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An Assessment of Commodity Export Performance in South Pacific Countries, 1960 to 1999 [PDF]
We examine export performance and the factors influencing export growth in ten South Pacific countries, concentrating on the comparative influences of geographic endowments, policies and institutions.
Blowes, Anita, Fleming, Euan M.
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Building Bridges across Papua New Guinea's Digital Divide in Growing the ICT Industry [PDF]
Papua New Guinea (PNG) is an emerging tech society with an opportunity to overcome geographic and social boundaries, in order to engage with the global market. However, the current tech landscape, dominated by Big Tech in Silicon Valley and other multinational companies in the Global North, tends to overlook the requirements of emerging economies such ...
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Targeting Connexin 43 in Retinal Astrocytes Promotes Neuronal Survival in Glaucomatous Injury
Astrocytes play an important role in glaucoma. These cells express Cx43, which can form gap junctions and hemichannels. This study shows that Cx43 deletion in astrocytes provides neuroprotection in glaucoma, possibly through hemichannel activation. ABSTRACT Astrocytes in the retina and optic nerve head play an important role in the pathogenesis of ...
Khulan Batsuuri+4 more
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The performance of different clinical screening algorithms comprising point-of-care HPV-DNA testing using self-collected vaginal (‘V’) specimens, and visual inspection of the cervix with acetic acid (VIA) was evaluated in Papua New Guinea.Women aged 30 ...
Pamela J. Toliman+20 more
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Bryophyte flora of Western Melanesia [PDF]
A project dealing with the hepatic and moss floras of New Guinea and the Solomon Islands has proceeded more than halfway. The revision of the flora is based on the study of ca 17000 specimens collected in 1981.
Koponen, Timo
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Limitations of Religious Data and the Importance of the Target Domain: Towards Machine Translation for Guinea-Bissau Creole [PDF]
We introduce a new dataset for machine translation of Guinea-Bissau Creole (Kiriol), comprising around 40 thousand parallel sentences to English and Portuguese. This dataset is made up of predominantly religious data (from the Bible and texts from the Jehovah's Witnesses), but also a small amount of general domain data (from a dictionary). This mirrors
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LIII.—On some Mammals from British New Guinea presented to the National Museum by Mr. C. A. W. Monckton, with Descriptions of other Species from the same Region [PDF]
Oldfield Thomas
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A review of frequently used Kampo prescriptions part 1. Daikenchuto
Abstract Background The original formula name for daikenchuto (DKT) was written in ‘Jin Gui Yao Lue (Kinkiyōryaku in Japanese)’. DKT as used in Japan consists of four types of crude drug. Key findings Although there are few examples of its use in Chinese classical records, it has begun to be used extensively in modern Japan for intestinal obstruction ...
Takao Namiki+5 more
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New Guinea is the world’s largest tropical island and a globally significant biodiversity hotspot. Palms dominate the rainforests of New Guinea, from exquisite, forest floor palmlets to graceful canopy giants, and are vital for local people who depend on them for survival.
Baker, William+9 more
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