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Showing 1 to 20 of 59 for “"PNG"”.
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Investigating National Curriculum Implementation in Papua New Guinea (PNG)
There is a national concern in Papua New Guinea (PNG) about re-construction of social systems because the education offered was irrelevant to the needs of the PNG society. The Government of PNG reformed its national education system and developed and implemented a new national curriculum for human …
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The epidemiology of melioidosis in Papua New Guinea
… has only been sporadically reported in PNG and its contribution to the disease burden of Papua New Guineans has been questioned. The rural district of Balimo, located within the Aramia flood plain of the Western province, was chosen to test the hypothesis that melioidosis is under …
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Developing Pre-service Teacher Education in Environmental Education for Sustainability in Papua New Guinea
Government policies in Papua New Guinea (PNG) identify the need for environmental education for sustainability (EEfS) to respond to environmental and sustainability issues faced within the country. However, little has been achieved to develop EEfS in pre-service teacher education. This doctoral …
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Subsistence food production and marketing in Papua New Guinea : a research paper presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master in Philosophy in Development Studies at Massey University
… countries, which includes Papua New Guinea (PNG), subsistence agriculture dominates despite the tremendous advances in agricultural technology elsewhere, especially in Developed Countries, in the course of the twentieth century. The characteristic feature of these subsistence farms is low …
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Stochastic Surface Growth
… solvable growth model (polynuclear growth - PNG) on a one-dimensional substrate (1+1 dimensional) we confirm the known scaling exponents and identify for the first time the limiting distributions of height fluctuations for different initial conditions (droplet, flat, stationary). …
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Encountering 'Sainaman': Friction at a Papua New Guinea Mining Contact Zone
… located, in Madang Province of Papua New Guinea (PNG). To date, the Ramu mine is not only China's largest investment in the Pacific, but also PNG's first mining project that is majority-run by a Chinese state-owned enterprise (SOE). Before the Ramu Nickel Cobalt Project's development and …
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Encountering 'Sainaman': Friction at a Papua New Guinea Mining Contact Zone
… located, in Madang Province of Papua New Guinea (PNG). To date, the Ramu mine is not only China's largest investment in the Pacific, but also PNG's first mining project that is majority-run by a Chinese state-owned enterprise (SOE). Before the Ramu Nickel Cobalt Project's development and …
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A novel: Bloodlines and exegesis: In the blood: mothering and othering
… She flees to an island in Papua New Guinea (PNG), staying with her dad’s cousin who runs a mission school, and is quickly immersed in island life in all its wonder, beauty and brutality. Friendships with local women, unexpected romance and a malaria scare conspire to make Beth confront the …
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Social Stratification, Cultural Identities, and Politics of Leadership: The Consolidation of a National Culture at a Papua New Guinean University
… and staff at a university in Papua New Guinea (PNG) experience processes of social stratification and differentiation. In particular, I describe and analyse how students and staff reflect on and enact reciprocal obligations to their kin, how different cultural identities are forged and …
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Demand for Excess Reserves by Commercial Banks in Papua New Guinea
… excess reserves issue in the banking system of PNG. The accumulation of excess reserves may have undesirable implications on the financial system, macroeconomic stability and monetary policy implementation. Hence, Chapter 2 examines the factors that induce commercial banks to hold unremunerated …
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Demand for Excess Reserves by Commercial Banks in Papua New Guinea
… excess reserves issue in the banking system of PNG. The accumulation of excess reserves may have undesirable implications on the financial system, macroeconomic stability and monetary policy implementation. Hence, Chapter 2 examines the factors that induce commercial banks to hold unremunerated …
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The economics of social subordination : gender relations and market failure in the highlands of Papua New Guinea
… of women in the Highlands of Papua New Guinea (PNG). It is argued that the development impasse in PNG, noted by a number of observers, has its principle antecedents in the extreme economic and social discrimination facing women. Gender based discrimination occurs within the context of dualistic …
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Genomic insights into the human population history of Australia and New Guinea
… and the highlands of Papua New Guinea (PNG) have remained unaffected by non-New Guinean gene flow until the present day. Despite Sahul being a single connected landmass until ∼8 kya, different groups across Australia are nearly equally related to Papuans, and vice versa, and the two …
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Livelihood and land-use choices of Papua New Guinean landowners, and implications for decisions relevant to commercial tree growing
… enabled development of a conceptual model, the 'PNG Landowner Decision Environment'. This model was used to assess landowners' attitudes and behaviour relevant to the use of household assets, engagement in subsistence and cash-income generating activities, patterns of exchanges and consumption, …
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Livelihood and land-use choices of Papua New Guinean landowners, and implications for decisions relevant to commercial tree growing
… enabled development of a conceptual model, the 'PNG Landowner Decision Environment'. This model was used to assess landowners' attitudes and behaviour relevant to the use of household assets, engagement in subsistence and cash-income generating activities, patterns of exchanges and consumption, …
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Subconcussive blows in high school football : putting young brains at risk
… University formed the Purdue Neurotrauma Group (PNG), and set out to study concussions in high school football. They set up a study that combined helmet sensors with fMRI brain scans and cognitive testing, hoping to figure out what happens when a player gets a concussion on the field. Instead, …
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Following Buai : the highlands betel nut trade, Papua New Guinea
… nut into the highlands of Papua New Guinea (PNG), and examines the daily lives and interactions of the diverse collection of participants involved in the trade - the 'betel people' - and how they have contributed to the making of a flourishing, contemporary and indigenous market. Betel nut is …
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Following Buai : the highlands betel nut trade, Papua New Guinea
… nut into the highlands of Papua New Guinea (PNG), and examines the daily lives and interactions of the diverse collection of participants involved in the trade - the 'betel people' - and how they have contributed to the making of a flourishing, contemporary and indigenous market. Betel nut is …
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Vehicle Inertia Impact on Fuel Consumption of Conventional and Hybrid Electric Vehicles Using Acceleration and Coast Driving Strategy
… In this study, the "pulse and glide" (PnG) method is first applied to a conventional vehicle to quantify the fuel consumption benefits when compared to steady speed conditions over the same distance. After that, an HEV is used as well to investigate if a hybrid system can further reduce …
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