Journal of Vongchavalitkul university

The COD Removal in White Shrimp Pond Wastewater with Marine Actinomycetes Streptomyces indiaensis

Thu, 22 Dec 2022 00:00:00 +0700

Objective: The amount of organic substance in Pacific white shrimp pond (Litopenaeus vannamei) will accumulate according to time spent on breeding shrimps. This research studied the morphology and COD (Chemical oxygen demand) reduction efficiency of marine actinomycete Streptomyces indiaensis in order to create a guideline for using Actinomycete in wastewater treatment for coastal aquaculture.

Methods: The morphology of actinomycete S. indiaensis isolated from a mangrove forest was studied using Gram’s staining method and observed under a light microscope. Actinomycete was cultured in standard ISP2 medium and water from a Pacific white shrimp pond. Then, actinomycete S. indiaensis was used to reduce COD in water from the shrimp pond and compared with not using actinomycete S. indiaensis.

Results: Gram’s staining test revealed that marine actinomycete S.indiaensis is filamentous gram-positive bacteria. Marine actinomycete S. indiaensis could grow in a standard ISP2 medium better than in the shrimp pond water. Thereafter, a reduction of the COD in shrimp pond water was performed. The initial COD concentration in shrimp pond water was 662 mg/L. The use of S. indiaensis was able to reduce the amount of COD in the shrimp pond water in a greater manner than without S. indiaensis. The use of actinomycete had complete COD treatment within 21 days, whereas the comparison without the use of actinomycete could be treated at 78%. The results from this experiment showed that a marine actinomycete

S. indiaensis was able to reduce COD faster than the native bacteria in the shrimp pond water.

The Effects of Pregnancy Prevention Program by Application of Motivation Information Self and Social Support Concept (MISS model) among Vocational School Female Students in Nakhon Ratchasima Province

Wararat Sangwalee — Thu, 22 Dec 2022 00:00:00 +0700

Objective: This quasi-experimental research aimed to study the effects of pregnancy prevention programs through the application of motivation, information, self-care, and social support (MISS model) among vocational female students in Nakhon Ratchasima province.

Methods: The study involved 89 female vocational certificate year 1 student. 47 students were in the experimental group and 42 students were in the control group. The experimental group was given a pregnancy prevention program that provided information on the effect of teen pregnancy, and the effects of abortion through showing examples, case studies, PowerPoint lectures, infographics, Facebook, and LINE group including teaching rejection skills, negotiation skills, communication skill, and safe birth control through a role-playing, demonstration, and short film that reflects the effects of sex in teens, brainstorming and group discussions, and distributing counseling techniques manuals for teachers. Questionnaires were used to collect data which were then analyzed using descriptive statistics. The experimental group and the control group were compared using an independent t-test at 0.05 level of significance.

Results: The results of the research found that the experimental group's mean scores on knowledge, and understanding on health to prevent unplanned pregnancy, self-management, media and information literacy, decision skill, preventive pregnancy behavior, and health literacy for unplanned pregnancy prevention were statistically significantly higher than the comparison group at .05 level.

The Association between Knowledge, Attitude and Decision on Mission Transfer to Local Administrative Organization of Sub-district Health Promoting Hospital Personnel in Kanchanaburi Province

Nachawee Somwangpornjaroen, Theerawut Thammakun, Araya Prasertchai — Thu, 22 Dec 2022 00:00:00 +0700

Objectives: of this research were to evaluate the decision to mission transfer of sub-district health promotion hospital to local administrative organization as well as to study the relationship between knowledge, attitudes and decision to mission transfer of sub-district health promotion hospitals to local administrative organization of staff members in sub-district health promotion hospitals in Kanchanaburi province.

Methods: The population of this cross-sectional study was a group of 668 staff members in sub-district health promotion hospital in Kanchanaburi province with a sample size of 247 people. The sample size was calculated by using the Epi Info application and applying simple random sampling method. The research tool was a questionnaire of knowledge, attitude and decision-making to mission transfer to the local administrative organization, with the Cronbach’s alpha coefficients values at 0.8, 0.9, 0.7 respectively. The statistics applied were frequency, percentage, arithmetic mean, standard deviation and logistic regression analysis.

Results: The research result demonstrated that the overall decision to mission transfer of sub-district health promotion hospitals to local administrative organization was at a moderate level. Knowledge factors as well as attitudes towards transferring missions of sub-district health promotion hospitals to local administrative organization including information, getting support, mission transfer were substantially correlated with the decision to transfer missions of sub-district health promotion hospitals to local government association at a significance level of .05.

The Association between Health Literacy and Quality of Life in Elderly People, Suwannaphum District Roi Et Province

Thu, 22 Dec 2022 00:00:00 +0700

Objective: This cross-sectional analytical research intended to investigate a correlation between health literacy and quality of life of the elderly who live in Suwannaphum District Roi Et Province.

Methods: 292 people were recruited via simple random sampling method. Questionnaires were used for data collection. Descriptive statistics and logistic regression analysis were applied to describe results of this study.

Results: The results showed that the overall quality of life was found at a high level (62.67%, 183 people), including health literacy of communication skills (87.33%, 255 people), decision making skills (50.34%, 147 people), and self-management skills (72.60%, 212 people). In addition, knowledge and understanding skills (47.95%, 140 people), accessing to health information and health services (55.14%, 161 people) and media literacy skills (58.22%, 170 people) were illustrated at the basic to moderate levels. Focused on the correlation between health literacy of the elderly and quality of life, there were three skills presenting statistical significance as follows; self-management skills (OR_adj. = 2.86; 95% CI: 1.55 to 5.28; p-value = 0.001) communication skills (OR_adj. = 2.54; 95% CI: 1.10 to 5.86; p-value = 0.029) and media literacy skills (OR_adj. = 1.99; 95% CI: 1.05 to 3.75; p-value = 0.034). In addition, no debt (OR_adj. = 2.18; 95% CI: to 1.18 to 4.04; p-value = 0.013), Occupation (OR_adj. = 2.12; 95% CI: 1.17 to 3.85; p-value = 0.013) and having underlying disease (OR_adj. = 2.11; 95% CI: 1.22 to 3.67; p-value = 0.008) were also statistical significance correlated. As a consequence of the results, communication skills and media literacy skills should be investigated for encouraging elderly to consider and make appropriated decision of health care that affect quality of life.

The Study of Happy Workplace Ecosystem for Private Organization Network in the Lower Northern Region

Wasoontara Ratanopas, Rittirong Kaoteera, Takaporn Sukkasem — Thu, 22 Dec 2022 00:00:00 +0700

Objectives: The objectives of this research were 1) to assess the level of happiness at work in the happy workplace organization, 2) to study the ecosystem in the happy workplace organization, and 3) to study the relationship between the level of happiness and the ecosystem in the happy workplace organization.

Methods: The research population was a network of private health organizations from 4 provinces, namely Kamphaeng Phet Province, Nakhon Sawan Province, Uthai Thani Province and Tak Province (Mae Sot) with a total of 37 organizations with 5,920 personnel. The samples groups were selected purposive sampling according to the inclusion and exclusion criteria. The researcher conducted a cluster sampling based on the characteristics of the sample group an organizational structure with personnel departments, a well-being plan in the organization, and training of organizational health workers, resulting in a sample group of 10 organizations with a population of 1,018 people and obtained 287 samples from Krejcie and Morgan's calculations. The tools used for data collection were questionnaires. The statistics used for data analysis were frequency, percentage and Pearson's correlation coefficient test.

Results: The results of the research showed that 1) the level of happiness at work of organizations affiliated with the health organization network in 9 aspects were at a high level ( = 4.13, S.D. = 0.39). 2) the overview of the ecosystem in the happy organization was at a high level ( = 4.15, S.D. = 0.51) and 3) the relationship between happiness levels and ecosystems in happy workplace organizations found a statistically significant correlation (r = .722) at p-value < 0.05.

Korat Art Map

Thu, 22 Dec 2022 00:00:00 +0700

Objective: This study aimed to create the application “Korat Art Map”, an application for collecting data of Art in Nakhon Ratchasima Province including art, art gallery, artists and art news related to the geographic coordinate system. Users can approach and navigate to places by their mobile phone.

Methods: The processes of making this application were the Design Thinking Processes encompassed the following steps: empathizing, defining, ideating, prototyping, and testing.

Results: It was found that the use of Design Thinking process for “Korat Art Map”, application resulted in the convenience and the functions required by the users. However, the applications should be continuously improved and developed to keep the application up to date and meet user needs.

Development of Traffic Noise Barrier by Recycle Waste with Mortar

Prayong Keeratiurai — Thu, 22 Dec 2022 00:00:00 +0700

Objectives: This research aimed to study the efficiency of soundproofing and the compressive strength, flexural strength and tensile strength of the traffic noise barrier by recycle waste with mortar.

Methods: The traffic noise barriers by recycle waste were 1 meter wide, 1 meter long and 15 centimeters thick. Recycled wastes were used in the study that were styrofoam food packaging and paper egg cartons. They were mixed as the each of soundproofing materials at the mixing percentages were 0, 10, 25 and 50 by weight. Tile adhesive cement was the bonding agent in w/c ratio as 0.7.

Results: The higher the amount of recycled waste in the noise barrier, the soundproof performance of the noise barrier plates were also higher. The noise barrier plates were mixed with the recycled waste as styrofoam food packaging. They were more efficiency in the soundproofing than paper egg cartons. In addition, the noise barrier plates mixed with 50% of recycled waste as styrofoam food packaging had higher soundproofing efficiency than the soundproof mortar wall plates. They hadn't the recycled wastes. And the results of the studies on the compressive strength, flexural strength and tensile strength of the noise barrier plates that were mixed with soundproofing materials from recycled wastes. They were the noise barrier plates mixed with 50% by weight of recycled waste as styrofoam food packaging would have the minimum compressive strength, the minimum flexural strength and the minimum tensile strength were 27.267 kg/cm², 11.410 kg/cm²and 2.526 kg/cm², respectively. That the compressive strength, the flexural strength and the tensile strength of the traffic noise barrier by recycle wastes with mortar were higher than the highway department standards. But there must also be reinforcement of the bending steel and the tensile steel in the soundproof mortar walls. In order to prevent accident cases that they were cause of the mortar wall plate to break and fall. And they have made to damage and danger with the road users.

Design and Testing the Water Pumping System with Water Wheel and Coil Pump

Yuttachai Keawsuntia — Thu, 22 Dec 2022 00:00:00 +0700

วัตถุประสงค์:การวิจัยครั้งนี้มีวัตถุประสงค์เพื่อศึกษาการออกแบบ การสร้าง และการทดสอบระบบสูบน้ำด้วยปั๊มขดที่ทำงานด้วยกังหันน้ำ ปั๊มชนิดนี้สร้างง่าย ราคาไม่แพง และบำรุงรักษาง่าย นอกจากนี้ พลังงานสูบน้ำมาจากแม่น้ำ ไม่ต้องใช้เชื้อเพลิงหรือไฟฟ้าสำหรับกระบวนการสูบน้ำ

วิธีการ: The amount of water that can be pumped at a different head of water and the rotational speed of the coil pump when changing the number of coil pumps from 2 sets to 3 sets, each set of coil pumps composed of 6 coils, were studied. The water pumping system in this research consisted of 3 parts: a coil pump, a water wheel, and an oil drum float. The coil pump was 1.1 m in diameter. The coil was made from a hose, with a diameter of 0.0254 m. The water wheel was 1.5 m in diameter. The 10 blades of the water turbine, each of which blade had a semi-circle shape at 0.16 m in diameter, and the length of the blade was 0.8 m, were installed on the water wheel. The oil drum float, used 8 oil tanks with a capacity of 18 liters to make a float for supporting the water wheel and the coil pump, had a total weight of 80 kg. The construction cost was 4,000 baht. In this study, Wang-Nane River, Makluea Mai subdistrict, Sung Noen district, Thailand was chosen as the place to study.

Results: The experimental results showed that at the same head of water, the varied amount of the water pumped depended on the number of coil set. The 3 coil-pump set could pump more amount of water than the 2-coil pump set, while the rotational speeds of the 2 and 3 coil pump sets were not much different. When the pumping height increased, the amount of water pumped decreased. For the worthiness, the break-even point of the water pumping by coil pump working with a water wheel is 6 years.