cometadata/datacite-titles-descriptions-related-identifiers huggingface dataset:
DOI: 10.14457/tu.the.2021.1296
title: Study on the roles of IL-25 in regulating immune response to Cryptococcus infection

description: Cryptococcal meningitis caused by Cryptococcus infection is one of the most common life-threatening diseases observed worldwide. Accumulating evidence suggests that type-2 immune response that usually occurred within the lung after infection was associated with the progression of the disease by promoting growth and dissemination of the fungus. However, factors that underlie this pathogenic response during infection are still elusive. Thus, this study aimed to investigate the roles of IL-25, one of the type-2 inducing cytokines produced by epithelial cells, in contributing to the pathogenesis during Cryptococcus infection. Pulmonary infection of C. neoformans significantly induced the expression of IL-25 within the lungs at the chronic state. Mice deficient in interleukin-17 receptor B (IL-17RB), a component of the IL-25 receptor, exhibited a better survival coupled with a reduction of fungus within the brain. Moreover, C. neoformans infection in IL-17RB knockout mice resulted in an enhanced type-1 immune response and altered macrophage phenotype from pathogenic M2 to protective M1 phenotype within the lung. Although there was no change in the brain cellular inflammation and microglial cell activation, the increased expression of protective cytokines and chemokines including Ifng, Il1b, Ip10, and Nos2 was observed. Moreover, Il17rb-/- mice received of cryptococcal-specific CD4+ T cells from wild-type mice exhibited a shorter survival rate along with a higher fungal burden and induction of M2 macrophage markers within the brain than those received of cryptococcal-specific CD4+ T cells from Il17rb-/- mice. Altogether, these observations demonstrate that IL-25 signaling is required for the development of cryptococcal disease pathogenesis by subverting protective immunity and amplifying permissive type-2 immune response that facilitates growth and dissemination of C. neoformans to the central nervous system.
DOI: 10.14457/tu.the.2023.1168
title: Exploring the impact of ICT integration on student learning outcomes in Thailand: a scoping review

description: The closure of schools in Thailand due to the COVID-19 pandemic necessitated a transition to distance learning. This study examines the global relationship between ICT integration and student learning outcomes, with a specific focus on Thailand. Through a literature review, the study aims to reveal the various factors influencing the relationships of ICT use and learning outcomes. By analyzing secondary data like PISA scores and O-NET results, the study investigates how the integration of ICT impacts student academic performance. The findings reveal intricate relationships between ICT use and learning outcomes, with positive and negative factors affecting student achievement. While familiarity with ICT and positive attitudes towards technology improve learning outcomes, excessive ICT use for leisure activities may hinder them. Challenges such as inadequate ICT infrastructure, device accessibility, and study atmosphere can impede students' academic achievements. Furthermore, contradictory findings underscore the need for more nuanced analysis, particularly regarding the impact of parental unemployment on student performance. The study recommends future research employing qualitative methods, such as case studies, to gain deeper insights into the determinants of learning outcomes in the context of ICT integration.
DOI: 10.14457/tu.the.2023.1169
title: Rural influencers on Douyin: reflecting and reinforcing civil and moral values

description: This study explores the emergence of rural influencers on Douyin, a popular social media application in China, and investigates the values these influencers communicate to their audiences. Recognizing the instrumental role of media, particularly social media, in promoting societal values, it examines the values associated with rural life that Xi Jinping seeks to spread within Chinese society. The study then employs content analysis to examine the values projected by three prominent rural influencers—Northeast Yu Jie, 80 Xu Lao Lao, and Fu Ge San Nong. The findings show significant parallels between the values promoted by these influencers and those advocated by Xi Jinping and the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), emphasizing the role of digital platforms in aligning cultural dissemination with governmental objectives. Rural influencers not only showcase aspects of rural life but also reinforce the government’s narrative on cultural preservation and moral education, thereby shaping public perceptions and promoting state-endorsed values in modern China.
DOI: 10.14457/tu.the.2023.1170
title: Enhancing operational sustainability in the Bang-Si Subdistrict herbal community enterprise

description: This study investigates the operational sustainability of the Bang-Si Subdistrict Herbal Community Enterprise (BSHCE), emphasizing operational improvement and sustainable practices. The research aims to enhance operational sustainability and foster positive social impact within the enterprise and local community. Using qualitative research methods including secondary data collection and employing a thematic data analysis approach alongside a case study analysis, this study identifies key operational successes, including operational planning, positive social outcomes and technology adoption, etc., while maintaining strong community engagement.Strategic planning and stakeholder involvement are highlighted as critical factors for operational sustainability. The study also emphasizes the importance of best practices for community enterprises by using The Chao Phraya Abhaibhubejhr Hospital Foundation (CAF) as a benchmark to showcase how to enhance staff knowledge and drive enterprise development. The findings highlight the need for innovative approaches to ensure long-term sustainability and growth of the enterprise, alongside supporting local communities. By thoughtfully navigating these successes, community enterprises can become a model for sustainable business practices and community engagement.
DOI: 10.14457/tu.the.2023.1171
title: Online activists’ representation of sexual harassment issues on social media platform in Indonesia

description: The rise of online activism has provided an opportunity for activists to amplify social change and to discuss significant issues, including sexual harassment issues. This paper analyzes the representation of online activists on sexual harassment issues by observing types of activism displayed and psychological strategies employed. Using content analysis approach, this study explores activism on three Instagram accounts namely @magdaleneid, @perempuanberkisah, and @_perempuan_. The result shows that the representation of sexual harassment issues focuses on awareness-advocacy campaign, aiming at raising awareness and educating followers on key issues related to sexual harassment. Various psychological strategies were employed, with authority/credibility, storytelling/narratives, emotional appeals, and calls to action being the most commonly used.
DOI: 10.14457/tu.the.2023.1172
title: Evaluating Thailand’s mental health education policy

description: Rising adolescent mental illness rates have been given special attention after the pandemic, but many gaps still remain as the rates continue to rise despite government interventions. There has been little evaluation of the current school-based mental health (SBMH) system in Thailand including a universal definition of SBMH. Stigma remains a strong barrier to Thai adolescents seeking mental health services, and promising research suggests raising mental health literacy (MHL) rates can reduce this stigma. Through a literature review with international examples and a policy analysis, this research seeks to understand to what extent Thai policy addresses school-based mental health and what gaps exist in the policy. There seems to be a lack of interventions dedicated to raising in MHL rates with SBMH policy primarily focusing on developing social responsibility in adolescents. Ensuring policy outlines a direct path to improving mental health literacy could help to create a more holistic response to increasing adolescent mental illness rates that effectively targets social stigma. This research is expected to aid in identifying policy gaps that are either not effective or negatively affect students. By bringing attention to the increasing issue of adolescent mental health and how mental health education (MHE) could improve the situation, it is expected that more focus will be put on ensuring schools are adequately equipped to educate students on mental health and provide resources for them.
DOI: 10.14457/tu.the.2023.1173
title: Investigating the potential of Thai universities to reduce educational inequality in China

description: Educational inequality is an important issue facing China, especially in higher education. The scarcity of higher education opportunities in China has hindered students' self-development and posed a challenge to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 4. To seek more higher education opportunities, many Chinese students choose to study in Thailand. As the largest source of international students in Thai universities, Chinese students have made Thailand a vital place to study the experience and educational outcomes of Chinese international students. However, existing research still needs to fully explore whether studying in Thailand can reduce the difficulties of Chinese students in higher education and improve education, thereby alleviating educational inequality in China. This study adopts a qualitative method to deeply understand the impact of studying in Thailand on the improvement of Chinese students' education through content analysis and systematic analysis of 50 Chinese students' learning experiences in Thailand on the “XiaoHongShu” (Little Red Book) platform and explore the role of Thai universities in alleviating educational inequality in China.The study found that Thai universities effectively meet the needs of Chinese international students in terms of degree recognition, future development support, language ability improvement, and global vision expansion. By providing affordable and international education, Thai universities not only provide Chinese students with more opportunities for further study and improve their education level but also help their future personal development. This opportunity provides fairer educational opportunities for students from different backgrounds, helps alleviate educational inequality in China, and promotes the achievement of SDG 4.
DOI: 10.14457/tu.the.2023.1174
title: Guidelines for waste segregation management and awareness building among urban residents

description: Today, solid waste and urban waste are a common problem in many areas of the country due to the rapid development and growth of Thailand's economy and tourism. Increased household waste creates a burden on city governors, leads to higher costs for collecting waste and waste management. Moreover, landfills fill up in a short period. Without adequate waste segregation, illegal landfills remain high. From the past to the present, garbage is still a major contributor to the disorder of the country due to ineffective waste management, lack of longterm planning and cooperation from the public sector. Garbage is the cause of many pollutants that cause direct and indirect effects on people and environment. It is urgent that everyone has to cooperate in managing waste starting from the household level, expanding to urban communities and countries, resulting in overall waste volume of Thailand decreased and the amount of waste that is recycled increased significantly. Thailand has no serious penalties for those who throw garbage in the wrong place and those who dispose it the inappropriate way, causing most Thais to ignore waste problem. Moreover, the separation of garbage has not been cultivated until it has become a Thai norm. Garbage segregation also reduce contamination on waste resulting in higher reuse and recycle rate. Research approach includes a comprehensive study of waste management system from prototype countries, which are Japan and Singapore to analyze models of waste management and raise awareness of urban residents in waste separation taking into account the suitability of the country's context.
DOI: 10.14457/tu.the.2023.1175
title: Growth of grassroots organizations in rural Myanmar: the role of technological factors

description: Grassroots organisations (GROs) in rural communities are essential promoters of community welfare, education, and development opportunities. This study examines how emerging GROs utilise technology and the factors contributing to their growth in rural Myanmar. The technology-organisation- environment (TOE) framework was used to understand different aspects of grassroots growth, especially technological expansion. Although research has been devoted to large enterprises and major organisational structures, the role of GROs in representation at the grassroots level has remained underexamined, despite their geosocial and political significance for the rural demographic majority in Myanmar. The results indicate that using technology such as digital devices and platforms advances GROs’ role in the community development field. Yet simultaneous coordination among respective stakeholders to improve information and communication technologies (ICT) infrastructure and digital literacy has yet to expand incrementally to wider rural communities. For now, GROs are principal agents for transforming rural development to create advantages frominclusive development in Myanmar.
DOI: 10.14457/tu.the.2021.1297
title: Exploring blockchain projects for innovation: an explorative study of blockchain projects in Thailand through the lens of environment, social and governance between 2017 to 2021

description: This study examines blockchain projects in Thailand through the lens of environmental, social and governance between 2017 to 2021 to deliver an array of cases that may serve to inform researchers, officials, and developers on the blockchain-based projects that exist in Thailand. The objectives are divided into; 1) discovering what blockchain projects are under way in Thailand 2) categorizing blockchain projects in Thailand through the lens of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) criteria 3) analyzing the domestic challenges that Thai blockchain developers are facing while attempting to solve social, environmental, and governance problems. In total, nine case studies were undertaken to deliver results with a range of technologies, in a diversity of sectors, and representing various project scopes and sizes. The Thai blockchain space is rapidly evolving, and governmental support is still lacking. The results show that of the nine projects examined, most projects lack governmental support, despite some of the selected projects being created to solve governance related issues. Moreover, none of the projects are being used in real world applications and remain in development rather than implementation. The Thai government could support blockchain-based developers in Thailand through educational courses in public universities, fostering collaboration with innovative foreign firms, and increasing democratized access to technological capacity-building opportunities for Thai start-ups.
DOI: 10.14457/tu.the.2021.1298
title: Societal impact evaluation: implications for boundary spanning at the science-policy-society interface

description: Scientific impact on policy and society is often generated in nonlinear and complex ways, creating myriad challenges for social impact assessment. This study sets out to determine the types of social impact evaluation frameworks and approaches that can be used in monitoring and evaluation efforts in boundary spanning organizations working at the intersection of science, policy, and society. The objective was to find evaluation frameworks that could be mutually used in research impact evaluation and boundary spanning impact evaluation in boundary spanning organizations. This study uses the case study of the Asia Pacific Network for Global Change Research (APN), a boundary spanning organization in global change research. I proposed the use of the theoretical framework of Productive Interactions to develop a survey of APN funded scientists. The intention was to provide a tool that contributes to societal impact evaluation using minimal resources. This tool is intended for use in conjunction with other types of methods such as focus group interviews of key stakeholders, which would be more targeted after analyzing the results of the survey.
DOI: 10.14457/tu.the.2021.1299
title: Financial inclusion strategies in advancing accessibility to financial services: the role of Fintech in Thailand

description: Financial inclusion is a priority in an expanding number of economies and on a worldwide scale. Furthermore, Thailand has always put a great priority on financial inclusion within the development agenda with numerous policies and development initiatives supporting financial inclusion across the nation. The purpose of this study is to affirm the causality or correlation between Fintech and financial inclusion in Thailand by applying the historical data such as the Financial Access Survey of Thai Households by the Bank of Thailand (BOT), the IMF Financial Access Survey (FAS) and The Global Findex database by the World Bank to analyze. Furthermore, other forms of research, reports, news and literature from private and public organizations are also studied as a secondary research. The findings demonstrate that Thailand has a high level of financial inclusion compared to other nations in the region and the entire world, with excellent improvement. The promotion of Fintech, a crucial tool for boosting financial inclusion, is greatly influenced by the government and financial institutions. Digital payment, particularly the PromptPay scheme, has encouraged the use of financial services and reduced barriers to access and usage. However, certain people, particularly those in the financial and digital illiteracy groups, still struggle to use digital technologies. As a result, there is still opportunity for all sectors to improve financial services' usability and provide services more accessible.
DOI: 10.14457/tu.the.2021.1300
title: Perceptions and understanding of the concept of farm-to-table among Thai consumers in Bangkok

description: Farm-to-table is a relatively new concept in Thailand and is becoming popular, especially amongst the younger generation, as a healthier and more sustainable alternative. The focus of the study explores farm-to-table concept stores and restaurants around Bangkok to see what aspects of user behavior were mentioned in both positive and negative reviews using digital ethnography. The broader penetration of the internet and social media helps to spread the concept as the sustainable development paradigm comes to govern all aspects of the development of the future generation. This research examines internet searches to determine how Thai consumers perceive and comprehend the notion of sustainable consumption and the farm-to-table movement in Bangkok using search engines and social media. Unfortunately, several limitations, such as the awareness of the concept and the language barrier, lead to relatively insignificant data for deeper analysis. The study, however, has revealed a positive trend, as social media helps promote the benefits for the environment and human well-being.
DOI: 10.14457/tu.the.2021.1301
title: Towards a sustainable fashion industry: the potential and challenges of integrating the frameworks of slow fashion and circular fashion

description: Sustainability practices have been applied to the fashion industry to improvethe negative impacts of fashion consumption. Circular fashion and slow fashion are themost widely promoted frameworks, explicitly used with different approaches anddefinitions. This study focused on overlooked aspects of circular fashion. Defined asclothes, shoes or accessories that are designed, sourced, and produced to be used andcirculated responsibly in society for as long as possible, circular fashion is intended tobe made from safe, recycled, or renewable material. Closed-loop production processesreusing material waste emphasize production scope, materials, and utility to extendproduct life cycles. Slow fashion simultaneously highlights the socioeconomic aspectby supporting local production, ethical practices, and craftsmanship. These twoframeworks share overlapping emphases on production, materials, and physical- andemotional durability. Results were that slow fashion might enhance and complementCircular Fashion, as illustrated in two case studies: the British luxury fashion houseBurberry and Kering, a French-based multinational corporation specialized in luxurygoods. The goal was to identify the potentials and challenges for the integration of slowfashion principles into circular fashion through real-world examples.
DOI: 10.14457/tu.the.2021.1302
title: New regulation of corporate sustainability in the European Union: what are the wider implications as an effort to regulate greenwashing

description: The European Union (EU) Green Deal has recently introduced a new financial tool, the EU Taxonomy. The taxonomy is a classification system that establishes a list of environmentally sustainable economic activities. The taxonomy will help investors to identify the economic activities that can be regarded as sustainable. Currently, only voluntary initiatives exist, such as the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), as attempts to assess the environmental, social and governance (ESG) performance of corporations.The EU Taxonomy is being hailed as a major step in the transition to a sustainable, zero-emissions economy in the EU. The taxonomy also aims to create real transparency, exposing the many deliberately misleading claims that are routinely made as ‘corporate greenwashing’.This study argues that there is reason to expect that the EU Taxonomy and the consequent increase in transparency regarding corporate sustainability will have a significant effect on investment choices within the EU. In addition, a knock-on effect could be felt beyond the EU, as organisations align themselves with the standardised regulation of financial reporting on sustainable activity. Regulation will be based on the European Commission (EC) Technical Expert Group (TEG) reports definition of sustainable activities.While reporting on sustainability is mandatory within the EU investors are not compelled to choose sustainable activities when it comes to investing their money, certain signs indicate that sustainability is a developing economic imperative that is increasingly being recognised by the commercial world. However, such a transition is an ambitious attempt. The results of this first effort at a political level, based on strict regulation, to move towards a carbon-neutral economy, both within and beyond the EU, have yet to be seen due to the fact it is only now being implemented.Critics have argued that the ambition to simplify such a complex matter would render the taxonomy ineffective. However, the detailed and dynamic nature of the TEG report means that this taxonomy is an ongoing project that will evolve over time.
DOI: 10.15468/dl.pghjjn
title: Occurrence Download

description: A dataset containing 81918 species occurrences available in GBIF matching the query:
{
 "TaxonKey" : [
 "is Haemulon plumierii (Lacepède, 1801)"
 ]
}

 The dataset includes 81918 records from 173 constituent datasets; see https://api.gbif.org/v1/occurrence/download/0073624-241126133413365/datasets/export for details.
 
Data from some individual datasets included in this download may be licensed under less restrictive terms.