The ‘Other’ Within: Striving for Health Equity in the Maldives by Eva-Maria Knoll

“…The domestic sea is incorporated in the national consciousness connecting an archipelagic nation but distinguishing individual islands with a strong emphasis on the centre. The Maldivian archipelago displays this spatial organization of a socio-political and economic centre and a dependent island periphery. …”
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Jihadism in Maldives : impact on vital tourism industry by Iromi, Dharmawardhane

“…There has been in recent years a disproportionate number of Maldivian fighters in Syria amid increased grassroots radicalisation in the Maldives, traditionally a religiously-relaxed Muslim country. …”
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Evaluation of public subsidy for medical travel: does it protect against household impoverishment? by Mariyam Suzana, Helen Walls, Richard Smith, Johanna Hanefeld

“…The government subsidy across income quintiles was also similar indicating that the Maldivian health financing structure supports equality rather than being equity-sensitive. …”
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Photographic Checklist, DNA Barcoding, and New Species of Sea Slugs and Snails from the Faafu Atoll, Maldives (Gastropoda: Heterobranchia and Vetigastropoda) by Tauana J. Cunha, Jose Fernández-Simón, Macy Petrula, Gonzalo Giribet, Juan Moles

“…Baseline biodiversity data are key for ecological and evolutionary studies and are especially relevant for areas such as the Maldivian Archipelago in the Indian Ocean, which can act as a stepping-stone for the transport of widely distributed marine species. …”
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Rapid seagrass meadow expansion in an Indian Ocean bright spot by Matthew Floyd, Holly K. East, Dimosthenis Traganos, Azim Musthag, James Guest, Aminath S. Hashim, Vivienne Evans, Stephanie Helber, Richard K. F. Unsworth, Andrew J. Suggitt

“…We found contemporary Maldivian seagrass extent was ~ 105 km2 (overall accuracy = 82.04%) and, notably, that seagrass area increased threefold between 2000 and 2021 (linear model, + 4.6 km2 year−1, r2 = 0.93, p < 0.001). …”
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Emotional distress in COVID-19 patients in Maldives by Rajib Kumar Dey, Shanooha Mansoor, Abdullah Isneen Hilmy, Sheena Moosa, Shiraany Abdul Rahman, Raishan Latheef, Nihla Rasheed, Fathimath Guraishaa Hassan, Ali Zaadhee, Afa Ibrahim, Sofoora Kawsar Usman

“…This study is a cross-sectional study, measuring the prevalence of emotional distress among patients with COVID-19 in the Maldivian population. Methods This study was conducted in Maldivian nations above 18 of age with COVID-19 who were admitted in isolation facilities. …”
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Identification of the first gestational ground for tiger sharks (Galeocerdo cuvier) in the Central Indian Ocean using a high-definition submersible ultrasound by James A. Sulikowski, Nathan Perisic, Arzucan Askin, Lennart Vossgaetter, Filippo Bocchi, Hamna Hussain Ali Didi, Ahmed Inah, Tatiana Ivanova

“…The reproductive state of wild, free-swimming tiger sharks (Galeocerdo cuvier), was assessed using underwater ultrasonography at a diving site in Fuvahmulah, a Maldivian atoll within the central Indian Ocean. The presence of embryos were observed in 93% of the adult sharks (26/28) and two distinct embryonic size groups were observed within the subset of scanned adult females. …”
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Fisheries management for food security in the Maldives by Nadhiya Abdulla, Natalia Vasylieva, Iryna Volovyk

“…The main practical value of the research results is the development of recommendations for increasing fish catch and organising post-harvest processing, which are vital for the Maldivian fishery, as it is the country's main export sector. …”
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Geochemical Indicators of the Carbonate Sedimentation Depositional Environments and Geodynamic Conditions in the East of the Middle Urals in the Kizelovian Time by S. A. Dub, G. A. Mizens

“…Some signs indicate that sedimentation during the Kizelovian time occurred in the inner lagoon of a large atoll. The Maldivian archipelago could be a contemporary analogue of the Rezhevskaya carbonate platform.…”
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Environmental Policy and Climate Change Vulnerability in the Maldives: From the ‘Lexicon of Risk’ to Social Response to Change by Stefano Malatesta, Marcella Schmidt di Friedberg

“…We argue that emphasizing the country’s environmental vulnerability has reinforced a ‘lexicon of risk’ within the environmental discourse and that, in recent years, this narrative has been one of the main forces driving the construction of contemporary Maldivian ‘nation-ness’.…”
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Site-level variation in parrotfish grazing and bioerosion as a function of species-specific feeding metrics by Lange, Ines D., Perry, Chris T., Morgan, Kyle Meredith, Roche, Ronan, Benkwitt, Cassandra E., Graham, Nicholas A. J.

“…However, for a given level of parrotfish biomass, grazing and bioerosion levels were higher on Maldivian reefs than in the Chagos Archipelago. This suggests that small-bodied fish assemblages can maintain ecosystem functions, but only if key species are present in sufficiently high numbers.…”
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Social value orientations and public confidence in institutions: A young democracy under the imprint of COVID-19 by Sheena Moosa, Aminath Riyaz, Raheema Abdul Raheem, Hawwa Shiuna Musthafa, Aishath Zeen Naeem

“…SVOs assessed using the Schwartz Personal Values Questionnaire shows that Maldivian society weigh slightly towards prosocial. …”
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Religion, Power, and National Identity: The Dual Role of Islam in the History and Modernization of the Maldives by Jiayu Cui, Tao Li

“…On the other hand, the politicization and homogenization of religion have weakened social inclusivity, exacerbating religious extremism and social tensions in the face of globalization. The Maldivian experience not only reveals how religion undergoes self-transformation through power negotiation and legal reform but also reflects how the tension between traditional religion and the modern state shapes the dynamic framework of national governance. …”
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Site-Level Variation in Parrotfish Grazing and Bioerosion as a Function of Species-Specific Feeding Metrics by Ines D Lange, Chris T Perry, Kyle M Morgan, Ronan Roche, Cassandra E Benkwitt, Nicholas AJ Graham

“…However, for a given level of parrotfish biomass, grazing and bioerosion levels were higher on Maldivian reefs than in the Chagos Archipelago. This suggests that small-bodied fish assemblages can maintain ecosystem functions, but only if key species are present in sufficiently high numbers.…”
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Last resorts : a tour guide to territorial protection for the Republic of the Maldives by Sleeper, Buck (Thomas Buck)

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A Framework for Seeking the Connections between Technology, Pedagogy and Culture: A study in the Maldives by Aminath Shafiya Adam

“…Data were gathered from eleven teacher educators who work in a Maldivian university context: using interviews, observations, focus groups and the hanging out approach. …”
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Shyness, Self-Construal, Extraversion–Introversion, Neuroticism, and Psychoticism by Ambreen Afshan, Iman Askari, Leister Sam Sudheer Manickam

“…Although there was no significant gender difference, TRI males and Maldivian females had higher scores on shyness. Faith Orientation did not differentiate the prevalence of shyness among students of the different cultural groups. …”
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A Framework for Seeking the Connections between Technology, Pedagogy and Culture: A study in the Maldives by Aminath Shafiya Adam

“…Data were gathered from eleven teacher educators who work in a Maldivian university context: using interviews, observations, focus groups and the hanging out approach. …”
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The Cost for Biodiversity: Records of Ciliate–Nematode Epibiosis with the Description of Three New Suctorian Species by Elisa Baldrighi, Igor Dovgal, Daniela Zeppilli, Alie Abibulaeva, Claire Michelet, Emma Michaud, Annalisa Franzo, Eleonora Grassi, Lucia Cesaroni, Loretta Guidi, Maria Balsamo, Roberto Sandulli, Federica Semprucci

“…In the present study, we report several new records of peritrich and suctorian ciliates-nematode association worldwide: from a deep-sea pockmark field in the NW Madagascar margin (Indian Ocean), from a shallow vent area in the Gulf of Naples (Mediterranean, Tyrrhenian Sea), in a MPA area in the Gulf of Trieste (Mediterranean, Adriatic Sea), from a mangrove system in French Guiana (South America, Atlantic Ocean), and from the Maldivian Archipelago. In addition, three new species of Suctorea from the Secca delle Fumose shallow vent area (Gulf of Naples) were described: <i>Loricophrya</i> <i>susannae</i> n. sp., <i>Thecacineta</i> <i>fumosae</i> n. sp. and <i>Acinetopsis lynni</i> n. sp. …”
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Bleaching-driven reef community shifts drive pulses of increased reef sediment generation by Chris T. Perry, Kyle M. Morgan, Ines D. Lange, Robert T. Yarlett

“…Here, we explore the impacts of the 2016 bleaching event on sediment generation by two dominant sediment producers (parrotfish and Halimeda spp.) on southern Maldivian reefs. Our data identifies two pulses of increased sediment generation in the 3 years since bleaching. …”
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