Essays about: "west pacific"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 15 essays containing the words west pacific.

  1. 1. Settlement and Interactions in Pacific Prehistory : An Overview of Modern Genetic Research

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Arkeologi

    Author : Mira Anna Beatrice Lumbye; [2021]
    Keywords : Pacific; Polynesia; South America; prehistory; migration; genetics; aDNA;

    Abstract : The Pacific is the part of the world that was last settled by humans. The colonization occurred in different stages which can be discerned through various methods, one of them DNA analysis of humans as well as other species of animals and plants associated with human settlement. READ MORE

  3. 2. Planning for Sustainable Development in Fiji: indigenous knowledge, Western knowledge, or something in between?

    University essay from KTH/Urbana och regionala studier

    Author : André Klaassen; [2020]
    Keywords : Climate change; climate crisis; indigenous; indigenous knowledge; Western knowledge; sustainable development; planning; planner; Fiji; bula vakavanua;

    Abstract : Climate change poses paramount challenges to our world. While more developed nations in the West are not without harm, among the hardest hit are vulnerable indigenous islanders in the South Pacific. Without sufficient action, Pacific Island nations might become uninhabitable, or practically disappear, in the near future (Belson, 2018). READ MORE

  4. 3. Future challenges for nurses : - Nursing student´s perception about caring for patients with hepatitis B in Vietnam.

    University essay from Jönköping University/HHJ, Avd. för omvårdnad

    Author : Linn Persson; Anna Rådefjäll Forsberg; [2020]
    Keywords : blood pathogen; health education; lack of knowledge; stigma; vaccine;

    Abstract : Background Hepatitis B is a world health problem. The virus is a blood pathogen that transfers through blood and body fluids. Hepatitis B is common in the west pacific area and in Vietnam nurses are at higher risk to get infected by hepatitis B. READ MORE

  5. 4. Size and Abundance of Late Pleistocene Reticulofenestrid Coccoliths from the Eastern Indian Ocean in Relation to Temperature and Aridity

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för geovetenskaper

    Author : Jeroen van Dijk; [2017]
    Keywords : coccoliths; abundance; biometry; circular polarized light microscopy; Late Pleistocene; Marine Isotope Stage 11; kokkoliter; mängder; biometri; cirkulär polariserat ljus; pleistocen; Marine Isotope Stage 11;

    Abstract : Measurements on coccolith abundance and mass can be used as a signal of primary productivity and pelagic calcification in response to environmental change. The Leeuwin Current (LC) is known to transport warm and low-salinity waters from the Indo-Pacific Warm Pool (IPWP) southwards along the coast of West Australia. READ MORE

  6. 5. Californian drought: The processes and factors controlling the 2011-2016 drought and winter precipitation in California

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för naturgeografi och ekosystemvetenskap

    Author : Pontus Cederholm; [2016]
    Keywords : winter precipitation; California; drought; mid-latitude cyclones; Physical Geography and Ecosystem Science; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Abstract : The factors and processes controlling winter precipitation in California and the 2011-2016 California drought have been examined in a literature study. The study showed that mid-latitude cyclones are the systems that generate winter precipitation in California. READ MORE