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USJ Researchers published 43 Scopus Indexed papers in September 2022

15th December 2022

Researchers from Science, Medical, Technology, Engineering, Management and Graduate Studies Faculties published Forty-Three research papers in Journals indexed by Elsevier Scopus during the month September 2022. Fifty-five researchers from USJ contributed to this achievement. The web publishing team of the University of Sri Jayewardenepura acknowledges their contribution to upgrading the research standards of the University and expanding the knowledge base in the relevant subject areas.

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Row Number	Document Title	Authors
1	Emerging advances in biomimetic synthesis of nanocomposites and potential applications	Aththanayaka, S., Thiripuranathar, G., Ekanayake, S.
2	“Potentially Toxic Element” Something that Means Everything Means Nothing	Zhang, X., Barceló, D., Clougherty, R.J., (…), Wang, Z., Wells, M.
3	A Comparative Evaluation of Conceptual Rainfall–Runoff Models for a Catchment in Victoria Australia Using eWater Source	Zafari, N., Sharma, A., Navaratna, D., (…), McTaggart, C., Muthukumaran, S.
4	A group of representative measures of a set of time series and its decision support: a trial for dengue incidence data of Sri Lanka	Waduge, C.P., Ganegoda, N.C., Wickramarachchi, D.C., Lokupitiya, R.S., Lanel, G.H.J.
5	A Review of the Fungi That Degrade Plastic	Ekanayaka, A.H., Tibpromma, S., Dai, D., (…), Dao, C., Karunarathna, S.C.
6	Addressing the mental health needs of adolescents becoming pregnant through statutory rape in Sri Lanka	Rohanachandra, Y.M.
7	Application of Water Quality Index as a vulnerability indicator to determine seawater intrusion in unconsolidated sedimentary aquifers in a tropical coastal region of Sri Lanka	Chandrajith, R., Bandara, U.G.C., Diyabalanage, S., Senaratne, S., Barth, J.A.C.
8	Association of waist circumference with haemoglobin A1c and its optimal cutoff for identifying prediabetes and diabetes risk in the Chinese population	Zhen, J., Liu, S., Zhao, G., (…), Wu, J., Cheung, B.M.Y.
9	Comparative Study of Bioethanol Production from Waste Banana Fruits and Grape Fruits	de Silva, S.J., Arachchige, U.S.P.R., Nilmini, A.H.L.R.
10	Comparison of Ambient Air Quality among Industrial and Residential Areas of a Typical South Asian City	Zahra, S.I., Iqbal, M.J., Ashraf, S., (…), Yamin, M., Vithanage, M.
11	Comparison of anthropometric, BIA measures and serum leptin with genotypes of Q223R leptin receptor single nucleotide polymorphism and association with obesity and serum leptin	Rathnayake, R.G.L., Hettiaratchi, U.P.K., Perera, P.P.R.
12	Depression in mothers and mental health in their children: Impact, risk factors, and interventions	Rohanachandra, Y.M.
13	Determinants and consequences of integrated reporting disclosures of non-financial listed firms in an emerging economy	Senani, K.G.P., Ajward, R., Kumari, J.S.
14	Digitalization in the textiles and clothing sector	Pal, R., Jayarathne, A.
15	Economic recession: The effects on children and adolescents	Rohanachandra, Y.M.
16	Efficient utilization of rice fallow through pulse cultivation	Hariharan, G., Abhayapala, R., Karunarathna, B., Zakeel, M.C.M.
17	Exploitation of bio-waste by a conventionally designed pyrolyzer to produce bio-oil and bio-char	Abbas, H., Ahmad, M., Iqbal, S., Rajapaksha, A.U.
18	First Record of Spirometra erinaceieuropaei spargana Infection in Amphibians of South Asia: A Causative Agent of Surficial Abnormalities	Silva, P., Dasanayake, T., Jayasekara, D., Dharmarathne, C., Mahaulpatha, D.
19	Health equity and equal access to care for better health globally	Marasinghe, R.B., Madhuwanthi, R.M.
20	Highly porous double network hydrogel having fast responding time and high mechanical strength via emulsion template polymerization	Kuruwita Mudiyanselage, T., Weerasinghe, N., Karunaratna, M., Withanage, N.
21	Hydrogeochemical factors controlling the occurrence of chronic kidney disease of unknown etiology (CKDu)	Shi, Q., Gao, Z., Guo, H., (…), Sandanayake, S., Vithanage, M.
22	Impact of Different Combinations of Processing Steps on Product Quality and Proximate Composition of Bêche-de-mer: A Case Study from Sri Lanka	Nishanthan, G., Kumara, P.A.D.A., Navarathne, S.B., Dissanayake, D.C.T.
23	Increased risk of dialysis circuit clotting in hemodialysis patients with COVID-19 is associated with elevated FVIII, fibrinogen and D-dimers	Sudusinghe, D., Riddell, A., Gandhi, T., Chowdary, P., Davenport, A.
24	Influence of pyrolysis temperature on biochar properties and Cr(VI) adsorption from water with groundnut shell biochars: Mechanistic approach	Shakya, A., Vithanage, M., Agarwal, T.
25	Nanoplastic occurrence, transformation and toxicity: a review	Atugoda, T., Piyumali, H., Wijesekara, H., (…), Mahatantila, K., Vithanage, M.
26	Nature-inspired ecotechnological approaches toward recycling and recovery of resources from wastewater	Biswas, J.K., Mondal, M., Kumar, V., (…), Biswas, S., Vithanage, M.
27	Obstetric Violence Is Prevalent in Routine Maternity Care: A Cross-Sectional Study of Obstetric Violence and Its Associated Factors among Pregnant Women in Sri Lanka’s Colombo District	Perera, D., Munas, M., Swahnberg, K., (…), Infanti, J.J., On Behalf Of The Advance Study Group
28	Overlap of Delleman-Oorthuys syndrome and Goldenhar syndrome	Gamage, M.
29	Phytoremediation and sequestration of soil metals using the CRISPR/Cas9 technology to modify plants: a review	Bhattacharyya, N., Anand, U., Kumar, R., (…), Bontempi, E., Dey, A.
30	Plastic settlement and hardened state assessments of manufactured sand made concrete for varying microfine levels	Arulmoly, B., Konthesingha, C., Nanayakkara, A.
31	Possible clinical implications and future directions of managing bacterial biofilms in cutaneous leishmaniasis wounds	Kaluarachchi, T.D.J., Campbell, P.M., Wickremasinghe, R., (…), McBain, A.J., Weerasekera, M.
32	Present sociocultural status of the Sri Lankan indigenous people (the Veddas) and future challenges	Ananda, T., Nahallage, C.
33	Primary hyperparathyroidism in pregnancy: experience of a tertiary centre	Arshad, M.F., Arambewela, M.H., Bennet, W.M., Sterrenburg, M., Balasubramanian, S.P.
34	Protective Effect of Fish Gut Hydrolysates from Olive Flounder (Paralichthys olivaceus) Surimi Byproducts Against AAPH-Induced Oxidative Stress in In Vitro and In Vivo Zebrafish Models	Jayawardhana, H.H.A.C.K., Oh, J.Y., Jayawardena, T.U., (…), Jeon, Y.-J., Park, J.
35	Real-Time Metaheuristic Algorithm for Dynamic Fuzzification, De-Fuzzification and Fuzzy Reasoning Processes	Jayetileke, H.R., de Mel, W.R., Mukhopadhyay, S.C.
36	Reframing female bodies in Sri Lankan cinema: 28 and Asandhimitta revisited	Warnapala, K.
37	Semidirect Products of Finite Groups in Public-Key Cryptographic Protocols	Lanel, G.H.J., Jinasena, T.M.K.K., Welihinda, B.A.K.
38	Sri Lankan traditional parboiled rice: A panacea for hyperglycaemia?	Thennakoon, T.P.A.U., Ekanayake, S.
39	State-of-the-art of research progress on adsorptive removal of fluoride-contaminated water using biochar-based materials: Practical feasibility through reusability and column transport studies	Kumar, R., Sharma, P., Yang, W., (…), Vithanage, M., Maity, J.P.
40	Suppression and management of Meloidogyne incognita in soil using Trichoderma harzianum NFCF160 and Trichoderma virens Isf-77	Rajakaruna, N., Undugoda, L., Kannangara, S., Abeywickrama, K.
41	Synthesis of a bifunctional EDTA–carboxymethyl chitosan derivative and its potential as an adsorbent for the removal of Cu2+ ions from aqueous solutions	Weerasinghe, K., Liyanage, S., Kumarasinghe, U.R., Cooray, A.T.
42	Teaching and Learning of Queer Representation in Sri Lankan English Fiction: A Reception Study within Higher Education Institutions of Sri Lanka	De Costa, M.N.
43	Whether the audit expectation-performance gap is expanding amid changes in audit landscape? New evidence from an emerging economy	Kumari, J.S., Ajward, R.

USJ Researchers published 43 Scopus Indexed papers in September 2022

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