Paper ID:

PAPER TITLE

(TIMES NEW ROMAN, BOLD, FONT SIZE: 12, UPPERCASE, CENTER)

Author1 Family Name, A1, Author2 Family Name, B1* and Author3 Family Name, C2 (Times New Roman, Bold, Title Case, Font Size: 11, Center)

1First Institution, City, Country

(Author Affiliation: Times New Roman, Title Case, Font Size: 11, Center, Single Spacing)

emailauthor01@itum.mrt.ac.lk, emailauthor2@uom.ac.lk*

(email: Font Size: 10, Center, Single Spacing)

2Second Institution, City, Country

emailauthor03@umt.edu.my

[NOTE: For the first submission, indicate the Paper ID and attach the ‘Author Profile’ document separately. As a double-blind peer review process is followed, include the names of authors, affiliations, and contact emails only when submitting the camera-ready paper after fully addressing the reviewer comments. Use an asterisk (*) to identify the corresponding author. Do not use symbols, special characters, or footnotes in the paper title or abstract.]

ABSTRACT (Times New Roman, Bold, Uppercase, Justified, Font Size: 10): First line should start here. (Maximum: 300 words). The abstract should be written as a single paragraph, and should not contain any references. It should outline objectives and methodology together with important results and conclusions (Times New Roman, Sentence Case, Font Size: 10, Single Line Spacing, Justified).

Keywords: (Italic, Title Case, Font Size: 10): The keywords should be listed in lowercase (but capitalize proper nouns). The keywords should not be italic or bold, each keyword separated by a comma and a space and no ending punctuation after the final keyword. (Times New Roman, Sentence Case, Font Size: 10, Single Line Spacing, Justified) (Maximum: 5 keywords)

INTRODUCTION (TIMES NEW ROMAN, BOLD, UPPERCASE, FONT SIZE: 11)

The first paragraph should start here. (Body Text: Times New Roman, Sentence Case, Font Size: 11, Justified, Line Spacing:1.15).

This should state the reasons for performing the work with a brief review of related research studies in the context of the work described in the paper. Objectives of the study should be clearly stated.

Next Heading (Times New Roman, Title Case, Bold, Font Size: 12)

(Body text: -Times New Roman, Font Size: 11, Line Spacing: 1.15)

Subheading (Times New Roman, Title Case, Bold, Font Size: 11)

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METHODOLOGY (TIMES NEW ROMAN, BOLD, UPPERCASE, FONT SIZE: 11)

First paragraph should start here. (Times New Roman, Sentence Case, Font Size: 11, Justified, Line Spacing: 1.15)

Methods can be mentioned with appropriate references. Methods of statistical analyses used need to be mentioned where relevant.

RESULTS AND DISCUSSION (TIMES NEW ROMAN, BOLD, UPPERCASE, FONT SIZE: 11)

(Body Text: Times New Roman, Sentence Case, Font Size: 11, Justified, Line Spacing: 1.15)

Results and discussion can be presented either together or separately.

Results: Results have to be concisely and logically presented.

Discussion: Data essential for the conclusions emerging from the study need to be discussed.

Equations:

Each equation should be numbered in parentheses and aligned with the right margin.

A2 + B2C2 + Y2 = 5XY	(1)

Figures and Tables:

Citing Figures:

A figure is any illustration or image other than a table, such as a graph, photograph, drawing, or map. Figures should be appropriately described in the text before being inserted and referred to as (Figure 1). Use bold styling for the word “Figure” and the number (e.g. Figure 1). Leave one-line space before the figure and one-line space after the caption. The Figure caption should appear directly below the figure without any space between the figure and the caption.

Figure 1. Figure Caption (Times New Roman, Title Case, Font Size: 10, Center) (Source: AB, et al. 2022)

Citing Tables:

Tables should be placed in the text immediately after they are first mentioned (e.g., "As shown in Table 1…"). Use bold styling for the word “Table” and the number (e.g., Table 1). The caption should appear directly above the table. Use Times New Roman, font size 10 for the table body.

Table 1. Table Caption (Times New Roman, Title Case, Font Size: 10, Center)

Item	Heading 1	Heading 2	Heading 3
1	Data 1	Data 2	Data 3
2
3

Note: Explanations to clarify information in the table (if needed)

Adding a Note:

A note may be placed below a table or figure to explain details not clear from the title or figure alone, such as abbreviations. Not all tables or figures require notes. (Times New Roman, Line Spacing: 1.15, Font size: 11, Superscript).

CONCLUSION (TIMES NEW ROMAN, BOLD, UPPERCASE, FONT SIZE: 11)

(Times New Roman, Sentence Case, Font Size: 11, Justified, Line Spacing: 1.15)

The conclusion should be brief, highlight the outcomes of the study and should be aligned with the objectives of the study.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS (TIMES NEW ROMAN, BOLD, UPPERCASE, FONT SIZE: 11) (if any)

Should be brief and made for specific scientific, financial and technical assistance. All those who have made substantial contribution to the research but do not qualify to be authors should be acknowledged. (Times New Roman, Sentence Case, Font Size: 11, Justified, Single Line Spacing)

REFERENCES (TIMES NEW ROMAN, BOLD, UPPERCASE, FONT SIZE: 12)

All research work of the authors, when used or referred to or cited, should be correctly acknowledged in the text and in the references.

Citing references in the text: References must be indicated in the text as per the Author–Year system, by the author’s last name and year, in parenthesis (Able, 1997) or (Able and Thompson, 1998) or (Able et al., 1997)

The list of references should be arranged in alphabetical order based on the last name of the first author (List of references: APA referencing style (7th), Times New Roman, Sentence Case, Font Size: 11, Justified, Line Spacing: 1.15).

For more information on APA referencing, please refer to the guideline available on the University of Moratuwa website at the link below.

APA Reference Style (7th Edition)

Reference Examples:

Books

Author, A. A. (Year). Title of work: Subtitle (nth ed.). Location: Publisher. Editor, A. A. (Ed.). (Year). Title of work: Subtitle (nth ed.). Location: Publisher.

Electronic book

Author, A. A. (Year). Title of work: Subtitle (nth ed.). Retrieved from http://www.xxxxxxx Author, A. A. (Ed.). (Year). Title of work: Subtitle (nth ed.). doi:xx.xxxxxxxxxx

For a chapter in a book

Author, A. A., & Author, B. B. (Year). Title of chapter or entry. In A. Editor, B. Editor,

& C. Editor (Eds), Title of book (pp. xxx-xxx). Location: Publisher.

Journal, newspaper, magazine articles

Author, A. A., Author, B. B., & Author, C. C. (Year). Title of article. Title of Periodical, vol (issue), xxx-xxx.

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