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Stepped-Wedge Cluster Randomized Trial

A Smartphone Antimicrobial Prescribing App Did Not Outperform Paper Guidelines Across Six Lao Hospitals

Across a stepped-wedge cluster randomized trial in six Lao hospitals, a smartphone version of national antimicrobial prescribing guidelines plus one stewardship training session did not significantly improve adherence over paper versions after adjustment for time, clustering, and confounders. Inpatient adherence was 25.6% versus 17.0% before adjustment, but the adjusted odds ratio was 1.26 (95% CI 0.8–1.9; p=0.276); outpatient results were also null. The finding argues for sustained, multifaceted stewardship rather than guideline access alone.

Sue J. Lee · Mavuto Mukaka · Nicholas P. J. Day · Paul N. NewtonMahidol University · Mahidol Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit (MORU)
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HIV, Ageing and Metabolic Health89IMPACT SIGNAL
Longitudinal observational cohort evidence

Metabolic Dysfunction‐Associated Steatohepatitis and the Progression of Cognitive Decline in Older Thai People With HIV

This prospective HIV-NAT cohort in Bangkok followed 291 people with HIV aged at least 50 years from 2015–2024; 60 participants, or 20.6%, met non-invasive criteria for MASH at baseline. Over a median 5.9 years, baseline MASH was associated with steeper decline in Thai-validated MoCA scores after adjustment for multiple metabolic, social, and HIV-related factors, whereas MASLD without the MASH signal was not associated with decline. The findings support integrated liver and cognitive surveillance but do not show that treating MASH prevents cognitive deterioration.

Thai researchersKatekarn Porkaew · Akarin Hiransuthikul · Win Min Han · Tanakorn Apornpong · Sasiwimol Ubolyam · Stephen John Kerr · Anchalee Avihingsanon
Sports Science and Youth Development88IMPACT SIGNAL
Exploratory cross-sectional evidence

Early neuromuscular and cognitive signatures in high-performance young male Muay Thai athletes

Researchers assessed 215 high-performance male Muay Thai athletes aged 8–18 over five days and compared four age groups. Anthropometry, biological maturation, maximal strength, and several cognitive measures improved with age, while limb asymmetry, fatigue indices, Nordic hamstring performance, lower-limb dynamic strength index, and upper-limb push-up force did not differ by age. PCA suggested age-specific multidimensional profiles, but cross-sectional data do not prove an effect of age or training and do not constitute a validated talent-selection model.

Thai researchersPhornpot Chainok · Naruepon Vongjaturapat · Nattasit Suwannawat · Atcharat Yongtawee
Patient-Reported Outcome Measurement86IMPACT SIGNAL
Qualitative evidence from patient experience

Measuring what matters: Evaluating quality of life instruments through the eyes of people with Parkinson's disease

Researchers asked 31 people living with Parkinson's disease to complete eight quality-of-life instruments and then used semi-structured interviews to explore what helped or hindered meaningful reporting. Participants favored broad response options, attention to personal, emotional, and practical effects, clear and specific language, and a balance of positive and negative questions. The study centers lived experience in instrument refinement but does not establish which questionnaire has the best validity, reliability, or responsiveness.

Thai researchersOnanong Phokaewvarangkul
Business, Marketing and Consumer Behaviour86IMPACT SIGNAL
Survey and configurational-model evidence

Balancing continuity and relevance: Innovation-nostalgia configurations in time-honored brand revitalization

Revitalizing a time-honored brand requires continuity of identity alongside present-day relevance. The study analyzed 404 firm-side respondents from 76 enterprises and 536 consumers in Southwestern China using PLS-SEM and fsQCA. Innovation and nostalgia interacted positively only in the firm model; both were positively associated on the consumer side, where nostalgia was stronger. Set-theoretic analysis identified overlapping configurations and three balancing logics, framing revitalization as a multi-actor process rather than a universal formula.

Thai researchersXiangyu Li · Danaikrit Inthurit · Surachai Kungwon · Nirote Sinnarong
Sustainable Tourism and Climate Risk85IMPACT SIGNAL
Cross-sectional structural and configurational evidence

Revisit Intention Under Climate Risk in Island Tourism: Structural and Configurational Evidence from PLS-SEM and fsQCA

The study examines how perceived island-climate risk, destination climate resilience, tourism climate-service usefulness, and destination trust combine in relation to intention to revisit Phuket. An on-site survey of 480 Chinese tourists was analyzed using both PLS-SEM and fsQCA. The structural model explained 74.6% of variance in revisit intention: perceived climate risk was negatively associated, the other three constructs were positively associated, and trust had the strongest direct association. The configurational analysis identified multiple routes to high and low intention. All results concern cross-sectional self-reported intention, not proof that an intervention causes actual return travel.

Thai researchersXinda Yang · Sirichai Preudhikulpradab · Lalida Arphawatthanasakul
Health Professions Education and Research Equity85IMPACT SIGNAL
Global bibliometric and network analysis

Moving towards decolonizing health professions education research: an analysis of global network patterns and equity implications

An all-Thai team analyzed co-authorship structures in five leading Q1 health-professions-education journals from 2015 through 2024, covering 13,187 publications, 45,366 authors, and affiliations in 162 countries. Annual output grew 2.7-fold and distinct authors 3.7-fold. High-income-country-only publications fell from 86% to 63%, while non-high-income-only publications rose from 6% to 26%. The network became broader and more connected, yet the United States, United Kingdom, and Canada remained central, and low-income-country collaboration was more often routed through high-income partners than through regionally led networks.

Thai researchersPeerasit Sitthirat · Seksan Yoadsanit · Phuphinyo Limchantra · Kanjaree Suppawittaya · Suttithan Suwannoppakun · Piwat Suppawittaya · Phanuwich Kaewkamjornchai · Somsak Chunharas
Healthcare Operations and Decision Support85IMPACT SIGNAL
Computational simulation evidence

An Integrated Intelligent Decision Support System Combining Stochastic Programming and Queuing Theory for Dynamic Triage of Surgical Critical Care Patients to Prevent Postoperative Complications in Healthcare Business Operation

The authors developed SQDSS, combining two-stage stochastic programming with multi-class priority queueing to triage surgical critical-care patients under uncertain arrivals, changing acuity, and deterioration while waiting. Across 48 synthetic datasets, comparisons with first-come-first-served and a fixed-severity rule showed about 22.8% shorter high-acuity waits, 16% greater bed utilization, roughly 28% less queue overflow, and roughly 18% fewer simulated complications. Benefits were greatest under surge and trauma-dominant conditions. No real-patient data or implementation trial were used, so these results demonstrate modeled feasibility rather than clinical effectiveness.

Thai researchersJarun Bootdachi · Parichat Wonggom · Wiphawadee Potisopha
Adolescent Mental Health and Measurement85IMPACT SIGNAL
Psychometric validation

Psychometric Properties of the Revised Thai Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale (r-TRSES) in Adolescents: Confirmatory Factor Analysis and Rasch Modeling

The study evaluates a culturally reworded Thai Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale in 443 boarding-school students. Confirmatory factor analysis supported a bifactor structure with a dominant general self-esteem factor and residual wording-related variance. Rasch analysis supported essential unidimensionality, acceptable item fit, strong reliability, and ordered response thresholds. No item exceeded the prespecified threshold for sex differential item functioning. Scores correlated positively with resilience (r=0.589) and negatively with depressive symptoms (r=-0.601), but precision declined among adolescents with higher self-esteem and broader replication remains necessary.

Thai researchersJustin DeMaranville · Peerapat Naprung · Supisara Prompila · Nahathai Wongpakaran · Tinakon Wongpakaran
Clinical-Trial Systems and Research Capacity88IMPACT SIGNAL
Expert-workshop open letter; version 1 awaiting peer review

Strengthening Sustainable Clinical Trial Models for Greater Health Impact: Expert Discussion from the Annual Wellcome Major International Programme Regional Meeting 2024

This open letter synthesizes the 2024 Wellcome Major International Programmes meeting, which brought together research-institution representatives from Africa, Asia, and the United Kingdom. Participants identified limited clinical-trial literacy, unstable funding, workforce recruitment and retention, inequitable partnerships, ethics and regulatory bottlenecks, operational inefficiencies, and barriers in remote settings. Proposed responses included locally led agendas, diversified funding, workforce development, stronger community and regulator engagement, platform, adaptive and decentralized trials, shared monitoring, and interoperable data systems. The meeting agreed to explore a formal MIPs alliance, but the paper does not show that the alliance has yet delivered operational or health outcomes.

Thai researchersNicholas P J Day · Nicholas J White
Generative AI and Higher Education85IMPACT SIGNAL
Cross-sectional PLS-SEM evidence

Extending UTAUT with Metacognition and Self-Regulation: Evidence on Generative AI Use among University Students

A survey of 451 students at seven Thai Rajabhat universities extended UTAUT by positioning metacognitive awareness and self-regulated learning between technology-acceptance determinants and GenAI-use intention, with intention predicting self-reported use of GenAI as a cognitive partner. Facilitating conditions had the strongest associations with metacognition and self-regulation but no significant direct association with intention; the significant indirect path ran through metacognition. Social influence was the strongest direct predictor of intention, followed by metacognition, while effort expectancy and self-regulated learning did not predict intention in this model.

Thai researchersNatthawan Phoonson · Thada Jantakoon · Rukthin Laoha
Geriatric and Transitional Care85IMPACT SIGNAL
Prospective observational evidence

Nearly Two-Thirds of Frail Older Adults Had an Unplanned Hospital Return Within Six Months

An interim prospective secondary analysis from a parent trial at one university hospital followed 170 frail older adults after medical-ward discharge. A broad composite of emergency visits, unplanned outpatient visits, and readmissions rose from 34.7% at one month to 64.7% at six months. Better nutritional status was associated with lower return odds, and returners had higher direct medical costs. The observational analysis does not show that nutritional intervention prevents return.

Thai researchersPatumporn Suraarunsumrit · Maytinee Srisubin · Sutisa Pitiyarn · Ponnapa Petchthai · Dariya Tantiameorn · Chaloemphon Thedpun · Sunit Jarungjitaree · Kotchamon Sukyoyot · Unchana Sura-amonrattana · Varalak Srinonprasert · Titima Wongviriyawong
HIV Prevention and Health Equity92IMPACT SIGNAL
Cross-national cross-sectional evidence

PrEP Use and Willingness Cascades Among Transgender Women in 11 Asian Countries: Findings From the PrEP APPEAL Cross-Sectional Online Survey

The 2022 PrEP APPEAL online survey included 1,178 transgender women in 11 Asian countries. Awareness was 80.0%; among those aware, 62.6% had ever used PrEP, and 78.1% of ever-users were current users. Among higher-risk PrEP-naïve respondents, 60.0% were willing to use it, but only 34.0% of those willing would pay. Healthcare discrimination was associated with lower lifetime use; causality cannot be inferred.

Thai researchersRena Janamnuaysook · Hua Boonyapisomparn · Nittaya Phanuphak
BIBLIOGRAPHIC RESEARCH WATCHLIST

Bibliographic research records

Thailand-affiliated bibliographic records. These are not full analyses; they are ordered by Impact Signal and should be verified against the original source.

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Clinical Medicine

Long‐Term Outcomes of AV Node Ablation Plus CRT Compared to AF Catheter Ablation in Patients With AF and HFrEF

Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Thailand-affiliated authors
Natee Deepan
Institutions
Chulalongkorn University
73IMPACT SIGNAL
Environmental Engineering

Rainwater Harvesting for Urban Flood Risk Assessment: A BIM ‐ GIS Integrated Approach

Transactions in GIS

Thailand-affiliated authors
Ahsen Maqsoom · Lapyote Prasittisopin
Institutions
Chulalongkorn University
73IMPACT SIGNAL
Multidisciplinary

Opegaster plateen n. sp. (Digenea: Opecoelidae) from the giant mudskipper Periophthalmus schlosseri (Pallas, 1770) (Perciformes: Gobiidae) from Thailand

Parasitology

Thailand-affiliated authors
NANNAPHAT SUWANNARAT · Abigail Hui En Chan · Urusa Thaenkham · Vachirapong Charoennitiwat
Institutions
King Mongkut's Institute of Technology Ladkrabang · Mahidol University
73IMPACT SIGNAL
Multidisciplinary

Biosynthetic Gene Cluster Mining and In Vitro Evaluation of the Antimicrobial and Cytotoxic Potential of Xenorhabdus thuongxuanensis

Biology

Thailand-affiliated authors
Yaowapa Sikhaophong · Sophit Khanthawong · Jatuporn Ngoenkam · Sutthirat Sitthisak · Apichat Vitta · Aunchalee Thanwisai
Institutions
Naresuan University
73IMPACT SIGNAL
Multidisciplinary

Electrochemically Supported Asymmetric Synthesis on Chiral Encoded Pt and Pt–Ir Surfaces

Accounts of Chemical Research

Thailand-affiliated authors
Anousha Sohail · Wanmai Srisuwanno · Sopon Butcha · Alexander Kuhn · Chularat Wattanakit
Institutions
Vidyasirimedhi Institute of Science and Technology · Chiang Mai University · Thammasat University
73IMPACT SIGNAL
Global Public Health

Continued Botanical Exploration Uncovers a New Endemic Species of Curcuma subgen. Hitcheniopsis (Zingiberaceae) from Central Thailand

Life

Thailand-affiliated authors
Surapon Saensouk · Piyaporn Saensouk · Thawatphong Boonma · Prasert Ruannakarn · Auemporn Junsongduang
Institutions
Mahasarakham University · Roi et Rajabhat University
73IMPACT SIGNAL
Global Public Health

In silico evaluation of Centella asiatica compounds as potential antidepressant agents

Electronic Journal of General Medicine

Thailand-affiliated authors
Atthaphon Konyanee · Auemphon Mordmuang · Pimol Kanchalearnpong · Weeratian Tawanwongsri
Institutions
Walailak University
73IMPACT SIGNAL
Clinical Medicine

Ethnomedicinal Uses of Thai Legumes ( Fabaceae ) and Their Potential in Industrial Applications

Food Science & Nutrition

Thailand-affiliated authors
Muhammad Tayyab Arshad · Iffat Ullah
Institutions
Prince of Songkla University
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Engineering

Mangrove canopy-height estimation using LiDAR and multispectral remote sensing: linking spatiotemporal species composition to restoration baselines

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Thailand-affiliated authors
Uday Pimple · Asamaporn Sitthi
Institutions
King Mongkut's University of Technology Thonburi · Srinakharinwirot University
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Energy and Materials

Tailoring sodium alginate films with fucoidan and red cabbage anthocyanins for structural, antioxidant, and colorimetric functions in food packaging

Carbohydrate Polymer Technologies and Applications

Thailand-affiliated authors
Pimonpan Kaewprachu · Chalalai Jaisan · Saranya Suwanangul · Papungkorn Sangsawad · Natthakan Rungraeng
Institutions
Chiang Mai University · Maejo University · Suranaree University of Technology · Mae Fah Luang University
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Global Public Health

Factors Associated with Malnutrition Among Bedridden Older Adults in Nakhon Si Thammarat, Thailand: A Secondary Cross-Sectional Analysis

Medical Sciences

Thailand-affiliated authors
Sopida Thipsawat · Rachadaporn Jantasuwan
Institutions
Walailak University
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Engineering

Transcriptomics‐Driven Identification and Engineering of a Novel Lactone Esterase ( Sr LE) for Efficient Sophorolipid Lactonization in the Yeast Starmerella riodocensis

Biotechnology and Bioengineering

Thailand-affiliated authors
Sirawich Sapsirisuk · Nitnipa Soontorngun
Institutions
King Mongkut's University of Technology Thonburi
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Clinical Medicine

Comprehensive Identification and Description of Mitochondrial DNA Haplogroups and Sub-Haplogroups in Snow Sheep (Ovis nivicola) in Support of Their Evolutionary History and Conservation

Animals

Thailand-affiliated authors
Michael N Romanov · Darren Karl Griffin
Institutions
Kasetsart University
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Multidisciplinary

Psychobiotic food systems: fermentation-derived microbes and metabolites modulating the microbiota–gut–brain axis

npj Science of Food

Thailand-affiliated authors
Muhammad Waqar
Institutions
Walailak University
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Clinical Medicine

Rapid and sensitive LC–MS/MS assay for sulfadoxine and pyrimethamine quantification in dried blood spots

Malaria Journal

Thailand-affiliated authors
Daniel Blessborn · Natpapat Kaewkhao · Joel Tärning
Institutions
Mahidol Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit
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Environmental Engineering

Bio-Composite Progress (Part A): Advances in Mycelium-Based Composites as Sustainable Alternatives to Plastic and Foam Packaging

Polymers

Thailand-affiliated authors
Worawoot Aiduang · Kritsana Jatuwong · Didsanutda Gonkhom · Orlavanh Xayyavong · Saisamorn Lumyong
Institutions
Chiang Mai University
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Multidisciplinary

β-Galactosidase expression on Lactococcus sp. KTH0-1S as a whole-cell biocatalyst for efficient lactosucrose production

PLoS ONE

Thailand-affiliated authors
Nichapat Ariyakajorn · Napat Sunsern · Phitsanu Pinmanee · Boontiwa Ninchan · Pimsiriya Srila · Sivatch Imrattanarak · Wirat Vanichsriratana · Nisit Watthanasakphuban
Institutions
Kasetsart University · National Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology
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Clinical Medicine

Inter‐rater reliability of frozen donor liver macrovesicular steatosis assessment applying the Banff consensus method: a real‐world, multi‐specialty validation study

Histopathology

Thailand-affiliated authors
Jarukit Tantipisit
Institutions
Prince of Songkla University
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Environmental Engineering

Panduratin A and Pinostrobin Mitigate Aminated Polystyrene Microplastic-Induced Renal Injury: Evidence from In Vitro and In Vivo Studies

Microplastics

Thailand-affiliated authors
Ameena Benchamana · Napawan Hirunwiroj · Sunhapas Soodvilai
Institutions
Princess of Naradhiwas University · Mahidol University
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Clinical Medicine

Fatal Disseminated Melioidosis Following Flood Exposure in a Patient without Overt Diabetes Mellitus or Chronic Kidney Disease: A Case Report from Southern Thailand

Journal of Health Science and Medical Research

Thailand-affiliated authors
Nattapat Sangkakul · Tawin Khaimook · Siripen Kanchanasuwan
Institutions
Prince of Songkla University
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Clinical Medicine

Bacteriophages Targeting an Emerging Pantoea spp. for Rice Disease Biocontrol

Viruses

Thailand-affiliated authors
Patcharin Siringan · Panukar Malawan · Kanhatey Kong
Institutions
Suranaree University of Technology
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Clinical Medicine

Association of APOC3 promoter variants with hypertriglyceridemia and metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD) in a Thai cohort

Scientific Reports

Thailand-affiliated authors
Metha Yaikwawong · Khanittha Kamdee · Somlak Chuengsamarn
Institutions
Siriraj Hospital · Mahidol University · HRH Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn Medical Center · Srinakharinwirot University
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Digital Health

Assessment of nitrogen status and spatial distribution to enhance growth and inflorescence quality in Dendrobium Sonia ‘Earsakul’ using near-infrared hyperspectral imaging

The Journal of Horticultural Science and Biotechnology

Thailand-affiliated authors
Pacharaphon Chiangngoen · Supatida Abdullakasim · Anupun Terdwongworakul · Sirinad Noypitak
Institutions
Kasetsart University

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