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DOI: 10.14457/tu.the.2017.1143
title: The needs of English proficiency of Thai social commerce entrepreneurs

description: Social commerce has globally made a phenomenal appearance in online trading. Plenty of Thai entrepreneurs are using social media as a marketing channel to trade and advertise their products or services across the world. English is a communication mediator either in Thailand or internationally to negotiate and execute transactions; therefore, it is necessary for Thai social commerce entrepreneurs to have an acceptable level of English ability. The purpose of this study was to investigate the English proficiency needs and problems of Thai social commerce entrepreneurs. The subjects were 33 entrepreneurs who trade their goods and services through the social media networks; Facebook, Instagram, Line, and Twitter. A close-ended online questionnaire using a five-point Likert scale was used to collect the data and was analyzed into frequency count, percentage, means and standard deviation by using Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS). The results of the study revealed that the majority of the subjects considered that writing is the most needed and problematic skill, followed by reading, listening, and speaking respectively. The level of needs in all four skills; writing, reading, listening, and speaking were rated at a high level of needs. On the other hand, the level of problems of writing and reading skills were rated at high level of problems while listening and speaking were rated at medium level of problems. The information obtained in this study can hopefully be used as valuable guidelines for course designers to develop a specific English course for Thai social commerce entrepreneurs to effectively enhance their tasks.
DOI: 10.14457/tu.the.2017.1144
title: An investigation of code-mixed brands on China's online shopping websites

description: The study is a probe to investigate English Chinese Mixed (CM) brand names on China’s domestic online shopping websites. The data were collected from 405 Chinese online consumers by an online questionnaire survey. The result shows most of the online consumers have noticed the dominance of CM brands on shopping websites. In addition, CM brands can be largely welcomed and accepted. CM cosmetics, apparels, shoes and bags, watches, glasses and jewelry, mobiles and computers, and sportswear brands are significantly welcomed by consumers while CM car accessories, snacks and beverages, home appliances, and medicine have gained comparatively less acceptance. One of the reasons can be explained by socio-psychological features of English in advertising. Different categories with CM yield different responses and attitudes from consumers. Internationalism, modernization, standardization and American or British culture are the underlying socio-psychological features that could most trigger consumers’ attitudes towards each specific category. The successful transmission of corresponding features will win consumers but failing to convey that will generate converse effects.
DOI: 10.14457/tu.the.2017.1145
title: The survey of language learning strategies of high scoring and low scoring students of an international program in a university

description: Researchers have tried to find way for students to learn more effectively. In 1990, Oxford’s language learning strategies became well-known for the use of six types of strategies: Memory, Cognitive, Compensation, Meta-cognitive, Affective and Social. This study aimed to find the difference in strategies usage between high scoring and low scoring students in an international program in a university. From a total of 36 people, 29 questionnaires were returned. Fifteen of the participants were the low scoring students and fourteen were the high scoring students based on TU-GET scores. The participants who had scores lower than 650 were counted as the low scoring students and with scores higher than 650 were counted as high scoring students. A SILL questionnaire adapted from Oxford (1990)—Containing 36 items were used. Frequency, mean and standard deviation were used to analyse the data using of SPSS program. The results showed that the high-scoring students used Meta-Cognitive strategies the most followed by Cognitive strategies, Social strategies, Compensation strategies, Memory strategies and Affective strategies. For the low-scoring students, the most used strategies were Meta-Cognitive strategies, Compensation strategies, Memory strategies, Social strategies, Cognitive strategies and Affective strategies. Both groups used the same strategies at the highest and lowest levels, but they differed in numerical ranks from 2 to 5.
DOI: 10.14457/tu.the.2017.1146
title: Foreign visitors’ satisfaction toward the English oral communication skills of Thai staff at museums in Bangkok

description: This study aimed to measure the satisfaction level of foreign visitors toward the English oral communication ability of Thai staff at museums in Bangkok.  It focused on investigating Thai museum staff’s English speaking and listening skills. The participants of this study were 120 foreign visitors who visited Jim Thompson House Museum and Rattanakosin Exhibition Hall during April 2018 and had some interactions with Thai museum staff.  A questionnaire consisting of closed-ended questions with five-point Likert scale and an opened-ended question was used as the instrument to collect the data. The sample size of the study was 120 participants selected by using convenience sampling technique. They were asked for their cooperation in completing the questionnaires with 29 questions after visiting these museums and the data was computed using the SPSS program. The findings showed that, overall, foreign visitors had high satisfaction level toward the English oral communication abilities in both speaking and listening skills of Thai staff at museums in Bangkok.
DOI: 10.14457/tu.the.2017.1147
title: A survey of motivation in studying English among undergraduate students at King Mongkut’s Institute of Technology Ladkrabang

description: This study explores the motivational level of Thai undergraduate students and measures their motivation towards studying English as a second language. The participants were 52 Thai undergraduate students at King Mongkut’s Institute of Technology Ladkrabang obtained by the purposive sampling method. The institute provides four to five years of instruction that qualifies the students to graduate with a bachelor’s degree from the different faculties. English is the medium of instruction and two English courses are taken over two semesters. In a mixed-method approach, a questionnaire comprised of 20 items using a motivational scale based on a 5-point Likert scale and a three-question interview were used to gather the data in order to determine whether the students were more instrumentally or integratively motivated as well as their level of their motivation towards studying English. The data from the questionnaire was calculated and analyzed using the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) program version 16.0. Content analysis was used for making inferences from the interviews. The results showed that the Thai undergraduate students participating in this study were highly motivated both integratively and instrumentally toward studying English, with slightly stronger instrumental motivation. Based on the follow-up interviews, communicating with foreigners fluently and preparing for their future careers were the main goals for the participants with regard to studying English as a foreign language.
DOI: 10.17632/8z43hjxs77.1
title: Organ Based Differential Regulation of Metabolic Pathways by Dexamethasone: A Proteomic Approach

description: This is a supplimintary data for a proteomics study of Dex-treated Rats
DOI: 10.14457/tu.the.2014.408
title: Logistics cost structure for exporting green bean from Indonesia to Singapore

description: In 2010, Indonesia and Singapore formed an agreement called ISAWG (Indonesia-Singapore Agribusiness Working Group). The purposes of the agreement are to improve the performance of Indonesian exports in horticultural products, to improve the quality and the quantity of fruit and vegetable exports, and to strengthen the cooperation between Indonesian and Singaporean traders. One of the main products that are exported from Indonesia to Singapore under this agreement is green bean from Magelang district, Central Java Province. This paper presents a mapping of logistics and supply chain network of the exported Indonesian green beans and an analysis of logistics cost structure from farmers to exporter. Data were collected from 100 farmers in Kaliangkrik, Dukun, Sawangan, and Pakis sub-districts. The results show that the cost structure consists of the costs of various activities for each stakeholder. It is found that activity with the highest cost were harvesting cost for the farmers, material handling cost for the collectors, and administration cost for the exporter. Statistical data analysis is performed to identify significant factors affecting the farming cost and logistics cost so as to recommend the cost-effective practices. Analysis results show that (1) not performing three activities, including making soil beds, setting mulches, and using the 2nd seeding, could reduce the farming cost without losing the yield of green bean; and (2) using motorcycle can lower the delivery cost from farms to pack house for the collectors.
DOI: 10.14457/tu.the.2014.409
title: ระดับความเสี่ยงในการล้มละลายและการตกแต่งกำไรของบริษัทจดทะเบียนในตลาดหลักทรัพย์แห่งประเทศไทย

description: งานวิจัยนี้ได้ศึกษาถึงความสัมพันธ์ระหว่างระดับความเสี่ยงในการล้มละลายและการตกแต่งกำไรของบริษัทจดทะเบียนในตลาดหลักทรัพย์แห่งประเทศไทย โดยใช้บริษัทที่อยู่ในระหว่างฟื้นฟูการดำเนินงาน (REHABCO) เป็นตัวแทนของบริษัทที่มีความเสี่ยงในการล้มละลายสูง และบริษัทที่ดำเนินการตามปกติ (NON-REHABCO) เป็นตัวแทนของบริษัทที่มีความเสี่ยงในการล้มละลายต่ำ สำหรับการตกแต่งกำไรจะใช้รายการคงค้างที่ใช้ดุลยพินิจของผู้บริหาร (Discretionary Accruals) เป็นตัวแทนของการตกแต่งกำไร กลุ่มตัวอย่างที่ใช้ในการศึกษาคือ บริษัทที่จดทะเบียนในตลาดหลักทรัพย์แห่งประเทศไทย ระหว่างปี พ.ศ. 2543 - 2556 จำนวนทั้งสิ้น 900 ตัวอย่าง (REHABCO: NON-REHABCO ในอัตราส่วน 1: 5)ผลการศึกษาพบว่าระดับความเสี่ยงในการล้มละลายมีความสัมพันธ์เชิงบวกกับการตกแต่งกำไรอย่างมีนัยสำคัญทางสถิติ โดยบริษัทที่มีความเสี่ยงในการล้มละลายสูงจะมีการตกแต่งกำไรให้สูงขึ้น (Manage Earnings Up) มากกว่าบริษัทที่มีความเสี่ยงในการล้มละลายต่ำ และจะมีการตกแต่งกำไรในช่วง 1 ปีก่อนมีความเสี่ยงในการล้มละลายสูงไปจนถึง 1 ปีหลังมีความเสี่ยงในการล้มละลายสูง นอกจากนี้ยังพบว่าการควบตำแหน่งประธานกรรมการและประธานฝ่ายบริหารมีความสัมพันธ์เชิงลบกับการตกแต่งกำไรของบริษัทที่มีความเสี่ยงในการล้มละลายสูง
DOI: 10.14457/tu.the.2014.410
title: Arrest of associated ship: the possibility to apply South African approach to Thai law

description: The character of maritime business concerns the movement of ships which are the main asset of the debtor, the recoverability of maritime debt becomes a major problem for people engaged in maritime trade. In addition, over half of shipowning companies around the world are found as single asset structure segregating the ships in fleet to under different companies shield, this allows the shipowner to limit the liability to the value of ship. Thai law and International Conventions regarding the arrest of ships only permit the ships under common ownership to be susceptible to arrest, thus, fail to provide insufficient measure to cope with the problem of single-ship companies. South Africa introduced a new approach vesting the maritime creditor to apply for the arrest of the ship under common control of the debtor notwithstanding she is registered in the name of different legal owners. This thesis, therefore, aim study the approach of South Africa so-called associated ship states in the Admiralty Jurisdiction Regulation Act 105 of 1983.This thesis will study how the associated ship arrest approach operated in order to find out the proper solutions to solve the problems of recoverability of maritime debt from the single-ship companies in Thailand. It is found that the approach of South African successfully strikes on the operation of single ship companies. By allowing the ships under control of the debtor to be arrested, the creditors are granted an opportunity to obtain alternative security for future litigation which is an effective tool to enforce the judgement. It also helps reducing the proliferation of single ship companies. Thus, the writer suggest to amend the provision of the Arrest of Ship Act B.E. 2534 by adopting this associated ship approach of South African law to empower the maritime creditor in Thailand to obtain security that serve the maritime business reality nowadays.
DOI: 10.14457/tu.the.2014.411
title: Investigation and assessment on potential of wind energy in the central region of Thailand

description: In this paper, both wind energy resource and financial feasibility are mainly investigated to assess potential on electrical energy production of wind turbines in the central region of Thailand. Wind maps and field surveys are employed as technical tools to decide on suitable locations of wind masts. Accordingly, one-year wind data is collected from three ultimately selected sites of wind masts at Ratchaburi (S1), Pathum Thani (S2), and Saraburi (S3), which are all the provinces in the central region of Thailand. For each site, wind speed and direction are measured at three levels: 65 m, 90 m, and 120 m from ground level with a sampling rate of one minute. The data set is applied to the WAsPTM program for wind data analysis. It is found that annual mean wind speed is more and less between 3 and 5 m/s at each site. Also, the Weibull distributions of wind data are reported. Annual energy productions, which are generated by BonusTM 1 MW wind turbines at heights of 65 m, 90 m, and 120 m, are determined to be (255;338;465) MWh, (329;426;574) MWh, and (493;633;829) MWh for the sites S1, S2, and S3, respectively. In another matter, Carbon credit sale and effect of reduced import crude oil are considered in economic analysis. In feasibility analysis, none of potential sites for generating wind energy with large windivturbine seems to be attractive. As a result of that, factors such as design, capacity, rotor diameter and technology of wind turbines for different brands are analyzed with satisfactory financial indicators under rational scenarios in this study. In final, VestasTM V60 850 kW wind turbine is considered as the most suitable one among available turbines for the concerned region. Lastly, good agreements between financial and economic analysis are presented to insist great feasibilities on electrical energy production from wind energy in the central region of Thailand.
DOI: 10.14457/tu.the.2017.1148
title: English communication problems affecting Thai employees’ performances in international online travel agencies

description: English, as the world’s leading language, is being used globally and plays an important role in all parts of communication. Currently English has been expanded widely into Thailand which helps many international companies establish and operate their businesses, and even brings many tourists to travel. Therefore, this research aimed to investigate the needs and problems toward English language skills that affect Thai employees’ performances in International Online Travel Agencies where English is a major language in all communication channels. The study was conducted by using questionnaires which were distributed to 30 Thai employees working in three international online travel companies. The results of descriptive statistics were analyzed by Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS). The findings of the research revealed that English speaking skill was the most needed and problematic skill which the staffs of international online travel agencies encountered during work and identified as affecting their performances and career paths. However, the other skills: listening, reading, reading, writing, grammar, and vocabulary were also revealed as significant needed skills. These findings help discover further improvements, guidelines and solutions for international online travel agencies to provide their employees with an appropriate English training courses. In addition, it helps the management of the companies to understand, acknowledge and recognize the relationship between needs and problems of English communication in each skill that the staff should improve.
DOI: 10.14457/tu.the.2017.1149
title: Ophthalmologists’ attitudes towards English reading and writing skills in the workplace

description: Doctors need to be well-rounded. Not only knowledge in the field of medicine is important, but a foreign language like English is also undeniably significant today. This research was conducted to study the King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital ophthalmologists’ attitudes towards English reading and writing skills and the problems they encounter. The study was conducted with 46 of the ophthalmologist staff working at King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital including all residents and fellows. The questionnaire, comprised of 28 items of Likert-scaled questions, was distributed to the participants through Google Form. After the information was gathered, the descriptive statistics were applied to present the result. The findings showed that the ophthalmologists at King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital strongly agreed that the ability to read and write in English was the most important factor in their advancement. Furthermore, they strongly agreed that the most problematic aspect of English reading was that they don’t know enough vocabulary. Similarly, for the problem of English writing, the participants strongly agreed that they cannot use a wide range of vocabulary.
DOI: 10.14457/tu.the.2017.1150
title: Problems of Thai Airways senior cabin crew toward English language communication with guests in royal first class and new business class on international flights

description: The aim of this study is to investigate barriers of English communication in terms of oral communication skills and the communication strategies used to solve problems between Thai Airways senior cabin crew and their foreign guests on international flights in order to gain acquisition of a second language. Seventy-seven Thai Airways senior cabin crew working in royal first and new business classes at Thai Airways International Public Company Limited participated in this study. Using quantitative method, the empirical part of the study consisted of both closed- and open-ended questions. The data was analyzed by percentage, frequency, mean and standard deviation.This study revealed that problems of Thai Airways senior cabin crew toward English communication with foreign guests in royal first and new business classes on international flights were in three main areas. Firstly, the two major problems of oral communication were being able to understand slang, idiomatic expressions, or colloquialisms and being able to express complex ideas. Secondly, it was found that Thai Airways senior cabin crew often speak in a warm tone and aim to pay attention to the interlocutor by using non-verbal language such as eye contact and facial expressions. Lastly, the most significant communication strategy used to solve communication problems when Thai Airways senior cabin crew face problems was always to use message-reduction strategy, using the words which are familiar to them. In contrast, they rarely use message-abandonment.
DOI: 10.14457/tu.the.2017.1151
title: A study on the perception of English initial consonant sounds

description: This research aims to study – firstly, the abilities to perceive the English consonantal initial sounds which are /r/, /l/, /Ɵ/, /ð/, /v/, /w/, /s/, /z/, /tʃ/, and /ʃ/ – secondly, to find out the perception scores by CEIC student in a listening test – lastly, to explore what are the most problematic sounds for CEIC students. The participants in this research were randomly chosen from CEIC students in four classrooms at Language Institute, Thammasat University. In addition, there were, in total, 50 participants (including 10 males and 40 females) who completed the questionnaire and the perception test.The questionnaire and perception test were used as the instruments of this research. The questionnaire was designed for collecting specific information, which comprised the participants’ backgrounds, perception awareness of English consonant sounds and the problematic sounds for the participants respectively. The perception test was created to measure the ability to perceive the English initial consonant sounds by a listening test which consisted of two parts – Part A, in which the participants were assigned to select the words that they heard from their minimal pairs and Part B, in which the participants were required to write the word that they heard. The target words in this study focused on the consonants /r/, /l/, /Ɵ/, /ð/, /v/, /w/, /s/, /z/, /tʃ/, and /ʃ/ in initial position.The findings of the study showed that the participants could distinguish the differences between ten English initial consonant sounds /r/_/l/, /Ɵ/_/ð/, /v/_/w/, /s/_/z/, and /tʃ/_/ʃ/ similarly well  (mean score = 3.85). The results from the perception test indicated that the participants can perceive the English initial consonant sounds when they were required to listen and circle the word that they heard rather than they were required to listen and write the words they heard. On the other hand, the results revealed that the sound /tʃ/ and /ʃ/ were the most problematic sounds among the students.
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.2550767
title: Replication Package: Developer Reading Behavior while Summarizing Java Methods: Size and Context Matters

description: A replication package for the study presented in the ICSE 2019 paper titled "Developer Reading Behavior while Summarizing Java Methods: Size and Context Matters" by Abid, Sharif, Dragan, Alrasheed, and Maletic
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.2550768
title: Replication Package: Developer Reading Behavior while Summarizing Java Methods: Size and Context Matters

description: A replication package for the study presented in the ICSE 2019 paper titled "Developer Reading Behavior while Summarizing Java Methods: Size and Context Matters" by Abid, Sharif, Dragan, Alrasheed, and Maletic
DOI: 10.17632/96m7vdchsc.1
title: Compliance with Post Vasectomy Semen Analysis - 248 patient Cohort from Suburban Community Urology Practice

description: Retrospective review of 248 men status post outpatient vasectomy by community urology practice in large suburban area. Demographic factors were collected including including age, ethnicity, tobacco use (yes/no), alcohol use (yes/no), marital status (yes/no), family size (number of kids), BMI (kg/m2), comorbidities, health insurance, occupation, and out of pocket procedural costs. Obesity defined as BMI greater than or equal to 30kg/m2. White collar occupation defined as employment in an office or professional environment (teacher, professor, physician, lawyer, office manager, etc.). Blue collar defined as skilled laborer in manual work, most often with use of hands, typically in a uniform (fireman, police, factory worker, teamster, construction worker, janitor, etc.). Blue Cross Blue Shield served as primary insurance provider in the study geographic area. Chi squared analysis was used to evaluate the predictive value of these factors for PVSA return. Calculations included. If post vasectomy semen analysis was successfully returned by patient, then the number of post vasectomy semen analysis (PVSA), results of semen analysis, laboratory details, revision rates and surgical details of original vasectomy were collected.