Postcolonial control of Fiji soccer and the return of subjugated knowledges: From the 1970s to the 2010s by Kieran E. James, Henry D. Tuidraki, Sheikh Ali Tanzil

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Divergent mortality trends by ethnicity in Fiji by Richard Taylor, Karen Carter, Shivnay Naidu, Christine Linhart, Syed Azim, Chalapati Rao, Alan D. Lopez

“…Results: Over 1975–2008: IMR decreased from 33 to 20 deaths/1,000 live births in i‐Taukei (Fiji Melanesians); and 38 to 18 in Fijians of Indian descent. …”
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Venereal diseases, military and women in colonial Fiji (1930s-1940s) by Mumtaz Alam, Nii-K Plange

“…The current literature on the history of medicine in relation to the growth and implications of VD in Fiji needs to be studied more. Therefore, the analysis investigated how imperial VD, legislation in Fiji, and the loss of allied acts passed. …”
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Land Use Change and Prediction for Valuating Carbon Sequestration in Viti Levu Island, Fiji by Ram Avtar, Apisai Vakacegu Rinamalo, Deha Agus Umarhadi, Ankita Gupta, Khaled Mohamed Khedher, Ali P. Yunus, Bhupendra P. Singh, Pankaj Kumar, Netrananda Sahu, Anjar Dimara Sakti

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The case for improving road safety in Pacific Islands: a population‐based study from Fiji (TRIP 6) by Josephine Herman, Shanthi Ameratunga, Iris Wainiqolo, Berlin Kafoa, Eddie McCaig, Rod Jackson

“…Abstract Objective : To estimate the incidence and demographic characteristics associated with road traffic injuries (RTIs) resulting in deaths or hospital admission for 12 hours or more in Viti Levu, Fiji. Methods : Analysis of the prospective population‐based Fiji Injury Surveillance in Hospitals database (October 2005 – September 2006). …”
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Indian indenture: History and historiography in a nutshell by Brij V. Lal

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LC–MS/MS Analysis of Ciguatoxins Revealing the Regional and Species Distinction of Fish in the Tropical Western Pacific by Naomasa Oshiro, Takumi Tomikawa, Kyoko Kuniyoshi, Akira Ishikawa, Hajime Toyofuku, Takashi Kojima, Hiroshi Asakura

“…It is endemic to the tropical region and occurs most commonly in the regions around the Pacific Ocean, Indian Ocean, and Caribbean Sea. The principal toxins causing CFP are ciguatoxins (CTXs). …”
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Changing dynamics and travel evading: a case of Indian tourists amidst the COVID 19 pandemic by Vikas Gupta, Ignatius Cahyanto, Manohar Sajnani, Chetan Shah

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A new record of a garden eel, Heteroconger tomberua (Actinopterygii: Anguilliformes: Congridae), from the Indian Ocean by S. Biswas, S.S. Mishra, K.K. Satpathy, N.P.I. Das, M. Selvanayagam, L. Nayak

“…Previously, H. tomberua was recorded in Fiji, Pacific Ocean. The presently reported record greatly extends the fish range to the Indian Ocean and constitutes a new addition to the ichthyofauna of India. …”
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Age and Gender Specific Effect of Lip Form on Maxillary and Mandibular Incisal Display with Lips at Rest in Elderly Indian Population: A Cross-sectional Study by Renu Kundu, Dipti S Shah

“…Its correlation with lip form and the effect of age and gender has not been studied in elderly Indian population. Dental photography has been given a great importance in prosthodontics and the study of various aesthetic parameters on digitalised photographs can act as additional diagnostic tool. …”
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TLFS23 Tamil language fingerspelling dataset by Bavesh Ram S, Chirranjeavi M, Aaruran S, Gokulraj VA, Binoy B Nair, Harikumar M．E

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What’s in a Demonym? A Note on a New and Uplifting Ethnonym by Jan Tent

“…A significant proportion of Fiji’s population are descendants of indentured laborers from the Indian subcontinent. …”
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Brij V. Lal & K.L. Gillion: The apprentice and the sorcerer by Doug Munro

“…The resulting thesis was a pathbreaking quantitative analysis of the 45,439 North Indians who went to Fiji as indentured labourers between 1879 and 1916 – centering on such variables as the places of origin, their age, gender, marital status, caste, and family circumstances. 1 The much-reduced monograph that derived from the thesis is a thoroughgoing statistical profile that has stood the test of time and been a model for subsequent work. 2 So we can thank Ken Gillion for his part in the ‘making’ of Brij Lal. …”
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University students’ perceptions of an ideal English teacher before and during the COVID-19 pandemic: A study by Sakul Kundra, Nakul Kundra, Awadhesh Kumar Shirotriya

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Status of female convicts under British colonial rule (Penal Settlement) in Andaman-India: An analysis by Biswas, Swapan Kumar

“…As it was a gateway of Indian subcontinent, protection and control of these islands from foreign powers was the utmost priority of British Authority.By setting up the Andaman Penal Settlement, a permanent colony of convicts, the Britishers tried to welcome the families of the convicts from mainland India.To invite wives of the convicts and later on transporting the female convicts to Andaman was a well planned imperial policy.British colonial aggrandizement policy compelled the ordinary Indians to migrate as workforce in the newly built colonies.Accordingly, the British authorities instrumented the policy to transport prisoners from Indian jails to Penang, Burma, Malacca , Ceylon, Burma, Mauritius, Surya Nam, South Africa, Fiji to support workforce to develop industrial activities and thus the economy.Colonial policy was very regressive, especially, the Penal colonies had mercilessly devalued the status of Indian women. …”
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Microbiomes of fish, sediment and seagrass suggest connectivity of coral reef microbial populations by Rosa León-Zayas, Molly McCargar, Joshua A. Drew, Jennifer F. Biddle

“…We investigated the potential connectivity between the microbiomes of sediments, seagrass blades and roots (Syringodium isoetifolium), and a seagrass-specialist parrotfish (C. spinidens) guts in reef areas of Fiji. We contrasted these with sediment samples from the Florida Keys, gut samples from surgeonfish (A. nigricauda, Acanthurinae sp. unknown, C. striatus), and ocean water microbiomes from the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans to test the robustness of our characterizations of microbiome environments. …”
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Exploring the Barriers to Physical Education Opportunities in India’s Schools: A Study of Parental Perceptions after the Unprecedented Performance at the Tokyo Olympics by Awadhesh Kumar Shirotriya, Lalit Sharma, Aaron Beighle

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Highly divergent isolates of chrysanthemum virus B and chrysanthemum virus R infecting chrysanthemum in Russia by Sergei N. Chirkov, Anna Sheveleva, Anastasiya Snezhkina, Anna Kudryavtseva, George Krasnov, Alexander Zakubanskiy, Irina Mitrofanova

“…The inferred major parent was the Indian isolate Uttar Pradesh (AM765837), and minor parent was unknown. …”
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Land use change detection in Solan Forest Division, Himachal Pradesh, India by Shipra Shah, DP Sharma

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Water properties and bottom water patterns in hadal trench environments by J. Kolbusz, J. Zika, C. Pattiaratchi, A. Jamieson

“…<p>We examine baseline water properties and bottom water patterns in hadal trench environments across the Southern Ocean, Indian Ocean, and western Pacific. Significant differences are identified in the South Fiji Basin and surrounding the Philippine Sea, primarily due to the movement of cold Lower Circumpolar Deep Water along topographic features, highlighting the importance of a trench's geospatial position. …”
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