Sludge generated in Central Effluent Treatment Plants (CETP) in industrial zones consisting of textile manufacturing, dying, finishing and garment washing has to be disposed of by the manufacturers. The current practice ...

Poly-L-lactic acid has lately attracted a lot of scientific interest as this material is capable of forming complex nanostructures by self organization due to wrinkling instability. This process is induced thermally on ...

Face detection, face tracking and head pose estimation are commonly utilized in many computer vision applications related to face recognition, expression analysis, augmented reality and human computer interaction. Many ...

Construction industry is predominantly projected cost based. Project cost can be identified as one of the main constraints of any kind of construction projects. Construction cost is the major portion of the project development ...

There is a scarcity of analyses of topological properties of real world supply chain networks (SCNs), mainly due to lack of data. Most theoretical research has used the popular Barabasi-Albert (BA) growth model, in which ...

A three-dimensional particle model to describe the moisture distribution in copra for 20 hours of drying was developed using computational fluid dynamics. Drying experiments were performed for seven different temperatures ...

Mud-Concrete is a novel concept which produces a composite material using soil, cement and water. In the concept of Mud-Concrete technology, sand and metal of concrete are replaced by fine and coarse aggregates of soil. ...

This study examines how Disaster Management Stakeholders disseminate knowledge during a flood based on two knowledge networks for disaster management in Ratnapura district of Sri Lanka. Interpretive case study research ...

Kapok (Ceiba pentandra) is a commonly available plant in Sri Lanka. Its application in waste water treatment, biomedical field and domestic uses is numerous. The purpose of this research is to investigate the effectiveness ...

Accurate attitude estimation in high dynamic motion scenarios like unmanned aerial vehicle navigation or human motion and magnetically disturbed indoor environments requires compensation of accelerometer disturbances as ...