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
This conceptual paper critiques transport decarbonization strategies that over-rely on coordination, optimization and prediction. Drawing on wu-wei, qi and yin-yang, it proposes governance as attunement to mobility systems that are emergent, contested and continually changing.
The article systematises a 40-instrument Isan orchestra without Western instruments, covering folk-melody motifs, counterpoint, polyphony, voice-leading, orchestration grids and seating for acoustic balance.
Survey and financial data from 179 Thai SMEs in 2021–2023 were modeled with XGBoost to distinguish internationally integrated from domestic-oriented firms. Internationalized SMEs showed configurations of financial agility, profitability, disciplined leverage, resource efficiency, international experience, team readiness, market knowledge and institutional connectivity.
The study assembled 1,097 chest radiographs from five institutions and 3,117 interpretations by six NIOSH-certified B readers. Participants were at least 15 years old, while people with HIV or opportunistic infection were excluded. Readings were compared with sputum smear, culture or molecular reference tests. Sixty-nine per cent of interpretations were abnormal; 87% of these were TB cases, while 83% of unremarkable readings were non-TB.
In 75 infants deliberately selected as G6PD deficient, intermediate or normal (25 each), the quantitative STANDARD G6PD test agreed closely with spectrophotometry and supported capillary testing through the first week using cord-blood thresholds. Enzyme activity declined at one and four months, and intermediate female infants may require age-specific interpretation.
Thai researchersGornpan Gornsawun · Eh Moo · Klay Htoo · Supalak Chalermvisutkul · Mary Ellen Gilder · Phaw Khu Moo · Laypaw Archusuksan · Taco Jan Prins · Borimas Hanboonkunupakarn · Rose McGready · Francois Nosten · Germana Bancone
Survey data from 279 Thai listed firms were analysed with PLS-SEM to test links among regulatory pressure, ESG integration capability, internationalisation orientation, sustainability innovation, perceived authenticity and financial sustainability performance.
Researchers extracted cellulose nanofibers from rice-husk pulp and chitin nanofibers from shrimp-shell pulp as coatings for cucumbers and papayas. Under normal-atmosphere storage, coated cucumbers reportedly remained fresh for up to four weeks and papayas for three weeks, versus 5–14 days uncoated, with less weight loss and new microbial growth. Safety, sensory quality, cost and real supply-chain replication remain to be established.
PASS, SwissADME, ProTox and docking predicted favourable properties for luteolin and apigenin, with calculated NS2B-NS3 allosteric binding of -7.74 and -7.67 kcal/mol and interactions with host C-type lectin receptors. All findings are computational; no enzyme, infected-cell, animal or patient antiviral activity was demonstrated.
A biomass stove and steam generator for the U-Tapao basin improved thermal efficiency and reduced boiling time versus traditional methods. Field trials in two steam-room configurations sustained about 40°C for 30-35 minutes.
Panel data from 281 Chinese cities in 2007-2022 and multi-period difference-in-differences associated Broadband China, IP demonstration and dual pilots with stronger urban economic resilience. The dual policy was largest, and broadband-before-IP outperformed the reverse sequence.
Researchers reviewed 896 CT pulmonary angiograms from 804 ICU patients between January 2019 and June 2025. Pulmonary embolism was identified in 164 examinations, while 104 patients had segmental or subsegmental embolism without a more proximal clot. Anticoagulation was given to 96% of this group and 86% of treated patients received therapeutic dosing. At 90 days, bleeding occurred in 15%, major bleeding in 12%, recurrent venous thromboembolism in 7.8% and mortality in 24%.
Among 114 adults with GCS 13-15, intracranial haemorrhage, conservative management and repeat CT, 26 (22.8%) progressed to admission or neurosurgical intervention. Midline shift, systolic blood pressure ≥160, multiple haemorrhages and GCS 13-14 were independently associated. These are triage signals, not an externally validated rule.
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Serum Prolactin and Bone Mineral Density in Women with Schizophrenia Receiving Prolactin-Raising Antipsychotics: A Cross-Sectional Study
Rajamangala University of Technology Isan · Khon Kaen University · Rajamangala University of Technology Rattanakosin · Mahasarakham University · The Royal College Of Anesthesiologists Of Thailand
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Environmental Engineering
Diatomite and Fly Ash Enhance Silicon Availability, Nutrient Uptake, and Yield of Sweet Corn in Humid Tropical Sandy Loam
Consumer egg washing and handling practices in Southeast Asia: a mixed-method study
Food Control
Thailand-affiliated authors
Pornthipa Ongkunaruk
Institutions
Kasetsart University
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Global Public Health
Proximate Composition Profiling and Adjustment of Near-Infrared Spectroscopy (NIRS) Equations for Dry Legumes from Local Markets in Northern Thailand and Southern China
Agriculture
Thailand-affiliated authors
Patipon Teerakitchotikan · Sarana Rose Sommano · Tibet Tangpao
Institutions
Chiang Mai University
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Environmental Engineering
Life cycle assessment of benzoxazinone synthesis: Comparative evaluation of alternative synthetic pathways
Chulalongkorn University · Thai Health Promotion Foundation · Kanchanaburi Rajabhat University
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Environmental Engineering
Rainfall Variability Impacts on Runoff and Reservoir Inflow in a Small Mountainous Watershed: SWAT-Based Assessment in the Upper Ing River Basin, Northern Thailand
Estimating Canopy Isoprene Concentrations over a Deciduous Dipterocarp Forest in Northern Thailand Using a Calibrated Box Model and Physics-Informed Machine Learning: A Pilot Study
University of Phayao · National Astronomical Research Institute of Thailand · Chiang Mai University · UNICEF East Asia and Pacific Regional Office
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Clinical Medicine
In vitro susceptibility and provisional epidemiological cutoff values for eight antifungal agents against Trichophyton mentagrophytes and Trichophyton interdigitale : a multicenter study from China
Journal of Clinical Microbiology
Thailand-affiliated authors
Hailin Zheng · Wenting Xie · Xue Kong · Naicen Ge · Huan Mei · Xiaodong She · Weida Liu · Guanzhao Liang · Xiaofang Li
Institutions
Institute of Dermatology
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Clinical Medicine
Coenocline Simulation of Microbiome Samples: A Biologically Mechanistic Framework for Generating Ecologically Realistic Synthetic Datasets to Support Classification Method Evaluation
Seasonal effects on ruminal fermentation and greenhouse gas emission patterns in non-lactating crossbred Saanen goats under tropical conditions: Evidence from respiratory chamber measurements
Evaluation of the Anti-demineralization Potential of Fluoride-Free Bioactive Toners versus Fluoride-Containing Functionalized Tricalcium Phosphate Toothpaste on Dental Enamel: An In Vitro Study
Rajamangala University of Technology Isan · Rajamangala University of Technology Krungthep
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Digital Health
Research on the Construction of Core Competence Framework for the Smart Health Care and Elderly Care Service and Management Major Driven by Digital Technology
International Journal of Computer Information Systems and Industrial Management Applications