April 2020

Month

Public Survey on Integration of Urban Agriculture into Land Use Planning in Western Province, Sri Lanka
Aftereffects of COVID-19 pandemic and prevailing climatic issues tend to have substantial consequences on the global food supply. In this context, we are investigating the way in which urban agriculture can be promoted in land use policies/guidelines for Western Province. For this, please share your current experiences and thoughts of cultivating extra spaces available at...
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ශ්‍රී ජයවර්ධනපුර විශ්වවිද්‍යාලයේ පර්යේෂණ කණ්ඩායම COVID-19 රෝගය නිසා දිනෙන් දින ලොවට අහිමි වන ජීවිත බේරා ගැනීම සඳහා එන්නතක් හෝ වෙනත් සාර්ථක ප්‍රතිකර්මයක් සොයා ගන්නා තුරු ලොව පුරා ජීවත්වන මිලියන සංඛ්‍යත පිරිසක් දෑස් දල්වා බලා සිටිති. ඒ සඳහා සාර්ථක පිළියමක් සොයා ගැනීමට ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ විද්‍යාඥයන්, පර්යේෂකයන් සහ නව නිර්මාණකරුවන් ද නොයෙකුත් අත්හදා බැලීම් සිදු කරමින් සිටිති.  එහි...
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The University of Sri Jayewardenepura is one of the leading laboratories in Sri Lanka, which is carrying out diagnostics for COVID-19. Currently several strains of the SARS-CoV2 virus are circulating in the world and some strains are thought to be more virulent than others. As infected patients came to Sri Lanka from all over the...
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The community project of “Helping Hands” which was organized by the Taekwondo team of the University of Sri Jayewardenepura in collaboration with Colombo District Taekwondo Association was successfully conducted on 12th , 17th & 18th April 2020. Considering the prevailing situation across the country due to the “COVID -19” which has been declared as a...
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Japura Electrical and Electronic Engineering Student, Yashodha Lakshana Develops a Mobile App for Self Quarantine Process
Yashodha Lakshana, a Student of the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, University of Sri Jayewardenepura has developed the app “Quarantine Care” to facilitate the self quarantine process. The idea was developed as a part of an undergoing project by Dr. Chamitha de Alwis, Head of Electrical and Electronic Engineering in the University and Prof....
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Prof. Neelika Malavige Joins The International Society for Infectious Diseases (ISID)
Professor Neelika Malavige joined The International Society for Infectious Diseases (ISID)’s Executive Committee on March 10, 2020. Prof. Neelika is the Director of the Centre for Dengue Research at the University of Sri Jayewardenepura since 2012 and she has published extensively on dengue, for which she has won many awards. ISID’s Executive Committee members are...
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The portable single man operational COVID 19 sample collection chamber was invented by Dr. Sajith Edirisinghe, Lecturer, Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Sri Jayewardenepura. The currently available sample collection chambers need a minimum of two health care workers to operate and most are not portable. Using this new unit, a single...
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If your research group has any research outcomes which will have an immediate impact to ease the situation in the country due to Covid-19 outbreak, the University Business Linkage Cell of the University of Sri Jayewardenepura is willing to offer financial assistance to develop prototypes or to commercialize those technologies immediately. Please note that the funds are...
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Dear students of the faculty of technology, At this crucial and uncertain time that the whole world is facing, we hope that you are staying at your homes, safely and vigilantly. We understand that this could be a stressful time period for you, especially if you are experiencing financial difficulties due to the prevailing situation....
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