bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
ความชุกและปัจจัยที่มีความสัมพันธ์ต่อการตรวจพบความดันโลหิตสูงช่วงกลางคืนและภาวะความดันโลหิตที่ไม่ลดลงช่วงกลางคืนด้วยเครื่องวัดความดันโลหิตชนิดติดตัวพร้อมวัดอัตโนมัติในผู้ป่วยเอชไอวีที่ได้รับการรักษาและตรวจไม่พบเชื้อไวรัสในเลือด
Authors:   , นครชัย กานต์
Published: April 2023

บทนำ: ภาวะความดันโลหิตที่ไม่ลดลงช่วงกลางคืนเป็นสาเหตุที่พบได้บ่อยในปัจจุบันและมีความสัมพันธ์ต่อการเกิดโรคหัวใจและหลอดเลือดในกลุ่มประชากรทั่วไปอย่างมีนัยสำคัญ แต่ข้อมูลในผู้ป่วยเอชไอวีที่ได้รับการรักษาและตรวจไม่พบเชื้อไวรัสในเลือดนั้นยังมีน้อย

ระเบียบวิธีการทำวิจัย: การศึกษานี้เป็นการเก็บรวมรวมข้อมูลภาวะความดันโลหิตที่ไม่ลดลงช่วงกลางคืน ด้วยเครื่องวัดความดันโลหิตชนิดติดตัวพร้อมวัดอัตโนมัติ (Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring) เป็นเวลา 24 ชั่วโมงในผู้ป่วยเอชไอวีที่ได้รับการรักษาและตรวจไม่พบเชื้อไวรัสในเลือด (VL < 50 copies/ml) มีอายุ 30 ปีขึ้นไป ไม่เคยได้รับการวินิจฉัยหรือรับการรักษาโรคความดันโลหิตสูง (ความดันโลหิตคลินิคน้อยกว่า 140/90 มิลลิเมตรปรอท) โดยไม่มีประวัติโรคหัวใจและหลอดเลือดหรือกำลังตั้งครรภ์ โดยจัดทำที่ศูนย์ประสานความร่วมมือระหว่าง ไทย-ออสเตรเลีย-เนเธอร์แลนด์ เพื่อการวิจัยทางคลินิกด้านโรคเอดส์ (HIV-NAT) และศึกษาเพิ่มว่าปัจจัยใดมีความสัมพันธ์ต่อการเกิดภาวะความดันที่ไม่ลดลงช่วงกลางคืน รวมถึงความชุกในการเกิดความดันชนิด Masked hypertension

ผลการศึกษา: จากการรวมรวมข้อมูล 54 คนในการวิจัยพบว่า อายุเฉลี่ยของผู้ป่วยเท่ากับ 54 ปี มีผู้ป่วยเพศหญิง 33 คน (61.3%) มีภาวะไขมันในโลหิตสูง 33 คน (61.1%) ดัชนีมวลกายเฉลี่ยของผู้ป่วยเท่ากับ 22 kg/m2 มีระยะเวลาทานยาต้านไวรัสเฉลี่ย 22 ปี มีค่า CD4 เฉลี่ยเท่ากับ 563 cell/mm3 และผู้ป่วยทุกคนตรวจพบไวรัสในเลือด น้อยกว่า 50 copies/ml หลังติดเครื่องวัดความดันโลหิตชนิดติดตัวพร้อมวัดอัตโนมัติ พบว่าจำนวนการวัดความดันโลหิตสำเร็จตลอด 24 ชั่วโมงเท่ากับ 85.2% มีผู้ป่วยตรวจพบภาวะความดันโลหิตที่ไม่ลดลงช่วงกลางคืนเท่ากับ 25 คน (46%) และตรวจไม่พบปัจจัยที่มีความสัมพันธ์ต่อการเกิดภาวะความดันโลหิตโลหิตที่ไม่ลดลงช่วงกลางคืน ตรวจพบความดันโลหิตชนิด Masked hypertension จำนวนทั้งหมด 13%

ข้อสรุป: การตรวจพบภาวะความดันโลหิตที่ไม่ลดลงในช่วงเวลากลางคืนในผู้ป่วยเอชไอวีที่ได้รับการรักษาและตรวจไม่พบเชื้อในเลือดสามารถเจอได้มากถึงร้อยละ 46 แต่ความสัมพันธ์กับโรคหัวใจและหลอดเลือดยังต้องมีการติดตามผู้ป่วยกลุ่มนี้ต่อไปในอนาคต
ความสัมพันธ์ระหว่างค่าไนตริกออกไซด์ในลมหายใจกับความรุนแรงของอาการในผู้ใหญ่ที่เป็นโรคจมูกอักเสบภูมิแพ้
Authors:   , ทรัพย์ส่งเสริม ไพรัช
Published: April 2023

ที่มา: โรคจมูกอักเสบภูมิแพ้เป็นโรคที่มีความชุกสูงโรคหนึ่ง การรักษาใช้ระยะเวลานาน และเพิ่มความเสี่ยงในการเกิดโรคหืด ปัจจุบันยังไม่มีการศึกษาความสัมพันธ์ของค่าไนตริกออกไซด์ในลมหายใจกับความรุนแรงของอาการโรคจมูกอักเสบภูมิแพ้ในประชากรผู้ใหญ่ไทย

วัตถุประสงค์: เพื่อศึกษาว่าค่าไนตริกออกไซด์ในลมหายใจในผู้ใหญ่ที่เป็นโรคจมูกอักเสบภูมิแพ้กลุ่มที่มีความรุนแรงของอาการน้อยมีความแตกต่างกับกลุ่มที่มีความรุนแรงของอาการปานกลางถึงมาก

วิธีการศึกษา: เก็บข้อมูลจากอาสาสมัครที่ได้รับการวินิจฉัยเป็นโรคจมูกอักเสบภูมิแพ้ โดยใช้แบบสอบถามและตรวจวัดค่าไนตริกออกไซด์ในลมหายใจ ซึ่งเป็นผู้ป่วยที่เข้ารับการรักษาที่แผนกผู้ป่วยนอกสาขาโรคภูมิแพ้ โรงพยาบาลจุฬาลงกรณ์ สภากาชาดไทยระหว่างเดือนมิถุนายนถึงธันวาคม 2563 จำนวนรวม 38 ราย และนำมาวิเคราะห์

ผลการศึกษา: ค่าเฉลี่ยของไนตริกออกไซด์ในลมหายใจในผู้ใหญ่ที่เป็นโรคจมูกอักเสบภูมิแพ้กลุ่มที่มีความรุนแรงของอาการน้อยเท่ากับ 14.82+/-6.59 ส่วนในพันล้านส่วน กลุ่มที่มีความรุนแรงของอาการปานกลางถึงมากเท่ากับ 44.31+/-27.78 ส่วนในพันล้านส่วน โดยมีความแตกต่างทางสถิติ (p=0.02) จากการวิเคราะห์พบว่าค่าไนตริกออกไซด์ในลมหายใจที่เหมาะสมใช้เป็นจุดตัดเพื่อแยกผู้ใหญ่ที่เป็นโรคจมูกอักเสบภูมิแพ้ที่มีความรุนแรงของอาการน้อยและปานกลางถึงมากเท่ากับ 23.5 ส่วนในพันล้านส่วน โดยมีความไวร้อยละ 100 ความจำเพาะร้อยละ 91.7 ค่าทำนายผลบวกร้อยละ 87.5 ค่าทำนายผลลบร้อยละ 100 และมีความแตกต่างทางสถิติ (p<0.001) ส่วนปัจจัยอื่นๆ ไม่พบความแตกต่าง

สรุปผลการศึกษา: ผู้ใหญ่ที่เป็นโรคจมูกอักเสบภูมิแพ้จะมีค่าไนตริกออกไซด์ในลมหายใจแปรตามความรุนแรงของอาการ
Sop development for ERP/software project management of a consulting company
Authors:   , Viengcome Piyanat
Published: April 2023

Presently, ERP/software consulting company has experienced in information gathering process from users in customer company which lead to insufficient to-be process development and vendor selection process. The unexpected results would be extra budget and high manual workload in organization. The possible root cause is uncleared procedure to proceed the project management in ERP/software implementation. The objective of this research is to develop the standard operating procedure for ERP/software project management of a consulting company concentrated in manufacturing industry in Thailand. The methodology starts with studying of competitors’ approach from their websites. The ERP expert interview is the next step, 3 experts were interviewed to gain the key points of each process of the project. Finally, the focused group was executed to brainstorm and digest the information to create new procedure. The result shows that there are 3 phases of the project which are Pre-assessment, Assessment and Post-assessment phase. The most important phase is the assessment phase. The interview techniques were adapted into use which are the question list preparation, narrative analysis by letting user explain their daily operations, and whiteboarding to visualize the user’s thought into easy figure and constructive processes. Having established new procedure, the reviews from ERP experts who used to be the stakeholder and experienced in another consulting firms are utilized to revise the procedure. Moreover, ERP experts evaluate that this standard operating procedure can be valid into actual use.
Avoidance of the English passive construction by L1 Chinese learners
Authors:   , Wang Yang
Published: April 2023

This research investigated avoidance behaviour as one of the strategies L2 learners may resort to because of L1-L2 differences, or the non-existence of L2 structures for L1 learners (Schachter 1974; Dagut and Laufer 1985). Schachter (1974) proposed the Avoidance Behaviour Hypothesis, whereby L2 learners were likely to avoid using some L2 structures due to the aforementioned difficulties in L2 acquisition. Later researchers, i.e. Dagut and Laufer (1985), and Laufer and Eliasson (1993), claimed that L1-L2 differences tended to play a role, or at least would be the ‘best predictor’ (1993, p46) of avoidance. However, recent researchers, i.e. Thiamtawan and Pongpairoj (2013; 2019) assumed that, despite any L1-L2 differences, or the non-existence of L2 structures in the learners’ native language, such avoidance behaviour does not necessarily emerge, and they formulated the Factors of L2 Non-Avoidance Hypothesis (FNAH) to explain the non-avoidance phenomenon. In the current study, it was hypothesised that L1 Chinese learners tended to avoid the English passive construction as a result of the structural and distributional differences between the English and Chinese passive structure. The participants in this study consisted of thirty L1 Chinese intermediate-level participants (i.e. B2 in CEFR) as the experimental group, and six native English speakers as the control group formulating the baseline data. The tasks in this study were a comprehension task to check on the L2 learners’ knowledge of the English passive, and two production tasks, i.e. the FishFilm task (Tomlin 1995) and the Indirect Preference Elicitation (IPE) task. Results from the FishFilm task and the IPE task showed that the participants tended not to avoid the English passive construction, which rejected the hypothesis. The reasons for the Chinese learners producing more passive than active structures in both tasks might be the task effect and the learners’ familiarity with the English passive. Due to a large number of active responses and a marginal level of significant difference in the IPE task, this study investigated further the different contexts in the IPE task with respect to the participants’ perspective of whether they considered that the patients in the pictures were suffering from adversity or not. The results clearly revealed that the participants would not avoid the English passive construction under the adversity context due to the transfer of training in the Chinese setting or, to be more specific, the participants transferred their L1 knowledge of the meaning of the Chinese passive into their L2 production. However, there was a tendency for the participants to avoid the English passive construction under the non-adversity context due to the complexities of the English passive construction compared with the active, whereby the participants did not transfer their L1 knowledge of the meaning of the Chinese passive. The findings from this study have contributed to Second Language Acquisition with respect to the L2 avoidance phenomenon.
City-wide greenhouse gas mitigation options to support global climate goals: case studies of Bangkok, Chiang Mai, and Rayong, Thailand
Authors:   , Sugsaisakon Sittisak
Published: April 2023

The action of city on climate mitigation becomes a crucial role. The aims of this study were to quantify greenhouse gases (GHGs) emission, identify feasibility of mitigation options in selected provinces, and to evaluate the performance of local capacity to support Thailand’s Nationally Determined Contributed (NDC) and 1.5oC limit pathway. Three provinces, including Bangkok, Chiang Mai and Rayong of Thailand were selected as case studies. The results revealed that stationary energy was the greatest contribution to the city’s GHGs emissions in all case studies. Transportation was the second largest emitter in Bangkok and Chiang Mai, whereas IPPU was the second major GHG source in Rayong. Bangkok’s GHGs emissions were 41.25 million tones carbon dioxide equivalent (MtCO2eq) in 2015 and was projected to increase to 112.53 MtCO2eq in 2050 as in business-as-usual (BAU). To align with 1.5oC global pathway, Bangkok should set limits on their GHGs reduction for 94.98% compared to BAU in 2050. Stationary energy, transportation, and waste are high-potential sectors for mitigating GHGs emissions. Lack of financial supports and clarity regarding local government’s mandate and authority are limitations of climate policies implementation. In Chiang Mai, total GHGs emissions were 6.83 MtCO2eq. in 2015 and projected to 12.47 MtCO2eq in 2050. Chiang Mai need to consider limiting GHGs emissions for 91.38% from BAU in 2050 to fit with the global target, especially the implementation in stationary energy, transportation and AFOLU sectors. Collaborative governance at the local level is a key success factor in driving climate change mitigation. Further, Rayong should limit their GHGs emissions in 2050 at 0.90 MtCO2eq to achieve 97.50% of emissions reductions to achieve the 1.5oC global pathway. Rayong was projected to increase GHGs emissions from 21.25 MtCO2eq in 2015 to 36.02 MtCO2eq in 2050. Stationary energy, IPPU and transportation are high-potential sectors for lowering GHGs. IPPU sector could be challenge for driving climate mitigation policies in Rayong due to advanced technologies and long-term collaboration with private sector is required. Overall, this research suggests that national government has to provide technical and financial support, especially climate mitigation fund, monitoring, reporting and verification system. National climate mitigation policies should be more also holistic integrated and aligned with the roadmap of local policies in the long run.
Fishermen’s participation in marine litter collection schemes in Thailand
Authors:   , Thongphaijit Phornphavit
Published: April 2023

Marine litter is a global environmental problem that poses various threats to the environment, the economy and society. Its impacts, for example, are the cost of beach cleaning, tourism, the beautiful landscape and etc. Marine litter, which later breaks into microplastics, affects marine lives contributing to the loss of economy to the people who depend on them. Several measures are used to tackle marine litter, including prevention and reduction of waste generation, prevention and reduction of litter reaching the marine environment, and marine litter removal. The latter is essential to clean already-at-sea litter or marine debris.

Thailand, among the top countries putting mismanaged plastic waste into the ocean, has committed the effort to tackle the marine litter and initiated the regional effort through the Bangkok Declaration on Combating Marine Debris and the ASEAN Framework of Action in 2019. At the same time, the Thai Department of Fisheries had introduced a voluntary marine litter collection scheme named Trash Back to Shores: Beautiful Seas with Our Hands to engage the fishermen to collect marine litter while they are in their fishing activities. The scheme, however, had not convinced many fishermen to participate. Therefore, this study aimed to investigate potential factors relating to Thai fishermen’s participation in the schemes based on the Theory of Planned Behaviour. Ten factors were investigated comprising environmental awareness and knowledge, personal concerns, social pressure, surrounding people, incentive, the readiness of supported practice, information, time and interests, size of vessels and ships adjustment and practice experience.

This study used questionnaire surveys and in-depth interviews to draw insights from 105 fishermen in three provinces, namely Samut Prakarn, Samut Songkhram and Phang Nga. The study found that the readiness of supported practice, information and practice experience potentially influenced their participation. The findings of this study highlight numerous policy recommendations for the improvement of the marine litter collection schemes. The fisheries associations and Port-In Port-Out Control Centers (PIPOs) could increase the dissemination of schemes' information, especially for the owners of vessels. Moreover, storing containers on-board and waste reception facilities are necessary to facilitate the schemes’ implementation. More actions should be done to reduce plastic waste and other wastes on land since more than 80 percent of marine debris are generated by land-based activities.
Effect of desensitizing toothpaste containing calcium sodium phosphosilicate on microtensile bond strength of adhesive systems
Authors:   , Sittiwaitayaporn Warin
Published: April 2023

Purpose: To evaluate the effect of a desensitizing toothpaste, containing calcium sodium phosphosilicate, on microtensile bond strength of adhesive systems treated to dentine.

Methods:  Fifty-two human third molars were embedded into acrylic resin, and cut to expose flat dentin surface. The specimens were randomly divided into two groups, 1) no brushing, and 2) brushing with Sensodyne Repair&Protect (GSK, London, UK) for 10,000 cycles with a V-8 cross brushing machine (Sabri Dental Enterprise, Inc., USA). Subsequently, both groups were divided into three groups for resin composite build-up using different adhesive agents (OptiBond FL® (Kerr, Orange, CA, USA), Clearfil SE Bond® (Kuraray Medical Inc, Japan), Single Bond Universal® (3M ESPE, USA)). All samples were subsequently sectioned to obtain microtensile test specimen, after which the sectioned sticks in the same tooth were divided into two subgroups: 1) microtensile bond strength test, and 2) thermocycling for 10,000 cycles, followed by microtensile bond strength test.

Results: Two-way ANOVA revealed that μTBS values of each adhesive system was not significantly affected by brushing with desensitizing toothpaste containing calcium sodium phosphosilicate. After brushing with desensitizing toothpaste containing calcium sodium phosphosilicate, OptiBond FL® had a significant highest μTBS value. Clearfil SE Bond® showed no significant different immediate μTBS value compared to Single Bond Universal®, but showed a significant higher μTBS value than Single Bond Universal® after 10,000-cycle thermocycling. In addition, 10,000-cycle thermocycling significantly decreased the μTBS value of Single Bond Universal® after brushing.

Conclusion: Desensitizing toothpaste containing calcium sodium phosphosilicate had no effect on OptiBond FL®  Clearfil SE Bond®  and Single Bond Universal® adhesive  in both immediate μTBS or after 10,000-cycle thermocycling. In addition, 10,000-cycle thermocycling significantly reduced μTBS value of Single Bond Universal® brush group.
News shocks and business cycle in emerging markets
Authors:   , Kangwanvibul Jakkraphan
Published: April 2023

This study examines news shocks in theoretical real-business-cycle model in the aspect of emerging-market economy. Many features in emerging-market business cycles, such as consumption volatility that exceeds income volatility, sudden stop pattern in capital flows and strongly countercyclical current account to income, distinguish itself from a developed small opened economy, and in this study, it also differentiates itself from previous works in the literature by studying in the aspect of business cycles in emerging markets. The study uses simulation method, developing on real-business-cycle theory to generate artificial business cycle moments and impulse response function. For the result, it considers news shocks is one of the candidates to improve real-business-cycle model. Although the business cycle moments still cannot exactly match the real data, there are the signs of improvement in the model from employing the news shocks within the aspect of emerging-market economy. The impulse response function exhibits in line with real data. It can explain the business cycle during crisis with search and matching friction.
Effect of protein and calcium chloride concentration, pH, and temperature on almond protein gelation
Authors:   , Hlaing Thiri
Published: April 2023

Almond (Prunus dulcis) seeds are good sources of protein that contain healthy fatty acids and dietary fiber. Protein gelation has been traditionally achieved by heating, but other factors can be affected in different gel structures in protein gelation. However, most studies were focused on the heat-induced gel formation of soymilk proteins, there was limited research on the gelling property of almond milk proteins. Therefore, this study aimed to investigate the effects of protein, and calcium chloride concentration, pH, and temperature on almond protein gel-forming and to analyze the physicochemical properties of the almond protein gel. Heat-induced gel formation of almond milk was studied using different ratios of almond seeds to distilled water (1:2, 1:3, 1:4, and 1:5 (w/v)), calcium chloride concentration (0.3, 0.5, and 1%), pH (3, 4, 5, 6, and 7) and temperature (90, 95, and 100º C). Textural profile analysis (TPA), water-holding capacity (WHC), and gel strength of full-fat almond milk (FFAM) gels were evaluated. In addition, the combined factors of FFAM gels were analyzed for the TPA, WHC, gel strength, and rheological measurement. The results showed that the FFAM gel ratio of 1:2 showed the highest hardness (43.03 g), gel strength (0.18 N), and WHC (95.44 %) than other ratios of FFAM gels due to the higher protein, fat, and total solid contents. FFAM (1:2) gel had a significantly different (p˂0.05) with FFAM (1:4) gel on texture properties, gel strength, and WHC. The addition of 0.3% calcium chloride in 1:2 FFAM gels yields the highest gel hardness (44.76 g), strength (0.22 N), and WHC (99.2 %). The 0.3% calcium chloride was significantly different (p˂0.05) between 0.5% and 1% calcium chloride in each FFAM gels on gel strength. The maximum hardness, gel strength, and WHC values obtained the pH 6 in each FFAM gels. However, only a high protein concentration (5.37%) of FFAM (1:2) could be obtained at any pH value when heating. The FFAM gels induced with a temperature of 90º C results in the maximum hardness, gel strength, and WHC in each ratio of FFAM. FFAM gels decreased in gel hardness, strength, and WHC when higher temperatures (95 and 100º C) were applied. High-temperature heating of FFAM leads to higher denaturation of protein which does not set into gels upon cooling. In addition, when the factors were combined to form FFAM gel (1:3+0.3% CaCl2+pH 6+90ºC), the gel strength was significantly different (P˂0.05) from that of FFAM gels for each factor. Moreover, storage modulus (G’- 4359.4 Pa) was higher than loss modulus (G”- 751 Pa) indicating that the gel had formed a continuous network structure. The data obtained from this study provide basic information on the factors and properties of almond milk gel and useful for the application of almond milk gel in vegetarian products.
Effects of hydrocolloids on pasting behavior and gelling properties of banana flour and its application in bread
Authors:   , Herman Rosalin
Published: April 2023

Bananas have a high potential in becoming a future staple crop due to its rapid growth rate, short harvest time, and high starch content. However, banana flour is highly retrograded which is its major limitation. The objective of this study was to study the effects of selected hydrocolloids on the pasting and gelling properties as related to the gelatinization and retrogradation of banana flour as well as its application in bread as a wheat flour substitute. Xanthan gum (XG), gum arabic (GA), hydroxypropyl methylcellulose (HPMC), and guar gum (GG) were added to banana flour at different concentrations (0.5, 1.0, and 1.5%). Regarding the pasting behavior, XG and GA decreased the peak viscosity with increasing concentration while HPMC and GG increased the peak viscosity with increasing concentration. All of the hydrocolloids reduced the setback viscosity except for GG which increased it. There were slight increases in pasting temperature but this was not significantly different except for XG at 1.5% and GG at 1.0%. In terms of gelatinization, although all of the hydrocolloids showed no effect on the gelatinization temperature, it did increase the gelatinization enthalpy (DHG). Concerning retrogradation, the addition of hydrocolloids did not significantly affect the retrogradation enthalpy (DHR). As for the gel firmness, hydrocolloids did not show a significant effect on firmness of the freshly prepared gels. However, after being stored at 4°C for 7, 10, and 14 days, XG at 0.5%, GA at 1.5%, HPMC at 0.5%, and GG at 1.0% resulted in a significant reduction in gel firmness. Other concentrations may cause an increase in firmness or have no effect at all. In summary, different types of hydrocolloids at different concentrations affected the pasting and gelling properties of banana flour in a different way. From the results mentioned above, the optimum concentration of each hydrocolloid (XG at 0.5%, GA at 1.5%, HPMC at 0.5% and GG at 1.0%) was selected to add to white pan breads with 30% banana flour substitution to investigate the quality of freshly prepared breads (Day 0) and breads stored at room temperature for 7, 10 and 14 days. Moisture content of the bread was found to decrease as the storage time increased. HPMC-added breads showed significantly higher moisture content than the control during the beginning of the storage time. As for the water activity, addition of hydrocolloids did not affect water activity of the bread samples. In terms of specific loaf volume, HPMC-added breads resulted in the lowest specific loaf volume for all storage days. However, there were no significant differences observed in the crumb structure. For the crumb texture, freshly prepared GA-added breads resulted in lower hardness than the control. An increase in crumb hardness was observed in all samples during storage. All the breads showed no obvious difference in terms of color.
Leaching potential assessment of atrazine and nitrate in sugarcane field, Suphan Buri Province
Authors:   , Ratchawang Sorranat
Published: April 2023

Atrazine is widely used as a herbicide to control annual broadleaf in agricultural area such as rice and sugarcane. It is considered as one of endocrine disrupting chemicals. Atrazine also affects liver, the central nervous system, immune system and cardiovascular function. The study area is sugarcane field in U-thong and Song Phi Nong district, Suphan Buri province. In this area, soil and groundwater samples were collected at eight different points distributed over the sugarcane area with different soil types. Batch adsorption experiment was carried out to evaluate the proper adsorption isotherm of each soil. Additionally, groundwater samples were analyzed for nitrate concentration. For the leaching potential assessment, AF/RF model was used because the model requires only basic parameters of the pesticide and soils. AF/RF model is tier-1 model using for defining pesticide leaching index for preliminary assessment in the area with the limited data availability. The result of batch sorption experiment indicated that soil samples were well fitted with Freundlich isotherm. Kf was found in the range of 0.284 to 0.822 L/Kg. Additionally, 1/n was reported in the ranged of 0.401 to 0.855. High nitrate concentration was also found in groundwater in the range of 3.25 to 71.11 mg/L. As a result from AF/RF model, most of the area was considered as high leaching potential for atrazine and nitrate in this study area. Moreover, there also were soil samples with low to moderate leaching potential due to the different soil types and sorption behaviors. The detected nitrate concentration conforms to the leaching potential of S1, S2, S4, S5 and S6. In the other words, the result of the leaching potential model showed 62.5% efficiency as a model performance.
Analgesic efficacy of perineural dexmedetomidine with bupivacaine in adductor canal block for post total knee arthroplasty: a randomized controlled trial
Authors:   , Udompornmongkol Vachira
Published: April 2023

Objectives: The primary objective was to study the anaนาlgesic efficacy of perineural dexmedetomidine with bupivacaine in adductor canal block (ACB) in patients undergoing total knee arthroplasty (TKA) and the secondary objectives were to investigate the ambulation ability and the side effects.

Materials and Methods:  Sixty patients aged 18-85 years, ASA status I-III underwent primary, unilateral TKA under spinal anesthesia. They were randomized into 2 groups; Group C received 20 ml 0.25% bupivacaine and Group D received 20 ml 0.25% bupivacaine plus 0.5 mcg/kg dexmedetomidine for ACB. The primary outcome was 1st rescue analgesic duration. 24-hour morphine consumption, postoperative pain score, quadriceps motor strength, Timed up & Go (TUG) test, patient satisfaction, and adverse outcomes were also assessed.

Results: The patient demographic and intraoperative data were comparable in both groups. The time to median 1st rescue dose of morphine (minutes) (group C: 196 [95% CI: 89, 363], group B: 184 [95% CI: 105, 267], and P-value = 0.112), 24-hour morphine consumption (mg) (group C: 6.5 [Q1, Q3: 4, 10], group D: 9 [Q1, Q3: 3.25, 14.50] and P-value = 0.245) and postoperative pain score (at rest and on movement (NRS score 0-10) (P-value = 0.829 and 0.888, respectively) showed no significant differences between groups. There were no significant differences in TUG test (minutes) and quadriceps motor strength (torques) at preoperative and 48-hour postoperative between groups. Adverse events and patient satisfaction also showed no statistical differences between groups.

Conclusions: The addition dexmedetomidine to bupivacaine was not better than single-shot ACB regarding postoperative analgesia and ambulation ability following TKA. However, there were high rates of patient satisfaction with low adverse event rates in both groups.
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Demand forecasting for a food condiment manufacturer in Thailand
Authors:   , Sirimak Woratanon
Published: April 2023

The food industry is one of the most important industries in Thailand. The case study company is a condiment manufacturer that needs to manage and plan for their business efficiently. One of the most important issues is demand forecasting. The company should precisely forecast their product demands, which will be used for operation planning. This study proposes forecasting models for both short-term and long-term planning for three main condiment products. The data used are  monthly condiment product demands from January 2013 to December 2020. The forecasting methods explored in the study are time series, machine learning, combined forecasting, and hybrid forecasting models. The accuracy of those models are measured by mean absolute percentage error (MAPE) where the results are also compared to the method currently used in the case-study company. The results show that artificial neural network (ANN) model provides the lowest overall MAPE for both short-term and long-term forecast. ANN model’s MAPE from short-term forecast is 4.44, while MAPE from long-term forecast (12 months in advance) is 4.64. When comparing with the company’s existing MAPE of 18.97, the proposed model can increase forecast accuracy effectively.
Key success factors of area business continuity management based on stakeholders’ perspective using AHP method: a case study of an automotive component company in Ayutthaya province, Thailand
Authors:   , Sapapthai Sansanee
Published: April 2023

The 2011 Thailand floods caused extensive damages widely areas. Especially in the manufacturing sector, it is not the only individual company but also the supply chain disruption.  Area Business Continuity Management (Area-BCM) is a valuable system that helps businesses successfully reduce flood damage. To achieve the project's ultimate goal, a significant factor that impacts Area-BCM activities is essential. Delphi method with 10 Business Continuity Management (BCM) experts was employed to identify potential success factors. Further, Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) was applied to examine the relative weight of importance in a total of 20 factors that can be separated into 4 main categories: Organizational influence, Project management, Operational framework, and BCM capability. 24 effective questionnaires were gathered from employees who have worked on the BCM in a study company and representatives from important stakeholders. The consistency values of all categories are less than 0.1, indicating that all employees made consistent judgments. As a result, the BCM Capability is the most critical category leading to successful Area-BCM implementation. Furthermore, the result showed the factors influential a successful Area-BCM as 1.) Competent BCM project manager, 2.) BCM expertise of BCM team members, 3.) Top management perception and support of BCM, 4.) BCM goals, 5.) Mutual understanding among BCM team members, 6.) Strong relationship and involvement of BCM team members, 7.) Management commitment focusing on BCM, 8.) Aligned BCM needs of team members, 9.) Clear realistic BCM objectives, 10.) Benefit of BCM, 11.) Effective BCM internal information sharing, and 12.) Effective BCM external information sharing during the emergency situation, respectively.
Finding the “I” in Interdisciplinarity
Authors: Patrick Annie
Published: April 2023

When I was assigned to a federally funded project to revolutionize engineering education at Virginia Tech, I thought being an effective scholar meant shunning my unconventional background. Instead, I had to embrace it.
Lucíola de corpo e alma
Authors: Valentini Daniela , Dias José
Published: April 2023

Trabalha-se a dualidade existencial vivida por Maria/Lúcia, personagem principal do romance romântico Lucíola, de José de Alencar: corpo e alma, matéria e espírito, bem e mal, pureza e impureza. Evidencia-se o problema da evolução da personagem que nasce Maria da Glória, vive como Lúcia e morre Lucíola, nome este atribuído a ela, postumamente, pela senhora G.M., editora do romance, pseudônimo de Alencar. Objetiva-se apresentar uma análise introdutória à obra, percorrendo os conflitos existenciais da personagem principal, que não se perdoa por ter deixado de ser a pura e virginal “Maria da Glória” e ter se tornado a “Lúcia”, a cortesã. É necessário conhecer o autor e sua vasta produção, situando-o em seu contexto social e literário; depois, conhecer a abra e seu enredo, evidenciando as características que fazem dela um romance romântico, feminino e urbano; por fim, faz-se uma análise interpretativa da obra, evidenciando os elementos-chave necessários para uma compreensão da crítica do autor à sociedade de sua época. Esta pesquisa se justifica pela relevância de Alencar e de sua obra para o romantismo brasileiro, bem como pela necessidade de oferecer aos leitores iniciantes instrumentos necessários a uma adequada aproximação ao texto original. Para se atingir os objetivos aqui propostos, faz-se uma leitura crítica da obra, com apoio de especialistas.
Antecedents of Maritime Supply Chain Resilience Affecting Supply Chain Performance– An Empirical Study Based on Pharmaceutical Industry
Authors: Zohaib Hafiz Shahrukh , Zaidi Syed Shahid Zaheer
Published: April 2023

The maritime supply chain is a complex area of study due to the existing vulnerabilities. Theinterdependency of maritime SC on other entities makes it prone to disruptions. This study investigatesmaritime factors including advanced information and communication technologies, strategic alliance,and their effect on supply chain performance in the pharmaceutical sector. The data is collected from109 respondents via a Likert-scale questionnaire. PLS-SEM is deployed to evaluate the measurementand structural models. The results show that the maritime factors namely, advanced ICT and strategicalliance have a significant positive impact on agility and robustness (supply chain resilience), which inturn affect maritime supply chain performance significantly. The study provides useful insights to thepractitioners enabling them to cope with the uncertainties raising the SC performance level.
The Role of Leadership on Quality of Higher Education in the Banadir Region, Somalia
Authors: Mohamoud Ahmed Madey
Published: April 2023

This research study focused on the role of leadership on quality of higher education in the Banadir region, Somalia. The specific objectives of the study were to explore the roles of leadership on the quality of higher education in the Banadir region, Somalia, to establish the different methods or approaches being used by leaders in promoting the quality of higher education in the Banadir region, Somalia and to examine the challenges affecting the roles of leadership on the quality of higher education in the Bandar region, Somalia. The study adopted a mixed research design to enhance the overall quality of results. The study population in the study categorized three groups. A total of sample size of 80 universities administrators, institutional administrators and full-time staff were surveyed from seven universities and Ministry of education, culture and higher education of Somalia using data collection instrument called questionnaire.
The main findings of the study were that leadership in various universities in Somalia played leading roles in promoting quality higher education in Banadir region, Somalia and these roles encompass: leadership and management roles, academic leadership roles, institutional leadership roles, transformation leadership roles, administrative function roles and promoting and improving students’ performance roles. Furthermore, the findings of the study revealed that the main challenges affecting the roles of leadership on the quality of higher education in Banadir region, Somalia encompass: lack of developed excellent academic mission, vision, goals and the core values, low level of level of students’ engagement with the faculty, department, ineffective curriculum, lack of responsiveness and effectiveness of quality support services of the students, lack of management and implementation of quality assurance by complying with the academic and infrastructural standards, lack of enough technology infrastructure and ensures its effective use for enhancing teaching learning experience of the students, there is no adequate equipment, there is low level of understanding students' needs, courtesy and so forth.
The main recommendations of the study were that leadership in the university should play their crucial roles pertaining quality higher education promotion and provision of quality students’ service and the Federal Government of Somalia should provide learning resources to various universities to foster quality higher education promotion, should carry curriculum review and revision as well as establishment of education policy reform to promote quality higher education in Somalia.
The Causes and Effects of Poverty in Somalia: A Case Study of Guriceel District, Galmudug State, Somalia
Authors: Jansky Okiya Jimmy
Published: April 2023

This study focused on the causes and effects of poverty in Guriceel district, Galmudug state, Somalia. The aim of the study was to examine the causes and effects of poverty in Guriceel district, Galmudug state, Somalia. The study adopted a descriptive survey and targeted 500 people in Guriceel district. A sample of 126 respondents of the target population was considered by use of stratified purposive sampling technique. The primary data was collected through the use of closed-ended questionnaires and secondary data was obtained from literatures reviewed from the published documents by various scholars to supplement the primary data. The key findings of the study were that there are many causes of poverty in Guriceel district which they include: continuous civil war in Somalia is hindering economic activities of the people which is subjecting them into poverty, high level of corruption among civil servants, the existence of weak rule of law and poor governance leading to poor and ineffective service delivery in the district is causing of poverty in the district, high level of unemployment leading to low income generation by the residents in the district is causing poverty, poor access to affordable and quality health care in the district is causing poverty, high reproductive rate in the district is causing poverty in the district, dangerous climate change resulting into continuous drought is causing poverty in the district and lastly poor planning and distribution of social and economic services in the district is causing poverty in the district. And the main effects of poverty in Guriceel district entail: increase in the risk of people becoming infected with chronic illness, made people to live in dilapidated housing, increase of the death rate in the district, high risk of education underachievement for children from poor families, increase of mental health problems among poor people, high risk of education underachievement for children from poor families, increase of mental health problems among poor people, widening of gender inequality gap, increase in the rate of malnutrition among children from poor families who have got inadequate nutrition, reduction of life expectancy level among poor people and lastly poverty increase in crime rate like theft in Guriceel district. The study recommends that Federal Government of Somalia should provide enough and quality social services, establish more vocational training schools, create more jobs for the jobless youth, empower women, promote and practise of effective accountability and transparency in the public service to curb corruption, provide quality and affordable health services, formulate new policy on new on friendly youth-employment, reform the education curriculum and of more micro-finance institutions in all sub-districts in Somalia to provide loan to poor people.
Stiffness as a criterion of dynamic load carrying capacity of tension-loaded bolted joints
Authors: Ljubojević Pavle , Lazović Tatjana
Published: April 2023

The influence of the bolt size and the width of the joint members/bolt diameter ratio (relative clamped length) on the stiffness coefficient of the bolt and joint members, as well as on the ratio of these stiffness coefficients are discussed in this paper. The individual stiffness coefficients of the bolt and the joint members decrease with the increase of the relative clamped length and the decrease of the bolt size. However, the stiffness ratio of the joint members and the bolt increases with the increase of the relative clamped length. Of the considered bolts M6 ... M24, the bolted joint with the M6 bolt has the highest stiffness ratio of the joint members and the bolt, and the bolted joint with the M12 bolt has the lowest stiffness ratio. When a bolted joint is loaded with a variable working load, then the dynamic safety factor (DSF) is used for evaluating the joint load capacity. The DSF increases with a decrease in the stiffness of the bolted joint, i.e. by increasing the relative clamped length of the bolted joint. For the same conditions analyzed, the bolted joint with M6 bolt has the largest DSF, and the bolted joint with M12 bolt has the smallest DSF. The obtained result can be used by engineers to evaluate the load-carrying capacity of dynamically tension-loaded bolted joints.
The role of the state in building a sustainable national identity: Case study of Mexico
Authors: Lazić Nikola , Mladenović Andrija
Published: April 2023

This research investigates the national identity building process and corresponding role of the state in it. In many societies, states monopolised entire process, yet success they have been achieving is ambiguous. Using the Mexico case study, the research explores prospects of the state to lead the process of building a stable and sustainable national identity. To respond to the research question, authors analyse role of the Mexican state and ruling regimes in the process of different narratives production and parallelly investigates structural, historically conditioned factors. The conclusion is that the state cannot compensate authenticity and stability of the national identities which arise independently through the longue durée processes by producing and imposing artificial discourses and ideas.
Securitization in the context of elections: Ukrainian war and Serbian 2022 election campaign
Authors: Nedić Pavle , Mandić Marko
Published: April 2023

The Ukrainian war, which began on February 24 2022, with the entry of Russian troops into the territory of the aforementioned country, represents the first war between two sovereign states on the European continent in the 21st century. This conflict caused dramatic disruptions in many aspects. In addition to reopening the issue of military security on European soil, Russia's position as one of the key exporters in the energy market, as well as the importance of Russia and Ukraine in the food market, this war has led to additional crises at the international level which required strategic adjustments by other European countries, including Serbia. The war in Ukraine coincided with the election campaign for the presidential and parliamentary elections in Serbia, which took place on April 3, 2022. The paper starts from the research question of how electoral actors in the 2022 election campaign in Serbia securitized the war in Ukraine. Securitization of a certain issue implies its displacement from the political to the security sphere. Securitization is performed by securitizing actors with a specific speech act directed towards a specific audience. The goal of securitization is to gain support for the introduction of special measures that would adequately respond to the securitized issue. The authors introduce a special category of securitization in elections, more specifically during elections campaign, which represents a special political context that shapes the process of securitization through several factors. Using this framework, the authors hypothesize that in the election campaign in Serbia there were three approaches of electoral actors towards the securitization of the war in Ukraine, which were formed on the basis of their political positioning and ideology.
Dragoljub Jovanović's messages about work and blue collar: White slaves in secondhand capitalism
Authors: Stanojević Marko
Published: April 2023

Throughout its history, Serbia has had a large number of important intellectuals, great people in the spiritual and moral sense who left a great mark on the world and Serbian cultural and scientific heritage. However, rarely were these people recognized and their opinion respected in the time in which they worked, and even more rarely were their messages and teachings the guiding thread of those times. The first Serb doctor at the Sorbonne, who received his doctorate in the field of work, invested all his intellectual and political energy in efforts to show Serbs how they should organize work, what optimal work should be based on, how to direct social development and how to a society of social justice is being organized in which work will be the most important value. The values that the proletariat fought for, work, solidarity, social justice, in the new planetary order, have almost disappeared. The working class, which was the ruling class at certain moments, has become a class/layer that is scattered into pieces and that is slowly disappearing, changing its form and its essence - from blue - collar workers to white slaves! The intention of this essay is to, using the analysis of Dragoljub's texts on work, and then a comparison with the present time, point out, first of all, the basic messages of the doctor of labor from the Sorbonne, which concern precisely the issue of work, then the state of the working class (blue - collar workers) today and on the basis of that analysis and on the basis of the messages of Dragoljub's search for a more certain future of blue - collar workers.
Adaptación de una escala de Habilidades Socioemocionales para profesorado de Educación Infantil, Primaria y Secundaria
Authors: Soria-Aldavero Esther , Martínez-Huertas José Ángel , Rodríguez-Navarro Henar , Montero García-Celay Ignacio
Published: April 2023

This paper performs an exploratory factorial analysis of the data collected by questionnaire in a sample of 254 teachers and 233 professors from the province of Soria (Spain) on the Socio-emotional Factor of the ECAD-EP scale, originally designed to assess competency patterns and teacher profiles. of primary education. Through parallel analysis, comparison of models and study of the factorial structure, the use of the scale for the group of teachers (both in the original primary sample and in the sample now included for infants) and secondary school teachers is adapted, thus expanding their formative-reflexive opportunities in the process of self-evaluation and teacher improvement. In addition, the results obtained show an underlying structure of three factors and a difference by teaching group in factors 2 (Instructional and emotional self-efficacy) and 3 (Invigoration of collaborative work). On the other hand, there are no differences between teaching groups in factor 1 (Respect for diversity), nor are there gender differences in any of the three factors. The implications for the design of formative-reflexive modalities of differential strategies for the various levels of teacher performance are considered.

Este trabajo realiza un análisis factorial exploratorio de los datos recogidos por cuestionario en una muestra de 254 maestros y 233 profesores de la provincia de Soria (España) sobre el Factor Socioemocional de la escala ECAD-EP, diseñada originalmente para evaluar competencialmente patrones y perfiles docentes de educación primaria. Mediante análisis paralelo, comparación de modelos y estudio de la estructura factorial, se adapta la utilización de la escala para el colectivo de maestros (tanto en la muestra de primaria original como en la ahora incluida de infantil) y de profesores de secundaria, ampliando así sus oportunidades formativo-reflexivas en el proceso de autoevaluación y mejora docente. Se obtienen, además, resultados que evidencian una estructura subyacente de tres factores y una diferencia por colectivo docente en los factores 2 (Autoeficacia instruccional y emocional) y 3 (Dinamización del trabajo colaborativo). Por otro lado, no aparecen diferencias entre colectivos docentes en el factor 1 (Respeto a la diversidad), ni tampoco diferencias de género en ninguno de los tres factores. Se consideran las implicaciones para el diseño de modalidades formativo-reflexivas de estrategias diferenciales para los variados niveles de desempeño docente.