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Efficacy And Safety Of Phlai Capsule Compared To Placebo As The Treatment In Allergic Rhinitis Patients, Minh Phuoc Hoang Jan 2021

Efficacy And Safety Of Phlai Capsule Compared To Placebo As The Treatment In Allergic Rhinitis Patients, Minh Phuoc Hoang

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

: Preclinical studies demonstrated anti-inflammatory effects of Phlai capsule containing Zingiber montanum (J.Koenig) Link ex A.Dietr. extract. However, its clinical effect on allergic rhinitis is not evident. : We sought to assess the efficacy and safety of Phlai for treating allergic rhinitis. : A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study was conducted. Patients with allergic rhinitis were randomized into three groups and received 100 mg (compound D 4 mg) of Phlai capsule or 200 mg (compound D 8 mg) of Phlai capsule or placebo once a day for 4 weeks. The primary outcome was a change in the reflective total five symptom …


Histone 3 And Histone 4 Acetylation Pattern In Well-Differentiated Thyroid Lesions And Normal Thyroid Tissue With Their Potential In Diagnostic Implication, Nishal Chhetri Jan 2021

Histone 3 And Histone 4 Acetylation Pattern In Well-Differentiated Thyroid Lesions And Normal Thyroid Tissue With Their Potential In Diagnostic Implication, Nishal Chhetri

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

This study estimated the histone modification (hypoacetylation or hyperacetylation) in thyroid lesions, using immunohistochemistry compared with their normal counterpart. FFPE sections of surgically removed PTC, FA, FTC, and nodular goiter samples were collected from the archives of the Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University from 2016-2018 and stained with anti-acetyl histone 3 antibody (H3K9/K14ac) and anti-acetyl histone 4 antibody (H4K5,8,12 and 16ac). The intensity and proportion of immunostaining of the lesions and their normal thyroid tissue counterparts were automatically scored by Aperio ImageScope software. A total of 147 benign and malignant thyroid lesions cases, including 28 FA, 50 …


Optical Coherence Tomography Angiography Biomarkers In Diabetic Nephropathy Patients In Thailand : A Diabetic Eye And Kidney Diseases (Dek-D) Study, Nuntachai Surawatsatien Jan 2021

Optical Coherence Tomography Angiography Biomarkers In Diabetic Nephropathy Patients In Thailand : A Diabetic Eye And Kidney Diseases (Dek-D) Study, Nuntachai Surawatsatien

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

Diabetes mellitus (DM) can cause many microvascular complications including diabetic retinopathy (DR) and diabetic nephropathy (DN). It is estamated that about one-third of diabetic patients have DR and about 40% have DN. DR and DN share a common pathology in microvasculature. With the development of optical coherence tomography angiography (OCTA), the examination of retinal capillary is more convenient and less invasive. This is a cross-sectional observational study aimed to identify OCTA parameters as biomarkers that predict the diabetic nephropathy and association with 24-hour urine albumin level in diabetic patients. 186 eyes from 93 individuals were divided into 3 groups according …


Bending Radiograph As Predictive Factor Of In-Brace Correction (Ibc) In Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis (Ais), Raden Achmad Candra Putra Jan 2021

Bending Radiograph As Predictive Factor Of In-Brace Correction (Ibc) In Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis (Ais), Raden Achmad Candra Putra

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

Introductions: In-brace correction (IBC) is one of the most important factors in bracing treatment for Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis (AIS). Several factors influenced IBC achievement. The curve flexibility found to be associated with the IBC. One of the most common methods for assessing curve flexibility is to take a side bending radiograph. It has been widely used as a predictor of surgical correction in AIS. However, bending radiograph to predict the amount of fulltime IBC is not cleared in orthotics practice. The purpose of this study was to evaluate flexibility as measured by a side bending radiograph as a predictive factor …


Sentiment Analysis Of Messages On Twitter Related To Covid-19 Using Deep Learning Approach, Chotika Imvimol Jan 2021

Sentiment Analysis Of Messages On Twitter Related To Covid-19 Using Deep Learning Approach, Chotika Imvimol

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

The widespread situation of the Coronavirus-19 (COVID-19) pandemic is a tangible and pressing concern. Many changes in terms of lifestyle are necessary to reduce the chance of infection. While citizens have gone through different emotions, they share their thoughts and interactions on social media, especially on Twitter. COVID-19 related messages can imply social emotion. This study performs sentiment analysis on tweets and annotated them into six classes of positive and negative feelings consisting of anger, disgust, fear, sadness, joy, and surprise. We analyzed both textual information and historical data. We collected 120,642 unique tweets datasets between 1 January 2020 and …


Adaptive Image Preprocessing And Augmentation For Disease Screening On Multi-Source Chest X-Ray Datasets, Wasunan Chokchaithanakul Jan 2021

Adaptive Image Preprocessing And Augmentation For Disease Screening On Multi-Source Chest X-Ray Datasets, Wasunan Chokchaithanakul

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

Research on deep learning models for chest radiology applications has increased attention by the public. However, most works focus on developing models using in-domain data, so the significant drawback, when applied in real-world scenarios, was the mismatched data with the training set. Consequently, some models perform inferior at the deployment stage. This work focused on the effects of dataset mismatch on chest radiography and analyzed the methods the overcome the mismatch issues. The lung balance contrast enhancement technique (lung BCET) automatically identifies the lung region and normalizes the image accordingly to improve the robustness of out-of-domain data developed. Additionally, augmentation …


Development Of A Curriculum Based On Content And Language Integrated Learning And Competency-Based Education For Enhancing Business English Writing Ability Of Undergraduate Students, Meassnguon Saint Jan 2021

Development Of A Curriculum Based On Content And Language Integrated Learning And Competency-Based Education For Enhancing Business English Writing Ability Of Undergraduate Students, Meassnguon Saint

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

The purposes of this study were 1) to develop a curriculum based on content and language integrated language learning and competency-based education for enhancing business English writing ability of undergraduate students 2) to investigate the effectiveness of a developed curriculum. The research and development process consists of four phases: 1) studying the research problem and significance, and learning approaches, 2) developing a curriculum based on content and language integrated learning and competency-based education, 3) studying the effectiveness of the developed curriculum, and 4) revising and improving the developed curriculum. This pre-experimental research involved 13 undergraduate students in the business major …


Impact Of Early Childhood Caries On Oral Health-Related Quality Of Life Among 5-Year-Old Children In Mandalay, Myanmar, Saw Nay Min Jan 2021

Impact Of Early Childhood Caries On Oral Health-Related Quality Of Life Among 5-Year-Old Children In Mandalay, Myanmar, Saw Nay Min

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

Purpose: The study aimed to develop the cross-cultural adaptation and psychometric properties of the Myanmar Version of SOHO-5 and assess the impact of ECC on oral health quality of life among 5-year-old children in Mandalay using the Myanmar version of the SOHO-5 questionnaire. Materials and methods: The Myanmar SOHO-5 version was conducted with the forward-backward translation method and investigated the content validity, internal consistency, test-retest reliability, construct validity, and discriminant validity on 5-year-old children and their parents in phase I. A cross-sectional study was conducted using a self-administered questionnaire to investigate the impact of ECC and relative factors on the …


Hybrid Gns3 And Mininet-Wifi Emulator For Survivable Sdn Backbone Network Supporting Wireless Iot Traffic, May Pyone Han Jan 2021

Hybrid Gns3 And Mininet-Wifi Emulator For Survivable Sdn Backbone Network Supporting Wireless Iot Traffic, May Pyone Han

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

This thesis has designed and implemented an emulated testbed for fault-tolerant delay awareness routing for wireless sensor traffic by using software-defined networking (SDN) at the backbone network. In this work, the hybrid form of GNS3 and Mininet-WiFi emulation network testbed is proposed to build an emulated SDN-based backbone network in GNS3 and an emulated IPv6 over Low Power Personal Area Network (6LoWPAN) in Mininet-WiFi. Three virtual machines are used to set up the hybrid emulated SDN-based network testbed. The Mininet-WiFi platform which is used to build the emulated 6LoWPAN sensor network is installed in two virtual machines separately and the …


Deployment Of Rfid, Gps And Iot Technology For Medical Specimen Logistic System, Mya Myet Thwe Chit Jan 2021

Deployment Of Rfid, Gps And Iot Technology For Medical Specimen Logistic System, Mya Myet Thwe Chit

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

This paper aims to implement a specimen logistic system using RFID technology combined with modern IoT technology in Chulalongkorn hospital. The specimen is a sample collected from the human body. Samples can be urine, saliva, sputum, feces, semen, and other bodily fluids and tissues. Samples are usually collected from the patient and stored in a test tube. Then test tubes are delivered to the corresponding laboratory for examination. Normally, barcodes are tagged over the test tubes for the purpose of recording patient information. In this work, RFID is deployed on the test tube instead for patient data logging. This solution …


Identification And Counting White Blood Cell Subtypes With Convolutional Neural Network, Singgih Bekti Worsito Jan 2021

Identification And Counting White Blood Cell Subtypes With Convolutional Neural Network, Singgih Bekti Worsito

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

White blood cell (WBC) has five subtypes namely neutrophil, eosinophil, basophil, lymphocyte, and monocyte which play specific roles in the immune system and against diseases. The object detection model applied to microscopic objects is introduced to assist experts in performing tasks in blood analysis. Unbalanced cell composition of WBC subtypes to be detected is a challenge in building a model in Convolutional Neural Network (CNN). This research aims to build models in recognizing and counting WBC subtypes with neural networks constructed from augmented data enrichment. CNN is demonstrated in this study with the YOLOv5s, YOLOv5l, and YOLOv5x models to detect …


Sustainable Livelihood Of Fishermen: A Case Study In The City Of Semarang, Indonesia, Adam Prayuda Jan 2021

Sustainable Livelihood Of Fishermen: A Case Study In The City Of Semarang, Indonesia, Adam Prayuda

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

The study aims to look at the social and economic circumstances of fishermen in Semarang City, their local livelihoods, and the significant role of the state through Semarang Fisheries Service to improve the economic livelihoods and social welfare of this marginal group. It applies a sustainable livelihood framework to look at the compatibility and empowerment process that can affect the Fishermen's Community. This research used mixed methods to understand the problem and apply narrative techniques for case studies to obtain the data. Different sources of information are used to triangulate information, perspectives, and expected results to increase knowledge in providing …


Renewable Energy Transition Towards Krabi’S Sustainable Energy, Chariya Senpong Jan 2021

Renewable Energy Transition Towards Krabi’S Sustainable Energy, Chariya Senpong

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

The present study was conducted with an aim to investigate Krabi's electricity outlook, renewable energy transition timeline, and potential of renewable energy resources, key drivers, barriers, and challenges towards Krabi's sustainable energy. Guideline as well as policy recommendation for successful renewable energy transition was also developed. The study found that Krabi's electricity demand has continuously increasing and tends to increase up to 320 MW by the year 2037. Meanwhile, electricity supply has still relied on national grid since 1995. Meanwhile, Krabi Goes Green which is a provincial roadmap has set a target to be self-reliance and all electricity supply would …


Investigating Sustainable Consumption Practices: A Case Of Single-Use Plastics In Online Food Delivery Market, Thailand, Boonchanit Wongprapinkul Jan 2021

Investigating Sustainable Consumption Practices: A Case Of Single-Use Plastics In Online Food Delivery Market, Thailand, Boonchanit Wongprapinkul

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

Online food delivery platforms have demonstrated their financial success in the Thai market during the past few years. As a result, 560 - 2,856 million pieces of Single-use Plastics (SUPs) are expected each year. Furthermore, the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused a dilemma in sustainable consumption and intensified the plastic waste situation. The social dilemma poses difficult short-term choices between health and the environment. The concern is that while Thais have started to adopt new sustainable lifestyles with the no-plastic-bag policy, environmentalists worry that this COVID disruption will have a long-term behavioural impact on SUPs consumption habits. Consuming single-use packaging …


Developing Tanjung Kelayang As A New Bali: An Analysis Of Sustainable Tourism Policy And Implementation, Herdi Andrariladchi Jan 2021

Developing Tanjung Kelayang As A New Bali: An Analysis Of Sustainable Tourism Policy And Implementation, Herdi Andrariladchi

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

Indonesia has seen the success of Bali as the most prominent tourism destination in the country. Therefore, the initiative to deploy the benefits of tourism development throughout several regions of Indonesia is known as the “10 New Bali’s”. Nevertheless, it is still questionable whether Bali is an example of sustainable tourism or not. In developing the “10 New Bali’s”, the Indonesian government is aiming at increasing the number of tourists rather than at achieving the goal of sustainable tourism destination development. One of the destinations designated under this initiative is Tanjung Kelayang in Belitung Island, and therefore it is selected …


Challenges Of Urban Forest Park Restoration On Post-Closure Landfill : Perception And Future Engagement From The Local Communities, Intan Pransischa Fitri Jan 2021

Challenges Of Urban Forest Park Restoration On Post-Closure Landfill : Perception And Future Engagement From The Local Communities, Intan Pransischa Fitri

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

Urban forest park development is considered a promising planning tool in tackling some of the problems associated with urbanisation, such as pollution and urban heat island effects. Individual perceptions are pivotal in the urban forest park development. Their significant factors were aimed to address the community's needs and increase the recognition through the disruptive change of land function and urban living toward urban forest park development. The framework of local community engagement in urban forest park development was proposed. Field observation and questionnaires survey of 168 respondents were selected from five villages located 50 meters-1000 meters radius from the site. …


Preventing Occupational Respiratory Disease From Exposures In Office Building : Case Study Covid-19, Panupant Phapant Jan 2021

Preventing Occupational Respiratory Disease From Exposures In Office Building : Case Study Covid-19, Panupant Phapant

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

The COVID‐19 pandemic has affected human life in every possible way, and, alongside this, the need has been felt that office buildings and workplaces must have protective and preventive layers against COVID‐19 transmission so that a smooth transition from ‘work from home’ to work from office’ is possible. The present study reviews international agency regulations, country regulations, updated journal articles, etc., to critically understand lessons learned from COVID‐19 and evaluate the expected changes in sustainability requirements of office buildings and workplaces. The built environment, control environment, and regulatory environment around office buildings and workplaces have been put under test on …


Developing A System Of Community-Based Agritourism For Sustainable Local Food Systems: A Multi-Case Study Of Rural Livelihood Diversification And Sustainable Urban Consumption In City-Regional Bangkok, Sofia Anna Enrica Cavalleri Jan 2021

Developing A System Of Community-Based Agritourism For Sustainable Local Food Systems: A Multi-Case Study Of Rural Livelihood Diversification And Sustainable Urban Consumption In City-Regional Bangkok, Sofia Anna Enrica Cavalleri

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

Current food systems fail to directly link rural producers and urban consumers. This research explores and categorizes emerging community-based agritourism practices as strategies to reconnect rural food producers with urban consumers. The main research question of this study is: how can community-based agritourism link rural food producers and urban consumers as a rural livelihood diversification strategy? Mixed methods for data collection were selected to answer this question and analyzed with a deductive and inductive approach. These include the review of secondary grey and academic literature, shadow observation in three rural provinces, content validity index calculation performed by experts (n = …


Investigating Consumers' Perspective And Impact On Green Cosmetics And Personal Care Products In Thailand, Tawalhathai Suphasomboon Jan 2021

Investigating Consumers' Perspective And Impact On Green Cosmetics And Personal Care Products In Thailand, Tawalhathai Suphasomboon

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

This study aims to investigate consumers’ perspectives and impact on green cosmetics and personal care products in Thailand. Specifically, it explores the sustainability movement for the cosmetics and personal care industry, analyzes Thai consumer behavioral intention toward the consumption of green cosmetics and personal care products, and evaluates the impact of related policies that may affect green business transitions and consumers’ intention to purchase green cosmetics and personal care products. The movement of industry and related policies were analyzed by means of Life Cycle Thinking approach. Hypotheses were formulated based on The Perceived Value Theory with extended factors of environmental …


Effects Of Configuration And Operating Conditions On Turbidity Removal Of Jet Clarifier, Ploypailin Romphophak Jan 2021

Effects Of Configuration And Operating Conditions On Turbidity Removal Of Jet Clarifier, Ploypailin Romphophak

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

In water treatment, flocculation creates large and weighty flocs enough to be removed by the downstream processes of sedimentation and filtration. Among the various existing technologies, the jet clarifier is considered as an effective and compact system as it couples flocculation and clarification in a single unit. For the design of jet mixing, much experimental work has been done and many correlations have been proposed. However, these correlations are case specifics, and, to date, there is no comprehensive view for the flocculation aspect. In order to evaluate the performance of the jet clarifier for turbidity removal and understand hydrodynamics to …


A Comparison Of Implant Stability Between Two Dental Implant Designusing Two Different Stability Measuring Technique, Chanikarn Chaksupa Jan 2021

A Comparison Of Implant Stability Between Two Dental Implant Designusing Two Different Stability Measuring Technique, Chanikarn Chaksupa

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

Objective To investigate the primary stability of aggressive thread design implant comparing to nonaggressive thread design implant and to evaluate the correlation between ISQ values and IST values. Materials and methods 96 implants were used in this study. 48 BLT Straumann® and 48 BLX Straumann® were used. All implants were digitally planned and placed in 3D printed model using computer assisted guided surgery. The edentulous area at models were packed with randomized pattern of four different kinds of polyurethane blocks to replicate mixed cancellous bone. Postoperative implant stability measurement was performed immediately after implant insertion. Implant stability was measured by …


The Relative Occlusal Force Of Natural Tooth Adjacent To Distal Extension Implant Support Fixed Prosthesis Using T-Scan Analysis : A Cross Sectional Study, Chin Purintarapiban Jan 2021

The Relative Occlusal Force Of Natural Tooth Adjacent To Distal Extension Implant Support Fixed Prosthesis Using T-Scan Analysis : A Cross Sectional Study, Chin Purintarapiban

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

Objective: This cross-sectional study aimed to compare the relative occlusal force between implant in the distal end and tooth adjacent to implant in maximum intercuspation. Methodology: Patients with implant restoration replacing teeth in free end space adjacent to natural tooth were recalled. The occlusion is examined as shim stock passes through the occluded tooth in heavy or light bites. The heavy bite or a light bite with shim stock that cannot pull through is HB1 or LB1. If the shim stock can pull through it is considered HB0 or LB0. The implant is classified into 3 groups, HB1LB0, HB1LB1, and …


Accuracy Comparison Of Dental Implants Obtained By Dynamic Cais In All-On-4 Edentulous Area Among Different Types Of Bone Density: An In Vitro Study, Jutasinee Pornpolsarun Jan 2021

Accuracy Comparison Of Dental Implants Obtained By Dynamic Cais In All-On-4 Edentulous Area Among Different Types Of Bone Density: An In Vitro Study, Jutasinee Pornpolsarun

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

Background: Determination of available bone is particularly important in implant placement quality of bone can affect the accuracy implant placement. Currently, Dynamic navigation system illustrated the improvement of implant accuracy, The accuracy of implant placement using computer-assisted implant placement system (CAIS) is unknown. As a result, the goal of this study was to see how bone density affected implant placement accuracy with Dynamic CAIS. Purpose: To determine the effect of different bone density in the accuracy of implant placement using dynamic navigation system Materials and Methods: The study's overall design includes a single doctor planning each implant using a CBCT …


A Comparison Of Implant Stability Between Two Implant Systems Using Guided Surgery In Inexperienced Surgeons, Pinmuk Supachaiyakit Jan 2021

A Comparison Of Implant Stability Between Two Implant Systems Using Guided Surgery In Inexperienced Surgeons, Pinmuk Supachaiyakit

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

Aim: To investigate the implant stability in relation to two different implant designs, a cylindrical shaped single threaded design (CS/ST) and a tapered shaped double threaded design (TS/DT) using RFA over the first 8 weeks. Materials and Methods: 28 implants were randomly allocated into two groups and were placed as single tooth implant in the posterior arch. CBCT scan was used to determine the bone density and the implants were placed with guided surgical template by inexperienced surgeons which were prepared with the same implant planning software. The implant stability was measured using the RFA over the first 8 weeks …


Clinical Accuracy Between Planned And Placed Posterior Implant Position Of Two Static Implant Planning Software Programs In Inexperienced Operators, Wanwanat Singthong Jan 2021

Clinical Accuracy Between Planned And Placed Posterior Implant Position Of Two Static Implant Planning Software Programs In Inexperienced Operators, Wanwanat Singthong

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

Objective: This study aimed to evaluate and examine the difference in posterior implant positioning between the planned and placed positions when inexperienced operators used two static implant planning software packages following a fully guided implant surgery protocol in the clinical field. Materials and methods: Twenty-four patients who needed single posterior implant placement were randomly divided into two groups based on the used implant planning software (group 1, coDiagnostiX, n=12; group 2, Implant Studio, n=12). The dataset of the placed implant position, generated from digitizing the implant impression, was superimposed on the planned implant position. The number of horizontal, angular, and …


Eu-Vietnam Fta: Implications For Thailand, Uthaipan Promkhatkaew Jan 2021

Eu-Vietnam Fta: Implications For Thailand, Uthaipan Promkhatkaew

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

In 2007, the EU launched a region-to-region Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with the ASEAN; however, negotiations were suspended in 2009, and the EU subsequently decided to negotiate bilateral FTAs with individual ASEAN member states. Thailand, a parliamentary democratic country, launched the first round of trade negotiations with the EU in 2013, but they were put on hold due to the military coup in 2014. On the other hand, the EU still continued to negotiate and ultimately concluded the FTA with Vietnam in 2020 despite the fact that Vietnam is one of the world’s five remaining communist states. This has raised …


Diversification Benefits Of Commodity Indices Versus Islamic Stock Indices, Sita Khan Jan 2021

Diversification Benefits Of Commodity Indices Versus Islamic Stock Indices, Sita Khan

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

The objective of this study is to investigate conditional correlations between the Dow Jones Emerging Market index and commodity indices (i.e., agriculture, energy, industrial metals, livestock, precious metals) and Islamic stock indices (i.e., JKII, KLFTEMSI, MSCI Bahrain, MSCI Kuwait, and MSCI Qatar). Additionally, this paper classifies the properties of assets whether it is a diversifier, a hedger, or a safe-haven assets to the Dow Jones Emerging Market index. The estimation method is the dynamic conditional correlation generalized autoregressive conditional heteroskedasticity (DCC-GARCH) model to estimate the conditional correlations during the period of 2007-2021 which covers the Global financial crisis (GFC) and …


Investigation Of Statistical Seismology In Thailand-Laos-Myanmar Borders, Manunchaya Neanudorn Jan 2021

Investigation Of Statistical Seismology In Thailand-Laos-Myanmar Borders, Manunchaya Neanudorn

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

The purpose of this research is to understand more about the statistical seismology of the Thailand-Laos-Myanmar border in order to monitor earthquake activity and locate potentially dangerous area. The seismicity data was collected from the Thailand Meteorological Department. Following that, the catalog's homogeneity and completeness were improved. The first step is to identify the earthquake activity by using the adaptive frequency-magnitude distribution. The results are that Nan province, Thailand, and south Luang Prabang, Laos are the highest activity areas which can generate a maximum magnitude of 5.1 ML, 5.6 ML, 6.3 ML, and 6.7 ML in 5, 10, 30, 50 …


The Effectiveness Of Asiaticoside On Osteogenic Differentiation Ability In Aging Human Periodontal Ligament Cells In Vitro, Adisa Suthirathikul Jan 2021

The Effectiveness Of Asiaticoside On Osteogenic Differentiation Ability In Aging Human Periodontal Ligament Cells In Vitro, Adisa Suthirathikul

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

Retaining teeth is essential for the quality of life of the aging population. However, aging has biological effects in periodontal ligament cells with significant changes in their proliferative rate and regenerative function. Asiaticoside, extracted from Centella asiatica, was found to have potential in osteogenic differentiation and mineralization in human periodontal ligament cells (HPDLCs). The aim of this study is to investigate the effect of asiaticoside on the aging HPDLCs osteogenic differentiation and mineralization. Aging HPDLCs, retrieved from patients age 60 and above, were confirmed aging status using Senescence-Associated ß -Galactosidase assay. The cells were incubated with various concentrations of asiaticoside …


Utilization Of Rain Tree (Samanea Saman) Residue As Modified Adsorbent To Treat Oil And Grease In Canteen Wastewater, Elga Riesta Puteri Jan 2021

Utilization Of Rain Tree (Samanea Saman) Residue As Modified Adsorbent To Treat Oil And Grease In Canteen Wastewater, Elga Riesta Puteri

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

The utilization of waste materials as adsorbent precursors is gaining intention to treat fats, oils, and greases (FOG), especially in wastewater treatment. Tree residue, an abundant waste, provides a potential feedstock to be converted into valuable materials. This research aimed to develop modified adsorbent prepared from rain tree (Samanea saman) residue for FOG treatment. The synthesis process of modified adsorbent was conducted by chemical pretreatment using different chemical agents (i.e., NaOH, ZnCl2, and H3PO4­). The pre-treated twigs and leaves (1:4 ratio) were continued by pyrolysis process at different temperatures (i.e., 350, 550, and 750oC) using a heating rate of 10oC …