scholarly journals Perinatal death audit and classification of stillbirths in two provinces in Papua New Guinea: A retrospective analysis

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lisa M. Vallely ◽  
Rachel Smith ◽  
John W. Bolnga ◽  
Delly Babona ◽  
Michaela A. Riddell ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Retrospective Analysis ◽  
Papua New Guinea ◽  
Perinatal Death ◽  
New Guinea

Classification of Au Myths

1972 ◽  
Vol os-19 (5) ◽  
pp. 214-218
Author(s):  
David Scorza
Keyword(s):  
Papua New Guinea ◽  
New Guinea ◽  
Older Men ◽  
The Third ◽  
Crosscultural Communication

Folklore among the Au of Papua New Guinea takes three forms: Tipiitim Tipiir, tales told the ancestors by the spirits; Tipiitim Herwe, tales invented by the ancestors; and Him, tales invented by the older men. The first are basically etiological, the second provide emotional release and entertainment, and the third show attempts to cope with the cultural flux which followed the arrival of Europeans. Certain Scriptural parallels are explored, with their implications for crosscultural communication of the gospel.

The Hydroporini (Coleoptera : Dytiscidae : Hydroporinae) of New Guinea: Systematics, distribution and origin of the fauna

1995 ◽  
Vol 9 (5) ◽  
pp. 1009 ◽  
Author(s):  
M Balke
Keyword(s):  
Papua New Guinea ◽  
New Guinea ◽  
Monophyletic Group ◽  
Sister Species ◽  
Additional Material ◽  
Seasonal Climate ◽  
Open Forests ◽  
First Time

Only one species of Hydroporini, Megaporus piceatus (RCgimbart, 1892), has been known from New Guinea. M. piceatus is very similar to the Australian M. ruficeps (Sharp, 1882) and study of additional material is neccessary to determine its status. Chostonectes maai, sp. nov., is described from Papua New Guinea. Its sister-species is the Australian C. gigas (Boheman, 1858). The classification of the genera Megaporus Brinck, 1943, and Chostonectes Sharp, 1882, is discussed, and autapomorphies for both groups are suggested. The following species of Hydroporini are reported from New Guinea for the first time: Megaporus sp., Antiporus sp., and Sternoprisccts hansardi (Clark, 1862). A total of five Hydroporini species is now known from New Guinea. All are Australian, or of Australian origin. The New Guinean Hydroporini are not a monophyletic group. The factors delimiting the distribution of Hydroporini in New Guinea are climate and perhaps also vegetation. Australian Hydroporini are adapted to a seasonal climate and most of them also to open forests/woodland.

The Cultural Importance of Floristic Diversity: A Case Study from Nokopo village, Madang and Morobe Provinces, Papua New Guinea

1998 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 107-122
Author(s):  
Christin Kocher-Schmid
Keyword(s):  
Papua New Guinea ◽  
Keystone Species ◽  
New Guinea ◽  
Natural Processes ◽  
The People ◽  
The Aesthetic ◽  
Aesthetic Concepts

AbstractBiodiversity is not exclusively a product of pristine natural processes but is also, to a considerable degree, caused by human activities. This is demonstrated by a detailed inspection of the use and classification of plants by the people of Nokopo village in the Finisterre Range of Papua New Guinea. Nokopo people recognise and value biodiversity on all its levels - genetic diversity, species diversity and diversity of ecosystems - and their activities enhance overall biodiversity. This can be partly explained by the usefulness biodiversity has to them, in terms of resource access and other utilitarian considerations. On the other hand, aesthetic concepts and values make a significant contribution. Both these intrinsically interwoven components - the utilitarian and the aesthetic component respectively - form the base for understanding the major role humans play in creating and maintaining biodiversity, the role of keystone species enhancing overall biodiversity in a given ecosystem.

Systematic analysis of the fauna of Papua New Guinea and associated biogeographical territories.

2022 ◽  
pp. 13-16
Author(s):  
Richard A. I. Drew ◽  
Meredith C. Romig
Keyword(s):  
Papua New Guinea ◽  
New Guinea ◽  
Pacific Region ◽  
Systematic Analysis ◽  
Eastern Australia ◽  
North Eastern ◽  
Torres Strait

Abstract This chapter presents the classification of the dacine fauna of Papua New Guinea and associated biogeographical territories into two genera, Bactrocera Macquart (with 21 subgenera) and Dacus Fabricius (with three subgenera). These include the subgenus Diplodacus May, which occurs in north-eastern Australia and the Torres Strait Islands. A key to genera and subgenera recorded in the Australian-Pacific Region is provided.

Early neonatal death review from two provinces in Papua New Guinea: A retrospective analysis

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lisa M Vallely ◽  
Rachel Smith ◽  
Moses Laman ◽  
Michaela A Riddell ◽  
Alice Mengi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Retrospective Analysis ◽  
Papua New Guinea ◽  
Neonatal Death ◽  
New Guinea ◽  
Early Neonatal Death

A new genus of marine water striders (Hemiptera, Veliidae) with five new species from Malesia

1991 ◽  
Vol 22 (4) ◽  
pp. 389-404 ◽  
Author(s):  
N. Møller Andersen
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Papua New Guinea ◽  
Type Species ◽  
New Genus ◽  
New Guinea ◽  
Marine Water ◽  
Sunda Shelf ◽  
Water Striders ◽  
Bismarck Archipelago

AbstractThe generic classification of water striders belonging to the veliid subfamily Haloveliinae is discussed and revised and a key to the genera provided. A new genus of marine haloveliines, Haloveloides gen. n., is described. The type species of the new genus, H. papuensis (Esaki) comb. n., is redescribed and recorded from Papua New Guinea, the Bismarck Archipelago, and the Solomons. H. browni (Lansbury) comb. n. is redescribed and recorded from the same areas as the type species. Five new species are described in the genus: H. brevicornis sp. n. (the Moluccas, Sulawesi, Palawan), sundaensis sp. n. (Sunda shelf areas), danpolhemi sp. n. (Palawan), cornuta sp. n. (Luzon), and femoralis sp. n. (Palawan). The cladistic relationships and biogeography of the species are discussed.

A survey of Papua New Guinean parturients at the Port Moresby General Hospital: sociodemographic and reproductive characteristics

1994 ◽  
Vol 26 (2) ◽  
pp. 185-190 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cecil A. Klufio ◽  
Apeawusu B. Amoa ◽  
Grace Kariwiga
Keyword(s):  
General Hospital ◽  
Papua New Guinea ◽  
Perinatal Death ◽  
New Guinea ◽  
Reproductive Characteristics ◽  
Educational Factors ◽  
Port Moresby ◽  
Papua New Guinean

SummaryA survey of 673 consecutive Papua New Guinea parturients carried out at the Port Moresby General Hospital between May and June 1990 showed that socioeconomic and educational factors played a part in predicting perinatal death. Mothers who have previously experienced a perinatal death are more likely to experience a second one.

Parepisparis Bethune-Baker and the composition of the Oenochrominae (Lepidoptera: Geometridae)

1989 ◽  
Vol 20 (4) ◽  
pp. 371-399 ◽  
Author(s):  
Malcolm J. Scoble ◽  
E.D. Edwards
Keyword(s):  
Papua New Guinea ◽  
Male Genitalia ◽  
New Guinea ◽  
Female Genitalia ◽  
Colour Pattern ◽  
Bursa Copulatrix ◽  
Irian Jaya

AbstractThe classification of Parepisparis Bethune-Baker (Geometridae: Oenochrominae) is revised. The genus occurs in New Guinea (i.e., Irian Jaya and part of Papua New Guinea) and Australia. Seventeen species are included, seven of them new. Three genera (Onychopsis Prout, Peratodactyla Turner, and Epicampyla Turner) are newly synonymized with Parepisparis. Larvae are described for two species. The monophyly of Parepisparis is based largely on the shape of the valva of the male genitalia supported, to some extent, by that of the bursa copulatrix of the female genitalia, the colour pattern of the wings and, possibly, the presence of dorsal prothoracic processes and modified setae in the larva. The Oenochrominae are a polyphyletic subfamily, with the Oenochrominae s. str. here confined to the so-called robust-bodied members of the grouping. This excludes the slenderbodied species, and various geometrid genera that have been added to the oenochromines by default.

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