A new species of torrent-breeding treefrog (Pelodryadidae: Litoria) from the mountains of Papua, Indonesia, with new records and observations of Litoria dorsivena (Tyler, 1968) by Paul M. Oliver, Djoko T. Iskandar, Stephen J. Richards

“…The mountains of New Guinea are home to species-rich but poorly understood communities of stream or torrent-breeding pelodryadid treefrogs. …”
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Short report: codon 125 polymorphism of CD31 and susceptibility to malaria. by Casals-Pascual, C, Allen, S, Allen, A, Kai, O, Lowe, B, Pain, A, Roberts, D

“…We analyzed data from 442 cases and controls from Papua New Guinea and data from 396 cases and controls from Kenya. …”

Physical And Mechanical Properties of Acacia mangium and Acacia Auriculiformis from Different Provenances by Sahri, Mohd Hamami, Ashaari, Zaidon, Abdul Kader, Razali, Mohmod, Abdul Latif

“…An assessment of the physical and mechanical properties of Acacia mangium and Acacia auriculiformis from two different provenances, Papua New Guinea and Queensland, Australia were carried out. …”
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A Singular Concept of Biodiversity Remains the Best Way to Address the Plural Values of Nature in Conservation Planning by Daniel P. Faith

“…Early case studies in Australia and Papua New Guinea show the potential for such approaches. Recently, there have been calls for a recasting of the concept of biodiversity to capture plurality of values. …”
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A direct numerical simulation display of the rotational frame preference of turbulence by Samuel D. Dunstan

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Review of Australian Sarginae soldier fly genera (Diptera: Stratiomyidae), with first records of Cephalochrysa, Formosargus and Microchrysa by Bryan D. Lessard, David K. Yeates, Norman E. Woodley

“…A new Australian record is presented for Ptecticus longipes (Walker, 1861), also known from New Guinea and the Solomon Islands, and a taxonomic change is made for Formosargus lineata (de Meijere, 1913) comb. nov., from New Guinea, transferred from its previous position within Chrysochlora Latreille, 1829. …”

Strengthening the State by Tuomas Tammisto

“… In this paper I will examine how logging in Papua New Guinea affects the relationship between the state and the local communities on whose lands logging operations take place. …”
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Human Activity Recognition on Smartphones using Innovative Logistic Regression and Comparing Accuracy of Naive Bayes Algorithm by Reddy L. Anand Kumar, Sadagopan P.

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New haplotypes of the Plasmodium falciparum chloroquine resistance transporter (pfcrt) gene among chloroquine-resistant parasite isolates. by Nagesha, H, Casey, G, Rieckmann, K, Fryauff, D, Laksana, B, Reeder, J, Maguire, J, Baird, J

“…Mutations in the Plasmodium falciparum chloroquine resistance transporter (pfcrt) gene were examined to assess their associations with chloroquine resistance in clinical samples from Armopa (Papua) and Papua New Guinea. In Papua, two of the five pfcrt haplotypes found were new: SVIET from Armopa and CVIKT from an isolate in Timika. …”

Biological properties of the venom of the Papuan black snake (Pseudechis papuanus): presence of a phospholipase A2 platelet inhibitor. by Kamiguti, A, Laing, G, Lowe, G, Zuzel, M, Warrell, D, Theakston, R

“…Polyvalent (Australia-Papua New Guinea) Commonwealth Serum Laboratories antivenom, currently used for clinical treatment of snakebite in Papua New Guinea, proved highly effective against P. papuanus venom in rodent and in vitro assays, despite the absence of this particular venom from the immunising mixture.…”

Three-year Performance of Acacia auriculiformis Provenances at Serdang, Malaysia by Ab Shukor, Nor Aini, Awang, Kamis, Venkateswarlu, Perugupalli, Senin, Abd Latib

“…Of the provenances, 7 were from northern Queensland and 15 from Northern Territory, Australia, and 6 from Papua New Guinea. All provenances survived well (> 66%) but they differed significantly (P < 0.01) in their growth performance after 6 months. …”
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Three Year Growth Performance of Acacia Crassicarpa Provenances at Serdang, Malaysia by Thepphavong, Bounhom

“…One provenance was from Irian Jaya; Indonesia, four were from Papua New Guinea, and three were from northern Queensland. …”
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Keanekaragaman dan penyebaran spesies kupu-kupu famili Nymphalidae (Sub famili Charaxinae, Apaturinae, Nymphalinae dan Heliconiinae) by ADEODATA, Flora Gratiana

“…Papua, the west part of New Guinea Island, with its twelve unique ecoregions is one of the Indonesian regions that has relatively high butterfly species. …”

The invasive land planarian Platydemus manokwari (Platyhelminthes, Geoplanidae): records from six new localities, including the first in the USA by Jean-Lou Justine, Leigh Winsor, Patrick Barrière, Crispus Fanai, Delphine Gey, Andrew Wee Kien Han, Giomara La Quay-Velázquez, Benjamin Paul Yi-Hann Lee, Jean-Marc Lefevre, Jean-Yves Meyer, David Philippart, David G. Robinson, Jessica Thévenot, Francis Tsatsia

“…The land planarian Platydemus manokwari de Beauchamp, 1963 or “New Guinea flatworm” is a highly invasive species, mainly in the Pacific area, and recently in Europe (France). …”
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Strengthening Rice Farmers' Social Capital in Increasing Agricultural Productivity by Ambo Upe, Mohamad To’at, Shingirai Stanley Mugambiwa, Hertly Huma, Ahmed Samad Akenbi

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Beyond State-Fetishism: Developing a Theoretical Programme for State Crime Studies (Más allá del fetichismo del Estado: el desarrollo de un programa teórico para los estudios sobre... by Kristian Lasslett

“…Nevertheless, it will be maintained that Marxism remains a vital framework for enriched understandings of state crime in Papua New Guinea, that move beyond fetishized accounts of elite offending.   …”
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Investigation of familial segregation of hyperreactive malarial splenomegaly in Kumasi, Ghana. by Martin-Peprah, R, Bates, I, Bedu-Addo, G, Kwiatkowski, D

“…Previous studies have found HMS more frequently in certain tribes in Papua New Guinea, Uganda and Nigeria, with strong familial associations in Uganda and Papua New Guinea. …”

Mineralogical Controls on the Ti Isotope Composition of Subduction Zone Magmas by S. Kommescher, F. Kurzweil, R. O. C. Fonseca, L. J. A. Rzehak, S. V. Hohl, M. Kirchenbaur, S. Schuth, P. Sprung, C. Münker

“…Samples from the Solomon Islands, the Troodos ophiolite in Cyprus, and Cape Vogel in Papua New Guinea show small but resolvable variations that may be related to differences in their mantle sources. …”
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Soft-computing-based false alarm reduction for hierarchical data of intrusion detection system by Parminder Singh, Sujatha Krishnamoorthy, Anand Nayyar, Ashish Kr Luhach, Avinash Kaur

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Snake bites by the Papuan taipan (Oxyuranus scutellatus canni): paralysis, hemostatic and electrocardiographic abnormalities, and effects of antivenom. by Lalloo, D, Trevett, A, Korinhona, A, Nwokolo, N, Laurenson, I, Paul, M, Black, J, Naraqi, S, Mavo, B, Saweri, A

“…One hundred sixty-six patients with enzyme immunoassay-proven bites by taipans (Oxyuranus scutellatus canni) were studied in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea. One hundred thirty-nine (84%) showed clinical evidence of envenoming: local signs were trivial, but most developed hemostatic disorders and neurotoxicity. …”