The optimal pretreatment condition of coconut husk by physicochemical methods for biogas production was investigated. The coconut husk was dried and ground into powder (~0.1 nm) and was then determined for chemical contents such as cellulose hemi-cellulose and lignin respectively. The chemical contents of cellulose hemi-cellulose and lignin were 35.67±2.02 7.41±0.69 and 40.82±0.62 w/w respectively. After pretreatment with 4 different methods the results showed that the pretreatment of sodium hydroxide 30 % (w/w) gave the highest chemical contents of cellulose hemi-cellulose and lignin with 43.30±0.03 33.69±7.48 and 27.36±0.03 w/w respectively. As for the biogas production the result showed that the ratio of coconut husk to cow dung of 1:4 with C:N ratio of 23:1 gave the highest cumulative biogas of 442.6 ml for 30 days. Methane and carbon dioxide contents were 46.1 and 23.1 %. Moreover the removal percentages of the total solids (TS) volatile solid (VS) suspended solids (SS) and COD were 69.3 32.5 50.0 and 58.4 % respectively. The coconut husk could be used as an alternative material for the application of biogas production with cow dung in the near future.

This research aims to develop a web-based instruction (WBI) applied in the computer technology course. The proposed WBI composed of the following components: lessons of the computer technology course pre-test and post-test exam: determining the effectiveness of the proposed work and user satisfaction questionnaires. It is also evaluated a study achievement and a usage satisfaction by using efficiency and effectiveness test of lessons and satisfaction test of users. In this work users are the second year students in major of Computer Technology Faculty of Science and Technology Rajamangala University of Technology PhraNakhon for 30 students. For experiments the results show that its efficiency is 80.13/83.67 which are met studied the proposed WBI are also higher than students who studied with ordinary courses at the statistical significant level 0.05 furthermore an average of students’ satisfactions score is 4.20 which determines students satisfy with the proposed WBI at a high-level. Finally it can be concluded that the proposed WBI is effective

In this study pH physical and microbiological qualities of clear and opaque plastic bottled drinking water produced in Buriram Province Thailand were investigated. Samples of bottled drinking water (N=22) were 8 clear plastic bottles and 14 opaque plastic bottles. Results showed that pH value of all samples were in a range of 6.04 ± 0.03 to 7.61 ± 0.01 in which 7 samples were not acceptable according to the criteria for drinking water in sealed containers declared by the Ministry of Public Health of Thailand. Coliform bacteria in all tested samples were less than 1.8 MPN/100mL and none of E. coli was detected. Therefore consumers of bottled drinking water produced from Buriram province should be aware of health safety because some drinking water products were unacceptable in terms of pH value.

The objectives of this study were to investigate communities confidence in their local leaders the locals awareness and factors affecting peoples participation in the water quality management. Data were collected from interviewing 400 households and analyzed with a Logit model. Results showed that the samples were well aware of water quality problems. The communities confidence in their local leaders was in a middle level and the communities’ participation in common activities was low. Factors that affected communities participation in water quality management were confidence in local leaders membership of the conservation groups education level and awareness of water source problem respectively.

The aims of this research are to review environment of floating market management to analyze potential of sustainable management and to develop strategies for developing sustainable management of Wat Takien Floating Market. Data were gathered by observations interviews focus groups and questionnaires and analyzed with Descriptive Analysis for Means Standard Deviations Factor Analysis and Canonical Correlation Analysis. Results were as follows: 1) Bangkuvieng canal on the eastern side of the market still has a nice natural view. The community cooperated well with each other. The market is organized by the temple committee which was found not to be well arranged at some point. 2) Factors that affect the potential of sustainable management of Wat Takien Floating Market include currect economic condition community local houses along the canal side Bangkuvieng canal geography policy and participation in management temple architecture inland walkway live Thai classical music band food and price of local product. 3) Strategies for developing sustainable management of Wat Takien Floating Market consisted of strategy for developing the floating market along with Buddhist traditions strategy for setting reasonable prices for local goods and strategy for organizing boat trip activity.