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A Cross-sectional study on doping knowledge of national sports team athletes in Sri Lanka
(2019)
Doping can be seen among athletes of different sport types, age categories, achievement levels and education levels. Doping is known as the use of illegal substances or methods by athletes to enhance performance during ...
Forecasting the unit cost of electricity generated by fossil fuel using ARIMA technique: A case study of a diesel/heavy fuel oil power plants in Sri Lanka
(2019)
—The national electricity grid system must be
kept in balance between sufficient supply to meet the
demand and minimization of the cost by alleviating
excessive generation. The forecasts made from the
historical ...
A seasonal ARIMA model to forecast monthly potato yield in Sri Lanka
(2019)
–The potato is an extensively cultivated tuber
crop in the world. In Sri Lanka, cultivation has been
established in four regions: Nuwara Eliya, Badulla, Jaffna
and Puttalam. The objective of this paper is to analyze
and ...
Modelling and forecasting monthly petroleum crude oil prices using a hybrid time series model
(2019)
Crude oil is a naturally occurring resource
composed of hydrocarbons and other organic material.
Crude oil price exert a great impact on the global
economy. Therefore, modelling and forecasting crude oil
prices are ...
Effect of Heat Stress on Pregnancy Rate in Crossbred Temperate Dairy Cattle under Tropical conditions
(2019)
The decline of reproductive efficiency under
heat stress is a drawback for the dairy industry. The
objective of this study is to evaluate whether there is
any relationship between the reproductive performance
in cows ...
In-vitro antioxidant activity and the total phenolic content of herbal plants used in cancer treatment of Sri Lankan Ayurvedic medicine
(2019)
There are large number of both reported
clinical studies and unreported ethnobotanical
approaches related to herbal medicine with beneficial
effects. However, the effectiveness of the decoctions
depends on the method ...