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Showing 1 to 9 of 9 for “"Mariana Islands"”.
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Total Resource Sharing among Collegiate and Public Libraries in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands: A Narrative Case Study
… on the island of Saipan and the two major outer islands of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI). These efforts entailed total resource sharing across the collegiate and public libraries on these islands. Total resource sharing among the collegiate and public libraries in the …
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Ecology and conservation of the Såli (Micronesian Starling, Aplonis opaca) in the presence of the invasive Brown Treesnake (Boiga irregularis) in Guam, Mariana Islands
The world's islands are of singular importance from a conservation perspective because they hold a disproportionate share of global biodiversity. However, island ecosystems are fragile, and the introduction of invasive species poses an especially grave threat to their species. My research took …
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Essential Principles of Contract and Sales Law in the Norhern Pacific: Federated States of Micronesia, the Republics of Palau and the Marshall Islands, and United States Territories and Political Entities
… the Republics of Palau and the Marshall Islands, Hawaii, Guam, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, American Samoa and in the Federated States of Micronesia. It then compares and contrast this regional substantive law to international standards governing contract and sales law. …
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Talking Story About Quitting Pugua - An Exploratory Study on Self-Driven Cessation of Betel Nut (Pugua) Chewing on Saipan
… chewing has strong cultural ties in the Pacific Islands and South and East Asia. Many believe it offers positive benefits like stimulating alertness, relaxation, and a way to manage stress. However, betel nut is a Group 1 carcinogen, and an estimated 43% of adults report chewing in the …
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Job Satisfaction, Leadership Styles, and Teaching Practices among CNMI Public Elementary School Teachers
… teachers in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. The study answered the following questions: (1) what is the level of job satisfaction among public elementary school teachers in the CNMI; (2) to what extent do CNMI teachers fall into the personal leadership style categories of …
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Surface Wave Derived Shear Velocity Structure of the Gamburtsev Subglacial Mountains, Transantarctic Mountains, and West Antarctica and Shallow Seismicity of the Mariana and Tonga Subduction Zones
… collected from ocean bottom seismometers in the Mariana Islands to investigate the implications of along-arc extension. Small earthquakes that go undetected by the large global seismic network are detected by a temporary ocean bottom seismic array. The locations and timing of this seismicity …
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Projected sea level rise and the conservation ecology of the Micronesian Megapode (Megapodius laperouse senex) in Palau, Micronesia
… use by the mound nesting megapode in the Rock Islands Southern Lagoon Conservation Area (RISL), where it almost exclusively uses low-lying littoral strand habitat for breeding. Megapodes preferentially selected sites that were 1) relatively close to shore, 2) contained large trees, and 3) …
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Habitat Relationships and Life History of the Rota Bridled White-eye (Zosterops rotensis)
The Rota bridled white-eye (Zosterops rotensis)(Aves, Passeriformes) has experienced a severe population decline and range restriction over the last four decades. Little is known about this species and factors involved in the decline and range restriction are unclear. This study examined the …
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Avian population responses to Anthropogenic landscape changes in Pohnpei, Federated Sates of Micronesia
Islands exhibit the planet�s most unique flora and fauna, but the diversity on islands is also vulnerable to impending forces of global change. Scattered across the Pacific Ocean >20,000 islands range from sandspits to large islands and support some of the most unique biotic assemblages. Shaped by …