Animal welfare refers to the state of an animal's physical and mental health as well as its well-being, humane treatment, and appropriate care. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the welfare of a flock of laying ...

Sri Lanka has witnessed a struggle with floods and cyclones, transitioning from occasional emergencies to persistent and growing threats. This study provides the first consolidated long-term temporal analysis that uniquely ...

Petroleum-based plastics are poorly biodegradable, and their widespread use has caused serious environmental pollution. Agro-industrial residues containing cellulose, hemicellulose, and pectin offer a promising alternative ...

Driven by population growth, the demand for poultry meat is escalating. Customer perception of meat from free-range chickens is healthier and more flavourful than meat from poultry raised through intensive methods. This ...

Introduction: Fish vending, an informal work, is expected to cause WMSDs due to prolonged standing, shoulder elevation, bending and twisting, repetitiveness and high physical activities. The study was carried out to ...

Cattle productivity can be significantly enhanced through breed improvement, but farmers’ trait preferences must be considered when improving the genetic make-up of local cattle breeds. This study investigated the breeding ...

Global conventional agricultural, livestock production and related land uses contribute a large proportion to the total global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. On the other hand, circular agriculture reduces carbon emissions ...

This study critically examines the extent to which Ijārah nancing practices in Sri Lanka's Islamic banking sector conform to the principles delineated in the Accounting and Auditing Organization for Islamic Financial ...

This study examines the spatiotemporal dynamics of the Urban Heat Island (UHI) effect in the Southeastern region of Sri Lanka, from 2019 to 2025, utilizing Landsat-8/9 satellite imagery and ArcGIS Pro analysis. Despite ...

The growing demand for electronic devices has significantly increased the need for efficient and sustainable power sources. Supercapacitors, including electrochemical double layer capacitors (EDLCs) and pseudocapacitors, ...