanka
(2020)This study explored the ways in which undergraduates of Colombo, Sri Lanka perceive introverted and extroverted personalities, with the main objective being to understand how the participants viewed introversion ... -
Social media sentiment analysis for customer purchasing behavior – A systematic literature review
(2020)Abstract: Social Media Sentiment Analysis is a field of study with a vast number of applications. One important application is analysing customer behaviours using the results of social media sentiment analysis which ... -
A software based solution to estimate the angles of incidence of AK bullets using bullet hole features on 1mm sheet metal
(2020)Abstract: Bullet holes and their characteristics are considered important evidence in shooting incidents and can play a major role in the determination of a fired bullet’s trajectory. This research aimed to design a ... -
Software Interface to Log High-Speed Data Acquired from a Stress-Strain Measuring System
(2020)The jumping performance of a frog is determined by several characteristics of the frog. A system is developed to record the dynamic reaction force response of a striped marsh frog inserted on a platform in the ... -
State Legitimacy and the Criteria for Statehood
(2020)Defining a ‘State’ and the criterion for ‘Statehood’ was found to be ambiguous due to legitimacy issues. State as a subject of international law is enabled with certain rights and duties obliged to perform. While the ... -
Strategic Impromptu Speaking to Combat Anxiety and Develop a Public Speaking Personality
(2020)Developing a public speaking personality of impromptu style is a battle that a second language learner is confronted with, where fear and anxiety act as enemies. This research is devoted to investigate how some preparation ... -
Students' Perception on Learning English through Distance Education: An Online Survey Conducted in Higher Education Institutes, Sri Lanka at the Time of COVID-19
(2020)The importance of distance education became very significant in Sri Lanka with the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic specially among the students who are enrolled in compulsory English courses, diplomas, and intensive ...