Tahiti and its islands: a downturn in nuptial tourism? by Caroline Blondy

“…In the middle of the South Pacific, French Polynesia is one of the emblematic and archetypal locations for tropical island tourism. …”
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An Indian perspective on One Health prescriptions by Madhuri Ramesh, Sheetal Patil, Adithya Pradyumna

“… This commentary offers a critical engagement with the Environment–Health Nexus Policy Guide released by the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) and the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) in 2022–23. …”
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Structural Theory and Classification of 2D Adinkras by Kevin Iga, Yan X. Zhang

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Forest Fire Research: The Latest Advances Tools for Understanding and Managing Wildland Fire by Paul-Antoine Santoni, Andrew Sullivan, Dominique Morvan, William E. Mell

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EULER CHARACTERISTIC OF TANGO BUNDLES by Hong Cong Nguyen, Tuan Hiep Dang, Thi Mai Van Nguyen

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New Zealand policy experts’ appraisal of interventions to reduce smoking in young adults: a qualitative investigation by Janet Hoek, Heather Gifford, Jude Ball, El Shadan Tautolo

“…Objectives Reducing smoking in young adults, particularly young Māori and Pacific, is vital for reducing tobacco harm and health inequalities in New Zealand (NZ). …”
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Vision impairment and differential access to eye health services in Aotearoa New Zealand: a scoping review by Matire Harwood, Jacqueline Ramke, Joanna Black, Himal Kandel, Jaymie Tingkham Rogers, Ben Wilkinson

“…Introduction In Aotearoa New Zealand, Māori and Pacific People experience worse health outcomes compared with other New Zealanders. …”
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Durvalumab as consolidation therapy in patients who received chemoradiotherapy for unresectable stage III NSCLC: Real-world data from an expanded access program in Brazil (LACOG 01... by Mauro Zukin, Victor Gondim, Andrea Kazumi Shimada, Ellias Magalhães e Abreu Lima, Clarissa Mathias, Williams Fernandes Barra, William Nassib William Junior, Mônica Padoan, Yuri Bittencourt, Rosely Yamamura, Carlos Eduardo Baston Silva, Letícia de Jesus Rossato, Caio de Almeida Monteiro, Rafaela Gomes de Jesus, Gustavo Gössling, Ana Caroline Zimmer Gelatti

“…ABSTRACT Objective: The PACIFIC trial established standard therapy for patients with unresectable stage III NSCLC who did not progress after platinum-based concurrent chemoradiation therapy. …”
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Association of food security with cardiometabolic health during young adulthood: cross-sectional comparison of American Indian adults with other racial/ethnic groups by Cassandra J Nikolaus, Anna Zamora-Kapoor, Luciana E Hebert, Ka'imi Sinclair

“…Objectives Our aim was to assess the cross-sectional associations between food insecurity and cardiometabolic health indicators in American Indian young adults compared with non-Hispanic white, black, Asian or Pacific Islander and Hispanic young adults.Design Data from the fourth wave of the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health (Add Health) were used. …”
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Soil moisture controls over carbon sequestration and greenhouse gas emissions: a review by Yuefeng Hao, Jiafu Mao, Charles M. Bachmann, Forrest M. Hoffman, Gerbrand Koren, Haishan Chen, Hanqin Tian, Jiangong Liu, Jing Tao, Jinyun Tang, Lingcheng Li, Laibao Liu, Martha Apple, Mingjie Shi, Mingzhou Jin, Qing Zhu, Steve Kannenberg, Xiaoying Shi, Xi Zhang, Yaoping Wang, Yilin Fang, Yongjiu Dai

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Croton Production and Use by Robert H. Stamps, Lance S. Osborne

“…Crotons grow into shrubs and small trees in their native habitats of India, Malaysia, and some of the South Pacific islands. Few other plants can surpass them in both foliage color and leaf shape variation. …”
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ON THE VARIABILITY OF TETHYIAN ROTALIID BENTHIC FORAMINIFERAL SPECIES OF THE GENUS BOLIVINOIDESELLA ANAN by Haidar Salim Anan

“…Six Maastrichtian-Paleogene small Rotaliid benthic foraminiferal species of the genus Bolivinoidesella Anan are distributed in many localities in the Tethyan Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. This genus and its members differ from the other Bolivinoididae members in possessing numerous, delicate, irregularly anastomosing costae. …”
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The strategy of the major powers in the Greater Mekong Subregion and the possibilities of Russia’s competition with them: a view from Vietnam by Vu Thuy Trang

“…They believe that increasing their presence in the area helps to achieve a number of national goals, particularly enhancing their influence in the Asia-Pacific region as a whole as well as in the countries of mainland Southeast Asia. …”
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Cerro San Antonio (L1): A Palimpsest of the South-Central Andean Past (ca. 1500 BC - AD 1950) in the Middle Locumba Valley, Tacna, Peru by Matthew J. Sitek

“…The site of Cerro San Antonio sprawls over 160 hectares of rocky hills and windswept blufftops that overlook the final confluence of the Locumba drainage before the river continues on to empty in the Pacific, just 35 kilometers away. The site is a true palimpsest of the local past, comprising 28 archaeological sectors that show evidence of occupation and use beginning in the Formative period (ca. 1500 BC - AD 500), continuing through the historical colonial-republican periods (ca. …”
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Sur les traces de Tupaia entre Tahiti, Ra’iātea et Nouvelle-Zélande. L’héritage de la navigation ‘traditionnelle’ by Francesco Lattanzi

“…This article is part of a rich framework of theoretical reflection on the seas and the oceans, and proposes an itinerary of anthropology of the seas between the Mediterranean Sea and the Pacific Ocean, to explore nautical experiences different from those developed in the West. …”
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Croton Production and Use by Robert H. Stamps, Lance S. Osborne

“…Crotons grow into shrubs and small trees in their native habitats of India, Malaysia, and some of the South Pacific islands. Few other plants can surpass them in both foliage color and leaf shape variation. …”
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Międzynarodowa ochrona środowiska morskiego - główne problemy, system regulacji oraz zasady i formy współpracy (zarys ogólny) by Leonard Łukaszuk

“…Also, the same selected matters of the marine environment protection and regional co-operation in Europe as well as in Asia and Pacific rims have been included.…”
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Marketing analysis of the global market of telematics transport and information management systems by I. Yu. Okolnishnikova, A. V. Keller, V. Ya.  Konks

“…The existing specifics of the development of key geographical consumer microsegments, that is, the markets of North America, Europe and the Asia-Pacific region, are provided, and corresponding forecast indicators are presented. …”
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Asian longhorned tick, Haemaphysalis longicornis Neumann (Arachnida: Acari: Ixodidae) by Yuexun Tian, Phillip E Kaufman

“…This tick has been categorized as an invasive species in Australia, New Zealand, and several Pacific Islands. In the U.S., an Asian longhorned tick infestation was recorded in New Jersey during the fall of 2017. …”
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The need for novel influenza vaccines in low- and middle-income countries: A narrative review by Julia R. Spinardi, Karan B. Thakkar, Verna L. Welch, Oladayo Jagun, Moe H. Kyaw

“…In this narrative review, we address the unmet needs of existing influenza vaccines in LMICs in Africa, Asia Pacific, Latin America and the Middle East and discuss the characteristics of novel vaccines in clinical development. …”
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