This paper aims to posit a functional category for Thai classifiers and demonstrate the analysis of Thai complex nominals adopting the antisymmetry framework (Kayne 1994). It proposes that Thai classifiers have an independently functional status and project the Classifier Phrase (ClassP) basically because they work in the same way as agreement. Evidence supporting their functional status includ...

BACKGROUND The COPD Assessment Test (CAT™) is a new questionnaire that has been developed recently for measuring the COPD patient's health status. It is known to have a good correlation with disease specific health status measured by St. George's Respiratory Questionnaire (SGRQ). For the wider application in clinical practice, it has been validated in many countries. We evaluated the reliabilit...

Researchers have long known that poverty in childhood is linked with a range of negative adult socioeconomic outcomes, from lower educational achievement and behavioral problems to lower earnings in the labor market. But few researchers have explored whether exposure to a disadvantaged background affects immigrant children and native children differently. George Borjas uses Current Population S...

Inspired by the Media Repertoire idea in various studies, this article analyzes what digital immigrant groups build-in using Smartphones everyday life. The repertoire is selection of media used periodically based on its usefulness and became an identifiable routine. This study grouped activities for interests into 5 themes including; Entertainment, Transactions, Consumption, Production/Particip...

Immigrant entrepreneurship has been widely discussed in various perspectives. Yet, their entrepreneurial process received less attention from the aspect of social capital. This paper intends to explore role capital dimensions (structural, relational, and cognitive) (discovery exploitation opportunity). In-depth interview approach was conducted with six Thai immigrant restaurant-preneurs (TIRps)...

Industrialized dairy production in the U.S. relies on an immigrant, primarily Latino/a, workforce to meet greater production demands. Given the high rates of injuries and illnesses on U.S. dairies, there is pressing need to develop culturally appropriate training to promote safe practices among immigrant, Latino/a dairy workers. To date, there have been few published research articles or guidel...

Thai manufacturing SMEs have played a major role in developing Thai economy, social and employment. In this situation, they have been confronted by forceful overseas competitors, especially in lowcost producers such as China, India, Vietnam, etc. They need to upgrade organisational performance in order to increasing their international competitiveness. However, most of Thai manufacturing SMEs h...

OBJECTIVE The purpose of this research was to develop and test the psychometric properties of the Thai version of the Work Ability Index (WAI). METHODS Forward translation and back-translation of the WAI were performed by seven bilingual professionals to ensure that the Thai WAI was culturally relevant and conceptually accurate. To ensure generalizability of the Thai WAI, a sample of 2,744 Th...

The role of the parent is a significant family factor that can impact the child cognitively, emotionally, and socially. Strengthening parents' competence improves their performance as parents. This study is the development and validation of the Thai Parenting Sense of Competence scale (Thai PSOC scale) for assessing the parenting competence of Thai fathers. The Thai PSOC scale was revised from ...

Tourism industry is one of the important service industries that play a crucial role in the development of Malaysian economy. Thailand has been ranked among the top five tourist generating countries for Malaysia since the last decade. This paper intends to determine factors affecting Thai tourism demand in Malaysia from the macroeconomic perspective by utilizing quarterly data from 2000Q1 to 20...