• Utilization of agricultural waste compost as an alternative potting media component with coir dust for leafy vegetable Ipomoea acquatica 

  Thushara, W.K.R.; Jayasinghe, G.Y. (University of Ruhuna, Matara, Sri Lanka, 2011-02-22)

  Evolution of plant growth techniques has increased demand for growth substrates such as peat, zeolite, perlite, pumice and vermiculite but supply has been decreasing while the prices are escalating. The aim of this ...
• Development of value-added low-fat yoghurts using mixed-fruits, Cassava flour (Manihot esculenta L.), Cereal mixture and evaluation of their physicochemical, microbiological and sensory properties 

  Jayarathna, M.P.K.; Gamage, P.M.W.; Jayamanne, V.S.; Gunarathna, M.A.W.S.; Nanayakkara, G.T.; Udayanganie, K.K.A.; Ramanayake, R.A.T.M. (University of Ruhuna, Matara, Sri Lanka, 2011-02-22)

  Value-added yoghurts are reported to have many health benefits on humans compared to normal yoghurts because consumption of value-added yoghurts are associated with many therapeutic and nutritional properties. Therefore, ...
• Effectiveness of Marketing Information Systems (MIS) on vegetable sub-sector in Sri Lanka 

  Sandika, A.L.; Sadamali, M.K.V. (University of Ruhuna, Matara, Sri Lanka, 2011-02-22)

  Vegetables are the second most important agriculture sub-sector after rice in Sri Lanka is. Marketing of vegetables is more complex because of the special characteristics like highly perishable nature, seasonality, ...
• Development of biscuits using sweet potato flour (Ipomoea batatas L.) and evaluation of its physicochemical, microbiological and sensory properties 

  Vidhanapathirana, T.D.; Udayanganie, K.K.A.; Jayamanne, V.S.; Galappatti, K.M. (University of Ruhuna, Matara, Sri Lanka, 2011-02-22)

  Biscuits are one of the most important food products consumed by people in the world regardless of gender, age, religion, caste, creed etc. Exploring the possibility of using various flour types in biscuit manufacture has ...
• Evaluation of pungency of chillie using the Scoville Index and the comparison of the sensory evaluation method and the spectrophotometric method in determining the pungency level 

  Dissanayake, S.A.J.; Wadasinghe, A.; Jayamanne, V.S.; Fernando, G.S.N. (University of Ruhuna, Matara, Sri Lanka, 2011-02-22)

  Chillie is well known as a spice for its colour and pungency, especially in Asian and African countries. Capsaicin is identified as the major compound responsible for the pungency in chillie. Different chillie varieties ...
• Biogas production rate with methane content from market garbage in dry batch biogas system 

  Bandara, K.M.M.G.C.J.; Wijetunga, S. (University of Ruhuna, Matara, Sri Lanka, 2011-02-22)

  Biogas technology can play a vital role in solving energy problems while utilizing the degradable solid organic waste as a raw material for the biogas generation. New researches on biogas technology are required for the ...
• Sessile drop contact angle as affected by the particle size and the drop size 

  Leelamanie, D.A.L.; Samarawickrama, U.I.; Jutaro, K. (University of Ruhuna, Matara, Sri Lanka, 2011-02-22)

  Soil water repellency is an important phenomenon that primarily affects the water infiltration rates in soils. The magnitude of soil water repellency can be expressed in terms of soil-water contact angle, in degrees. The ...
• Development of domestic water pump to use as a turbine for pico hydro (PAT) 

  Lekamge, D.A.; Marasinghe, M.M.J.M.B.; Dayarathna, P.W.H.K.T.B.; Dharshana, L.K.; Hettiarachchi, N.K. (University of Ruhuna, Matara, Sri Lanka, 2011-02-22)

  Pico hydro is one of the most appropriate and an economical way of providing electricity for rural areas anywhere in the world, where there is sufficient hydro energy potential. The present technology trend in relation to ...
• Green roof performance towards the cooling of buildings in tropical climate 

  Subashi, C.H.M.J.; Silva, G.H.A.C.; Abesekara, J.J.; Nishadi, K.P.A.; Sanjeewa, L.V.D. (University of Ruhuna, Matara, Sri Lanka, 2011-02-22)

  Due to the rapid urbanization, greenery is being rapidly destroyed. Urban Heat Island is one of the major adverse effects of lost flora. Green roof systems can be effectively used to control this issue" with a well planned ...
• Effect of mechanical properties of concrete containing rice husk ash 

  Uduweriya, R.B.Y.B.; De Silva, S. (University of Ruhuna, Matara, Sri Lanka, 2011-02-22)

  This paper presents a study on the utilization of rice husk ash (RHA) to enhance concrete properties, in which RHA from byproduct of brick-kilns in Sri Lanka. The rice husk ash (RHA) is a pozzolanic material that can be ...
• Efficient and effective solid waste management system for Galle Municipality 

  Hapilan, S.; Abhayawardana, G.P.R.; Kuhathasan, A.; Perera, S.V.A.D.R.R.; Dayanthi, W.K.C.N. (University of Ruhuna, Matara, Sri Lanka, 2011-02-22)

  The current solid waste management system in the Galle municipality is full of loopholes. Source separation is hardly practiced and unsorted solid waste is dumped on a semi-controlled landfill. Hence in this study, solid ...
• Feasibility of using bamboo as a potential reinforcement in concrete beams 

  Athauda, A.M.B.B.S.; Wijebandara, M.M.A.; Ihalakodippily, I.K.K.G.; Wanniarachchi, K.S. (University of Ruhuna, Matara, Sri Lanka, 2011-02-22)

  This paper presents the evaluation of the feasibility to use bamboo as a potential reinforcement in concrete beams. To achieve this objective a series of tensile tests on two types of bamboo (i.e. yellow color and green ...
• Services quality on customer satisfaction 

  Nismi, M.N.M.; Buddhika, S.A. (University of Ruhuna, Matara, Sri Lanka, 2011-02-22)

  In the service industry, a long term relationship with customers is the key success factor that is enormously increasing with the service quality. The Proliferation o f new channels and the high demand for differentiated ...
• Determinants of academics’ grievances 

  Rathnayake, R.M.; Galhena, B.L. (University of Ruhuna, Matara, Sri Lanka, 2011-02-22)

  Grievances are inherent elements of any working organization and this leads to create more unfavorable consequences for the development of both individual and organization. Thus, today's human resources managers are facing ...
• Fungal contamination of raw materials of selected herbal drugs available in retail shops in Matara area 

  Ransara, G.B.M.; Dilrukshi, K.G.G.; Daladawatta, N.D.; Abeysinghe, S. (University of Ruhuna, Matara, Sri Lanka, 2011-02-22)

  As a result of fungal contamination of herbal raw materials, the risk of mycotoxin production, especially aflatoxin, should be taken into consideration in the manufacturing process of herbal drugs. Vortex and ground methods ...
• Utility of Single Stranded Conformation Polymorphism (SSCP) method to identify two related freshwater prawn species 

  Karunasagara, J.D.K.; Munasinghe, D.H.N. (University of Ruhuna, Matara, Sri Lanka, 2011-02-22)

  Freshwater culture prawn industry is mainly based on Macrobrachium rosenbergii (De Man) inmany countries. However, now there is a growing interest in many Asian countries to use Macrobrachium malcolmsonii (Milne Edwards) ...
• Classification and regression trees to predict the species of an unidentified Puntius specimen 

  Thilan, A.W.L.P.; De Silva, M.P.K.S.K.; Jayasekara, L.A.L.W. (University of Ruhuna, Matara, Sri Lanka, 2011-02-22)

  Out of 82 freshwater fish species in Sri Lanka, the Genus Puntius represents 16 species (19.5%). However, ambiguities in taxonomic identification of different Puntius species remain as a well known research area. Hence, ...
• Influence of selected heavy metals on Nitrogen mineralization and nitrification of agricultural soils 

  Wimalasena, P.K.S.E.; Walpola, B.C.; Piyadarshani, S.H.R. (University of Ruhuna, Matara, Sri Lanka, 2011-02-22)

  As heavy metals can persist in the soil for tens of thousands of years, the long-term effect of these elements on soil productivity is a matter of intensively discussed. Soil microbial functions such as respiration, ...
• දරිද්‍රතාවය අවම කිරීම සඳහා සමෘද්ධි ව්‍යාපාරයේ ද්‍රයකත්වය (මාතර දිස්ත්‍රික්කය ඇසුරිනි) 

  කන්නන්ගර, ඊ. එස්. ඩබිලිව්. (University of Ruhuna, Matara, Sri Lanka, 2011-02-22)

  දරිද්‍රතාවය යනු සරලව ගත් විට මිනිසාගේ මූලික අවශ්‍යතා ඉටුකර ගැනීමට ඇති නොහැකියාවයි. වර්තමානයේ ලෝකයේ දරිද්‍රතාවයෙන් පෙළෙන ජනගහනය බිලියන 2.8 ට ආසන්න වේ. එම ජනගහනයෙන් හරි අඩක් ජීවත් වන්නේ දකුණු ආසියාවේ ය. ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ ...
• Development of carotene enriched pasteurized milk incorporated with carrot (Daucus carota L.) 

  Kumudumali, P.G.; Jayarathna, M.P.K.; Jayamanne, V.S.; De Silva, A.S.K. (University of Ruhuna, Matara, Sri Lanka, 2011-02-22)

  Vitamin A deficiency is common nutrient deficiency problem in many developing countries affecting large numbers of pre-school children. It is often associated with protein-energy malnutrition, parasitic infestation and ...

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