The objective of this study was to examine the smoking behavior among adolescents in Thailand and Malaysia. Population-based, national surveys were conducted among 1,704 adolescents between the ages of 13 and 18 from Thailand (n = 927) and Malaysia (n = 777). Respondents were selected using multistage cluster sampling. Respondents were asked to complete self-administered questionnaires. Approxi...

Natural biostimulants obtained by plants are intensively used nowadays to improve crop yield and quality. The current study aimed evaluate the effects of leaf extract moringa (Moringa oleifera Lam.) (MLE) in modifying baby characteristics two genotypes Brassica. trial was started October 2020 a greenhouse; cultivar kale ‘Cavolo Laciniato Nero di Toscana’ (CL) Sicilian landrace sprouting broccol...

The consumption of fruits and vegetables is related to the prevention treatment chronic–degenerative diseases due presence secondary metabolites with pharmaceutical activity. Most these metabolites, also known as nutraceuticals, are present in low concentrations plant tissue. Therefore, improve health benefits horticultural crops, it necessary increase their nutraceutical content before reachin...

This study explores the repurchase intention to Thai customers on a well known international e-commerce web site. Specifically, it aims to examine the repurchase intention of working Thai customers in Bangkok toward eBay.com. The target population is Thai people working in three highly-ranked commercial areas of Bangkok. An alternative repurchase intention model was developed with perceived use...

In the field of second language (L2) production, phonetic investigations of L2 fricatives are rare due to the complexity of establishing similarities and differences between L1 and L2 fricatives. The study of English /s/ production by L2 Thai learners has not received much attention, as researchers on L2 English have typically believed that learners would produce this sound with ease due to the...

Abscisic acid (ABA) is a sesquiterpene signaling molecule produced in all kingdoms of life. To date, the best known functions of ABA are derived from its role as a major phytohormone in plant abiotic stress resistance. Different organisms have developed different biosynthesis and signal transduction pathways related to ABA. Despite this, there are also intriguing common themes where ABA often s...

INTRODUCTION This study was conducted to determine the inhibitory potential of selected Malaysian plants against key enzymes related to type 2 diabetes and hypertension. METHODS The samples investigated were pucuk ubi (Manihot esculenta), pucuk betik (Carica papaya), ulam raja (Cosmos caudatus), pegaga (Centella asiatica) and kacang botol (Psophocarpus tetragonolobus). The inhibitory potentia...

In Thai, tonal information is a crucial component for identifying the lexical meaning of a word. Consequently, Thai tone classification can obviously improve performance of Thai speech recognition system. In this article, we therefore reported our study of Thai tone classification. Based on our investigation, most of Thai tone classification studies relied on statistical machine learning approa...

BACKGROUND Traditional folk medicinal plants have recently become popular and are widely used for primary health care. Since Thailand has a great diversity of indigenous (medicinal) plant species, this research investigated 52 traditionally used species of Thai medicinal plants for their in vitro cytotoxic, antioxidant, lipase inhibitory and antimicrobial activities. METHODS The 55 dried samp...

Flavonoids are a complex group of plant-made phenolic Background: compounds that are considered of high nutraceutical value. Their beneficial impacts on human health relate predominantly to their capacity to serve as antioxidants, thus protecting cells against the damaging impact of reactive oxygen species. Recent studies have also pointed at an essential role for flavonoids as antioxidants in ...