A global online survey analysed 20,420 valid adult responses from 54 countries across all inhabited continents. Awareness and understanding of invasive alien species were low and appeared to vary more with individual sociodemographic charac…
Walkability measures often combine destination access and street conditions, although the components may not relate to walking in the same way. We examined item-level, group-level, and composite associations with transport walking in four h…
ABSTRACT The global spread of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) remains a major challenge to tuberculosis control programs, particularly in resource-limited settings where access to rapid molecular drug-susceptibility testing is lim…
In this study, Napier grass (NG) was pretreated with oxalic acid (OA) and urea under varying conditions to enhance enzymatic saccharification and subsequent ethanol yields. Unlike conventional acid and alkali pretreatments, urea offers a co…
Journal
Biofuels
Thai researchers
Diana Jose · Pooja R. Anand · Nida Arshad · Atthasit Tawai · Kittipong Rattanaporn
Thai institutions
King Mongkut's University of Technology North Bangkok · Kasetsart University
Online product reviews combine unstructured narratives, star ratings, and helpfulness votes, but these signals answer different managerial questions and require different validation strategies. This study presents a reproducible multi-branc…
Journal
Journal of theoretical and applied electronic commerce research
STEM education has become a central agenda for enhancing human resource quality and global competitiveness. This study explored pre-service teachers’ readiness to implement STEM teaching in Indonesia, Malaysia, and Thailand, with particular…
Proactive surveillance of wildlife has the potential to help prevent pandemics caused by coronaviruses spilling over into human populations, but the relative value of this approach versus early outbreak investigation has been debated. This …
Abstract Tropical streamflow research has been shaped disproportionately by work in humid-forest catchments and a small number of disturbed or experimental sites, despite the much wider diversity of streamflow-generating environments across…
Monopterus albus (Asian swamp eel) is a commercially important, air-breathing freshwater fish harvested throughout East and Southeast Asia. As a protogynous species, it begins life as a female, passes through a transitional phase, and ultim…
Journal
Limnological Review
Thai researchers
Alan D. Ziegler · Khajornkiat Srinuansom · Nitiwat Thonrab · Patchaya Deeraksa · Teppitag Boonta
Thai institutions
Kasetsart University · Maejo University · Khon Kaen University · Mahasarakham University
This study aimed to investigate the effects of steel fiber content and exposure duration under high chloride conditions on the compressive strength, flexural performance, and chloride penetration of Steel Fiber Reinforced Concrete (SFRC).St…
Journal
The Journal of King Mongkut s University of Technology North Bangkok
Chromosomal rearrangement is a primary driver of speciation. The macroevolutionary forces governing diversification, however, remain poorly understood. This study aimed to elucidate the mechanisms of karyotypic evolution across Siluriformes…
Abstract Cellulose-based materials are promising biocarriers owing to their inherent biodegradability, biocompatibility, and low toxicity. This study demonstrates the potential of microcrystalline cellulose (MCC), synthesized through an aci…
Limited information is available on the pedology of highly weathered soils derived from ophiolitic rocks in the Philippines. This study evaluated red, highly weathered soils across the ophiolitic landscape of Eastern Samar. Five soil profil…
Abstract BACKGROUND Sprouting is a major postharvest challenge in potato storage, accelerating physiological ageing, starch mobilisation and α ‐solanine accumulation, thereby reducing processing quality and food safety. With the phase‐out o…
Journal
Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture
Thai researchers
Htet Thandar Oo · P. Jitareerat · Jutamas Romkaew · Songsin Photchanachai · C. Sritontip
Thai institutions
King Mongkut's University of Technology Thonburi · Kasetsart University · Rajamangala University of Technology Lanna
This study investigated the genetics of resistance to Pepper yellow leaf curl virus (PepYLCTHV) in advanced lines of chili peppers (Capsicum annuum) and generated new chili pepper populations resistant to PepYLCTHV disease. Experiments were…
ABSTRACT Decentralised rainwater systems are well established in Thailand but remain poorly understood in coastal settlements with brackish groundwater and canals. This study examines how pottery-jar rainwater storage was configured, mainta…
Journal
Journal of Water Sanitation and Hygiene for Development
Microbial-derived bioactive metabolites offer a promising strategy for sustainable plant disease management, but their efficacy against Phytophthora palmivora in durian plants and the associated host metabolic responses remain poorly unders…
The brown planthopper (Nilaparvata lugens, BPH) is a major pest in Asian rice ecosystems, and biological control by natural enemies is a key component of integrated pest management. Zoophytophagous mirid bugs, including Tytthus chinensis (H…
This article examines agrarian transition in Ban Huai Phan, a village widely identified today as Lua in Nan Province, northern Thailand, through the history of Na Laek Pa, a locally remembered land-for-forest and irrigation transformation t…
Environmental problem-solving (EPS) is often assessed after instruction, limiting insight into how students demonstrate it during project work. This interpretive qualitative study examined EPS patterns among 35 Grade 8 students in a Thai se…
Generative AI is widely framed as a productivity tool. This framing understates its significance: when a technology lowers the cost of a fundamental input to the point of abundance, it disrupts not only the tools of an activity but the eval…
Polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs) are microbially produced biodegradable polyesters with adjustable properties, positioning them as promising candidates to replace conventional plastics, particularly in single-use applications. In this study, fi…
Abstract Schizophyllum commune, commonly known as the split gill mushroom, is an edible fungus recognized as a source of bioactive compounds with potential applications in the food and biotechnology industries. In this study, protein-enrich…
To promote a sustainable green campus, this study surveyed the composition of food waste and developed a predictive model at Kasetsart University. Subsequently, an aerobic co-composting experiment using food waste and cow manure was perform…
SUMMARY Thin, filamentous and homocytous cyanobacteria continue to pose taxonomic challenges due to their simple morphology and high cryptic diversity. At the same time, tropical regions are important but still underexplored hotspots for ne…
Journal
Phycological Research
Thai researchers
Billy Lim Chun Ginn · Jantana Praiboon · Narongrit Muangmai
The Ban Kham Nang Ok weaving and agricultural community enterprise group in Nikhom Kham Soi District, Mukdahan Province had the main issue of low light colour fastness of cotton yarns dyed with Oroxylum indicum (L.) Kurz. This study examine…
Rajamangala University of Technology · Rajamangala University of Technology Srivijaya · King Mongkut's University of Technology North Bangkok · Kasetsart University
This study investigates the relationships among overall service quality, customer satisfaction, customer engagement behaviors, and hotel brand loyalty within the sustainable tourism context of Western Thailand's accommodation sector. It fur…
Journal
Journal of Business Innovation and Sustainability (JBIS)
Although increasing interest with respect to green products, little is known about how innovation affects perceived value, satisfaction, and behavioural intention within niche green product markets. This gap is particularly evident in the t…
Journal
Journal of Business Innovation and Sustainability (JBIS)
Buried gas pipelines crossing irrigation canals are critical infrastructure that may be affected by canal rehabilitation, embankment instability, ground deformation, and fluctuating hydraulic conditions. This study presents a sequential num…
Inclusion body hepatitis (IBH), caused by fowl adenoviruses (FAdVs), is a significant disease impacting poultry productivity. Recent data indicates that FAdV serotype 8b (FAdV-8b) is the predominant serotype associated with IBH cases in Tha…
Background: Arterial stiffness and impaired cardiac autonomic regulation contribute to cardiovascular risk in older adults with elevated blood pressure (BP). However, the cardiovascular effects of combining concurrent training with insect-d…
Yeasts associated with medicinal-plant tissues are potential sources of antifungal compounds for plant disease management. Microorganisms isolated from surface-sterilised rhizomes of Boesenbergia rotunda and Alpinia galanga were screened ag…
Latex from two Hevea brasiliensis clones (RRIM600 and PB235) was fractionated by centrifugation to isolate (i) C-serum, (ii) the bottom fraction (lutoids), and (iii) the rubber particle fraction. These fractions were subsequently recombined…
Current recycling processes for dyed polyester textiles primarily focus on recovering the PET substrate, while the disperse dye retained within the polymer structure is generally overlooked and consequently lost as a potentially reusable re…
This study presents a sustainable waste-to-resource approach for water treatment through the development of an immobilized adsorption–photocatalytic system based on Fe-doped TiO2 and biomass-derived hard carbon. Hard carbon was synthesized …
This research studies how Thai consumers react to affiliate marketing content related to their online shopping on Shopee and Lazada and how their reactions influence their decisions to purchase online. The sample identified was 18–54-year-o…
Feline infectious peritonitis virus (FIPV) causes a fatal disease in cats that remains challenging to treat due to the absence of effective vaccines and limited antiviral therapies. Given its central role in viral replication and transcript…
The research aimed to: 1) examine the factors affecting business success; 2) develop a chatbot-based training system focusing on these factors; and 3) evaluate the system’s efficiency and effectiveness. The participants consisted of five ex…
Abstract BACKGROUND The exploration of sustainable and functional plant‐based protein sources has gained momentum amid rising global demands for health‐oriented food innovations. This study investigates the nutritional and biofunctional pro…
There has been a proliferation of research on Southeast Asian crop booms over the past 15 years. Most studies take place at the height of booms or examine the immediate trajectory of boom and subsequent ‘bust’. Few take a longer-term perspe…
Long-term evidence of structural, compositional, and demographic change during natural regeneration of tropical montane forests is limited in Southeast Asia. We analyzed six censuses (2011–2021) in two 1-ha naturally regenerating lower-mont…
Cannabidiol (CBD) nanoformulations have gained increasing interest in pharmaceutical development. However, comprehensive analytical methods for complex nanoformulated samples remain underexplored. In this study, an HPLC–UV method coupled wi…
Despite growing scholarly interest in the sociocultural functions of student uniforms, empirical research on uniform-wearing Behavior in Southeast Asian higher education remains limited, particularly regarding the interplay between digital …
Background/Objectives: Cancer remains a major cause of mortality worldwide, and resistance to therapy continues to limit treatment success. Improving the susceptibility of cancer cells to immune-mediated killing, particularly by natural kil…
Mitochondrial DNA is a powerful marker for reconstructing maternal lineages and phylogeographic history in wild species. The snow sheep (Ovis nivicola), a mountain ungulate endemic to Siberia and the Russian Far East, is characterized by st…
Lactosucrose is a functional trisaccharide with prebiotic properties and growing potential in food and agricultural applications; however, its industrial production is limited by low conversion efficiency and high downstream processing cost…
Abstract Single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in RNA viruses such as Zika virus (ZIKV) can alter viral pathogenicity and are therefore critical molecular markers for surveillance. Here, we report an electrochemical hydrogel biosensor that…
Herpes simplex virus (HSV) and human papillomavirus (HPV) infections remain major global health concerns, particularly in immunocompromised individuals. Herbal extracts have emerged as promising candidates for developing novel antiviral age…
Nitrogen is an essential macronutrient for the growth and quality of cut orchids, and both its deficiency and excess adversely affect plant vigour and inflorescence quality. This study evaluated nitrogen concentration in Dendrobium Sonia ‘E…
Journal
The Journal of Horticultural Science and Biotechnology
Abstract Photovoltaics have emerged as a promising renewable energy source to address increasing energy demands and environmental challenges. However, the growing volume of end-of-life photovoltaic modules has raised significant concerns as…
Mangrove forests play a crucial role in coastal environments by providing ecosystem services, supporting biodiversity, and contributing to nature-based solutions for climate change mitigation and adaptation. This study investigated spatio-t…
This study aimed to examine the expression of follicle stimulating hormone receptor (FSHR) and luteinizing hormone receptor (LHR) in the testes of male fattening pigs based on the timing of the first immunocastration dose. A total of 24 mal…
Microfibers (MFs) and microplastics (MPs) released during laundering represent an important source of wastewater contamination. However, their release dynamics across real-world sources remain poorly understood. This study evaluated MFs and…
This study systematically investigated how cassava starch modification chemistry and hydroxypropyl substitution level influence the structure and functional performance of extrusion-plasticized edible materials containing maltol or ethyl ma…
The effectiveness of various combinations of light-emitting diode (LED) spectra on the in vitro growth of two sugarcane cultivars, KK3 and LK, was investigated. Three steps of micropropagation were investigated: 1) callus induction from you…