2014 IRC Articles: Recent submissions
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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 ... -
Tuberculous and Toxoplasma Lymphadenitis in Lymph Node Biopsies Received at THP Laboratory from 2011 to 2013
(2014)Background-Lymph node biopsy is an important investigation which is helpful in coming to a diagnosis when patients present with lymphadenopathy. Tuberculous and Toxoplasma lymphadenitis are frequent findings in lymph node ... -
Multi-homing to Provide Reliable Connectivity
(2014)There have been tremendous advances over the past decades when it comes to wireless access technologies. Nowadays, several wireless access technologies are available everywhere. Even mobile devices have evolved to support ... -
"Building Section" For Passive Climatic Modifications in Sri Lankan Non Domestic Architecture
(2014)Air-conditioning is commonly used to achieve thermal comfort for commercial buildings in the hot and humid climates. This practice accounts for nearly 60% of total electricity consumption in a building. The passive system ... -
An Unconstrained Traffic Flow Paths Solution for Evacuating from Multiple Regions to Safer Regions Using Graph Theory and Dynamic Programming
(2014)During disasters such as natural disasters, fires, wars, industrial accidents or viral outbreaks, it is important to guide the people to safer zones from hazardous zones. Usually, the trapped people are guided through safer ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
Power Sharing, Economic Development and National Security- Sri Lanka' s Crisis of Executive Convenience
(2014)'Stability' through national security and economic development is arguably a dominant model for governance in the contemporary world order. In transitional societies such as Sri Lanka the claims made on the basis of ... -
The Impact of Tax Avoidance in the context of Economic Development in Sri Lanka: A Critique of Income Tax and Tax Avoidance
(2014)Income tax is a tax on income. The very important financial obligations of the country are bound by the revenue of the country. Tax avoidance and Tax evasion are very similar words which could be more affected to the Tax ... -
Does Sri Lankan Patent Regime Adequately Incentivise Local Innovations? : A Critical Analysis
(2014)The second decade of the twenty first century is witnessing the rise of global innovation competition. In a knowledge-based economy in which knowledge is used to generate wealth, Intellectual Property ('IP') is considered ... -
Protection of Digital Databases: Sri Lanka as a Reference Point
(2014)Economic development in Sri Lanka has relied heavily on foreign and domestic investment. Digital databases are a new and attractive area for this investment. This paper, whilst arguing that investment protection is crucial ...