Biomass resources are abundantly present in the Pacific Island Countries (PICs) but mostly used for cooking and crop drying. Only three countries viz. Papua New Guinea, Fiji, Samoa use biomass power generation. This paper aims to (i) quantify forest logging residue generated (ii) carry out a techno-economic environmental assessment of potential 10 MW plant (BPP) Fiji study impact feedstock cost...

Counting cells is a crucial procedure in evaluating the success of a treatment. A fast yet exact way of doing this for DAPI-stained cells with the ImageJ-derivate ‘Fiji’ is described in this paper, written as a step-by-step tutorial with screenshots.

Recovery planning is a key component of many threatened species conservation initiatives and can be a powerful awareness raising tool. One of the largest impediments to conservation efforts in the Pacific region however, is the lack of ecological data and its subsequent effects on the development of feasible and useful recovery plans for threatened species. Without these plans, the understaffed...

of Battery Cells by Data Compression and Similarity Analysis Gancho Vachkov,1,∗ Stefan Byttner,2,† Magnus Svensson3,‡ 1School of Engineering and Physics, Faculty of Science, Technology and Environment, The University of the South Pacific, Laucala Bay, Suva, Fiji 2Intelligent Systems Laboratory, Halmstad University, SE-301 18 Halmstad, Sweden 3Volvo Technology, Gotaverksgatan 10, 405 08 Goteborg...

A taxonomic review of the genus Ceresium (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) found within the Fiji Islands is presented. A total of 17 species is treated. Full morphological descriptions and comparative images of each species are included, along with a dichotomous key for their identification.

A new genus and species of goneplacid crab are described from the Loyalty Islands and Fiji in the western Pacific. The new genus can be distinguished from the other 17 genera of the Goneplacidae sensu stricto by a carapace that lacks anterolateral teeth together with moderately long orbits and eye peduncles.

Eleven species belonging to the families Melphidippidae, Oedicerotidae, Photidae, Pleustidae, Podoceridae, Stenothoidae, Synopiidae and Talitridae are recorded from Palau, Micronesia. Eight species are figured. One species is new to science and is described and figured. One species was previously known only from Australia, one only from Madagascar and one only from Fiji.

This study investigates the role of aviation industry on tourism growth in South Pacific Region (SPR) by reviewing developments Cook Islands, Fiji, Samoa and Tonga. The panel...

Groups historically subject to discrimination, such as Jews, could exhibit high investment in education because discrimination spurred emigration—and emigration was facilitated by skill. If is uncertain, the skill induced more-than-offset mechanical reduction stocks at origin. That is, theory, exit option raise skills origin net of departures. Tests these theories are rare. We examine a natural...

Fiji, an upper-middle income state in the Pacific Ocean, has experienced an increase in confirmed case notifications of enteric fever caused by Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi (S. Typhi). To characterize the epidemiology of typhoid exposure, we conducted a cross-sectional sero-epidemiological survey measuring IgG against the Vi antigen of S. Typhi to estimate the effect of age, ethnicity, and...