Science: Recent submissions

  • Medicinal plant identification and plant disease classification 
    Senanayake, M. M. V.; De Silva, N. M. T. (Faculty of Science, University of Kelaniya Sri Lanka, 2022)
    Today, with the development of technology, most manual methods are replaced by automated computer systems to ease the lives of human beings. Plant identification and disease classification are two major agricultural research ...
  • Estimating determinants of healthcare expenditure in OECD countries 
    Wickramarachchi, W. A. P. S. (Faculty of Science, University of Kelaniya Sri Lanka, 2022)
    The COVID-19 pandemic has had a direct impact on increasing the healthcare expenditure of countries across the world. Thus, it is essential to determine the factors that contributed to the expenditure in the healthcare ...
  • An efficient credit score prediction model with Deep Neural Network 
    Lakshan, W. S. V.; Katugampala, K. D. V. C. (Faculty of Science, University of Kelaniya Sri Lanka, 2022)
    The rapid expansion of the financial industry over the evolution of Computer Science is a breakthrough for both fields. Financial institutes tend to get the maximum benefit from computer science by analysing huge stack of ...
  • A way forward for Sustainable Human-Computer Interaction 
    Arambepola, S. N. M. N. D. K.; Munasinghe, L. (Faculty of Science, University of Kelaniya Sri Lanka, 2022)
    Sustainability has become a buzzword in the modern world. In fact, the United Nations (UN) has proposed seventeen Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) to achieve by 2030. SDG can be achieved through different approaches. ...
  • Predicting a top rank batsman in an ODI match, using the first few balls faced: A case study 
    Madhuranga, W. P. K.; Kavinga, H. W. B.; Chandrasekara, N. V. (Faculty of Science, University of Kelaniya Sri Lanka, 2022)
    Predicting the success of a top-rank batsman will play a crucial role in the decision-making process in the game of cricket, on the field as well as off the field. This research is carried out with the purpose of achieving ...
  • Modelling extreme motor insurance claims with extreme value theory: A case study from Sri Lanka 
    Appuhamy, P. A. D. A. N.; Boralessa, N. K. (Faculty of Science, University of Kelaniya Sri Lanka, 2022)
    In recent years, the motor insurance business has grown significantly in Sri Lanka due to the excessive importation of vehicles. However, the large volumes of vehicles on the road increase the risk of occurrence of extreme ...
  • Selection of the best fitting mathematical models to investigate the growth inhibition of selected plant pathogenic fungi by Trichoderma harzianum 
    Poornima, V. A.; Munasinghe, J.; Kannangara, S. D. (Faculty of Science, University of Kelaniya Sri Lanka, 2022)
    Plant diseases can cause a significant impact on agricultural productivity. One of the main causative factors for plant diseases is pathogens. Plant pathogens can be fungi, bacteria, viruses, or nematodes. Plant diseases ...
  • Forecasting foreign exchange reserves in Sri Lanka 
    Jayawardhana, K. J. U. M.; Wijesuriya, H. P. A. D.; Kaushalya, R. A. D.; Chandrasekara, N. V. (Faculty of Science, University of Kelaniya Sri Lanka, 2022)
    Foreign exchange reserves are mainly used by governments to stabilize the exchange rate and balance international payments. They play a major role in the current financial crisis in Sri Lanka too. The purpose of this study ...
  • Impact of past mental and physical harassments on undergraduates of University of Kelaniya 
    Pathirana, G. P. N. M.; Subasinghe, G. K.; Samarasinghe, D. G. S. P.; Fernando, H. A. S.; Jayasinghe, M. G.; Herath, H. M. K. M. (Faculty of Science, University of Kelaniya Sri Lanka, 2022)
    Harassment is any physical, verbal, written, or otherwise unwanted, unwelcome behavior that may offend or humiliate an individual. Discriminatory harassment, physical harassment, mental harassment, psychological harassment, ...
  • A study on factors associated with child sexual abuse and recognizing the severity: Special reference to Galle district 
    Dilshan, L. H. K.; Withanage, N.; Chandrasekara, N. V. (Faculty of Science, University of Kelaniya Sri Lanka, 2022)
    Child Sexual Abuse (CSA) has been a universal and social crisis with serious life-long consequences. One in four girls and one in six boys worldwide have experienced some form of sexual abuse in their childhood. According ...
  • Performance of seasonal and double seasonal autoregressive integrated moving average models with ARCH/GARCH in forecasting exchange rates in Sri Lanka 
    Basnayake, B. R. P. M.; Chandrasekara, N. V. (Faculty of Science, University of Kelaniya Sri Lanka, 2022)
    The exchange rate is one of the most essential economic indices and forecasting its chaotic and uncertain behaviour is challenging for business practitioners and academic researchers. This study mainly evaluated the ...
  • Design of novel perfect metamaterial absorber for Radio Frequency energy harnessing 
    Karunathilaka, M. G. M. T.; Ranaweera, A. L. A. K.; Jayathilaka, K. M. D. C.; Seneviratne, J. A. (Faculty of Science, University of Kelaniya Sri Lanka, 2022)
    Due to the rapidly growing wireless communications and sensing applications, the frequency spectrum has already been saturated. Consequently, the abundance of Radio Frequency (RF) signals in the ambient environment made ...
  • Detecting abrupt changes in thermal electricity production data in Sri Lanka 
    Sumathipala, P. L. N. S.; Hewaarachchi, A. P.; Dissanayaka, D. M. P. V. (Faculty of Science, University of Kelaniya Sri Lanka, 2022)
    A changepoint or an abrupt change is a distributional change in a time series data structure. Over the past years, many studies have been conducted to search these changepoints and many researchers proposed several multiple ...
  • Design of heat sink and simulation of electronic cooling of power transistor circuit 
    Gunasinghe, L. M.; Samaranayake, W. J. M.; Hansameenu, W. P. T. (Faculty of Science, University of Kelaniya Sri Lanka, 2022)
    Heat sinks are utilized in industrial equipment to disperse surplus heat from heat-generating components to the surrounding environment. In recent years, efforts have been made to develop mechanical or electronic devices ...
  • Sedimentology and depositional environment of neoproterozoic stromatolitic limestones of Langrial and Miranjani areas, Lesser Himalayas, Pakistan 
    Ali, S. H.; Ali, S. F.; Shoukat, N.; Wahid, A.; Bashir, Y.; El-Aal, A. K. A. (Faculty of Science, University of Kelaniya Sri Lanka, 2022)
    Stromatolites are a helpful tool in predicting age, depositional environment and correlation of stratigraphic sequences over vast continents. Stromatolites are the signature of the Neoproterozoic age (1 billion years – ...
  • Stochastic modelling of Lotka-Volterra competition 
    Ayesha, K. M. S.; De Silva, T. M. M. (Faculty of Science, University of Kelaniya Sri Lanka, 2022)
    The concept of stochasticity, which is based on probability theory, has played a vital role in describing the population fluctuations in most species. Demographic and environmental stochasticity are the main branches of ...
  • Study of the improvement of Ozone production: A simulation 
    Amarakoon, A. M. M. N. B.; Hansameenu, W. P. T.; Samaranayake, W. J. M. (Faculty of Science, University of Kelaniya Sri Lanka, 2022)
    Ozone is an unstable, colourless gas that has a pungent odour which occurs naturally in small amounts in the stratosphere. Ozone is one of the strongest oxidants. Major applications of ozone are disinfection, deodorization, ...
  • Estimation and comparison of patient doses in lumbar spine X-ray examination: A case study at a government hospital in Sri Lanka 
    Welarathna, W. D. S. D.; Sivakumar, V.; Wanninayake, W. M. N. M. B.; Sarasanandarajah, S. (Faculty of Science, University of Kelaniya Sri Lanka, 2022)
    The number of projection X-ray examinations is rising rapidly worldwide due to its extensive usage in accurately diagnosing diseases and injuries in patients. Apart from the enormous benefits of X-ray examinations, the ...
  • Incorporation of Sri Lanka’s natural minerals, zircon and apatite, in radiation shielding 
    Ranasinghe, M. U.; Hathnagoda, E. M. D. K. B.; Nanayakkara, D. K. K.; Wijayaratne, K.; Bandara, T. M. W. J.; Jayasinghe, U. J. M. A. L.; Jayalath, C. P.; Sivakumar, V. (Faculty of Science, University of Kelaniya Sri Lanka, 2022)
    With the rapid increase in the application of ionizing radiation, radiation protection has become a predominant factor in ensuring the safety of humans and the environment. Blocking high-energy photon radiation has proven ...
  • Heart disease prediction using multivariate data 
    Jayaweera, I. M. L. N. (Faculty of Science, University of Kelaniya Sri Lanka, 2022)
    This study addresses the problem of determining the important attributes of deciding heart disease. Heart disease can be considered one of the most common diseases in the world. Nowadays, diagnosing a disease in an early ...

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