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Time and the other time: Trajectories of Fiji time [PDF]

open access: yesHistory and Anthropology, 2018
This article looks into the valuation of time in Fiji with particular emphasis on ‘Fiji time’, an idiom typically employed in reference to unpunctuality or relaxing.
Matti Eräsaari
exaly   +3 more sources

Fiji Times hits back at PM's allegations

open access: yesPacific Journalism Review, 2000
'Most of the Prime Minister's statements consisted of sweeping generalisations or statements of opinion dressed up as fact—ironically, the very sin of which he accused the media.'
The Fiji Times
doaj   +4 more sources

Measuring Good Governance Using Time Series Data: Fiji Islands [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of the Asia Pacific Economy, 2007
This paper reports on the construction of a governance index for Fiji Islands for the period 1985 to 2003. The governance index has three core dimensions, each a composite of several indicators. Time series for each of the three dimensions of governance, as well as for the overall governance index, are presented in a range from zero (poorest ...
Azmat Gani
exaly   +3 more sources

Coverage of international and Pacific news in The Fiji Times and The Australian

open access: yesPacific Journalism Review, 2003
The debate over the nature and flow of international news has dominated intellectual debate about journalism practice for some time. Developing countries argued there was an imbalance in the nature and amount of international news concerning them.
Folker Hanusch
doaj   +2 more sources

An assessment of transmission dynamics via time-varying reproduction number of the second wave of the COVID-19 epidemic in Fiji

open access: yesRoyal Society Open Science, 2022
This study involves the estimation of a key epidemiological parameter for evaluating and monitoring the transmissibility of a disease. The time-varying reproduction number is the index for quantifying the transmissibility of infectious diseases.
Zhenquan Li, Rajnesh Lal, Weidong Huang
exaly   +4 more sources

REVIEW: Frozen in time? Not so likely in tropical Fiji TV:

open access: yesPacific Journalism Review, 2001
Review of Fiji Waves, produced/directed by Natalie Gouin. Canadian television documentary, 57min, 2001. Montreal, Quebec. Fiji Waves starts with a moving glimpse of Fiji. But it isn't meant for Fijians. In fact, the almost hour long documentary shot in Fiji in late 1999 is meant to enlighten those that live in the "first world"— Canadian viewers.
exaly   +5 more sources

A community-informed microplastic exposure index based on Pacific Island fisheries: Integrating local knowledge with empirical data [PDF]

open access: yesCambridge Prisms: Coastal Futures
Coastal fisheries are central to Pacific Island nutrition, livelihoods and cultural identity, yet growing microplastic contamination threatens food security and public health.
Amanda Kirsty Ford   +13 more
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Interactions between timing and transmissibility explain diverse flavivirus dynamics in Fiji [PDF]

open access: yesNature Communications, 2021
AbstractZika virus (ZIKV) has caused large, brief outbreaks in isolated populations, however ZIKV can also persist at low levels over multiple years. The reasons for these diverse transmission dynamics remain poorly understood. In Fiji, which has experienced multiple large single-season dengue epidemics, there was evidence of multi-year transmission of
Henderson, AD   +18 more
openaire   +6 more sources

Time-discrete SIR model for COVID-19 in Fiji

open access: yesEpidemiology and Infection, 2022
Abstract Using the data provided by Fiji's ministry of health and medical services, we apply an implicit time-discrete SIR (susceptible people–infectious people–removed people) model that tracks the transmission and recovering rate at time, t to predict the trend of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic in Fiji.
Rishal Amar Singh   +2 more
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Preliminary Evidence That Fiji Water Has Protective Effects against Aluminum Toxicity in Honey Bees (Apis mellifera)

open access: yesInsects, 2023
Researchers have determined that bioavailable aluminum chloride (AlCl3) may affect honey bee behavior (e.g., foraging patterns and locomotion) and physiology (e.g., abdominal spasms).
Kiri Li N. Stauch   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

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