Patients in South Ethiopia Know How to Manage Diabetes, but Drug Shortages and Costs Undercut Self-Care
This qualitative study examined diabetes self-care in three South Ethiopian hospital clinics. Its 21 participants comprised 12 adults with type 2 diabetes and nine healthcare providers. Patients described medication, diet, physical activity, foot care, and glucose monitoring as daily work negotiated against financial pressure, drug shortages, beliefs, food costs, limited support, and health-system constraints. Patients tended to foreground structural barriers, whereas providers placed more emphasis on knowledge and forgetting advice. Continued counselling, reliable medicines, and peer support emerged as priorities, but these are interview-derived design directions rather than tested interventions.
Temesgen Anjulo Ageru · Cua Ngoc Le · Apichai Wattanapisit · Charuai SuwanbamrungWalailak University · Prince of Songkla University
A Thai team converted cassava peel into fluorescent carbon dots through nine-minute microwave-assisted pyrolysis and incorporated them into a small-particle reagent for latent prints on glass. The dots produced blue fluorescence with 31% quantum yield and low UV background.
Thai researchersChanathip Amonthamsatid and colleagues
A Burapha University team developed citric-acid-crosslinked CMC and soybean-extract films with 10 wt% rambutan-peel extract. All fortified films reached UPF 141.5, blocked 99.3% total UV, retained 70-85% visible transparency, and better protected vitamin C over seven UV-exposure days.
Chulalongkorn and Thammasat-affiliated researchers develop a theoretical cylindrical microshell with piezoelectric faces, a graphene-reinforced TPMS core, and internal flow. Closed-form response curves map energy trends, but no physical prototype or experiment is reported.
Khon Kaen University-affiliated researchers propose a multi-objective, multi-constraint bi-layer allocation framework for grid-forming storage. The topic is important for renewable-rich grids, but no abstract was exposed and Crossref lists November 2026, conflicting with the discovery date; numerical claims are therefore withheld.
Thai researchersKanchana Sethanan; Ming K. Lim; Ming-Lang Tseng
An eight-year microsimulation compared 6-8.5 mm implants without guided bone regeneration with >10 mm implants plus vertical regeneration for posterior atrophic mandibles. In the Chilean private-payer model, short implants cost less and produced slightly more implant-years, but this is modeled economic evidence rather than a new clinical trial.
An integrative review of Thai Pristaulacus wasps combined morphology, DNA barcoding, and phylogenetic analysis. It recognizes 17 Thai species, describes P. chiangmaiensis as new to science, records P. vilhelmseni in Thailand for the first time, and supplies an identification key and distribution map.
Thai researchersBuntika A. Butcher and Chulalongkorn University-affiliated researchers
A Chulalongkorn-affiliated team combined a redox-active deep-eutectic gel electrolyte with CNTs coated in ZIF-8-derived porous carbon, targeting ion transport, accessible surface area, and low-temperature operation. The laboratory device reported strong areal performance and retention.
Thai researchersJeng-Yu Lin and Chulalongkorn University-affiliated contributors
A Thai team from Thammasat and Kalasin universities studies temperature-controlled condensation after plastic-waste pyrolysis to target gasoline-range products. ACS and Crossref exposed no abstract, so feedstock, temperatures, yield, and fuel-quality claims are withheld.
A Chiang Mai University-linked team converted invasive Salvinia cucullata into biochar and tested it on stevia across water-holding conditions. Biochar did not consistently increase biomass, but it was associated with altered shoot architecture, selected antioxidant traits, and expression of genes involved in steviol-glycoside biosynthesis.
Thai researchersPiyachat Sunanta; Pasin Norkum ai; Patipon Teerakitchotikan; Tibet Tangpao; Sarana Rose Sommano
A retrospective cohort of PCI-treated STEMI patients with Killip class III-IV reported 18.8% in-hospital mortality. Low hemoglobin, low mean arterial pressure, use of more than two vasopressors, and multivessel PCI were associated with higher mortality.
Thai researchersChorchana Wichian; Thotsaporn Morasert; Surat Tongyoo; Arunsri Rattanaprom
A Mahasarakham University-linked study shows that PLLA and PDLA molecular-weight pairing controls stereocomplex crystallization, improving heat resistance but potentially causing brittleness. Experiments and finite-element analysis map a design space rather than optimizing a single property.
INTRODUCTION: Chronic gastroduodenal disorders remain challenging to manage, and new diagnostic approaches are needed to better delineate underlying causes and guide therapeutic decisions. Body Surface Gastric Mapping (BSGM) technologies combine high-resolution gastric myoelectrical activity measurements with symptom and psychological profiling to provide mechanistic insights into gastric motor and sensory dysfunction. An International Working Group convened to derive the first consensus classification of BSGM phenotypes (the "Auckland Classification"). METHODS: A Technical Group conducted a systematic literature and clinical database review to identify objective test biomarkers and candidate disease mechanisms. Evidence was synthesized across 50 studies (primarily in gastroparesis, chronic nausea and vomiting, and functional dyspepsia), and BSGM phenotypes were mapped to existing treatment guidelines. Subsequently, iterative review and development of consensus was performed by a Consensus Group composed of international clinical experts familiar with BSGM. Eleven statements underlying the classification were then derived and circulated as a final survey to establish agreement. RESULTS: Six BSGM phenotypes were endorsed: three defined by myoelectrical abnormalities (Dysrhythmic, High Frequency, and Low Meal Response) and three by characteristic symptom associations (Sensorimotor, Continuous, and Delayed Onset Symptoms). Published studies plausibly linked these phenotypes to mechanisms including interstitial cell of Cajal depletion, vagal impairment, hypomotility, visceral hypersensitivity, gut-brain dysregulation, and small bowel dysfunction. Phenotypes were also mapped to existing mechanism-based treatment guidelines. Ten out of the eleven statements had > 80%…
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Clinical Medicine
Ambient PM2.5 and respiratory tract disorder–related outpatient visits among healthcare workers: an ecological time-series study
Clinical Prognostic Factors and Survival Risk Stratification for Advanced Biliary Tract Cancer Treated with Gemcitabine-Based Palliative Chemotherapy: A Real-World Retrospective Study
Prince of Songkla University · Suan Sunandha Rajabhat University · Maejo University · Chiang Mai University
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Clinical Medicine
Effects of Fine Particulate Matter on Systemic Inflammatory Biomarkers in Elderly Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Versus the Healthy Elderly: A Pilot Study
Combined podocyte, fibrotic and echocardiographic correlates of an operationally defined subclinical cardiorenal phenotype in chronic kidney disease: an exploratory study
Renal Failure
Thailand-affiliated authors
Ulugbek Ochilov
Institutions
Asia Pacific International University
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Fundamental Science
L-shell X-ray production cross sections for thick silver targets induced by MeV Cuq+ ions with velocities well below the Ag L-shell Bohr velocity
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms
Thailand-affiliated authors
J. Hussain · L.D. Yu · U. Tippawan
Institutions
Chiang Mai University · Thailand Center of Excellence in Physics
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Multidisciplinary
Effects of Reactive Footwork Training Versus Simple-Reaction Training on Lower-Extremity Motor Coordination, Dynamic Balance, and Cognitive Screening Scores in University Sport Science Students: A Pilot Randomised Controlled Trial
PHOTOLUMINESCENCE AND SCINTILLATION PROPERTIES OF CE-DOPED Lu0.5Gd0.5AlO3 SINGLE CRYSTALS GROWTH BY FLOATING ZONE METHOD
Suranaree Journal of Science and Technology
Thailand-affiliated authors
Tharittawat Tharasook · Prom Kantuptim
Institutions
Kasetsart University
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Clinical Medicine
Evaluation of pyocin activity and pyocin-related gene distribution in multidrug- and extensively drug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates from Thailand
Chulabhorn Royal Academy · Kasetsart University · Chulabhorn Graduate Institute · Chulabhorn Hospital
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Clinical Medicine
Foot Shape in Women With and Without Hallux Valgus Determined Using 3‐Dimensional Foot Scanning
Journal of Foot and Ankle Research
Thailand-affiliated authors
Hylton B. Menz
Institutions
Chulalongkorn University
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Clinical Medicine
Optimized Self‐Healing and Antioxidant Hydrogels Based on Gallic Acid–Blended Quaternized Chitosan and Oxidized Pectin for Potential Wound Dressing Applications
Coupled effects of center-of-gravity position and added mass on vortex-induced vibration and galloping-based hydrokinetic piezoelectric energy harvesting