Clinical text summarization is a critical yet challenging task due to the unstructured and heterogeneous nature of electronic health records (EHRs). Discharge summaries, in particular, often contain lengthy and complex ...

Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) are important in the local as well as global economy. However, they face challenges in managing customer communication, sales operations, and inventory due to limited resources and the ...

Sri Lanka’s coconut industry plays a vital role in its national exports, with coconut kernel-based products accounting for a significant share of agricultural exports. However, maintaining and enhancing the global ...

Model soil aggregates incorporated with organic amendments (OAs) can serve as nutrient-rich potting media. The OAs can induce water repellency (WR) in model soil aggregates restricting moisture availability for the organic ...

Protected cultivation offers several advantages for high-value crops such as salad cucumber by providing a better-controlled environment, reducing pest and disease pressure, and enabling year-round production. One of the ...

This paper presents the development of a compact fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) capable of automatic vertical take-off and transition to horizontal flight using only conventional control surfaces, without the ...

The development of small-scale extruder machines has become increasingly important due to the growing demand for efficient food processing technologies. This study focuses on the design and fabrication of a screw-type ...

Ensuring microbial safety of the commercially important giant freshwater prawn (GFP), Macrobrachium rosenbergii, is crucial given its rising commercial value and sensitivity to postharvest handling conditions. Staphylococcus ...

Soil acidity is a major constraint limiting paddy productivity in the Low Country Wet Zone (LCWZ) of Sri Lanka, while the high cost and limited availability of conventional liming materials such as dolomite restrict their ...

Environmental sensitivity refers to the significance of an area in terms of its ecological and socio-economic indicators derived from nature, and how nature responds to ecosystem damage. Talalla coastal beach (1.7 km) ...