cometadata/datacite-titles-descriptions-related-identifiers huggingface dataset:
DOI: 10.14457/cu.the.2014.162
title: EFFECT OF OUABAIN ON THE DETACHMENT OF H23 LUNG CANCER CELL

description: A human steroid hormone, ouabain, has been shown to play a role in several types of cancer cell behavior; however, its effects on cancer metastasis are largely unknown. Here, we demonstrate in human lung cancer cells that sub-toxic concentrations of ouabain facilitate cancer cell detachment from the extracellular matrix. Ouabain at concentrations of 0-10 pM significantly enhances cell detachment in dose- and time- dependent manners, while having minimal effect on cell viability. The detachment-inducing effect of ouabain was found to be mediated through focal-adhesion kinase and ATP-dependent tyrosine kinase pathways. Alpha-5 and Beta-1 integrins were found to be down-regulated in response to ouabain treatment. Since detachment of cancer cells is a prerequisite process for metastasis to begin, these insights benefit our understanding of the molecular basis of cancer biology.
DOI: 10.14457/cu.the.2014.163
title: QUALITY SAFETY AND EFFICACY EVALUATION OF CHA TU KA LA THAD AND TREE PHON THAD REMEDIES

description: Cha Tu Ka La Thad (CKT) and Tree Phon Thad (TPT) remedies are the remedies of traditional Thai medicine recorded in Tamra Paetsat Songkhrau. CKT remedy is composed of four species (i.e., Plumbago indica, Acorus calamus, Clerodendrum paniculatum and Dolichandrone serrulata) and each in contains equal part by weight. TPT remedy consists of three species (i.e., Zingiber zerumbet, Zingiber montanum and Cymbopogon nardus) and each contains in equal part by weight. Both remedies have been used as antipyretic and anti-inflammatory indications for a long time. This study was carried out to provide pharmacognostic specification of each species in CKT and TPT remedies. In addition, the ethanol and fractionated water extracts of both remedies were investigated for the safety and efficacy in vitro and in vivo. The macroscopic and microscopic, physico-chemical parameters, and chemical fingerprints were performed to estabish the standard parameters of each species in CKT and TPT remedies. The mutagenic and antimutagenic activities of all extracts were studied using Ames test with pre-incubation method. Most extracts without nitrite treatment exhibited non-mutagenicity toward Salmonella typhimurium TA98 and TA100, except the ethanol extract of A. calamus which exhibited mutagenicity to both strains and the fractionated water extracts of P. indica and C. nardus showed slightly mutagenicity toward S. typhimurium TA98. However, most of the extracts were mutagenic on both strains of S. typhimurium after being treated with sodium nitrite. Additionally, most of the extracts exhibited strong antimutagenic potential against the nitrite-treated 1- aminopyrene under acidic condition in the Ames test. Among CKT and TPT remedies and their ingredient extracts, results demonstrated the ethanol extract of A. calamus indicated the highest toxicity against brine shrimp with LC50 of 129.88 µg/ml. The fractionated water extracts of A. calamus and P. indica showed the highest DNA damage in human lymphocytes using comet test with total score of 233.67 and 158.33 respectively, while CKT and TPT remedies presented non-genotoxicity in comet test. These studies demonstrated the ethanol extracts of Z. montanum, A. calamus and the fractionated water extracts of P. indica, CKT and TPT remedies showed the highest antioxidant capacity in various in vitro models. Furthermore, all doses of CKT and TPT remedy extracts demonstrated anti-inflammatory activities.
DOI: 10.14457/cu.the.2014.164
title: A RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL ON THE EFFECTIVENESS OF COURT-TYPE TRADITIONAL THAI MASSAGE VERSUS AMITRIPTYLINE IN PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC TENSION-TYPE HEADACHE

description: This study aims to evaluate the effectiveness of the court-type traditional Thai massage (CTTM) in treating patients suffering from chronic tension-type headaches (CTTHs) in comparison with amitriptyline. A randomized controlled trial was conducted at the Department of Traditional Thai Medicine, Bamnet Narong Hospital, Amphur Bamnet Narong, Chaiyaphum Province. Sixty patients aged 18-65 years who were diagnosed with CTTH according to the criteria of the International Headache Society (IHS) participated. Using random allocation, 30 patients were assigned in treatment group and received a 45-minute course of court-type traditional Thai massage twice per week for 4 weeks. The other 30 patients were assaigned into the control group. They were advised to take 25 mg once daily before bedtime for 4 weeks. On the first day of the therapy, the participants in the treatment group were evaluated right after the massage therapy. Those in the control group, in contrast, were evaluated on the next day because they would take Amitriptylene that night. Evaluation was also conducted again in week 2, week 4, and with a follow-up in week 6. These included the VAS, the 24-HVAS, the self-stress assessment (only before the commencement of the therapy), the cervical range of motion (CROM), and tissue hardness, pressure pain threshold, and heart rate variability (HRV). An analysis of variance with repeated measure (repeated ANOVA) was used for within-group comparison, and analysis of covariance (ANCOVA) for between- group comparison. In terms of both CVAS and 24-HVAS, the results showed a statistically significant decrease in pain intensity for the CTTM group at different assessment time points. A statistically significant difference was found for between-group comparison at each assessment time point (P&lt;0.05) for each of the evaluation parameters. Specifically, the patients in the CTTM group reported a lower headache frequency and duration. Additionally, the PPT of the CTTM group increased significantly (P&lt;0.05). As for tissue hardness, the value for the CTTM group was significantly lower than that of the control group at week 4. Finally, the HRV of the CTTM group was increased significantly (P&lt;0.05) in terms of SDNN, RMS-SD, and LF. It can therefore be concluded from the findings that CTTM seems to be an effective therapy for enhancing the function of the parasympathetic nervous system and other stress-related variable as well as reducing CTTHs. It is suggested that CTTM should be an alternative therapy for CTTH.
DOI: 10.14457/cu.the.2014.165
title: EFFECTS OF TRADITIONAL THAI SELF- MASSAGE USING WILAI MASSAGE STICKTM VERSUS IBUPROFEN IN PATIENTS WITH UPPER BACK ASSOCIATED WITH MYOFASCIAL TRIGGER POINT: A RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL

description: The objective of this study was to examine the effects of traditional Thai self-massage using Wilai massage stickTM versus Ibuprofen on reducing pain in patients with upper back pain associated with myofascial trigger points. A randomized controlled trial with single blinded was taken at Lad Lum Keaw hospital. Sixty participants aged between 18-60 years who were diagnosed by medical doctor having myofascial trigger points of upper back muscles, enrolled in the study. They were randomly allocated in 2 groups, a massage group and a medication group. Participants in the massage group were demonstrated on self-massage using Wilai massage stickTM on upper back muscles. Then they were asked to spend a daily 10 minutes working on self-massage using the stick and followed by a 2-minute active stretching exercise for 5 days. Participants in the medication froup were prescribed to take Ibuprofen 3 tablets (400 mg/tablets) three times a day, and were given the same active stretching exercise program as that for the massage group. Pain intensity (VAS), pressure pain threshold (PPT), tissue hardness, and cervical range of motion (CROM) were assessed at baseline, immediately after the first treatment session, and 5 days after the last treatment session. Results were shown that participants in the massage group had significant improvement in all parameters at all assessment time points (p&lt;0.05). Similar changes were observed in the medication group (p&lt;0.05) except for PTT and tissue hardness. The adjusted post-test mean values of each assessment time point was significantly better in the massage group than those of the medication group (p&lt;0.05). We conclude that traditional Thai self-massage using Wilai massage stickTM provide better results than taking ibuprofen for the patients who have upper back pain associated with MTrPs. It could be an altetnative treatment for this patient population
DOI: 10.3886/e110822
title: Ontario Election Public Opinion Polling 2018

description: The dataset contains Ontario public opinion polling data from March 11, 2018 to June 6, 2018 examining support for political parties within Ontario. <br><br>Polling data was collected by the following firms (use the methods listed):<br>Abacus (Online Survey) <br>Campaign Research: (Online Poll) <br>Ekos (HD- Interactive Voice Response survey) <br>Forum Research (Interactive Voice Response survey) <br>IPSOS (Online Panel) <br>Leger (Online Survey) <br>Mainstreet Research (Interactive Voice Response survey) <br>Pollara Strategic Insights (Combined – Computer Assisted Telephone Interviewing / Online Survey) <br><br><br><br>
DOI: 10.3886/e110822v1
title: Ontario Election Public Opinion Polling 2018

description: The dataset contains Ontario public opinion polling data from March 11, 2018 to June 6, 2018 examining support for political parties within Ontario. <br><br>Polling data was collected by the following firms (use the methods listed):<br>Abacus (Online Survey) <br>Campaign Research: (Online Poll) <br>Ekos (HD- Interactive Voice Response survey) <br>Forum Research (Interactive Voice Response survey) <br>IPSOS (Online Panel) <br>Leger (Online Survey) <br>Mainstreet Research (Interactive Voice Response survey) <br>Pollara Strategic Insights (Combined – Computer Assisted Telephone Interviewing / Online Survey) <br><br><br><br>
DOI: 10.25606/surf.578c6039-593b5e9b
title: The Cosmogrid Simulation: Statistical Properties of Small Dark Matter Halos (2048-655)

description: We present the results of the "Cosmogrid" cosmological N-body simulation suites based on the concordance LCDM model. The Cosmogrid simulation was performed in a 30 Mpc box with 2048³ particles. The mass of each particle is 1.28x10^5 Msun, which is sufficient to resolve ultra-faint dwarfs. We found that the halo mass function shows good agreement with the Sheth & Tormen fitting function down to ~10^7 Msun. We have analyzed the spherically averaged density profiles of the three most massive halos which are of galaxy group size and contain at least 170 million particles. The slopes of these density profiles become shallower than -1 at the inner most radius. We also find a clear correlation of halo concentration with mass. The mass dependence of the concentration parameter cannot be expressed by a single power law, however a simple model based on the Press-Schechter theory proposed by Navarro et al. gives reasonable agreement with this dependence. The spin parameter does not show a correlation with the halo mass. The probability distribution functions for both concentration and spin are well fitted by the log-normal distribution for halos with the masses larger than ~10^8 Msun. The subhalo abundance depends on the halo mass. Galaxy-sized halos have 50% more subhalos than ~10^11 Msun halos have. This is snapshot 655 of the 2048³ resolution collection.
DOI: 10.21227/9463-9994
title: PALM: PAthoLogic Myopia Challenge

description: Pathologic Myopia Challenge (PALM), as a part of the serial challenge iChallenge, is organized as a half day Challenge, a Satellite Event of the ISBI 2019 conference in Venice, Italy. The PALM challenge focuses on the investigation and development of algorithms associated with the diagnosis of Pathological Myopia (PM) and segmentation of lesions in fundus photos from PM patients. The goal of the challenge is to evaluate and compare automated algorithms for the detection of pathological myopia on a common dataset of retinal fundus images. In PALM challenge, we provide 1200 images with annotations as 400 training images, 400 validation images, and 400 test images.Challenge Homepage: https://palm.grand-challenge.org
DOI: 10.25606/surf.578c6039-46919c52
title: The Cosmogrid Simulation: Statistical Properties of Small Dark Matter Halos (2048-654)

description: We present the results of the "Cosmogrid" cosmological N-body simulation suites based on the concordance LCDM model. The Cosmogrid simulation was performed in a 30 Mpc box with 2048³ particles. The mass of each particle is 1.28x10^5 Msun, which is sufficient to resolve ultra-faint dwarfs. We found that the halo mass function shows good agreement with the Sheth & Tormen fitting function down to ~10^7 Msun. We have analyzed the spherically averaged density profiles of the three most massive halos which are of galaxy group size and contain at least 170 million particles. The slopes of these density profiles become shallower than -1 at the inner most radius. We also find a clear correlation of halo concentration with mass. The mass dependence of the concentration parameter cannot be expressed by a single power law, however a simple model based on the Press-Schechter theory proposed by Navarro et al. gives reasonable agreement with this dependence. The spin parameter does not show a correlation with the halo mass. The probability distribution functions for both concentration and spin are well fitted by the log-normal distribution for halos with the masses larger than ~10^8 Msun. The subhalo abundance depends on the halo mass. Galaxy-sized halos have 50% more subhalos than ~10^11 Msun halos have. This is snapshot 654 of the 2048³ resolution collection.
DOI: 10.25606/surf.578c6039-5d2cabeb
title: The Cosmogrid Simulation: Statistical Properties of Small Dark Matter Halos (2048-664)

description: We present the results of the "Cosmogrid" cosmological N-body simulation suites based on the concordance LCDM model. The Cosmogrid simulation was performed in a 30 Mpc box with 2048³ particles. The mass of each particle is 1.28x10^5 Msun, which is sufficient to resolve ultra-faint dwarfs. We found that the halo mass function shows good agreement with the Sheth & Tormen fitting function down to ~10^7 Msun. We have analyzed the spherically averaged density profiles of the three most massive halos which are of galaxy group size and contain at least 170 million particles. The slopes of these density profiles become shallower than -1 at the inner most radius. We also find a clear correlation of halo concentration with mass. The mass dependence of the concentration parameter cannot be expressed by a single power law, however a simple model based on the Press-Schechter theory proposed by Navarro et al. gives reasonable agreement with this dependence. The spin parameter does not show a correlation with the halo mass. The probability distribution functions for both concentration and spin are well fitted by the log-normal distribution for halos with the masses larger than ~10^8 Msun. The subhalo abundance depends on the halo mass. Galaxy-sized halos have 50% more subhalos than ~10^11 Msun halos have. This is snapshot 664 of the 2048³ resolution collection.
DOI: 10.25606/surf.578c6039-be058f6c
title: The Cosmogrid Simulation: Statistical Properties of Small Dark Matter Halos (2048-663)

description: We present the results of the "Cosmogrid" cosmological N-body simulation suites based on the concordance LCDM model. The Cosmogrid simulation was performed in a 30 Mpc box with 2048³ particles. The mass of each particle is 1.28x10^5 Msun, which is sufficient to resolve ultra-faint dwarfs. We found that the halo mass function shows good agreement with the Sheth & Tormen fitting function down to ~10^7 Msun. We have analyzed the spherically averaged density profiles of the three most massive halos which are of galaxy group size and contain at least 170 million particles. The slopes of these density profiles become shallower than -1 at the inner most radius. We also find a clear correlation of halo concentration with mass. The mass dependence of the concentration parameter cannot be expressed by a single power law, however a simple model based on the Press-Schechter theory proposed by Navarro et al. gives reasonable agreement with this dependence. The spin parameter does not show a correlation with the halo mass. The probability distribution functions for both concentration and spin are well fitted by the log-normal distribution for halos with the masses larger than ~10^8 Msun. The subhalo abundance depends on the halo mass. Galaxy-sized halos have 50% more subhalos than ~10^11 Msun halos have. This is snapshot 663 of the 2048³ resolution collection.
DOI: 10.14457/cu.the.2014.166
title: Development of Multi-component Counseling Program for Enhancing Resilienceamong Thai Caregivers of Older Person with Dementia

description: The present research and development aimed at 1) developing and evaluating the developed program, and 2) developing and evaluating the Caregiver Resilience Scale (CRS). The process began with a review of the concept of resilience based on a synthesis of existing research together with an exploration of qualitative data derived from an interview of ten caregivers of older persons with dementia. After that, the residence theory of Davis (1999) was employed as the conceptual framework. In the end, the six domains of resilience were identified as follows: physical, relationship, emotional, moral, cognitive, and spiritual. These six domains were then used to develop the 30-item Caregiver Resilience Scale and the eight-week multi-component counseling program that was composed of the following eight activity sessions: engagement, promoting self-care, communication skill training, relaxation technique, managing physical care, managing skill training, religious support, and termination. The Caregiver Resilience Scale was examined by a panel of three experts to confirm its content validity, with the content validity index equal to 0.84. It was also tried out with 30 caregivers to test its internal consistency, and the result showed that the internal consistency was at a high level (a = 0.87). Furthermore, the Exploratory Factor Analysis was conducted with 150 caregivers to test construct validity of the scale, and it was found that all six domains of the Caregiver Resilience Scale had construct validity. As for the multi-component counseling program, it was tried out with 60 caregivers who were recruited by means of purposive sampling, with 30 of them in the intervention group and the other 30 in the control group. The Caregiver Resilience Scale was used to evaluate the program, and data were analyzed by means of repeated measures ANOVA. The results indicated that the resilience scores of the participants in the intervention group were higher than those of the control group at one month after the program and at the follow-ups.
DOI: 10.21227/he5c-ax40
title: PALM: PAthoLogic Myopia Challenge

description: Pathologic Myopia Challenge (PALM), as a part of the serial challenge iChallenge, is organized as a half day Challenge, a Satellite Event of the ISBI 2019 conference in Venice, Italy. The PALM challenge focuses on the investigation and development of algorithms associated with the diagnosis of Pathological Myopia (PM) and segmentation of lesions in fundus photos from PM patients. The goal of the challenge is to evaluate and compare automated algorithms for the detection of pathological myopia on a common dataset of retinal fundus images. In PALM challenge, we provide 1200 images with annotations as 400 training images, 400 validation images, and 400 test images.Challenge Homepage: https://palm.grand-challenge.org
DOI: 10.14457/cu.the.2014.167
title: DETERMINANTS OF MARKET LIQUIDITY AND TRADING ACTIVITY: EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE FROM THE STOCK EXCHANGE OF THAILAND

description: This research explores the determinants of market liquidity and trading activity in the Stock Exchange of Thailand during the period of 2001 to 2009. Only some weak evidence is found. Short-term and long- term interest rates have a positive effect on some of market liquidity and trading activity’s variables. Long-term market performance is found to be a negative predictor variable of depth, while lagged volatility has a negative relation with market trading activity’s variable. This research also finds that market liquidity and trading activity fall on Friday (except spread), but there is no specific day for the opposite pattern. Depth and baht volume increase when there is a consumer price index announcement. Type of investor is studied, but no significant difference in predictor variables between retail and non-retail liquidity and trading activity’s providers is found.
DOI: 10.14457/cu.the.2014.168
title: PROJECT MANAGER CENTRALITY IN EFFECTING SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT TEAM PERFORMANCE

description: This dissertation proposed and tested a theoretical model that considered the project manager centrality as a moderator on the relationship between team cohesion and team performance. Self-administered questionnaires were sent to 150 members of 8 software development teams and yielded a response rate of 91% (136 members). It was found that the teams with a high centrality project manager in task-advice network had higher team cohesion-performance relationship than the teams with a low centrality project manager. The result also suggested that the managers whose teams with a high centrality members and cohesive subgroups had low team performance. However, the research did not find the effect of project manager centrality in friendship network on the relationship between team cohesion and team performance. The findings from this research would extend the knowledge on team’s social network studies by suggesting that the high centrality project manager enhances the team cohesion-performance relationship. The high centrality project manager shares task-oriented leader characteristic that focuses in driving the team’s works. Such characteristic reveals that the project manager can maximize the utility of team cohesion in achieving team performance.
DOI: 10.14457/cu.the.2014.169
title: EFFECTS OF USING ONLINE CREATIVE WRITING INSTRUCTION ON MATHAYOM 1 STUDENTS' CREATIVE WRITING ABILITY

description: This study aimed to investigate two objectives including: 1) to compare mathayom 1 students’ creative writing ability after taking the online creative writing instruction (OCWI) and face-to-face creative writing instruction (FCWI); 2) to explore mathayom 1 students’ motivation after taking the OCWI and FCWI. The instruments used in this study were a paper-based creative writing pre-test and a paper-based creative writing post-test, online creative writing instruction, lesson plans for online creative writing instruction and face-to-face creative writing instruction, and motivation questionnaires. The sample in this study was 38 of grade 7 students who were studying in academic year 2014 at Kannasootsuksalai School, Suphan Buri province. The sample was randomly divided into two groups: OCWI group and FCWI group. The results revealed that students’ creative writing ability in both groups was improved due to the experiment. When the OCWI group post-test score was compared with the FCWI group, there was a significant difference in the post-test score in favor of FCWI. When analyzing the scoring traits; Character, Setting, Organization of Plot, Creativity, Sentence Fluency, and Grammar and Spelling, a significant difference was found in Grammar and Spelling trait. However, it was found that OCWI can promote students’ motivation more than FCWI.
DOI: 10.5519/qd.gtykrgxb
title: Query on the Natural History Museum Data Portal (data.nhm.ac.uk) (85 records)