A note on the prothrombin time abnormality in the patients with amebic liver abscess

Amebic liver abscess is reported worldwide and can present with a a wide spectrum of clinical manifetations. Similar to the other liver diseases, the prothrombin time abnormality can be seen in the patients with amebic liver abscess. We retrospectively studied the prothrombin times among 30 Thai hospitalized patients with amebic liver abscesses and did not find any correlation between the prothrombin time and any other studied manifestatio

THAI SECONDARY TEACHER ATTITUDES TOWARDS THE INCLUSION OF STUDENTS WITH LEARNING DISABILITIES

Purpose of Study: The purpose of this study was to examine Thai secondary teacher attitudes towards inclusion of students with learning disabilities in general education classrooms. Methodology: The researcher collected quantitative data using a questionnaire with 28 Likert-type scale questions, adapted from the Opinions Relative to Integration of Students with Disabilities (ORI) as well as information related to training in special education, experience, and workload. The participants were comprised of a representative group of 370 secondary teachers from all regions of Thailand. Most participants indicated that they were female general education teachers and had a Bachelor’s degree. Main Finding: Through multiple linear regression, the findings showed that Thai secondary teachers generally held a positive attitude towards the inclusion of students with learning disabilities into general education classrooms. All three independent variables (hours of training, years of teaching experience, and hours of workload) were significant predictors of teachers’ attitudes towards inclusive classrooms, though the hours of workload was the strongest predictor. Applications: The study was conducted to better understand the variables that are meaningful to teachers’ attitudes toward inclusion

Thai Secondary Teachers’ Attitudes Toward Inclusion of Students with Learning Disabilities into General Education Classrooms

The purpose of this study was to examine Thai secondary teachers’ attitudes toward inclusion of students with learning disabilities in general education classrooms. The researcher collected quantitative data using the questionnaire, 28 Likert-type scale questions, adapted from the Opinions Relative to Integration of Students with Disabilities (ORI) (Antonak & Larrivee, 1995). The participants were comprised of 370 secondary teachers from all regions of Thailand and were all Thai. The study used descriptive statistics and multiple linear regression for data analysis. Demographics of participants indicated that the majority were female general education teachers and had a Bachelor’s degree. Through multiple linear regression, the finding showed that Thai secondary teachers had a positive attitude toward inclusion of students with learning disabilities into general education classrooms. All three independent variables (hours of training, years of teaching experience, and hours of workload) were significant predictors of teachers’ attitudes toward inclusive classrooms, though the hours of work loading was a greater predictor. In addition, the government and school administrators may need to provide time and financial support to teachers in order to take more special education training

Chromosomal Damage Risk Assessment to Benzene Exposure among Gasoline Station Workers in Bangkok Metropolitan, Thailand

This study was a cross-sectional survey study to assess relative risk (RR) of chromosomal damage through benzene exposure in 45 gasoline stations workers compared to 30 controls in central area of Bangkok. Sister chromatid exchange (SCE) is as genotoxic biomarker, performed in white blood cells, and blood benzene level (BBL) is a biological marker of benzene exposure was performed by gas chromatography-flame ionization detector (GC-FID) using modified headspace solid-phase micro-extraction (HS-SPME) technique. The results showed that the average blood benzene level of these workers was significantly higher than in the controls (p < 0.001) as well as the frequency of sister chromatid exchange. The sister chromatid exchange was strongly and positively associated with blood benzene level of gasoline workers (p < 0.001) with the chromosomal damage relative risk at 2.50 (p < 0.001). Keywords: gasoline worker, benzene, sister chromatid exchange, chromosomal damag

Design Elliptic Lowpass Filter with Inductively Compensated Parallel-Coupled Lines

AbstractThis paper presents a simple technique to design an ellicptic transfer fuction microstrip lowpass filter based on a ection of doubly inductive compensated parallel-coupled lines. The proposed lowpass filter has the suppression performance to suppress the signal transmission in transition and stopband better than the filter based on the conventional coupled lines. The proposed design procedures are convenient with the closed form design equation. To emonstrate the techniques performance, simulated and measured results at 0.9GHz cut off frequency LPF with ncompensated and the compensated structures are compared. The measured results obtained from the proposed LPF exhibit 0.2dB insertions, less than 20dB return loss and more suppression performance than 35dB at 1.8GHz

Petrochemistry of granitic rocks in Tha Pai area, Mae Hi sub-district, Pai district, Mae Hong Son province, Northern Thailand

Granitic rocks in the Ban Tha Pai area, Mae Hi sub-district, Pai district, Mae Hong Son province, are located in the western line of the Central Granitic Belt in northern Thailand. These granitic rocks are in N-S orientation and have a Triassic age. Petrographic investigation of the granitic rocks indicates that they are monzogranite with medium to coarse-grained porphyritic texture. Mineral compositions of them mainly consist of quartz, K-feldspar, and plagioclase, with minor biotite and small amounts of muscovite, apatite, zircon, titanite, and opaque minerals. Geochemical investigation of the granitic rocks indicates that they are in sub alkaline series and almost totally of high-K calc-alkaline affinity. Furthermore, the granitic rock samples were S-type granite and peraluminous rock. According to tectonic discrimination diagrams, the granitic rocks might have formed in an orogenic environment

A Missense Mutation in the Transcription Factor ETV5 Leads to Sterility, Increased Embryonic and Perinatal Death, Postnatal Growth Restriction, Renal Asymmetry and Polydactyly in the Mouse

ETV5 (Ets variant gene 5) is a transcription factor that is required for fertility. In this study, we demonstrate that ETV5 plays additional roles in embryonic and postnatal developmental processes in the mouse. Through a genome-wide mouse mutagenesis approach, we generated a sterile mouse line that carried a nonsense mutation in exon 12 of the Etv5 gene. The mutation led to the conversion of lysine at position 412 into a premature termination codon (PTC) within the ETS DNA binding domain of the protein. We showed that the PTC-containing allele produced a highly unstable mRNA, which in turn resulted in an undetectable level of ETV5 protein. The Etv5 mutation resulted in male and female sterility as determined by breeding experiments. Mutant males were sterile due to a progressive loss of spermatogonia, which ultimately resulted in a Sertoli cell only phenotype by 8 week-of-age. Further, the ETV5 target genes Cxcr4 and Ccl9 were significantly down-regulated in mutant neonate testes. CXCR4 and CCL9 have been implicated in the maintenance and migration of spermatogonia, respectively. Moreover, the Etv5 mutation resulted in several developmental abnormalities including an increased incidence of embryonic and perinatal lethality, postnatal growth restriction, polydactyly and renal asymmetry. Thus, our data define a physiological role for ETV5 in many aspects of development including embryonic and perinatal survival, postnatal growth, limb patterning, kidney development and fertility.This work was supported by grants the Australian Research Council (ARC) to MKO’B and CJO; the New South Wales Cancer Council, Cancer Institute New South Wales, Banque Nationale de Paris-Paribas Australia and New Zealand, RT Hall Trust, and the National Breast Cancer Foundation to CJO. DJ was a National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) of Australia Peter Doherty Postdoctoral Fellow (#384297). MKO’B and CJO are NHMRC Senior Research Fellows (#545805, #481310). CCG is an NHMRC Australia Fellowship. The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript

THE FORMOL-ETHER CONCENTRATION TECHNIQUE FOR INTESTINAL PARASITES: COMPARING 0.1 N SODIUM HYDROXIDE WITH NORMAL SALINE PREPARATIONS

Abstract. The formol-ether method is a widely used technique for stool examination. We performed a comparative study of 0.1 N sodium hydroxide (NaOH) and normal saline preparation for the formol-ether technique in the detection of intestinal parasites. Of 30 parasite-containing stool samples, 22 (73%) were positive by 0.1 N NaOH and 18 (60%) were positive by normal saline. The detection rate of both preparations was not significantly different (p>0.05). MATERIALS AND METHODS Stool specimens were collected from people who were living in an endemic area of Maung Rung village, Huai Thalaeng district, Nakhon Ratchasima Province on the assumption that they were harboring Opisthorchis viverrini eggs. All specimens were examined by simple smear with iodine and concentration technique using standard normal saline comparing to 0.1 N sodium hydroxide preparations. Two preparations were used for the formol-ether technique: one with 0.1 N sodium hydroxide (NaOH) and the other with normal saline. A total of 30 parasitecontaining stool specimens were studied. The formolether technique used in this study was that described b

Ancient Thai Medicinal Formula, Volume 5: The Therapeutic and Clinical Drug Review Extracted from Ancient Thai Palm Leaf Manuscripts

This research is a descriptive and explorative study and is aimed at defining the composition and indication of Thai traditional herbal medicinal preparations which were derived from the ancient Thai medicinal of palm leaf scriptures, chapter no.3, and volume 5. The research was investigated by the team of Mahasarakham University committee which consisted of pharmacist, biologists, interpreters and editors. The complete manuscripts contained 5 volumes in Thai Noi, Tham Esarn, khemer and Thai traditional languages. Each traditional medicinal herb diagnosed the symptoms of the patients and treats them with herbal preparations according to their local herbal medicinal knowledge and experiences in order to relieve various symptoms and diseases. These historic formulations were created over a period of hundreds of years before the advent of modern medicine.Key words: Palm leaf manuscripts; Therapeutic treatments; Thai Folk Herbalist