Women’s Help-Seeking in China and Papua New Guinea: Factors That Impact Survivors of Intimate Partner Violence by Kristina Nikolova, Iris Cardenas, Jordan J. Steiner, Rupa Khetarpal

“…This study sought to understand the help-seeking behavior of women who have experienced IPV in two under-researched countries in Asia and the Pacific, China, and Papua New Guinea (PNG). Based on data from the United Nations Multi-Country Study on Men and Violence, this study used a series of logistic regression models to examine what factors increased women’s likelihood of seeking help from family members and what factors increased the likelihood of a positive reaction in response to help-seeking. …”
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Coating formulation change leads to inferior performance of long-lasting insecticidal nets in Papua New Guinea by Nakei Bubun, Evodia Anetul, Melanie Koinari, Timothy W. Freeman, Stephan Karl

“…In a previous study, the authors demonstrated a substantial decrease in the bioefficacy of LLINs for malaria prevention delivered to Papua New Guinea (PNG) between 2013 and 2019. This coincided with a rise in malaria cases in the country. …”
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Investigating health service availability and readiness for antenatal testing and treatment for HIV and syphilis in Papua New Guinea by Olga PM Saweri, Neha Batura, Justin Pulford, M. Mahmud Khan, Xiaohui Hou, William S Pomat, Andrew J Vallely, Virginia Wiseman

“…Abstract Background Papua New Guinea (PNG) has one of the highest burdens of HIV and syphilis in pregnancy in the Asia-Pacific region. …”
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Evaluating the Impacts of Environmental and Anthropogenic Factors on Water Quality in the Bumbu River Watershed, Papua New Guinea by Willie Doaemo, Mirzi Betasolo, Jorge F. Montenegro, Silvia Pizzigoni, Anna Kvashuk, Pandara Valappil Femeena, Midhun Mohan

“…The Bumbu River Watershed is an essential source for the drinking and sanitation needs of settlement communities within Lae, Papua New Guinea. However, poor sanitation and waste management practices have led to concerns over the safety and integrity of the watershed’s resources. …”
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C.L.M. Penders, The West New Guinea debacle. Dutch decolonisation and Indonesia 1945-1962 by J.F. Meijer

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C.L.M. Penders, The West New Guinea debacle. Dutch decolonisation and Indonesia 1945-1962 by J.F. Meijer

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Subsistence Economy and The Papua Women Trader Marginalization in The Indonesia-Papua New Guinea Border Trade Region by Erna Ermawaty Chotim

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Scheduling incremental actions to build a comprehensive national protected area network for Papua New Guinea by Vanessa M. Adams, Nadya Dimitrova, Hugh P. Possingham, James R. Allan, Caitlin D. Kuempel, Nate Peterson, Alu Kaiye, Malcolm Keako, Vivitskaia J.D. Tulloch

“…We explore the issue of scheduling conservation actions using the national scale conservation plan for Papua New Guinea (PNG), commissioned by the PNG Conservation and Environment Protection Authority that identifies a comprehensive set of priority areas that meet conservation targets in both the land and sea. …”
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A new species of crayfish of the genus Cherax from Indonesian New Guinea (Crustacea, Decapoda, Parastacidae) by Christian Lukhaup, Rury Eprilurahman

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The invasive New Guinea flatworm Platydemus manokwari in France, the first record for Europe: time for action is now by Jean-Lou Justine, Leigh Winsor, Delphine Gey, Pierre Gros, Jessica Thévenot

“…In this paper, we report the identification (from morphology and molecular analysis of COI sequences) of non-indigenous terrestrial flatworms found in a hothouse in Caen (France) as the New Guinea flatworm Platydemus manokwari de Beauchamp, 1963 (Platyhelminthes, Continenticola, Geoplanidae, Rhynchodeminae). …”
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The role of the New Guinea cross-equatorial flow in the interannual variability of the western North Pacific summer monsoon by Yu-Wei Lin, LinHo, Chia Chou

“…This pressure gradient is further found to be associated with the densely packed sea surface temperature (SST) gradient near the equator around New Guinea, which is well correlated with the SST anomalies in the equatorial eastern Pacific, a concurrent El Niño/Southern Oscillation (ENSO) condition.…”
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An agent-based approach to HIV/AIDS epidemic modeling : a case study of Papua New Guinea by Rhee, Alisa Joy

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A new species of crayfish of the genus Cherax from Indonesian New Guinea (Crustacea, Decapoda, Parastacidae) by Lukhaup, Christian, Eprilurahman, Rury

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A seismological study of the eastern New Guinea and the western Solomon Sea regions and its tectonic implications by Pegler, G, Das, S, Woodhouse, J

“…We show that the T axes of earthquakes in the 100-250 km depth range beneath eastern Papua New Guinea are aligned parallel to the seismic zone, with no seismicity below ≈ 250 km. …”

A SEISMOLOGICAL STUDY OF THE EASTERN NEW-GUINEA AND THE WESTERN SOLOMON SEA REGIONS AND ITS TECTONIC IMPLICATIONS by Pegler, G, Das, S, Woodhouse, J

“…It is shown that the T axes of earthquakes in the 100-250 km depth range beneath eastern Papau New Guinea are aligned parallel to the seismic zone, with no seismicity below ~250 km. …”

Quantifying unintended effects of an agroecological research project on farmers' practices and social network in Papua New Guinea by Hazenbosch, M, Sui, S, Isua, B, Beauchamp, E, Kik, A, Luke, G, Matouš, P, Morris, RJ, Paliau, J, Milner-Gulland, EJ

“…Here, we test these assumptions by quantifying the effects of an agroecological research project on farming practices and the social network in a village community in Papua New Guinea. The project aimed to test the effect of applying banana peel compost, chicken manure and NPK fertiliser on sweet potato yields. …”

Socio-economic factors associated with physique of adults of the Purari delta of the Gulf Province, Papua New Guinea by Ulijaszek, S

“…<p><em>Objective</em>: To examine in detail the relationships between components of the modernization process, including experience of urban life, urban connectedness, education, and the nature and diversity of income sources on adult body size in a Papua New Guinea (PNG) population.</p> <p><em>Methods</em>: Mean height, weight and body mass index (BMI) of 292 adults surveyed in 1995–97 in the Purari delta, PNG, are reported by age group, and related to modernization variables including urban life, urban connectedness, economic status and education.…”

Preterm or not – an evaluation of estimates of gestational age in a cohort of women from rural Papua New Guinea by Karl, S, Connie, SN, Suen, CSN, Unger, HW, Ome-Kaius, M, Mola, G, White, L, Wangnapi, RA, Rogerson, SJ, Mueller, I

“…Methods In a cohort of 688 singleton pregnancies from rural Papua New Guinea, delivery gestational age was calculated from Ballard score, last menstrual period, symphysis-pubis fundal height at first visit and quickening as well as mid- and late pregnancy fetal biometry. …”

Exhibition review: Wamo, D'Entrecasteaux Islands, New Guinea: Photographs by Diamond Jenness, 1911-1912 by O'Hanlon, M

A new species of squat lobster of the genus Hendersonida (Crustacea, Decapoda, Munididae) from Papua New Guinea by Paula C. RodrÍguez-Flores, Enrique Macpherson, Annie Machordom

“…Hendersonida parvirostris sp. nov. is described from Papua New Guinea. The new species can be distinguished from the only other species of the genus, H. granulata (Henderson, 1885), by the fewer spines on the dorsal carapace surface, the shape of the rostrum and supraocular spines, the antennal peduncles, and the length of the walking legs. …”
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