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Showing 1 to 20 of 46 for “"Samoa"”.
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Family Leisure Involvement and Family Functioning in Samoa
… functioning (adaptability and cohesion) among Samoan families residing on American Samoa, and (b) to compare the Samoan data to a broad sample of American families to provide a cross-cultural comparison. The sample consisted of 340 adult participants. The Family Leisure Activity Profile (FLAP) …
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Aspects of change in Western Samoa 1962-1974
… used is a collection of records about Western Samoa in the period 1962-74, the first years of Independence. From this data base various studies are made, varying in focus between economic, geographic, demographic and anthropological subjects. Eight such studies form the basis of Part I. Part II …
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Aspects of change in Western Samoa 1962-1974
… used is a collection of records about Western Samoa in the period 1962-74, the first years of Independence. From this data base various studies are made, varying in focus between economic, geographic, demographic and anthropological subjects. Eight such studies form the basis of Part I. Part II …
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Trying Times: Disability, Activism, and Education in Samoa, 1970-1980
<p>In the 1970s and 1980s, Samoan women organizers established Aoga Fiamalamalama and Loto Taumafai, which were educational institutions in Samoa, an island in the Pacific. Establishing these schools for students with intellectual and physical disabilities, excluded from attending formal schools …
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Dynamics of Agricultural Development in Prehistoric Samoa: The Case of Ofu Island
… been described as processes of intensification. Samoan agricultural systems, however, are vastly under researched archaeologically, creating a serious gap in archaeological knowledge of the archipelago. Land use practices in the archipelago are often thought to have been non-intensive, and the …
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Performing the Self: Character Agency and Impression Management within the Narrative of Survivor: Samoa
… analysis of the television show Survivor: Samoa to demonstrate that the unscripted characters of the program and shows like it have agency within the narrative. In addition to the 19th season of the Survivor series, the sample also included Jeff Probst's (host and executive producer of the …
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Roles and responsibilities of chiefs in the village council of chiefs within a village in American Samoa
… culture structure of one village in American Samoa. To provide an understanding of the Council of Chiefs cultural system in this village in American Samoa, the study examined and described Samoan chiefs' duties and responsibilities within the culture; considered how the Council of Chiefs …
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Breath hydrogen studies of lactose malabsorption in children resident in New Zealand, Cook Islands and Western Samoa
… in Europeans at Auckland and Rarotonga, and in Samoans at two locations in Auckland and two locations in Western Samoa. The prevalence of LM in Europeans was significantly (p<0.01) higher at Rarotonga than at Auckland. For Samoans, the prevalence of LM was significantly (p<0.01) higher in …
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Stakeholder perspectives on the giant African land snail and its spread in Samoa : a dissertation submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the Degree of Master of Applied Science in International Rural Development, Lincoln University
… The snail was first reported from Upolu Island, Samoa in 1993 and since then has had devastating impacts on agriculture. There are many books and scientific articles about the Giant African Snail available internationally on the snail's use and adverse impacts. However, the information comes from …
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International politics and construction of climate security by small island developing states: Maldives and Samoa form broader meanings of security
… security by SIDS - using the Maldives' and Samoa's experience - and to explain the domestic narratives driving these countries' national and foreign policy on climate change as a security issue. This thesis asserts that domestic construction helps to make better sense of why SIDS' claim for …
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The Laei Samoa Framework: Exploring the Long-Term Impacts of Samoan Bilingual/Immersion Education on the lives of Samoan Graduates
This research investigates the impact of Samoan Bilingual/Immersion Education (SBIE) on graduates’ lives, and its effect on their wellbeing and career trajectories. Despite its status as the third most spoken language in Aotearoa NZ, there is a dearth of research on the outcomes and experiences of …
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Toe Laumeanuti o le Fa'aaloalo i Agatausili a Samoa i Atualuluga = Notions of respect and politeness in a Transnational Community
O agatausili a Sāmoa e fa’amemelo loto ma manatu ona o le fa’avae o tū ma aga a Sāmoa o le fa’aaloalo. O le ‘ava o le feiloa’iga o le aganu’u sili ona tāua e fa’atino ai le fa’aaloalo a Sāmoa. O le Saofa’iga a matai o le nu’u talimālō ua atagia ai lo latou fa’aaloalo i a latou mālō asiasi atu i …
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Dismantling the deep earth : geochemical constraints from hotspot lavas for the origin and lengthscales of mantle heterogeneity
… melt inclusions. Melt inclusions in just two Samoan basalt hand samples exhibit most of the total Sr-isotope variability observed in Samoan lavas. Chapter 3 deals with the largest possible scales of mantle heterogeneity, and presents the highest magmatic 3He/4He (33.8 times atmospheric) …
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Dismantling the deep earth : geochemical constraints from hotspot lavas for the origin and lengthscales of mantle heterogeneity
… melt inclusions. Melt inclusions in just two Samoan basalt hand samples exhibit most of the total Sr-isotope variability observed in Samoan lavas. Chapter 3 deals with the largest possible scales of mantle heterogeneity, and presents the highest magmatic 3He/4He (33.8 times atmospheric) …
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A Compilation of Songs of Polynesia for Use in the Teaching of Music to Elementary School Students
… has played in the Polynesian cultures of Hawaii, Samoa, Tahiti, Tonga, and New Zealand, (2) to present in written form heretofore unpublished children's songs and dances from the five principal cultures of Polynesia, and (3) to provide explanatory material on the use of these songs.
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