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Quality of MOOCs: A review of literature on effectiveness and quality aspects

Gamage, D; Fernando, MSD; Perera, GIUS [Conference-Abstract]

Massive Open Online Courses (MOOC) is a trending phenomenon in online education. Number of participants in a MOOC and the number of MOOCs by platforms and courses are appearing to be increasing at a tremendous level. ...
Quantitative analysis on the tsunami inundation area and erosion along the Abukumagawa river at the great east Japan earthquake

Sato, M; Tanaka, N; Yagisawa, J [Conference-Full-text]

The tsunami caused by the Great East Japan Earthquake on 11 March 2011, broke most of the sea embankment and coastal vegetation belt and caused catastrophic damage to people and buildings in the Tohoku and Kanto regions ...
Quantitative and qualitative evaluation of performance and robustness of image stitching algorithms

Dissanayake, V; Herath, S; Rasnayaka, S; Seneviratne, S; Vidanaarachchi, R; Gamage, CD [Conference-Abstract]

Many different image stitching algorithms, and mechanisms to assess their quality have been proposed by different research groups in the past decade. However, a comparison across different stitching algorithms and evaluation ...
A quantitative approach for measuring sustainability in Geotechnical engineering

Misra, A; Basu, D [Conference-Full-text]

Civil Engineering is the major instrument of anthropocentric development over centuries through ever expanding infrastructure, cities and facilities. Over the last two decades, a growing awareness is noted towards making ...
Quantum tunneling composite (QTC) based tactile sensor array for dynamic pressure distribution measurement

Amarasinghe, YWR; Kulasekera, AL; Priyadarshana, TGP [Conference-Abstract]

This paper presents the design and simulation of a quantum tunneling composite (QTC) based tactile sensor array for use in pressure distribution measurement. QTC exhibits a rapid reduction in resistance with applied force ...
Railway based container transportation to greening supply chains: a case study in Sri Lanka

Jayatilaka, KDPR; Abanwela, LYDJ; Dahanayake, KWDWS; Kulatunga, AK; Dharmapriya, USS [Conference-Full-text]

The scale of export and importation has been rapidly increased in Sri Lanka recent past. Large percentage of this fall into local manufacturing industry which are scattered around number of export processing zones around ...
Rain water harvesting for water efficiency and management

Ariyananda, T; Wickramasuriya, SS; Wijeyesekera, DS [Conference-Full-text]

Water being one of the world’s basic resources and one of the most essential needs to life, could be considered the nature’s precious gift to the living being. Although this resource was available in plenty till recently, ...
Rainfall forecasting for flood prediction in the Nilwala basin

Ratnayake, U; Sachindra, DA; Nandalal, KDW [Conference-Full-text]

Flooding is the major natural disaster in Sri Lanka and reliable forecasts with longer lead time is a way of reducing the damages. In this study a weather model was coupled with a hydrologic model and a hydraulic model ...
Rapidly Deployable Structures For The Tourism Industry In Sri Lanka

Mustapha, MSN; Lewangamage, CS; Thompson, LM [Conference-Full-text]

This research involves the concept of creating rapidly deployable ecofriendly cabanas for the tourism industry in Sri Lanka. The cabanas are to be pre-fabricated; thus could be purchased off the shelf and assembled at site. ...
RC Jacketing on RCC frame of Overhead water tank using results of Non Destructive Testing - A case study.

Mishra, A; Singh, M; Srivastava, A [Article-Full-text]

A three storey RCC frame of an old overhead water tank in BITS Pilani campus had developed wide visible cracks, rusting of steel reinforcement and concrete spalling conditions at many locations. The condition of these ...
Re-examining Contractor’s BIM Strategies: A Case Study

Hongdi, WANG; Leo Ke, CHEN; Weisheng, LU [Conference-Full-text]

In the construction industry, building information modelling (BIM) is a promising technology to maintain a contractor’s business competitive advantages. Although some BIM guides for contractors have been released by a ...
Re-Thinking A City Born Housing : For The RMG Workers

Khan, NME [Conference-Full-text]

Most garment workers in Dhaka city live in inhuman conditions in the informal settlements under poverty and in a very unhealthy and miserable condition; and within this filthy situation they are paying almost half of ...
Reading past dress fashions tradition towards modernity

Karunaratne, PVM [Conference-Abstract]

Fashion plays with time. It is the celebrated ‘tigers leap’ into the past in which the essence and relationship between fashion and modernity is identified. Fashion also represents the traditions which society followed. ...
Real time endoscope trajectory tracking in the 3D space using MEMS sensors

Kulatunga, TN; Ranasinghe, RAGP; Ranathunga, RAC; Ratnayake, RACH; Nanayakkara, ND [Conference-Abstract]

Colonoscopy is one of most widely used screening procedures conducted for detection colon cancers. Nevertheless, since the procedure is extremely uncomfortable, willingness to have a colonoscopy is very low. The endoscope ...
Real time structural health monitoring system for a long span cable stayed bridge

Akaue, AT [Conference-Full-text]

Structural Health Monitoring System (”SHMS”) is to evaluate structural soundness based on correlation between excitations and responses, and additionally, is to detect structural deterioration and performance degradation ...
The Reality of development and second law of thermodynamics

Peiris, WKR; Narayana, M; Perera, KUC; Nadeeshani, E [Conference-Abstract]

Objective of this paper is to study the reality of sustainable development. It is important to study the sustainability of development and to evaluate the possibility of achieving it before the sustainability of its ...
Reality of jrrlgation water use and suggestions for better management: a comparison of two schemes from Sri Lanka

Wljesekera, NTS; Wickramaarachchi, TN [Conference-Abstract]

In the dry zone of Sri Lanka where agriculture is the main livelihood, both farmers and water managers target the best use of water. System H is an area that had been developed for irrigated agriculture using diversions ...
Reasons for contractors' delay claims failures in Sri Lanka

Ramachandra, T; Rotimi, JO; Gunaratne, S [Conference-Abstract]

Project delays often occur due to the dynamic and complex nature of the construction industry and would lead to claims and disputes between contracting parties. Once a project exceeds the period contractually required to ...
Receiving of Therephthalic Acid from Polyethylene Terephthalate waste by depolymerization in the melt

Lipik, VT [Conference-Full-text]

The technological method of terephthalic acid receiving by depolymerization of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) in the melt has been developed as the result of research. Mechanism of depolymerization is studied by mean of ...
Recognition of Badminton strokes using dense trajectories

Ramasinghe, S; Chathuramali, KGM; Rodrigo, BKRP [Conference-Abstract]

Automatic stroke recognition of badminton video footages plays an important role in the process of analyzing players and building up statistics. Yet recognizing activities from broadcast videos is a challenging task due ...

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