In many agricultural regions, long-term intensive cultivation has raised concerns about soil degradation and declining soil fertility, particularly in tropical lowland areas. This situation highlights the need to understand better how continuous cropping affects soil properties over time. This study aimed to investigate how prolonged continuous cultivation influences the physical and chemical characteristics of agricultural soils. Effect of 4 different long-term cultivation (

This study aimed to evaluate the effects of natural extracts and Burkholderia spp. bacterial strains on the growth, yield, and quality of lettuce (Lactuca sativa cv. Muir) under greenhouse conditions. The experiment was conducted using a completely randomized block design with two factors: (A) two natural extracts (catfish waste extract FE and soybean oil cake extract SE), and (B) three bacterial strains (MP1, MP2, MP3), and no bacterial strain. A total of 8 treatments were set up, with 6 replications per treatment. Agronomic parameters were recorded at 15, 35, and 55 days after sowing (DAS) to evaluate the growth-promoting effects of the extracts and bacterial strains on Muir lettuce. The yield components and quality parameters were determined at 55 DAS. The results demonstrated that the FE extract was more effective than the SE extract (p

Purple rice is rich in anthocyanins, which possess antioxidative properties and may help prevent cancer and diabetes. Extrusion is a high-temperature, short-time thermal process designed to minimize nutrient degradation. This study aimed to evaluate the effects of varying purple rice to ST25 ratios (20:80, 25:75, 30:70, and 35:65) on the physicochemical and sensory properties of extruded purple rice snacks. The evaluated parameters included hardness, color value (L*), water absorption index (WAI), water solubility index (WSI), density (d), expansion, rheology, anthocyanin, and antioxidant activity (DPPH, 2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl), sensory attributes. Increasing the purple rice content in extruded snacks resulted in a darker color, greater hardness, and lower expansion ratio, likely due to the impact of fiber on starch gelatinization. Water absorption decreased, while water solubility increased. Pasting properties were reduced, whereas anthocyanin content and antioxidant activity increased, highlighting potential health benefits. Incorporating 30% purple rice enhanced both anthocyanin (3.73mg/100gDW), DPPH (1.38 mgTE/gDW) and hardness (34.31 N), expansion ratio (1.71), offering insights for developing purple rice-based snacks with optimal sensory attributes, with all values about 4.22/5.

This paper focuses on whether adopting International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) reduces financial risk and accounting fraud. Using 9,194 firm-year observations from Thai-listed non-financial firms between 2011 and 2022, we apply the Beneish M-Score and Altman Z-Score models to detect earnings manipulation and financial distress. The evidence shows that firms reporting under IFRS display lower M-scores, suggesting reduced earnings manipulation. However, IFRS adoption does not have a significant effect on financial distress. This is likely because while IFRS improves transparency and reduces opportunistic reporting, it does not address fundamental financial issues. Overall, our paper provides new evidence on the role of IFRS in enhancing reporting quality in emerging markets and offers implications for financial reporting policy in countries such as Viet Nam.