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Model Of No-Tobacco-Use-In School (Ntuis) On Tobacco Use Knowledge, Attitude And Behaviour Among Adolescents In Bhutan: A Quasi-Experimental Study, Sonam Rinchen Jan 2017

Model Of No-Tobacco-Use-In School (Ntuis) On Tobacco Use Knowledge, Attitude And Behaviour Among Adolescents In Bhutan: A Quasi-Experimental Study, Sonam Rinchen

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

Introduction: Tobacco use among the 13–15 year olds is a major concern in Bhutan. The prevalence of tobacco use is higher in adolescents than in adults. It had been reported that 28.6% of boys and 11.1% of girls are current smokers. There has not been a single study conducted to this point on the tobacco use prevention in schools. This study attempted to explore a school-based peer-led health education model called ‘No-Tobacco-Use in Schools’ (NTUIS) to evaluate changes in the student’s tobacco use knowledge, attitudes towards tobacco use, intentions to use tobacco in the future and maintenance of non-user status. …

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Internet Addiction And Health Problems Through Smartphone Among International Students In A University In Bangkok Thailand : Online Questionnaire, Supattra Phromsiri Jan 2017

Internet Addiction And Health Problems Through Smartphone Among International Students In A University In Bangkok Thailand : Online Questionnaire, Supattra Phromsiri

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

The increase in Internet use through smartphones, particularly among the generation Y group, has brought about several health challenges in today’s society. Few studies have investigated the issue of Internet addiction (IA) through the smartphone in Bangkok to date. This cross-sectional study aimed to assess IA level and to determine Internet-related health problems among international program students in a university in Bangkok. Further, this study sought to determine the association between level of smartphone IA and health problems. Data regarding the pattern of Internet use, IA level, and related health problems were collected via a self-administered online questionnaire. Validity and …

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A Randomized Controlled Trial Comparing The Effects Of Arm-Swing Exercise And Low Sodium Intake Education Program With Low Sodium Intake Education Alone On Blood Pressure, Heart Rate And Cardiorespiratory Fitness In Postmenopausal Women With Prehypertension, Sukanya Tantiprasoplap Jan 2017

A Randomized Controlled Trial Comparing The Effects Of Arm-Swing Exercise And Low Sodium Intake Education Program With Low Sodium Intake Education Alone On Blood Pressure, Heart Rate And Cardiorespiratory Fitness In Postmenopausal Women With Prehypertension, Sukanya Tantiprasoplap

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

Background: Hypertension is a serious public health problem in both economically developing and developed countries because it is one of the leading causes of global mortality and morbidity. People with prehypertension are more likely to develop full-blown hypertension which is more likely to develop associated health problems. Thus, early prevention of hypertension is very important to decrease the burden of diseases. Particulary, postmenopausal women who have changed in hormonal system effecting on risk of cardiovascular diseases. There is one of exercises that people with prehypertension in rural can perform more easily; Arm Swing Exercise is a kind of Chinese exercise …

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Factors Influencing The Utilization Of Intermittentpreventive Treatment For Malaria Control During Pregnancy Among Mothers Of Under One Children In Rural Lilongwe, Malawi, Taonga Mafuleka Jan 2017

Factors Influencing The Utilization Of Intermittentpreventive Treatment For Malaria Control During Pregnancy Among Mothers Of Under One Children In Rural Lilongwe, Malawi, Taonga Mafuleka

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

Routine administration of Sulphadoxine Pyrimethamine (SP) to pregnant women for intermittent preventive treatment (IPTp) of malaria during pregnancy leads to improved maternal health and pregnancy outcomes. This study explores determinants for IPTp-SP utilization among mothers of under-one children in rural Lilongwe, Malawi. Using multi-stage sampling method, this cross sectional study recruited 355 mothers of children under the age of one year from six health facilities. Respondents were aged 18-49 years and were interviewed using an interviewer-administered questionnaire. Bivariate analysis using Chi-Square and multivariate analysis (binary logistic regression) were performed. Overall, 84.0% of the mothers attended at least three antenatal care …

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Patterns Of Heroin Use And Risk Behaviors Among Prisoners In Colombo,Sri Lanka, Theruwani Narmada Dissanayake Jan 2017

Patterns Of Heroin Use And Risk Behaviors Among Prisoners In Colombo,Sri Lanka, Theruwani Narmada Dissanayake

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

Heroin is a highly addictive drug which affect a number of problems for users as well as society. However, there were no any recent data regarding heroin users among prisoner in Sri Lanka. This study aimed to identify the patterns of heroin use, risk behaviors and level of addiction among male prisoners in Sri Lanka. A face to face interview questionnaire was administrated purposively sampling among 334 heroin users aged 18 years and above. The average of age was 37.8 ± 6.1 while average age of heroin first used was 30.8 ± 4.2. Drug use was largely introduced from friends …

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Pesticides Exposure And Health Risk Assessment : A Case Studyof Health Effect On Male Ground-Nut Farmers’ Reproductive System In Kyauk-Kan Village Of Nyaung-U District, Mandalay Region, Myanmar, Thant Zaw Lwin Jan 2017

Pesticides Exposure And Health Risk Assessment : A Case Studyof Health Effect On Male Ground-Nut Farmers’ Reproductive System In Kyauk-Kan Village Of Nyaung-U District, Mandalay Region, Myanmar, Thant Zaw Lwin

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

Exposure to pesticides affects many body organs including reproductive system. This is the first of its kind pioneering study in Myanmar and the main objective of the present study review was to explore knowledge and practice on safe use of pesticide among farmers and to find out the effects of pesticide on male reproductive system by using biomarkers (semen, serum hormone and blood cholinesterase level) among male farmers in Kyauk Kan village of Nyaung-U District, Mandalay Region, Myanmar and accompanied with nine specific objectives. There were 3 phases, the first phase was cross-sectional study named as observational study, identified the …

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Knowledge, Attitude And Practice Of Preventive Behaviour Towards Hypertension Among Myanmar Migrants In Samutsakhon Province, Thailand, Thet Su San Jan 2017

Knowledge, Attitude And Practice Of Preventive Behaviour Towards Hypertension Among Myanmar Migrants In Samutsakhon Province, Thailand, Thet Su San

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

A cross sectional study was done in MaharChai Subdistrict, Samut Sakhon, Thailand in April and May 2018. The main purpose of this study was to assess the knowledge, attitude and practice of preventive behaviour regarding hypertension among Myanmar migrants living in the Samutsakhon province. The study was done on 422 participants(219 male and 203 female ).Face to face interview was carried out using structured interviewer administered questionnaire. The ethical approval was given on 17th April, 2018 with protocol no.070.1/61. Questionnaire consists of socio-demographic characteristics, knowledge, attitude and practice of preventive behaviour regarding hypertension. Frequency distribution, chi-square and Fisher-exact tests were …

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Factors Associated With Work-Related Musculoskeletal Disorders (Wmsds) Among Coffee Harvesters In Doi Chaang Coffee Factory, Mae Suai District, Chiang Rai, Thailand, Wipawee Songsaeng Jan 2017

Factors Associated With Work-Related Musculoskeletal Disorders (Wmsds) Among Coffee Harvesters In Doi Chaang Coffee Factory, Mae Suai District, Chiang Rai, Thailand, Wipawee Songsaeng

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

Work-related musculoskeletal disorders (WMSDs) cause great impact on health of the working population especially the unskilled labor such as farmers and low-income workers. However, in Thailand, only a few epidemiological studies investigated the risk factors related to WMSDs in farmers. This cross-sectional study aims to assess the prevalence and risk factors associated with WMSDs among 272 coffee harvesters in Chiang Rai, Thailand. The questionnaire was adapted from Standard Nordic Questionnaire and face to face interview was done with the eligible participants. Descriptive statistic was used to find the prevalence and binary logistic regression was use to find the association between …

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Barriers To Prompt And Effective Malaria Treatment Among Malaria Infected Patients In Palaw Township, Tanintharyi Region,Myanmar : Cross Sectional Study, Zar Zar Naing Jan 2017

Barriers To Prompt And Effective Malaria Treatment Among Malaria Infected Patients In Palaw Township, Tanintharyi Region,Myanmar : Cross Sectional Study, Zar Zar Naing

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

Barriers to Prompt and Effective Malaria Treatment among Malaria Infected Patients in Palaw Township, Tanintharyi Region, Myanmar : Cross Sectional Study Background: In Greater Mekong Sub regions, Myanmar is the highest malaria burden country. At the Myanmar-Thailand border, Artemisinin resistance in Plasmodium falciparum has been present for several years . Prompt and effective malaria treatment is the corner stone to reduce malaria morbidity , mortality and drug resistance malaria. Although National Malaria Control Program leads to fill the gaps for prompt and effective treatment of malaria, gaps are still present related to sociodemographic characteristics and knowledge of malaria, treatment seeking …

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Chinese Tourists' Perception For Medical Tourism Services In Bangkok, Thailand, Zhuang Liu Jan 2017

Chinese Tourists' Perception For Medical Tourism Services In Bangkok, Thailand, Zhuang Liu

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

The objectives of this research, a cross-sectional study, were twofold: 1) to investigate the factor structure of medical tourism perception among Chinese tourists, 2) to investigate the correlation between medical tourism perception and demographic, health characteristics among Chinese tourists. The data were analysed by performing Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA) with varimax rotation method. The questionnaire was distributed to the samples covering 481 Chinese tourists currently travelling to Thailand through travel agency as tour group and as Free Individual Tourists (FIT). The purposive sampling technique, a non-probability sampling, was used for data collection. The research findings can be summarized as follows: …

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Pharmacognostic Specification And Chrysin Content Of Oroxylum Indicum Seed, Kirana Praserdmek Jan 2017

Pharmacognostic Specification And Chrysin Content Of Oroxylum Indicum Seed, Kirana Praserdmek

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

Oroxylum indicum (L.) Kurz, belonging to Bignoniaceae family, is known in Thai common name as Phe-Kaa. In Thailand, it has been used in the treatment of a cough and as a purgative. However, the pharmacognostic specification of this crude drug and its chrysin content have never been established in Thailand. Consequently, this study aimed to exhibit the pharmacognostic specification, analyses of the content of chrysin and fixed oil chemical constituents of O. indicum seeds. O. indicum were collected from 15 different locations in Thailand. The results indicated that the contents of loss on drying, moisture, total ash, acid-insoluble ash, ethanol …

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A Randomized Controlled Trial On The Effectiveness Of Court-Type Traditional Thai Massage Versus Topical Diclofenac To Treat Frozen Shoulder, Puangpaka Tankitjanon Jan 2017

A Randomized Controlled Trial On The Effectiveness Of Court-Type Traditional Thai Massage Versus Topical Diclofenac To Treat Frozen Shoulder, Puangpaka Tankitjanon

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

This study aims to evaluate the effectiveness of the court-type traditional Thai massage (CTTM) in treating patients suffering from frozen shoulder in comparison with topical diclofenac (TD). A randomized controlled trial was conducted at the Thai Traditional Medical Service Center, Sukhothai Thammatirat University, Nonthaburi province. The participants of idiopathic frozen shoulder were diagnosed by the orthopedic doctor. Sixty female patients aged were randomly assigned to receive CTTM (treatment group, n=30) and TD (control group, n=30). CTTM was performed for 12 sessions during a 1-6 week period, and followed up at week 8th, 10th. TD was administered 5 g three times …

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Macroscopic, Microscopic And Molecular Evaluations For The Identification Of Erythrina Species Distributed In Thailand, Kitipan Khaonim Jan 2017

Macroscopic, Microscopic And Molecular Evaluations For The Identification Of Erythrina Species Distributed In Thailand, Kitipan Khaonim

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

Plants in the genus Erythrina belong to the family FABACEAE. There are six species distributed in Thailand (Erythrina fusca Lour., Erythrina stricta Roxb., Erythrina crista-galli L., Erythrina subumbrans (Hassk) Merr., Erythrina variegata L., and Erythrina indica Lam.). Due to the similarity of the morphological characters and synonym in a vernacular name, the identification of these species is ambiguous. Therefore, an accurate investigation of their identities is essential. This research aimed to distinguish six Erythrina spp. through the macroscopic, microscopic, and molecular genetic analyses. The anatomical characteristics of each species (cross section of midrib) and the constant values of leaves including …

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Effectiveness Of Healing Touch Technique Among Autistic Patient : A Randomized Control Trial, Vanvisa Sresumatchai Jan 2017

Effectiveness Of Healing Touch Technique Among Autistic Patient : A Randomized Control Trial, Vanvisa Sresumatchai

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

This randomized control trial study aimed to compare of effectiveness of healing touch technique in changing of behavior problem of autism patient between intervention group and control group of autistic children in Nonthaburi Autistic Center, Nonthaburi province. Data was collected by using a self-administered questionnaire from parent of autistic among 64 sampled (59 Male, 5 female) age of samples ranged from 13-26 years were included in this study. Binary logistic regression, Generalized Linear Model, and Generalized Estimating Equations were applied for the analysis.For main symptom of autistic, most of them were repetitive behavior and fixated interests 78.5% and 75.0% respectively. …

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Pharmacognostic Specification, Mangiferin Content, Biological Activities Of Aquilaria Crassna Leaves And Dna Barcodes Of Selected Plants In Genus Aquilaria, Woratouch Thitikornpong Jan 2017

Pharmacognostic Specification, Mangiferin Content, Biological Activities Of Aquilaria Crassna Leaves And Dna Barcodes Of Selected Plants In Genus Aquilaria, Woratouch Thitikornpong

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

Aquilaria crassna Pierre ex Lecomte (Thymelaeaceae) has been used as a medicinal plant in many aspects. Previous research has revealed that A. crassna leaves contain mangiferin as an active compound. Although the active component has been investigated, the pharmacognostic specification and quantification of mangiferin from A. crassna leaves have never been established. There still have little findings about biological activities of A. crassna leaves extract and its metabolite, mangiferin as well as the molecular evaluation of plant in genus Aquilaria. The study aimed to conduct and develop a pharmacognostic standard according to WHO guidance as well as the validated method …

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Standardization Of Chromolaena Odorata, Kaempferia Parviflora And Zanthoxylum Piperitum, Yamon Pitakpawasutthi Jan 2017

Standardization Of Chromolaena Odorata, Kaempferia Parviflora And Zanthoxylum Piperitum, Yamon Pitakpawasutthi

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

Chromolaena odorata (L.) R.M. King & H. Rob. or Sabsue is a species in family Asteraceae. In Thailand, it is locally used to treat skin diseases, diabetes, as well as insect bites. Kaempferia parviflora Wall. ex Baker or Krachai Dum belongs to Zingiberaceae family. In herbal medicine, it is generally used to promote health, to cure gastrointestinal disorder and anti-inflammation. Zanthoxylum piperitum (L.) DC., belonging to the Rutaceae family, is known in Thai name as Prig Horm. All parts of Z. piperitum are used to treat abdominal pain, vomiting and diarrhea. Chlorogenic acid, 5,7-dimethoxyflavone and xanthoxylin are the active components …

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Plan Member’S Heterogeneity, Economic Regime Effect And Their Implication On The Management And Sustainability Of Retirement Funds, Thepdanai Danswasvong Jan 2017

Plan Member’S Heterogeneity, Economic Regime Effect And Their Implication On The Management And Sustainability Of Retirement Funds, Thepdanai Danswasvong

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

This research studies the importance of plan members' heterogeneity to the management of defined benefit (DB) pension fund. We propose a new multi-member model of DB pension fund that allows for heterogeneity in plan members' retirement ages, salary growths, and other characteristics. We first solve analytically for optimal management strategy and show that the sponsor's supplementary contribution and the fund's allocation in risky assets are determined by the cross-product between the fund's expected retirement liabilities and some heterogeneity-adjusted discount factors. We then demonstrate that the presence of heterogeneity can have a significant influence on the optimal management strategy and that …

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Structural Model Of Engagement And Turnover Intention In Thai Pharmacist, Tulakarn Nakpun Jan 2017

Structural Model Of Engagement And Turnover Intention In Thai Pharmacist, Tulakarn Nakpun

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

Turnover of community pharmacist can affect continuity of patient care and most importantly the quality of care and also the costs of a pharmacy. It was hypothesized that organizational resources, job characteristics, and social supports had direct effect on pharmacist turnover intention, and indirect effect on pharmacist turnover intention via pharmacist engagement. This research aimed to study influencing factors on pharmacist engagement and pharmacist turnover intention by testing the proposed structural hypothesized model to explain the relationship among organizational resources, job characteristics, and social supports that effect on pharmacist turnover intention and pharmacist engagement in Thai community pharmacists. A cross …

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The Fall Of The Communist Party Of Thailand From The Chinese Perspective, Feng Cui Jan 2017

The Fall Of The Communist Party Of Thailand From The Chinese Perspective, Feng Cui

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

The Communist movement in Thailand was part of the international communist movement. So Communism in Thailand was introduced from outside and also influenced by the outside world. The history of Communist Party of Thailand (CPT) was part of Cold War. In fact, the rise of the CPT and China's help were inseparably intertwined. Thai communists could not develop so fast without the help of China after the 1960s. However, the CPT finally failed in the 1980s due to its wrong strategy of development, internal divisions and struggles, the government's counterinsurgency, the loss of support from China, among other factors. There …

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A New Multilateral Electricity Trading Model For Asean, Kevin Mark Lee Jan 2017

A New Multilateral Electricity Trading Model For Asean, Kevin Mark Lee

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

The ASEAN Power Grid (APG) was initiated in 1997 as a means to achieve energy security in Southeast Asia in a sustainable manner. Two decades on, the APG project faces significant challenges to the development of both physical and institutional infrastructure. Many of these cannot be easily addressed due to the socio-political realities of the region. The ASEAN electricity exchange initiative (AEE), a proposal by the ASEAN Energy Market Initiative, may prove to be a more feasible approach for regional power sector integration, as it does not require complete domestic electricity market unbundling or privatization. This thesis analyzes regional electricity …

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Spelling Errors In Thai Made By Chinese And Lao Students Speaking Thai As A Foreign Language, Peng Hou Jan 2017

Spelling Errors In Thai Made By Chinese And Lao Students Speaking Thai As A Foreign Language, Peng Hou

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

When learning a foreign language, it is important to learn how to accurately spell as it is crucial for communication. To accurately spell in the Thai language is challenging for both native and foreign learners of Thai. However, there are few studies that address the spelling errors made by foreign learners of Thai. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to analyze the patterns and causes of spelling errors made by Chinese and Lao students speaking Thai as a foreign language. In order to gather data for this analysis, thirty Chinese students and thirty Lao students took part in a …

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Factors Influencing Chinese Medical Tourists' Satisfaction With Medical Services In Thailand, Xiyuan Zhao Jan 2017

Factors Influencing Chinese Medical Tourists' Satisfaction With Medical Services In Thailand, Xiyuan Zhao

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

Medical tourism is a new worldwide niche market, which generates apparent economic benefits. Chinese medical tourists are a significant consumer group in the medical tourism industry that many countries have begun to explore. This research aims to study the factors motivating mainland Chinese medical tourists to seek healthcare in Thailand and to assess their satisfaction with the medical services they received in this country. This research adopted both qualitative and quantitative methods. The findings indicate that the key factors motivating mainland Chinese medical tourists to travel to Thailand to receive in medical services include recommendations and media advertisements, national policies, …

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The Role Of Chinese Commercial Associations In Supporting New Chinese Sojourners In Bangkok : A Case Study Of The Thai-Guangxi Commercial Association, Zhong Jin Wen Jan 2017

The Role Of Chinese Commercial Associations In Supporting New Chinese Sojourners In Bangkok : A Case Study Of The Thai-Guangxi Commercial Association, Zhong Jin Wen

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

Thailand has always maintained friendly relations with China throughout long history, which include relationship in the cultural, political, economic, social and tourism areas, among others. In recent decades, especially following the development of the Chinese "one belt, one road" policy, more and more Chinese sojourners have chosen Thailand as their sojourning destination. However, looking back to the history, we will see that most old Chinese immigrants moved from China to Thailand to make a living as businessmen or labor force. During that period, commercial associations needed to be established, so that these Chinese immigrants could help each other, (such an …

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The Effects Of Digital Story Writing Instruction On Narrative Writing Skills Of Junior High School Students In Indonesia, Elsa Widya Hapsari Jan 2017

The Effects Of Digital Story Writing Instruction On Narrative Writing Skills Of Junior High School Students In Indonesia, Elsa Widya Hapsari

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

The objectives of the study were: 1) to explore the effects of digital story writing instruction on narrative writing skills of junior high school students in Indonesia; 2) to investigate how digital story writing instruction enhance English writing motivation of junior high school students in Indonesia. The instruments used in this study were online narrative writing test, writing motivation questionnaire, and a semi-structured interview. The sample in this study was 35 students from eighth- grade who were studying in 2017 academic year at Sekolah Menengah Pertama Islam Terpadu (SMP IT) in Indonesia. The research design was one-group pretest-posttest, quasi-experimental design. …

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Students’ Motivation And Teachers’ Motivational Strategies In English Language Classrooms In Unstable Socio-Political Contexts, Hkawn San Nra Jan 2017

Students’ Motivation And Teachers’ Motivational Strategies In English Language Classrooms In Unstable Socio-Political Contexts, Hkawn San Nra

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

This study investigated students' motivation, teachers' use of motivational strategies in English classrooms in an unstable socio-political state in Myanmar. In addition, how the situation affected the use of motivational strategies was also explored. Since previous studies have shown how students and teachers in such areas may be affected by the situation, this study will provide insights into how teacher education institutions can prepare and support the teachers in such areas. Sequential explanatory mix-method was employed and the data were collected from 172 students and 5 teachers in eleventh grade English classrooms from five upper secondary schools. Questionnaires, classroom observations, …

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The Development Of The English Content-Based Reading Materials For Buddhist Student Monks, Phatchareporn Supphipat Jan 2017

The Development Of The English Content-Based Reading Materials For Buddhist Student Monks, Phatchareporn Supphipat

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

The objectives of this study are 1) to develop the English content-based reading materials for Buddhist student monks, 2) to examine the attitude of student monks towards the quality of the English content-based reading materials, and 3) to examine the attitude of teachers towards the quality of the English content-based reading materials. The study was conducted in 6 stages starting from the identification of needs to create materials to the evaluation of the effectiveness of the developed materials. The participants of 42 student monks and 3 English teachers were purposefully selected from the Education Department of Wat Phra Dhammakaya in …

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Effects Of Direct Vocabulary And Vocabulary Learning Strategies Instruction On Indonesian Prospective English Teachers’ Vocabulary Size, Sudarman - Jan 2017

Effects Of Direct Vocabulary And Vocabulary Learning Strategies Instruction On Indonesian Prospective English Teachers’ Vocabulary Size, Sudarman -

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

The objectives of the study were: 1) to explore the effects of direct vocabulary and vocabulary learning strategies instruction on Indonesian prospective English teachers' vocabulary size, and 2) to investigate the students' opinions towards the treatment of direct vocabulary and vocabulary learning strategies instruction. The study was one-group pretest-posttest, pre-experimental design. The instruments employed in this study were the Vocabulary Levels Test (VLT) and a semi-structured interview. The samples were the 33 first-year students majoring in English education at University of Kutai Kartanegara, Indonesia for the Academic Year 2017/2018. The findings of the study showed that there was a significant …

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Effects Of Holistic Approach Using Local Cultural Content On English Oral Communication Ability Of Sixth Grade Students In Phrae Province, Wasida Sawongta Jan 2017

Effects Of Holistic Approach Using Local Cultural Content On English Oral Communication Ability Of Sixth Grade Students In Phrae Province, Wasida Sawongta

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

This study aimed to study the effects of Holistic Approach using local cultural content on English oral communication ability of sixth grade students and to investigate their opinions towards learning through Holistic Approach using local cultural content. The participants were 21 sixth grade students studying in Phrae Province in academic year 2017. The quantitative and qualitative data were collected in 13-week experiment using seven instruments including need analysis questionnaire, English oral communication test, English oral communication scoring rubrics, lesson plans, self-evaluation form, Metacognitive Awareness Inventory questionnaire, and focus group discussion. The Wilcoxon Signed Ranks Test, mean scores, and standard deviation …

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An Exploration Of Motivational Strategies, Beliefs, And Contextual Factors: A Case Of Chinese Efl Teachers, Xiaosu Chen Jan 2017

An Exploration Of Motivational Strategies, Beliefs, And Contextual Factors: A Case Of Chinese Efl Teachers, Xiaosu Chen

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

Based on the Self-determination theory, teachers can enhance learners' intrinsic motivation and their use of motivational strategies may be influenced by their beliefs and contextual factors. This case study was thus designed to explore these relationships in the contexts of EFL classrooms in Northwest of China, in which student's motivation levels in English learning were found in previous studies to be lower than that of the students in other regions. Six EFL teachers from a public upper secondary school in this region were observed in their tenth grade English classrooms over one month. After the observations, they were interviewed to …

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Difference Of Some Spermatozoa And Seminal Plasma Proteins In Good And Poor Freezability Boar Ejaculates, Janyaporn Rungruangsak Jan 2017

Difference Of Some Spermatozoa And Seminal Plasma Proteins In Good And Poor Freezability Boar Ejaculates, Janyaporn Rungruangsak

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

The present study was performed to determine the differences of some seminal plasma proteins, i.e., glutathione peroxidase 5 (GPX5) and fibronectin 1 (FN1), and some spermatozoa proteins, i.e., triosephosphate isomerase (TPI) and ACRBP (acrosin binding protein), in the boar semen having good and poor freezability. The study was conducted by including 38 ejaculates in seminal plasma study and 32 ejaculates from spermatozoa study from 27 boars (Duroc=13, Landrace= 8, Yorkshire= 6). The semen was split into two portions. The first portion was centrifuged to separate the pellet of sperm from the seminal plasma. The samples were kept at −80 °C …

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