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Development of an Integrated Urban Drainage Cycle Management Model for City of Colombo
(2014)Floods are the most frequently occurring hazard event among all natural disasters. Poorly prepared compact cities have become prone to flash floods even in a small storm event. Present urbanization happening in these cities ... -
Effect of Degree of Chlorination on Chlorophenols Dechlorination Water Treatment with Zero Valent Iron
(2014)Chlorophenols (CPs) are known for causing water pollution. Zero-Valent Iron (ZVI) can be used to treat water via CP dechlorination. Incorporation (sorption, co-precipitation and/or physical entrapment) of CPs with iron ... -
Enhancement of Hardness of Aluminum 6063-T6 alloy by Applying Two Step Age Hardening Process
(2014)Aluminum 6063 T6 is an alloy that is mainly used for structural applications such as window and door frames, partitioning, L bars, U bars, and ladders. It contains magnesium (0.45-0.9%) and silicon (0.2-0.6%) as the main ... -
Evaluating Information Loss in Digital Image Compression Techniques
(2014)Uncompressed multimedia (graphics, audio and video) data requires significant storage capacity and transmission bandwidth. Despite rapid progress in mass-storage density, processor speeds, and performance of digital ... -
Evaluation of Solar Thermal Drying Potential Related with Fish Drying Product in Sri Lanka
(2014)Sri Lanka is situated close to the equator; therefore most of the parts of the country receive an abundant solar radiation throughout the year. As estimated in the solar resource map developed by the National Renewable ... -
Extraction of Montmorillonite nano Particles from Clay Deposits in Nachchaduwa Area
(2014)Clay deposits in Nachchaduwa, located in the Anuradhapura district, have been used for generations in brick, tile, and traditional cookware manufacturing industries. In modern industries, Montmorillonite clay has applications ... -
Feasibility Studies on Sustainable Fisheries Infrastructure Development
(2014)A need exists for the development of appropriate fisheries infrastructure to meet the demands of the expanding fisheries sector in the country. With such developments, however, a possibility exists for the coastal constructions ... -
FODET: Forensic Tool for Determining Suspects or Objects in Crime Scene Investigation
(2014)Crimes are committed in society all around the world, and some crimes also disturb the peace and order of society as well. It is important to identify the suspects quickly and catch the criminals and then conduct trials ... -
Household Utility Robot
(2014)Dozens of smart tools and devices have been produced to make ease of the tasks which cannot be done otherwise. The matter is more crucial when children, elderly persons or differently able persons are faced with such ... -
Hydro Power from Existing Irrigation Reservoirs in Sri Lanka
(2014)For over four decades from the time oil producing countries started increasing prices, the local intellectual community had been discussing and debating the subject of the use of alternate energy sources. Some progress has ... -
Implementing Outcome Based Education through Problem Based Learning: A Case Study of Kotelawala Defence University
(2014)Outcome-Based Education (OBE) is an innovative approach which helps in expanding the development horizons of education. Problem Based Learning (PBL), which is a strategy where the student acquires new knowledge during the ... -
Interaction of EM Radiation Emitted From Mobile Phones and the Human Brain Tissues
(2014)In this paper, we describe the interaction of electromagnetic waves with human brain. In particular, power dissipation mainly in human brain parts such as white matter, Gray matter, Cerebellum, muzzles, Skin eyes and bones ... -
Introduction to Skeleton Bridge Abutment
(2014)Abutment in a bridge structure is a vital component, defined as the first and the last support to the bridge deck. Most commonly used bridge abutment type is the wall type abutment. Bridge abutment is subjected to horizontal ... -
Investigation of Relationship between Variation of Colour Change of Fruits with their Shelf-Life and other Physical Properties
(2014)The relation between diffused reflectance (in spatial and in spectral domains), soluble solid content and firmness of "Mauritius" variety of pineapple (Ananas comosus) grown in Labuduwa farm, Galle, Sri Lanka together with ... -
A Meta-Analysis on Public Sector E-Health Practices to Suggest Emerging Areas of E-Health Services Within Sri Lanka
(2014)E-Health is directly intertwined with Information Technology. It is a key e-Governance domain which has a high tendency of growing rapidly to serve the society's health needs. In general, it is obvious that e-Health concept ... -
Modelling Robot Navigation to Assist Differently Abled Persons
(2014)Attending requirements of differently abled persons have been a research challenge in the modern world. This matter is crucial in many situations such as waiting areas in receptions, lobbies, airports and hospitals. A ... -
Modification of ID3 Algorithm to Explore Students' Performance with their Attributes
(2014)Classification is one of the influential techniques in data mining process which can apply to accurately predict the target class for each case in a dataset. Particularly, in the field of education, the object of classification ... -
Monitoring of Air Pollution due to Vehicles at Ratmalana, Sri Lanka
(2014)Urbanization and industrialization are the main causes of air pollution in most of the areas in Sri Lanka. Air pollution is occurred due to natural and manmade activities. Monitoring of air quality especially in urban areas ...