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Chiang Mai University
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Griffith University - Gold Coast Campus
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Publisher: Common Ground Research Networks
Date: 2020
Publisher: Horizon Research Publishing Co., Ltd.
Date: 07-2021
Publisher: Univ. of Malaya
Date: 29-06-2018
Publisher: Emerald
Date: 16-08-2023
Abstract: This study aims to investigate the physical environmental problems of two Thai community hospitals’ outpatient departments (OPDs) during the COVID-19 outbreak and to provide design guidelines for respiratory disease prevention. A three-step method was used. The first step involved walk-through observations at Mae Wang Hospital and Doi Saket Hospital to assess the physical environment. The second step consisted of interviews with 22 medical staff working in the two hospitals. Third, the observation and interview data were used to develop a preliminary design guideline, which was evaluated by two focus groups comprising the same interview participants. The observational findings showed that the two hospitals had difficulties following the COVID-19 prevention protocol due to physical environmental problems. Four different themes emerged from the analysis of the medical staff interviews. The preliminary design guidelines that were evaluated through two focus group discussions resulted in design recommendations for four areas (the overall building, clinical, support and staff areas) in the Mae Wang and Doi Saket OPD buildings. Three topics of design recommendations were provided to reduce the spread of COVID-19: improving hospital management, space design and air quality. To the best of the authors’ knowledge, this study is the first to provide design guidelines for COVID-19 and respiratory disease prevention in Thai community hospital OPD buildings.
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 07-07-2008
Publisher: คณะสถาปัตยกรรมศาสตร์
Date: 2019
DOI: 10.14456/BEI.2019.15
Publisher: Horizon Research Publishing Co., Ltd.
Date: 10-2020
Publisher: Emerald
Date: 10-10-2008
DOI: 10.1108/14714170810912671
Abstract: International technology transfer (TT) initiatives are essential for developing the necessary infrastructure which underpins the sustainable development of economics and living standards in newly industrialised and developing countries. However, these initiatives have rarely translated into enhanced capabilities and competitiveness within host country firms, resulting in a sustained reliance on foreign firms. With few clues as to how to effectively manage the TT process, many stakeholders from the construction sectors of developing countries lack direction on how to more rapidly diffuse best‐practice technology. This paper aims to address the issues. In an attempt to better understand, the international TT process on Thai construction projects a path model was developed and later implemented. The path model development stage utilised the questionnaire survey response of 162 Thai construction and engineering professionals that had exposure to construction projects which incorporated international TT initiatives. A rigorous statistical analysis process which employed ANOVA, exploratory factor analysis, confirmatory factor analysis and structural equation modelling was followed to formulate the robust path model. The path model implementation stage utilised a series of case studies to validate the significant path equations in the developed model. This stage solicited questionnaire survey responses from 47 Thai construction and engineering professionals working for five domestic firms which were contractually involved with foreign partners on four large construction projects. The findings provide evidence that transferors must have appropriate characteristics (i.e. willingness, knowledge base, experience, management, etc.) for establishing solid relationships with the transferee. Moreover, relationship building (RB) between the transferor and transferee (i.e. trust, understanding, communication, etc.) is the key enabler to TT induced value creation for the host construction sector. The developed model empirically explains interactions between TT process enablers and outcome factors in the construction context. The model can assist government and private sector organisations from developing and newly industrialised countries to better evaluate the TT induced value creation process for the host construction sector. In this context, improved TT evaluation can help such organisations to devise targeted strategies for accelerating rates of TT, which will ultimately decrease their reliance on foreign firms when procuring large‐scale infrastructure projects.
Publisher: IOP Publishing
Date: 11-2022
DOI: 10.1088/1755-1315/1101/6/062035
Abstract: Due to the unprecedented outbreak of COVID-19 (Corona Virus Disease - 2019) healthcare facilities, including Thailand community hospitals were mandated to adjust their facilities to both medical and non-clinical areas to prevent the spread of the disease. The study aimed to identify problems focusing on the physical settings of out-patient departments (OPD) in community hospitals during the first Thailand COVID-19 outbreak in March 2020. Furthermore, the study focused on providing design suggestions for preventing the spread of respiratory infectious diseases. The study employed a two-step approach to data collection. First, physical setting observations of the OPD of the two hospital buildings. Second, interviews with 22 healthcare employees 11 participants from the first hospital and 11 participants from the second hospital. Interviews were transcribed verbatim and analyzed using content analysis. Five main themes were identified: (1) factors leading to accumulation of pathogens, (2) measures for preventing the spread of respiratory diseases, (3) current services and physical settings of outpatient clinics, (4) guidelines for improving the physical setting of outpatient clinics and (5) prevention of accumulation of pathogens in OPD areas. Results indicate that not only improving the physical setting of the OPD areas is required, but a strict patient screening process and an organized building management programme should also be considered. Such actions with workflow management would have played important roles in preventing the spread of respiratory diseases during the first COVID-19 outbreak. The findings from the study contribute to both research and industry. For the research, the study contributes to three literature topics including hospital building evaluation and assessment techniques, hospital design, and design prevention for the spread of COVID-19. For industry, the study contributes to the future development of layout design that can prevent the spread of COVID-19 throughout Thai community hospitals.
Publisher: MDPI AG
Date: 11-08-2022
DOI: 10.3390/JOF8080842
Abstract: The continually expanding use of plastic throughout our world, along with the considerable increase in agricultural productivity, has resulted in a worrying increase in global waste and related environmental problems. The reuse and replacement of plastic with biomaterials, as well as the recycling of agricultural waste, are key components of a strategy to reduce plastic waste. Agricultural waste is characterized as lignocellulosic materials that mainly consist of cellulose, hemicellulose, and lignin. Saprobe fungi are able to convert agricultural waste into nutrients for their own growth and to facilitate the creation of mycelium-based composites (MBC) through bio-fabrication processes. Remarkably, different fungal species, substrates, and pressing and drying methods have resulted in varying chemical, mechanical, physical, and biological properties of the resulting composites that ultimately vary the functional aspects of the finished MBC. Over the last two decades, several innovative designs have produced a variety of MBC that can be applied across a range of industrial uses including in packaging and in the manufacturing of household items, furniture, and building materials that can replace foams, plastics, and wood products. Materials developed from MBC can be considered highly functional materials that offer renewable and biodegradable benefits as promising alternatives. Therefore, a better understanding of the beneficial properties of MBC is crucial for their potential applications in a variety of fields. Here, we have conducted a brief review of the current findings of relevant studies through an overview of recently published literature on MBC production and the physical, mechanical, chemical, and biological properties of these composites for use in innovative architecture, construction, and product designs. The advantages and disadvantages of various applications of mycelium-based materials (MBM) in various fields have been summarized. Finally, patent trends involving the use of MBM as a new and sustainable biomaterial have also been reviewed. The resulting knowledge can be used by researchers to develop and apply MBC in the form of eco-friendly materials in the future.
Publisher: Frontiers Media SA
Date: 07-09-2022
DOI: 10.3389/FBUIL.2022.947211
Abstract: The unprecedented outbreak of COVID-19 has had a tremendous negative impact on healthcare facilities, especially public hospitals. Thai community hospitals serve as primary care for COVID-19 patients. However, many hospital buildings were constructed in the 1990s and are now becoming outdated. Community hospitals faced many difficulties during the Thailand COVID-19 outbreak. To identify these difficulties this study focused on the physical settings of the community hospital’s outpatient departments (OPD) between 2020 and 2021. Furthermore, the study provided design suggestions for preventing the spread of respiratory infectious diseases. The study used a three-step process of data collection. The first was to observe the physical settings of the OPD buildings of the three hospitals. Secondly, interviews were conducted with thirty healthcare employees: 11 from the first hospital, 11 from the second hospital and 8 from the third hospital. Interviews were transcribed and analyzed using content analysis. Subsequently, the architectural design was produced based on observation and interview analysis. In the third step, the same thirty participants evaluated the architectural design through a focus group. Findings from the interviews led to four themes: 1) factors leading to the accumulation of pathogens, 2) measures for preventing the spread of respiratory diseases, 3) the effect of patient numbers on virus transmission, and 4) suggestions for improving the physical setting of OPDs. The analysis of the four themes led to the preliminary design recommendation, which was evaluated through a focus group, leading to suggestions for the improvement of thirteen areas. The analysis results showed that the participants were satisfied with the architectural design with additional minor recommendations. This study provided originality for the implementation and future development of hospital layout designs that can prevent the spread of COVID-19 throughout Thai community hospitals.
Publisher: Emerald
Date: 17-07-2007
DOI: 10.1108/14714170710754722
Abstract: In an attempt to better diagnose the health of international construction technology transfer (TT) ventures and ultimately improve rates of TT, this paper promotes benchmarking as a tool for measuring baseline and future performance across a wide range of TT perspectives. Utilizing the results from a questionnaire survey of 162 construction industry professionals from Thailand, a TT performance measurement framework, consisting of eight erse perspectives was formulated through exploratory factor analysis. The developed framework included eight perspectives which represent the enablers and outcomes of the TT process, namely: technology characteristics government influence relationship building transferor characteristics transferee characteristics economic advancement knowledge advancement and project performance. This framework was utilized to provide a baseline benchmark index of TT performance in Thailand. A benchmark score of 70 per cent was determined, implying that up to 2005, construction TT ventures in Thailand have been operating moderately to highly effectively/successfully. Moreover, the TT performance of in idual transferor nationalities operating in Thailand was compared. The study provides some evidence that Japanese construction firms are not only the leading exporter of construction services to Thailand but also perform slightly higher across TT performance perspectives influenced by the transferor. Questionnaire items which attempted to explain the impact of cultural differences between the transferor and transferee were statistically problematic and subsequently removed from the conceptual framework. Cultural factors undoubtedly play a part in the international TT process on construction projects. The developed TT benchmarking method could be used by international funding agencies, governments of developing and newly industrialized countries and construction firms to more effectively evaluate the TT process and the outcomes it derives for the host construction sector. The paper provides a robust method for benchmarking the TT process and its derived outcomes in a construction context.
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