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M. G. C. N. Madadeniya, S. Sivarajasingham
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Should Sri Lanka trade with SAARC or ASEAN, in order to promote its economic growth? This is a question of interest, given the country?s recent trade agreement with Singapore and its prospects of bilateral trade with Bangladesh, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thai...
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W. M. D. C. Wijesinghe, Prabuddh Kumar Mishra, Sumita Tripathi, Kamal Abdelrahman, Anuj Tiwari and Mohammed S. Fnais
This research aimed to apply the geospatial techniques and Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) approach to find vulnerable areas in terms of flooding in the Neluwa area, Sri Lanka. The study incorporated nine relevant criteria for the vulnerability classi...
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Yared Bayissa, Raghavan Srinivasan, George Joseph, Aroha Bahuguna, Anne Shrestha, Sophie Ayling, Ranjith Punyawardena and K. D. W. Nandalal
Developing an agricultural drought monitoring index through integrating multiple input variables into a single index is vital to facilitate the decision-making process. This study aims to develop an agricultural drought index (agCDI) to monitor and chara...
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Himasha Dilshani Abeysiriwardana, Nitin Muttil and Upaka Rathnayake
Among numerous methods that have been developed to estimate potential evapotranspiration (PET), the Food and Agricultural Organization Penman?Monteith model (FAO P?M) is often recognized as a standard method to estimate PET. This study was conducted to e...
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Udullage Shanika Thathsarani and Wei Jianguo
Digital inclusive finance, as a vital engine for the country?s high-quality growth, provides new impetus and prospects for encouraging economic development during the looming economic downturn. SMEs play a significant role in economic growth and developm...
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Pavithra N. Kulasooriya, Kithsiri B. Jayasekara, Thilini Nisansala, Sajani Kannangara, Ranawaka Karunarathna, Chaminda Karunarathne, Mahinda Wikramarathne and Steven M. Albert
Objective. We examined heat stress symptoms and urine markers of chronic kidney disease (CKDu) in Sri Lanka to assess differences between endemic vs. non-endemic regions and by occupation. Sample and Methods. We assessed a total of 475 villagers. In the ...
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Widana Pathiranage Richard Wickramaratne
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The purpose of this study was to examine whether the career oriented perceived organizational support (POS-Career) is positively related to the employee subjective career success. An online survey was distributed among a random sample of 150 supervisory ...
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Vyddiyaratnam Pathmanandakumar, Nadarajapillai Thasarathan and Manjula Ranagalage
The scarcity of surface water resources in the dry season in the Kilinochchi district increases the demand for freshwater. Therefore, the main objective of this study is to delineate potential groundwater zones in Kilinochchi, Sri Lanka, using integrated...
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Manjula Ranagalage, Sujith S. Ratnayake, DMSLB Dissanayake, Lalit Kumar, Hasula Wickremasinghe, Jagathdeva Vidanagama, Hanna Cho, Susantha Udagedara, Keshav Kumar Jha, Matamyo Simwanda, Darius Phiri, ENC Perera and Priyantha Muthunayake
Changes in the urban landscape resulting from rapid urbanisation and climate change have the potential to increase land surface temperature (LST) and the incidence of the urban heat island (UHI). An increase in urban heat directly affects urban livelihoo...
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Kavindra Paranage and Nancy Yang
Traditionally, the literature on water management has considered water from a techno-realist point of view by focusing on finding the most effective technical solutions to distribute the largest quantities of water among populations. This paper takes an ...
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Shahzadah Nayyar Jehan and Mudalige Uthpala Indeelinie Alahakoon
In 2000, Sri Lanka designed an ambitious plan for the introduction of information and communication technology (ICT) in most government functions and in the public service delivery (PSD) system in the country. This process started in the early 2000s and ...
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Shahzadah Nayyar Jehan and Vishakha Wijeratne Elapatha
Sri Lankan public services have a lingering colonial legacy, and there have been several efforts since the country?s independence to break away from the restraints of the past to align them with modern times and expectations. The drive for modernization ...
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PR Weerathunga,Cheng Xiaofang,WHMS Samarathunga,KMMCB Kulathunga
Pág. 100 - 108
Sustainability is the limelight of many industries, especially in developing countries. In the hospitality industry, in particular, sustainability plays a pivotal role since it contributes immensely to the economy of a country. However, the hospitality i...
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PR Weerathunga,Cheng Xiaofang,WHMS Samarathunga,KMMCB Kulathunga
Pág. 100 - 108
Sustainability is the limelight of many industries, especially in developing countries. In the hospitality industry, in particular, sustainability plays a pivotal role since it contributes immensely to the economy of a country. However, the hospitality i...
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Lebunu Hewage Udara Willhelm Abeydeera and Gayani Karunasena
The need to mitigate climate change has become a major global concern, and greenhouse gas emissions are a major cause of global climate change. Therefore, the need to curb greenhouse gas emissions has been well recognized by global researchers, policymak...
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Mohamed Mashood Mohamed Moufar and Edangodage Duminda Pradeep Perera
A 15th-century canal system in the Metro Colombo area of Sri Lanka was studied to identify its capacity in controlling floods. The canal system was modelled by MIKE FLOOD for 10, 25 and 50-year return periods of rainfalls to achieve respective floods. Th...
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Wijayantha U
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This paper examines the attitudes of selected power groups about exploring the political professionalization criteria in Sri Lanka. Through a thorough examination of issues of political practice, it focuses the possibility to make space to introduce the ...
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Singay Dorji, Srikantha Herath and Binaya Kumar Mishra
The Global Climate Model (GCM) run at a coarse spatial resolution cannot be directly used for climate impact studies. Downscaling is required to extract the sub-grid and local scale information. This paper investigates if the artificial neural network (A...
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Karl Peltzer and Supa Pengpid
The aim of this study was to determine estimates of the prevalence and social correlates of injury among adolescents in four Southeast Asian countries. Cross-sectional national data from the Global School-based Health Survey (GSHS) included 9,333 student...
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Neetha Nandanie Punchihewa
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Limited information is available on mysids in estuarine systems in Sri Lanka. Present study attempts to find out the distribution of mysids in Puttalam lagoon and also to evaluate the possible factors affecting its distribution. The spatial distributiona...
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