Bolgoda Plains Research Magazine: Recent submissions

  • Pregnancy time : dress for teachers 
    Karunarathne, V; Ranathunga, G [Article-Full-text]
    A study conducted by the ministry of education and fashion design & product development degree course, Department of Textile & Clothing Technology of Moratuwa University, estimates that out of the approximately 236,000 ...
  • Recycling and reusing electronic waste (E-Waste) as a potential emerging business : a consumer perception 
    Kavirathna, V; Perera, B; Fernando, N; Amanullah, M; Dassanayake, S [Article-Full-text]
    The repaid generation of e-Waste in the Sri Lanka urban context has the potential to support the national circular economy. The generation of e-waste is unavoidable in the rapidly developing technology sector. E-waste is ...
  • Investigating various solution techniques for real-world vehicle routing problems 
    Fernando, M; Thibbotuwawa, A; Perera, N [Article-Full-text]
    Operations research (OR) is a field of study that employs analytical techniques to improve decision-making. The field of OR can help you make better decisions in a variety of fields, including manufacturing, transportation, ...
  • Exploration for rare earth elements (REES) in different geological formations of Sri Lanka and their recovery potential 
    Batapola, N; Ratnayake, N; Abeysinghe, B; Premasiri, R; Rohitha, S; Dushyantha, N; Ilankoon, S; Dissanayake, K; Dharmaratne, P [Article-Full-text]
    Rare earth elements (REEs) are widely attracting global attention due to their crucial role in the modern lifestyle, especially in the industrial advancement towards a green economy through renewable technologies. This ...
  • RPA success remains a non-trivial endeavor 
    Piyatilake, A; Thibbotuwawa, A; De Silva, M [Article-Full-text]
    Robotic Process Automation (RPA) is becoming an integral part of today’s businesses that compete in more dynamic business environments. RPA is a technology that enables organisations to automate rule-based and repetitive ...
  • 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 ...
  • Research support activities of library, university of Moratuwa : bringing to a next level via research commons 
    Seneviratne, T; Kodikara, R [Article-Full-text]
    Research Commons is dedicated library space for researchers. Research Commons in libraries are important to develop research culture in the university environment [1]. In order to review and enhance the current status of ...
  • Bolgoda chat : the first vice chancellor 
    Karunathilake, H; Witharana, S [Article-Full-text]
    A technical collage was being transformed to a university. This is the story of an academic who led the institution in its early years.
  • Retail demand forecasting using light gradient boosting machine framework 
    Hewage, C; Perera, N [Article-Full-text]
    Preparing product-level demand forecasts is crucial to the retail industry. Importantly, reliable in-ventory and replenishment decisions for retail products depend on accurate demand forecasts. This allows retailers to ...
  • 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 ...
  • Modelling the level of service of public transport - as a case study along Colombo – Galle buses 
    Herath, E; Sivakumar, T [Article-Full-text]
    Even-though Public Transport (PT) was the most common (60%) mode of transport in Sri Lanka, people are shifting from PT to private vehicles during last few years. That has created a significant traffic congestion on roads ...
  • Folktales as a creative lab : a participatory design-based digital storytelling model to develop creative potential 
    Senevirathne, M; Rodrigo, B [Article-Full-text]
    Creativity is our ability to look at a problem and come up with an ideal solution. It has nothing to do with the subject, the job or what we learn. In the Sri Lankan education systems creativity is nurtured but not at a ...
  • Emotional intelligence as a stimulator of technology strategy for business success 
    Nanayakkara, S; Wickramasinghe, V; Samarasinghe, D [Article-Full-text]
    Effective improvement and execution of technologies require incredibly careful consideration not only to technological and engineering advancements and resulting capabilities, but also to human, raw materials, financial ...
  • Intralogistics: making optimized and automated internal logistics and advanced technology attainable 
    Weerasinghe, V; Perera, N [Article-Full-text]
    Intralogistics is an emerging concept which is constantly subject to techno¬logical developments and changes. It is an art of automating, optimizing, in¬tegrating, and organizing the logistics flow within the walls of the ...
  • Heavy metal adsorption to tea waste 
    Liyanage, M [Article-Full-text]
    When the cool morning breeze seeps through the window, sipping a warm cup of tea breathes life into your body and heart. Yet, the tea dregs that remain are a mere afterthought miserably lying at the bottom of a waste basket. ...
  • Inferring the purposes of passenger trips from GPS records 
    Dhananjaya, D; Sivakumar, T [Article-Full-text]
    A technological revolution has emerged in the context of mobility surveys with the widescale usability of wearable and onboard global positioning system (GPS) devices. Sri Lanka is also at the edge of utilizing these, in ...
  • Bolgoda chat : the teaching Vice-Chancellor 
    Karunathilake, H; Witharana, S [Article-Full-text]
    When I think of my early days, there are two experiences that made a profound influence on my future career. My father was an Assistant Station Master, and he taught me all aspects of managing a railway station except ...
  • Have difficulty standing up? soft exosuitsare here to help! 
    Kulasekera, A; Arumathanthri, R; Chathuranga, D; Gopura, R; Lalitharathne, T [Article-Full-text]
    Soft robotics is a novel disruptive technology that is revolutionizing the fields of robotics. Innovative use of compliant materials by researchers has elevated soft robotics over contemporary technologies. The Computational ...
  • 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 ...
  • 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.