« A good sign of climate change » : quand le rapport aux dynamiques environnementales conditionne la perception des effets du changement climatique. Le cas de Ma’uke et Manihiki (î... by David Glory

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Ecocinema in Pukapuka: Climate Change and Pacific Island Futures in Gemma Cubero del Barrio’s Our Atoll Speaks (2019) and The Island in Me (2021) by Gemma Blackwood

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Sex Work and the Problem of Resilience by Heather Worth, Karen McMillan, Hilary Gorman, Merita Tuari’i, Lauren Turner

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A comparison of mosquito sampling methods in six Pacific Island countries by Adam T. Craig, Amanda K. Murphy, Charlie Ave, Nelson Ngaiorae, Lesieli Maha, Filisi Tonga, Charles Butafa, Vineshwaran Rama, Fata Paulo, Tabomoa Tinte, Tessa B. Knox, Holly Jian, Geoff Fisher, Tanya L. Russell, Thomas R. Burkot

“…This study evaluated the performance and feasibility of three adult mosquito sampling methods—BG-Sentinel II (BGS) traps, BG Gravid Aedes Traps (GAT), and sweep netting (SWN)—in six Pacific countries: Cook Islands, Fiji, Kiribati, Samoa, Solomon Islands, and Tonga. …”
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Coral Skeletons Record Increasing Agriculture‐Related Groundwater Nitrogen Inputs to a South Pacific Reef Over the Past Century by Dirk V. Erler, Benjamin O. Shepherd, Braddock K. Linsley, Janice M. Lough, Neal E. Cantin

“…We propose that rapid agricultural development in the Cook Islands between 1960 and 1985 increased aquifer N concentrations leading to the elevated δ15N of groundwater NO3−. …”
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Framings of abortion in Pacific Island print media: qualitative analysis of articles, opinion pieces, and letters to the editor by Kate Burry, Kristen Beek, Heather Worth, Lisa Vallely, Bridget Haire

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Global disease burden of breast cancer attributable to high fasting plasma glucose: a comprehensive analysis from the global burden of disease study by Jing Zhang, Jiawei He, Yunyan Lu, Tian Lan

“…The highest ASMR and ASDR were observed in several countries, such as Palau, American Samoa, Cook Islands, Marshall Islands, and United Arab Emirates. …”
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Modelling the impact of large-scale hydroclimate change on prehistoric Polynesian island life by Charlotte V. Hipkiss, Justin Sheffield, Peter Langdon, David Sear

“…This study utilises palaeoclimatic data alongside a new system dynamics socio-ecological model to explore the relationship between climate, agricultural carrying capacity and population dynamics on the Polynesian island of Mangaia (Cook Islands) in the tropical South Pacific. Model results suggest that as the population density of the island increases, the impact of drought events on population dynamics increases. …”
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Global, regional, and national epidemiology of congenital birth defects in children from 1990 to 2021: a cross-sectional study by Yinyan Li, Chuan He, Haijie Yu, Di Wu, Li Liu, Xueyao Zhang

“…In 2021, Brunei Darussalam had the highest prevalence rate (2444.81 per 100,000), while Cook Islands had the lowest (1071.20 per 100,000). Conclusions Congenital birth defects in children remain a global challenge, with the overall rates decreasing but increasing in some regions, particularly in those with low socio-demographic indices. …”
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Painting the diversity of a world's favorite fruit: A next generation catalog of cultivated bananas by Julie Sardos, Alberto Cenci, Guillaume Martin, Catherine Breton, Valentin Guignon, Ines Van den Houwe, Yaleidis Mendez, Gabriel L. Sachter‐Smith, Rachel Chase, Max Ruas, Ronan Rivallan, Janet Paofa, William Wigmore, David Tilafono Hunter, Angélique D'Hont, Nabila Yahiaoui, Christophe Jenny, Xavier Perrier, Nicolas Roux, Mathieu Rouard

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A practical and efficient model for benthic habitat parameters retrieval in optically shallow waters from four-band multispectral imagery by Yunhan Ma, Tong Han, Enze Wang, Zhongping Lee, Surendra Prasad, Gandercillar Wainiqolo Vosaki, Wenting Cao, Dongling Li, Juan Wang, Xiulin Lou, Huaguo Zhang

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