Molecular analysis of isolates of Salmonella typhi obtained from patients with fatal and nonfatal typhoid fever. by Thong, Kwai Lin, Passey, M., Clegg, A., Combs, B.G., Yassin, R.M., Pang, T.

“…Molecular characterization of a total of 52 human isolates of Salmonella typhi from Papua New Guinea was performed by using pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) after digestion of chromosomal DNA with three restriction endonucleases, XbaI (5'-TCTAGA-3'), AvrII (5'-CCTAGG-3'), and SpeI (5'-ACTAGT-3'). …”

Marine and human habitat mapping for the Coral Triangle Initiative region of Sabah using Landsat and Google Earth imagery by Hossain, Mohammad Shawkat, Bujang, Japar Sidik, Zakaria @ Ya, Muta Harah, Hashim, Mazlan

“…The governments of the six Coral Triangle Initiative (CTI) countries, namely Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Timor Leste, Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands have expressed their commitment to protecting marine ecosystems and improving management systems. …”
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Phylogeography of the planktonic shrimp Lucifer hanseni Nobili 1905 in the Indo-Malayan Archipelago by Noblezada, Mary Mar, Miyamoto, Hiroomi, Campos, Wilfredo L., Md. Yusoff, Fatimah, Nishida, Shuhei

“…Using partial sequences of two mitochondrial genes, cytochrome c oxidase subunit I (COI) and 12S ribosomal RNA (12S rRNA), and one nuclear gene, 28S ribosomal RNA (28S rRNA), we investigated population genetics of the holoplanktonic shrimp Lucifer hanseni Nobili, 1905 in the Indo-Malayan Archipelago (IMA), encompassing Andaman Sea, Malacca Strait, Gulf of Thailand, Borneo Island, Philippines (hereafter collectively referred to as the Thailand-Malaysia-Philippine area: TMP), Celebes Sea (CS), and the waters near islands in the Western Pacific (WP) including Palau, Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands. The samples from the TMP showed the highest number of haplotypes. …”
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A study of inhibition and reversal of plasmodium Falciparum cytoadherence using rna apatamer specific to icam-1 /cd54 and cd36 protein by Khairul Mohd, Fadzli Mustaffa

“…The SP resistance is seen in Papua New Guinea, Thailand, Indonesia, Madagascar, Iran, Afghanistan, India, and Pakistan…”
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Commercialization of the coconut dehusker and defibering machine: don’t lose your courage Md. Akhir by Abu Dardak, Rozhan, Quoquab, Farzana

“…Furthermore, two machines were sold to a company in Papua New Guinea, but no feedback was sought about the performance of the modified CDD. …”

Estuarine processes modify the isotope composition of dissolved riverine barium fluxes to the ocean by Bridgestock, Luke, Nathan, Joseph, Paver, Robert, Hsieh, Yu Te, Porcelli, Don, Tanzil, Jani, Holdship, Phil, Carrasco, Gonzalo, Annammala, Kogila Vani, Swarzenski, Peter W., Henderson, Gideon M.

“…To address this observational gap, Ba concentration and isotope data from across the estuarine mixing zones of the Amazon (Brazil), Fly (Papua New Guinea) and Johor (Malaysia) Rivers are presented. …”

Microencapsulation of mahkota dewa plant extracts using spray drying technique by M. N., Kathiman, Siti Kholijah, Abdul Mudalip, Rohaida, Che Man, Zatul Iffah, Mohd Arshad, Siti Zubaidah, Sulaiman, Shalyda, Md Shaarani, Jolius, Gimbun

“…Although the plant is originated from the Island of Papua New Guinea (Irian Jaya) Indonesia, it also can be found in Malaysia. …”
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Phylogeny and Biogeography of <em>Branchipolynoe</em> (Polynoidae, Phyllodocida, Aciculata, Annelida), with Descriptions of Five New Species from Methane Seeps and Hydrothermal Ven... by Johanna Lindgren, Avery S. Hatch, Stephané Hourdez, Charlotte A. Seid, Greg W. Rouse

“…<i>, </i>lives in unidentified <i>Bathymodiolus</i> at depths ranging from 674 to 2657 m from hydrothermal vents in the North Fiji (Fiji) and Lau Basins (Tonga) and also from New Zealand, Vanuatu, and the Manus Basin (Papua New Guinea). The phylogenetic and biogeographical implications of this diversity of <i>Branchipolynoe </i>are discussed.…”
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Population structure and genetic diversity in Eucalyptus pellita based on SNP markers by Chubiao Wang, Jun Lan, Jianzhong Wang, Wenliang He, Wanhong Lu, Yan Lin, Jianzhong Luo

“…Principal component analysis (PCA), phylogenetic tree, and population structure analysis permitted the families to be categorized into three groups, one of which (G2) contains most of the Indonesian (IDN) and Papua New Guinea (PNG) families. Genetic relationship analysis showed that IDN was closely related to PNG. …”
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Influencing Factors to mHealth Uptake With Indigenous Populations: Qualitative Systematic Review by Andrew Goodman, Ray Mahoney, Geoffrey Spurling, Sheleigh Lawler

“…Studies were conducted in Australia (n=10), Canada (n=2), New Zealand (n=2), Papua New Guinea (n=1), the United States (n=1), and Samoa (n=1). …”
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Pharmacokinetics, feasibility and safety of co-administering azithromycin, albendazole, and ivermectin during mass drug administration: A review. by Scott McPherson, Anthony W Solomon, Fikre Seife, Hiwot Solomon, Teshome Gebre, David C W Mabey, Michael Marks

“…A further field study in Papua New Guinea used all three drugs as part of a four-drug regimen also including diethylcarbamazine; in this setting, co-administration appeared safe but there were issues with the consistency in how adverse events were recorded.…”
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Projection of morbidity and mortality due to breast cancer between 2020 and 2050 across 42 low- and middle-income countries by Santosh Kumar Rauniyar, Masahiro Hashizume, Daisuke Yoneoka, Shuhei Nomura

“…Results: By 2050, the age standardized breast cancer incidence rate is expected to increase in 38 LMICs with highest incidence rate in Namibia; 127.0 (78.0–176.0) followed by Nigeria 71.1 (53.9–88.3) and Papua New Guinea 70.6 (88.7–74.6). Similarly, the age standardized breast cancer mortality and DALYs rates in 2050 are expected to increase in 33 and 35 LMICs respectively. …”
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Letter from Editor by Carlos Vargas

“…In seismology two importants submissions deploy, in one hand, an analysis of the Rayleigh-wave ellipticity to determine the local crustal structure (based in Spain) and an analysis of two-dimensional principal components during the earthquake which took place in Papua New Guinea on 7 July 2013, in the other hand. From Colombia an important group of metamorphic rocks were studied to obtain the pressure-temperature conditions in a petrogrpahic analysis from mineral assemblages which indicated a prograde regional metamorphism. …”
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Poverty, education and family health limit disease management and yields on smallholder cocoa farms in Bougainville by David Guest, James Butubu, Floris van Ogtrop, Jessica Hall, Grant Vinning, Merrilyn Walton

“…We investigated smallholder farmer productivity from a transdisciplinary One-Health perspective and found that among cocoa farming families in the Autonomous Region of Bougainville (Papua New Guinea; PNG) the most significant barriers to increased productivity and higher incomes were low levels of education, financial insecurity, and poor family health. …”
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THE ENGINEERING OF LIGHT DISTRIBUTION ENHANCEMENT THROUGH PRUNING MANAGEMENT TOWARDS THE PRODUCTION OF COCOA TREE (THEOBROMA CACAO L.) IN SOPPENG REGENCY, SOUTH SULAWESI OF INDONES... by Fatmawati, Ariffin, Yudo Tyasmoro S., Sulistyono R.

“…The first factor is the type of shade loving plants consisting of: New Guinea Teak (Vitex coffasus) (N1) Gliricidia (Gliricidia sepium) (N2) and White Teak (Tectona grandis L.) …”
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Incidence and Severity of End-Splitting in Plantation-Grown <i>Eucalyptus pellita</i> F. Muell. in North Borneo by Manuel Espey, Paridah Md. Tahir, Seng Hua Lee, Adlin Sabrina Muhammad Roseley, Roger Meder

“…An existing progeny tree breeding trial, involving seeds that originated from Papua New Guinea, China, Vietnam, Australia, Sabah, and Sarawak with 106 families, was used to carry out the split assessment. …”
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Where there is no hospital: improving the notification of community deaths by Tim Adair, Megha Rajasekhar, Khin Sandar Bo, John Hart, Viola Kwa, Md. Ashfaqul Amin Mukut, Matthew Reeve, Nicola Richards, Margarita Ronderos-Torres, Don de Savigny, Daniel Cobos Muñoz, Alan D. Lopez

“…Improving the notification of community deaths Here, we present case studies in four countries (Bangladesh, Colombia, Myanmar and Papua New Guinea) that were part of the initial phases of the Bloomberg Data for Health Initiative at the University of Melbourne, each of which faces unique challenges to community death registration. …”
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Metavirome Analysis and Identification of Midge-Borne Viruses from Yunnan Province, China, in 2021 by Chenghui Li, Wei Wang, Xuancheng Zhang, Pengpeng Xiao, Zhuoxin Li, Peng Wang, Ning Shi, Hongning Zhou, Huijun Lu, Xu Gao, He Zhang, Ningyi Jin

“…Moreover, two 2054 bps fragments including the E gene of DENV genotype Asia II were amplified and shared the highest identity with the DENV strain isolated in New Guinea in 1944. A length of 656 bps GETV gene sequence encoded the partial capsid protein, and it shared the highest identity of 99.68% with the GETV isolated from Shandong province, China, in 2017. …”
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What tuberculosis infection control measures are effective in resource-constrained primary healthcare facilities? A systematic review of the literature by Gigil Marme, Shannon Rutherford, Neil Harris

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Evolutionary relationships among the snakelike pygopodid lizards: a review of phylogenetic studies of an enigmatic Australian adaptive radiation by W. Bryan Jennings

“…Here, I review phylogenetic studies of the lizard family Pygopodidae, a group of 47 extant species that diversified in Australia and New Guinea. The goal of this study was to examine published phylogenetic and phylogenomic hypotheses on pygopodids to identify the strengths and weaknesses in our understanding of their phylogeny. …”
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