International Research Symposium on Pure and Applied Sciences (IRSPAS): Recent submissions

  • The factors affecting entrepreneurial intention of MBA students of University of Kelaniya: a qualitative study 
    Basnayake, D. C.; Abeysekera, R. (Research Symposium on Pure and Applied Sciences, 2018 Faculty of Science, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2018)
    The purpose of this study is to find out the factors affecting entrepreneurial intention of Kelaniya MBA students. The study was conducted using the case study method. Based on the purposive sampling technique, twelve ...
  • Heavy metal analysis of selected fruits and vegetables grown in CKDu prevalent Medawachchiya area in Sri Lanka 
    Hiruni, H. K.; Weerasooriya, M. K. B. (Research Symposium on Pure and Applied Sciences, 2018 Faculty of Science, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2018)
    In Sri Lanka, CKDu has become a major health issue over the past two decades. The disease is proved to be endemic. The number of environmental risk factors has been recognized globally as other probable causes of CKDu, ...
  • Analysis of selected, commercially available inorganic fertilizers and soil NPK content in Puhudivula; Medawachchiya 
    Sahlah, M. A. H. F.; De Silva, R. C. L. (Research Symposium on Pure and Applied Sciences, 2018 Faculty of Science, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2018)
    The increased prevalence of CKDu confined to specific geographical regions and among specific occupational groups of Sri Lanka has drawn the attention of scientific community in recent years. This study was conducted to ...
  • Chemical analysis of selected Ayurvedic drugs: Yashtikalkaya and Rajahpravartanivati 
    Madhushanthi, K. P.; Liyanage, J. A. (Research Symposium on Pure and Applied Sciences, 2018 Faculty of Science, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2018)
    Ayurvedic medicines have been widely used in Sri Lanka for thousands of years. Although they are considered as beneficial and free of side effects, some toxicity is reported. Therefore, objective of this study was determination ...
  • Defluoridation of drinking water using physically and chemically modified chitosan 
    Pathirannehe, P. N. S.; Fernando, T. D.; Rajapakse, C. S. K. (Research Symposium on Pure and Applied Sciences, 2018 Faculty of Science, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2018)
    Depending on the total intake, fluoride (F-) is known to have both beneficial and adverse effects on humans. As the occurrence of the Chronic Kidney Disease of unknown etiology (CKDu) is thought to be linked with excess ...
  • Major factors affecting the severity of motorcycle accidents in Sri Lanka 
    Senaviratna, N. A. M. R.; Cooray, T. M. J. A. (Research Symposium on Pure and Applied Sciences, 2018 Faculty of Science, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2018)
    Ever increasing road accidents and traffic flow is a heavy burden to a developing country like Sri Lanka. Among road accidents, motorcycle accidents involved a high rate of accidents. In the year 2016, 10754 motorcycle ...
  • Observation of surface potential on evaporated mixed films of TPBi with CBP as function of the film thickness 
    Gunawardana, H. D. C. N.; Osada, K.; Koswattage, K. R.; Noguchi, Y. (Research Symposium on Pure and Applied Sciences, 2018 Faculty of Science, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2018)
    Organic light emitting devices have been extensively investigated for many promising applications. Surface Potential (SP) is essential to characterize the fabrication process of Organic Light Emitting Diode (OLED). In the ...
  • Improving the response time of an ultrasonic wind speed measuring system using a temperature measurement 
    Pieris, T. P. D.; Jayatissa, N. W. K. (Research Symposium on Pure and Applied Sciences, 2018 Faculty of Science, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2018)
    Natural wind in the open air is a three-dimensional vector but vertical component of the wind is ignored in the most meteorological operations. Therefore, the surface wind is considered as a two-dimensional vector in this ...
  • A computational model to optimize vision correction via contact lens design 
    Karunarathna, S. P. D. S. S. K. (Research Symposium on Pure and Applied Sciences, 2018 Faculty of Science, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2018)
    A contact lens typically assumes different positions with respect to the pupil after each blink and saccade, and lens motion may cause a loss in visual acuity. An exact understanding of the loss of visual acuity is lacking ...
  • Certain sums of Mordell-Tornheim zeta values 
    Pallewatta, M. (Research Symposium on Pure and Applied Sciences, 2018 Faculty of Science, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2018)
    The multiple zeta values are real numbers studied by many people in different fields. The sum formulas are considered as one of the most famous relations among multiple zeta values. In our research, we study a slightly ...
  • Using Fourier analysis of the resonance frequency in glassware to identify defects 
    Gunathilaka, G. W. M. R. P. (Research Symposium on Pure and Applied Sciences, 2018 Faculty of Science, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2018)
    Quality control is a vital aspect in any industry. In glass manufacturing industry, manual inspections, using human vision is the most commonly and widely used quality inspection and verification methods. With increased ...
  • Categorizing T20 batsmen based on their performances 
    Sumithrapala, D. M. S. S.; Mallawa Arachchi, D. K. (Research Symposium on Pure and Applied Sciences, 2018 Faculty of Science, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2018)
    T20 Cricket is the most popular shortest form of cricket which is played all over the world. It is obvious that some of the T20 batsmen are power hitters. Some of them are having higher averages and higher strike rates. ...
  • Electrodeposited homojunction Cu2O solar cell on FTO substrate 
    Kafi, F. S. B.; Jayathilaka, K. M. D. C.; Wijesundera, L. B. D. R. P.; Siripala, W. (Research Symposium on Pure and Applied Sciences, 2018 Faculty of Science, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2018)
    Cuprous oxide (Cu2O), an abundant photoactive semiconducting material has optimum optoelectronic properties to develop efficient, inexpensive and eco-friendly solar cells. Even though, it is possible to fabricate Cu2O based ...
  • Growth of photoactive Cu2ZnSnS4 by single step electrodeposition 
    Fernando, W. T. R. S.; Jayathileka, K. M. D. C.; Wijesundera, R. P.; Siripala, W. (Research Symposium on Pure and Applied Sciences, 2018 Faculty of Science, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2018)
    Cu2ZnSnS4 (CZTS) is a promising candidate for application in low-cost and environmentally-friendly thin film solar cells due to its optoelectronics properties. It is a perfect absorber material for photovoltaic applications ...
  • Identification of the patterns of dengue disease transmission: A Wavelet approach 
    Nanayakkara, K. A. D. C. N.; Perera, S. S. N. (Research Symposium on Pure and Applied Sciences, 2018 Faculty of Science, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2018)
    Dengue is transmitted over the human population by the mosquitoes Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus. This comes in three forms: Dengue Fever (DF), Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever (DHF) and Dengue Shock Syndrome (DSS). Sri Lanka ...
  • Supercapacitor based novel approach for efficient solar energy harnessing 
    Piyumal, P. L. A. K.; Ranaweera, A. L. A. K.; Kalingamudali, S. R. D.; Kularatna, N. (Research Symposium on Pure and Applied Sciences, 2018 Faculty of Science, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2018)
    Finding greener solutions through renewable energy sources to provide energy demand in 21st century is an important task due to the shortage of world energy sources. From many types of renewable energy sources, photovoltaic ...
  • A statistical analysis on the share prices of two selected Sri Lankan commercial banks 
    Jayakody, J. A. G.; Arivalzahan, S. (Research Symposium on Pure and Applied Sciences, 2018 Faculty of Science, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2018)
    This paper examines the impact of the bank-specific determinants and macroeconomic indicators, on the share prices and the performance of two highly recognized Sri Lankan commercial banks. Basically, the bank performance ...
  • Factors associated with child abuse incidents in Chilaw police enforce division: case study 
    Siriwardana, L. W. M. S.; Tissera, J. H. D. S. P. (Research Symposium on Pure and Applied Sciences, 2018 Faculty of Science, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2018)
    Child abuse has become a major social issue across the world. Globally, millions of children suffer from maltreatment, exploitation and abuse. To avert children from such situations, it is important to identify respective ...
  • Scalar and multi-scalar multiplication in Elliptic Curve Cryptography using Fibonacci numbers 
    Sandamali, N. P. A. A.; Wijesiri, G. S. (Research Symposium on Pure and Applied Sciences, 2018 Faculty of Science, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2018)
    Cryptography is a science, which enables secure communications from various malicious adversaries using mathematical techniques. As a branch of cryptography, Neal Koblitz and Victor Miller introduced the Elliptic Curve ...
  • Consistency of mixed number algebra in some applications 
    Anuruddhika, M. L. P.; Doe, M.; Senanayake, N. P. W. B. V. K. (Research Symposium on Pure and Applied Sciences, 2018 Faculty of Science, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2018)
    Mixed number is the sum of a scalar and a vector. The operations of addition, multiplication, inverse and etc. are defined in mixed number algebra. Mixed number algebra is consistent with different laws of Physics such as ...

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