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  • Right to clean and healthy environment and E-waste in Sri Lanka: A way forward 
    Pathiraja, P.M.A.S. (Faculty of Science, University of Ruhuna, Matara, Sri Lanka, 2018-02-15)
    Electronic waste or E-waste is one of the serious problems which creates many health and environmental problems in Sri Lanka, as they may contain a lot of hazardous constituents. In the era of human right-based approaches, ...
  • Screening of antibacterial effect of selected plant leaf extracts 
    Hansika, K. A. S.; Perera, A. J. D.; Hemamali, K. K. G. U. (Faculty of Science, University of Ruhuna, Matara, Sri Lanka, 2018-02-15)
    Sri Lankans have been using plant extracts to treat various diseases and wounds for years. Those plants contain various chemical compounds that have wound healing properties. The wound healing mechanisms may differ with ...
  • Sediment quality in Hambantota Harbour basin: a baseline assessment 
    Jayasekara, M.A.D.D.; Asanthi, H.B.; Kumara, P.B.T.P. (Faculty of Science, University of Ruhuna, Matara, Sri Lanka, 2018-02-15)
    Water column processes are recorded in sediments. Accumulated allochthonous and autochthonous organic matter finally store in sediments. The concentration of this sedimentary organic matter can be used as an indicator for ...
  • A simple and efficient incremental convex hull algorithm in 3D space 
    Wijeweera, K.R.; Kodituwakku, S.R. (Faculty of Science, University of Ruhuna, Matara, Sri Lanka, 2018-02-15)
    The convex hull of a set S of points can be defined as the smallest convex set containing all the points in S. The smallest convex set can be identified as the smallest convex polyhedron in three dimensions. There are ...
  • Sinhala news analysis using text mining and machine learning 
    Ekanayaka, R.K.S.K.; Lorensuhewa, S.A.S.; Kalyani, M.A.L. (Faculty of Science, University of Ruhuna, Matara, Sri Lanka, 2018-02-15)
    Due to the rapid development of information technology, vast amounts of information are generated daily. Unstructured data such as news reports are a significant part of these growing information repositories. This ...
  • Some estimations of summation-integral-type operators 
    Rishikesh, Yadav (Faculty of Science, University of Ruhuna, Matara, Sri Lanka, 2018-02-15)
    In this paper, we study about the Szász-Mirakyan- Kantorovich type operators and obtain the rate of convergence in the sense of local approximation results with the help of modulus of smoothness, second order modulus of ...
  • Stability analysis of a double delayed HIV– I dynamics model with nonlinear functional response and absorption effect 
    Mendis, M.K.S.; Pradeep, B.G.S.A.; Rathnayake, N.S. (Faculty of Science, University of Ruhuna, Matara, Sri Lanka, 2018-02-15)
    Several models for the HIV–I have been constructed with the assumptions that the processes within the body compartments are instantaneous, the incidence rates of the activities between viruses and target cells are bilinear ...
  • Study of the damage of two-spotted mite Oligonychus spp. on Gliricidia, and characterization of a fungus Rhizopus spp. infecting the mite 
    Gobinantha, S.; Mikunthan, G. (Faculty of Science, University of Ruhuna, Matara, Sri Lanka, 2018-02-15)
    Mites are severe pests of crops and are difficult to manage when their population is very high supported by the changing environmental conditions. Rising of temperature in the atmosphere may help to increase the population ...
  • A study on selected characteristics of three age groups of captive elephants in Pinnawala Elephant Orphanage, Sri Lanka 
    Wijesinghe, H.M.N.P.; Sudarshani, K.A.M.; Wegiriya, H.C.E. (Faculty of Science, University of Ruhuna, Matara, Sri Lanka, 2018-02-15)
    Pinnawala Elephant Orphanage (PEO) is one of the world recognized Ex-situ conservation center for Asian Elephants ( Elephas maximus) in Sri Lanka. Present study was conducted from March to September 2017 to collect ...
  • Surface water quality of Bisodola water source in Ratnapura, Sri Lanka 
    Dasanayake, R.P.K.; Dharmadasa, W.K.; Perera, M.D.N.D.; Jayasinghe, G.Y. (Faculty of Science, University of Ruhuna, Matara, Sri Lanka, 2018-02-15)
    This study was conducted to explore the surface water quality and water pollution status in ‘Bisodola’ water source. Water quality analysis in five sampling locations (L1, L2, L3, L4 and L5) was done biweekly from August ...
  • Survey on predatory mosquito larvae and their consortium mosquito larvae in selected habitats in Matara district 
    Ranasinghe, R.N.M.; Wegiriya, H.C.E. (Faculty of Science, University of Ruhuna, Matara, Sri Lanka, 2018-02-15)
    Mosquitoes are vectors of life threatening diseases and finding natural control methods is one of the key priorities to reduce the adverse effects of chemical control. A survey was conducted to collect predatory mosquito ...
  • Synt hesis and biological activity studies of a novel highly functionalized 2 methylbenzoxazole derivative 
    Perera, S.A.I.D.; De Silva, H.I.C.; Abeytunga, D.T.U.; De Silva, N.; Chatterjee, S.; Pittman, C.U. (Faculty of Science, University of Ruhuna, Matara, Sri Lanka, 2018-02-15)
    Derivatives of benzoxazole are an important class of heterocyclic compounds with many potential biological activities. In this work, a benzoxazole enol-ester, (Z)-2-(benzo[d]oxazol-2-yl)-1-(4-methoxyphenyl) vinyl-4-metho ...
  • Synthesis and characterization of bacteria-mediated silver nanoparticles 
    Peiris, M.M.K.; Gunasekara, T.D.C.P.; Arachchi, N.D.H.; Jayaweera, P.M.; Fernando, S.S.N. (Faculty of Science, University of Ruhuna, Matara, Sri Lanka, 2018-02-15)
    Various organisms including plants and microorganisms can produce metal nanoparticles (NPs) intra- or extracellularly. Silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) were synthesized from Pseudomonas aeruginosa (ATCC 27853), Staphylococcus ...
  • Synthesis of magnetic iron oxide nanoparticles using an aqueous extract of Eichhornia crassipes (Water H yacinth) 
    Perera, N.L.N.; Fernando, N.; Manawadu, H.C. (Faculty of Science, University of Ruhuna, Matara, Sri Lanka, 2018-02-15)
    Iron nanoparticles have been extensively studied, synthesized and used in many applications due to its distinctive characteristics suc h as magnetic properties and biocompatibility. Conventional synthetic methods ...
  • Terminalia ar juna attenuates glycation and glycation induced cross linking; An in vitro study 
    Dheerasekera, O.; Perera, H.K.I.; Bandara, A.M.P.S.T.M. (Faculty of Science, University of Ruhuna, Matara, Sri Lanka, 2018-02-15)
    Non enzymatic glycation leads to the formation of advanced glycation end products (AGEs) which are key mediators of the pathogenesis of chronic diabetic complications and of accelerated skin ageing. Intermo lecular ...
  • TLC Fingerprint profile analysis of leaf extracts of six antidiabetic medicinal plants widely used in Sri Lanka. 
    Arachchi, D.N.A.; Hewage, J.S. (Faculty of Science, University of Ruhuna, Matara, Sri Lanka, 2018-02-15)
    At present quality assurance of herbal products is highly important along with the scientific validation. Chromatographic fingerprinting is one of the widely used approaches in quality control of herbal medicine. This study ...
  • Tolerance of Rose Balsam (Impatiens balsamina L.), to grow on soil contaminated by used automobile lubricating oil 
    Walakulu Gamage, S.S.; Masakorala, K.; Brown, M.T.; Widana Gamage, S.M.K. (Faculty of Science, University of Ruhuna, Matara, Sri Lanka, 2018-02-15)
    Soil contamination with used lubricant oil (ULO) has become an emerging global environmental issue due to its negative impacts on soil and biota. Phytoremediation is a novel, environmental friendly technique that has ...
  • Traffic volume pattern and its correlation to traffic noise in Matara city 
    Amarasingha, N.D.; Darshana, I.; Abeyratne, M.K.; Bodhika, J.A.P.; Dharmaratna, W.G.D. (Faculty of Science, University of Ruhuna, Matara, Sri Lanka, 2018-03-15)
    Traffic congestion is becoming a serious problem in main cities in Sri Lanka and is rapidly increasing. Hourly traffic volume pattern and noise levels close to Matara Post Office on the Matara – Tangalle road are surveyed ...
  • Traffic volume pattern and its correlation to traffic noise in Matara city 
    Amarasingha, N.D.; Darshana, I.; Abeyratne, M.K.; Bodhika, J.A.P.; Dharmaratna, W.G.D. (Faculty of Science, University of Ruhuna, Matara, Sri Lanka, 2018-02-15)
    Traffic congestion is becoming a serious problem in main cities in Sri Lanka and is rapidly increasing. Hourly traffic volume pattern and noise levels close to Matara Post Office on the Matara – Tangalle road are surveyed ...
  • Trends and effect of economic factors of suicides in Sri Lanka 
    Devindi, R.P.D.C.S; Kulatunga, D.D.S. (Faculty of Science, University of Ruhuna, Matara, Sri Lanka, 2018-02-15)
    The effects of ten socio economic factors on suicides of Sri Lanka are investigated using multiple regression analysis on time series data from 1975 to 2015. This study also includes a graphical analysis of trends of ...

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