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Papua New Guinea
The region was settled by Asian people around 50,000 years ago, when New Guinea was still part of the main Australian landmass. 10,000 years ago, at...
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Papua New Guinea
The region was settled by Asian people around 50,000 years ago, when New Guinea was still part of the main Australian landmass. 10,000 years ago, at...
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Papua New Guinea
The region was settled by Asian peoples around 50,000 years ago, when New Guinea was still part of the main Australian landmass. 10,000 years ago, at...
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Guinea
In 1888 Guinea became a French protectorate, in 1893 a colony, and in 1904 a constituent territory of French West Africa. Forced labour and other...
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Socioeconomic inequality in teenage pregnancy in Papua New Guinea: a decomposition analysis
BackgroundTeenage pregnancy is a global public health issue, and it poses a serious threat to the health and socioeconomic status of mothers and...
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A New Species of the Genus Thinophilus Wahlberg, 1844 (Diptera, Dolichopodidae) from New Guinea, New Records and a Key to Species from New Guinea and Adjacent Islands
AbstractA new peculiar species of the genus Thinophilus Wahlberg, 1844 is described from the Indonesian New Guinea. Thinophilus meraukensis sp. n. ...
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Five new species of Vaccinium (Ericaceae) from New Guinea, including one with a superior ovary
Five new species of Vaccinium from New Guinea are described and illustrated, V. lamii, V. veldkampii, V. argentii, V. superum and V. staufferianum . A...
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Globalization and Papua New Guinea: Ancient Wilderness, Paradise, Introduced Terror and Hell
This book aims to present a reality view for Papua New Guinea based on many years of first-hand field work and research accounts. It further assesses...
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Rethinking Judicial Power in Papua New Guinea A Mandate for Activism in a Transformative Constitution
This book examines the role and nature of the judiciary in Papua New Guinea (PNG), the first comprehensive study since the country's independence in...
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Fr. Franz Kirschbaum's Contribution to Collecting in New Guinea
Fr. Franz Kirschbaum SVD (1882–1939) lived and worked in New Guinea from 1907 until his death 1939, and it is difficult to over-emphasise his...
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New phosphodiesterase-4 inhibitors present airways relaxant activity in a guinea pig acute asthma model
Asthma is a disease characterized by chronic inflammation and hyper responsiveness of airways. We aimed to assess the relaxant potential of...
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Factors influencing maternal healthcare utilization in Papua New Guinea: Andersen’s behaviour model
BackgroundPapua New Guinea (PNG) has recorded the highest maternal mortality ratio in the Western Pacific Region and faces major challenges in...
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Casearia septandra (Salicaceae), a new tree species from the mountains of Guinea, West Africa
In the synopsis of Casearia Jacq. in West and Central Africa (Breteler
2008 ), only a single, poor collection ( Adam 3972), identified as C....
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Guinea-Bissau
Portugal was the major power in the area throughout the colonial period. In 1974, after the Portuguese revolution, Portugal abandoned the struggle to...
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Tephrosia kindiana (Leguminosae: Papilionoideae), a new species from Guinea
Tephrosia kindiana , a new plant species from Guinea, is described and illustrated. It is a shrub 90 – 120 cm tall, multi-stemmed from the base. The...
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Exposure to interparental violence and intimate partner violence among women in Papua New Guinea
IntroductionEvidence suggests that childhood exposure to interparental violence increases the risk of intimate partner violence (IPV) experience or...
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Seafloor Mining Around Papua New Guinea: Just Another ‘Big Deal’ Gone Bust
Our planet is mistakenly called ‘The Earth’ where it should instead be referred to as ‘The Ocean,’ covered by saltwater. It makes easily for over 70%...
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Equatorial Guinea
Equatorial Guinea consists of the island of Bioko, for centuries called Fernando Pó; other smaller islands and the mainland territory of Rio Muni....
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Trends of cybercrime from 2001 to 2021: cybersecurity action plan for Papua New Guinea
Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) and by extension the Internet, have brought immense sociological transformations to humanity....
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Upgrading permanent survey marks infrastructure: a case study in Lae City of Papua New Guinea
Lae City, renowned as the second city of Papua New Guinea due to rapid development and its industrial prominence, is located within active tectonic...
