Bolgoda PlainsPub Date : 2023-08-01DOI: 10.31705/bprm.v3(1).2023.18
M. Thayaparan
{"title":"A Conceptual framework to adopt circular economy principles in managing municipal solid waste in Sri Lanka","authors":"M. Thayaparan","doi":"10.31705/bprm.v3(1).2023.18","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31705/bprm.v3(1).2023.18","url":null,"abstract":"Circular Economy (CE) is a fast-emerging concept globally, taking a visible transformation from the mainstream linear economic model across key sectors, due to decrease in natural resources and the increase in waste generation. CE defines the efficient utilisation and value enhancement of resources beyond their useful life. Waste management is one of the key sectors that has increasing potential for circular economy growth.","PeriodicalId":492973,"journal":{"name":"Bolgoda Plains","volume":"18 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135003707","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Bolgoda PlainsPub Date : 2023-08-01DOI: 10.31705/bprm.v3(1).2023.13
P. Rathnayake
{"title":"Plagiarism at crossroads","authors":"P. Rathnayake","doi":"10.31705/bprm.v3(1).2023.13","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31705/bprm.v3(1).2023.13","url":null,"abstract":"Considered in academia a serious offence, plagiarism is an act of copying or stealing someone else’s ideas or work and presenting them as one’s own [1]. In a broader sense, plagiarism is using an author’s words, ideas, reflections and thoughts without properly acknowledging them [2]. A well-known and growing issue in academia, plagiarism constitutes a significant proportion of the serious deviations from ethical research practice [3]. The advancement of technology and the widespread use of the Internet and the emerging AI assistance available for all have made it easier to commit plagiarism. Yet, on the flip side, avoiding plagiarism is now more convenient due to the abundance of plagiarism detection tools. Plagiarism applications generate a similarity report that highlights potential manifestations of plagiarism. The accuracy of plagiarism checker tools and their reports on determining the academic integrity of emerging academic writing contents becomes questionable due to the contradicting nature of the concerned variables of plagiarism tool algorithms and that of academic writing ethics. Academic writing ethics taught across global curriculums places a significant value on the use of duly cited direct quotations (verbatim copies) as a strong evidential strategy while plagiarism reports count textual similarity as a key 52 variable to flag plagiarism.","PeriodicalId":492973,"journal":{"name":"Bolgoda Plains","volume":"43 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135003709","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Bolgoda PlainsPub Date : 2023-08-01DOI: 10.31705/bprm.v3(1).2023.4
M Jayalath, N Perera, C Ratnayake, A Thibbotuwawa
{"title":"Waste Minimization in Agri-Food Supply Chains through Digitization","authors":"M Jayalath, N Perera, C Ratnayake, A Thibbotuwawa","doi":"10.31705/bprm.v3(1).2023.4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31705/bprm.v3(1).2023.4","url":null,"abstract":"The agricultural industry has undergone significant changes in recent years, with advancements in machinery leading to increased scale, speed, and productivity of farm equipment. These improvements, combined with advancements in genetically modified seeds, irrigation systems, and fertilizers, have led to more efficient cultivation of land and higher yields. However, the industry is now on the brink of another transformation, driven by data and connectivity. In Sri Lanka, agriculture is a vital sector of the economy, contributing significantly to 7.1% of the Gross Domestic Product in 2020 and employing 27.12% of the labor force directly and indirectly [1]. The output of the agriculture industry has a significant impact on industries such as consumer packaged goods, retail, and tourism, further emphasizing its importance.","PeriodicalId":492973,"journal":{"name":"Bolgoda Plains","volume":"3 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135004065","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Bolgoda PlainsPub Date : 2023-08-01DOI: 10.31705/bprm.v3(1)2023.5
T. Senarathna, G. Kanagasundaram, C. Samarasuriya
{"title":"Unlocking the Power of Big Data: How Remote Sensing and Land Zoning Data are Revolutionizing Urban Planning","authors":"T. Senarathna, G. Kanagasundaram, C. Samarasuriya","doi":"10.31705/bprm.v3(1)2023.5","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31705/bprm.v3(1)2023.5","url":null,"abstract":"Urbanization is a rapidly growing trend, and cities are facing unprecedented challenges in managing growth, ensuring sustainability, and promoting social equity. Urban planning is a complex and challenging process, as it involves the coordination of various stakeholders and the management of different resources. So, utilizing conventional methods for urban planning can lead to limited data availability, inaccurate data, and a lack of stakeholder engagement, which can affect the quality and effectiveness of the planning process for highly populated areas. There¬ fore, with the advent of big data and remote sensing technology, urban planners now have powerful tools to tackle these challenges. Remote sensing is the use of satellites, aerial imagery, and other sensor-based technologies to gather data about the earth’s surface. Land zoning data, on the other hand, provides information about the designated use of land in each area. When combined, these two types of data can provide a comprehensive view of land use, environmental conditions, and social dynamics. One of the main benefits of remote sensing and land zoning data is their ability to provide real-time monitoring of urbanization patterns. By tracking changes in land use and environmental conditions, urban planners can make informed decisions about infrastructure development, environmental protection, and social equity. This information can also be used to anticipate future trends and respond proactively to emerging challenges.","PeriodicalId":492973,"journal":{"name":"Bolgoda Plains","volume":"9 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135002448","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Bolgoda PlainsPub Date : 2023-08-01DOI: 10.31705/bprm.v3(1).2023.8
B. Dissanayake, N. Perera, L. Velmanickam
{"title":"Review of methodologies used in electricity supply and demand forecasting","authors":"B. Dissanayake, N. Perera, L. Velmanickam","doi":"10.31705/bprm.v3(1).2023.8","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31705/bprm.v3(1).2023.8","url":null,"abstract":"The electricity market is a critical component of modern society, providing the essential energy needed to power our homes, businesses, and industries. European countries began to liberalize their electricity markets in an effort to increase competition and reduce prices for consumers (Sousa & Soares, 2020). In a liberalized electricity market, electricity is treated as a tradable commodity like any other product. This implies that European electricity markets are subject to the same economic principles of supply and demand as other markets, with prices rising when demand outstrips supply and falling when supply exceeds demand.","PeriodicalId":492973,"journal":{"name":"Bolgoda Plains","volume":"18 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135002777","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Bolgoda PlainsPub Date : 2023-08-01DOI: 10.31705/bprm.v3(1).2023.14
P. Talagala
{"title":"Unveiling the unusual: a task view for anomaly dection in R","authors":"P. Talagala","doi":"10.31705/bprm.v3(1).2023.14","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31705/bprm.v3(1).2023.14","url":null,"abstract":"Anomalies play a critical role in statistical analysis, as their presence in data can lead to biased parameter estimation, model misspeci cation, and misleading results if classical analysis techniques are blindly applied. Additionally, anomalies can themselves be carriers of signi cant and critical information, and identifying these critical points can be the primary goal of investigations in many elds such as fraud detection, object tracking, system health monitoring, and environmental monitoring (e.g., for bush res, tsunamis, oods, earthquakes, and volcanic eruptions)","PeriodicalId":492973,"journal":{"name":"Bolgoda Plains","volume":"40 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135003703","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Bolgoda PlainsPub Date : 2023-08-01DOI: 10.31705/bprm.v3(1).2023.17
P. Henadeera, N. Samaraweera, C. Ranasinghe, A. Wijewardane
{"title":"How can we turn heat into useful energy using nanotechnology?","authors":"P. Henadeera, N. Samaraweera, C. Ranasinghe, A. Wijewardane","doi":"10.31705/bprm.v3(1).2023.17","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31705/bprm.v3(1).2023.17","url":null,"abstract":"In 1821, the German physicist Thomas Seebeck made a groundbreaking discovery that revealed the direct conversion of heat energy into electricity. He did so by bringing two different metals together and holding one end heated and the other end cooled. This process is famously known as the Seebeck effect. William Thomson, a British physicist later known as Lord Kelvin, further developed the concept of thermoelectric circuits and introduced the idea of a temperature-dependent voltage in a circuit made of two dissimilar metals. Lord Kelvin’s contribution to the field of thermoelectricity paved the way for various applications in temperature sensors, power generators, refrigeration, and cooling systems.","PeriodicalId":492973,"journal":{"name":"Bolgoda Plains","volume":"9 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135003706","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Bolgoda PlainsPub Date : 2023-08-01DOI: 10.31705/bprm.v3(1).2023.5
T. Senarathna, G. Kanagasundaram, C. Samarasuriya
{"title":"Unlocking the Power of Big Data: How Remote Sensing and Land Zoning Data are Revolutionizing Urban Planning","authors":"T. Senarathna, G. Kanagasundaram, C. Samarasuriya","doi":"10.31705/bprm.v3(1).2023.5","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31705/bprm.v3(1).2023.5","url":null,"abstract":"Urbanization is a rapidly growing trend, and cities are facing unprecedented challenges in managing growth, ensuring sustainability, and promoting social equity. Urban planning is a complex and challenging process, as it involves the coordination of various stakeholders and the management of different resources. So, utilizing conventional methods for urban planning can lead to limited data availability, inaccurate data, and a lack of stakeholder engagement, which can affect the quality and effectiveness of the planning process for highly populated areas. There fore, with the advent of big data and remote sensing technology, urban planners now have powerful tools to tackle these challenges. Remote sensing is the use of satellites, aerial imagery, and other sensor-based technologies to gather data about the earth’s surface. Land zoning data, on the other hand, provides information about the designated use of land in each area. When combined, these two types of data can provide a comprehensive view of land use, environmental conditions, and social dynamics. One of the main benefits of remote sensing and land zoning data is their ability to provide real-time monitoring of urbanization patterns. By tracking changes in land use and environmental conditions, urban planners can make informed decisions about infrastructure development, environmental protection, and social equity. This information can also be used to anticipate future trends and respond proactively to emerging challenges.","PeriodicalId":492973,"journal":{"name":"Bolgoda Plains","volume":"43 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135004064","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Bolgoda PlainsPub Date : 2023-08-01DOI: 10.31705/bprm.v3(1).2023.15
D. Kosgoda
{"title":"Intention-behavior gap in greener consumption among young Sri Lankan consumers","authors":"D. Kosgoda","doi":"10.31705/bprm.v3(1).2023.15","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31705/bprm.v3(1).2023.15","url":null,"abstract":"In today’s world, we heavily rely on natural resources for activities, business, and survival. We are consuming resources at an unsustainable rate. However, our planet can only produce a finite number of resources and can only withstand a certain degree of greenhouse gas emissions. With the unbearable increase in natural resource consumption and green gas emissions, we are forced to experience various global challenges including climate change, desertification, lack of resources, loss of biodiversity, land degradation, etc. There is a burgeoning movement to adopt sustainable practices to mitigate these adverse consequences. Some companies have even developed sustainability programs, guidelines and plans to achieve sustainable goals [1]. Specifically, people are moving towards green consumption. As a result, studies on green consumption have emerged as a significant new frontier over the past few years attracting attention from both academics and professionals.","PeriodicalId":492973,"journal":{"name":"Bolgoda Plains","volume":"40 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135003351","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Bolgoda PlainsPub Date : 2023-08-01DOI: 10.31705/bprm.v3(1).2023.3
L. De Silva, N. Samaraweera, N. Jayaweera, T. Sugathapala
{"title":"Should We Care about how Birds Fly?","authors":"L. De Silva, N. Samaraweera, N. Jayaweera, T. Sugathapala","doi":"10.31705/bprm.v3(1).2023.3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31705/bprm.v3(1).2023.3","url":null,"abstract":"Bird flight has intrigued human minds ever since the Stone Age. Paintings in Lascaux cave in France are considered the oldest representation of birds in flight made by early ancestors of humans. The ability to fly has been interpreted as a divine power by some cultures which proceeded to include wings in drawings and sculptures of their deities. In the Renaissance period, Polymaths like Leonardo Da Vinci studied birds and their motion in detail. His codex of birds mentions the objective of this study as to develop a human-powered flying machine. Even, the Wright brothers used warping wings in their flight tests mimicking the flight patterns of birds. The wing and fuselage design of fixed-wing aircraft from the earliest versions to modern jet-powered airliners is directly inspired by the bio-mechanics of large birds. However, with the success of fixed-wing aircraft, the flapping wing concepts saw declining interest as a viable design option for air vehicles. During this time, the aerodynamics of bird wings was only studied in fundamental science to answer the questions on their aerodynamic performance. However, the popularization of Unmanned Arial Vehicles (UAVs) renewed the interest in bird-inspired air vehicles with flapping wings as a possible design.","PeriodicalId":492973,"journal":{"name":"Bolgoda Plains","volume":"81 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135003705","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}