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  • Socio-Economic Influence on Mental Health in Post-War Jaffna Society – A Multivariate Statistical Review 
    Elankumaran, C. (Faculty of Applied Science, 2020-12-02)
    This study focuses on the socio-economic influences on the nature of mental health in post-war Jaffna society, prior to Covid-19 pandemic. This is a follow-up study of “Jaffna Socioeconomic Health Study 1999”. A sample of ...
  • Sinhala Handwritten Character Recognition Using Convolution Neural Networks 
    Wasalthilake, W.V.S.K.; Kartheeswaran, T. (Faculty of Applied Science, 2020-12-02)
    Automating handwritten character recognition is still new, as Sri Lanka is the only country that uses Sinhala as the national language from all over the world. The alphabet of the Sinhala language includes 60 characters ...
  • Preliminary Study of Waste-Delivered Biosorbents to Remove Nutrients from Rice Mill Wastewater 
    Uduwarage, U.D.T.M.; Devaisy, S. (Faculty of Applied Science, 2020-12-02)
    The objective of this study was to compare the performance of waste derived biosorbents - rice hull and peanut hull in removing nutrients from rice mill wastewater. Batch adsorption experiments were conducted for both ...
  • Adoption and Impact of Natural Farming Practices in Batticaloa District 
    Thivahary, G.; Viharnaa, R. (Faculty of Applied Science, 2020-12-02)
    The practice of natural farming system significantly reduces the production costs. Currently, natural farming system is practiced by farmers in various parts of Sri Lanka. A substantial number of smallholder farmers from ...
  • Bioethanol Production from Azolla filiculoides using Saccharomyces cerevisiae 
    Christy, E. J. S. B. A.; Kapilan, R.; Wickramasinghe, I.; Wijesekara, W. L. I. (Faculty of Applied Science, 2020-12-02)
    Ethanol can be produced from any material that contains sugar, starches and cellulosic materials are used as an ideal and inexpensive raw material in the production of ethanol by fermentation. Cellulosic substrates are ...
  • Perception of Human-Elephant Conflict in Pokkunutenna, Sri Lanka: A Case Study 
    Keerthanaram, T.; Lahiru Pramod, J.V.G.; Riskhan, M.N.; Udaranga, H.N.S. C. (Faculty of Applied Science, 2020-12-02)
    Pokkunutenna located adjacent to Udawalawe National park, and Dahiyagala Sanctuary faces human-elephant conflict (HEC) significantly and is perceived as high in human casualties. A questionnaire survey and field assessment ...
  • Preliminary Assessment of Marine phytoplankton Distribution and Fishing in Sri Lanka 
    Yasanthika, W.H.P.; Keerthanaram, T.; Nimalka Sanjeewani, H.K.; Naveendrakumar, G.; Akther, M.S.R. (Faculty of Applied Science, 2020-12-02)
    Phytoplanktons are the primary producers in marine food webs. The concentration of the chlorophyll-a (Chl-a) shows their abundance among the habitat, estimated by using remote sensing data. Marine fish harvest mainly depends ...
  • High-Resolution Data for Capturing Wetland Vegetation Using Object-Based Classification Methods 
    Madurapperuma, B.D.; Kahara, S.N.; Hernandez, K.B.; Corro, L.M. (Faculty of Applied Science, 2020-12-02)
    The purpose of this study is to use the Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) images for mapping wetland vegetation using object-based classification methods and to compare its performance with cropland data layers. The UAS imagery ...
  • Limitations on numerical iterative solution of elliptic two dimensional partial differential equations 
    Wijesuriya, W.M.R.M.; Thilaganathan, S. (Faculty of Applied Science, 2020-12-02)
    Numerical iterative methods are applied for the solution of two dimensional Elliptic partial differential equations such as Laplace’s and Poisson’s equations. These kinds of differential equations have specific applications ...
  • Classification of Tamil Songs Based on Singers 
    Amrithaa, P.; Kartheeswaran, T. (Faculty of Applied Science, 02-12-2020)
    Music information retrieval (MIR) is a popular study area in music indexing and music retrieval system.Singer identification (SID) and classification is a subset of MIR which can be used in many applications.People have ...
  • Preliminary assessment of coastal erosion in Marawila, Sri Lanka 
    Nafla, A.W.F.; Rasanga, K.L.D.C.; Samarawickrama, R.A.D.; Shabthana, S.; Farwin, A.F.S.; Ahmath, A.V.S.; Naveendrakumar, G. (Faculty of Applied Science, 02-12-2020)
    Marawila is one of the main coastal areas located in the Puttalam district of Sri Lanka, an island bounded by a coastline. Coastal erosion in Marawila became a noteworthy environmental concern in Sri Lanka. The study was ...
  • SINGLE IMAGE DEFOGGING USING DEPTH ESTIMATION 
    Anparasy, S.; Kokul, T. (Faculty of Applied Science, 02-12-2020)
    Fog is a collection of water droplets or ice crystals drapped from the air at or near the earth surface. It significantly reduces the visibility of outdoor scenes and hence causes road accidents, and flight delays. The ...

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