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A Participatory Survey on Effective Utilization of Teacher-Student and Student-Peer Interaction on Online Platforms in Second Language Teaching Pedagogy
(2021-12-20)Education today has moved from direct interaction with students to distant learning as a means of adapting to the restrictions caused by the pandemic. The traditional classroom has been replaced by synchronous e-learning ... -
Perception of Teacher Trainees Regarding the Implementation of Continuous Assessment in National Colleges of Education in Sri Lanka
(2021-12-17)Assessment is considered the process of making judgments about a student's performance on a particular task. It consists of a wide range of methods for evaluating student’s performances and attainments including ... -
Perceptions of Civil Engineering Undergraduates on Using Learning Management System (LMS) and Zoom Platform for Online Design Studio Teaching
(2021)As the COVID-19 pandemic continues, ‘online teaching and learning’ became the only possible solution to continue the education programmes at universities. Though there are multiple solutions presented in the educational ... -
Personal Data Protection in the Context of Employment: A Discussion of Law in Sri Lanka in the Light of the GDPR
(2021)The right to privacy is recognized as a fundamental right in various legal instruments including international conventions. Personal data consists of a major part of privacy. Employees are a vulnerable category whose ... -
A Personalized Food Recommendation Application using a Hybrid Collaborative Filtering Approach
(2021)With the increase of workloads, the usage of recommendation platforms for purchasing meals has increased. The diet patterns of individuals are influenced by a multitude of factors including age, health conditions, ... -
The Port Policy of Small Island Powers: Sri Lankan Perspective
(2021)This paper discusses the requirement of reorienting the port policy of Sri Lanka. The port policy directly concerns national interest and the fundamental values of the state that are strategically significant for ... -
Pragmatic Response for Maritime-Air Security, a Way Forward: A Conceptual Framework from a Strategic Aerial Perspective
(2021)The underlying concept of airpower is an ability of a nation to achieve its objectives and secure its interests through the means of air and associated capabilities. The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in a weak economy ... -
Preliminary Findings of an Analysis of the COVID-19 English Terminology Used in Electronic News Media in Sri Lanka
(2021-12-17)COVID-19 outbreak has brought several language changes mainly in terminology. Some existing analyses on English lexicon usage during the pandemic highlight the frequent use of words which were infrequent before the ... -
Prevalence of Home Accidents among Children Aged 1-4 and Its Association of Knowledge, Attitude and First Aid Practices of Mothers in Sri Lanka
(2021)Injuries are a leading cause of morbidity and mortality among children worldwide and in Sri Lanka. The objective of this study was to assess the prevalence of home accidents among children aged 1-4 years and its association ... -
Prevention of Cyber Bullying using Machine Learning Techniques
(2021)Cyber bullying has rapidly increased in the past few years with the growth of social media usage and the COVID-19 pandemic. This study uses a dataset of 65000 tweets , splitting them into training and testing sets. ... -
Puzzling out the Issue of Obesity under the Human Rights-Based Approach
(2021)The COVID-19 pandemic has been the most devastating health catastrophe that humanity has faced recently, and recent research from several nations have clearly shown obesity as a prevalent attribute among ... -
Relationship between Craniovertebral Angle with the Long-Term Usage of Electronic Devices among Undergraduates of General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University
(2021)Long term usage of electronic devices among undergraduates have become a growing problem all around the world. Prolong usage of these devices can result in malalignment of the normal posture. Forward head posture (FHP) ... -
The Relationship between Early Physiotherapy Intervention and Shoulder Joint Mobility among Breast Cancer Survivors in Sri Lanka
(2021)Breast cancer is the most common cancer among women worldwide, including Sri Lanka. Modified Radical Mastectomy (MRM) is the standard surgical management when the breast conservation is not considered as an option. ... -
Relationship between Unexplained Infertility and Sedentary Lifestyle among Women in the Urban City of Colombo; Infertile Female vs. Fertile Female
(2021)Infertility is defined as the absence of conception after 12 months of regular, unprotected intercourse. The objective of this study was to identify the relationship between unexplained infertility and sedentary lifestyle ... -
Replanting Tea Lands of Smallholding Sector in Sri Lanka: A Case Study in Galle District
(2021-12-20)Replanting and also rehabilitation of tea determine both the productivity and sustainability of the tea industry. To achieve the accepted norm of increasing annual replanting rate up to 2%, replantation should be performed ... -
Research Direction for Android Based Indoor Navigation Solution for Shopping Malls through Augmented Reality-EasyMap
(2021)Shopping malls have become extremely popular among society because they are very convenient. A shopping mall is a collection of shops and stalls in one large space. When clients are unfamiliar with the shopping area, it ... -
Rethinking of the Adaptability in Mass Housing for Pandemic Situations
(2021)Pandemics spread due to poor housing conditions. Diseases have resulted in inducing the concept of mass housing, evident from housing projects initiated after the Great Plaque in London. Current pandemic, i.e., ... -
A Review of Agent-Based Frameworks for Information Retrieval
(2021)With the development of the Internet in the digital age, operative technologies that utilize automated tools for searching and retrieving information in any domain, even those not on the web, are in great demand. ... -
A Review of Tobacco Taxation and Packaging Laws in Sri Lanka: Suggestions for Development
(2021)Tobacco products are consumed in a large scale in Sri Lanka. Cigarettes and Beedis are the most consumed tobacco products by the Sri Lankans. Over 80 percent smokers use cigarettes and 10 percent use beedis in Sri Lanka. ...