2022 IRC Abstracts: Recent submissions
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Contribution of Green Buildings towards Achieving Sustainability: A Perspective of Leed-Certified Buildings in Sri Lanka
(2022-09)Recently, the focus on green buildings has come to the forefront in many countries. However, in the context of Sri Lanka, the number of green-certified buildings seems to be still at a minimal level and the focus is ... -
Sustainable Tourism in Hikkaduwa; Evaluations of Sustainability Parameters and Design Recommendations
(2022-09)This research intends to identify the factors that influence the tourism industry of the Hikkaduwa coastal area and to give an overall architectural guideline to implement sustainable tourism. At present, ... -
A Mixture of Two Endemic Plants as Various Forms of Food Supplements with Heightened Biological Activity
(2022)Evidence-based medicines/supplements have emerged as an important dimension in the modern world. We developed two food supplements with two plants: Osbeckia octandra (OO) and Wrightia antidysenterica (WA). The two food ... -
Foreign Funded Construction Projects in Sri Lanka: Review Challenges on Technology Transfer with Local Stakeholders
(2022-09)Technology is an integral part of the construction industry and a dominant factor related to cost. Most of the modern materials, plant, equipment and services are innovated by developed countries and their ... -
Analyzing Factors Affecting the Delay in Building Construction Projects in Sri Lanka through the Interaction of the Project Team
(2022-09)Constructions undergo unfavourable situations related to their cost overruns due to the delays and exposure to risks because of inappropriate identification and minimising of the factors. To fulfill this ... -
Challenges Allied to the Effectiveness of the Environmental Impact Assessment in the Construction Industry of Sri Lanka
(2022-09)‘Environmental Impact Assessment’ is a structured programme for evaluating and inspecting environmental factors, in order to support and aid the decision-making or the planning stage of a development process. Basical ... -
The Impact of Cost Overrun Factors on the Project Performance in the Construction Industry of Sri Lanka
(2022-09)The construction sector is an extremely vital business for the economic growth of the nation. However, this sector has been suffering significant issues by the inability to finish projects within an allowed cost and ... -
The Effectiveness of Health & Safety Training and Its Impact on Construction Workers’ Attitudes in Sri Lanka
(2022-09)Construction accidents happen due to defects in site environment or else defects in health and safety system. In the recent years, Sri Lankan construction industry experienced a considerable number of ... -
Shoreline Change Detection Based on the Monsoon Seasonality by Means of ‘Coastsat’ Toolkit
(2022-09)The sand accretion/erosion process is mainly responsible for the shoreline position changes in coastal zones. Understanding sand accretion/erosion response due to monsoon seasonality and anthropogenic effects i ... -
Spatial Analysis Approach for Identification of Urban Sprawl Pattern: A Case Study of Matara DS Division
(2022-09)In this study, the urban sprawl of Matara DS Division was analysed from 1990 to 2020. Landsat satellite imageries were used in this study to extract the built-up area. Shannon’s Entropy method and Fractal Dimension ... -
Mapping the Pattern of Distribution of Threatened Marine Species from the X-Press Pearl Ship Explosion Using GIS Techniques
(2022-09)Over 90% of global trade is done by shipping, and thus, the marine sector supports the transportation of a variety of critical items while balancing the global economy and keeping countries united in such a complex g ... -
Feasibility Analysis of Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Survey for Outer Boundary Surveys
(2022-09)Cadastral surveying is the intellectual and technical process by which the boundaries of each of the land parcels within a given area are defined in a consistent manner. The main problems of the Sri Lankan ... -
An Assessment of RTK and PPK Solutions in a CORS Network
(2022-09)Recently, Sri Lanka has developed a greater interest in surveying applications based on Continuously Operating Reference Station (CORS) technology. CORS Real Time Kinematic (RTK) can perform well through a good ... -
Optimum Site Selection for Fire Brigade in Ella, Sri Lanka by Utilizing GIS
(2022-09)As an island nation, Sri Lanka faces different disasters while the forestfire disasters are dominant in the highlands of the country. In the Ella neighbourhood, forestfires occur every year near the end of the dry se ... -
A Case Study on Detecting and Mapping Individual Coconut Trees Using YOLOV3 in Conjunction with UAV Remote Sensing for Smart Plantation Management
(2022-09)Location and number data of individual coconut trees are important for surveying of planting areas, predicting coconut yield, and managing and planning coconut plantations. This data is usuallyobtained ... -
A Comparison of Classical Time Series Models and Machine Learning LSTM Model to Forecast Paddy Production in Sri Lanka
(2022)The Autoregressive Integrated Moving Average (ARIMA) family models and the Exponential Smoothing family models are the most widely used and successful conventional techniques for univariate time series forecasting. As a ... -
Selection of RNA Aptamers to Distinguish the V600E Mutation Status of BRAF Protein: A Potential in silico Approach
(2022)The valine to glutamate substitution at the 600th residue of B-type rapidly accelerated fibrosarcoma protein (BRAF V600E) is the most common mutation in the BRAF gene. Due to its high prevalence in a number of cancers, ... -
Graphene Derivatives for Supercapacitor Applications
(2022)Graphene has superior properties which are enormously advantageous in energy applications. Despite graphene’s superior properties, it has limitations such as the utilization of complicated synthesis methods and restacking. ... -
Identifying the Removal Efficiencies of As3+ in Wastewater by Functionalized Nanocellulose
(2022)Nanocellulose (NC) gains significant attention as a promising candidate in water purification and environmental remediation studies due to its superior chemical and physical properties. The present study explored the ... -
Silver Nanoparticles as SERS-Active Probes for Detecting Melamine
(2022)Milk is one of the essential food items throughout the world. Intentional adulteration of milk products with melamine falsely increases the apparent protein content in milk and it is a health concern associated with ...