Browsing 2021 - (Vol. 01, Issue 02) by Title

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  • 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 ...
  • 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 ...
  • 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 ...