Ethnopharmacological relevance: Sri Lankan traditional medicine uses Vernonia zeylanica and Mallotus repandus
broadly for the treatment of a multitude of disease conditions, including wound healing.
Aim of the study: ...
Madusanka, T.R.M.; Perera, Inoka C.(Institute of Biology, Sri Lanka, 2023)
Tuberculosis is one of the most common diseases that causes many deaths around the world. As a result of the continuous evolution of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, some novel strains
show high resistance to most anti-TB drug ...
Gunasekara, S.S.; Perera, Inoka C.; Mapalagamage, M.S.(INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGY SRI LANKA, 2023)
The traditional Sri Lankan spice mix (TSSM) also known as raw curry powder is prepared by
combining the seeds of coriander (Coriandrum sativum), cumin (Cuminum cyminum), and
fennel (Foeniculum vulgare). Generally, spices ...
Peiris, J. A. T. D.; Senadeera, S. P. N. N.; Weerasekara, K. R.; Perera, Inoka C.(Institute of Biology, Sri Lanka, 2023)
Diabetic wounds are a global health issue that has affected many populations worldwide
owing to its severity, slow recovery, and economic burden. Despite the considerable efforts
made in its treatment, they remain a ...
The discrete logarithm problem has remained challenging to tackle, resulting in its wide use in cryptography. The only proven way to solve the problem in polynomial time is through Shor’s algorithm, which runs on quantum ...
Ethnopharmacological relevance: Sri Lankan traditional medicine uses Vernonia zeylanica and Mallotus repandus
broadly for the treatment of a multitude of disease conditions, including wound healing.
Aim of the study: ...
Madusanka, T.R.M.; Perera, Inoka C.(Institute of Biology, Sri Lanka, 2023)
Tuberculosis is one of the most common diseases that causes many deaths around the world. As a result of the continuous evolution of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, some novel strains
show high resistance to most anti-TB drug ...
Gunasekara, S.S.; Perera, Inoka C.; Mapalagamage, M.S.(INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGY SRI LANKA, 2023)
The traditional Sri Lankan spice mix (TSSM) also known as raw curry powder is prepared by
combining the seeds of coriander (Coriandrum sativum), cumin (Cuminum cyminum), and
fennel (Foeniculum vulgare). Generally, spices ...
Peiris, J. A. T. D.; Senadeera, S. P. N. N.; Weerasekara, K. R.; Perera, Inoka C.(Institute of Biology, Sri Lanka, 2023)
Diabetic wounds are a global health issue that has affected many populations worldwide
owing to its severity, slow recovery, and economic burden. Despite the considerable efforts
made in its treatment, they remain a ...
The discrete logarithm problem has remained challenging to tackle, resulting in its wide use in cryptography. The only proven way to solve the problem in polynomial time is through Shor’s algorithm, which runs on quantum ...
Jayamanne, IT; Ramanayake, A; Jayatilake, RV(Journal of the National Science Foundation of Sri Lanka, 2023)
When estimation of model parameters is the target in survey data, the inference on the model can be based on a pure model-based approach or a model-assisted approach which is a hybrid approach combining design-based and ...
Dengue is the most critical mosquito-borne viral disease that has rapidly spread in the tropical and subtropical countries. Due to large number of dengue outbreaks, understanding the dynamical behavior of the disease ...
Kulatunga, Vidyani S.; Knee, Wayne; Perera, Inoka C.; Dayawansa, P. Nihal(Asian Journal of Research in Zoology, 2023)
Bird nests primarily function to protect and incubate eggs and nestlings. However, nests are also host to a broad diversity and abundance of arthropod associates, primarily mites (Acari). Our knowledge of nest dwelling ...
Hishaam, U.; Jeyasugiththan, J.; Satharasinghe, D. M.; Senanayake, G.; Kumarihami, A. M. C.; Ranaweera, G.; Costa, M.; Pallewatte, A. S.; Peterson, S.(Asia‑Oceania Federation of Organizations (AFOMP) Congress, 2022)
Background or Introduction: ATCM reduces dose by adapting tube current to maintain a specified target image quality throughout CT scans and across patients of varying sizes. Scanners modulate current differently: angularly ...
Akhtaruzzaman, M.; Joan, M.; Jeyasugiththan, J.; Poudel, S.; Ibrahimi, S.; Magendran, R.; Naqvi, M.; Azhari, H. A.; Zakaria, G. A.(Asia‑Oceania Federation of Organizations (AFOMP) Congress, 2022)
Introduction: For quality cancer treatment, a multidisciplinary team is required where medical Physicists play an essential role in imaging, radiation protection, treatment planning and quality assurance (QA). Medical ...
Abeysiri, H.A.S.N.; Dilrukshi, K.T.; Perera, I.C.; Pathmalal, M.M.(Postgraduate Institute of Science, University of Peradeniya, 2022)
Cyanotoxins are secondary metabolites produced by different types of cyanobacteria. Among them,
Cylindrospermopsin (CYN), Microcystins (MCs) and Nodularin (NOD) stand out due to their wide
geographical distribution. The ...
Hettiarachchi, K. S.; Jeyasugiththan, J.; Pallewatte, A. S.(University of Colombo, 2022)
The institutional DRLs for the National Hospital of Sri Lanka were established by considering the most frequent computed tomography (CT) examination performed by three CT units in the Department of Radiology. CT dose volume ...
Mayuran, I.; Jeyasugiththan, J.; Satharasinghe, D. M.(University of Colombo, 2022)
Among diagnostic radiological procedures, a CT study should use relatively higher exposure while still meeting the image quality needs of the exam. Radiation professionals can adjust the patient's dose by manipulating the ...
Banneheka, B. M. A. T.; Jeyasugiththan, J.; Kumara, K. V. A. W.(University of Colombo, 2022)
This study aims to compare volumetric modulated arc therapy (VMAT) treatment techniques against intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT). Planning target volume coverage, doses to the organs at risk, dose to the normal ...
Dasanayaka, K. A. H. M.; Jeyasugiththan, J.; Herath, S.(University of Colombo, 2022)
This study describes the development of a wireless, portable, intelligent, and real-time cardiac arrhythmia and patients' vital signs monitoring system that could sense the irregular heartbeat rate and how it has been ...
Gunasekara, J. M. A.; Jayasekera, G. A. U.; Perera, K. L. N. S.; Wickramasuriya, A. M.(Journal of the National Science Foundation of Sri Lanka, 2017)
The rice leaffolder (RLF) [Cnaphalocrocis medinalis (Guenée)] is a major lepidopteran insect pest of rice in Sri Lanka and the larvae cause significant yield losses annually. Insecticidal crystal protein gene, cry2A ...
Wickramasuriya, A. M.; Dunwell, J. M.(BMC Genomics, 2015)
Abstract
Background: Somatic embryogenesis (SE) in plants is a process by which embryos are generated directly from
somatic cells, rather than from the fused products of male and female gametes. Despite the detailed ...
De Silva, W. S. I.; Perera, M. M. N.; Perera, K. L. N. S.; Wickramasuriya, A. M.; Jayasekara, G. A. U.(Elsevier, 2017)
The promoter region of a drought and abscisic acid (ABA) inducible gene, osr40c1, was isolated from a salt-tolerant indica rice variety Pokkali, which is 670 bp upstream of the putative translation start codon. In silico ...
De Silva, Kithmee K.; Dunwell, Jim M.; Wickramasuriya, Anushka M.(Hindawi - International Journal of Genomics, 2022)
Somatic embryogenesis (SE), which occurs naturally in many plant species, serves as a model to elucidate cellular and molecular mechanisms of embryo patterning in plants. Decoding the regulatory landscape of SE is essential ...
The availability and easy access of large-scale experimental and computational materials data have enabled the emergence of accelerated development of algorithms and models for materials property prediction, structure ...