International Conference on Multidisciplinary

Approaches
iCMA 2017

“Sustainable Development through Multi-

Disciplinary Research”

Conference Programme

20th to 22nd September 2017

at
Hikka Tranz by Cinnamon, Hikkaduwa

Jointly organized by
Faculty of Graduate Studies
University of Sri Jayewardenepura,

Ministry of Science, Technology and Research

&
National Science Foundation
 International Conference on Multidisciplinary Approaches
“Sustainable Development through Multi-Disciplinary Research”
Jointly organized by
Faculty of Graduate Studies
University of Sri Jayewardenepura,
Ministry of Science, Technology and Research
&
National Science Foundation
at
Hikka Tranz by Cinnamon - Hikkaduwa

20th – 22nd September 2017

Inauguration
08.30 a.m. Registration of Participants
09.00 a.m. Arrival of the Special Guests
09.05 a.m. Lighting of the Oil Lamp followed by the University Anthem
09.15 a.m. Welcome Address by Prof. Hemanthi Ranasinghe,
Dean / Faculty of Graduate Studies, University of Sri Jayewardenepura
09.25 a.m. Video on the Faculty of Graduate Studies
09.30 a.m. Address by Prof. Sampath Amaratunge
Vice Chancellor, University of Sri Jayewardenepura
09.40 a.m. Keynote Address by Prof. Paul Sanders
Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia
10.10 a.m. Address by Chief Guest - Hon. Susil Premajayantha
Minister of Science, Technology and Research
10.30 am Vote of Thanks by Ms. Pabasara Weerarathne, Conference Secretary
10.40 am National Anthem
10.45 am Refreshment Break
 Theme Seminar – 20th of September, 2017

11.30 am - 12.00 noon Agriculture in Transition, Food Security and Poverty Alleviation
Prof. Anu Rammohan, Business School, University of Western
Australia, Australia
12.00 noon - 12.10 pm Discussion/Questions and Answers

12.10pm - 12.40 pm Sustainable Life Styles towards lasting Happiness

Dr. Madhav Karki, Executive Director, Centre for Green Economy
Development, Expert Member, Environment Protection Council, Govt. of
Nepal
12.40 pm - 12.50 pm Discussion/Questions and Answers

12.50 pm -1.30 pm Mid-Day networking Break/Lunch

1.30 pm - 2.00 pm Sustainable Cities and Communities
Prof. Paul Sanders, Discipline Leader, Architecture, Interior Design &
Landscape Architecture, Queensland University of Technology, Australia
2.00 pm - 2.10 pm Discussion/Questions and Answers

2.10 pm - 2.40 pm Innovation and Green Industry Development

Prof. Seow Ta Wee, Faculty of Technology Management and Business,
University Tun Hussein Onn, Malaysia
2.40 pm - 2.50 pm Discussion/Questions and Answers

2.50 pm - 3.20 pm Education towards better Informed Community

Mr. Zachary A. Lomo, Faculty of Environmental Studies, York
University, Canada
3.20 pm - 3.30 pm Discussion/Questions and Answers

3.30 pm - 4.00 pm Role of Eco System Services for Sustainable Development

Prof. Sagadevan G. Mundree, Director, Centre for Tropical Crops and
Biocommodities, Queensland University of Technology, Australia
4.00 pm - 4.10 pm Discussion//Questions and Answers

4.10 pm - 4.40 pm Evening networking break/ Refreshments

4.40 pm - 5.10 pm Panel Discussion (All main speakers will form the panel)
5.10 pm End of Day 1 Proceedings

7.00 pm Cultural Show & cocktails

8.00 pm Dinner
 21st of September 2017 – Day Two

08.00 - Registration
08.30 - Theme Talk on the track ‘Humanities & Social Sciences’ (Venue – Main Ballroom)
Emeritus Prof. J. B. Dissanayake
09.00 - Commencement of Technical session 1

Session 1
Engineering, Technology &
Time Health & Nutrition Humanities & Social Sciences Natural & Life Sciences
Physical Sciences
Session Chair - Session Chair - Session Chair - Session Chair -

Knowledge attitudes and practices of New Development of Social Changes Frugivory of Sri Lanka Yellow-eared Policies Aligned Business Rule
nurses on blood sample collection: a in Sexual Division of Estate Labors Bulbul (Pycnonotus penicillatus) in Framework for Healthcare Service
cross sectional study Horton Plains National Park Solutions
09.05-09.20

ID - 31
Impact of training on Cardio-pulmonary
functions of Sri Lankan athletes
involving in running events
09.20-09.35
ID - 64
Spatial determinants of poverty in
rural settlements in Sri Lanka
(Special Reference to Galigamuwa
Divisional Secretariat Division)
ID - 102
Larval assemblage of biofouling
organisms in Colombo Port
ID - 21
Network Aware Network Coding
for Bandwidth Efficient Delay
Sensitive Data Multicast
Applications

ID - 150 ID - 91
Challenges Faced by Nurses for Moderating role of brand attitude on
Implementation of Nursing Process in purchase intention of the wounded
Special Units at Teaching Hospital brand in a product harm crisis: View
09.35-09.50 Jaffna of young consumers’ in Asian
emerging markets
ID - 129 ID - 97
Detection of knockdown resistance Loosely-Coupled System Design for
(kdr) mutations in Sri Lankan Aedes Modern Home Automation Systems
aegypti populations

ID - 183 ID - 99 ID - 109 ID - 144

Perceived road safety challenges among Changing Trends in Agricultural Land Settlement preferences of fouling Peer-to-Peer Mobile Collaboration
older people and people living with Use in the Moneragala District of Sri organisms in relation to settlement Platform for Real Time
disabilities in Colombo district, Sri Lanka : Implications for Poverty plate orientations Visualization of Medical Image
09.50-10.05 Lanka Alleviation

ID - 07 ID - 242 ID - 217 ID - 166

 Session 1
Engineering, Technology &
Time Health & Nutrition Humanities & Social Sciences Natural & Life Sciences
Physical Sciences
Session Chair - Session Chair - Session Chair - Session Chair -

A sociological study on satisfaction of Food habits of Poecilia reticulata

facilities provided by the government (guppy) and as a larvivorous fish in the
10.05-10.20 for newly relocated people in Jaffna natural water bodies
district
ID - 08 ID - 241

10.20 - Tea
10.45 - Commencement of Technical Session 2

Session 2
Engineering, Technology &
Time Health & Nutrition Humanities & Social Sciences Natural & Life Sciences
Physical Sciences
Session Chair - Session Chair - Session Chair - Session Chair -

Study on acceptability of bitter gourd-
amla-lemon functional beverage at
ambient temperature
10.45-11.00
Is there any tendency for having
behavioural problems among
preschool children of working mothers
in Sri Lanka? (In Negombo
educational zone)
Contamination status of MC-LR in MoO3/Au back contact for
Thilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) electrodeposited CdS/CdTe solar
collected from selected reservoirs in cells
Anuradhapura District

ID - 04 ID - 178 ID - 78 ID - 39
Estimation of Sugar in Carbonated University of Sri Jayewardenepura in Accumulation status of Microcystin – Capability of using ore Magnetite
Beverages in Sri Lanka U-Multirank LR (MC-LR) in Water spinach/ directly as Cathode material for
Kangkong (Ipomea aquatica) plant Sodium-Ion Rechargeable Batteries
11.00-11.15 tissues

ID - 106 ID - 243 ID - 134 ID - 49

 Session 2
Engineering, Technology &
Time Health & Nutrition Humanities & Social Sciences Natural & Life Sciences
Physical Sciences
Session Chair - Session Chair - Session Chair - Session Chair -

Formulation of a cookie using composite A Study on the Characteristics of Sri Method optimization to detect 2- Synthesis and Characterization of a
flour mixture Lankan Arts Graduates Employed in Methyl isoborneol (2- MIB) in water by Naphthalene-Derivatized Ligand
the Private Sector gas chromatography-mass spectrometry and its Rhenium Tricarbonyl
11.15-11.30 (GC /MS) using Solid-phase micro Complex towards Fluorescent
extraction (SPME) Imaging

ID - 112 ID - 75 ID - 136 ID - 197

Identification of Synthetic Dyes in
Selected Confectionaries and Beverages
in Jaffna District
11.30-11.45
A criminological study on the factors
of property related criminal offences
in Sri Lanka
(With special reference to Galle
district)
Accumulation status of Microcystin-
LR in cultured and natural samples of
Oreochromis niloticus (Nile Tilapia)

ID - 126 ID - 255 ID - 138

Nutritional and sensory properties of
Finger millet (Eleusine coracana) flour
incorporated biscuits
11.45-12.00
Women’s occupation and social Seasonal Variation of pathogenic
classification: How does it affect to bacteria in groundwater of the Kelani
conceal harassments by their river basin, Sri Lanka
husbands’ in an urban context?

ID - 149 ID - 214 ID - 252

Assessment of safety attributes of
potentially probiotic lactic acid bacteria
12.00-12.15 (LAB) of Sri Lankan dairy origin for
future food applications

ID - 223

12.00 - Lunch
13.00 - Theme Talk on the track ‘Health and Nutrition’ (Venue – Main Ballroom)
Dr. Sanath Mahawithanage
Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Sri Jayewardenepura
13.30 - Commencement of Technical Session 3

Time Health & Nutrition
Session Chair -
Computational based Identification of
Acetylcholinesterase inhibitors using 3D
QSAR and Molecular Docking based
13.35-13.50 Virtual Screening as treatment for
Alzheimer’s disease
ID - 57
In Vitro Evaluation of Osteoblast
response to Hydroxy Apatite Nano-
particles Deposited on self-formed TiO2
13.50-14.05 thin layer on Ti surfaces
ID - 127
Could a ward-based clinical pharmacist
service improve quality of medication
information exchanged between
14.05-14.20 healthcare professionals and patients
during hospitalization?
ID - 184
Development of a Protocol for medico
legal examination, reporting and
management of female survivors of
14.20-14.35 intimate partner violence in Sri Lanka
ID - 222
14.35-14.50
14.50 - Tea
15.15 - Commencement of Technical session 4
Session 3
Humanities & Social Sciences
Session Chair -
Lessons Learnt in Flipping a
University Level ESL Classroom
ID - 29
The Role of L1 Influence in the
Acquisition of L2 Prepostitions: An
Error Analysis
ID - 191
Teaching Legal English to
Undergraduates: Challenges Faced by
Legal English Lecturers in a
University Legal English Programme
ID - 234
Natural & Life Sciences
Session Chair -
Identification of Potential Molecular
Targets of Human Herpesvirus 4
ID - 30
Production of polyclonal antiserum for
local isolate of Chilli Veinal Mottle
Virus (ChiVMV) in Capsicum annum
(Chilli)
ID - 74
Pathogen inhibition efficiency of
fungicides on Corynespora cassiicola
isolates from traditional and non –
traditional rubber growing areas
ID - 131
Detection of tetracycline resistance
genes in bacteria isolated from
aquaculture sites in Sri Lanka
ID - 139
Characterization and screening for
probiotic potential of lactic acid
bacteria isolated from curd
ID - 85
Engineering, Technology &
Physical Sciences
Session Chair -
A new cosmological model
including inflation, deceleration,
acceleration and deceleration again
ID - 51
Modelling, Controlling and
Simulation of a Wind Turbine Drive
Train in ‘SimulationX’ Platform
ID - 172
Automatic Tyre Pressure Regulation
System for the Optimization of Ride
Comfort
ID - 182
Contemporary and comparative
study of customs and beliefs in
Building Construction
ID - 196

Time Health & Nutrition
Session Chair -
Community perception on the use of
Paracetamol (Acetaminophen) in a
selected Sri Lankan population
15.15-15.30
ID - 101
Extent of participation, knowledge and
barriers in attending antenatal education
among male partners: Findings from a
15.30-15.45 Medical Officer of Health area in
Anuradhapura district
ID - 114
Identification of modifiable risk factors
of non–communicable diseases among
Sri Lankan police officers in selected
police stations of Colombo District
15.45-16.00
ID - 124
Does body mass index contribute to
cognitive functions amongst adults?
Results from Sri Lanka
16.00-16.15
ID - 143
Assessment of dietary macronutrient and
energy intake, body mass index and
body fat percentage among rural female
16.15-16.30 type 2 diabetic and non-diabetic subjects
in Sri Lanka
ID - 155
Session 4
Humanities & Social Sciences
Session Chair -
Types of Borrowings Followed in
Udaya Prasanta Meddegama’s
English Translation of Guruḷugomi’s
Amāvatura
ID - 73
Errors encountered when translating
from English to Sinhalese in Google
translator
ID - 206
ව්යවහාර සිංහලයේ අර්ථ පරිවර්තනයට
බඳුන් වී ඇති වචන ඔස්යසේ පැන නැඟී
ඇති අර්ථ විපර්යාස පිළිබඳ
විමර්ශනාත්මක අධ්යයනයක්
ID - 215
The impact of attitudes on Second
Language Learning : A study based
on the 1st year undergraduates at the
Faculty of Science, University of
Peradeniya
ID - 235
Natural & Life Sciences
Session Chair -
Study of the Effects of Food Additive
Monosodium Glutamate on Lifespan
Using Caenorhabditis elegans
ID - 15
Quantification of organophosphorus
pesticides residues in the cow’s milk
collected Nuwara Eliya district
ID - 110
Structure-Activity Relationship of
Long Chain Aliphatic 2-Methyl Ketone
Constituents of Ruta graveolens
Essential Oil as Fumigants in Stored
Maize Protection against Sitophilus
zeamais and Corcyra cephalonica
ID - 204
Development of seme=qualitative
molecular method to detect rice
percentage of rice based processed food
products
ID - 251
Engineering, Technology &
Physical Sciences
Session Chair -
A new upper matrix bound for the
solution of the discrete algebraic
Riccati equation
ID - 59
Application of Survival analysis for
Loan Data
ID - 82
Mathematical modelling and
simulation of the temperature of
sesame oil extracted in sekku - a
traditional oil extraction technology
ID - 169
Forecasting Monthly Pepper Retail
Price in Sri Lanka using a
Traditional Time Series Model and
Artificial Neural Network
ID - 177
An Extension of Goldbach’s
Conjecture
ID - 218
 Knowledge and Socio-cultural influence
on women with subfertility in Castle
16.30-16.45 Street Hospital for Women, Sri Lanka

ID - 173

22nd of September 2017 – Day Three

08.00 - Registration
08.30 - Theme Talk on the track ‘Management, Commerce & Industry Development’ (Venue – Main Ballroom)
Dr. Ravi Liyanage
Chairman - Raigam Group of Companies
09.00 - Commencement of Technical session 5

Session 5
Environmental Sustainability,
Management, Commerce &
Time Green Innovation & Natural Humanities & Social Sciences Humanities & Social Sciences
Industry Development
Resources Management
Session Chair - Session Chair - Session Chair - Session Chair -

Modeling of Weekly Rainfall Using History Curricula towards National A Matter of Life & Death; Road Traffic Agency contribution on achieving
Confidence Interval Approach: A Case Reconciliation: An Analysis of Accidents in Sri Lanka Temporary Agency Workers’
Study History Textbooks in Sri Lanka Commitment: with special reference
to Temporary Agency Workers at
09.05-09.20
ABC (pvt) Ltd

ID - 22 ID - 105 ID - 42 ID - 09
Spatial Variation of Soil Nutrients in Assessment of teachers' attitude Can a Judicial Medial Officer (JMO) be Forecasting Employment of
Paddy Lands; a Case Study in towards inclusion of sex education to satisfied with the work he performs Tourism Industry in Sri Lanka
Polonnaruwa District the school curriculum in selected pertaining to homicides?
09.20-09.35
schools in Kelaniya educational zone

ID - 62 ID - 122 ID - 66 ID - 23
Greener Approach to Remove Dye An Excellent Formative Assessment The study of relationship between ‘Intent reveals desire’ An
Using Calcium Oxide Derived from to Enhance Graduate Attributes: A stratigraphical patterns and paleo- Assessment of Potential
Eggshells Study with Polymer Engineering climate changing in Kalu Ganga river Entrepreneurial Intentions of Brunei
09.35-09.50 Technology Students basin, Rathnapura Sri Lanka Youth

ID - 83 ID - 160 ID - 14 ID - 02
 Session 5
Environmental Sustainability,
Management, Commerce &
Time Green Innovation & Natural Humanities & Social Sciences Humanities & Social Sciences
Industry Development
Resources Management
Session Chair - Session Chair - Session Chair - Session Chair -

Odour and Colour Reduction in the
Leachate Generated from the Land
Filling Site at Kirindiwela
09.50-10.05
A Study of the Performances of Post
Dramatic Theatre and Sanskrit Drama
GIS Model Builder Applications for
Residential suitability: A case study in
Kandy MC
Application of Supply Chain
Management Practices to Public
Sector Corporations towards
organizational continuity. -
Evidence from Sri Lanka

ID - 128 ID - 151 ID - 18 ID - 27
Landslide Hazard Assessment in An initiative toward Legal Ontology: සීගිරි ජල උද්යානයේ උතුරු යකොටයසේ Factors Influence on Purchase
Bulathkohupitiya DS Division Analysis on Marriage Registration ජලමල් යථාවත් කිරීයේ පර්යේෂණ Intention of Laptop among the
Ordinance කැණීම පිළිබද විග්රහයක් University Students: A Study on
10.05-10.20
Word-of-Mouth

ID - 175 ID - 246 ID - 25 ID - 32

10.20 - Tea
10.45 - Commencement of Technical Session 6

Session 6
Environmental Sustainability,
Management, Commerce &
Time Green Innovation & Natural Humanities & Social Sciences Natural & Life Sciences
Industry Development
Resources Management
Session Chair - Session Chair - Session Chair - Session Chair -

Distribution of Heavy Metals in Water Approach of Hindi poetries for a Characterization of Isolated Yeast Contribution of the Production
Bodies around Karadiyana Solid Waste sustainable life style towards the Strains for Bioethanol Production Factors and the Farmers on Making
Dump, Sri Lanka lasting happiness with special Service Gap in Sri Lankan Organic
10.45-11.00 reference to the Sadvritta in Ayurveda Food Industry

ID - 37 ID - 72 ID - 16 ID - 58
 Session 6
Environmental Sustainability,
Management, Commerce &
Time Green Innovation & Natural Humanities & Social Sciences Natural & Life Sciences
Industry Development
Resources Management
Session Chair - Session Chair - Session Chair - Session Chair -

Municipal Solid Waste Compost Quality පඤ්චතන්ත්් රාගත ආර්ථික Removal of Textile dye (CI Direct Blue Software Engineering Knowledge
Enhancement by Adding Saw Dust as a ක්් රයමෝපාය කිහිපයක් පිළිබඳ 201) by fungi as a green environmental construction in Software companies
11.00-11.15 Bulking Agent විග්් රහයක් solution - An empirical study in Sri Lanka

ID - 53
Occurrence of Microcystin-LR
producing toxigenic cyanobacteria along
with water quality parameters in
11.15-11.30 Boralasgamuwa lake
ID - 211
An Investigative Study on the
Adoption of Symbolic Dharma in
Tantric Buddhism
ID - 142
Antibacterial Activity of Aqueous
Extracts of Zanthoxylum rhetsa.
ROXB. Against Methicillin Resistant
Staphylococcus aureus and Evaluation
of Radical Scavenging Activity
ID - 41
Infrastructure: Underperforming
Dimension of Logistics
Performance Index (LPI) in Sri
Lanka

ID - 141 ID - 250 ID - 146 ID - 56

Green Growth and Sustainable සනමා විචාරයයහිලා සරිල් බී. Study of the Variations in Common Exploring the Challenges in
Development in Sri Lanka: Status, යපයර්රායග් දායකත්වය Laboratory Parameters in Dengue Transitioning from Traditional
Challenges and Way Patients with Secondary Bacterial Project Management to Agile
11.30-11.45 Forward Infections Project Management

ID - 253 ID - 159 ID - 249 ID - 113

Chronic Kidney Disease Unidentified A comparative study on birth controls The effect of replacing rubber
(CKDu) in Sri Lanka: Corporate Social in Demographic and Buddhist cultivation with oil palm for the
Responsibility of perspectives distribution of southern and western
agro-chemical companies and how it is purple- faced leaf langur in Sri Lanka
11.45-12.00
perceived by the village level
community leaders

ID - 254 ID - 100 ID - 231

12.00 - Poster Presentation

Concluding Session
13.00 pm - Concluding session
13.15 pm - Presentation of the Awards
13.25 pm - Vote of thanks
13.30 pm - Lunch