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  • Understanding the income profile of the elderly in Sri Lanka 
    Shyama, C; De Silva, T [Article-Full-text]
    While Sri Lanka’s experience of population ageing is closer to that of a developed country, the level of income at which this is happening is much lower. Therefore, ensuring the welfare of the elderly is and will be a ...
  • Unlocking the blue economy: financing a sustainable ocean future 
    Niluka, G; Dushyantha, N [Article-Full-text]
    The world’s oceans are integral to the livelihoods, food security, and economic well-be- ing of billions of people around the world. More than three billion people, roughly 40% of the global population, reside in coastal ...
  • Unlocking the Power of Big Data: How Remote Sensing and Land Zoning Data are Revolutionizing Urban Planning 
    Senarathna, T; Kanagasundaram, G; Samarasuriya, C [Article-Full-text]
    Urbanization is a rapidly growing trend, and cities are facing unprecedented challenges in managing growth, ensuring sustainability, and promoting social equity. Urban planning is a complex and challenging process, as it ...
  • Unveiling the critical drivers of purchasing and supply management in apparel manufacturing industry 
    Thalagala, N; Perera, N [Article-Full-text]
    In a multibillion-dollar industry employing millions, the role of purchasing and supply management (PSM) is often underestimated despite its pivotal contribution. This study addresses the pressing need to understand and ...
  • Unveiling the unusual: a task view for anomaly dection in R 
    Talagala, P [Article-Full-text]
    Anomalies play a critical role in statistical analysis, as their presence in data can lead to biased parameter estimation, model misspeci cation, and misleading results if classical analysis techniques are blindly applied. ...
  • 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, ...
  • Variable sinhala typeface towards responsive design: an exploration 
    Perera, R; Samarawickrama, S [Article-Full-text]
    Variable typography allows designers and programmers to fully leverage the capabilities of Responsive Web Design by modifying or animating the typeface. This study was conducted to analyse and design a dynamic variable ...
  • Waste Minimization in Agri-Food Supply Chains through Digitization 
    Jayalath, M; Perera, N; Ratnayake, C; Thibbotuwawa, A [Article-Full-text]
    The agricultural industry has undergone significant changes in recent years, with advancements in machinery leading to increased scale, speed, and productivity of farm equipment. These improvements, combined with advancements ...
  • Will the new circular external fixator ease the surgeon’s burden? 
    Widanage, K; De Silva, M; Ranaweera, P; Lalithrathne, T; Dharmaratne, P; Bull, A; Gopura, R [Article-Full-text]
    Sri Lanka, like many other low-middle income countries, has been a victim of conflict for a long time. While the country is still recovering from the internal conflict that plagued it for over three decades, the shadows ...
  • 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 ...