OBJECTIVES The objectives of this study were to evaluate the level of knowledge of diabetes among the Thai general population, identify areas of deficiency for targeted health education effort, and identify respondent characteristics that may be associated with knowledge of diabetes. METHODS A survey involving 1000 respondents (age > or = 15 years) was conducted in the central region of Thail...

BACKGROUND Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is one of the most common cancers in men and the third most common cancer in woman in Thailand. This retrospective study was designed to assess the prevalence, clinical manifestations, treatment outcomes and prognosis of HCC in the central region of Thailand. MATERIALS AND METHODS The authors retrospectively reviewed all HCC patients aged more than 15...

This research studied recycled waste by the Recyclable Material Bank Project of 4 universities in the central region of Thailand for the evaluation of reducing greenhouse gas emissions compared with landfilling activity during July 2012 to June 2013. The results showed that the projects collected total amount of recyclable wastes of about 911,984.80 kilograms. Office paper had the largest amoun...

OBJECTIVE Survey the prevalence of intestinal parasitic infections in 14 primary schools of Central Thailand. MATERIAL AND METHOD A cross sectional survey of the prevalence of intestinal parasitic infections in 14 primary schools of Central Thailand that included Ang Thong, Ayudthaya, and Suphanburi provinces was conducted One thousand and thirty seven children with age ranging from 3-12 year...

Dengue infection, one of the most important mosquito-borne viral diseases of humans, has been a significant problem in many tropical countries for decades. Surveys of disease prevalence are useful for prevention and control and have been continuously performed in Thailand. In this study, the correlation between the rainfall and the prevalence of dengue in a central region of Thailand, the highl...

there are several important mosquito borne infectious disease in the tropical countries. chikungunya virus infection is an important arbovirus in this group. we hereby used a standard medicogeographical analysis to assess the correlation between prevalence of chikungunya virus infection and rainfall in the endemic area of thailand, the southern region. in this work, the correlation was poor but...

Laboratory-reared insects are widely known to have significantly reduced genetic diversity in comparison to wild populations; however, subtle behavioural changes between laboratory-adapted and wild or 'wildish' (i.e., within one or very few generations of field collected material) populations are less well understood. Quantifying alterations in behaviour, particularly sexual, in laboratory-adap...

The primary objective of this paper is to present a comprehensive case study on monitoring wildfires in Nakhon Nayok, Thailand, utilizing Earth observation platforms. This initiative project has been undertaken by the Excellence Center Space Technology and Research (ECSTAR), partnership with its spin-off startup, TeroSpace. aims provide an in-depth analysis wildfire incidents region, advanced t...