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Asia Pacific Viewpoint, 1979 This paper examines some of the socio‐demographic changes which have occurred in the Pacific‐descent population in New Zealand in the last decade. It examines significant shifts which have occurred in the social and economic characteristics of overseas and locally‐born sub‐populations and identifies some of the factors which have produced these.
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A Survey of Growth and Development Issues of the Pacific Islands [PDF]
This paper is a survey of some key variables with an international dimension and implications for growth and development policies in selected Pacific island countries.
Rao, B. Bhaskara +3 more
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China as a Pacific Power [PDF]
, 1979 Conference paper for the 4th Annual Pacific Islands Studies Conference, "The Emerging Pacific Island States," 1979, UH ...
Godley, Michael R.
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The influence of rivers on seabird foraging ecology
Biological Reviews, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Rivers act as vital arteries to the world's oceans, delivering fresh water and nutrients that sustain marine ecosystems. Globally, river flow increasingly is being altered by climate change and anthropogenic pressures; yet the significance of rivers to predatory marine species, such as seabirds, and the extent to which river‐related changes ...
Julia B. Morais +2 more
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Health disparities in chronic liver disease
Hepatology, EarlyView., 2022 Abstract The syndemic of hazardous alcohol consumption, opioid use, and obesity has led to important changes in liver disease epidemiology that have exacerbated health disparities. Health disparities occur when plausibly avoidable health differences are experienced by socially disadvantaged populations.
Ani Kardashian +3 more
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Extent, characteristics and policy applications of Key Biodiversity Areas
Biological Reviews, EarlyView.ABSTRACT A global standard for the identification of Key Biodiversity Areas (KBAs) was published 10 years ago to provide a unified set of criteria for identifying ‘sites of significance for the global persistence of biodiversity’. We review the initiative's origins, the KBA identification process, characteristics of the current network, threats, policy
Stuart H. M. Butchart +57 more
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Hepatology, EarlyView., 2022 NRPT 1X reduces ALT and ceramide 14:0 in 65% of subjects as compared to only 28% in the placebo group. Abstract Background and Aims The prevalence of NAFLD is increasing globally and on a path to becoming the most frequent cause of chronic liver disease. Strategies for the prevention and treatment of NAFLD are urgently needed.
Ryan W. Dellinger +7 more
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The Future of South Pacific Regionalism
, 1985 Paper presented at public lectures and a graduate student seminar in the Pacific Islands Studies Program, UH-Manoa, fall 1984.
Herr, Richard A.
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Captain Cook and Pacific Islanders: "All Imaginable Humanity"? [PDF]
, 1978 Conference paper for the 3rd Annual Pacific Islands Studies Conference, "Captain Cook and the Pacific Islands," 1978, UH ...
Macnaught, Timothy J.
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The extension of the taxon cycle model to island plants: insights from the Canarian vascular flora
Biological Reviews, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Taxon cycle models describe eco‐evolutionary patterns of lineage colonization, diversification, and decline across archipelagos, inferring an important role for competition amongst ecologically similar taxa in driving concurrent niche changes.
José María Fernández‐Palacios +2 more
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