In Vitro Antioxidant and Antimicrobial Properties of Composite Flour Formulations Developed Using Selected Local Grain Varieties by T. P. Sathsara S. Perera, Pahan I. Godakumbura, M. A. B. Prashantha, S. B. Navaratne

“…The aim of this study was to determine the in vitro antioxidant potential of four extruded and domestically prepared composite flour formulations developed by composting selected locally available grain varieties in Sri Lanka. The potential of the flour extracts to scavenge free radicals were evaluated by performing DPPH, ABTS, and FRAP assays. …”
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Financial sustainability of modern composting: the economically optimal scale for municipal waste composting plant in developing Asia by Andante Hadi Pandyaswargo, Dickella Gamaralalage Jagath Premakumara

“…A costâbenefit analysis (CBA) was carried out using the data gathered from five composting plants in Asia, including Surabaya, Bali and Bekasi in Indonesia, Beijing in China, and Matale in Sri Lanka. The results identified that the medium-scale and lower largescale composting plants have an optimal opportunity for being financially feasible as compared with the smaller and larger capacity plants. …”
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Traditional Donors in Information and Communi- cation Sector Development Assistance by Z. E. Gomboin

“…For Japan and the Republic of Korea the key partners and recipients in the ICTs sector include their closest neighbours — the Southeast Asian countries (Vietnam, Sri Lanka, etc.) As for the United States development assistance, it is primarily distributed to those states where the US and its allies have imposed regime change (Iraq and Afghanistan) or, to a lesser extent, to their strategic partners, such as Egypt. …”
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Hacking Exposed: Leveraging Google Dorks, Shodan, and Censys for Cyber Attacks and the Defense Against Them by Abdullah Alabdulatif, Navod Neranjan Thilakarathne

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Assessing Flipped Classroom Techniques for Business Management Education in Bangladesh by Md. Nahid Mia

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Comparing Expert Driving Behavior in Real World and Simulator Contexts by Hiran B. Ekanayake, Per Backlund, Tom Ziemke, Robert Ramberg, Kamalanath P. Hewagamage, Mikael Lebram

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A scalability-centric perspective on global human development within environmental limits by Soumyajit Bhar, Chirag Dhara

“…Our results highlight Panama, Costa Rica, Sri Lanka, Peru, and Albania as having achieved high social progress with low environmental costs or high levels of scalable development. …”
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Pharmacist gatekeeper interventions for suicide prevention: how evidence from developed countries support their role in low- and middle-income countries by Zixiao Zhou, Fahim Mohamed, Fahim Mohamed

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The evolution of hospitals from Antiquity to the Renaissance by Francois P. Retief, Louise Cilliers

“…In India the monastic system created by the Buddhist religion led to institutionalised health care facilities as early as the 5th century BC, and with the spread of Buddhism to the east, nursing facilities, the nature and function of which are not known to us, also appeared in Sri Lanka, China and South East Asia. One would expect to find the origin of the hospital in the modern sense of the word in Greece, the birthplace of rational medicine in the 4th century BC, but the Hippocratic doctors paid house-calls, and the temples of Asclepius were visited for incubation sleep and magico-religious treatment. …”
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Evaluation of Hybrid Soft Computing Model’s Performance in Estimating Wave Height by Tzu-Chia Chen, Zryan Najat Rashid, Biju Theruvil Sayed, Arif Sari, Ahmed Kateb Jumaah Al-Nussairi, Majid Samiee-Zenoozian, Mehrdad Shokatian-Beiragh

“…This study evaluates the wave height at Sri-Lanka Hambantota Port using soft computing models such as Artificial Neural Networks (ANNs) and the M5 model tree (M5MT). …”
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Variation in the Permeability of Intact and Fractured Rocks due to Transient Disturbances in Axial Stress or Pore Pressure by Sophea Boeut, Teppei Oshima, Yoshiaki Fujii, Jun-ichi Kodama, Daisuke Fukuda, Hiroyuki Matsumoto, Kazumi Uchida, Anjula B. N. Dassanayake

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Impact of manufacturing variables on the mechanical performance of recycled glass-enhanced composites by Nathaphon Buddhacosa, Thevega Thevakumar, Everson Kandare, Sujeeva Setunge, Dilan Robert

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Signatures of Transient Overvoltages in Low Voltage Power Systems in Tea Factories and Their Implications on Insulation Deterioration and Allied Power Quality Issues by Earl A. R. L. Pannila, Mahesh Edirisinghe

“…To unveil this danger, 314 common-mode transient waveforms were measured in the electrical machines of five tea factories in Sri Lanka, in a 50 ms measurement window, taken in 55 measuring attempts. …”
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Microplastics on the growth of plants and seed germination in aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems by Y.S.K. De Silva, U.M. Rajagopalan, H. Kadono

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Carbon dioxide emissions, forest area, and economic growth of SAARC countries: Evidence from FMOLS approach by Yadav Mani Upadhyaya, Khom Raj Kharel, Omkar Poudel, Pramshu Nepal

“…The study results show that India, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka must prioritize decoupling CO2 emissions from economic growth, as their strong correlation shows significant environmental costs of development. …”
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Bacterial phyla: microbiota of kingdom animalia by Dinesh Nalage, Rahul Kale, Tejswini Sontakke, Vidya Pradhan, Ashwini Biradar, Jayan Duminda Mahesh Senevirathna, Reshma Jaweria, Tara Dighe, Prashant Dixit, Rohit Patil, P. S. Kudnar

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Antioxidant Properties of Popular Turmeric (Curcuma longa) Varieties from Bangladesh by E. M. Tanvir, Md. Sakib Hossen, Md. Fuad Hossain, Rizwana Afroz, Siew Hua Gan, Md. Ibrahim Khalil, Nurul Karim

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Prevalence of musculoskeletal disorders among garment workers: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Francis Fatoye, Tadesse Gebrye, Chidozie Mbada, Phoebe Apeagyei

“…The included studies reported prevalence from India (n=3), Bangladesh (n=2), Ethiopia (n=2), Thailand (n=2), Botswana (n=1), Iran (n=1), Sri Lanka (n=1), Cambodia (n=1) and Denmark (n=1) and involved 15 029 garment workers. …”
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Prevalence of diabetes and prediabetes in South Asian countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Masum Ali, Md Mahbub Alam, M. A. Rifat, Sonjida Mesket Simi, Sneha Sarwar, Md Ruhul Amin, Sanjib Saha

“…Method A systematic literature review and meta-analysis is performed to estimate the prevalence of diabetes and prediabetes in Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bhutan, the Maldives, and Afghanistan using studies based on only the nationally representative surveys and published from 2012 until June 2024. …”
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Youth inclusion in value chain development: a case of the aquaculture in Nigeria by Likimyelesh Nigussie, Thai Thi Minh, Sonali Senaratna Sellamuttu

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