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Obesity rise plateaus in developed nations and accelerates in developing nations

Analysis of global populations shows that the obesity trajectory is not uniform across countries. by Thai researchers from Mahidol University participating in the NCD-RisC network

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Geospatial Agriculture and Environment89IMPACT SIGNAL
Regional model-validation evidence

GEDI–Sentinel Model Maps Northeast Thai Rubber at 82.63% Accuracy but Struggles With Young Plantations

This study mapped 2024 rubber distribution and age structure across Northeast Thailand using Random Forest in Google Earth Engine, combining Sentinel-1, Sentinel-2, vegetation indices, and a GEDI-trained canopy-height model. Three-class rubber mapping reached 82.63% overall accuracy and about 0.84 F1; three-group age classification reached 83.39%. Plantations older than seven years dominated and were classified more reliably than young stands. The output is a regional monitoring baseline, not an error-free parcel-level decision map.

Thai researchersSavittri Ratanopad Suwanlee · Muhammad Hanif · Surasak Keawsomsee · Kemin Kasa · Narissara Nuthammachot · Sarawut Ninsawat · Jantima Polpinij · Jaturong Som-Ard
Medical Education and Serious-Illness Care89IMPACT SIGNAL
Longitudinal training evidence

Advance-Care-Planning Training Raised Residents’ Knowledge From 7.74 to 8.65, but Had No Control Group

This mixed-methods evaluation tested an Advance Care Planning programme combining role-play, personal-value reflection, and two Circle of Learning sessions with an entire cohort of 50 first-year internal-medicine residents. Longitudinal analysis used 34 complete cases through 15 months, and 10 residents were interviewed. Knowledge rose from 7.74 to 8.65 out of 9, alongside several attitude and confidence improvements. Interviewees said role-play bridged theory and practice but identified a need for ongoing workplace support. The evidence concerns learner readiness, not observed conversation quality or patient outcomes.

Thai researchersThagoon Kanjanopas · Smuch Siramongkholkarn · Wanna Jarusomboon · Ekkapop Sittiwantana · Arisa Phochaisarn · Saipin Hathirat · Saran Thanapluetiwong
Public Health and Migrant Health92IMPACT SIGNAL
Evidence of global relevance

Migrant TB Patients Chose Months-Long Sanatorium Care to Pursue Cure Amid Cost, Transport, and Documentation Barriers

This multi-perspective qualitative study at the SMRU tuberculosis sanatorium in Mae Ramat, Tak Province, examined why migrants choose long residential treatment. It included 37 unique patients—33 who chose the sanatorium and four who chose community DOTS—plus five health workers. Three themes organized the findings: desire for cure, barriers to diagnosis and treatment, and community and organizational support.

Thai researchersJindaporn Wirachonphaophong · Hai Ti Ti · Nay Kaw Htoo · Kanjana Winyoorat · Cha Ba · San Soe · Suphak Nosten · Htet Ko Ko Aung · Sein Sein Thi · Francois Nosten
Public Health and Health Systems92IMPACT SIGNAL
Qualitative evidence for service design

Patients in South Ethiopia Know How to Manage Diabetes, but Drug Shortages and Costs Undercut Self-Care

This qualitative study examined diabetes self-care in three South Ethiopian hospital clinics. Its 21 participants comprised 12 adults with type 2 diabetes and nine healthcare providers. Patients described medication, diet, physical activity, foot care, and glucose monitoring as daily work negotiated against financial pressure, drug shortages, beliefs, food costs, limited support, and health-system constraints. Patients tended to foreground structural barriers, whereas providers placed more emphasis on knowledge and forgetting advice. Continued counselling, reliable medicines, and peer support emerged as priorities, but these are interview-derived design directions rather than tested interventions.

Thai researchersTemesgen Anjulo Ageru · Cua Ngoc Le · Apichai Wattanapisit · Charuai Suwanbamrung
International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-beingRead analysis →
Forest Policy and Bioeconomy92IMPACT SIGNAL
Evidence of global relevance

Perspectives on the forest bioeconomy: insights of stakeholders from cases in Central Europe and the Mekong region

This comparative study examines how 336 purposively recruited respondents in Czechia, Slovakia, Thailand, Laos and Vietnam understand and assess the forest bioeconomy. Respondents generally reported stronger familiarity with sustainable forest management and the circular economy than with the bioeconomy itself. Perceptions also varied across country cases, particularly within the Mekong region. A binary logistic regression identified associations between high perceived implementation and country, age, education, understanding of policy aims, support for implementation and positive assessments of forest-industry implementation. These findings describe perceptions within the recruited sample rather than national populations, and the reported associations should not be interpreted as causal effects.

Thai researchersNopparat Kaakkurivaara · Alice Sharp · Prasit Wangpakapattanawong
One Health and Zoonotic-Disease Prevention92IMPACT SIGNAL
Formative evidence for One Health intervention design

Zoonotic Risk in Rural Nan Is Not Just Behavioural: Water Scarcity, Forest Change, and Food Systems Connect Five Interfaces

Researchers examined everyday practices and conditions that could enable cross-species transmission in four rural villages in Nan Province, organising findings into five interfaces: human–animal, human–environment, human-human, animal–animal, and animal–environment. The picture is not simply one of deficient knowledge. Animal contact, butchering and food preparation, water scarcity and contamination, waste, forest change, intensified agriculture, mixed-species proximity, and multilingual communication operate as a system. Community leaders and village health volunteers were viewed as trusted messengers. The study therefore recommends education that combines knowledge, skills, practical tools, and recognition of structural limits, but it neither completed nor evaluated the final intervention.

Thai researchersMonchai Phongsiri · Simaphon Tomklang · Theerayuth Labooth · Thanapat Chaibut · Pongsakon Jaruton · Kotthamon Chanprathad · Sarutaya Suphawatthanaphan · Hans Overgaard · Patcharin Lapanun
Circular Bioeconomy and Seafood Technology92IMPACT SIGNAL
Comprehensive narrative-review evidence

Crustacean By-Products Hold High-Value Compounds, but ‘Green’ Extraction Still Lacks LCA and Industrial Proof

This review compares conventional acid–alkali and solvent extraction with supercritical fluids, enzymatic hydrolysis, pulsed electric fields, ultrasound, cold plasma, microwave, high-pressure processing, and deep eutectic solvents for recovering bioactives from crustacean by-products. No technology is universally optimal: conventional methods retain advantages in simplicity and maturity, while emerging methods may reduce chemicals or better preserve product quality but face equipment, cost, energy, reproducibility, and pilot-scale constraints. The paper is therefore a map of options and evidence gaps, not proof that one technology is the ‘most sustainable.’

Thai researchersAkanksha R. Gautam · Soottawat Benjakul · Rattikarn Boonchoosri · Nilesh Nirmal · Avtar Singh
Public Health and Viral Hepatitis92IMPACT SIGNAL
Province-scale real-world programme evidence

Phetchabun Screens 97.3% for HCV; 96.4% of SVR12-Evaluable Patients Are Cured, but Transmission Elimination Is Unproven

Phetchabun’s micro-elimination programme linked fingerstick anti-HCV testing, HCV-RNA confirmation, and 12-week sofosbuvir/velpatasvir treatment through primary-care and district-hospital services across all 11 districts under universal health coverage. From 2020 to April 2026, 389,547 of 400,567 targeted people were screened (97.25%); 14,845 of 18,340 anti-HCV-reactive participants received RNA confirmation (80.94%), identifying 10,996 active infections. Of 8,961 treatment-eligible patients, 8,842 received therapy (98.67%); among 6,719 evaluated at SVR12, 6,474 were cured (96.35%). The programme demonstrates province-scale test-to-treat feasibility, but not yet the incidence or mortality reductions required for elimination.

Thai researchersWijitra Phaengkha · Pornjarim Nilyanimit · Nungruthai Suntronwong · Jiratchaya Puenpa · Duong Hoang Huy Le · Saranya Ngamnimit · Pattama Janpathip · Lapasrada Kamput · Kawin Thongnoi · Wanalee Toomta · Phatcha Wohanklong · Jarunlak Saokeaw · Niphapornt Thammajit · Suwannee Rerngleum · Ananyalak Yoisara · Nitiya Srisuk · Jidapa Suwannachat · Anchalee Karagate · Rujipat Wasitthankasem · Yong Poovorawan
Health Systems and Antimicrobial Stewardship92IMPACT SIGNAL
Global potential

Four Countries Have Antimicrobial-Stewardship Policies, but 16 Hospitals Average 72% Implementation and Training Lags

This study linked national policy, hospital systems, and provider behaviour in Indonesia, Nepal, Thailand, and Viet Nam during 2022–2023. It included 486 participants across 16 hospitals. All countries had antimicrobial-stewardship policies, but financing, enforcement, training, microbiology-data use, and inter-programme coordination were uneven. Hospitals averaged 72% on G-ASET, with tracking and reporting highest at 75% and training lowest at 66%. The two Thai hospitals scored 81.3% and 80.6% overall, yet both scored only 50% for training. These results identify actionable system gaps; they do not experimentally show that any intervention reduced antibiotic use, resistance, or mortality.

Thai researchersDirek Limmathurotsakul · Anucha Apisarnthanarak
Zoonotic Neglected Tropical Diseases and Surveillance92IMPACT SIGNAL
Global potential

Twenty-Year Review Finds Zoonotic NTDs Remain Hidden in Laos and Cambodia as Diagnostics and Surveillance Stay Fragmented

The article synthesises publications and long-running surveillance at the animal–human interface in Laos and Cambodia, covering Taenia solium, Trichinella, Streptococcus suis, rickettsiae, melioidosis, hepatitis E, and Japanese encephalitis. Its recurring message is diagnostic invisibility caused by limited laboratories and fragmented human–animal–environment systems, with risks embedded in smallholder livestock, informal slaughter, raw-meat consumption, wet markets, and animal-contact occupations. It proposes scaling abattoir, animal-sentinel, market, and environmental surveillance alongside livelihood-aware risk communication. This is a narrative synthesis, not a systematic review or one national survey, so it maps patterns and gaps rather than estimating current national burden.

Thai researchersStuart D. Blacksell · Syseng Khounsy · Jarunee Siengsanan-Lamont · Lida Kong · Jaison B. Kolenchery · Paul N. Newton · Nicholas P. J. Day
Malaria Epidemiology and Elimination92IMPACT SIGNAL
Regional surveillance evidence

Surveillance of 13,386 Sumatra Cases Links Imported Malaria to Mobile Populations and Elimination to District Context

Using individual surveillance records from 2019–2021, this study examined both malaria case patterns and district factors associated with elimination across Sumatra. Of 13,386 reported cases, 71.8% were Plasmodium vivax; among 11,390 investigated cases, 15.3% were classified as imported. Multilevel models identified associations with mobile populations and clinical characteristics, while district elimination was associated with higher human development, lower historical burden, and fewer endemic neighbours. These are observational surveillance associations, not causal effects of a policy.

Thai researchersKarina D Lestari · Sri B Fajariyani · Pimphen Charoen · Saranath Lawpoolsri · Wirichada Pan-ngum
Health Equity and Malaria Elimination92IMPACT SIGNAL
Scoping-review evidence

Review of 52 Studies Finds Low but Hidden Malaria Burden Among Mobile Populations in Mekong Border and Forest Areas

This synthesis mapped malaria evidence among migrant and mobile populations in the Greater Mekong Subregion across epidemiology, access, prevention, and health-system challenges. Of 847 records, 52 studies met inclusion criteria. Reported burden was generally low but highly variable, with hidden reservoirs from asymptomatic or submicroscopic infection in border and forest settings. Structural barriers contributed to delayed diagnosis, inconsistent prevention, and reliance on informal or cross-border care. The review exposes intervention-evaluation gaps rather than proving which approach works best.

Thai researchersPyae Linn Aung · Ajjima Thussachan · Naing Bo Bo Min · Jetsumon Sattabongkot
BIBLIOGRAPHIC RESEARCH WATCHLIST

Bibliographic research records

Thailand-affiliated bibliographic records. These are not full analyses; they are ordered by Impact Signal and should be verified against the original source.

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Education, Income, and the Dynamics of Formal Business Entry in the Philippines: An ARDL Analysis

Journal of Enterprise Strategy and Management Innovation

Thailand-affiliated authors
Gay Marie Teodosio · Rhinella G. Mesias · Camille Roxas · Ramon George O. Atento
Institutions
Asian Institute of Technology
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Multidisciplinary

Capital Depth and Entrepreneurial Vitality: Market Capitalization Growth and Cross-Border Investment Flows in the Philippines and ASEAN

Journal of Enterprise Strategy and Management Innovation

Thailand-affiliated authors
Ramon George O. Atento · Rey Fernan Refozar · Lalaine Manalo
Institutions
Asian Institute of Technology
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Multidisciplinary

Islamic-Integrated Personal Growth Group to Promote Self-Compassion Among Thai Social Work Students: A Pilot Mixed-Method Study

Islamic Guidance and Counseling Journal

Thailand-affiliated authors
Preenapa Choorat · Sarinda Puti · Bunrome Suwanphahu
Institutions
Prince of Songkla University
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Multidisciplinary

Comparative gut microbiota and predicted functions associated with antibiotic resistance in Thai indigenous Pradu Hang Dam and commercial chickens

Scientific Reports

Thailand-affiliated authors
Songphon Buddhasiri · Pakpoom Tadee · Nattinee Kittiwan · Ben Pascoe · Prapas Patchanee
Institutions
Chiang Mai University · Lampang Hospital
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Multidisciplinary

How Governance Contexts Drive Divergent Feedback in Local Co-Creation: Evidence from Wind Power Development in China and Denmark

Energies

Thailand-affiliated authors
Wei Ye · Hamad Khan · Leilong Ma
Institutions
Chiang Mai University
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Multidisciplinary

Determinants of Drought Adaptation Under Climate Change Among Rice-Farming Households in the Northernmost Region of Thailand

Climate

Thailand-affiliated authors
Pussadee Laor · Wanvisa Saisanan Na Ayudhaya · Sirinthip Rakjun · Pannipha Dokmaingam · Vivat Keawdounglek · Anuttara Hongtong · Weerayuth Siriratruengsuk · Krailak Fakkaew · Thitipong Sukdee
Institutions
Mae Fah Luang University · Walailak University · Suratthani Rajabhat University · Burapha University
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Multidisciplinary

From stress to resource: embodied cognitive pathways linking dance competence and psychological resilience

Frontiers in Psychology

Thailand-affiliated authors
Ziyu Zheng · Ekasak Hengsuko · Wiradee Eakronnarongchai · Onsuda Wiangthongsarat
Institutions
Udon Thani Rajabhat University
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Multidisciplinary

Escaping Reality, Creating Meaning: How Heritage Tourists Become Emotion Value Co-Creators in the Age of Generative AI

Tourism and Hospitality

Thailand-affiliated authors
Wenjing Liu · Chai Ching Tan · Ce Wang
Institutions
National Institute of Development Administration
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Multidisciplinary

Fossil fuel lock‐in vs clean power: pathways for the developing Asian region by 2050-2060

Environmental Research Letters

Thailand-affiliated authors
Firuz Ahamed Nahid · Pooja Sankhyayan · Abhishek Das · Joyashree Roy
Institutions
Asian Institute of Technology
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Multidisciplinary

[2026-08-19] Factors Associated With Locomotive Syndrome Severity Among Community-Dwelling Older Adults With Type 2 Diabetes: A Cross-Sectional Analytical Study

Research Medical Journal

Thailand-affiliated authors
Chakrit Sattayarom · Sineeporn Yuenyong · Aekkachai Fatai · Umakorn Jaiyungyuen · Supaporn Voraroon · Trakulwong Luecha · Phenrung Wandee
Institutions
Boromarajonani College of Nursing · Chulabhorn Hospital · Burapha University
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Multidisciplinary

Geometry-controlled enhancement of convective heat transfer and moisture diffusion during passive solar drying

International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer

Thailand-affiliated authors
Sopa Cansee · Sarawut Saenkham · Teerasad Kanasri
Institutions
Mahasarakham University · Roi et Rajabhat University
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Multidisciplinary

Immersive language learning: Students’ perceptions of a virtual reality-embedded station rotation model for Chinese as a foreign language

Contemporary Educational Technology

Thailand-affiliated authors
Xiaochen Zhang · Sirirat Petsangsri · Jirarat Sitthiworachart
Institutions
King Mongkut's Institute of Technology Ladkrabang
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Multidisciplinary

Reliability and validity of the Thai version of the Rapid Mood Screener (RMS-T)

PLoS ONE

Thailand-affiliated authors
Chayanis Som-On · Chawisa Suradom · Sirijit Suttajit · Suttipong Kawilapat · Sutrak Pilakanta · Manit Srisurapanont
Institutions
Chiang Mai University
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Multidisciplinary

Community-based development for sustainable local economies: comparative governance lessons from urban, semi-urban, and rural communities in Thailand

Frontiers in Political Science

Thailand-affiliated authors
Mahdee Champeephan · Nantida Jansiri · Sureeporn Sukawonlli · Arpaporn Sookhom · Kittachet Krivart
Institutions
Walailak University · Payap University
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Multidisciplinary

Nutritional Status, Abdominal Obesity, and Predictors of BMI Categories Among Community-Dwelling Older Adults in Southern Thailand: A Cross-Sectional Study

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Thailand-affiliated authors
Urai Jaraeprapal · Pornchanuch Chumpunuch · Arthit Boonrodchu · Uraiwan Pantong
Institutions
Walailak University
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Multidisciplinary

Evaluation of a single-plasmid PstDNV virus-like particle system for dsRNA delivery against WSSV in Litopenaeus vannamei

Aquaculture Reports

Thailand-affiliated authors
Nabhasbhichayabha Daewang · Pongsopee Attasart · Wanchai Assavalapsakul · Kitipong Angsujinda
Institutions
Chulalongkorn University · Mahidol University
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Multidisciplinary

Supporting the mental health and psychosocial support needs of out of school children and youth in Southeast Asia: a review of available evidence

Frontiers in Education

Thailand-affiliated authors
Carlo Fernando · Habibah Abdul Rahim · John Arnold Siena
Institutions
Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organization
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Multidisciplinary

Key determinants of antiretroviral therapy adherence among Thai youth living with HIV: the mediating role of HIV self-management behaviors

BMC Infectious Diseases

Thailand-affiliated authors
Pairin Saenjun · Tassanee Prasopkittikun · Nopporn Vongsirimas · Wantana Maneesriwongul · Jutarat Mekmullica
Institutions
Siriraj Hospital · Mahidol University · Ramathibodi Hospital · Armed Forces Research Institute of Medical Science
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Multidisciplinary

Self-EmulsifyingFormulation of Huperzia carinata Extract to Improve Huperzine A Solubilityfor Therapeutic Efficacy Enhancement in Parkinsonian Mice

ACS Omega

Thailand-affiliated authors
Namfa Sermkaew · Nuttapon Songnaka · Wuttipong Masraksa · Amit Jaisi · Yosita Yongyuen · Pannatorn Buntha · Juntratip Jomrit · Phetcharat Boonruamkaew
Institutions
Walailak University · Vongchavalitkul University · Chulalongkorn University
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Life cycle and larval feeding strategies of the mangrove firefly Pteroptyx tener (Coleoptera, Lampyridae, Luciolinae): implications for conservation of a vulnerable species

PeerJ

Thailand-affiliated authors
Parichart Laksanawimol · Rinrada Jundasri · Anchana Thancharoen
Institutions
Chandrakasem Rajabhat University · Kasetsart University
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Multidisciplinary

SLAM–UAV LiDAR Co-Registration for Individual-Tree Carbon Across a Tropical Dry-Forest Canopy Gradient

Remote Sensing

Thailand-affiliated authors
Naruemol Kaewjampa · Piyapong Tongdeenok · Renuka Klabsuk · Surachit Waengsothorn · Sitthisak Moukomla
Institutions
Kasetsart University · Thailand Institute of Scientific and Technological Research · Thammasat University
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Sleep Quality and Its Association with Health-Related Clinical Outcomes and Biomarkers Among Rural Northern Thai Older Adults: A Cross-Sectional Study

Healthcare

Thailand-affiliated authors
Manuchet Manotham · Parichat Ong-Artborirak · Wannita Sakulwattana · Sriwan Chutithamniti · Wichida Larsomsri · Surangkana Chairinkam · Katekaew Seangpraw · Phatcharee Pimalram · Prapaporn Tulwattanakul
Institutions
University of Phayao · Navamindradhiraj University · Vajira Hospital · Thai Health Promotion Foundation
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Digital business strategies and institutional performance in shaping graduate enrollment decisions: Insights from private universities in an emerging economy

Corporate and Business Strategy Review

Thailand-affiliated authors
Rattawut Nivornusit · Pongsakorn Limna · Yarnaphat Shaengchart · Nithima Yuenyong · Waraphorn Boonyachak
Institutions
Rangsit University · Pathumthani University
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Integrating augmented reality game design into project-based learning to enhance students’ creativity in higher tourism education

Cogent Education

Thailand-affiliated authors
Huaxian Shi · Kanyarat Sriwisathiyakun · Sirirat Petsangsri
Institutions
King Mongkut's Institute of Technology Ladkrabang

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