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  • Weighted Plasticity Index (WPI) as a screening tool for quality control measures 
    Kannangara, KDIU [Conference-Abstract]
    Expansive soils are one of the most problematic materials in road construction. Soil expansiveness is generally assessed by the Plasticity Index (PI) test. But PI test discards the fraction coarser than the 425μm test sieve ...
  • Wetland crossings for flood mitigation and groundwater enhancement : case of the Attanagalu Oya river basin 
    Wijesekera, NTS; Rajapakse, RLHL [Article-Abstract]
    Recurrent flooding mostly experienced in urbanized lower floodplains is a major problem faced by many of the river basins. In the developed countries, flood retention/detention is effectively practiced as a flood management ...
  • Wetland plants for waste- and storm-water runoff treatment: management considerations 
    Karunaratne, S [Article-Full-text]
    Prediction of growth and nutrient dynamics of P. australis is critical in sustainable management of aquatic habitats and management of wastewater treatment facilities using reeds. Therefore, a mathematical model (Reed ...
  • Wetland plants for waste-and storm-water runoff treatment : management considerations 
    Karunaratne, S [Article-Full-text]
    Prediction of growth and nutrient dynamics of P. australis is critical in sustainable management of aquatic habitats and management of wastewater treatment facilities using reeds. Therefore, a mathematical model (Reed ...
  • What differentiates a smart city? a comparison with a basic city 
    Samarakkody, AL; Kulatunga, U; Bandara, HMND [Conference-Full-text]
    Distinctive nature of the problems a city holds, baptise a “smart city”, which is a term, at the same time, is blamed for being befogged. Although defining the term “a smart city” is worth taking a risk, the maturity of ...
  • What does developing lean capacity mean? 
    Ranadewa, KATO; Sandanayake, YG; Siriwardena, M [Conference-Full-text]
    There has been an increase in lean implementation in the construction industry during last few decades, but the progress has been hampered by several barriers. This is due to evidence that suggest the misconceptions regarding ...
  • What has the Mining Industry done for Underground Civil Construction and what is the Civil Construction Industry doing in return? 
    David, L [Conference-Full-text]
    What has the mining industry done for underground civil construction and what is the civil construction industry doing in return? The first answer to this question is easy – the mining industry has trained and educated ...
  • What is your code clone detection and evolution research made of? 
    Wijesiriwardana, C; Wimalaratne, P [Article-Full-text]
    Over the past few decades, clone detection and evolution have become a major area of study in software engineering. Clone detection experiments present several challenges to researchers such as accurate data collection, ...
  • What makes cleaning a costly operation in remanufacturing? 
    Gamage, JR; Ijomah, WL; Windmill, J
    Product remanufacturing is a widely accepted product reuse strategy in most industries due to its unique advantage of retaining a greater portion of added value in the initial manufacturing stage. Remanufacturing involves ...
  • Where the speed matters : Zero-response-time search engine for small collections 
    Gamage, RCG [Article-Abstract]
    Users with slow internet connections experience slow retrieval of results in web catalogues. JavaScript search engines can be used to enable client side search, reducing the load on the server, and increasing the ...
  • Which is more feminine - the ‘Sari’ or the ‘Evening Dress’? 
    Wickramasinghe, A [Conference-Full-text]
    The paper mainly discusses femininity in ‘Sari’ and ‘Dress’. The aims of the paper are identify most feminine attire for women among the ‘Sari’ and the ‘Evening Dress’ and define the facts of feeling, being feminine after ...
  • Which is the better rule? the multiplication rule or the minimum rule for fuzzy set intersection 
    Dassanayake, VPC [Conference-Full-text]
    The author introduces a term called total belongingness indicator of an element by adding the partial belongingness of the element to a number of sets. When the universal set is constructed by obtaining the union of ...
  • Which procurement method accommodates what Lean principles by means of which tool? 
    Vilasini, PPGN; Neitzert, T [Conference-Abstract]
    Different procurement strategies developed and practised over the period of time in the construction industry to improve the performance. Meantime management concepts and theories applied to the construction industry to ...
  • Why foreign consultants?: insights from the Sri Lankan construction industry 
    Kurukulasooriya, IN; Gunatilake, S [Conference-Full-text]
    With the effect of globalisation, international projects with foreign stakeholders are rapidly increasing in the local construction sector. Equally, the involvement of foreign consultants is increasing. Even though the ...
  • Why is the ipad popular? 
    Abeyweera, AL; Amarasinghe, GN; De Silva, MDH; Jenanamhan, Y; Rathnayake, RMS [Conference-Full-text]
    Apple is more than just an induct they are innovators at their very core. They don't modified their technology or the technology of their competitors they invent technology. The apple products are sleek, stylish and are ...
  • Wi-alert : a wireless sensor network based intrusion alert prototype for HEC 
    Edirisinghe, R; Dias, SAD; Chandrasekara, R; Wijesinghe, L; Siriwardena, P; Sampath, PK [Article-Abstract]
    A wired fence based intrusion detection and alerting mechanism for boundaries separating wildlife habitats and human settlements was implemented, particularly as a solution to the Human-Elephant Conflict (HEC). The ...
  • Wi-Fi based Positioning system 
    Liyanagedara, LGAI; Madarasinghe, BR; Tillekeratne, MAT; Ubhayaratne, KNI; Dias, D [Conference-Abstract]
    Real Time Location-estimation systems (RTLS) developed for outdoor environments have shown significant errors due to changes in atmospheric conditions, multipath propagation and inherent signal strength variations. In ...
  • Wihidum: Distributed complex event processing 
    Jayasekara, S; Kannangara, S; Dahanayakage, T; Ranawaka, I; Perera, S; Nanayakkara, V [Article-Full-text]
    In the last few years, we have seen much interest in data processing technologies. Although initial interests focused on batch processing technologies like MapReduce, people have realized the need for more responsive ...
  • 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 ...
  • Willingness to pay for urban water body recreational facilities: a case study at Diyatha Uyana 
    Ratnayake, R; Wickramaarachchi, N; Wattage, P [Conference-Full-text]
    Revitalization of open water bodies into recreational areas are becoming widely popular in many parts of Sri Lanka. Understanding community perception and expectation on recreational development have important policy and ...