Sustainable development demands reliable water resources, yet traditional water management has broadly failed to avoid environmental degradation and contain infrastructure costs. We explore the global-scale feasibility of combining natural capital with engineering-based...

The Head Positioning in Acute Stroke Trial (HeadPoST) is a pragmatic, international, cluster crossover randomized trial of 11,093 patients with acute stroke assigned to a lying-flat (0°) or sitting-up (head elevated ≥30°) position. This post hoc analysis aimed to determ...

Unemployment and related issues have disturbed socioeconomic equilibrium in many developing countries including Sri Lanka for decades. The primary sector of the economy, especially agriculture, is considered as the last resort for unemployed and poor people in post inde...

Gathering personal information of individuals’, in return to provide different personalized services, continues to grow. The adaptability and flexibility of cloud that allows mobility of data access and multiple ownerships provide a favorable platform for users and serv...

Key words: Thrill Seeking unsafe games DOI: 10.4038/cmj.v51i3.1257 Ceylon Medical Journal 51(3) 2006 120

The concept of the micro grid is still growing with regard to co-ordination strategies and the development of proper controllers to enhance the reliability aspects under different operating modes. In this context,due to the growing interest of renewable energy sources d...

Accuracy of step counting is one of the main problems that exist in current Pedometers, especially when walking slowly on flat lands and performing different activities, such as climbing up and down stairs and walking on inclined planes. Although accelerometer based ped...

<p>In groundwater-fed springs, habitat characteristics are primarily determined by a complex combination of geomorphic features and physico-chemical parameters, while species assemblages are even more intricate. Springs host species either inhabiting the spring mo...

Abstract Objective To evaluate the suitability of etorphine with acepromazine for producing prolonged neuroleptanalgesia in wild Asian elephants. Animals Ten adult wild elephants (four males, six females), free-roaming in the jungles of the north-western province of Sri...

The main purpose of this paper is to examine the most significant savings motive among households in Kalutara District. Data was collected through questionnaires by using hundred respondents. The factor analysis is explored to examine, what is the most significant savin...