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Finger spelled Sign Language Translator for Deaf and Speech Impaired People in Srilanka using Convolutional Neural Network
(2020)Abstract: Sign language is a visual language used by people with speech and hearing disabilities for communication in their daily conversation activities. It is completely an optical communication language through ... -
Health Promoting Lifestyle and Its Associated Factors Among Undergraduate Students in Faculty of Allied Health Sciences, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka
(2020)Abstract: Health promoting life style is the main strategy to improve health status of an individual .The objective of this study was to assess the health promoting lifestyle and its determinants among undergraduate ... -
Evaluating Driver Speeding at Traffic Signal Lights During the Amber Time: With and Without Countdown Timers
(2020)At the onset of amber color indication, drivers must decide whether to stop or cross a signalized intersection. In literature, there is enough evidence indicating that a significantly high number of crashes that occur at ... -
Impact of Covid-19 to the National Economy of Sri Lanka: A Comparative Analysis with the United Kingdom on Employees’ Rights
(2020)Impact of Covid-19 on labour rights and national economy has become a prominent issue at present. Therefore, this research aims at finding out whether there are sufficient laws to secure labour rights in such unforeseeable ... -
Diabetes Prediction System using Machine Learning
(2020)Abstract: Diabetes is a deadly chronic disease which affects entire body system harmfully. Millions of people are affected by this disease and a considerable number of patients die every year because of its side effects. ... -
Effect of Lidocaine Spray in the Enhancement of the Quality of IntraOral Periapical Radiograph when Imaging Lower Third Molar Teeth
(2020)Abstract: Dental radiography is one of the best diagnostic methods used to identify dental diseases and several dental radiographic methods are practised in order to achieve quality images of the specific dental region. ... -
Energy Absorption Capacity and Impact Energy of Rubberized Concrete
(2020)Disposal of used tires is a critical environmental issue in Sri Lanka. Rubberized concrete is one of the solutions introduced by the researchers to minimize the quantity of waste rubber. These studies discovered that ... -
Correlation between Hemoglobin Concentration and Absolute Reticulocyte count of adolescent female iron deficient patients at Colombo north teaching hospital.
(2020)Abstract:-Iron deficiency can be identified as the most common micro-nutrient disorder and cause of anemia. Most frequently occurred in children under the age of 5 years, females of childbearing age and pregnant women. ... -
Real-time Animal Detection and Prevention System for Crop Fields
(2020)Abstract: Every year, crop damaged by wild animals is dramatically increasing in Sri Lanka. It often poses risks to humans and animals. Since more and more wild animals are causing damage to their cultivation; humans ... -
Employment Security of Probationary Workers in Sri Lanka: A Comparative Legal Analysis
(2020)Employment security is one of the most important factors which help to create an efficientandasatisfactoryworking environment. Probationary employment is one of the challenging employment types which indicates uncertain ... -
A Comparison of Nonlinear Material Models Used in Pavement Response Modelling
(2020)The numerical modelling of pavement responses is very much influenced by structural properties of pavement. The structural properties are modelled by material models. Clear understandings of pavement responses with respect ... -
A Critique of Available Remedies for Industrial Disputes Arising out of COVID-19: A Comparative Analysis
(2020)The recent pandemic due to COVID-19 has affected the whole world at large. Aside from the obvious health issues arising from COVID-19, there is also another less obvious issue; unemployment. Sri Lanka initiated curfews on ... -
Air Quality Predicting System for Colombo City using Machine Learning Approaches
(2020)Abstract Air pollution is one of the biggest threats to the environment and human beings. Because of the meteorological and traffic factors, the burning of fossil fuels, industrial activities, power plant emissions acts ... -
Development of a Robust Dynamic Damage Control Simulator
(2020)The art of ‘Damage Control’ has been part of a seafarer’s professional expertise for time immemorial. The utility of effective damage control as well as the disastrous consequences of lack of it, in modern Naval combat, ... -
Determination of Gender using Measurements of the Mandible taken from Orthopantomogram and Cephalogram
(2020)Abstract:-Determining of age is essential in forensic and medico legal practices. Most dimorphic bone of the skull is mandible. Therefore, in sex estimation, mandible plays a dominant role. Since the measurements of ... -
Work-From-Home – The Legal Status of Sri Lanka
(2020)Work from Home (WFH) is not a novel concept theoretically. However the practical application of WFH did not impact on many types of employment in the world until the COVID 19 situation. During WFH, the contract of employment ... -
A Mix Model approach for identifying occupational stress among the Information Technology employees: A Case Study
(2020)Abstract The aspiration of involving the growth, maintenance, and the use of computer systems, software, and networks for the processing and diffusion of data can be identified as information technology. Being a much ... -
Evaluation of Anti-inflammatory and Antibacterial activities of the extracts of leaves, roots and combination of leaves and roots of plant Magnolia figo.
(2020)Abstract:-Discovery of novel drugs from medicinal plants is getting popular owing to lesser side effects and to overcome antimicrobial resistance. The methanolic extracts of both leaves and roots of Magnolia figo plant ... -
Design of a Wind Propelled Planning Hull Craft for Shallow Water Operation
(2020)During recent flash floods, Sri Lanka Navy rescue teams met with many circumstances where they could not use their Dinghies even with a short tail Out Board Motors (OBM) due to submerged obstacles at unprecedented depths. ... -
Application of the Concept of Reparation in Transitional Justice in Sri Lanka
(2020)This study discusses the application of the concept of Reparation as an element of Transitional Justice (TJ) in the social transformation process especially after fragile circumstances in the society.The objective of this ...