Awareness and Perceptions of University Nursing Students in Samoa Towards Childhood Hearing Impairment and Hearing Healthcare: A Cross-Sectional Study oleh Annette Kaspar PhD, Ma’atasesa Samuelu-Matthes MHCL, Carlie Driscoll PhD, Sione Pifeleti MBBS

"…Objectives The aim of this study is to evaluate the awareness and perceptions of university nursing students in Samoa to pediatric hearing impairment and hearing healthcare. …"
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Comparative population assessments of Nautilus sp. in the Philippines, Australia, Fiji, and American Samoa using baited remote underwater video systems. oleh Gregory J Barord, Frederick Dooley, Andrew Dunstan, Anthony Ilano, Karen N Keister, Heike Neumeister, Thomas Preuss, Shane Schoepfer, Peter D Ward

"…We used baited remote underwater video systems (BRUVS) to make quantitative photographic records as a means of estimating population abundance of Nautilus sp. at sites in the Philippine Islands, American Samoa, Fiji, and along an approximately 125 km transect on the fore reef slope of the Great Barrier Reef from east of Cairns to east of Lizard Island, Australia. …"
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Lymphatic filariasis endgame strategies: Using GEOFIL to model mass drug administration and targeted surveillance and treatment strategies in American Samoa. oleh Callum Shaw, Angus McLure, Patricia M Graves, Colleen L Lau, Kathryn Glass

"…American Samoa underwent seven rounds of mass drug administration (MDA) for lymphatic filariasis (LF) from 2000-2006, but subsequent surveys found evidence of ongoing transmission. …"
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Modelling lymphatic filariasis elimination in American Samoa: GEOFIL predicts need for new targets and six rounds of mass drug administration oleh Angus McLure, Patricia M. Graves, Colleen Lau, Callum Shaw, Kathryn Glass

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Comparing Perceived Effects of Climate-Related Environmental Change and Adaptation Strategies for the Pacific Small Island States of Tuvalu, Samoa, and Tonga oleh Katharina Beyerl, Harald A. Mieg, Eberhard Weber

"…We, therefore, conducted a survey study in Tuvalu, Samoa, and Tonga, asking specifically how residents perceive their situation regarding climate-related challenges, what adaptation strategies they have devised and implemented, and what they expect of governmental and nongovernmental organisations in these efforts. …"
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Two cases of 10-month-old infants with airway obstruction (chicken bone) in Samoa: Surgical/management challenges and future directions oleh Sione Pifeleti, Penaia A. Faumuina, Lamour Hansell, Corleone Vaai, Annette Kaspar

"…We present the case of two 10-month old infants in Samoa who required surgical intervention for the removal of an ingested foreign body (chicken bone) in the trachea. …"
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Detecting and confirming residual hotspots of lymphatic filariasis transmission in American Samoa 8 years after stopping mass drug administration. oleh Colleen L Lau, Sarah Sheridan, Stephanie Ryan, Maureen Roineau, Athena Andreosso, Saipale Fuimaono, Joseph Tufa, Patricia M Graves

"…WHO guidelines encourage cost-efficient surveillance, such as integration with other population-based surveys. In American Samoa, where LF is caused by Wuchereria bancrofti, and Aedes polynesiensis is the main vector, the LF elimination program has made significant progress. …"
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Global change and capacity building in coral reef management in the pacific: Engaging scientists and policy-makers in Fiji, Tonga, Samoa and Tuvalu oleh G. Robin South, S. Bala, P. Chand, L. Limalevu, C. Morris, J. Veitayaki, C. Wilkinson

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A Comparison of the Magmatic Evolution of Pacific Intraplate Volcanoes: Constraints on Melting in Mantle Plumes oleh Karsten M. Haase, Christoph Beier, Fabian Kemner

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Civil society and media: The relevance in Fiji, Tonga and PNG oleh David Lea

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Distribution of genome-wide linkage disequilibrium based on microsatellite loci in the Samoan population oleh Tsai Hui-Ju, Sun Guangyun, Smelser Diane, Viali Satupaitea, Tufa Joseph, Jin Li, Weeks Daniel E, McGarvey Stephen T, Deka Ranjan

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Continued increases in blood pressure over two decades in Samoa (1991–2013); around one-third of the increase explained by rising obesity levels oleh Christine Linhart, Take Naseri, Sophia Lin, Richard Taylor, Stephen Morrell, Stephen T. McGarvey, Dianna J. Magliano, Paul Zimmet

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At the Deathbed of Consumptive Art oleh David M. Morens

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Annonaceae in the Western Pacific: geographic patterns and four new species oleh Ian M. Turner, Timothy M.A. Utteridge

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Where are resilience-based management strategies appropriate for coral reefs? Mapping environmental conditions and trends in coral cover in Guam and American Samoa oleh Monica Moritsch, Miranda Foley

"…Coral restoration was at first underrepresented (0%). In American Samoa, the proportional area for each strategy remained consistent regardless of climate. …"
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GEOFIL: A spatially-explicit agent-based modelling framework for predicting the long-term transmission dynamics of lymphatic filariasis in American Samoa oleh Zhijing Xu, Patricia M. Graves, Colleen L. Lau, Archie Clements, Nicholas Geard, Kathryn Glass

"…In American Samoa, annual mass drug administration from 2000 to 2006 successfully reduced LF prevalence dramatically. …"
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High Levels of Satisfaction Among Hearing Aid Users in a Pilot Study for Sustainable Low-Cost Auditory Rehabilitation Services in Samoa oleh Annette Kaspar, John Newall, Sione Pifeleti, Galumalemana Hunkin

"…A cross-over trial of 2 low-cost pre-programmable hearing aids among 20 adults in Samoa was conducted as part of a larger UN-funded global audiology study. …"
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Assessing the Cross-Cultural Adaptation and Translation of a Text-Based Mobile Smoking Cessation Program in Samoa (TXTTaofiTapaa): Pilot Study oleh McCool, Judith, Tanielu, Helen, Umali, Elaine, Whittaker, Robyn

"…BackgroundSamoa faces a persistently high prevalence of adult tobacco use and few existing cessation support services. …"
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Mechanisms of Thermal Tolerance in Reef-Building Corals across a Fine-Grained Environmental Mosaic: Lessons from Ofu, American Samoa oleh Luke Thomas, Noah H. Rose, Rachael A. Bay, Elora H. López, Megan K. Morikawa, Lupita Ruiz-Jones, Stephen R. Palumbi

"…The temperature mosaic in the lagoon of Ofu, American Samoa, represents an ideal natural laboratory for studying thermal tolerance in corals. …"
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Potential use of antibodies to provide an earlier indication of lymphatic filariasis resurgence in post–mass drug ad ministration surveillance in American Samoa oleh Angela M. Cadavid Restrepo, Katherine Gass, Kimberly Y. Won, Meru Sheel, Keri Robinson, Patricia M. Graves, Saipale Fuimaono, Colleen L Lau

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