Browsing Bolgoda Plains Research Magazine by Year "2021"

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  • Is cues of contagious diseases in advertising a friend or foe? 
    Ranaweera, A; Wijekoon, A [Article-Full-text]
    We are all well aware of how the Covid-19 pandemic has caused devastating economic and social disruptions globally. The pandemic caused serious health, economic, social, business, travel, education, and workplace challenges ...
  • Life cycle thinking for packaging 
    Jagoda, S; Karunathilake, H; Gamage, JR [Article-Full-text]
    Unsustainable packaging practices are one of the leading problems in today’s world, leading to unnecessary resource consumption, increased waste generation, environmental pollution, and an overall negative impact on ...
  • Manual work assistance for outdoor home gardening for adult in semi-urban household 
    Perera, P [Article-Full-text]
    Sri Lanka has been suffering from triple burden of malnutrition crisis for past years[1] and the global reports have denoted the lack of growth to overcome this matter[2]. Covid 19 pandemic has become a viral threat to ...
  • Materialising gender-fluidity through fashion 
    Gunawardena, H; Wickramasinghe, U [Article-Full-text]
    As the final year comprehensive design project for the Honours Degree of Bachelor of Design, Department of Integrated Design, Faculty of Architecture, University of Moratuwa, I have selected a project which is based upon ...
  • Microalgae : a promising bioresource for a sustainable future 
    Ariyadasa, TU [Article-Full-text]
    Microalgae are highly diverse unicellular photosynthetic organisms found in aquatic environments. Microalgae produce oxygen during their proliferation, contributing to nearly 50% of the total oxygen production in the ...
  • Multi-hazard early warnings ; the importance of managing stakeholders for effective disaster response 
    Siriwardana, C; Shehara, I; Jayathilake, G; Jayasekara, R [Article-Full-text]
    Stakeholders in Disaster Management are those individuals or organizations that may contribute to, be affected by or can be influenced in all the phases of the disaster risk management cycle [1]. They can be government ...
  • Path towards a sustainable bioeconomy : conversion of locally available rice straw to nanocellulose 
    Ratnakumar, A; Samarasekara, B; Amarasinghe, S; Rathnayake, S; Karunanayake, L [Article-Full-text]
    The Sri Lankan agriculture sector has the potential to support a national bioeconomy. Rice straw is a key by-product generated from paddy cultivation. While it is traditionally treated as a waste matter, straw can be a ...
  • Realizing sustainable biomass utilization through circular economy concepts 
    Gunarathne, D [Article-Full-text]
    Owing to carbon neutrality, biomass is a popular renewable energy source in the global context. In Sri Lanka, a significant portion of primary energy supply in industrial and domestic sectors comes from biomass sources but ...
  • Scholarly Output : 2015 ++ 
    Dias, D [Article-Full-text]
    A single slide from a presentation entitled “Research Outputs of Sri Lanka and How Expats Can Help” by Prof. Saman Halgamuge of the University of Melbourne, in June 2021 sparked interest among the University of Moratuwa community.
  • Seeking new frontiersfrom the shouldersof giants : the power of systematic reviews 
    Perera, N [Article-Full-text]
    A literature review is where a solid research begins. However, it is likely that two researchers conducting a literature review independently on the same domain may conduct the review differently with varying results.
  • The SiTa Trilingual translation system 
    Perinpanathan, T; Dias, G [Article-Full-text]
    The National Languages Processing Center (NLPC), at the University of Moratuwa has been developing the SiTa Computer-Assisted Translation System since 2018.
  • Towards a sustainable Agri-Food supply chain 
    Jayalath, M; Thibbotuwawa, A; Perera, N [Article-Full-text]
    The agri-food industry is one of the largest manufacturing sectors in many developed and developing countries. This industry requires large volumes of natural resources. This resource requirement has been a key barrier to ...
  • Urban food security of the Colombo Metropolitan Region (CMR) in Covid times 
    Ovitipana, AORBEWD; Dasanayaka, SWSB [Article-Full-text]
    Colombo Municipality Region (CMR) consists of a highly complex food system that relies on the supply from distant outstations which literally collapsed during the pandemic situation. A requirement exists for empirical ...
  • Use of videography for traffic surveys in Sri Lanka 
    Herath, OK; Perera, P; Sivakumar, T; Ayesha, B; Kumarage, AS; Perera, AS [Article-Full-text]
    Traffic Surveys are crucial for different transport studies like Origin-Destination studies, Traffic Volume estimations, Vehicle Flow characteristics Determinations, Speed and Delay Studies, Turning Movement analysis, ...
  • A World of waste in one cubic meter : portraying waste to life 
    Edirisnghe, L; Hemali, A; De Alwis, A; Wijesundara, M [Article-Full-text]
    Rapid economic growth, urbanization, and increasing population have caused resource consumption to increase, and the consequent release of large amounts of waste to the environment. By 2050, the amount of waste generated ...