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Risk of post-traumatic stress disorder and changing of cardiovascular biomarkers among Bangkok firefighters
Authors:   , Khumtong Chinchuta 
Published: September 2023

Urban fireﬁghters are at risk of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) because of their occupational exposure to trauma event. PTSD has been recognized as public health problem because it links to many health consequences including cardiovascular disease. This study was conducted in 2 phases. The first phase; a cross-sectional study, was aimed to determine a prevalence of risk of PTSD among all Bangkok firefighters and to access its associated factors. The second phase; a longitudinal study, aimed to access an association between risk of PTSD and changes of cardiovascular biomarker (Brain Natriuretic Peptide (BNP), Troponin T (TnT), and high-sensitive C-reactive protein (hs-CRP)) after 6-months follow-up. In the first phase of the study, all Bangkok firefighters were recruited for self-reported questionnaire. 302 of 1215 firefighters (24.90%) were met the suggested PCL cut-point criteria for civilian (PCL Scores ≥ 30). Health problems, smoking status, alcohol consumption, physical activity, sleep quality, duration of work, and past exposure to major fire in Thailand were associated with risk of PTSD (p-value<0.05). In phase 2, all firefighters from 2 purposively selected firefighter stations were recruited to participate. Blood check-up was performed in August, 2017 and February, 2018. 19 risk of PTSD and 35 non-risk of PTSD firefighters were participated. Brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF), which is a member of the neurotrophin family of growth factors reflected for long-term memory, was investigated as a biomarker of PTSD. At baseline of study, the results showed a significant different BDNF concentration between risk of PTSD and non-risk of PTSD firefighters. Two cardiovascular biomarkers (hs-CRP and BNP) were associated with PTSD. After 6 month follow-up, 27.8% of firefighters were loss to follow-up and 14 of them were excluded because of blood samples. 12 risk of PTSD and 13 non-risk of PTSD firefighters were completed follow-up. General characteristic of remained firefighters was not different from baseline (p-value>0.05). The results showed that only BNP was associated with risk of PTSD (adjusted OR=31.22). In conclusion, firefighter at risk of PTSD was increased risk of cardiovascular biomarker change. Further intervention and policy related to coping mental health among firefighter should be introduced for reducing the risk of cardiovascular disease.
Factors affecting utilization of family planning services among married women of reproductive age living in the rural area of Kayin State, Myanmar
Authors:   , Tun Sabai 
Published: September 2023

The rewards of promoting family planning services not only restricted to improving maternal or child health but also significantly advanced the fitting occasion to gain higher educational status, better employment, empowerment and greater socioeconomic status especially for girls and women. The main purpose of this study was to assess the utilization proportion of family planning services for contraception and to determine the factors affecting the utilization of contraception among 388 married women of reproductive age living in the rural area of Hpa-an Township, Kayin state, Myanmar. The data was collected by face to face interview in this quantitative cross-sectional descriptive study. This study revealed that the proportion of married reproductive aged women who consume contraception was (87.1%). The most common used methods were injectable and oral contraceptive pills. The key factors affecting the usage of contraception were women age, level of education, number of living children, knowledge level about contraception, affordability for contraceptive cost, distance and transportation to the service point, satisfaction on the services, receiving status of health education about contraception and the number of type of health education they received in bivariate analysis. In multivariate analysis, only women age, level of education, knowledge level and receiving status of health education about contraception are significant after controlling other independent variables. The study also revealed that high education level and high knowledge are the indicators. Though married women received health information up to a certain level, some still want to get more information and health education about contraception.
Socioeconomic inequality in relation to oral health among Thai population : a secondary data analysis
Authors:   , Amornsuradech Sirinthip 
Published: September 2023

Since major oral health problems include dental caries, periodontal disease and tooth loss. Studies from many countries reports inequality in oral health which has become challenging worldwide. People with lower socioeconomic position prone to have more severe condition in oral health more than those with higher position. However, there are few studies on socioeconomic inequality in oral health in developing countries, including Thailand. This study aimed to determine the relationship of socioeconomic difference in oral health outcome and oral health behavior among Thai adult population. This study is a cross-sectional analytical study using secondary data from the 7th Thailand National Oral Health Survey (2012). Oral health outcomes are indicated by the number of dental caries, tooth loss, and the CPI index. Socioeconomic status(SES) was indicated by income, education and occupational groups. Binary logistic regression analysis was performed to determine relationship between variables and oral health outcomes. Personal background, access to dental service and oral health-related behaviors were adjusted for analysis. Results show that SES relates to oral health which indicates socioeconomic inequality in oral health for Thai population. Education is the most obvious factors that shows significance among socioeconomic variables comparing to income and occupational groups. People with higher education show better oral health status. Personal background, oral health-related behaviorห and access to dental service also relate to oral health outcomes.
Delay in health seeking behavior among tb patients in Chiang Rai province, Thailand
Authors:   , Sikkhajan Yotsanon 
Published: September 2023

The aim of this study was to determine the pattern of health seeking behavior and factors associated with delay in health seeking behavior among tuberculosis patients in border hospitals, Chiang Rai province, Thailand. A cross-sectional study was conducted in four biggest border hospitals in Chiang Rai province, Thailand during May to July 2018 among 103 identified tuberculosis cases. Data was collected by a structured questionnaire on patients’ general characteristics, HIV status, distance from health service, health seeking treatment with onset symptoms, and patient delay. Collected data was analyzed in SPSS 22. Both descriptive and inferential statistics was employed in data analysis. Chi- square test was applied for the test of association between anemia and designated variables. Later, the variables with p-value <0.20 obtained in bivariate was processed for multivariate analysis and considered significant with p-value <0.05. Finally, adjusted odd ratio (AOR) with 95% of confidence interval (CI) was reported.

The study found that most of the participants were age more than 60 years old (27.2%), with 48.5% of the patients reported to have no educational background, and 61.2% were single. Thai nationality was found to be the highest nationality of the study’s participants with 61.2%. Interestingly, the prevalence of delay in health seeking behavior among the study’s participants was high at 65.1%. Government hospital and self-medication were mostly presented for health seeking behavior at 40.8% and 20.4%, respectively. From the result, the factors that significantly related to the delay in health seeking behavior among TB patients in Chiang Rai province were HIV status (AOR = 6.806, 95%CI: 1.174-39.462), Nationality (AOR = 2.824, 95%CI: 1.041-7.660) and duration to health facility (AOR = 18.467, 95% CI: 1.257-271.414). The study showed that delay in appropriate health seeking among TB patients in Chiang Rai province, Thailand were high. Therefore, further intervention emphasizes on the improvement of appropriate knowledge of TB and health seeking behavior to strengthen the TB control.
Promoting Physical Activity and Healthy Eating Behaviorby Nurse Coaching through LINE Application among Overweight Women in Community, Phayathai District, Bangkok Thailand:A Randomized Controlled Trial
Authors:   , Hongchuvech Yuphaporn 
Published: September 2023

The prevalence of overweight and obesity is increased rapidly and becoming a public health problem in many countries of the world including Thailand. Overweight increases the risk of several NCDs. The prevalence of overweight was higher in female than male. The imbalance between energy intake and energy expenditure were the common cause of overweight. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of health promotion program by nurse coaching through LINE application to improve knowledge, perception, and practice of physical activity and healthy eating behavior, body composition, blood pressure, and blood glucose among overweight women. A randomized controlled trial was conducted amongst a 100 overweight women with the mean BMI and age was 27.78 kg/m² and 53.02 years. The participants were randomly allocated into intervention and control group. The questionnaires and physical examinations were undertaken at baseline and 24 weeks. The intervention group received the program through LINE app that set up for chatting, sending-receiving and sharing health imformation. Notes and Albums on LINE group were created to retain important health information. The data were analyzed utilizing the Pearson’s chi-square test and independent t-test at baseline. A paired t-test was used to compare the differences within group. An intention-to-treat analysis was used to analyze the effectiveness of this program. Results showed the intervention group had an increased in mean of knowledge, perception, food frequency scores and physical activity and decreased in mean of stress score, blood pressure, blood glucose, and %body fat. There were statistically significant different between groups (p <.05). The findings showed the strongly positive of the used of LINE app as a tool to improve health outcomes. For these results, healthcare providers might use the LINE application for improving the health outcomes.
Indonesia's role in humanitarian crisis in Rakhine State of Myanmar (2012- 2017)
Authors:   , Jatmika Muhammad 
Published: September 2023

This thesis begins with the question of why does Indonesia consider the humanitarian crisis that occurred in Rakhine State of Myanmar as a very important issue and needs to be taken seriously by conducting soft power diplomacy and humanitarian assistance to address the crisis? Indonesia has the rational choice of conducting soft diplomacy in the form of bilateral and multilateral responses, as well as providing humanitarian assistance in the crisis that occurred in Rakhine state. Theoretical discussion of this paper is carried out on the theory by William D Coplin on various factors that influence the process of foreign policy making and also the theory of humanitarian actions as a form of soft power diplomacy in addressing humanitarian crises. In the policy making of Indonesia in responses to Rakhine state crisis, there were several factors that influenced the policy. First the domestic context, with the social ethic and the rise of solidarity of Indonesian civil society driven by the country’s majority Muslim populations. International context, with the position of Indonesia as a good bilateral partner of Myanmar and its position as ‘de facto’ ASEAN leaders. And third, security context with the interest to protect national security.

By considering various context, Indonesia put forward soft power diplomacy as rational choices. In accordance with the theory of soft diplomacy, a country need to co-opts the other party rather than coerces to achieve the goal of the diplomacy. By using this concept, conflict resolution is not carried out with an approach that leads to military power, embargo, or criticism, but rather in a more persuasive way, such as bilateral and multilateral diplomacy and providing inclusive humanitarian assistance. The study also recommends further research on ‘humanitarian diplomacy' and the role of non-state actors, especially religious civil society in international relations.
Education And Identity Of Myanmar Migrant Children In Samut Sakhon Province
Authors:   , Li Shan 
Published: September 2023

The purpose of this research is to explore the educational status and identity of Myanmar migrant children in Samut Sakhon Province and to analyze the different roles and influences of formal and informal educational models on these children’s identity. For Myanmar migrant children who live in Thailand, due to their living environment are different from their parents, they seem to face identity challenges. The analysis of the identifying characteristics of Myanmar migrant children is not only contributing to the understanding of the current situation of Myanmar migrant children in Thailand but also can broaden the understanding about the factors that influence the attitude and behavior of this group in social integration. The lack of official documents, social protection and education is a common phenomenon for those children. In response to these problems, the Thai government and local authorities have provided assistance and support to them to a certain extent. The research shows that in theory, the right of Myanmar migrant children to enter school is indeed guaranteed. However, in real life, whether these children can successfully enter school and whether they can receive higher education does not depend on the policy makers and implementers, the opportunities are subjected to material and social constraints. In addition, they should more or less compromise with the Thai society in order to gain the recognition of the Thai people. At the same time, relevant cultural activities and language education which have been designed to preserve their own ethnic or national identity contribute to form their identity. The main findings in the article come from face-to-face interviews with Myanmar migrant children, their parents, headmasters, teachers, etc. in Samut Sakhon Province.
Ethanol dehydration with oxygen cofeeding over palladium catalyst supported on spherical silica particle with ceria modification
Authors:   , Sinchai Kanjanee 
Published: September 2023

Ethanol dehydration with oxygen cofeeding over palladium catalyst supported on spherical silica particle with ceria modification was carried out in fixed bed reactor under atmospheric pressure and temperature range of 150 ˚C to 350 ˚C (O2/Ethanol molar ratio = 2.2). The results showed that the effect of ceria modification of Pd/CeO2/SSP catalyst exhibited higher activity than Pd/SSP and CeO2/SSP at 200 ˚C. Pd/CeO2/SSP catalyst yielded very the high ethanol conversion at 200 °C about 57.7 %. However, the preparation method with different sequence of loading has significant effects on crystallite size, surface area, H2-TPR profile and catalytic activity. Pd-CeO2/SSP was synthesized by incipient wetness co-impregnation exhibits the highest ethanol conversion at 200 ˚C about 66.0 % due to its high crystallite size (ca. 5.4 nm) and different interaction between metals and promoter that was proven by H2-TPR. The results also presented that the various amounts of oxygen cofeed of Pd/SSP catalyst had ethanol conversion at 175 ˚C about 29.3 % and ethanol conversion of Pd-CeO2/SSP was observed at 250 ˚C about 31.3 % for decreased oxygen cofeeding (O2/Ethanol molar ratio = 1.1), whereas in the absence oxygen cofeeding, it showed less conversion at high temperature for all catalyst. Furthermore, ethanol can be converted to CO2 from combustion reaction of hydrocarbon with oxygen.
From “Burmese Brides” to Burmese wives : analyzing transnational marriages of women from Myanmar to Chinese Men Along the Myanmar-Yunnan frontier
Authors:   , Luo Xuanyi 
Published: September 2023

Since around 2000, there has a growth of Myanmar women who have married men in Yunnan, China. Media reports from China, Myanmar and the West typically call these women "Burmese brides" and link them to human trafficking, fake marriages, HIV-AIDS, among other issues. This gives the public a negative impression of these women, and views them as mostly vulnerable victims caught in a faceless transnational marriage process. This thesis seeks to correct this limited view and provide a fuller picture of these women and to stress the role of their choice or “agency” in forming their transnational marriages beyond the perspective of “Burmese brides” by examining this growth from a structural (macro) perspective and an individual (agency-centered) perspective. Key structural factors affecting the expansion of transnational marriage include a broad feminization of migration trend, ethnic ties in border areas, economic disparities, gender imbalance and the resulting marriage squeeze in China, civil war and drug-AIDS issues in Myanmar, marriage policies and laws. For individual factors tied to choices and decisions, this thesis examines how Myanmar women exercise their “agency” or decision-making powers by using and expanding social networks so they can actively participate in diverse types of marriage practices, includes voluntary (autonomous) or commercial marriages on their own terms, by following their own varied motivations, rather than merely being passively involved in forced marriages. Both of these perspectives have contributed to the growth of Myanmar women who marry men in the border. This research bases on analyzing media reports about “Burmese brides” issues, 20 interviews with Myanmar women who marry Chinese men conducted between July 2018 and February 2019 in rural and urban areas of Ruili and Tengchong districts, in Dehong prefecture and Baoshan city, respectively as well as visits to local and regional government offices in Yunnan. These analyses aim to show how and why these China-Myanmar transnational marriages increased in the 21st century, stressing the role of Myanmar women’s agency in marrying men in Yunnan.
Personal branding strategies of influential Youtubers and perceptions of Thai millennials toward them
Authors:   , Phansab Chanamon 
Published: September 2023

Personal branding—how individuals establish and communicate their unique traits and skills to facilitate their life goals—has become a topic of interest for many scholars and practitioners alike. One of the most widely used channels through which personal branding is executed is YouTube. There are several YouTubers, as we speak, who strive to promote their channel—their personal brand—by establishing their online identity and communicating such identity to their target audience. The studies have shown that the main target audience on YouTube, whose rising influence boosts the popularity of online video content viewing, is the millennials, especially Thai millennials as Thailand is now one of the top 10 countries with highest YouTube watch time. Despite the potential on YouTube, there are only a handful of influential YouTubers whose personal brands are successfully promoted.

With the use of methodological triangulation of in-depth interviews, content analysis, and online questionnaires, this thesis study has uncovered the personal branding strategies of influential YouTubers with successful personal brands and the perceptions of their target audience (Thai millennials who are their regular viewers and/or subscribers) toward them. It has fulfilled the research objectives of determining how influential YouTubers establish their personal brand, communicate their personal brand, and develop and maintain relationships with their target audience, as well as how Thai millennials perceive them and their personal brand.
Impacts of communication technology and social media on intergenerational relationships in Bangkok
Authors:   , Thomas Marie-Helene 
Published: September 2023

The objective of this research is to explore how communication technology and social media affects the intergenerational relationships between older persons and their adult children in Bangkok. Using Bengston and Schrader’s (Bengtson and McChesney 1998) measurement framework for intergenerational relationships, this study examines how communication technology, namely the smart phone and its accompanying applications, Line and Facebook, has impacted the relationship between thirty older persons and their adult children. Purposive sampling was used to select participants from three elderly associations located in different neighbourhoods around Bangkok, data was collected using semi-structured interviews and data was analysed via thematic analysis.

The results of this study indicate that while the use of such technological tools may bring about certain negative impacts, when utilised efficiently and to its full potential, these innovations could enrich and foster relationships. Given that older persons are able to overcome the barriers that prohibit their willingness to adopt these tools, data results illustrate that rather than dividing the generations, access to these communicative technological tools have been shown to decrease the generation gap between older persons and their children.
The effect of monosodium glutamate on brain, liver, kidney, testis, ovary, fertilization and hatching rate in zebrafish (danio rerio)
Authors:   , Sajjaviriya Chortip 
Published: September 2023

Monosodium glutamate (MSG) is composed of sodium salt and amino acids that is commonly used to enhance food taste. Although it is safe at consumption level, the adverse effect of MSG had been reported. The present research was intended to evaluate the effect of MSG on the brain, liver, kidney, testes, and ovaries of zebrafish (Danio rerio) which were exposed from embryo stage to adult stage, along with the analyzing of the fertilization rate and hatching rate of zebrafish embryos. From the observation of histopathological changing of different organs of zebrafish after exposed to 10, 100, and 1000 ppm MSG for 60 days compared with control group (zebrafish in each group were mating before sacrificed for study the histopathology. In the next day embryos of zebrafish were collected and analyzed for the numbers, survival rate and hatching rate). The results indicated that liver and kidney in MSG exposed group had significantly higher lesion score (p-value <0.05) compared to the control group. Generalized swelling of hepatocytes and blood congestion in the liver as well as the congestion and decreasing number of distal tubule in the kidney from all of the MSG exposed groups had been found. The severity of the lesions from 1000 ppm MSG exposure group was the highest following by the group of 100 and 10 ppm. However, no detectable lesions in the brain tissue, testes, and ovaries of every group were found. Zebrafish from the 1000 ppm MSG exposed group did not spawn after placing in the mating tank, while in 100 ppm MSG group was lower in the number of embryos than 10 ppm MSG and control group. The survival of fertilized embryos was observed every 24 hours for 120 hours. The result of survival rate in 100 ppm MSG group was significantly lower than the control group. All of zebrafish embryos that can be developed until 96 hours post fertilization were hatching completely. In summary, this study revealed that zebrafish exposed to MSG for 60 days showed liver and kidney lesions and reduced the reproductive performance.