National University of Samoa: Recent submissions

  • Educational performance and attitudes toward school as risk- protective factors for violence 
    WEGNER, ELDONL.; GARCIA, ORLANDO; .NISHIMURA, STEPHANIET (Wiley Periodicals, Inc., 2010)
    The purpose of this study was to examine whether school experiences ,school performance, and other risk-protective factors were related to violence among Hawaiian, Filipino, and Samoan youths residing in Hawaii. This study ...
  • Evidence-Based School Development in Changing Demographic Contexts 
    Ylimaki, Rose M.; Brunderman, Lynnette A. (Springer Nature, 2022)
    This book takes on the longstanding and “wicked” problem of school improvement. At the core of this problem is the interaction between students (their understandings, capacities, aspirations and dispositions) and their ...
  • Educational Perspectives on Mediality and Subjectivation 
    Bettinger, Patrick (Springer Nature, 2022)
    The concept of the subject has long been a central construct of the social sciences, cultural studies and the humanities. While the philosophical roots of the concept go back to antiquity, new discourses have developed in ...
  • Cybersecurity in Poland 
    Chałubińska-Jentkiewicz, Katarzyna; Radoniewicz, Filip; Zieliński (Eds.), Tadeusz (Springer Nature, 2022)
    The first part of the book is an introduction to cybersecurity issues. In the main part of the publication, the authors, guided by the systematics of the Act, discuss the role of individual entities included in the ...
  • Culture, local capacity, and outside aid, a community perspective on disaster response after the 2009 tsunami in American Sāmoa 
    Brokopp Binder, Sherri; K. Baker, Charlene (John Wiley & Sons Ltd, 2017)
    Research on diverse cultural contexts has indicated that aid organizations often fail to leverage local, culturally-grounded resources and capacities in disaster-affected communities. Case-study methodology was employed ...
  • Access to Medicines and Vaccines 
    Correa, Carlos M.; Hilty, Reto M. (Springer Nature, 2022)
    While the TRIPS Agreement provides for minimum standards of protection of intellectual property, it leaves certain degree of policy space for WTO members, whether developed or developing countries, to implement the Agreement’s ...
  • Alienation and obligation, Religion and social change in Samoa. 
    Thornton, Alec; T. Kerslake, Maria; Binns, Tony (Asia Pacific Viewpoint, 2010-04)
    This paper will explore social change in contemporary Samoan society with respect to the traditional expectations of the church and kinship conflicting with the modern needs of an urbanising population. In the Samoan way ...
  • The Role of a Multinational Factory in the Life Trajectory of Early School Leavers in Sāmoa. 
    Tsujita Levi, Masami (The Contemporary Pacific, 2019)
    Yazaki Electrical Distribution System Sāmoa (yes), a Japan-based car parts factory, ceased its operations in Sāmoa in August 2017 as a result of an Australian government decision to stop subsidizing the automotive industry. ...
  • Trends in Cerebrovascular Surgery and Interventions 
    Esposito, Giuseppe; Regli, Luca; Cenzato, Marco ...et.al. (Eds.) (Springer Nature, 2021)
    The European-Japanese Cerebrovascular Congress originally started as a Swiss-Japanese joint conference on cerebral aneurysm. The Congress was held in Zürich, Switzerland, from 5–7 May 2001 with Prof. Y. Yonekawa of Zürich ...
  • Tools and Algorithms for the Construction and Analysis of Systems 
    Unknown author (Springer Nature, 2021)
    and Practice of Software. ETAPS is an annual federated conference established in 1998, and consists of four conferences: ESOP, FASE, FoSSaCS, and TACAS. Each conference has its own Program Committee (PC) and its own ...
  • Counselling Psychology From a Samoan Perspective 
    Sotiata Seiuli, Byron Malaela (New Zealand Psychological Society, 2013)
    Addressing the psychological health of Pasifika1 people in New Zealand continues to challenge clinicians and health professionals, particularly in the provision of therapeutic care that is both beneficial and culturally ...
  • Changing Covenants in Samoa? From Brothers and Sisters to Husbands and Wives 
    Latai, Latu (Wiley-Blackwell, 2015)
    This article explores how in the process of Christian conversion in Samoa by the London Missionary Society, the indigenous sacred covenant between brother and sister was transposed onto the relation between the pastor, his ...
  • Cultural Context of Health and Well-being among Samoan and Tongan American Elders 
    Vakalahi, Halaevalu (Indian Gerontological Association, 2012)
    This article examines cultural-related factors that may serve as sources of protection/benefits and risk for the health and wellbeing of Samoan and Tongan American elders. People from Oceania, in this case Samoans and ...
  • Health, Well Being, and Social Context of Samoan Migrants Populations. 
    T. McGarvey, Stephen; Seiden, Andrew (Wiley-Blackwell, 2005)
    A minimal estimate suggests 300,000 Samoans reside outside the Samoan archipelago in the United States, New Zealand, and Australia. Anthropological studies of Samoan migration provide a broader perspective that emphasizes ...
  • Smart and Sustainable Planning for Cities and Regions 
    Bisello, Adriano; Vettorato, Daniele; Ludlow, David ...et.al (Eds.) (Springer Nature, 2021)
    Investigating the potential of urban planning to make cities and regions more sustainable in a smart way: This was the purpose of the 3rd international conference Smart and Sustainable Planning for Cities and Regions, ...
  • International Symposium on Mathematics, Quantum Theory, and Cryptography 
    Takagi, Tsuyoshi; Wakayama, Masato; Tanaka, Keisuke (Eds.) (Springer Nature, 2021)
    The meaning of “Mathematics for Industry” (sometimes abbreviated as MI or MfI) is different from that of “Mathematics in Industry” (or of “Industrial Mathematics”). The latter is restrictive: it tends to be identified with ...
  • The remittances of migrant Tongan and Samoan nurses from Australia 
    Connell, John; PC Brown, Richard (BioMed Central, 2004-04-13)
    Background: Migration and remittances are of considerable importance in the small Pacific island states. There has been a significant migration of skilled health workers in recent decades to metropolitan fringe states, ...
  • Suggestive linkage detected for blood pressure related traits on 2q and 22q in the population on the Samoan islands 
    Åberg, Karolina; Dai, Feng; Viali, Satupaitea (BMC Medical Genetics, 2009-10-23)
    Background: High blood pressure or hypertension is a major risk factor involved in the development of cardiovascular diseases. We conducted genome-wide variance component linkage analyses to search for loci influencing ...
  • Management of skin infections in Pacific children prior to hospitalization 
    Ete-Rasch, Elaine; Nelson, Katherine (ORIGINAL SCIENTIFIC PAPERS, 2013-03)
    INTRODUCTION: Hospital admissions for childhood skin infections in New Zealand (NZ) are on the increase. Pacific children make up a high number of those who are admitted. This study describes the parents of Pacific children’s ...
  • Pululima faifai pea, Establishment of Samoan immersion early childhood education centers and bilingual units 
    Tuafuti, Patisepa (Waikato Journal of Education, 2017)
    Sāmoan Immersion Preschools (Ā’oga ‘Amata) and Bilingual Education units covering from year one to year eight of school have become well established in some areas in the Auckland region since the 1980s, due to the commitment, ...

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