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การประมวลสแลงในกลุ่มเฟซบุ๊ก “Into The Borderland” ด้วยวิธีการทางศาสตร์การทำพจนานุกรม, ธรรมพร คำเคน

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

การศึกษาสแลงในปัจจุบันเมื่อเทียบกับอดีตพบว่ามีจำนวนการศึกษาลดลง เนื่องจากข้อจำกัดด้านการบันทึก และปัญหาในการนิยามสแลง นอกจากนี้ การศึกษาสแลงที่มีอยู่ในภาษาไทยมักไม่ยึดระเบียบวิธีของพจนานุกรมศาสตร์ งานวิจัยนี้มุ่งประมวลสแลงที่ใช้ในกลุ่ม “INTO THE BORDERLAN” ซึ่งเป็นกลุ่มในเฟซบุ๊กที่มีวัฒนธรรมเฉพาะตัวในปริภูมิดิจิทัล โดยใช้ระเบียบวิธีของพจนานุกรมศาสตร์ ประกอบด้วย การนิยามสแลง การเก็บข้อมูลผ่านการสังเกต การสร้างรายการคำ และการจัดเรียงตามลำดับตัวอักษร เพื่อศึกษาความท้าทายในการประมวลสแลงที่ใช้ในกลุ่ม ผลการศึกษาพบว่าความท้าทายที่เกิดขึ้นในการประมวลสแลงในกลุ่มประกอบด้วย 3 ประการ ได้แก่ การกำหนดนิยามเชิงปฏิบัติของสแลง การสร้างรายการคำของสแลง และการจัดการจริยธรรมในการเก็บข้อมูลและการเขียนรายการคำ

Investigating Interlanguages Of English Gerund And Infinitive Verb Complements By L1 Chinese Learners In Taiwan, Chih Ying Chou

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

This study investigated the challenges faced by L1 Chinese learners in Taiwan in mastering English gerund and infinitive verb complements. Using the Interlanguage Hypothesis (Selinker, 1972) as a theoretical framework, the study explored how interlanguage factors - such as language transfer, overgeneralization, and transfer of training - affected these learners’ use of gerunds and infinitive verb complements. The research examined Taiwanese learners’ production and comprehension of English gerund and infinitive verb complements on Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ) and Grammaticality Judgment Tests (GJT), respectively, by learners of different proficiency levels, i.e., average and high proficiency learners. Results revealed that learners frequently …

The Effect Of A Culture Based Breast Health Education Program On Breast Self-Examination Practice Among High-Risk Adult Pakistani Women, Sumaira Naz

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

This study aimed to determine the effect of a culture-based breast health education program on breast self-examination practice (BSEP) in high-risk women through a randomized controlled trail (RCT). The participants of 72 high -risk women, aged 20-50 years from POF hospital, Taxila was taken on matched pairs with age and educational level and randomly assigned into an experimental and a control group. The program was developed on social cognitive theory (SCT) (Bandura, 1977, 1989), and the cultural identity concept of PEN-3 model (Airhihenbuwa,1989). The intervention group received the culture-based breast health education program, while control group received usual care. BSEP …

การพัฒนาเกมเพื่อการสอนตีความบทเพลงขับร้องสำหรับผู้เรียนวัย 9-11 ปี, จิรภิญญา ศิริกุล

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

การวิจัยครั้งนี้ใช้ระเบียบวิจัยเชิงวิจัยและพัฒนา มีวัตถุประสงค์เพื่อพัฒนาเกมเพื่อการสอนตีความบทเพลงขับร้องสำหรับผู้เรียนวัย 9-11 ปี เครื่องมือที่ใช้ในการวิจัย ประกอบด้วย 1) แบบสัมภาษณ์นำร่อง 2) แบบประเมินคุณภาพเกม 3) แบบบันทึกหลังสอน 4) แบบสังเกตพฤติกรรมนักเรียนระหว่างทำกิจกรรม และ 5) แบบสัมภาษณ์ความพึงพอใจผู้เรียนที่มีต่อสื่อการสอน กลุ่มตัวอย่างในงานวิจัยครั้งนี้แบ่งออกเป็น 3 กลุ่ม คือ 1) กลุ่มผู้ให้ข้อมูลสำคัญ จำนวน 7 ท่าน 2) กลุ่มผู้ประเมินคุณภาพเกม จำนวน 3 ท่าน และ 3) นักเรียนขับร้องที่ผู้วิจัยสอน จำนวน 1 คน ทำการเก็บข้อมูล โดยการศึกษาเอกสาร งานวิจัยที่เกี่ยวข้องและการสัมภาษณ์ และนำมาพัฒนาเป็นต้นแบบเกม จากนั้นนำเกมไปให้ผู้เชี่ยวชาญประเมิน และนำไปทดลองใช้ วิเคราะห์ผลโดยการวิเคราะห์เชิงเนื้อหา และการวิเคราะห์เชิงสถิติพื้นฐาน ได้แก่ ค่าเฉลี่ยและส่วนเบี่ยงเบนมาตรฐาน ผลการวิจัย คือ ต้นแบบเกมเพื่อการสอนตีความบทเพลงขับร้องที่พัฒนาขึ้นประกอบด้วย ประกอบไปด้วย 2 ส่วน คือ 1) อุปกรณ์เกม ได้แก่ 1.1) ชุดการ์ดจำนวน 6 ชุด ได้แก่ ชุดการ์ดระยะช่วงเสียงจำนวน 4 ใบ, ชุดการ์ดระดับความดังเบาเสียง จำนวน 8 ใบ ชุดการ์ดอารมณ์เพลงจำนวน 9 ใบ, ชุดการ์ดคาแรคเตอร์ จำนวน 12 ใบ, ชุดการ์ดภารกิจจำนวน 13 ใบ, ชุดการ์ดรางวัล จำนวน 12 ใบ 1.2) แบบวิเคราะห์ท่อนเพลง 1.3) บอร์ดเกม 1.4) หมากเดินเกม 1.5) ลูกเต๋า 1.6) คู่มือประกอบการสอนและเล่น และ 2) กิจกรรม แบ่งออกเป็น 4 ขั้น คือ …

Sweeping General Jurisdiction Under The Specific Jurisdiction Rug: A Doctrinal Map Of The Contraction And Expansion Of Personal Jurisdiction As Told By Ford, Amy L. Moore

Law Faculty Scholarship

This Article provides a doctrinal mapping of the Supreme Court’s modern personal jurisdiction jurisprudence through the lens of Ford Motor Co. v. Montana Eighth Judicial District Court. Tracing the evolution of specific and general jurisdiction from International Shoe through Bristol-Myers Squibb, the Article examines how the Court’s articulation of the “arise out of or relate to” requirement has shifted over time. While Ford purported to clarify the relationship prong of specific jurisdiction, the Article argues that the decision instead destabilizes the doctrinal boundary between specific and general jurisdiction. By reinvigorating the “relate to” language without articulating clear limiting …

(Non)Ordination Of Women In The Evangelical Lutheran Church Of Latvia: Response Of Partner Churches, Dace Balode, Valdis Tēraudkalns

Occasional Papers on Religion in Eastern Europe

This article uses archival sources and other materials to analyze opinions in order to reconstruct events and responses, and to reveal theological arguments used by various sides in the debates on the ordination of women within the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Latvia (ELCL). The primary interest of authors has been to provide a comprehensive historical exposition. In studying historical documents, authors employ classical methods like identifying the origin and context of documents, as well as using generic, comparative, and content analysis. Secondly, authors are exploring how the issue of women's ordination has impacted the ELCL's relationships with its partners, and …

The Scales Project: Making Federal Court Records Free, Christopher A. Cotropia

Law Faculty Publications

Federal court records have been available online for nearly a quarter century, yet they remain frustratingly inaccessible to the public. This is due to two primary barriers: (1) the federal government’s prohibitively high fees to access the records at scale and (2) the unwieldy state of the records themselves, which are mostly text documents scattered across numerous systems. Official datasets produced by the judiciary, as well as third-party data collection efforts, are incomplete, inaccurate, and similarly inaccessible to the public. The result is a de facto data blackout that leaves an entire branch of the federal government shielded from empirical …

Affinity-Based Multi-Character Storyboard Generation Using Rewrite Rules, Ram Sukkirtkijpibul

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

A game story contains interactions between characters as well as the game world. Certain genres of games such as Visual Novels and Role-Playing Games rely on their stories to attract players. There were several proposed algorithms for story generation. They focused mainly on story generation for one main character. To our knowledge, there has not been a generator with support for multiple main characters, where each main character has their own storyline that could overlap with other main characters’ stories. With multiple main characters, players can see the game world through different viewpoints, thus getting more immersed into the game's …

Improving Thai-Dialect Automatic Speech Recognition With Curriculum Learning, Artit Suwanbandit

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR) has been the foremost feature and integrated in many real-world usages for decades. The novel deep learning approaches prevail in the ASR field as a model architecture. However, ASR still struggles with low-resource data, especially in the Thai dialectal language. Transfer learning is the conventional approach in the machine learning field for escalating the performance of low-resource settings. In the scenario that additional fine-tuning tasks are not achievable, exerting all efficiency of target data is an accountability. To overcome stagnation, we proposed transfer-based curriculum learning for low-resource dialectal ASR, Phonemetically-induced subword Out-of-vocabulary rate (PhIS-OOV), and Model …

Grammatical Error Correction In Thai Sentences For Deaf Students, Supachan Traitruengsakul

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

Deaf students encounter challenges in written communication due to errors such as insertion, deletion, disorder, misusage, and misspellings. Grammatical error correction (GEC) technology can help mitigate these issues. However, existing GEC models are primarily trained on online resources from second-language hearing learners. In contrast, sentences written by deaf students suffer from a variety of errors not typically found elsewhere. To address this issue, we create the Thai Deaf Corpus (TDC), focusing on identifying and analyzing errors among deaf students in grades 7-12 across four deaf schools. Additionally, we introduce a two-stage system for the Thai-GEC model, automatically detecting and correcting …

Chinese Consumers’ Perception Of Thailand As A Tourism Destination Via Xiaohongshu Platform, Zihuan Xu

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

This study examines how prior travel experience, demographic factors, and user-generated content (UGC) on Xiaohongshu collectively influence Chinese consumers’ perceptions of Thailand as a tourist destination, with a focus on shopping. Consumer perception is analyzed across four dimensions: cognition, emotion, language, and behavior. The findings reveal that prior travel experience has the most significant impact, with those who have visited Thailand showing more positive perceptions across all dimensions compared to those who have not. Demographic factors, such as age and occupation, also play a role, particularly in influencing language. Exposure to Xiaohongshu UGC primarily affects the behavioral dimension, enhancing purchase …

Cross-Lingual Speech Emotion Recognition Using English And Mandarin On Thai Data, Kantapong Wonghirunruch

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

This study explores the efficacy of cross-lingual Speech Emotion Recognition (SER) using Thai as a target language with training sets in English and Mandarin. The study evaluates the adaptability of SER models across linguistic boundaries, emphasizing the challenges and potential of leveraging well-resourced languages to enhance emotion recognition capabilities in a language with fewer resources. Through a series of experiments, the research investigates three primary aspects: the performance of same-corpus training within Thai, cross-lingual model application from English and Mandarin to Thai, and the effectiveness of transfer learning techniques in improving model accuracy. The findings indicate that Mandarin facilitates more …

Investigating The Language Challenges And Pedagogical Reasoning Of Thai Medical Teachers In English-Medium Instruction (Emi) Classrooms, Teaka Sowaprux

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

This dissertation investigates the language challenges faced by English-medium instruction (EMI) medical teachers in multilingual classrooms and examines how their pedagogical reasoning influences the use of classroom language to convey complex medical content. As EMI continues to expand globally, particularly in higher education, content teachers initially hired to teach in their home language are increasingly being recruited to teach academic subjects through English. While existing research has explored language challenges in EMI science classrooms (Gustafsson, 2020; Pun, Fu, & Cheung, 2023), there is limited understanding of how medical teachers adapt their teaching strategies in response to these challenges. This study …

The Integration Of Chinese Cuisine In Contemporary Thai Society As Reflected In The Names Of Food: A Case Study Of Salapao, Yating Shen

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

This thesis aims to study the integration of Chinese cuisine in contemporary Thai society as reflected in the names of food by using the Chinese steamed bun or salapao as a case study. Objectives of the thesis include 1) to analyze the form and meaning of the names of salapao consumed in Thai society and 2) to examine the integration of salapao in contemporary Thai society as reflected in its names. 200 names of salapao with savory and sweet fillings consumed in Thailand between 2022 and 2024 are collected from the products of salapao brands in Bangkok and 24 provinces. …

The Motivations Of Chinese Digital Nomads In Moving To Chiang Mai, Thailand, Yifan Zhai

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

Digital nomadism, fueled by the rise of remote work opportunities and a desire for location independence, has become a prominent lifestyle choice for many individuals globally. Within this landscape, Chiang Mai, Thailand, has emerged as a favored destination for Chinese digital nomads, offering a unique blend of affordability, cultural richness, and conducive work environments. This paper presents an exploration into the motivations driving Chinese digital nomads to select Chiang Mai as their destination. Through a mixed-methods approach combining interviews and observation, this study seeks to uncover the underlying factors influencing their decision-making processes. Grounded in the theory of motivation and …

The Role Of Traditional Skirt (Sinh) In The Formation Of Lao National Identity In Post-1975 Lao Society, Aoi Takayama

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

Lao People’s Democratic Republic was founded in 1975, and since then the government has tried to reinforce Lao national identity among its citizens. This research aims to study what kind of role the Lao female traditional skirt called the “Sinh” has played out in forming Lao national identity among the Lao people since the country’s establishment, and what kind of factors have affected the perspectives towards Sinh-wearing in Lao society. This research relies on both qualitative and quantitative methodology. The findings indicate that the Sinh has played an important role in constructing Lao women’s identity, and has had crucial role …

English Plosive Consonants Produced By Young Thai Speakers: An Analysis Of Voice Onset Time And Intelligibility Using Speech-To-Text Technology, Thanachporn Varapongsittikul

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

One challenge Thai learners of English as a second language face is pronouncing plosive consonants due to differences in phonological systems and phonotactics. This study aims to (1) analyze the VOT values of English plosive consonants produced by young Thai speakers and (2) investigate how variations in VOT impact the intelligibility of their English speech, as assessed by Speech-to-Text (STT) technology. This research analyzed speech samples from 49 seventh-grade students with A2-level English proficiency. Each student produced 24 target words embedded in a carrier sentence, featuring all six English plosive sounds. The acoustic measurements were conducted using Praat software, while …

Attitudes Toward Lccp Strategies: A Comprehensive Framework, Alexey V. Semenov, Arilova Randrianasolo

Funded Scholarship

Within recent years, the choice of whether to employ local culture consumer positioning (LCCP) strategies has gained considerable interest in both international marketing research and practice, particularly due to the recent rise in nationalism around the world. This current research focuses on the individual-level drivers of consumer attitudes toward LCCP strategies by creating a more comprehensive framework of the antecedents of attitudes toward LCCP strategies. Utilizing an institution-based view, social identity, self-verification, and personality trait theories, we develop a framework that encompasses elemental personality traits (agreeableness and need for material resources), perceptions of national identity, international travel, world-mindedness, and national …

The Impact Of Language Status On Bilingual Language And Literacy Development, Ashley Ippolito

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

This study investigated narrative and literacy differences between monolingual and bilingual children with Developmental Language Disorder (DLD) and examined caregivers' perspectives on their language and literacy development. This mixed methods project involved semi-structured ethnographic interviews and case histories for caregiver measures, and it included a narrative production task and a literacy skills assessment for child measures. There were two participant groups: monolingual children with a DLD in kindergarten to sixth grade (Group 1) and bilingual children (English + additional language) with a DLD (Group 2). Thematic analysis of caregiver interviews revealed that monolingual families engaged in storytelling and reading activities …

Impact Of A Culturally-Grounded And Interprofessional Approach To Managing Latino/Hispanic Patients At Risk For Or Diagnosed With Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: A Pilot Study, Jahnavi Yalamanchili

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

Background: Despite significant progress in diabetes research, there remain significant health disparities between Hispanic/Latino patients in the United States, particularly those with lower socioeconomic status, compared to non-Hispanic white patients. Previous studies have identified potential reasons behind these disparities, including the need for a multifaceted approach that addresses social determinants of health (SDOH) faced by patients. Social cognitive theory (SCT) stipulates that interventions that promote self-management by improving knowledge, self-efficacy, and problem-solving skills can be successful in improving health outcomes. However, there is a paucity of studies that have evaluated an interprofessional approach to providing culturally relevant care, in particular …

The Essence Of The Image Of The Fool In The Context Of The Orthodox Teachings In Eastern Europe, Olga Polumysna, Valeriy Bulatov

Occasional Papers on Religion in Eastern Europe

The article explores aspects of the image of the holy fool in the context of Orthodox teaching in Eastern Europe. The phenomenon of people who are called holy fools in the thinking and teaching of the Orthodox religious tradition is a controversial issue and still causes conflicting opinions, because the actions of people called holy fools are difficult to understand both for simple observers and for Orthodox researchers. The contrast of opinions in the formation of the holy fool's gestalt is of particular interest to this study. Is the life of holy fools directly connected with sacred life and Orthodox …

Factors Affecting Users’ Satisfaction With Telehealth Apps: Analysis Of User Reviews Using Bert, Abdullah Wahbeh, Tyler Howes, Omar F. El-Gayar, Raed Seetan, Mohammad Al-Ramahi

Research & Publications

Telehealth mobile apps and telehealth services are increasingly used by patients, particularly, post-COVID-19.This study examines factors related to users’ satisfaction with these apps and services by analyzing reviews from actual telehealth app users. A total of 53,209 reviews were collected from nine telehealth apps on the Google Play store. Using BERT embeddings, UMAP, and HDBSCAN, topics were generated and labeled to identify these factors. Results showed that telehealth app users expressed several factors related to satisfaction with telehealth apps, which could impact the acceptability and adoption of such apps. These include usability (ease of use), usefulness, convenience and efficiency, cost …

A Comparative Analysis Of The Interpretability Of Lda And Llm For Topic Modeling: The Case Of Healthcare Apps, Omar El-Gayar, Mohammad Al-Ramahi, Abdullah Wahbeh, Tareq Nasralah, Ahmed Elnoshokaty

Research & Publications

This study compares the interpretability of the topics resulting from three topic modeling techniques, namely, LDA, BERTopic, and RoBERTa. Using a case study of three healthcare apps (MyChart, Replika, and Teladoc), we collected 39,999, 52,255, and 27,462 reviews from each app, respectively. Topics were generated for each app using the three topic models and labels were assigned to the resulting topics. Comparative qualitative analysis showed that BERTopic, RoBERTa, and LDA have relatively similar performance in terms of the final list of resulting topics concerning human interpretability. The LDA topic model achieved the highest rate of assigning labels to topics, but …

A Promise Without A Remedy: The Supposed Incompatibility Of The Gplv2 And Apache V2 Licenses, Chestek, Pamela S.

Santa Clara High Technology Law Journal

License “incompatibility” in free and open source software licensing means that, when two differently licensed pieces of software are combined, one cannot comply with both licenses at the same time. It is commonly accepted that the GNU General Public License version 2 is incompatible with the Apache License, version 2 because certain provisions of the Apache License would be considered “further restrictions” not permitted by the GPLv2. However, this article will explain why there is no legally cognizable claim for combining the two, either under a copyright infringement theory or a breach of contract theory.

Alterity As A Mirror Of Identity: Primo Levi’S Self Representation In Other People’S Trades, Ilona Klein

Faculty Publications

Primo Levi reveals much about himself in the fifty-one short essays of L’altrui mestiere (Other People’s Trades). This study analyzes L’altrui mestiere as the awareness of the “self” through the observation of “otherness” — other people, but also other living beings which are not human (mammalian animals and insects), others as minerals, and others as hypotheses, theories, writings, microcosmic or macrocosmic conceptions that Levi uses to weave a discourse of “alterity” as a mirror of “identity.” L’altrui mestiere’s narrative pattern revolves around contrasts and comparisons between the familiar and the unfamiliar, the canny and the uncanny, the …

Distribution: Understanding Customer-Facing Logistics In Africa, Emmanuel T. Kodzi

Faculty Publications

Companies seeking to do business in Africa often focus more on challenges they need to address, rather than opportunities presented to them. The need to manage their investments across diverse countries, population profiles, infrastructure development levels, and local capabilities is viewed in terms of complexity. However, improved situational understanding will better inform investment decisions regarding product movements among points of origin, production, and consumption. Several aspects of logistics may be considered in this regard, but we focus on customer-facing logistics. We assume that few companies have the capability and resources to both produce and deliver products to end-buyers in a …

Classification Of Arabic Alphabets Using A Combination Of A Convolutional Neural Network And The Morphological Gradient Method, Mouhssine El Atillah, Khalid El Fazazy, Jamal Riffi

Baghdad Science Journal

The field of Optical Character Recognition (OCR) is the process of converting an image of text into a machine-readable text format. The classification of Arabic manuscripts in general is part of this field. In recent years, the processing of Arabian image databases by deep learning architectures has experienced a remarkable development. However, this remains insufficient to satisfy the enormous wealth of Arabic manuscripts. In this research, a deep learning architecture is used to address the issue of classifying Arabic letters written by hand. The method based on a convolutional neural network (CNN) architecture as a self-extractor and classifier. Considering the …

Winter 2024: Amplifying

The Weldon Times

A student-run publication from the Schulich School of Law at Dalhousie University.

Co-Editors in Chief: Nicole Payette, Elyse Loewen

The Conceptual Review On The Effect Of Corporate Governance Monitoring Mechanisms On Tax Avoidance, Eveana Mosuin, Nor Balkish Zakaria, Yvonne Joseph Ason

ASEAN Journal on Science and Technology for Development

Taxes are the primary source of revenue for many nations in order to increase budget revenues and fund national development. Taxation serves multiple purposes because it can positively impact a nation's investment, education, social and economic development. However, tax authorities require assistance with the issue of tax non-compliance, which impedes tax administration and collection. One of the categories of tax non-compliance is tax avoidance, which is one of the company's strategies for legally reducing its tax burden by exploiting loopholes in tax regulations to minimise tax liability. Tax avoidance is when a company follows a particular tax strategy in the …

Research Access To Social Media Data: Lessons From Clinical Trial Data Sharing, Christopher J. Morten, Gabriel Nicholas, Salomé Vilgoen

Articles

For years, social media companies have sparred with lawmakers over how much independent access to platform data they should provide researchers. Sharing data with researchers allows the public to better understand the risks and harms associated with social media, including areas such as misinformation, child safety, and political polarization. Yet researcher access is controversial. Privacy advocates and companies raise the potential privacy threats of researchers using such data irresponsibly. In addition, social media companies raise concerns over trade secrecy: the data these companies hold and the algorithms powered by that data are secretive sources of competitive advantage. This Article shows …