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Central obesity as a precursor to the metabolic syndrome in the AusDiab study and Mauritius

, 2008
Evidence from epidemiologic studies that central obesity precedes future metabolic change and does not occur concurrently with the appearance of the blood pressure, glucose, and lipid abnormalities that characterize the metabolic syndrome (MetS) has been
Adrian J. Cameron +47 more
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Rethinking Public Administration Reform: Institutional Layering of Bureaucratic, Managerial and Community Logics Over Time in Nigeria's Tax Administration

Public Administration and Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The reform of public institutions has attracted sustained attention in both scholarship and policymaking. Increasingly, however, there is growing recognition that reforms are rarely implemented in an institutional vacuum. Instead, new reforms are layered onto existing arrangements, producing hybrid institutional landscapes shaped by prior ...
Edidiong Bassey
wiley +1 more source

Legacy effects of European colonialism on hotspots of biocultural diversity threat

People and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract Patterns of biological diversity have been shaped by cultural practices in the past, while in turn, cultures and languages have evolved in close interaction with local species and ecosystems. However, in the Anthropocene, human activities are putting increasingly diverse pressures on ecosystems and cultures, resulting in accelerating threat ...
Bernd Lenzner +4 more
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Sentiment Analysis from Facebook Comments using Automatic Coding in NVivo 11

Advances in Distributed Computing and Artificial Intelligence Journal, 2018
The number and size of social networks have grown significantly as years have passed. With its 1.5 billion active users, Facebook is by far the most popular social networks on the planet.
Sameerchand PUDARUTH +3 more
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Perceptions of climate change and climate change policies within the tourism sector in Mauritius : a thesis prepared in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Environmental Management at Massey University, New Zealand [PDF]

, 2016
Tourism in small island developing states (SIDS) is particularly vulnerable to climate change. The phenomenon is predicted to reduce the demand for tourism in SIDS as temperatures at these destinations become uncomfortably hot and temperate ...
Dhoomun, Lovisha
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Convicts and coolies : rethinking indentured labour in the nineteenth century [PDF]

, 2009
This article seeks to shift the frame of analysis within which discussions of Indian indentured migration take place. It argues that colonial discourses and practices of indenture are best understood not with regard to the common historiographical ...
Allen Richard B. +24 more
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Digitisation of herbarium specimens to the benefit of research: An African perspective focusing on South Africa and Western Indian Ocean Island states

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Botanical exploration, discovery and conservation rely heavily on access to herbarium collections. Recently, digital access to label information, including georeferenced locality data, and images of herbarium specimens available online have greatly increased usage of herbarium specimen data.
Ronell R. Klopper +9 more
wiley +1 more source

The politics of punishment in colonial Mauritius, 1766-1887 [PDF]

, 2008
The history of imprisonment in British colonial Mauritius is intertwined with its political economy, most especially the relationship between metropolitan government and plantation owners.
Anderson Clare +7 more
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Open letter: The need for a site‐based biodiversity standard measuring and certifying impacts from nature‐based projects

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Despite growing investment in restoration, weak accountability and poor biodiversity monitoring mean many projects fail to achieve ecological recovery. The Global Biodiversity Standard (TGBS) offers a practical way to ensure that restoration finance delivers measurable gains for nature.
David Bartholomew +254 more
wiley +1 more source

Dr. Paramasivam harumkan nama Malaysia di Mauritius [PDF]

, 2017
PORT LOUIS (Mauritius), 18 Mac - Profesor Madya Dr. Paramasivam Muthusamy, pensyarah daripada Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) telah menerima Anugerah Khas Sijil Pengiktirafan Mauritius daripada Perdana Menteri Mauritius, Pravind Kumar Jugnauth dalam satu
Muhamad Noh, Khairul Anuar
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