Proceeding Articles: Recent submissions
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Therapeutic Potential of Carica papayaLinn.: A Comprehensive Review of Its Pharmacological Properties and Health Benefits, with Emphasis on Dengue Fever Healing
(2024-02-21)For thousands of years, people have used various plant products, foods, spices, and herbs to treat and prevent illnesses. Sri Lankans have been using traditional and folk medicine to satisfy their basic health needs from ... -
Evaluating, patterns of research publications in the intangible cultural heritage of Sri Lanka: a Bibliometric study
(2018)This bibliometric study analyses the characteristics of research publications in the field of Intangible cultural heritage of Sri Lanka between the years of 1998 to 2018. The study is limited to investigate the research ... -
Citation Analysis of Undergraduate Dissertations: an Assessment of the Utilization of Information Sources as a Collection Development Tool
(2018)ABSTRACT This study examines bibliographic references of undergraduates’ dissertations accepted by the faculty of Allied Health Sciences, General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University, Sri Lanka in the year 2017. The ... -
A Comprehensive Review of Salacia reticulata: Botanical, Ethnomedicinal, Phytochemical, and Pharmacological Insights
(2013-11-01)Salacia reticulata(HIPPOCRATEACEAE) is a large ligneous climber or scandent shrub held by Sri Lanka, the Andaman Islands, and south India. It is known as Kothala himbutu/Himbutu wel in Sinhalese and is ... -
Selection of RNA Aptamers to Distinguish the V600E Mutation Status of BRAF Protein: A Potential in silico Approach
(2022-09)The valine to glutamate substitution at the 600th residue of B-type rapidly accelerated fibrosarcoma protein (BRAF V600E) is the most common mutation in the BRAF gene. Due to its high prevalence in a number of cancers, ... -
A Comparison of Classical Time Series Models and Machine Learning LSTM Model to Forecast Paddy Production in Sri Lanka
(2022-09)The most common & effective traditional methods of univariate time series forecasting are Autoregressive Integrated Moving Average (ARIMA) family models and Exponential Smoothing family models. With the recent advancement ... -
Forecasting of Female Labor Force Participation Rate data with missing values imputation, Sri Lanka
(2022-09)Female Labour Force Participation Rate (Female LFPR) is defined as the proportion of the female labor force to the total working-age population. This study was based on the female LFPR quarterly data published by the ... -
Relationship between selected Anthropometric Parameters and 50m Freestyle Swimming Time in Teenage Swimmers
(2022-09)Swimming is an Olympic sport which is a very popular endurance development activity around the world. Anthropometry is one of the main factor that influences the swimming performance of teenagers. This study aimed to examine ... -
Evaluation of Sri Lankan Wild Fruits based on Free Radical Scavenging Activity, Polyphenolic Content and Cytotoxic Activity
(2022-09)The study of free radical chemistry has been of recent interest in the scientific community and represents an emerging paradigm in nutraceuticals and disease management. The objective is to incorporate phytochemicals into ... -
OMICS and other Advanced Technologies in Mycological Applications
(2023-07-19)Fungi play many roles in different ecosystems. The precise identification of fungi is important in different aspects. Historically, they were identified based on morphological characteristics, but technological advancements ... -
Clinicoepidemiological Characteristics of Vitiligo: A Descriptive Cross- Sectional Study
(2021-12-31)Vitiligo is a common dermatological disorder characterized by white patches of the skin.The main reason for this disease is the loss of functioning melanin and melanocytes. The objective of the study was to investigate ... -
In Vitro Antibacterial Activity of Hexane, Chloroform and Methanolic Extracts of Different Parts of Acronychia Pedunculata Grown in Sri Lanka.
(2016-08-31)This study accessed the antibacterial potential in vitro of hexane, chloroform and methanol extracts made from leaves, stem bark, flowers, seeds or roots of Sri Lankan grown Acronychia pedunculata plant against two Gram ...