12 papers
Trilingual Topic Modeling of Sri Lankan Parliamentary Debates
Himath Dhanapala, Haren Daishika, Himandhi Kuruppu +6
Sri Lankan parliamentary debates (Hansards) constitute a trilingual corpus of speeches in Sinhala, Tamil, and English, including code-mixed content, yet remain inaccessible to stan…
Environmental Drivers of Respiratory Disease: A District Level Analysis
Rahim Iqbal, Asfi Ahamed, Izzath Nisfer +6
Sri Lanka has experienced a decade of progressive forest degradation and rising atmospheric pollution, yet district-level respiratory admissions have paradoxically declined, pointi…
How Environment and Urbanization Shape Bird Diversity in Sri Lanka
Dilusha Chandrasiri, Maneesha Herath, Yasith Hewarathna +6
This study presents a comprehensive analysis of bird diversity across Sri Lanka by integrating spatial, temporal, and environmental data. Bird observation records were combined wit…
Golden Hour Divide: Trauma Care Accessibility and Resource Vulnerability in Sri Lanka
Sonath Kirindage, Vihanga Nimsara, Sakindu Rajapaksa +6
Timely intensive care dictates survival, yet emergency infrastructure remains unevenly distributed across Sri Lanka. While pre-hospital services have expanded, the transition to de…
When Prices Double in a Week: Forecasting of Agricultural Volatility in Import-Isolated Markets
Ranuga Weerasekara, Heshan Nethmina, Manuja Ranathunga +6
Vegetable prices in Sri Lanka are highly volatile because the market is largely import-isolated, so supply disruptions quickly drive prices up. This study develops a machine learni…
Fault of Our Stars: Behavioral Drivers of Rating-Sentiment Incongruence
Ramanaish Abaiyan, Ruththiragayan Sutharsan, Kusal Amantha +7
When people share experiences online, they often express thoughts in two ways: a star rating and a written review. In sentiment analysis, ratings are widely used as convenient weak…