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Bioactive Compounds From Dendrobium Infundibulum, Salinee Na Ranong Jan 2017

Bioactive Compounds From Dendrobium Infundibulum, Salinee Na Ranong

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

Phytochemical study of the methanol extract from Dendrobium infundibulum (Orchidaceae) led to isolation of nine pure compounds including two new compounds (dendroinfundin A and dendroinfundin B) and seven known compounds (ephemeranthol A, moscatilin, aloifol I, batatasin III, 3,3'-dihydroxy-4,5-dimethoxybibenzyl, 3,4'-dihydroxy-3',4,5-trimethoxybibenzyl and dendrosinen B). Their structures were determined from their spectroscopic data. All compounds were then examined for their lipase and alpha-glucosidase inhibitory activities. Dendrosinen B (IC50 = 295.0±37.9 µM) showed moderate inhibitory activity against lipase when compared with orlistat (IC50 = 31.4±0.6 nM). Strong anti alpha-glucosidase agents were batatasin III (IC50 = 148.8±8.4 µM) and dendrosinen B (IC50 = 213.9±2.4 µM), …

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Free Radical Scavenging Compounds From Dendrobium Parishii, Virunh Kongkatitham Jan 2017

Free Radical Scavenging Compounds From Dendrobium Parishii, Virunh Kongkatitham

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

In this study, the EtOAc extract of Dendrobium parishii Rchb. f. was separated to obtain two new compounds including a bibenzyl derivative, 4,3′,4′-trihydroxy-3,5-dimethoxybibenzyl, and a bibenzyl-dihydrophenanthrene derivative, (−)-dendroparishiol, and five known compounds including flavanthrinin, moscatilin, 4,5,4′-trihydroxy-3,3′-dimethoxybibenzyl, dendrocandin E and asiatic acid. The structures of all of the isolated compounds were determined by analysis of spectroscopic data (NMR and HR-ESI-MS). They were then evaluated for antioxidant activities using DPPH free radical scavenging activity, deoxyribose degradation and oxygen radical absorbance capacity assays. Among the tested compounds, (−)-dendroparishiol showed the strongest free radicals reduction and was further investigated for antioxidant activity in H2O2-induced …

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Chemical Constituents And Bioactivities Of The Leaves And Stems Of Pseuduvaria Fragrans, Wongvarit Panidthananon Jan 2017

Chemical Constituents And Bioactivities Of The Leaves And Stems Of Pseuduvaria Fragrans, Wongvarit Panidthananon

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

Chemical investigation of the leaves and stems of Pseuduvaria fragrans resulted in the isolation of seven pure compounds, including a new benzophenone C-glycoside named pseuduvarioside and six known compounds comprising (-)-guaiol, (+)-isocorydine, cyathocaline, isoursuline, N-trans-feruloyltyramine and N-trans-coumaroyltyramine. The structure determination of the isolated compounds was carried out by analysis of their UV, HRS-ESI-MS and NMR data in comparison with previously reported values. All the isolates were evaluated for their α-glucosidase inhibitory activity. Only N-trans-feruloyltyramine and N-trans-coumaroyltyramine exhibited strong activity with IC50 values of 3.58 µM and 0.58 µM, respectively, as compared with the drug acarbose (IC50 985.6 µM). Kinetic studies …

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Anatomical And Biomechanical Factors Associated With Plantar Fasciitis In Thai Male Conscripts, Pavinee Harutaichun Jan 2017

Anatomical And Biomechanical Factors Associated With Plantar Fasciitis In Thai Male Conscripts, Pavinee Harutaichun

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

Etiology of plantar fasciitis among novice conscripts is multifactorial. The combination of all potential factors should be included for multivariate analysis to determine the significant predictors. The present study aimed to identify the intrinsic predictors of plantar fasciitis among novice conscripts. Two hundred and seventy healthy male conscripts who were without lower back or lower extremity pain prior to the commencement of military training were participated in this study. Intrinsic predictors which included individual, anatomical, and biomechanical variables were assessed at baseline. After 10 weeks of training, 113 participants were assessed again and classified as having (n = 71) or …

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Comparisons Of The Four Square Step Test And The Four Square Step Test On Foam Surface In Their Accuracy To Discriminate Between Elderly With And Without Fall History, Phakkanut Mathurapongsakul Jan 2017

Comparisons Of The Four Square Step Test And The Four Square Step Test On Foam Surface In Their Accuracy To Discriminate Between Elderly With And Without Fall History, Phakkanut Mathurapongsakul

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

The aims of this study were 1) to investigate the intra-rater reliability, inter-rater reliability and concurrent validity of the four square step test with foam (FSST+foam) and 2) to compare the four square step test (FSST) and the FSST+foam in their accuracy for discriminating among faller elderly, non-faller elderly, and adults. Twelve participants (4 each group) were assessed by the FSST, FSST+foam, timed up and go test (TUG) and five times sit to stand test (FTSST). The intraclass correlation coefficient and correlation coefficient were calculated to determine the reliability and validity, respectively. To investigate the accuracy for discriminating between groups, …

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Biomechanics Of Sit-To-Stand And Stand-To-Sit In Typical Children Aged 4 - 12 Years And Young Adults, Potjanun Mapaisansin Jan 2017

Biomechanics Of Sit-To-Stand And Stand-To-Sit In Typical Children Aged 4 - 12 Years And Young Adults, Potjanun Mapaisansin

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

The aim of study is to investigate the biomechanical pattern of sit-to-stand and stand-to-sit movement in children aged 4 to 12 years and young adults. Seventy-six participants were separated into 4 groups as following: (1) 18 children aged 4-6 years; (2) 19 children aged 7-9 years; (3) 20 children aged 10-12 years; (4) 19 adults aged 18-25 years. All participants performed their preferred pattern of sit-to-stand and stand-to-sit movement. The results showed that two patterns of sit-to-stand movement were found including sit-to-stand with and without feet moving backward. Children performed sit-to-stand with and without feet moving backward while adults only …

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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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The Effects Of Trehalose On Osmotic Tolerance, Membrane Integrity And Quality Of Equine Sperm During Cold Storage And Cryopreservation, Dissaya Srinutiyakorn Jan 2017

The Effects Of Trehalose On Osmotic Tolerance, Membrane Integrity And Quality Of Equine Sperm During Cold Storage And Cryopreservation, Dissaya Srinutiyakorn

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

This study aimed to investigate the protective effects of trehalose on osmotic tolerance and the quality of equine sperm before and after freezing and thawing. Equine ejaculated semen was collected from six stallions (3 ejaculates per stallion; >50% motility and >70% normal morphology). In the present study, the osmotic tolerance limit of equine sperm to osmotic changes was firstly verified, and followed with the protective effects of trehalose on osmotic tolerance of equine sperm. In the study, sperm was exposed to Tyrode's albumin lactate pyruvate (TALP) medium at different osmolalities: isosmolality (300 mOsm/kg; control) and anisosmolality (150, 450, 600 and …

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Catalytic Activity Study Of Nixsny Intermetallics, Anchernsiri Noomnual Jan 2017

Catalytic Activity Study Of Nixsny Intermetallics, Anchernsiri Noomnual

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

Cinnamyl alcohol (COL), versatile chemical in fragrance, flavoring, and pharmaceutical industries, can be found in only small amounts in nature. Generally, COL can be synthesized via selective hydrogenation of cinnamaldehyde (CALD), natural oil, at aldehyde functional group under high pressure of hydrogen gas. In this work, NixSny intermetallics were used as catalysts in selective hydrogenation to obtain COL. These catalysts were synthesized via mechanical alloying, economic and environmental method, and characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD). By using 43, 58, and 75% tin contents with nickel, Ni3Sn, Ni3Sn2, and Ni3Sn4 intermetallics were prepared, respectively. In addition, formic acid was used as …

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Electrical Property-Investigation Of Porous Clay Heterostructures Derived From Naturally-Occurring Clay Minerals For Smart Packaging, Kornkamol Srithammaraj Jan 2017

Electrical Property-Investigation Of Porous Clay Heterostructures Derived From Naturally-Occurring Clay Minerals For Smart Packaging, Kornkamol Srithammaraj

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

Porous Clay Heterostructure (PCH) is an interesting material to use as entrapping system such as ethylene scavenger, respected to its high surface area with uniform and specific pore size. PCHs have been prepared by the surfactant-directed assembly of mesostructured silica within the two-dimensional galleries of clays. Then, the PCH was synthesized within the galleries of Na-bentonite clay by the polymerization of tetraethoxysilane (TEOS) in the presence of surfactant micelles. In addition, mesoporous clay with organic-inorganic hybrid (HPCH) is modified via co-condensation reaction of TEOS with candidate conductive functional groups (thiol group) and metal loading (silver), designated as MPPCH and Ag-PCH, …

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Study The Best Support For Hydrolysis Of Tiger Grass, Kurizara Sayamnikorn Jan 2017

Study The Best Support For Hydrolysis Of Tiger Grass, Kurizara Sayamnikorn

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

Bioethanol, one of the outstanding biofuels, is not only a renewable bio-based resource, but also interesting to research for improving better properties of the enzyme needed in the hydrolysis process. The purpose of this work is to study how to reuse the enzyme used in the hydrolysis step for bioethanol production by immobilizing Trichoderma reesei (T.reesei) on various silica supports, namely, SBA-15, TUD-1, and MCM-48. The amount of the adsorbed enzymes was determined by UV-visible spectrophotometry. Among those studied supports, SBA-15 showed 100% enzymatic adsorption on the support owing to its larger pore diameter of 6.14 nm, which is large …

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Development Of Pedot-Pss/Zeolite Composite As A Gas Sensor, Pojjawan Chanthaanont Jan 2017

Development Of Pedot-Pss/Zeolite Composite As A Gas Sensor, Pojjawan Chanthaanont

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

Composites with Poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) doped with poly(styrene sulfonic acid), PEDOT-PSS, as the matrix containing zeolites of various Si/Al ratios in the range of 23-280 were fabricated to investigate the effect of Si/Al ratios on electrical conductivity sensitivity responses towards the target gas. The electrical conductivity responses of PEDOT-PSS/Zeolite composites were altered due to the available adsorption sites for gas molecules. The addition of zeolites to the pristine PEDOT-PSS improves the electrical conductivity sensitivity of the composites by enhancing the interaction between PEDOT-PSS and target gas. Composites with PEDOT-PSS matrix containing faujasite zeolites type Y were fabricated to investigate the effects of …

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Development Of Water-Based Adhesives For Oriented Polypropylene (Opp) Lamination, Sarocha Ruanpan Jan 2017

Development Of Water-Based Adhesives For Oriented Polypropylene (Opp) Lamination, Sarocha Ruanpan

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

Eco-friendly laminating adhesive has been developed for flexible packaging industries due to urgent restriction of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) emissions from anthropogenic sources. The water-based polyurethane laminating adhesive was derived by a condensation polymerization of isophorone diisocyanate, polypropylene glycol and 2,2-bis(hydroxymethyl)propionic acid, while the water-based polyacrylate laminating adhesive was synthesized by an emulsion polymerization of 2-ethylhexyl acrylate, ethylene glycol methyl ether acrylate, styrene, 2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate and acrylic acid. The parameters influencing the adhesive's performance consisted of chemical composition, reinforcing fillers and manufacturing processes. Among those parameters, the fabrication of waterborne core-shell polyacrylate laminating adhesive through a two-stage seeded semi-batch emulsion …

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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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The Quality Of Complete Denture, Patient's Satisfaction, Oral Health-Related Quality Of Life, And Their Association, Nareudee Limpuangthip Jan 2017

The Quality Of Complete Denture, Patient's Satisfaction, Oral Health-Related Quality Of Life, And Their Association, Nareudee Limpuangthip

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

The objective of this study was to determine the association of complete denture quality, patient's satisfaction, and Oral Health-related Quality of Life (OHRQoL). A total of 126 complete denture wearers was interviewed for the primary outcome, OHRQoL, using Oral Impacts on Daily Performances (OIDP) index. Secondary outcomes were patient's satisfaction and masticatory performance. Denture retention and stability were scored following the conventional and Chulalongkorn University (CU)-modified Kapur criteria. Esthetic-assessment criteria was evaluated from patient's photographs. It was found that limited eating/chewing was the most common problem, and an ill-fitting denture was a primary cause of any reported problems. Unacceptable denture …

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The Inflammatory Response Of Epithelial Cell To Corrosion Products From Recast Palladium -Silver Alloy, Verapol Singkarlsiri Jan 2017

The Inflammatory Response Of Epithelial Cell To Corrosion Products From Recast Palladium -Silver Alloy, Verapol Singkarlsiri

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

In dentistry, there is an increase in alternative metals such as palladium or silver to add into noble metal alloys in order to improve properties and reduce cost. Apart from using other metals to replace gold or platinum, reuse is another way to save the cost. There are many studies on the recast dental alloys on mechanical properties and how many percentages of new alloys needed to add in the recasting process. It has been well accepted that amount of new and used alloys would affect the mechanical and physical properties. The biocompatibility of the alloys, however, has not been …

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Associated Factors Of Hepatitis C Infection In Pregnantwomen At Outpatient Department Of Peoples Medical University And Hospital District Shaeed Benazir Abadsindh Province Pakistan, Akhlaque Hussain Jan 2017

Associated Factors Of Hepatitis C Infection In Pregnantwomen At Outpatient Department Of Peoples Medical University And Hospital District Shaeed Benazir Abadsindh Province Pakistan, Akhlaque Hussain

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

Purpose: The prevalence of hepatitis C is 3% of the world population with more the 3 million new cases are being reported, In Pakistan, the prevalence of hepatitis C virus Infection ranges from 8%-15% in the general population. In Pakistan about 13 million people are infected. Prevalence of hepatitis C in pregnancy has been studied across Pakistan and is reported with the range of 3.27%-8.9%. Methods: A descriptive cross sectional study was conducted between may to June 2018. in people's medical university at outpatient Department of gynaecology and obstetrics in district shaheed Benazir abad Sindh Pakistan. All pregnant Patient age …

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Effectiveness Of An Educational Program To Promote The Safe Use Of Pesticide Among Vegetable Farmers In India : A Quasi Experimental Study, Ajit Pal Singh Raina Jan 2017

Effectiveness Of An Educational Program To Promote The Safe Use Of Pesticide Among Vegetable Farmers In India : A Quasi Experimental Study, Ajit Pal Singh Raina

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

Objectives: 1)To provide information on baseline use and Health impacts of pesticides. 2) To provide information on knowledge, attitude, and Practice for pesticide. 3) To design a self- explanatory and affordable educational tool for vegetable farmers which can be used to train farmers on safe use of pesticides and finally 4) To assess change in KAP score and reduction in pesticide exposure symptoms to farmers and their families. Methods: After developing a simple educational tool, its effectiveness was assessed by measuring change in mean scores of knowledge, attitude, practice (KAP) and in-home pesticide safety behavior in households of farmers. Pictorial …

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Knowledge, Attitude And Cultural Factors Towards Utilization Of Insecticide Treated Nets (Itns) Among Rakhine Ethnic Group In Ann Township, Rakhine State, Myanmar, Aung Phyo Oo Jan 2017

Knowledge, Attitude And Cultural Factors Towards Utilization Of Insecticide Treated Nets (Itns) Among Rakhine Ethnic Group In Ann Township, Rakhine State, Myanmar, Aung Phyo Oo

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

This study is to find associations between general characteristic, knowledge, attitudes and cultural factors on malaria prevention toward utilization of insecticidal nets (ITNs) among Rakhine ethnic groups, in Ann Township, Rakhine State, Myanmar. An analytic cross sectional study was conducted among 420 Rakhine ethnic groups aged more than 18 years old from 10 villages in Ann Township. Data were collected by using face-to-face interview. The study found only 3.6% of respondents had good knowledge level, 19.0% good attitude level and 38.8% good practice level towards utilization of ITNs. Female participants were 8.015 times had good practice level than male (p-value <0.001, AOR 8.015, 95% CI = 3.395-18.923). High school level participants likely to use ITNs for 14.518 times than lower education level (p-vale <0.001, AOR 14.518, 95% CI = 4.642-45.408). Married participants were 13.753 times done good practice (p-vale <0.001, AOR 13.753, 95% CI = 4.371-43.267) and widowed participants were 5.403 times done good practice than singles (p-vale 0.039, AOR 5.403, 95% CI = 1.085-26.909). Regarding the cultural factors, participants who always worked from dawn to night time were 2.203 times had good practice level than who never work at that time (p-vale 0.032, AOR 2.203, 95% CI = 1.070-4.536). Regarding knowledge level of the participants, moderate and good knowledge level were 5.125 times had good practice level than lower knowledge level participants (p-vale <0.001, AOR 5.125, 95% CI = 1.062-6.429). Health education and encouragement of people should be done to improve knowledge and utilization to use insecticide treated nets.

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Hiring Discrimination Against Highly-Competent Candidates: An Investigation Of Competence And Warmth Stereotypes, And Cooperative/Competitive Mindsets, Vipavee Puttaravuttiporn Jan 2017

Hiring Discrimination Against Highly-Competent Candidates: An Investigation Of Competence And Warmth Stereotypes, And Cooperative/Competitive Mindsets, Vipavee Puttaravuttiporn

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

This study applies the continuum model of impression formation and the stereotype content model to investigate the effect of warmth and competence stereotype on blatant and subtle hiring discrimination against highly-competent candidates. Study 1 (N = 220) used hypothetical countries and Study 2 (N = 512) used four ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) countries to manipulate the competence and warmth stereotypes. The results offer a theoretical extension to the stereotype content model where warmth and competence stereotypes have differentiating effects on hiring discrimination against highly-competent candidates. Results from both studies showed that competence stereotype had a significant positive direct effect on …

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Health Status And Behavior Influences To Sleep Quality Among Community-Dwelling Elderly In Chanthaburi Province, Thailand, Chanisa Siripanich Jan 2017

Health Status And Behavior Influences To Sleep Quality Among Community-Dwelling Elderly In Chanthaburi Province, Thailand, Chanisa Siripanich

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

Purpose - The trend of sleep disorder is typically more common in aged changes due to health condition changes leading to poor sleep satisfies. Therefore the purpose of this study was to examine the rate and factors associated to sleep quality among Community-Dwelling Elderly in Chanthaburi Province, Thailand. Design/methodology/approach – A cross-sectional was conducted in 208 elderly by multi-stage sampling. All participants were interviewed by the questionnaire. sleep quality was assessed by Pittsburgh sleep quality index (PSQI). Sleep quality score ≥ 5 indicating poor sleep quality. Chi-square tests and Multivariate logistic regression models were performed to find significant associations. Findings …

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Assessment Of Alcohol Consumption And Quality Of Life Amongchronic Liver Disease Patients In Mandalay, Myanmar, Chan Hein Tun Jan 2017

Assessment Of Alcohol Consumption And Quality Of Life Amongchronic Liver Disease Patients In Mandalay, Myanmar, Chan Hein Tun

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

Background: Alcohol drinking is one of the common addictive hazardous behaviours nowadays that would definitely cause consequent health system deteriorations, especially the hepatobiliary system - chronic liver diseases. This study was to find out the patterns of alcohol consumption, levels of alcohol screening, quality of life according to gender and age groups and associations between variables among the chronic liver disease patients in Mandalay, Myanmar. Methodology: A cross-sectional study, data collection was completed by face to face interviews and secondary data from medical records from total 280 chronic liver disease patients. The questionnaires consisted of structured parts, Alcohol Use Disorder …

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Actions To Help Babies Breathe At Birth:Training Interventionsto Improve Health Workers Knowledge, Practicesand Competency On Helping Babies Breathe Intertiary Hospital In The Republic Of South Sudan, Draiko Christopher Vunni Jan 2017

Actions To Help Babies Breathe At Birth:Training Interventionsto Improve Health Workers Knowledge, Practicesand Competency On Helping Babies Breathe Intertiary Hospital In The Republic Of South Sudan, Draiko Christopher Vunni

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

Background: This study aimed to examine the effects of the Helping Babies Breathe (HBB) training interventions program on the knowledge and practical skills of health workers in managing birth asphyxia and reducing mortality within 24 hours. Methods: This study was pre- posttest design. Participants were purposively selected to participate in the study. Juba Hospital was selected as intervention and Wau Hospital as control. Health workers were evaluated before and after training from February to June 2017. Post training evaluation was done immediately and three months using NeoNatalie newborn stimulator. Result: 70 health workers were enrolled; 40 were in the intervention …

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Caregivers’ Malaria Preventive Practice For Under Five Children And Its Association In Ngapudaw High-Risk Township, Ayeyarwady Region-Myanmar, Ei Phyu Htwe Jan 2017

Caregivers’ Malaria Preventive Practice For Under Five Children And Its Association In Ngapudaw High-Risk Township, Ayeyarwady Region-Myanmar, Ei Phyu Htwe

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

Malaria is a life-threatening disease. Among children under 5 have more chance to get infection, illness and death due to severe malaria in high transmission areas of malaria. This study aimed to describe the characteristics and malaria preventive practices among caregivers of under-five children and to find out the associations between them in high-risk areas of Ngapudaw Township, Ayeyarwady Region-Myanmar. A community based cross-sectional study was conducted among 422 caregivers of children under five in April 2018. Data was collected using interviewer-administered questionnaires and entered by double entry. Data analysis was done using excel and SPSS version 22 by Chi-square …

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Prevalence And Factors Associated With Sexual Activites Among High School Students In Kendal Regency, Indonesia, Ekha Rifki Fauzi Jan 2017

Prevalence And Factors Associated With Sexual Activites Among High School Students In Kendal Regency, Indonesia, Ekha Rifki Fauzi

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

Background: The risk of sexual activities among adolescents is high in globally. Unwanted pregnancy, sexual transmitted infections, and HIV are still the big problem in adolescents. This study was involved to exam the prevalence and factor associated with sexual activities among high school students. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted around 145 male students and 315 female students. The total populations was 460 students with multistage random sampling technique. A self-reported questionnaire was used including Illustrative Questionnaire for Interview-Surveys with Young People, Sexual Activity Scale and Sex Education Inventory. Descriptive statistics, Chi-square test, and multivariate logistic regression were used to …

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Effectiveness Of The Family Planning Intervention To Improve Reproductive Health Of Married Female Adolescents In Urban Slums Of Dhaka, Bangladesh : A Quasi-Experimental Study, Fauzia Akhter Huda Jan 2017

Effectiveness Of The Family Planning Intervention To Improve Reproductive Health Of Married Female Adolescents In Urban Slums Of Dhaka, Bangladesh : A Quasi-Experimental Study, Fauzia Akhter Huda

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

Background: In Bangladesh, early marriage and childbearing has led to an adolescent fertility rate that is among the highest in the Asia pacific. More than half of the pregnancies (53%) among married adolescents in the country's urban slums is being unintended and is largely due to non-use or discontinuation of use of modern contraceptive methods. This study was aimed to assess the effectiveness of a married adolescent girls' club (MAG club) in terms of measuring differences in knowledge, attitude, practices, and unmet need for family planning among the married adolescent girls in urban slums of Dhaka, Bangladesh. Methods: This was …

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