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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.

Nopparat Kaakkurivaara · Alice Sharp · Prasit WangpakapattanawongKasetsart University · Chiang Mai University
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In-depth research analyses

Source-verified editorial analyses, ordered by latest publication date

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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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2,955 records
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Clinical Medicine

Long‐Term Outcomes of AV Node Ablation Plus CRT Compared to AF Catheter Ablation in Patients With AF and HFrEF

Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Thailand-affiliated authors
Natee Deepan
Institutions
Chulalongkorn University
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Environmental Engineering

Rainwater Harvesting for Urban Flood Risk Assessment: A BIM ‐ GIS Integrated Approach

Transactions in GIS

Thailand-affiliated authors
Ahsen Maqsoom · Lapyote Prasittisopin
Institutions
Chulalongkorn University
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Multidisciplinary

Opegaster plateen n. sp. (Digenea: Opecoelidae) from the giant mudskipper Periophthalmus schlosseri (Pallas, 1770) (Perciformes: Gobiidae) from Thailand

Parasitology

Thailand-affiliated authors
NANNAPHAT SUWANNARAT · Abigail Hui En Chan · Urusa Thaenkham · Vachirapong Charoennitiwat
Institutions
King Mongkut's Institute of Technology Ladkrabang · Mahidol University
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Multidisciplinary

Biosynthetic Gene Cluster Mining and In Vitro Evaluation of the Antimicrobial and Cytotoxic Potential of Xenorhabdus thuongxuanensis

Biology

Thailand-affiliated authors
Yaowapa Sikhaophong · Sophit Khanthawong · Jatuporn Ngoenkam · Sutthirat Sitthisak · Apichat Vitta · Aunchalee Thanwisai
Institutions
Naresuan University
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Multidisciplinary

Electrochemically Supported Asymmetric Synthesis on Chiral Encoded Pt and Pt–Ir Surfaces

Accounts of Chemical Research

Thailand-affiliated authors
Anousha Sohail · Wanmai Srisuwanno · Sopon Butcha · Alexander Kuhn · Chularat Wattanakit
Institutions
Vidyasirimedhi Institute of Science and Technology · Chiang Mai University · Thammasat University
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Global Public Health

Continued Botanical Exploration Uncovers a New Endemic Species of Curcuma subgen. Hitcheniopsis (Zingiberaceae) from Central Thailand

Life

Thailand-affiliated authors
Surapon Saensouk · Piyaporn Saensouk · Thawatphong Boonma · Prasert Ruannakarn · Auemporn Junsongduang
Institutions
Mahasarakham University · Roi et Rajabhat University
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Global Public Health

In silico evaluation of Centella asiatica compounds as potential antidepressant agents

Electronic Journal of General Medicine

Thailand-affiliated authors
Atthaphon Konyanee · Auemphon Mordmuang · Pimol Kanchalearnpong · Weeratian Tawanwongsri
Institutions
Walailak University
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Clinical Medicine

Ethnomedicinal Uses of Thai Legumes ( Fabaceae ) and Their Potential in Industrial Applications

Food Science & Nutrition

Thailand-affiliated authors
Muhammad Tayyab Arshad · Iffat Ullah
Institutions
Prince of Songkla University
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Engineering

Mangrove canopy-height estimation using LiDAR and multispectral remote sensing: linking spatiotemporal species composition to restoration baselines

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Thailand-affiliated authors
Uday Pimple · Asamaporn Sitthi
Institutions
King Mongkut's University of Technology Thonburi · Srinakharinwirot University
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Energy and Materials

Tailoring sodium alginate films with fucoidan and red cabbage anthocyanins for structural, antioxidant, and colorimetric functions in food packaging

Carbohydrate Polymer Technologies and Applications

Thailand-affiliated authors
Pimonpan Kaewprachu · Chalalai Jaisan · Saranya Suwanangul · Papungkorn Sangsawad · Natthakan Rungraeng
Institutions
Chiang Mai University · Maejo University · Suranaree University of Technology · Mae Fah Luang University
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Global Public Health

Factors Associated with Malnutrition Among Bedridden Older Adults in Nakhon Si Thammarat, Thailand: A Secondary Cross-Sectional Analysis

Medical Sciences

Thailand-affiliated authors
Sopida Thipsawat · Rachadaporn Jantasuwan
Institutions
Walailak University
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Engineering

Transcriptomics‐Driven Identification and Engineering of a Novel Lactone Esterase ( Sr LE) for Efficient Sophorolipid Lactonization in the Yeast Starmerella riodocensis

Biotechnology and Bioengineering

Thailand-affiliated authors
Sirawich Sapsirisuk · Nitnipa Soontorngun
Institutions
King Mongkut's University of Technology Thonburi
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Clinical Medicine

Comprehensive Identification and Description of Mitochondrial DNA Haplogroups and Sub-Haplogroups in Snow Sheep (Ovis nivicola) in Support of Their Evolutionary History and Conservation

Animals

Thailand-affiliated authors
Michael N Romanov · Darren Karl Griffin
Institutions
Kasetsart University
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Multidisciplinary

Psychobiotic food systems: fermentation-derived microbes and metabolites modulating the microbiota–gut–brain axis

npj Science of Food

Thailand-affiliated authors
Muhammad Waqar
Institutions
Walailak University
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Clinical Medicine

Rapid and sensitive LC–MS/MS assay for sulfadoxine and pyrimethamine quantification in dried blood spots

Malaria Journal

Thailand-affiliated authors
Daniel Blessborn · Natpapat Kaewkhao · Joel Tärning
Institutions
Mahidol Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit
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Environmental Engineering

Bio-Composite Progress (Part A): Advances in Mycelium-Based Composites as Sustainable Alternatives to Plastic and Foam Packaging

Polymers

Thailand-affiliated authors
Worawoot Aiduang · Kritsana Jatuwong · Didsanutda Gonkhom · Orlavanh Xayyavong · Saisamorn Lumyong
Institutions
Chiang Mai University
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Multidisciplinary

β-Galactosidase expression on Lactococcus sp. KTH0-1S as a whole-cell biocatalyst for efficient lactosucrose production

PLoS ONE

Thailand-affiliated authors
Nichapat Ariyakajorn · Napat Sunsern · Phitsanu Pinmanee · Boontiwa Ninchan · Pimsiriya Srila · Sivatch Imrattanarak · Wirat Vanichsriratana · Nisit Watthanasakphuban
Institutions
Kasetsart University · National Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology
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Clinical Medicine

Inter‐rater reliability of frozen donor liver macrovesicular steatosis assessment applying the Banff consensus method: a real‐world, multi‐specialty validation study

Histopathology

Thailand-affiliated authors
Jarukit Tantipisit
Institutions
Prince of Songkla University
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Environmental Engineering

Panduratin A and Pinostrobin Mitigate Aminated Polystyrene Microplastic-Induced Renal Injury: Evidence from In Vitro and In Vivo Studies

Microplastics

Thailand-affiliated authors
Ameena Benchamana · Napawan Hirunwiroj · Sunhapas Soodvilai
Institutions
Princess of Naradhiwas University · Mahidol University
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Clinical Medicine

Fatal Disseminated Melioidosis Following Flood Exposure in a Patient without Overt Diabetes Mellitus or Chronic Kidney Disease: A Case Report from Southern Thailand

Journal of Health Science and Medical Research

Thailand-affiliated authors
Nattapat Sangkakul · Tawin Khaimook · Siripen Kanchanasuwan
Institutions
Prince of Songkla University
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Clinical Medicine

Bacteriophages Targeting an Emerging Pantoea spp. for Rice Disease Biocontrol

Viruses

Thailand-affiliated authors
Patcharin Siringan · Panukar Malawan · Kanhatey Kong
Institutions
Suranaree University of Technology
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Clinical Medicine

Association of APOC3 promoter variants with hypertriglyceridemia and metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD) in a Thai cohort

Scientific Reports

Thailand-affiliated authors
Metha Yaikwawong · Khanittha Kamdee · Somlak Chuengsamarn
Institutions
Siriraj Hospital · Mahidol University · HRH Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn Medical Center · Srinakharinwirot University
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Digital Health

Assessment of nitrogen status and spatial distribution to enhance growth and inflorescence quality in Dendrobium Sonia ‘Earsakul’ using near-infrared hyperspectral imaging

The Journal of Horticultural Science and Biotechnology

Thailand-affiliated authors
Pacharaphon Chiangngoen · Supatida Abdullakasim · Anupun Terdwongworakul · Sirinad Noypitak
Institutions
Kasetsart University

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