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Leukemia in Hawaii [PDF]

open access: yesCancer, 1968
An epidermiologic study on Leukemia in Hawaii was carried out for the period 1944–67. Leukemia in Hawaii appeared to be nearly as prevalent as on the mainland USA. The age and sex distribution, classification of chronicity, and age distribution by morphologic type are similar to leukemia reported elsewhere. The Japanese in Hawaii show high age specific
openaire   +2 more sources

A Rat-Resistant Artificial Nest Box for Cavity-Nesting Birds

open access: yesHuman-Wildlife Interactions, 2017
The puaiohi or small Kauai thrush (Myadestes palmeri) is an endangered bird endemic to the island of Kauai, Hawaii. The sole population of about 500 birds is currently restricted to remote, higher elevation areas of the Alakai Plateau.
William C. Pitt   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Coffee Leaf Rust (Hemileia vastatrix) from the Recent Invasion into Hawaii Shares a Genotypic Relationship with Latin American Populations

open access: yesJournal of Fungi, 2022
Hawaii has long been one of the last coffee-producing regions of the world free of coffee leaf rust (CLR) disease, which is caused by the biotrophic fungus Hemileia vastatrix.
Luis A. Ramírez-Camejo   +8 more
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Physical activity level and body composition in a multiethnic sample of school children in Hawaii

open access: yesAnnals of Human Biology, 2018
Background: Obesity, particularly in Native Hawaiians, is an important health risk. A possible contributing factor to obesity is reduced physical activity levels.
Daniel E. Brown   +2 more
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The Effect of Forced Choice with Constant Choice Experiment Complexity

open access: yesJournal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, 2019
In a choice experiment, when respondents are not given the opportunity to choose none of the options offered in a choice set, the choices can be considered forced.
Jerrod M. Penn, Wuyang Hu, Linda J. Cox
doaj   +1 more source

Geographic proximity not a prerequisite for invasion: Hawaii not the source of California invasion by light brown apple moth (Epiphyas postvittana). [PDF]

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2011
BACKGROUND: The light brown apple moth (LBAM), Epiphyas postvittana (Walker), is native to Australia but invaded England, New Zealand, and Hawaii more than 100 years ago. In temperate climates, LBAM can be a major agricultural pest.
Daniel Rubinoff   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Review of "Possessing Polynesians: The Science of Settler Colonial Whiteness in Hawai`i and Oceania" by Maile Arvin (Duke University Press)

open access: yesLateral, 2020
Arvin explains how dispossessing Polynesians was predicated on a logic of settler colonialism inflected by white supremacy. Casting Polynesians as white—specifically, as “almost white”—as opposed to distancing Polynesians from Caucasians, simultaneously ...
Christine Rosenfeld
doaj   +1 more source

A Comparison of the Magmatic Evolution of Pacific Intraplate Volcanoes: Constraints on Melting in Mantle Plumes

open access: yesFrontiers in Earth Science, 2019
The interaction of deep mantle plumes with lithospheric plates is one fundamental concept of plate tectonics. Based on observations mainly made on the Hawaiian volcanoes the compositional evolution of hotspot volcanoes is believed to reflect the ...
Karsten M. Haase   +2 more
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Prospects for Biological Control of Macadamia Felted Coccid in Hawaii with Metaphycus macadamiae Polaszek & Noyes, a New Encyrtid Wasp Native to New South Wales, Australia

open access: yesInsects, 2023
Macadamia felted coccid (MFC), Acanthococcus ironsidei (Williams) (Hemiptera: Eriococcidae), was first discovered in 2005 on the Island of Hawaii. Host plants are restricted to Macadamia species, with Macadamia integrifolia Maiden & Betche (Proteaceae ...
Juliana A. Yalemar   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Crop Diversification Leads to Diverse Bird Problems in Hawaiian Agriculture

open access: yesHuman-Wildlife Interactions, 2017
Over the last 20 years, Hawaii’s agriculture has shifted from a focus on sugar cane (Saccharum officinarum) and pineapples (Ananas comosus) produced on large farms to a diverse array of products produced on a multitude of smaller farms.
Marni E. Koopman, William C. Pitt
doaj   +1 more source

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