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  Research Articles

  Preliminary screening of two marine algae and sea grass harvested from Sri Lankan waters against the LPS-induced inflammatory responses in RAW 264.7 macrophages and in vivo zebrafish embryo model

  I.P. Shanura   Fernando ,  K.K. Asanka   Sanjeewa ,  Kalpa   W. Samarakoon ,  Won Woo   Lee ,  Hyun-Soo   Kim ,  Eun-A   Kim ,  P.   Ranasinghe ,  U.K.D.S.S.   Gunasekara ,  G.A.S.   Premakumara ,  You-Jin   Jeon

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  30 Jun 2018

  46 ( 2 ) : 117-124
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  Research Articles

  Investigation on adsorption kinetics of heavy metals by rice husk

  N.   Priyantha ,  A.N.   Navaratne ,  T.P.K.   Kulasooriya

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  30 Jun 2018

  46 ( 2 ) : 125-141
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  Research Articles

  An optimal feature selection method using a modified wrapper-based ant colony optimisation

  30 Jun 2018

  46 ( 2 ) : 143-151
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  Research Articles

  Development of a rapid, sensitive and specific DNA-based method to detect Ralstonia solanacearum in potato for quarantine purposes

  A.A.U.   Perera ,  O.V.D.S.J.   Weerasena ,  P.N.   Dasanayaka ,  D.C.   Wickramarachchi

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  30 Jun 2018

  46 ( 2 ) : 153-158
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  Phenotypic variation of cabbage white mold pathogen, Sclerotinia sclerotiorum in the upcountry commercial cabbage fields in Sri Lanka

  T.   Mahalingam ,  B.M.A.   Guruge ,  K.P.   Somachandra ,  E.A.E.S.S.   Jayasekara ,  C.S.K.   Rajapakse ,  R.N.   Attanayake

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  30 Jun 2018

  46 ( 2 ) : 159-164
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  Research Articles

  Record values of ratio of Weibull random variables

  
  

  Bander   Al-Zahrani ,  Saman   Shahbaz ,  Muhammad   Shahbaz

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  30 Jun 2018

  46 ( 2 ) : 165-178
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  Research Articles

  Effect of ethephon stimulation on natural rubber latex properties; new insight into ethephon stimulation

  A.P.   Attanayake ,  L.   Karunanayake ,  A.H.R.L.   Nilmini

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  30 Jun 2018

  46 ( 2 ) : 179-185
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  Kissinger method: the sequential approach and DAEM for kinetic study of rubber and gliricidia wood

  K.U.C.   Perera ,  M.   Narayana

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  30 Jun 2018

  46 ( 2 ) : 187-196
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  Research Articles

  Synthesis, characterization of two new bicyclic oxazolidines and investigation of their optoelectronic properties using density functional theory

  Ghulam   Abbas ,  Ahmad   Irfan ,  Shahid   Hameed ,  Abdullah G.   Al-Sehemi ,  Ruifa   Jin ,  Shanshan   Tang

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  30 Jun 2018

  46 ( 2 ) : 197-204
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  Research Articles

  Potential use of recycled construction and demolition waste aggregates for non- structural concrete applications

  S.   Jayakody ,  A.M.Z.   Zimar ,  R.A.L.M.   Ranaweera

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  30 Jun 2018

  46 ( 2 ) : 205-216
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  Research Articles

  Optimising a solvent system for lipid extraction from cyanobacterium Microcystis spp.: future perspective for biodiesel production

  D.A.T   Madusanka ,  Pathmalal   M. Manage

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  30 Jun 2018

  46 ( 2 ) : 217-225
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  Research Articles

  The anti-genotoxic effect of some lichenic acids

  
  

  Hamit   Kizil ,  Selcuk   Ceker ,  Ozel   Capik ,  Guleray   Agar

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  30 Jun 2018

  46 ( 2 ) : 227-231
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  Correspondence

  Appreciation: Professor Samantha Hettiarachchi – an ambassador for science

  Priyan   Dias

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  30 Jun 2018

  46 ( 2 ) : 237-238
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  Research Communications

  WebAllergen: a web-based database for protein allergenicity prediction

  So Youn   Won ,  Jeong-Ho   Baek ,  Jae-Hyeon   Oh ,  Gang-Seob   Lee ,  Yong-Hwan   Kim ,  Chang-Kug   Kim

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  30 Jun 2018

  46 ( 2 ) : 233-236
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  Research Communications

  Rediscovery of Tetragonula praeterita after 1860: an unremarked common stingless bee endemic to Sri Lanka

  T.H. Saumya E.   Silva ,  G.C. Prasanga   Diyes ,  W.A. Inoka P.   Karunaratne ,  Jayanthi P.   Edirisinghe

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  28 Mar 2018

  46 ( 1 ) : 109-113
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  Research Articles

  An efficient algorithm to calculate relative permittivity from multi-layered stripline based measurements at microwave frequencies

  A.U.A.W.   Gunawardena

  28 Mar 2018

  46 ( 1 ) : 103-108
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  Research Articles

  Use of Mandel’s bundle of lines model to improve agreement of a panel of tea tasters

  T. Ursla S.   Peiris ,  Chamila K.   Walgampaya ,  David L.   Banks ,  R.O.   Thattil ,  I. Sarath B.   Abeysinghe

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  28 Mar 2018

  46 ( 1 ) : 95-102
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  Research Articles

  C3 cubic trigonometric B-spline curves with a real parameter

  Wei   Xie ,  Juncheng   Li

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  28 Mar 2018

  46 ( 1 ) : 89-94
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  Research Articles

  Some topological indices of the family of nanostructures of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs)

  Najmeh   Soleimani ,  Esmaeel   Mohseni ,  Niloofar   Maleki ,  Najmeh   Imani

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  28 Mar 2018

  46 ( 1 ) : 81-88
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  Research Articles

  Growth responses of Lantana (Lantana camara L.) varieties to varying water availability and light conditions

  Charitha J.   Gunasekara ,  Sudheera   Ranwala

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  28 Mar 2018

  46 ( 1 ) : 69-79
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  Research Articles

  Spatio-temporal variation of water quality and bio indicators of the Badulu Oya in Sri Lanka due to catchment disturbances

  W.D.T.M.   Gunawardhana ,  J.M.C.K.   Jayawardhana ,  E.P.N.   Udayakumara ,  S.   Malavipathirana

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  28 Mar 2018

  46 ( 1 ) : 51-67
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  Research Articles

  A mathematical model with control to analyse the dynamics of dengue disease transmission in urban Colombo

  WPTM   Wickramaarachchi ,  S.S.N.   Perera

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  28 Mar 2018

  46 ( 1 ) : 41-49
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  Research Articles

  Collector cable design based on dynamic line rating for wind energy applications

  AH   Wijethunga ,  J.B.   Ekanayake ,  J.V.   Wijayakulasooriya

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  28 Mar 2018

  46 ( 1 ) : 31-40
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  Research Articles

  Genetic analysis of yield and physical traits of spring wheat grain

  Hafiz Ghulam Muhu-Din   Ahmed ,  Abdus   Khan ,  Muhammad   Kashif ,  Sultan   Khan

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  28 Mar 2018

  46 ( 1 ) : 23-30
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  Research Articles

  Adaptation of the weighted Kaplan-Meier method to time-dependent ROC curves

  Deniz   Sigirli ,  Ilker   Ercan ,  Ozkan   Balcin ,  Ekrem   Kaya

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  28 Mar 2018

  46 ( 1 ) : 11-21