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Synthesis Of Ni-Tin Incorporated Porous Silica Catalysts For Dry Reforming Of Methane, Maslin Chotirach Jan 2017

Synthesis Of Ni-Tin Incorporated Porous Silica Catalysts For Dry Reforming Of Methane, Maslin Chotirach

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

A new titanium nitride (TiN) promoted nickel catalyst was synthesized and tested as an alternative catalyst in the dry reforming of methane (DRM). The series of this catalyst with various Ni and TiN contents was prepared in two steps, direct synthesis of SBA-15 in the presence of TiN, followed by the impregnation of Ni. The influence of TiN promoted Ni-based catalyst on dry reforming reaction was investigated at the temperature of 700ºC and atmospheric pressure for a duration of 4 h, using feed ratio of CH4/CO2 = 1. The promising catalysts, that gave highest CO2 and CH4 conversions as well …

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Electrochemical Properties Of Lnsr3-Xcaxfe3-Ybyo10 (Ln = La, Pr And Sm; X = 0-1.0; B = Co, Ni And Cu; Y = 0-1.5) For Intermediate Temperature Solid Oxide Fuel Cells, Nicharee Wongsawatgul Jan 2017

Electrochemical Properties Of Lnsr3-Xcaxfe3-Ybyo10 (Ln = La, Pr And Sm; X = 0-1.0; B = Co, Ni And Cu; Y = 0-1.5) For Intermediate Temperature Solid Oxide Fuel Cells, Nicharee Wongsawatgul

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

To enhance the electrochemical performance of cathode material for intermediate temperature solid oxide fuel cell (IT-SOFC) the Ruddlesden-Popper (RP) phases of LnSr3-xCaxFe3-yByO10 (Ln = La, Pr and Sm; x = 0-1.0; B = Ni, Co, and Cu; y = 0-1.5) was investigated and prepared by citric nitrate combustion method. Firstly, various Ca concentrations were added to the LaSr3-xCaxFe3O10-δ structure and it was found that the materials contained low Ca concentration provided the lower area specific resistance (ASR) and better electrochemical cell performance due to the enhance in conductivity and reduction of TEC. Secondly, the effect of Pr and Sm replacement …

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Electrochemical Sensors For Human Papillomavirus Dna, C-Reactive Protein And Food Colorants Detections, Sakda Jampasa Jan 2017

Electrochemical Sensors For Human Papillomavirus Dna, C-Reactive Protein And Food Colorants Detections, Sakda Jampasa

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

In this dissertation, electrochemical sensors for determination of medical biomolecular markers and food colorants were developed. The research can be divided into two parts. In the first part, electrochemical sensors for determination of clinically important biomarkers were studied. There was two subprojects based on the target markers. The first subproject was the development of electrochemical sensor for the simultaneous detection of high-risk human papillomaviruses (HPV) DNA type 16 and 18 as biomarkers for cervical cancer. In this work, a highly specific pyrrolidinyl peptide nucleic acid was employed as DNA capture probe for both target DNAs. A second PNA probe labeled …

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Fecu/Sio2 Catalysts Prepared By Autocombustion Method For Fischer-Tropsch Synthesis, Suthasinee Pengnarapat Jan 2017

Fecu/Sio2 Catalysts Prepared By Autocombustion Method For Fischer-Tropsch Synthesis, Suthasinee Pengnarapat

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

The purpose of this study was to prepare iron-based catalysts supported on silica by autocombustion method for directly using for Fischer-Tropsch synthesis (FTS) without a reduction step. The effect of different citric acid (CA):iron nitrate (N) molar ratios (CA:N), acid types and SiO2 supports on the FTS performance of catalysts were investigated. The CA:N had an important influence on the formation of iron active phases (FexC) and FTS activity. Increasing the CA:N molar ratios up to 0.1 increased CO conversion of catalyst to 86.5%, which was then decreased markedly at higher CA:N molar ratios. An excess of CA resulted in …

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Microencapsulation Of Eugenol In Polyelectrolyte Complexes Of Chitosan And Alginate, Chamaiporn Supachettapun Jan 2017

Microencapsulation Of Eugenol In Polyelectrolyte Complexes Of Chitosan And Alginate, Chamaiporn Supachettapun

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

Eugenol is widely used in several applications such as food activity packaging to prolong shelf life of fruits and vegetables because of its antimicrobial activity. However, eugenol is easy to decompose, leading to reduce its activity. In this work, we prepared eugenol loaded alginate-chitosan microparticles in order to solve this problem and controlled release essential oil using ionic gelation technique. The effect of concentration of eugenol (0.1-0.5 g), calcium chloride (0.5 – 8 %W/V) and surfactant (2-10% W/V) was investigated. The results showed that the optimum condition was eugenol 0.1 g, calcium chloride 2% W/V and surfactant 4% W/V. The …

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Functional Surfactants In Lubricant For Microelectronic Industry, Chuenkamol Khongphow Jan 2017

Functional Surfactants In Lubricant For Microelectronic Industry, Chuenkamol Khongphow

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

The functional surfactants, as the additional additives in the standard glycol-based lubricant were studied and optimized to reduce and protect the surface of the magnetic read/write head from deposited contaminants during the lapping processes. The scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and energy-dispersive x-ray spectroscopy (EDS) results identified that the black contamination was bismuth (Bi) particles, came out from lapping plate during the lapping process due to wear. Selected surfactants exhibited the results in reduce and prevent the deposition of contaminants by forming the micelle beyond their critical micelle concentration (CMC) values. We found that both polyethoxylate alcohol (PEAL) and quaternary amines …

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Synthesis Of Puerarin-Gold Nanoparticles For Transdermal Delivery, Kwanruen Chanpeng Jan 2017

Synthesis Of Puerarin-Gold Nanoparticles For Transdermal Delivery, Kwanruen Chanpeng

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

Puerarin (Pur) is herbal medicine that its inflammatory response but low solubility to reduce activity. Thus, the aim of this study was to synthesize q188-kappa-carrageenan@Pur@gold nanoparticles (q188-κ-c@Pur@AuNPs) for enhancing solubility and transdermal delivery. The κ-c was synthesized by quaternization of κ-c with 25% (v/v) q188, and the q188-κ-c @AuNPs was prepared by reducing HAuCl4 into AuNPs by using 25% (v/v) q188-κ-c as reducing and stabilizing agents. The highest degree of quaternization (%DQ) at 21.12% was found q188 addition, which was calculated from 1H NMR. The solubility of the q188-κ-c derivatives was 43.7±0.01%, which higher than κ-c. The size of synthesized …

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Effect Of Corrosion Inhibitors In Lubricant For Electronic Industry, Natclitta Maipul Jan 2017

Effect Of Corrosion Inhibitors In Lubricant For Electronic Industry, Natclitta Maipul

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

The selected functional polymers and fatty esters of poly)1-butene pyrrolidone) (PP) and propylene glycol monostearate (PG) were investigated and applied to use as the corrosion inhibitors for protecting material removal during read/write head lapping processes in hard disk drive (HDD) production. Potentiodynamic polarization measurement was used to study their corrosion behaviors against antiferromagnetic materials (IrMn) which are the most sensitive materials in the head structure. Corrosion rate of PP- and PG-modified lubricants were 0.086 and 0.084 Å/min, respectively, while standard lubricant was 0.111 Å/min. Moreover, the leaching out of metallic atoms was investigated by using inductively couple plasma mass spectroscopy …

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Mixed Metal Oxide Catalysts Derived From Natural Sources For Production Of Fatty Acid Methyl Esters, Wayu Jindapon Jan 2017

Mixed Metal Oxide Catalysts Derived From Natural Sources For Production Of Fatty Acid Methyl Esters, Wayu Jindapon

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

The objectives of this research are to study active sites of Ca-based catalysts derived from calcite (CaCO3) and dolomite (CaMg(CO3)2), and to clarify catalytic effect of MgO in the calcined dolomite as catalyst in transesterification of palm oil with methanol. Firstly, the effects of calcination temperature on evolution of MgO in dolomite and its catalytic activity were studied. The MgO containing in the calcined dolomite was not active, while the main active site was CaO. However, Ca and Mg mixed oxides obtained from calcined dolomite had higher activity than that prepared by physical mixing in which calcite and magnesite (MgCO3) …

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Hydrodeoxygenation Of Oleic Acid On Unsupported Co-Mo And Ni-Mo Sulfide Catalysts, Paphawee Sanggam Jan 2017

Hydrodeoxygenation Of Oleic Acid On Unsupported Co-Mo And Ni-Mo Sulfide Catalysts, Paphawee Sanggam

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

In this research, hydrodeoxygenation (HDO) of oleic acid (model compound of palm oil) over unsupported Co-Mo and Ni-Mo sulfide catalysts was carried out in Parr reactor to produce bio-hydrogenated diesel (BHD). The effects of reaction parameters: temperature, hydrogen pressure and the mole ratio of catalysts (Ni/(Ni+Mo) or Co/(Co+Mo)) on the conversion and product yields (mainly n-C17 and n-C18 hydrocarbons) were investigated to find the optimal conditions. The results showed that high pressure favored a HDO pathway, while high temperature strongly affected to decarboxylation and decarbonylation pathways. At optimal condition as temperature of 280oC, reaction times of 6 h and hydrogen …

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Preparation Of Porous Carbon From Popped Rice Via Impregnated Water Coupled With Freeze-Drying Process, Purichaya Nisawa-Anutaraphan Jan 2017

Preparation Of Porous Carbon From Popped Rice Via Impregnated Water Coupled With Freeze-Drying Process, Purichaya Nisawa-Anutaraphan

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

Activated carbon is an interesting material due to its high surface area derived from the highly porous structure. This material is suitable for using as a good adsorbent in various applications such as wastewater treatment, gas absorption and medicine. Production of activated carbon typically consists of two steps which are carbonization and activation. Agricultural wastes are used as carbon sources. This research focuses on the production of activated carbon from popped rice due to its appropriate chemical and structural characteristics, including highly starch content and connected-pore structure. Therefore, it should potentially be applied to produce activated carbon if the surface …

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Photooxidation Of Organosulfur Compounds Catalyzed By Iodo-Bodipy Derivatives Under Visible Light Irradiation, Piyamaporn Tangkasemsamran Jan 2017

Photooxidation Of Organosulfur Compounds Catalyzed By Iodo-Bodipy Derivatives Under Visible Light Irradiation, Piyamaporn Tangkasemsamran

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

In this work, iodo-BODIPY derivatives, I-GB, 3I-GB, I-RB, were synthesized and used as photocatalysts for oxidation of organosulfurs such as thiols and thioethers into the corresponding disulfides and sulfoxides, respectively, as well as compared with benchmark photocatalyst, rose bengal. All BODIPY derivatives were successfully synthesized in good yields (36-80%) via condensation reaction between 4-iodobenzaldehyde and corresponding pyrroles, followed by oxidation with DDQ and complexation with BF3.OEt2. Among all synthesized BODIPYs, 3I-GB and 3I-RB showed relatively low quantum yield (0.053-0.054) with high singlet oxygen generation efficiency under green LED suggesting that both of them could serve as good photocatalysts for sulfur …

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Development Of Hydrogen Embrittlement Resisted Pd-Cu Alloy Membrane, Ratchaneekorn Chukiatthai Jan 2017

Development Of Hydrogen Embrittlement Resisted Pd-Cu Alloy Membrane, Ratchaneekorn Chukiatthai

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

The development of PdCu alloy membranes that can be used in hydrogen separation at low working temperature (<300°C) without hydrogen embrittlement problem is a very attractive topic for the petrochemical industry. Pd–Cu membranes have been prepared by electroless plating and electroplating method on stainless steel support. The compositions of the PdCu alloy membranes were related to both the metal deposition rates. The appropriate annealing temperature of Pd–Cu membranes was found at 500 °C in argon atmosphere for 24 hours to form a complete alloy material. After thermal annealing, the Cu atom was distributed in Pd alloy membrane. The surface morphology, compositions, and crystallinity of the PdCu alloy membranes were characterized using scanning electron microscopy (SEM), energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDS) and X-ray diffraction (XRD). The best Pd contents in PdCu alloy membrane were about 84 and 75 %at. The hydrogen flux through the PdCu alloy membrane was measured at temperature 150 to 300 °C and differential pressure 0.5 to 2.5 bar for membrane stability. The hydrogen flux increased with increasing temperature and pressure. Adding Cu atoms in Pd can reduce strain in Pd lattice structure. Both PdCu alloy membrane can be operated at the lower temperature than a critical temperature of pure Pd membrane without hydrogen embrittlement.

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Effect Of Metallocene Elastomers And Screw Speed On Polypropylene Compounds: Morphological And Physical Properties, Supot Ponhan Jan 2017

Effect Of Metallocene Elastomers And Screw Speed On Polypropylene Compounds: Morphological And Physical Properties, Supot Ponhan

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

Polypropylene (PP) which is widely used in automotive industries can replace engineering plastics and metals due to its outstanding mechanical properties, moldability and reduced weight. Some automotive parts such as bumper require higher impact resistance, which is the limited property of PP. The aim of this work is to improve the impact properties with balancing the stiffness-impact properties and the physical properties by blending PP with metallocence elastomer (POE) using a twin screw extruder. The effects of PP and POE type and blending ratio on the PP/POE blends properties and morphology was studied. The results showed that the impact strength …

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Water/Dust Repellent Coatings For Wood Surface From 3-Aminopropyltriethoxy Silane-Quat 188, Tanate Tubtimtong Jan 2017

Water/Dust Repellent Coatings For Wood Surface From 3-Aminopropyltriethoxy Silane-Quat 188, Tanate Tubtimtong

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

Wetting and dust fouling on wood surface are big problems because of hydroxyl group and static charge on its surface. These problems could be minimized by surface modification which decreasing of hydroxyl groups and increasing of positive charges on wood surface. Many researches were reported about wetting issue but there were few studies directly involved to dust problem. In this research, 3-aminopropyltriethoxy silane (APTES) and 3-chloro-2-hydroxypropyltrimethyl ammonium chloride (Q188) were used to modify hydroxyl groups on wood surface to enhance wetting and dust repellency behavior of wood. The APTES-treated woods (AW) were prepared by immersion solution method and then were …

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Molecular Dynamics Of Single-Wall Carbon Nanotube Wrapped With Polypropylene, Wanwisa Panman Jan 2017

Molecular Dynamics Of Single-Wall Carbon Nanotube Wrapped With Polypropylene, Wanwisa Panman

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

Nowadays, the nanocomposite materials have been widely used in various applications due to their unique properties such as thermal and electrical properties. Polymer/carbon nanotube (CNT) nanocomposite is one the important nanocomposite materials that are manufactured for improving thermal conductivity and electrical properties of polymers. Unfortunately, polypropylene (PP)/CNT preparation is difficult because of CNT dispersion and aggregation. Accordingly, amylose (AMY) and chitosan (CS) are selected in the present study in order to demonstrate how AMY and CS could diminish such problems by non-covalent modification on outer surface of single-walled CNT using molecular dynamics (MD) simulations. The MD results reveal that AMY …

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Gas Sensing Response Of Nickel Doped Calcium Copper Titanate Thin Films Synthesized By Sol-Gel Method, Arisara Boontum Jan 2017

Gas Sensing Response Of Nickel Doped Calcium Copper Titanate Thin Films Synthesized By Sol-Gel Method, Arisara Boontum

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

Nickel-doped calcium copper titanate (Ni-doped CCTO) thin films prepared by nickel oxide (NiO) and nickel (II) acetate (C4H6NiO4) have been synthesized using sol-gel method. Four layers of Ni-doped CCTO films with various nickel dopant concentrations including undoped film were deposited by a spin coating technique on silicon and alumina substrates. Each film layer was annealed at a fixed annealing temperature of 800 °C. All samples were characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD), energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDX), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) field emission scanning electron microscope (FESEM). Only the doped films prepared by NiO were analyzed by Raman spectroscopy. Moreover, the …

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Plasma Characteristics And Ion Etching Performance In Hard Disk Drive Slider Fabrication Processes, Napakan Wongpanit Jan 2017

Plasma Characteristics And Ion Etching Performance In Hard Disk Drive Slider Fabrication Processes, Napakan Wongpanit

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

A hard disk drive (HDD) is the permanent magnetic data storage and one of the most important components of computers, electronic devices and cloud data storage service facility. The data reading and writing are operated by the reader and writer parts of HDD head or slider. These reader and writer were made of multilayer thin ilms of different materials, forming a tunneling magnetoresistive (TMR) device. In HDD production, the ion beam etching (IBE) process was used in the preparation of surface patterns and cleaning in many fabrication steps. The Monte Carlo-based simulation package, SRIM was applied to calculate the etching …

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Effects Of Gamma Ray Irradiation On Structural And Optical Properties Of Csi:Tl Crystals, Poramin Sintham Jan 2017

Effects Of Gamma Ray Irradiation On Structural And Optical Properties Of Csi:Tl Crystals, Poramin Sintham

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

In this research work, effects of gamma ray irradiation on structural and optical properties of CsI doped with Tl (CsI:Tl), which is a scintillator material used for radiation detector applications, were investigated by field emission scanning electron microscopy (FESEM), X-ray diffraction (XRD), UV-VIS spectroscopy and X-ray luminescence spectroscopy. The CsI:Tl crystals used in this study were grown by a modified homemade Bridgman-Stockbarger technique with CsI powder precursors purities of 99.999% and 99.9% and with the same amount of Tl in form powder of Tl. It is observed that CsI:Tl crystal grown with the 99.999% CsI powder precursor exhibited a colorless …

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Effect Of Tio2 Morphology On Efficiency Of Ch3nh3pbi3 Perovskite Solar Cells, Ramon Songtanasit Jan 2017

Effect Of Tio2 Morphology On Efficiency Of Ch3nh3pbi3 Perovskite Solar Cells, Ramon Songtanasit

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

A TiO2 compact (cp) layer or blocking layer (bl) plays a crucial role in a hybrid organic-inorganic lead halide perovskite solar cell (PSC) because it prevents the carrier recombination at the interface of fluorine-doped tin oxide (FTO) and perovskite layers. In this work, fabrication, characterizations of cp-TiO2 and their effects on the PSC were studied. The cp-TiO2 layers in this work were fabricated by radio frequency (RF)-magnetron sputtering method and spin coating method with various conditions. The cp-TiO2 layer was incorporated into the PSC device structure consisting of Au/spiro-OMeTAD/MAPbI3/mp-TiO2/cp-TiO2/FTO. For the sputtering method, cp-TiO2 could selectively block the transport of …

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Tribological Characterization Of Lapping Lubricant In Hard Disk Drive Fabrication, Sawanee Jitphayomkun Jan 2017

Tribological Characterization Of Lapping Lubricant In Hard Disk Drive Fabrication, Sawanee Jitphayomkun

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

One of the most important processes in hard disk drive fabrication is the lapping process. As two bodies are in contact, the friction occurs, and the softer material can be worn out by the harder. By using lubricant in the lapping process, it does not only reduce the friction, but it also transfers heat and captures debris away from the surface contacts. This thesis work focused on the effects of tribological parameters toward the characteristics of lubricants, using ball-on-disk tribometer. The tribological behaviors between using different base lubricants were investigated. At the same condition as final lapping process, EG-based and …

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Effect Of 3-Methacryloxypropyltrimethoxysilane Modified Zinc Oxide Nanoparticles Incorporated In Polymethylmethacrylate Material On Antifungal, Optical And Mechanical Properties, Krid Kamonkhantikul Jan 2017

Effect Of 3-Methacryloxypropyltrimethoxysilane Modified Zinc Oxide Nanoparticles Incorporated In Polymethylmethacrylate Material On Antifungal, Optical And Mechanical Properties, Krid Kamonkhantikul

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

This study aimed to evaluate 1) the characteristics of different amount of 3-methacryloxypropyltrimethoxysilane (MPS) deposited on zinc oxide nanoparticles (ZnOnps) by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) and thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) before and after tetrahydrofuran washing, 2) the effect of different MPS amount deposited on ZnOnps incorporated in PMMA material on mechanical properties, and 3) the effect of different ZnOnps amounts with or without MPS incorporated in PMMA material on antifungal, optical and mechanical properties. The FTIR and TGA results showed the success of silanization. The monolayered silane molecules were parallelly oriented on the ZnOnps surface. The different MPS amounts (0-14.4 …

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Factors Influencing Practice Regarding Severe Malaria Among Health Workers In Central Province, Papua New Guinea., Leonard Rakhuna Nawara Jan 2017

Factors Influencing Practice Regarding Severe Malaria Among Health Workers In Central Province, Papua New Guinea., Leonard Rakhuna Nawara

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

Severe malaria is the severe form of malaria which usually leads to significant morbidity, or death if left untreated. Papua New Guinea (PNG) is one country outside sub-African where malaria is heavily endemic, despite the recent positive progresses resulting from intensified control. This study was designed to describe the current practice and investigate factors influencing practice regarding severe malaria among health workers in Central Province, PNG. This was a health facility-based cross-sectional study conducted in May 2018. A total of 142 participants completed self-administered questionnaires for analysis. The dependent variable covered all aspects of case management: overall practice, diagnosis, treatment …

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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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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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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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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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Quantitative Microbial Risk Assessment Of Streptococcus Suis Serotype 2 From Pork Consumption, Phrutsamon Wongnak Jan 2017

Quantitative Microbial Risk Assessment Of Streptococcus Suis Serotype 2 From Pork Consumption, Phrutsamon Wongnak

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

This study aimed at determine prevalence and concentration of Streptococcus suis contamination in pork production chains as well as evaluate the health risk attributable to S. suis serotype 2 from pork consumption in Thailand. In total, 492 pig-to-pork and 480 environmental samples were collected from 4 pork production chains in Bangkok. Besides, total 1,036 pork samples were also collected from traditional and modern trades in Chiangmai, Phayao, Nan, Khonkaen, Mukdahan, Saraburi, Nakhonpathom, and Phang-nga provinces. All samples were enumerated using plate count method. S. suis isolates were confirmed by detecting cps2-j gene, followed by Quellung reaction. A stochastic risk assessment …

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ไฮโดรดีออกซีจีเนชันของกวัยอะคอลและน้ำมันชีวภาพบนนิกเกิลโมลิบดินัม/เซอร์โคเนีย-อะลูมินา, ชนิสรา แผ่นผา Jan 2017

ไฮโดรดีออกซีจีเนชันของกวัยอะคอลและน้ำมันชีวภาพบนนิกเกิลโมลิบดินัม/เซอร์โคเนีย-อะลูมินา, ชนิสรา แผ่นผา

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

งานวิจัยนี้ต้องการสังเคราะห์และศึกษาอิทธิพลของตัวรองรับ ZrO2-Al2O3 ต่อกัมมันตภาพของตัวเร่งปฏิกิริยานิกเกิลโมลิบดินัมบนตัวรองรับผสมเซอร์โคเนีย-อะลูมินา (NiMo/ZrO2-Al2O3) เพื่อใช้ในการเร่งปฏิกิริยาไฮโดรดีออกซีจีเนชันของกวัยอะคอลและน้ำมันชีวภาพ โดยทำการสังเคราะห์ตัวรองรับผสมเซอร์โคเนียและอะลูมินาที่อัตราส่วนโดยโมลเซอร์โคเนียต่ออะลูมินา (ZrO2/Al2O3) เท่ากับ 0/1 1/4 2/3 4/1 และ 1/0 ด้วยวิธีไฮโดรเทอร์มอล (hydrothermal method) จากนั้นสังเคราะห์ตัวเร่งปฏิกิริยา NiMo บนตัวรองรับผสมเซอร์โคเนีย-อะลูมินา ด้วยวิธีอิมเพรกเนชัน (impregnation method) โดยใช้นิกเกิล 3.3% และโมลิบดินัม 15% โดยน้ำหนักของตัวรองรับ ศึกษาภาวะในการไฮโดรดีออกซีจีเนชัน ได้แก่ ความดันแก๊สไฮโดรเจนเริ่มต้น (10-30 บาร์) และระยะเวลาในการทำปฏิกิริยา (2-6 ชม.) ก่อนทำปฏิกิริยาตัวเร่งปฏิกิริยาถูกรีดักชัน (reduction) แบบอิน-ซิทู (in-situ) ที่ความดันแก๊สไฮโดรเจนเริ่มต้น 10 บาร์ อุณหภูมิ 400 oซ เป็นเวลา 2 ชม. ทำไฮโดรดีออกซีจีเนชันที่อุณหภูมิ 300 oซ ควบคุมอัตราการกวนอยู่ที่ 400 รอบ/นาที จากการศึกษาพบว่า การใช้ตัวเร่งปฏิกิริยา NiMo/ZrO2-Al2O3 ทำให้ค่าการเปลี่ยนแปลงกวัยอะคอลและปริมาณฟีนอลมีแนวโน้มลดลงเมื่อปริมาณ ZrO2 เพิ่มขึ้น แต่สามารถยับยั้งการเกิดโค้กบนพื้นผิวตัวเร่งปฏิกิริยาได้เมื่อเทียบกับการใช้ตัวรองรับ Al2O3 ในส่วนของภาวะในการทำปฏิกิริยาพบว่า ความดันแก๊สไฮโดรเจนเริ่มต้นส่งผลต่อตัวเร่งปฏิกิริยา NiMo/ZrO2-Al2O3 2/3 โดยเมื่อความดันเพิ่มขึ้น ค่าการเปลี่ยนแปลงกวัยอะคอลและปริมาณฟีนอลมีแนวโน้มสูงขึ้น และสามารถยับยั้งเกิดการคาร์บอนบนพื้นผิวตัวเร่งปฏิกิริยาได้ สำหรับผลของระยะเวลาในการทำปฏิกิริยาพบว่า ตัวเร่งปฏิกิริยาทุกตัวมีค่าการเปลี่ยนแปลงกวัยอะคอล ปริมาณฟีนอล และการเกิดโค้กบนพื้นผิวตัวเร่งปฏิกิริยาเพิ่มขึ้นเมื่อระยะเวลาในการทำปฏิกิริยาเพิ่มขึ้น เมื่อศึกษากัมมันตภาพของตัวเร่งปฏิกิริยา NiMo/ZrO2-Al2O3 2/3 ต่อไฮโดรดีออกซีจีเนชันของน้ำมันชีวภาพที่ได้จากการไพโรไลซิสของขี้เลื้อยและปริมาณคาร์บอนบนพื้นผิวตัวเร่งปฏิกิริยาพบว่า ตัวเร่งปฏิกิริยา NiMo/ZrO2-Al2O3 2/3 สามารถลดปริมาณออกซิเจนในน้ำมันชีวภาพจาก 55.9 เป็น 35.3% โดยน้ำหนัก จึงทำให้ค่าความร้อนของน้ำมันชีวภาพมีค่าสูงขึ้นจาก 13.5 เป็น 22.8 เมกะจูล/กิโลกรัม

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รีดิวซ์กราฟีนออกไซด์/เลเยอร์ดับเบิลไฮดรอกไซด์คอมพอสิตเป็นตัวเก็บประจุยวดยิ่งฐานเซลล์เคมีไฟฟ้าเชิงแสง, ณัฐภพ เกษรเทียน

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

ตัวเก็บประจุยวดยิ่งเป็นอุปกรณ์กักเก็บพลังงานที่ปัจจุบันได้รับความนิยมเนื่องด้วย มีคุณสมบัติโดดเด่นหลายประการ เช่น การอัดประจุและคายประจุรวดเร็ว มีค่าความหนาแน่นของกำลังงานสูง มีความเสถียร และมีราคาถูกเมื่อเทียบกับแบตเตอรี่ทั่วไป โดยในงานวิจัยนี้ต้องการปรับปรุงค่าความหนาแน่นพลังงานของตัวเก็บประจุยวดยิ่ง โดยใช้รีดิวซ์กราฟีนออกไซด์/ นิกเกิล โคบอลต์ อะลูมิเนียม เลเยอร์ดับเบิลไฮดรอกไซด์เป็นวัสดุคอมพอสิตซึ่งสังเคราะห์ผ่านกระบวนการไฮโดรเทอร์มอล โดยรีดิวซ์กราฟีนออกไซด์และนิกเกิล โคบอลต์ อะลูมิเนียม เลเยอร์ดับเบิลไฮดรอกไซด์แผ่นระดับนาโนถูกรวมกันซึ่งทั้งสองวัสดุนี้เกิดเป็นโครงสร้างระดับชั้นซึ่งสามารถป้องกันการรวมกลุ่มกันเองและยังสามารถปรับปรุงสมบัติการนำไฟฟ้าของเลเยอร์ดับเบิล ไฮดรอกไซด์ที่มีการเติมรีดิวซ์กราฟีนลงไปด้วยเพราะว่าอิเล็กตรอนสามารถถ่ายโอนผ่านวัสดุ คอมพอสิตได้ดีและส่งเสริมการเกิดปฏิกิริยารีดอกซ์ในโครงสร้างคอมพอสิต โดยผลการทดลองทางเคมีไฟฟ้าโดยพบว่าค่าความจุไฟฟ้าจำเพาะสูงสุดของรีดิวซ์กราฟีนออกไซด์/นิกเกิล โคบอลต์ อะลูมิเนียม เลเยอร์ดับเบิลไฮดรอกไซด์เท่ากับ 1,050.4 ฟารัดต่อกรัม จากนั้นนำรีดิวซ์กราฟีนออกไซด์/นิกเกิล โคบอลต์ อะลูมิเนียมเลเยอร์ดับเบิลไฮดรอกไซด์ที่สังเคราะห์ได้ใช้เป็นขั้วไฟฟ้าในตัวเก็บประจุยวดยิ่งต่อร่วมกับเซลล์แสงอาทิตย์เชิงเคมีไฟฟ้าเพื่อกักเก็บพลังงานในรูปของ ความจุไฟฟ้าไฟฟ้าชั่วขณะโดยผลการทดลองเบื้องต้นแสดงให้เห็นว่าตัวเก็บประจุยวดยิ่งต่อร่วมเซลล์แสงอาทิตย์ชนิดสีย้อมไวแสงนั้นสามารถจ่ายพลังงานไฟฟ้าจากการอัดประจุของเซลล์แสงอาทิตย์เป็นเวลา 60 วินาที สามารถเพิ่มความเสถียรของกำลังไฟฟ้าขาออกของเซลล์แสงอาทิตย์ได้ชั่วขณะเมื่อความเข้มแสงมีการเปลี่ยนแปลง

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