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  • Safety in the maritime construction site: Capturing lessons learned 
    Rocha, J; Sattineni, A [Conference-Full-text]
    The aim of this research is to examine the safety culture of the United States Army Corps of Engineers staff and contractors working on marine construction projects including dredging, beach nourishment, breakwaters, and ...
  • Sala: sales analysis, prediction and promotion system 
    Mohamed, MZ [Conference-Full-text]
    Clothing retailers notice variations in buying patterns of customers with time. These variations depend on factors such as the numerous brands and items being available and the time of the year. The temporal variations ...
  • Sample entropy analysis of cardiac and respiratory responses during four limbs exercise 
    Bandara, KMELN; Wijesiriwardana, R [Conference-Full-text]
    This study was aimed to elucidate the effects of exercise on sample entropy of beat-to-beat (RR) intervals (SampEn-RR) and breath-to-breath (BB) intervals (SampEn- BB). A four limbs-based exercise equipment was used for ...
  • Saving energy in office buildings without compromising their indoor environmental quality 
    Akalanka, RADK; Perera, BAKS; Manjula, NHC [Conference-Full-text]
    The concept of Internal Environmental Quality (IEQ) has emerged as a determinant of the performance of built environments due to its direct impact on the health, comfort and satisfaction of the occupants of the buildings ...
  • Scalable fault tolerant architecture for complex event processing systems 
    Randika, HC; Martin, HE; Sampath, DMRR; Metihakwala, DS; Sarveswaren, K; Wijekoon, M [Conference-Full-text]
    Complex Event Processing (CEP) is one of the emerging areas in computer science and it is being heavily used in real time systems during the recent times. CEP systems should be scalable and fault tolerant. The research ...
  • Schema.org mapping tool for drupal 8 
    Herath, SA [Conference-Full-text]
    The paper discusses methods of seamlessly integrating Structured Data with Content Management Systems (CMS), to be used by users with no expertise on Linked Data or RDF. First two methods of integrating Linked Data with ...
  • Schools beyond education: redefining the image of an institution 
    Sethi, A; Thiruvengadam, RB [Conference-Full-text]
    As developing countries move towards advancement, their metropolitan cities are faced with urbanization, a phenomenon marked by population explosion with consequences such as sprawl. Rural villages are engulfed in the ...
  • Sdgs: islamic project finance for infrastructure ppps in Sub-saharan Africa 
    Umar, AA; Ahmad, M; Aziz, ARA; Yusuf, Z [Conference-Full-text]
    Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) is the region with the highest number of countries that did not meet the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) which expired in 2015. Meeting the newly established Sustainable Development Goals ...
  • Search for key performance indicators (kpis) for target cost contracts in hong kong 
    Chan, WMD; Chan, HLJ [Conference-Full-text]
    In view of the adversarial working relationships inherent with the traditional procurement method, Target Cost Contracts (TCC) and Guaranteed Maximum Price (GMP) contracts (being a variant of TCC), which align the individual ...
  • Search in the void: an investigation on role of spatial experience in park design 
    Iftekher, M [Conference-Full-text]
    This paper primarily argues about the nature of an urban void in the contemporary urban culture. In the age of urbanization, the role of an urban open space is manifold, and urban green and urban open space remains one of ...
  • Seasonal changes and coastal erosion in the South Western part of Sri Lanka 
    Subramaniam, DN; Amarakoon, GGNN; Gunathunga, SGAS; Pathinayaka, RC; Indeewara, VGD; Vijitha, AVP; Rathnayake, NP [Conference-Full-text]
    Sri Lanka is an Island, the economy of which relies very much on the developments of the coastal region, which supports tourism and fisheries. In addition, especially in the South-Western part of the country, the ...
  • Seasonal freshwater outflow variation of gin and Nilwala river basins 
    Dilrukshi, YDNM; Wijayaratna, TMN [Conference-Abstract]
    River discharge is primarily related to water resource management because it is an important event in the global water cycle. The hydrological processes within a catchment are influenced by land usage, land cover, soil ...
  • Seasonality patterns in dry bulk cargo handling at the port of Galle, Sri Lanka 
    Pinsara, GGP; Atapattu, AMCP; Wanniarachchi, SS [Conference-Abstract]
    The dry bulk cargo trade plays an important role in international trade by assisting the delivery of the dry bulk cargo demanded by different nations. Dry bulk cargoes cover a wide variety of produce/ raw materials and are ...
  • Security and the urban communities: crime-prevention and new urbanism 
    Dharmatilleke, S [Conference-Abstract]
    This paper explores a link between space based crime prevention strategies formulated for residential settlements and principles of ‘new urbanism’. As safe neighbourhoods enhance liveability, security is a key element that ...
  • Seed miner - a scalable data mining framework 
    De Silva, JAAD; Femandopulle, SA; Wickramarathne, NABP; Ariyarathne, OPMCA; Gunasekara, RC; Perera, AS [Conference-Full-text]
    Through this paper we consider how the representation, access and organization of the data drastically affect the performance of Data Mining Techniques. The framework we propose utilizes vertical data representation ...
  • Seismic surveying to improve the subsurface characteristic interpretations 
    Kothalawala, KDD; Chathurani, ULH; Loppas, GJ; Wickrama, MADMG; Samaradivakara, GVI; Jayawardena, CL [Conference-Full-text]
    Subsurface exploration determines the characteristics below the earth's surface, such as; stratigraphic sequences and their thicknesses, depth to the bedrock and watertable, etc. The non-destructive methods provide rapid ...
  • Selecting a usability evaluation user group - a case study the development of a hydro-GIS tool aiming urban flood mitigation 
    Pradeep, RMM; Wijesekera, NTS [Conference-Full-text]
    Flash floods which are becoming a common occurrence due to poor planning in the ur an areas nee user friendly tools for land managers to arrive at suitable alternatives. These tools require incorporating spatially ...
  • Selection approaches and methods of construction industry consultant: A systematic literature review 
    Hummadi, MA; Perera, S; Jin, XH; Alashwal, A [Conference-Full-text]
    Selecting the most appropriate construction industry consultant (CIC) is a crucial process if projects are going to be successful. However, poor performance of CICs and failure to meet a client's needs are common, and ...
  • Selection criteria for minor road crossings for expressways 
    Lodwick, N; Mampearachchi, WK [Conference-Abstract]
    Transportation network in a country plays a vital role in economic and social development. Government of Sri Lanka (GOSL) during past few decades has taken every effort to upgrade its transportation by strengthening the ...
  • Selection criteria for provincial road development 
    Liyanage, U; Mampearachchi, WK [Conference-Abstract]
    Road network is playing an important role in the development of any country. With the present development in Sri Lanka its road network, consisting of national, provincial and rural roads are developing rapidly. Government ...