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Local communities worldwide rely on cultural values, and Indigenous institutions to recover from social conflict; however, the process by which social awareness is constructed as a peacebuilding mechanism remains insuffi...

This article explores the history of medicine in the Ryukyu Islands from the seventeenth to the nineteenth centuries, positioning the archipelago within intersecting Chinese, Japanese and Western imperial orders. It argu...

Urbanization and climate change are rapidly transforming metropolitan environments, posing serious challenges to sustainable development, climate resilience, and disaster risk management, Among these challenges, concern,...

Oceans have often been treated as peripheral to learning and heritage, framed as unstable spaces separating land-based cultures and institutions. Recent work in island studies and the blue humanities has challenged this ...

Artificial lighting at night (ALAN) modifies the vocal activity patterns of numerous birds. In this study, we evaluated the impact of ALAN on the vocal activity patterns of the Tropical Kingbird Tyrannus melancholicus on...

As part of a survey of the remarkable diversity of Facetotecta (“y-larvae”) at an Okinawan (Japan) hotspot locality, a very small and relatively abundant species of this group, Hansenocaris lenticula sp. nov. (former...

The ongoing biodiversity disappearance on islands worldwide is alarming. Without an accurate biodiversity assessment, it is impossible to stop the loss of the world’s islands irreplaceable natural heritage. To assess b...

The Hunga Tonga–Hunga Ha'apai volcano erupted in 2022 triggering a deadly tsunami and causing widespread disaster. Coastal communities in small Pacific Island countries were seriously affected including the Ohonua comm...

Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), the continuously advancing and frequently lethal idiopathic interstitial pneumonia, is pathologically characterized by abnormal deposition of extracellular matrix constituents, leadin...

Abstract Greece is experiencing one of the most rapid rates of population aging in Europe, leading to a growing burden of Parkinson’s disease (PD), a condition closely linked to advancing age. In this study, we estimat...

The Pholcus nagasakiensis species group is a relatively small group, comprising only five species. Of these, four species inhabit Kyushu Island in mainland Japan, the Ryukyu Archipelago and the Diaoyu Islands of China, w...

Urban microclimate are localized climatic conditions within urban areas that are shaped by the buildings, population density, land cover, and vegetation, and that differ significantly from surrounding rural contexts. The...

This article examines the social, economic, and ecological conflicts stemming from the development of Rempang Eco City, a National Strategic Project (PSN) in the Riau Islands. The research utilizes a descriptive qualitat...

Objective: To report the prevalence of caries and its associated factors in children aged 4 to 6 years isolated on two islands in the state of Pará. Material and Methods: This is a cross-sectional study, involving 170 c...

Abstract Lava tubes formed during the 2021 Tajogaite eruption on La Palma (Canary Islands, Spain) provide a rare opportunity to investigate the earliest stages of microbial colonization in a newly created subterranean vo...

Introduction Tuberculosis (TB) is a global public health threat and a leading cause of morbidity and mortality. To reduce long-term TB burden and address related diseases in Chuuk, Federated States of Micronesia, a commu...

The southern Balkans (here comprising the countries of Albania, North Macedonia, Bulgaria, and Greece including the Greek islands) are known for their large bee faunas due to their mixture of Mediterranean, sub-Mediterra...

Abstract Current paradigms for the origin and evolutions of life and the environment on early Earth have been based on the premises that carbon dioxide (CO2) and nitrogen gas (N2) were the principal constituents of the a...

Objective Acinetobacter baumannii, a prevalent multidrug resistant (MDR) pathogen, poses a significant threat to critically ill patients. This work aims to analyze the genomes of eight clinical carbapenem-resistant A. ba...

Context and background  Rapid urbanization in Lagos metropolis, Nigeria, has led to significant changes in its urban climate, manifesting as Urban Heat Islands (UHIs). Goal and Objectives: This study assesses the...