A process integration method of integrated solar photovoltaic water purification system by Hafiz, Hazirah

“…The system will be implemented in a four-occupant household in Malaysia, and another case study will be carried out of the same number of occupants in a dry and water scarce country, Papua New Guinea, to compare the cost between these two. In conclusion, implementation of integrated solar photovoltaic water purification system will have lower payback period in water scarce country as desalination of water is expensive causing high water tariff. …”
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Persistence of self‐recruitment and patterns of larval connectivity in a marine protected area network by Michael L. Berumen, Glenn R. Almany, Serge Planes, Geoffrey P. Jones, Pablo Saenz‐Agudelo, Simon R. Thorrold

“…Here, we use genetic parentage analysis to demonstrate that patterns of self‐recruitment of two reef fishes (Amphiprion percula and Chaetodon vagabundus) in an MPA in Kimbe Bay, Papua New Guinea, were remarkably consistent over several years. …”
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Prion meeting 2023: implications of a growing field by Tiago F. Outeiro, Tuane C. R. G. Vieira

“…ABSTRACTThe history of human prion diseases began with the original description, by Hans Gerhard Creutzfeldt and by Alfons Maria Jakob, of patients with a severe brain disease that included speech abnormalities, confusion, and myoclonus, in a disease that was then named Creutzfeldt Jakob disease (CJD). Later, in Papua New Guinea, a disease characterized by trembling was identified, and given the name “Kuru”. …”
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Human Genetic Research in Wallacea and Sahul: Recent Findings and Future Prospects by Leonard Taufik, João C. Teixeira, Bastien Llamas, Herawati Sudoyo, Raymond Tobler, Gludhug A. Purnomo

“…However, a comprehensive understanding of these fundamental questions has been impeded by the lack of inclusion of many Indigenous populations in genomic surveys, including those from the Wallacean archipelago (which comprises islands of present-day Indonesia located east and west of Wallace’s and Lydekker’s Lines, respectively) and the former continent of Sahul (which once combined New Guinea and Australia during lower sea levels in the Pleistocene). …”
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Storylines of Maritime Continent dry period precipitation changes under global warming by Rohit Ghosh, Theodore G Shepherd

“…We find that an increase in east-to-west EP SST gradient would bring more rainfall over the north-eastern regions including northern Borneo, Sulawesi and New Guinea. In contrast, the intensity of the basin-wide warming of EP SST is directly linked with the drying response seen over the south-western MC in the MMM. …”
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Human T-cell lymphotropic virus type 1 subtype C molecular variants among indigenous australians: new insights into the molecular epidemiology of HTLV-1 in Australo-Melanesia. by Olivier Cassar, Lloyd Einsiedel, Philippe V Afonso, Antoine Gessain

“…BACKGROUND: HTLV-1 infection is endemic among people of Melanesian descent in Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands and Vanuatu. Molecular studies reveal that these Melanesian strains belong to the highly divergent HTLV-1c subtype. …”
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A revision of the “spiny solanums” of Tropical Asia (Solanum, the Leptostemonum Clade, Solanaceae) by Xavier Aubriot, Sandra Knapp

“…We present here a taxonomic revision of the 51 species of spiny solanums occurring in tropical Asia (excluding the island of New Guinea, and the lowlands of Nepal and Bhutan). Three species are described as new: Solanum kachinense X.Aubriot & S.Knapp, sp. nov. from northern Myanmar, S. peikuoense S.S.Ying, sp. nov. from Taiwan, and S. sulawesi X.Aubriot & S.Knapp, sp. nov. from northern Sulawesi, Indonesia. …”
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Phylogeny and conservation priority assessment of Asian domestic chicken genetic resources by Jinqiang Quan, Yuan Cai, Tianliang Yang, Qianyun Ge, Ting Jiao, Shengguo Zhao

“…The order in terms of conservation priority based on the genetic contribution rate was as follows: northwestern Yunnan, China; Sri Lanka; Japan; Papua New Guinea; etc. This study provided new insights for the conservation and evaluation of native genetic resources.…”
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CT-RPL: Cluster Tree Based Routing Protocol to Maximize the Lifetime of Internet of Things by Sennan Sankar, Somula Ramasubbareddy, Ashish Kr. Luhach, Anand Nayyar, Basit Qureshi

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Digital Tools for the Promotion of Geological and Mining Heritage: Case Study from the Thames Goldfield, Aotearoa, New Zealand by Vanessa Cocal-Smith, Graham Hinchliffe, Michael G. Petterson

“…This approach has relevance for Papua New Guinea and the Pacific Islands in raising awareness of geological, mineral, and mining heritage within widely distributed and often isolated communities across island archipelago nations.…”
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Performance of Eucalyptus tereticornis provenances in subtropical climate by Milena Daiana Gonzalez Chaves, Fernando Resquín, Gustavo Balmelli

“…Eucalyptus tereticornis has a wide natural geographic distribution from Papua New Guinea to South Australia (6º-38º S), therefore, it is expected the existence of important differences among provenances. …”
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Emerging marine protected area networks in the coral triangle: Lessons and way forward by Stuart J Green, Alan T White, Patrick Christie, Stacey Kilarski, Anna Blesilda T Meneses, Giselle Samonte-Tan, Leah Bunce Karrer, Helen Fox, Stuart Campbell, John D Claussen

“…This study conducted in 2008 documents the status of selected MPAs and MPA networks in Indonesia, Philippines and Papua New Guinea, to better understand development and their level of success in the Coral Triangle. …”
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A ‘giant’ Paleocene cerambycid (Coleoptera) from Menat Konservat-Lagerstätte, France by André Nel, Alexander Kirejtshuk, Romain Garrouste

“…The new fossil is placed into the tribe Prionini, showing some similarities with some species of the extant genera Osphryon (Papua New Guinea) and Titanus (Brazil, Colombia, Guianas, Ecuador, Peru), viz. in general body shape, antennomere 3 as long as first and second together but shorter than the length of fourth plus fifth, elongate elytra, and small spines on the lateral margin of the pronotum disposed in a relatively similar way as in Osphryon. …”
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Evaluation of Satellite Precipitation Estimates over the South West Pacific Region by Ashley Wild, Zhi-Weng Chua, Yuriy Kuleshov

“…European Centre for Medium-range Weather Forecasts’ (ECMWF) ERA5 reanalysis was also combined with Soil Moisture-2-Rain–ASCAT (SM2RAIN–ASCAT) to perform triple CA for the six sub-regions of Fiji, New Caledonia, Papua New Guinea (PNG), the Solomon Islands, Timor, and Vanuatu. …”
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Child health nurses in the Solomon Islands: lessons for the Pacific and other developing countries by Colquhoun Samantha, Ogaoga Divi, Tamou Mathias, Nasi Titus, Subhi Rami, Duke Trevor

“…Different types of courses were identified: a residential diploma through the University of Papua New Guinea or New Zealand and a diploma by correspondence through the University of Sydney.…”
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Projected Changes in Mountain Precipitation Under CO2‐Induced Warmer Climate by Pratik Kad, Kyung‐Ja Ha, Sun‐Seon Lee, Jung‐Eun Chu

“…We identify five low‐latitude mountain ranges with elevation‐dependent precipitation response, including New Guinea, East Africa, Eastern Himalayas, Central America, and Central Andes. …”
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District health programmes and health-sector reform: case study in the Lao People's Democratic Republic by Perks Carol, Toole Michael J, Phouthonsy Khamla

“…In Asia and the Pacific, only Bangladesh, Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands have adopted SWAps. …”
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Micro-geographic risk factors for malarial infection by Lau Hui C, Cox-Singh Janet, Myers Andrea P, Myers Ward P, Mokuai Benny, Malley Richard

“…This study was designed to evaluate whether geographic parameters are associated with malarial infection in the East Sepik province of Papua New Guinea (PNG), a remote area where malaria is a major cause of morbidity and mortality.…”
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A new giant shrew rat (Rodentia, Muridae, Murinae) from Flores, Indonesia and a comparative investigation of its ecomorphology by E. Grace Veatch, Pierre-Henri Fabre, Matthew W. Tocheri, Thomas Sutikna, E. Wahyu Saptomo, Guy G. Musser, Kristofer M. Helgen

“…These morphological features are unusual among murines but most similar to terrestrial and carnivorous species of the Indo-Pacific, colloquially referred to as shrew rats (Philippines, Sulawesi) or moss mice (New Guinea), and indicate a potential carnivorous dietary adaptation, perhaps specializing in a vermivorous diet. …”

A Crustin from Hydrothermal Vent Shrimp: Antimicrobial Activity and Mechanism by Yujian Wang, Jian Zhang, Yuanyuan Sun, Li Sun

“…We report here the identification and characterization of a crustin (named Crus1) from the shrimp <i>Rimicaris</i> sp. inhabiting the deep-sea hydrothermal vent in Manus Basin (Papua New Guinea). Crus1 shares the highest identity (51.76%) with a Type I crustin of <i>Penaeus vannamei</i> and possesses a whey acidic protein (WAP) domain, which contains eight cysteine residues that form the conserved ‘four-disulfide core’ structure. …”
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