Socioeconomic impacts of resource diversification from small-scale fishery development by Steven W. Purcell, Alejandro Tagliafico, Brian R. Cullis, Beverley J. Gogel

“…With a long history of nondeleterious introductions, the marine snail "trochus" (Rochia nilotica) was introduced to Samoa from 2003 to 2006 to offer a new artisanal fishery resource. …”
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Entrevista con Dr. Juan Pedro Ruiz Sanz by Fabio Angeoletto, Gedeone Ferreira Lima

“…Su foto incluye la bandera de Samoa Occidental porque se identifica con Robert Louis Stevenson y su epitafio en su casa de Vailima, que tuvo la oportunidad de visitar en su aventura vital de explorar/impactar la Biosfera: “under the wide and starry sky dig the grave and let me lie... …”
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Effects of the Hydrous Domain in the Mantle Wedge on Magma Formation and Mixing at the Northeast Lau Spreading Center, SW Pacific by K. M. Haase, M. V. Schoenhofen, B. Storch, C. Beier, M. Regelous, K. Rubin, P. A. Brandl

“…The new data do not indicate an inflow of Samoa plume mantle into the NELSC, confirming previously published He isotope data. …”
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Deep genetic divergences among Indo-Pacific populations of the coral reef sponge <it>Leucetta chagosensis </it>(Leucettidae): Founder effects, vicariance, or both? by Epp Laura S, Wörheide Gert, Macis Luciana

“…Reciprocally monophyletic populations were observed from the Philippines, Red Sea, Maldives, Japan, Samoa, and Polynesia, demonstrating long-standing isolation. …”
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Beyond the last glacial maximum: island endemism is best explained by long-lasting archipelago configurations by Norder, S, Proios, K, Whittaker, R, Alonso, M, Borges, P, Borregaard, M, Cowie, R, Florens, F, de Frias Martins, A, Ibáñez, M, Kissling, W, de Nascimento, L, Otto, R, Parent, C, Rigal, F, Warren, B, Fernández-Palacios, J, van Loon, E, Triantis, K, Rijsdijk, K

“…<strong>Location:</strong> 53 volcanic oceanic islands from 12 archipelagos worldwide – Azores, Canary Islands, Cook Islands, Galápagos, Gulf of Guinea, Hawaii, Madeira, Mascarenes, Pitcairn, Revillagigedo, Samoa, and Tristan da Cunha. <strong>Time period:</strong> The last 800 Kyr, representing the nine most recent glacial¬–interglacial cycles. …”

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). Our interpretation of these qualitative findings shows commonalities between Indigenous patients’ and service providers’ perceptions of mHealth. …”
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New Zealand postgraduate medical training by distance for Pacific Island country-based general practitioners: a qualitative study by Rosalina Richards, Rory Miller, Kiki Maoate, Mark Smith, Allamanda Faatoese, Katharina Blattner

“…AimTo explore the experience of Pacific Island country-based doctors from the Cook Islands, Niue, and Samoa, studying in New Zealand’s University of Otago distance-taught Rural Postgraduate programme. …”
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Next-Generation Optical Sensing Technologies for Exploring Ocean Worlds—NASA FluidCam, MiDAR, and NeMO-Net by Ved Chirayath, Alan Li

“…Results from repeat 2013 and 2016 airborne fluid lensing campaigns over coral reefs in American Samoa present a promising new tool for monitoring fine-scale ecological dynamics in shallow aquatic systems tens of square kilometers in area. …”
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Taxonomic revision of the new spider genus Hortophora, the Australasian Garden Orb-weavers (Araneae, Araneidae) by Volker W. Framenau, Renner L. C. Baptista, Francisca Sâmia M. Oliveira, Pedro de S. Castanheira

“…(removed from synonymy with H. transmarina comb. nov.) from Samoa. Epeira thyridota Thorell, 1870 is here removed from synonymy with H. transmarina comb. nov. and transferred to Backobourkia Framenau, Dupérré, Blackledge &amp;amp; Vink, 2010, B. thyridota (Thorell, 1870), comb. nov. …”
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Priority Health Needs and Challenges in New Zealand Pacific Communities—A Qualitative Analysis of Healthcare Delivery during the COVID-19 Pandemic by Ravi Reddy, John Sluyter, Atefeh Kiadarbandsari, Malakai Ofanoa, Maryann Heather, Fuafiva Fa’alau, Vili Nosa

“…The community is representative of a diverse population who proudly identify with the vibrant Pacific Island nations of Samoa, Tonga, Cook Islands, Niue, Fiji, etc. Pacific communities in New Zealand face a higher burden of health challenges compared to other groups. …”
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Identification of positively selected genes in human pathogenic treponemes: Syphilis-, yaws-, and bejel-causing strains differ in sets of genes showing adaptive evolution. by Denisa Maděránková, Lenka Mikalová, Michal Strouhal, Šimon Vadják, Ivana Kuklová, Petra Pospíšilová, Lenka Krbková, Pavlína Koščová, Ivo Provazník, David Šmajs

“…A set of 11 treponemal genome sequences including those of five Treponema pallidum ssp. pallidum (TPA) strains (Nichols, DAL-1, Mexico A, SS14, Chicago), four T. p. ssp. pertenue (TPE) strains (CDC-2, Gauthier, Samoa D, Fribourg-Blanc), one T. p. ssp. endemicum (TEN) strain (Bosnia A) and one strain (Cuniculi A) of Treponema paraluisleporidarum ecovar Cuniculus (TPeC) were tested for the presence of positively selected genes.…”
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A modelling study of tropospheric distributions of the trace gases CFCl₃ and CH₃CCl₃ in the 1980s by K.-Y. Wang, K.-Y. Wang, D. E. Shallcross, D. E. Shallcross

“…Analysis of the modelling data at two tropical stations, Barbados (13^°N, 59^°W) and Samoa (14^°S, 124^°W), show the close relationship between inter-hemispheric transport and cross-equator Hadley circulations. …”
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From basalt to biosphere: Early non-vent community succession on the erupting Vailulu’u deep seamount by Santiago Herrera, William W. Chadwick, Matthew G. Jackson, Jasper Konter, Luke McCartin, Nicole Pittoors, Emily Bushta, Susan G. Merle

“…Here, we document the early stages of ecological succession of non-vent benthic communities inhabiting the summit caldera of the active Vailulu’u submarine volcano in American Samoa. Sitting above the Samoan volcanic hotspot, Vailulu’u is the youngest volcano of the Samoan chain. …”
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The Diplommatinidae of Fiji – a hotspot of Pacific land snail biodiversity (Caenogastropoda, Cyclophoroidea) by Eike Neubert, Philippe Bouchet

“…Such numbers approach the diplommatinid diversity of Palau (39 described and more than 60 undescribed species), and surpasses by far the diversity of other South Pacific archipelagos of comparable land area (New Caledonia, Vanuatu, Samoa). Nomenclatural acts: Lectotypes designated: Diplommatina fuscula, D. fuscula var. vitiana, D. godeffroyana, D. godeffroyana var. latecostata, D. tuberosa, D. martensi var. macrostoma, all Mousson, 1870. …”
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Worldwide trends in diabetes since 1980: a pooled analysis of 751 population-based studies with 4·4 million participants by NCD Risk Factor Collaboration, (NCD-RisC)

“…By contrast, age-standardised adult prevalence rose by 15 percentage points in men and women in Polynesia and Micronesia. In 2014, American Samoa had the highest national prevalence of diabetes (>30% in both sexes), with age-standardised adult prevalence also higher than 25% in some other islands in Polynesia and Micronesia. …”

Mitochondrial genetic diversity, selection and recombination in a canine transmissible cancer by Andrea Strakova, Máire Ní Leathlobhair, Guo-Dong Wang, Ting-Ting Yin, Ilona Airikkala-Otter, Janice L Allen, Karen M Allum, Leontine Bansse-Issa, Jocelyn L Bisson, Artemio Castillo Domracheva, Karina F de Castro, Anne M Corrigan, Hugh R Cran, Jane T Crawford, Stephen M Cutter, Laura Delgadillo Keenan, Edward M Donelan, Ibikunle A Faramade, Erika Flores Reynoso, Eleni Fotopoulou, Skye N Fruean, Fanny Gallardo-Arrieta, Olga Glebova, Rodrigo F Häfelin Manrique, Joaquim JGP Henriques, Natalia Ignatenko, Debbie Koenig, Marta Lanza-Perea, Remo Lobetti, Adriana M Lopez Quintana, Thibault Losfelt, Gabriele Marino, Inigo Martincorena, Simón Martínez Castañeda, Mayra F Martínez-López, Michael Meyer, Berna Nakanwagi, Andrigo B De Nardi, Winifred Neunzig, Sally J Nixon, Marsden M Onsare, Antonio Ortega-Pacheco, Maria C Peleteiro, Ruth J Pye, John F Reece, Jose Rojas Gutierrez, Haleema Sadia, Sheila K Schmeling, Olga Shamanova, Richard K Ssuna, Audrey E Steenland-Smit, Alla Svitich, Ismail Thoya Ngoka, Bogdan A Vițălaru, Anna P de Vos, Johan P de Vos, Oliver Walkinton, David C Wedge, Alvaro S Wehrle-Martinez, Mirjam G van der Wel, Sophie AE Widdowson, Elizabeth P Murchison

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Distributions of the Pelagic Holothurian Pelagothuria in the Central Pacific Ocean as Observed by Remotely-Operated Vehicle Surveys by Gina M. Selig, Gina M. Selig, Amanda N. Netburn, Mashkoor Malik

“…During the spring 2017 NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer Mountains in the Deep Expedition, scientists onboard the ship and participating through telepresence noted seeing an exceptional number of Pelagothuria during ROV dives conducted at sites along a transit from Pago Pago, American Samoa to Honolulu, Hawaii. Video from all dives was later reviewed using the video replay and annotation tool SeaTube and Pelagothuria were seen at 9 of the 12 ROV dive sites explored. …”
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Predictors of COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy: Socio-Demographics, Co-Morbidity, and Past Experience of Racial Discrimination by Elena Savoia, Rachael Piltch-Loeb, Beth Goldberg, Cynthia Miller-Idriss, Brian Hughes, Alberto Montrond, Juliette Kayyem, Marcia A. Testa

“…Responses were received from 2650 individuals (response rate 84%) from all 50 states and Puerto Rico, American Samoa, and Guam. The five most represented states were California (13%), New York (10%), Texas (7%), Florida (6%), and Pennsylvania (4%). …”
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Emerging burdens of adolescent psychosocial health problems: a population-based study of 202 040 adolescents from 68 countries by Md Ashfikur Rahman, Satyajit Kundu, Enryka Christopher, Bright Opoku Ahinkorah, Joshua Okyere, Riaz Uddin, Rashidul Alam Mahumud

“…Results Our sample totalled 202 040 adolescents aged 11–17 years (mean age 14.6 [s.d. 1.18] years), composed of 95 589 (47.31%) boys and 104 191 (51.57%) girls (2260 (1.12%) missing answers). Samoa had the highest mean number of psychosocial health problems (mean 2.64 [s.d. 1.41]), and Niue had the lowest (mean 0.33 [s.d. 0.72]). …”
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Diet and Acanthosis Nigricans over a Two-Year Period in Children of the Pacific Region by Douglas Taren, Halimatou Alaofè, Ashley B. Yamanaka, Patricia Coleman, Travis Fleming, Tanisha Aflague, Leslie Shallcross, Lynne Wilkens, Rachel Novotny

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