Micronesia

Polynesian Music In the geographic region known as Oceania which denotes the tropical region of the Pacific Ocean; there exist three distinctly classified ethnic groups. These groups are called the “Melanesia (lit. the 'black islands'), Micronesia (the 'small islands') and Polynesia (the 'many islands')” (McLean, 1999). The Polynesian islands contain a specific area known as the triangle of islands. The triangular boarder of this area consists of Hawaii at the top, Easter Island at one corner, and

Many studies have conducted significant research on the relationship between ethnicities and obesity. However, only a few studies have done research on Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander (NHPI) population and the increasing rates of obesity amongst these indigenous communities. Numerous studies have grouped the NHPI population with the “Asian” population in most demographic and health surveys, which fabricates the health status from these studies to portray NHPI’s as a healthy population. According

cases. From1960-2010, various places such as Kenya, Somalia, Nigeria, Angola, Senegal, etc, had blood samples that contained Zika antibodies. In 1964, it was the year that they reported that the virus causes diseases. In 2007, the federate states of Micronesia had its first large outbreak. In 2008, Senegal, reported the first human case that was

The Effects of Genetics and the Environment on Obesity I. Introduction: Many human beings living in the 21st Century are obese or have a problem with obesity. A person is considered obese if they have a BMI of 30 or more. To be obese means you have an excess amount of body fat that can harm your physical and mental health. For most individuals in the population, obesity results from multiple genetic and environmental factors that may interact with, or may be correlated with, each other (Faith

Innovation Practices in ‘The Tipping Point’ by Malcolm Gladwell Case: Hush Puppies & Crime Rate in New York The book begins with the narration of how the sales of once forgotten Hush Puppies brand just suddenly improved in a short span of time. Here there was no effort on the part of the management, as in like they never applied the principles of sensing or envisioning to help boost the sales of their brand. However, the trend was set forth unknowingly by some club goers. It would be justified here

and Tanzania.2,3 The first documented human infections showed minor symptoms and were recorded only in African and Asia continents.3 Zika stayed confined to both Africa and Asia until 2007 when there was a reported epidemic in the Yap islands of Micronesia.3 This outbreak estimated greater than 70% of the population over 3 years of age became infected with the virus.3 In 2013 when the French Polynesian outbreak occurred, there was a link discovered of Zika to Guillain-Barre Syndrome; a neurological

POLS320 Pacific Geopolitics in the 21st Century Critical Review Critically discuss Edward Said’s key points/arguments (from Orientalism) and the extent to which these are relevant to the Pacific. Hayley Catlow Introduction Orientalism tries to answer the question of why, when we think of the Orient, we have a preconceived notion of what kind of people live there, what they believe, and how they act; even when we may have never been there or met anyone from

cases. From1960-2010, various places such as Kenya, Somalia, Nigeria, Angola, Senegal, etc, had blood samples that contained Zika antibodies. In 1964, it was the year that they reported that the virus causes diseases. In 2007, the federate states of Micronesia had its first large outbreak. In 2008, Senegal, reported the first human case that was transmitted through sexual contact.

There are many ways in which humans compose themselves and their relationships, but the family is the primary social structure in which people organize themselves, and raise their children (Berger 1998, p. 21). The traditional opposite sex, two adults and their offspring – the nuclear family, remains the dominant family type throughout the world, however, it is only one type of family structure that sociologists discuss. In pre-colonial Australia, the Aboriginal people lived in complex extended family

As of 2014, the U.S. Census Bureau’s Current Population Survey reveals 47.6 percent of women between the ages of 15 and 44 do not have children. This percentage is the highest the calculation has been since the bureau started keeping track of this data in 1976. The senior editor of Mic, Elizabeth Plank says women choosing to not have children makes complete sense given the state of the country’s economy, the gender pay gap, and the outrageous cost of raising a child today. Women, especially millennial