INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH CONFERENCE ARTICLES (KDU IRC): Recent submissions
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Can Clomiphene Citrate Improve the Quality of Seminal Fluid Parameters in Idipathic Oligoasthenoteratozoospermic Males
(2014)Introduction: Male infertility is a rising problem worldwide. Idiopathic male infertility is responsible for 31% of all male infertility. Among them 44% is due to Idiopathic Oligo Astheno Terotozoospermia (iOAT) syndrome. ... -
HIV/AIDS Risk Reduction and Prevention among Drug Users through Behavioral Interventions in an Urban Setting
(2014)Drug use is a major risk factor in spreading HIV infection. Drug users (DUs) might trade sex for drugs or for money to buy drugs and/or vice versa. Drug use can reduce a person's commitment to use condoms and practice safer ... -
Outcome of Pregnancy Complicated by Infective Endocarditis: A Review of Published Literature over Past Three Decades
(2014)Background - Infective endocarditis (IE) is a rare complication during pregnancy but it associates with high maternal and foetal mortality. Our aim was to study maternal and foetal outcomes in published cases of IE during ... -
Assessing the Validity of the Threefold Conversion between Hemoglobin and Hematocrit for the Determination of Anemia in Pregnancy
(2014)Introduction: The worldwide prevalence of anemia is higher among pregnant women. Anemic status is determined by the measurement of Hemoglobin (Hb) or Hematocrit (Hct). Hct (%) is usually defined as three times the value ... -
Evaluation of Random Donor Platelets Produced from Buffy Coat Stored for 24 hrs at Ambient Temperature. A Better Alternative to 8 hr Limitation
(2014)Introduction-Whole blood derived platelets are made from platelet rich plasma (PRP) method or buffy coat method. In India majority of random donor platelets are prepared by PRP method. However, Buffy coat method offers the ... -
A community based Study on Nasal Carriage of Staphylococcus aureus
(2014)Background. Staphylococcus aureus is a major bacterial cause of superficial infectionand a health care associated infection. The emergence of multiple resistances to anti staphylococcal penicillins like cloxacillin, ... -
Optimizing Energy Output at Canyon Hydro Power Station, a Case Study
(2014)Due to the rainfed central hills in Sri Lanka, the country enjoyed low cost, renewable hydroelectricity generation since 1950's. With the completion of nearly all major hydro site developments and the growth in electricity ... -
Congestion Monitoring in Nottingham using Permanent Count Sites
(2014)Permanent count sites are widely used for congestion monitoring in Nottingham. This project is aimed at urban congestion monitoring using permanent count sites during evening peak hours. "Congestion" does not have a fixed ... -
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 ... -
Overview of the Cloud Computing for Big Data
(2014)In the last few years, there has been a growing interest in Big Data technologies with cloud Infrastructure. Hadoop software tool is an open source platform that allows for the distributed processing of huge data sets ... -
Knowledge of Hand Hygiene among the Medical Students at the General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University
(2014)Background. Hospital acquired infections are commonly transmitted by the hands of healthcare workers. The objective of this study was to compare the knowledge of hand hygiene among the preclinical students and the students ... -
Airplane Performance Analysis through CFD Results: Assessment of a NACA 64A212 Wing-body Combination
(2014)A comprehensive understanding of fluid and flight dynamics of an aircraft cannot be understated from both an engineering and aircraft handling perspective. In this context, availability of such descriptive information, ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
Sinhala Ontology Generator for English to Sinhala Machine Translation
(2014)Generating Ontology for a given word is a research challenging task that requires morphology, syntax, semantics and other linguistic knowledge. This paper presents a multi-agent system, named Sinhala Ontology Generator ... -
A Comparison of Factors Associated with Run-off-Road and Non Run-off-Road Crashes
(2014)Run-off-road (ROR) crashes have become a major cause of serious injuries and fatalities. Crash data from Kansas, United States of America (U.S.A.) is used in this study to examine the trends in ROR crashes related to non-ROR ... -
An Anatomical Study of the Jugular Foramen and Its Variations in Dried Adult Human Skulls in Sri Lanka
(2014)The jugular foramen has a wide ethnic variation in the anatomy and is a well known area for pathological lesions such as glomus tumours, Schwannomas etc, where such lesions are approached by drilling the bone around the ... -
Accidents Involving Guilty Car Drivers in Sri Lanka
(2014)Car drivers are only second to motorcycle riders in getting involved in traffic accidents in Sri Lanka. Therefore car drivers are the majority of the drivers who have been guilty of the traffic accidents in the country in ... -
Analysis of Thermal Effectiveness in Sri Lankan Context a Research based on Vertical Greeneries of Multi-storied Buildings
(2014)Thermal energy, which comes from the heat, makes the great influence state-of-the-art of global climate simulations. This effect feels especially for multi-stored buildings and concept of greenery has been introduced as a ...