The Ginbanirose project aims to develop herbal extracts for alleviating menstrual pain using key ingredients: roselle, banana inflorescence, and ginger. These ingredients contain bioactive compounds with anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, and pain-relieving properties. The extracts are enhanced through liposome encapsulation technology, which improves absorption and stability. The production process involves herbal extraction, freeze-drying, and liposome formulation using lecithin and stabilizers. Experimental results demonstrate high phenolic content and antioxidant activity via the DPPH method. Ginbanirose addresses women’s quality of life concerns while offering significant business opportunities in the rapidly growing herbal market, particularly in the Asia-Pacific region.
ปัจจุบันผู้บริโภคให้ความสำคัญกับผลิตภัณฑ์จากธรรมชาติมากขึ้น โดยเฉพาะผลิตภัณฑ์ที่มีสารสกัดจากพืชสมุนไพรซึ่งมีคุณสมบัติที่ดีต่อสุขภาพและความงาม Ginbanirose เป็นหนึ่งในนวัตกรรมที่เกิดจากการผสานคุณสมบัติของพืชสมุนไพรไทยที่มีศักยภาพ เช่น กระเจี๊ยบแดง ขิง และปลีกล้วย ซึ่งอุดมไปด้วยสารต้านอนุมูลอิสระ และมีสรรพคุณที่เป็นประโยชน์ต่อร่างกาย การศึกษาคุณสมบัติของพืชเหล่านี้และพัฒนาให้เป็นผลิตภัณฑ์ที่สามารถใช้งานได้อย่างมีประสิทธิภาพจึงเป็นเรื่องสำคัญ ไม่เพียงแต่ช่วยเพิ่มมูลค่าให้กับพืชสมุนไพรไทยเท่านั้น แต่ยังเป็นแนวทางในการพัฒนาผลิตภัณฑ์ที่เป็นมิตรต่อสิ่งแวดล้อมและตอบสนองต่อความต้องการของตลาดสุขภาพและความงาม การใช้เทคนิค Liposome Encapsulation เพื่อเพิ่มความคงตัวและประสิทธิภาพของสารสำคัญจากพืช เป็นแนวทางหนึ่งที่ช่วยให้สามารถพัฒนา Ginbanirose ให้เป็นผลิตภัณฑ์ที่มีคุณภาพสูงและสามารถแข่งขันในตลาดได้ ดังนั้น งานวิจัยนี้จึงมีความสำคัญในการส่งเสริมการใช้ประโยชน์จากพืชสมุนไพรไทย พัฒนาผลิตภัณฑ์ที่มีคุณภาพ และสร้างมูลค่าเพิ่มให้กับวัตถุดิบธรรมชาติ เพื่อรองรับแนวโน้มของตลาดที่มุ่งสู่ผลิตภัณฑ์เพื่อสุขภาพและความงามที่ปลอดภัยและมีประสิทธิภาพสูง
คณะวิศวกรรมศาสตร์
This research suggested natural hemp fiber-reinforced ropes (FRR) polymer usage to reinforce recycled aggregate square concrete columns that contain fired-clay solid brick aggregates in order to reduce the high costs associated with synthetic fiber-reinforced polymers (FRPs). A total of 24 square columns of concrete were fabricated to conduct this study. The samples were tested under a monotonic axial compression load. The variables of interest were the strength of unconfined concrete and the number of FRRlayers. According to the results, the strengthened specimens demonstrated an increased compressive strength and ductility. Notably, the specimens with the smallest unconfined strength demonstrated the largest improvement in compressive strength and ductility. Particularly, the compressive strength and strain were enhanced by up to 181% and 564%, respectively. In order to predict the ultimate confined compressive stress and strain, this study investigated a number of analytical stress–strain models. A comparison of experimental and theoretical findings deduced that only a limited number of strength models resulted in close predictions, whereas an even larger scatter was observed for strain prediction. Machine learning was employed by using neural networks to predict the compressive strength. A dataset comprising 142 specimens strengthened with hemp FRP was extracted from the literature. The neural network was trained on the extracted dataset, and its performance was evaluated for the experimental results of this study, which demonstrated a close agreement.
คณะสถาปัตยกรรม ศิลปะและการออกแบบ
This research aims to study the guidelines and develop a prototype of an application for public transport users to plan their journey and increase safety in using different types of public transport to travel to King Mongkut's Institute of Technology Ladkrabang. The objectives are as follows: 1) To study the factors of user experience (UX) and user interface (UI) design that affect the users of the application for using public transport. 2) To study the needs of users of public transport applications who must travel to King Mongkut's Institute of Technology Ladkrabang. 3) To present the guidelines for designing the user experience (UX) and user interface (UI) and to produce a prototype of the application for using public transport to travel to King Mongkut's Institute of Technology Ladkrabang. The research includes a review of the literature on User Experience (UX) and User Interface (UI) design, as well as a look at examples of public transportation applications and pick-up sites near King Mongkut's Institute of Technology Ladkrabang. This study is based on qualitative research. There are examples of employing relevant applications during the interview. The target audience is students aged 18 to 35 who will give prototypes for application development to satisfy their requirements. Provide information that is actually useful to users. The research results found that the public transport vehicles that the target group used the most were the Songthaew (the pick-up truck), train, airport rail link, motorcycle taxi, taxi, and bus, respectively. Users were concerned about various safety issues and wanted to design features to increase safety and confidence in using public transport vehicles for students, such as sending locations to relevant officials in the event of an emergency or when assistance was needed, and important information about public transport vehicles that students needed, such as calculating prices, calculating travel times, bus schedules, official and clear pick-up and drop-off points, bus routes, driver registration, suggestions or route recommendations, and the time of public transport vehicles arriving at the point where users were waiting, etc. The guidelines for designing the User Experience (UX) were presented from the analysis of the target group's data, which was a prioritization of the features of the menu for recording frequently used routes, a menu showing nearby pick-up points, a menu for searching for routes and selecting using various user constraints, such as calculating travel prices or travel times, and a menu that could set fonts and color modes to support a variety of users. This was because the study of user needs for fonts found an equal demand for Thai fonts with looped (Looped font) and without looped (Loopless font), as well as a study of the application's color requirements, which required both light and dark colors to be displayed in approximately equal amounts. This includes the design of the user interface (User Interface) by designing symbols that allow users to access the desired information quickly without confusion.
คณะวิศวกรรมศาสตร์
Motor control is a critical process for muscle contraction, which is initiated by nerve impulses governed by the motor cortex. This process is vital for performing activities of daily living (ADLs). Consequently, a disruption in communication between the brain and muscles, as seen in various chronic conditions and diseases, can impair bodily movement and ADLs. Evaluating the interaction between brain function and motor control is significant for the diagnosis and treatment of motor control disorders; moreover, it can contribute to the development of brain-computer interfaces (BCIs). The purpose of this study is to investigate brain activation in designed upper extremity motor control tasks in regulating the pushing force in different brain regions; and develop investigation methods to assess motor control tasks and brain activation using a robotic arm to guide upper extremity force and motor control. Eighteen healthy young adults were asked to perform upper extremity motor control tasks and recorded the hemodynamic signals. Functional Near-Infrared Spectroscopy (fNIRs) and robotic arms were used to assess brain activation and the regulation of pushing force and extremity motor control. Two types of motion, static and dynamic, move along a designated trajectory in both forward and backward directions, and three different force levels selected from a range of ADLs, including 4, 12, and 20 N, were used as force-regulating upper extremity motor control tasks. The hemodynamic responses were measured in specific regions of interest, namely the primary motor cortex (M1), premotor cortex (PMC), supplementary motor area (SMA), and prefrontal cortex (PFC). Utilizing a two-way repeated measures ANOVA with Bonferroni correction (p < 0.00625) across all regions, we observed no significant interaction effect between force levels and movement types on oxygenated hemoglobin (HbO) levels. However, in both contralateral (c) and ipsilateral (i) PFC, movement type—static versus dynamic—significantly affected brain activation. Additionally, cM1, iPFC, and PMC showed a significant effect of force level on brain activation.