Generational issues in linking family farming production, traditional food in diet, physical activity and obesity in Pacific Islands countries and territories: the case of the Mela... by Olivier Galy, Sonny Lameta, Marco Goldin, Stéphane Frayon, Alan Quartermain, Guillaume Wattelez, Paul Zongo, Séverine Bouard, Jean Marie Fotsing

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From rookeries to foraging grounds: understanding regional connectivity and genetic diversity in hawksbill turtles by Christine A. Madden Hof, Christine A. Madden Hof, Amelia A. Desbiens, Jeff Kinch, Nancy N. Fitzsimmons, Hayley Versace, Angelique Amon, Nathan McIntyre, Kathy A. Townsend, Michael P. Jensen, Michael P. Jensen, Michael P. Jensen

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BUILD EXITO: a multi-level intervention to support diversity in health-focused research by Dawn M. Richardson, Thomas E. Keller, De’ Sha S. Wolf, Adrienne Zell, Cynthia Morris, Carlos J. Crespo

“…Portland State University, a major public urban university that prioritizes student access and opportunity, and Oregon Health & Science University, a research-intensive academic health center, lead the EXITO network comprised of eleven 2-year and 4-year institutions of higher education spanning Oregon, Washington, Alaska, Hawaii, Guam, American Samoa, and the Northern Mariana Islands. The EXITO project aims for impact in biomedical research by training diverse scholars from indigenous and underserved communities affected by adverse health disparities. …”
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Recent Eruptions Between 2012 and 2018 Discovered at West Mata Submarine Volcano (NE Lau Basin, SW Pacific) and Characterized by New Ship, AUV, and ROV Data by William W. Chadwick, Kenneth H. Rubin, Susan G. Merle, Andra M. Bobbitt, Tom Kwasnitschka, Robert W. Embley

“…West Mata is a submarine volcano located in the SW Pacific Ocean between Fiji and Samoa in the NE Lau Basin. West Mata was discovered to be actively erupting at its summit in September 2008 and May 2009. …”
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Global, regional, and national prevalence of overweight and obesity in children and adults during 1980-2013: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013. by Ng, M, Fleming, T, Robinson, M, Thomson, B, Graetz, N, Margono, C, Mullany, E, Biryukov, S, Abbafati, C, Abera, S, Abraham, J, Abu-Rmeileh, N, Achoki, T, AlBuhairan, F, Alemu, Z, Alfonso, R, Ali, M, Ali, R, Guzman, N, Ammar, W, Anwari, P, Banerjee, A, Barquera, S, Basu, S, Bennett, D

“…In adults, estimated prevalence of obesity exceeded 50% in men in Tonga and in women in Kuwait, Kiribati, Federated States of Micronesia, Libya, Qatar, Tonga, and Samoa. Since 2006, the increase in adult obesity in developed countries has slowed down. …”

Global, regional, and national prevalence of overweight and obesity in children and adults during 1980-2013: A systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013 by Ng, M, Fleming, T, Robinson, M, Thomson, B, Graetz, N, Margono, C, Mullany, E, Biryukov, S, Abbafati, C, Abera, S, Abraham, J, Abu-Rmeileh, N, Achoki, T, Albuhairan, F, Alemu, Z, Alfonso, R, Ali, M, Ali, R, Guzman, N, Ammar, W, Anwari, P, Banerjee, A, Barquera, S, Basu, S, Bennett, D

“…In adults, estimated prevalence of obesity exceeded 50% in men in Tonga and in women in Kuwait, Kiribati, Federated States of Micronesia, Libya, Qatar, Tonga, and Samoa. Since 2006, the increase in adult obesity in developed countries has slowed down. …”

Population genetic structure and mixed stock analysis of the green sea turtle, Chelonia mydas, reveal reproductive isolation in French Polynesia by Violaine Dolfo, Cécile Gaspar, Jérôme Bourjea, Miri Tatarata, Serge Planes, Serge Planes, Emilie Boissin, Emilie Boissin

“…Island groups (Windward Islands, Leeward Islands, Tuamotu) were genetically different from all other identified Pacific management units, with a weak differentiation between American Samoa and Leeward Islands. A mixed-stock analysis for the French Polynesian mixture revealed an exclusive contribution from the French Polynesian rookeries, with negligible input from the other Pacific populations. …”
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Indigenous knowledge around the ethics of human research from the Oceania region: A scoping literature review by Etivina Lovo, Lynn Woodward, Sarah Larkins, Robyn Preston, Unaisi Nabobo Baba

“…The literature was from Australia, Cook Islands, Guam, New Zealand, Fiji, Samoa, Tonga and Vanuatu, some of which focused specifically on HREs in the Pacific Region. …”
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Emergency care status, priorities and standards for the Pacific region: A multiphase survey and consensus process across 17 different Pacific Island Countries and Territories by Georgina Phillips, Anne Creaton, Pai Airdhill-Enosa, Patrick Toito'ona, Berlin Kafoa, Gerard O'Reilly, Peter Cameron

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Open Science for Accelerating the Sustainable Development Goals: Status and Prospects in Asia and the Pacific by Jeff Camkin, Jeff Camkin, Susana Neto, Susana Neto, Basundhara Bhattarai, Hemant Ojha, Shahbaz Khan, Ai Sugiura, Jiaying Lin, Fitrie Atviana Nurritasari, Joseph Muiruri Karanja

“…Focused on Malaysia, Republic of Korea, Pakistan, Samoa and Uzbekistan, the study showed that while there are many examples of good practice in aspects of open science, none of the focus countries currently has in place all the policies, infrastructure, awareness and capacity building needed. …”
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A Socio-Ecological Framework for Cancer Control in the Pacific: A Community Case Study of the US Affiliated Pacific Island Jurisdictions 1997–2017 by Neal A. Palafox, Martina Reichhardt, John Ray Taitano, Mavis Nitta, Helentina Garstang, Sheldon Riklon, Livinson Taulung, Lee E. Buenconsejo-Lum

“…The United States Affiliated Pacific Island Jurisdictions (USAPIJ) are politically associated to the United States (US) as US Territories (Guam, American Samoa), a US Commonwealth (Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands), and as sovereign nations linked to the US through Compacts of Free Association [Federated States of Micronesia (FSM), Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI), Republic of Palau (ROP)]. …”
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Regional Variation in Kemp’s Ridley Sea Turtle Diet Composition and Its Potential Relationship With Somatic Growth by Matthew D. Ramirez, Larisa Avens, Lisa R. Goshe, Melissa L. Snover, Melissa Cook, Selina S. Heppell

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Resident Perceptions of Ecosystem Services Provided by U.S. Coral Reefs: Highlights from the First Cycle of the National Coral Reef Monitoring Program’s Socioeconomic Survey by Mary E. Allen, Chloe S. Fleming, Sarah B. Gonyo, Erica K. Towle, Maria K. Dillard, Arielle Levine, Matt Gorstein, Jarrod Loerzel, Seann D. Regan, Ben M. Zito, Peter E. T. Edwards

“…This paper explores results from the NCRMP’s first socioeconomic monitoring cycle using an ecosystem services framework and examines how these results can be used to improve coral reef management in the following U.S. coral reef jurisdictions: American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Florida, Guam, Hawai’i, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. …”
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Cumulative trophic curves elucidate tropical coral reef ecosystems by Jason S. Link, Fabio Pranovi, Matteo Zucchetta, Tye L. Kindinger, Adel Heenan, Adel Heenan, Kisei R. Tanaka

“…Pacific islands (Guam and the Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands, American Samoa, the Pacific Remote Islands Areas, and the Northwestern and Main Hawaiian Islands), using data collected from fish surveys. …”
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Recruitment Strategies and Lessons Learned from the Children’s Healthy Living Program Prevalence Survey by Julianne M. Power, Travis Fleming, Emihner Johnson, Daisy Gilmatam, Moria Shomour, Cecilia Sigrah, Mark Acosta, Marie K. Fialkowski, Ashley Yamanaka, Kathryn L. Braun, Jean Butel, Reynolette Ettienne, Katalina McGlone, Shelley Remengesau, Claudio Nigg, Rachel Novotny, Lynne R. Wilkens, Tayna Belyeu-Camacho

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The South Pacific in the works of Robert Dean Frisbie by Nataša Potočnik

“…Later on they lived on Rarotonga and Samoa where Frisbie was medically treated. Robert Dean Frisbie died of tetanus in Rarotonga on November 18, 1948. …”
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Die ganzheitliche Evangelisierungsmethode der katholischen Mission und ihr Beitrag zur Landesentwicklung in Papua Neuguinea by Paul B. Steffen

“…Up to 1904 the young mission was under the guidance of the Apostolic Vicar from Samoa, Bishop Pierre-Jean Broyer SM. Only then they got their own resident Apostolic Prefect, the Frenchman and Marist priest Fr. …”
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Measuring early child development in low and middle income countries: Investigating the validity of the early Human Capability Index by Alanna Sincovich, Tess Gregory, Cristian Zanon, Daniel D. Santos, John Lynch, Sally A. Brinkman

“…Analyses were repeated using data from seven low and middle income countries: Brazil (n = 1810), China (n = 11421), Kiribati (n = 8339), Lao PDR (n = 7493), Samoa (n = 12191), Tonga (n = 6214), and Tuvalu (n = 549). …”
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CFC-11, CFC-12 and HCFC-22 ground-based remote sensing FTIR measurements at Réunion Island and comparisons with MIPAS/ENVISAT data by M. Zhou, M. Zhou, M. Zhou, C. Vigouroux, B. Langerock, P. Wang, G. Dutton, C. Hermans, N. Kumps, J.-M. Metzger, G. Toon, M. De Mazière

“…These measurements are consistent with the trends observed by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Global Monitoring Division's (GMD) Halocarbons & other Atmospheric Trace Species Group (HATS) measurements at Samoa (14.2° S, 170.5° W) for CFC-11 (−0.87 ± 0.04 % year⁻¹), but slightly weaker for HCFC-22 (3.46 ± 0.05 %) year⁻¹ and stronger for CFC-12 (−0.60 ± 0.02 % year⁻¹).…”
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Modelling N₂ fixation related to <i>Trichodesmium</i> sp.: driving processes and impacts on primary production in the tropical Pacific Ocean by C. Dutheil, C. Dutheil, O. Aumont, T. Gorguès, A. Lorrain, S. Bonnet, M. Rodier, C. Dupouy, C. Dupouy, T. Shiozaki, C. Menkes, C. Menkes

“…The local simulated maximuma were found around islands (Hawaii, Fiji, Samoa, New Caledonia, Vanuatu). We assessed that 15&thinsp;% of the total primary production may be due to <i>Trichodesmium</i> in the low-nutrient low-chlorophyll regions (LNLC) of the tropical Pacific. …”
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