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Popular political attitudes in Samoa: Findings of the Pacific Attitudes Survey
Asia &the Pacific Policy Studies, Volume 9, Issue 3, Page 408-429, September 2022., 2022 Abstract Popular political attitudes surveys have been conducted globally for several decades, but the Pacific region remains an exception. This paper presents the findings of the first Pacific Attitudes Survey (PAS), conducted in Samoa from December 2020‐January 2021.
Michael Leach +9 more
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The path to kina convertibility: An analysis of Papua New Guineaʼs foreign exchange market
Asia &the Pacific Policy Studies, Volume 9, Issue 3, Page 465-482, September 2022., 2022 Abstract Papua New Guinea (PNG) has faced a foreign exchange (forex) shortage since 2015. The Bank of PNG has resorted to forex rationing to protect reserves, leading to a large backlog of orders and import compression. This paper surveys the structure of PNGʼs forex market and analyses recent market conditions.
Martin Davies, Marcel Schröder
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The effect of the informal sector on sustainable development: Evidence from developing countries
Business Strategy &Development, Volume 5, Issue 4, Page 437-451, December 2022., 2022 Abstract This study aims to explore the impact of the informal sector on the sustainability of development. A large panel data set of 50 developing countries that spans over 2010–2019 has been utilized to this end while the informal sector is evaluated in terms of working poverty.
Nahid Sultana +2 more
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Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management, Volume 19, Issue 1, Page 272-283, January 2023., 2023 Abstract The chemical footprint (ChF), which combines life cycle assessment (LCA) and quantitative risk assessment principles, shows promise for exploring localized toxicity impacts of manufacturing processes, which is not achievable with LCA alone. An updated ChF method was applied to the global annual production of a hard disk drive (HDD) rare‐earth ...
Kali Frost, Inez Hua
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Management of Helicobacter pylori infection
JGH Open, Volume 7, Issue 1, Page 3-15, January 2023., 2023 Antibiotic‐resistant H. pylori strains have been increasing in most regions. Recommended first‐line regimens for H. pylori eradication are classified according to clarithromycin resistance. For patients with multiple treatment failure, antimicrobial susceptibility testing (AST) should be performed. Abstract Helicobacter pylori infection exhibits a wide
Natsuda Aumpan +2 more
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JGH Open, Volume 7, Issue 1, Page 48-54, January 2023., 2023 Sofosbuvir–velpatasvir was recommended for subsidy to treat chronic hepatitis C in Singapore in 2018, following which utilization trends and prescribing patterns were assessed using aggregated drug utilization data from public hospitals' dispensing systems and clinical data from the national electronic health record database.
Chee‐Kiat Tan +4 more
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Breeding and selection of taro (Colocasia esculenta) for improved disease‐resistance in Hawaiʻi
PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, Volume 5, Issue 1, Page 123-145, January 2023., 2023 Taro is a root crop with wide geographic range and high cultural significance to Indigenous peoples of Hawaiʻi and the Pacific. Taro Leaf Blight (TLB) is a worldwide disease of taro, and Hawaiian taro varieties exhibited little resistance to it. To improve TLB‐resistance, conventional breeding was conducted by hand‐pollination.
Roshan Paudel +13 more
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Linking institutional quality to environmental sustainability
Sustainable Development, Volume 30, Issue 6, Page 1749-1765, December 2022., 2022 Abstract This study investigates the influence of democracy, autocracy, and globalization on carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions in 69 developing countries from 1990 to 2018. We used the unit root approaches to scrutinize the level of stationarity and recognize that all concern variables were unified at first difference.
Atif Jahanger +2 more
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How Competitive Is Myanmar's Rice Sector? A Comparison of Production Costs and Efficiency
Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This paper analyzes the cost competitiveness of rice production in Myanmar by examining production costs, cost efficiency, and the potential effect of improving cost efficiency on the country's global competitiveness. To achieve this, we conduct a comparative analysis of production costs among major rice‐producing countries and estimate the ...
Nandar Aye Chan +3 more
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American Journal of Botany, EarlyView.Abstract Premise Asia's wet tropical forests face a severe biodiversity crisis, but few fossils record their evolutionary history. We recently discovered in situ cuticles on fossil leaves, attributed to the giant rainforest tree Dryobalanops of the iconic Dipterocarpaceae family, from the Plio‐Pleistocene of Brunei Darussalam (northern Borneo ...
Teng‐Xiang Wang +6 more
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