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Showing 1 to 6 of 6 for “"Remote Islands"”.
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The historical archaeology of settlement at Pitcairn Island 1790-1856
… divided group of settlers on one of the most remote islands in the Pacific, and for the first 18 years of its existence it remained totally separated from outside contact. The successful establishment of a settlement in such circumstances is remarkable and this thesis focuses on the process of …
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Bias Reduction in Machine Learning Classifiers for Spatiotemporal Analysis of Coral Reefs using Remote Sensing Images
… as applied to the detection of coral reefs using remote sensing images. Three scientific studies have been conducted as part of this research: 1) Evaluation of Spatial Generalization Characteristics of a Robust Classifier as Applied to Coral Reef Habitats in Remote Islands of the Pacific Ocean 2) …
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Assessing the effects of anticoagulant rodenticides on non-target fish species
… endemic species. The eradication of rodents on islands can leads to restoration of native ecosystems. Anticoagulant rodenticides (ARs) have been an effective tool for rat eradication on many oceanic island systems (Wilmer et al 2007). The Hawaiian Islands, USA have used first generation AR, …
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Improving Maternal Health Care Accessibility and Utilization in Remote and Island Communities: An Explorative Study in Ghana
… rate threshold, particularly affecting women in remote and hard-to-reach areas. Geographic isolation, financial constraints, and inadequate infrastructure significantly impede access to essential maternal health services, impacting the health of women and newborns in Ghana’s remote and island …
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Surveyance of the marine environment for beached plastic debris using a novel, hyperspectral shortwave infrared camera on an uncrewed aerial vehicle (UAV)
… ecosystems, including<br/>rivers, urban beaches, remote islands, the deep sea, soils, mountains, and very small<br/>pieces (microplastics) have even been detected in the air. Such pervasive plastic debris is<br/>a deadly and common threat to wildlife due to ingestion and entanglement. Large …
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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 …