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Showing 1 to 15 of 15 for “"Cook Islands"”.
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Scoping micro-level environmental indicators for application in the Cook Islands
… environmental indicators for application in the Cook Islands to ensure the sustainable development of projects and activities. The scoping of micro-level environmental indicators specific to the Cook Islands is influenced by the need to identify and manage environmental impacts that are relevant, …
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Feasts of Change: Food and History in the Cook Islands, 1825-1975
… role of food in the history of the Cook Islands between 1825 and 1975. Food had long been fundamental in the Cook Islands in matters of economy, community, and status, and quickly became a crucial component of cultural contact with Westerners. Decisions about food were often at the …
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Breath hydrogen studies of lactose malabsorption in children resident in New Zealand, Cook Islands and Western Samoa
… designed and constructed for use in the Pacific Islands is described. Following verification on known malabsorber and. normal subjects, the technique was used to determine the prevalence of LM in Europeans at Auckland and Rarotonga, and in Samoans at two locations in Auckland and two locations in …
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The epidemiology of cardiovascular disease among Pacific peoples in Aotearoa New Zealand
… whom 56,781 were Samoan, 21,654 Tongan, 21,780 Cook Islands Māori, 8,346 Tagata Niue, 2,502 Tokelauan, 6,138 Fijian and 4,347 Other Pacific). Almost two thirds of Pacific peoples (65.7%) in the study cohort were born overseas, ranging from 45.3% (Cook Islands Māori) to 82.7% (Fijian). …
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Investing in our young people: Akaupokotuanga i ta tatou mapu no te au tuatau ki mua
… young people in the Pacific, including in the Cook Islands where this thesis is based. The aim of this study is to address concerns about young people by developing a health promotion model in a Cook Islands context for young people in the Vaka Takitumu, a specific district of Rarotonga, and to …
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A Transnational Syndemic: Cook Islanders and their experiences of TB and diabetes
… transnationalism has upon the health of Cook Islanders. Central to this enquiry is the relationship between Cook Islanders’ population mobility and the unequal burden of diseases such as TB and type 2 diabetes. The research explores the contextual and mechanistic impact transnationalism …
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Characterisation and detection of viruses (Cucumovirus, Potyvirus) infecting vanilla in Réunion Island and Polynesian Islands
… for Vanilla mosaic virus (VanMV, Potyvirus). A Cook Islands isolate (VanMV-CI) and a French Polynesia isolate (VanMV-FP) had distinctly different coat proteins. The VanMV-FP CP N-terminus contained a stretch of amino-acid repeats (GTN) typical of natively unfolded proteins. This GTN stretch was …
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Growing with the flow: Investigating nature-based approaches to mitigate flooding in the Pacific Islands
… particularly at catchment scale. Many Pacific Islands are vulnerable to flooding, exacerbated by changes in land cover and population increase, and sea level rise. Currently, there is a limited body of work on the role and diversity of NbS in reducing fluvial and pluvial flooding in tropical …
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Sovereignty, Law, and Capital in the Age of Globalization
… in the South Pacific region, focusing on Cook Islanders in the Cook Islands, New Zealand, and Australia. Methods included participant observation, legal and documentary research, as well as informal and semi-structured interviews.</p>
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Evaluating mantle and crustal processes using isotope geochemistry
… HIMU, EMl and EMIl (two from Mangaia, Cook Islands, one from Pitcairn, Gambier chain, and one from Tahaa, Society chain), have heterogeneous Pb isotopic compositions, even though the erupted lavas are isotopically homogeneous. The range of Pb isotopic compositions from individual melt …