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Regional service delivery among Pacific Island countries: an assessment [PDF]

, 2014
Experience with pooling service delivery among Pacific Island countries has not met the optimistic expectations of advocates, finds this study. Abstract Pacific Island countries face a range of development challenges, including smallness, distance from
Dornan, Matthew, Matthew Dornan, Newton Cain, Tess, Tess Newton Cain, Cain, Tess Newton   +4 more
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The Agriculture–Nutrition–Income Nexus in Tonga: Is Postharvest Loss Undermining Horticulture Market Efficiency in Tonga?

Horticulturae, 2020
The Kingdom of Tonga has one of the highest rates of diet-related non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in the world. Initiatives to promote pro-health dietary behaviour are possibly being compromised by poor or inconsistent consumer accessibility to ...
Steven J. R. Underhill, Soane Patolo, Yuchan Zhou, Sarah Burkhart   +3 more
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New data on winter feeding and migrations of pacific salmon in the Sea of Okhotsk and in the Pacific waters of Kuril Islands

Известия ТИНРО, 2022
The results of trawl surveys in the Sea of Okhotsk and in the Pacific waters of Kuril Islands at the R/V «Professor Kaganovskii» in the winter 2021 are analyzed.
A. N. Starovoitov, D. N. Chulchekov, A. S. Hleborodov   +2 more
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Estimating non‐US longline fishing impacts on Hawai‘i pelagic false killer whales in a transboundary assessment area

Conservation Science and Practice
Effective management of marine megafauna requires accurate assessments of anthropogenic impacts, yet accounting for non‐US fishing mortality remains a challenge when evaluating the Hawai‘i pelagic false killer whale (Pseudorca crassidens, FKW) population.
Robert N. M. Ahrens, Amanda L. Bradford, Erin M. Oleson, Emily Crigler, T. Todd Jones   +4 more
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Dimensions of cultural ecosystem service contributions to human well-being in marine environments

Ecosystems and People
Human well-being is critically linked to the condition of marine ecosystems. Intangible services, benefits, and values derived from ecosystems play a vital role in human well-being and promote conservation efforts that ultimately support ecosystem ...
Rebecca J. Ingram, Kirsten M. Leong, Alohi Nakachi, Jamison M. Gove   +3 more
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Tropical Cyclone Harold meets the Novel Coronavirus

Pacific Journalism Review, 2020
: COVID-19 began to manifest in the Pacific Islands by early March 2020, starting in the US and French territories, spreading slowly to the independent countries of Fiji, Papua New Guinea and Timor-Leste.
Elisabeth Holland
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Life history characteristics and status of the Pacific yellowtail emperor, Lethrinus atkinsoni (Seale 1910), in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands

Aquaculture, Fish and Fisheries, 2023
Life history characteristics of the Pacific yellowtail emperor, Lethrinus atkinsoni, were described from commercial samples in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands spanning a 28‐month market sampling period.
Michael S. Trianni, Edward E. DeMartini, Brett M. Taylor   +2 more
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Centennial-Scale Land-Cover Change on Babeldaob Island, Palau

Land, 2022
We used publicly available land-cover datasets (1921, 1947, 1976, 1992, 2001, 2006, 2014) to assess land-cover change on Babeldaob Island, Republic of Palau.
Julian Dendy, Paul Collins, Dino Mesubed, Susan Cordell, Christian P. Giardina, Amanda Uowolo, Akiko Iida   +6 more
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Epigenetic blind spots – the role of DNA methylation dynamics in stem cell‐based models of embryogenesis

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Embryo‐like structures (stembryos) are an innovative tool, but they are hindered by experimental variability and limited developmental potential. DNA methylation is crucial for mammalian development, but its status in stembryo models is poorly characterized.
Sara Canil, Anna Corrà, Annalisa Scapolatiello, Chengxiang Qiu, Gianluca Amadei   +4 more
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Education in the Pacific Islands [PDF]

, 1985
Paper presented at public lectures and a graduate student seminar in the Pacific Islands Studies Program, UH-Manoa, fall 1984.
Baba, Tupeni L.
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