“…Founded in 1968, USP has expanded the intellectual horizons of generations of students from its 12 member countries—Cook Islands, Fiji, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Nauru, Niue, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tokelau, Tonga, Tuvalu and Vanuatu—and been responsible for the formation of a regional elite of educated Pacific Islanders who can be found in key positions in government and commerce across the region. …”

“…Adding some Polynesian comparisons from beyond Samoa, and reconsidering the so-called ‘Sahlins-Obeyesekere debate’ about the fate of Captain Cook, ‘First Contacts’ in Polynesia advances a hypothesis about the contemporary interpretations made by the Polynesians of the nature of the Europeans, and about the actions that the Polynesians devised for this encounter: wrapping Europeans up in ‘cloth’ and presenting ‘young girls’ for ‘sexual contact’. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…From Open Fale to Mission Houses: Negotiating the Boundaries of "Domesticity" in Samoa -- 12. Paradoxical Intimacies: The Christian Creation of the Huli Domestic Sphere -- 13. …”

“…The islands of the Pacific Ocean were the scene of his endeavours, with extended periods lived in Samoa and the New Britain region of today's Papua New Guinea, followed by repeated visits to Tonga, Fiji, the Milne Bay region of Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…About the Editor vii -- Editorial for the Special Issue "Potentially Toxic Elements Pollution in Urban and Suburban Environments" 1 -- Assessment of the Railroad Transport Impact on Physical and Chemical Soil Properties: The Case Study from Zdunska Wola Karsznice Railway Junction, Central Poland 7 Vulnerability to Nitrate Occurrence in the Spring Waters of the Sila Massif (Calabria, Southern Italy) 21 -- Potentially Toxic Elements in Urban Soils from Public-Access Areas in the Rapidly Growing Megacity of Lagos, Nigeria 39 -- Discharge Patterns of Potentially Harmful Elements (PHEs) from Coking Plants and Its Relationship with Soil PHE Contents in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei Region, China 55 -- Influence of Urban Informal Settlements on Trace Element Accumulation in Road Dust and Their Possible Health Implications in Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality, South Africa 73 -- Water-Rock Interaction Processes: A Local Scale Study on Arsenic Sources and Release Mechanisms from a Volcanic Rock Matrix 97 -- Exploring Soil Pollution Patterns Using Self-Organizing Maps 117 -- Impact Factors on Migration of Molybdenum(VI) from the Simulated Trade Effluent Using Membrane Chemical Reactor Combined with Carrier in the Mixed Renewal Solutions 135 -- Spatial Distribution, Contamination Levels, and Health Risk Assessment of Potentially Toxic Elements in Household Dust in Cairo City, Egypt 145 -- Composition, Source Apportionment, and Health Risk of PM2.5-Bound Metals during Winter Haze in Yuci College Town, Shanxi, China 167 -- Pollution Characteristics, Source Apportionment, and Health Risk Assessment of Potentially Toxic Elements (PTEs) in Road Dust Samples in Jiayuguan, Hexi Corridor, China 181 -- Pollution and Health Risk Assessments of Potentially Toxic Elements in the Fine-Grained Particles (10-63 μm and <10 μm) in Road Dust from Apia City, Samoa 199.…”

“…Sur la base des données archéologiques et linguistiques les plus récentes, l’origine des migrants qui devaient plus tard devenir des Marquisiens, se situe sûrement quelque part en Polynésie Occidentale, probablement aux îles Samoa-Tonga, à quelques 2 000 milles de l’archipel des Marquises. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Observations on feeding frequencies among native and exotic birds and fruit bats at Erythrina variegata and Dysoxylum trees on American Samoa -- Human colonisation and ecological impacts -- 8. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Taking difference seriously: Life, income and work for Jon Altman and friends / Will Sanders -- Part 1: The Hybrid Economy: Theory, Practice and Policy -- 2. From Samoa to CAEPR via Mumeka: The hybrid economy comes of age / Geoff Buchanan -- 3. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…NepalNicaragua; Niger; Nigeria; Niue; Pakistan; Palau; Panama; Papua New Guinea; Paraguay; Peru; Philippines; Rwanda; Saint Helena; Saint Lucia; Saint Vincent and the Grenadines; Samoa; Sao Tome and Principe; Senegal; Serbia; Seychelles; Sierra Leone; Solomon Islands; Somalia; South Africa; South Sudan; Sri Lanka; States Ex-Yugoslavia; Sudan; Suriname; Swaziland; Syrian Arab Republic; Tajikistan; Tanzania; Thailand; Timor-Leste; Togo; Tokelau; Tonga; Tunisia; Turkey; Turkmenistan; Tuvalu; Uganda; Ukraine; Uruguay; Uzbekistan; Vanuatu; Venezuela; Viet Nam; Wallis and Futuna…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Marshall IslandsMauritius; Mexico; Moldova; Montenegro; Morocco; Myanmar; Nauru; Nicaragua; Nigeria; Oman; Palau; Panama; Paraguay; Philippines; Samoa; Saudi Arabia; Serbia; Sierra Leone; Somalia; Sri Lanka; St. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…O'Grady Wind and Wave Setup Contributions to Extreme Sea Levels at a Tropical High Island: A Stochastic Cyclone Simulation Study for Apia, Samoa doi:10.3390/jmse3031117 172 Kevin McGuigan, Tim Webster and Kate Collins A Flood Risk Assessment of the LaHave River Watershed, Canada Using GIS Techniques and an Unstructured Grid Combined River-Coastal Hydrodynamic Model doi:10.3390/jmse3031093 188 Su Yean Teh, Michael Turtora, Donald L. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Flores-Marcial -- Fourth World filmic interventions / Reema Rajbanshi -- Indigenous online / Jennifer Carolina Gómez Menjívar -- Indigenous youth in intercultural universities : new sites of knowledge production and leadership training in Mexico and Latin America / Laura Selene Mateos Cortés and Gunther Dietz -- Indigenous data futures : empowering the next one-hundred generations / Keolu Fox and Shubhra Murarka -- Climate change and sustainable development in the Pacific : the case of Samoa / Anita Latai Niusulu -- The power of our present futures / India Logan-Riley -- In Cañamomo Lomaprieta, we grow life / Hector Jaime Vinasco…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Consideration of Multiple Uses of Military Facilities -- Continuation of Funding of Research Projects in the Region -- Establishment of an Interagency Governmental Committee on Pacific Health -- IGCOPH Composition -- IGCOHP Tasks -- ROLE OF THE ISLAND JURISDICTIONS -- INTERFACE BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND THE ISLAND JURISDICTIONS -- Establishment of a Pacific Basin Health Coordinating Council -- PBHCC Composition -- PBHCC Tasks -- PBHCC Funding -- INCREASE COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT AND INVESTMENT IN HEALTH CARE -- Establish Jurisdictional Health Authorities -- Develop Health Improvement Benchmarking Process -- Use Nongovernmental Community Organizations to Provide Health Services -- Increase Community Involvement with Primary Care Sites -- PROMOTE THE EDUCATION AND TRAINING OF THE HEALTH CARE WORKFORCE -- Improve and Support Basic Education -- Use Distance-Based Learning, Telemedicine, and Electronic Data Libraries -- Provide Postgraduate and Continuing Medical Education Programs -- Sponsor Training for Dentists -- Sponsor Training for Nurses -- Provide Health Administration and Systems Management Training to the Chief Health Administrator -- Bibliography -- Appendix A Committee Bioraphies -- Appendix B Saipan Workshop Agenda -- Saipan Workshop Attendees -- Appendix C Organization of Institute of Medicine Site Visits to the Pacific Basin, 1997 -- D Assessments of Individual Jurisdictions' Health Care Services -- AMERICAN SAMOA -- Overview -- Government -- Economy -- Population -- Infrastructure -- Health Care Delivery System Organization -- Administration -- Health Care Facilities -- Health-Related Community Organizations -- Off-Island Care -- Health Care Resources -- Financial Resources -- Workforce -- Physicians -- Nurses -- Other Health Care Personnel -- Workforce Quality Assurance -- Technology, Supplies, and Equipment -- Future Health Care Issues…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…(12 de abril) -- Ocurrió en cuatro días (30 de abril) -- Íbamos a vivir en un laberinto (3 de mayo) -- Ocurrió en Samoa, bajo la lluvia (7 de mayo) -- El enemigo número uno de Chiang Kai-Shek (16 de mayo) -- El sepulcro de acero (24 de mayo) -- Probable candidato a presidente en los Estados Unidos (24 de junio) -- Los diabólicos submarinos (1o de julio) -- El astuto herr Goering (14 de julio) -- Cómo se lo comieron a Orlando (19 de julio) -- La cama de hospital se ha convertido hoy en un artículo precioso (9 de agosto) -- La medicina cara (12 de agosto) -- ¿Quién se ocupa de los lactantes? …”