National University of Samoa: Recent submissions

  • Information and Communication Technologies in Tourism 2021 
    Wörndl, Wolfgang; Koo, Chulmo; Stienmetz, Jason L. (Eds.) (Springer Nature, 2021)
    In the last decade, Information and Communication Technologies have revolutionized the tourism and hospitality sector. One of the latest innovations shaping new dynamics and fostering a remarkable behavioral change in the ...
  • Improving Potassium Recommendations for Agricultural Crops 
    Murrell, T. Scott; Mikkelsen, Robert L.; Sulewski, Gavin ...et.al. (Eds.) (Springer Nature, 2021)
    As one of the three primary plant nutrients, K remains critically important in crop production. As an essential element for human nutrition, K intake today is inadequate in the diets of most of the world’s population. ...
  • Samoan and psychiatrists’ perspectives on the self, qualitative comparison. 
    Bush, Allister; Collings, Sunny; Tamasese, Kiwi (Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 2005)
    Objectives: To compare psychiatrists’ perspectives on the meaning of self, in general adult public practice psychiatry in the Wellington region of New Zealand, with a Samoan view of self and to discuss the implications for ...
  • Assessing the Effectiveness of Breast Cancer Education Workshops among Samoan and Pacific Islander Women in Southern California 
    Schmidt-Vaivao, Dorothy Etimani; Lutu, Genesis; Tulua-Tata, Alisi (California State University, 2010)
    Background: Samoans experience among the worst five-year breast cancer survival rates in the U.S., largely due to late stage diagnosis. There is great potential for screening interventions to reduce cancer mortality among ...
  • Encouraging sustainable entrepreneurship in climate-threatened communities: a Samoan case study 
    James Gray, Brendan; Duncan, Suzanne; Kirkwood, Jodyanne (Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group, 2014)
    South Pacific island states are at the forefront of climatic changes that have precipitated severe environmental events. These small countries also face economic and social challenges that require entrepreneurial solutions. ...
  • Graph Structures for Knowledge Representation and Reasoning 
    Cochez, Michael; Croitoru, Madalina; Marquis, Pierre (Springer Nature, 2021)
    The development of effective techniques for knowledge representation and reasoning (KRR) is a crucial aspect of successful intelligent systems. Different representation paradigms, as well as their use in dedicated reasoning ...
  • Birth Order in Transgendered Males from Polynesia, A Quantitative Study of Samoan Fa’afafine 
    H. POASA, KRIS; BLANCHARD, RAY; J. ZUCKER, KENNETH (Journal of Sex & Marital Therapy, 2004)
    In previous research, a late birth order has been shown to be a characteristic of Western homosexual transsexual men. To date, however, it is not clear if a late birth order is specific to Western transsexuals or may be a ...
  • First-year students’ experiences at university , A Samoan case. 
    Tufue, Rasela; Ah Hoy, Jackie; Kolone-Collins, Su’eala (Pacific-Asian Education, 2019)
    Student attrition in the first year at university is a global issue. This article reports on a study of 143 first-year students from the Faculty of Education (FoE) at the National University of Samoa. While students appeared ...
  • Fundamental Approaches to Software Engineering 
    Guerra, Esther; Stoelinga, Mariëlle (Eds.) (Springer Nature, 2021)
    FASE 2021 hosted the 3rd International Competition on Software Testing (Test-Comp 2021). Test-Comp is an annual comparative evaluation of testing tools. This edition contained 11 participating tools, from academia and ...
  • Pacific Father Involvement and Early Child Behavior Outcomes. 
    Tautolo, El-Shadan; J. Schluter, Philip; Paterson, Janis (Springer Science & Business Media B.V., 2015)
    This paper examines the relationship between father involvement and their child’s behavior outcomes amongst a birth cohort of Pacific children and fathers in New Zealand. A birth cohort was established in 2000 from births ...
  • Family Business Management Culture in a Developing Economy, Samoa as an Example 
    David Brice, Dr. William; Daniel Jones, Dr. Wayne (Franklin Publishing Company, 1997)
    This empirical study investigates what makes family-firm culture in a developing economy unique by comparing the values and beliefs of Samoan family-business members with that of government workers within American Samoa ...
  • Advances on Mechanics, Design Engineering and Manufacturing III 
    Roucoules, Lionel; Paredes, Manuel; Eynard, Benoit ...et.al. (Eds.) (Springer Nature, 2021)
    The precision of parts produced by Powder Metallurgy (PM) strongly depends on the careful design of PM process parameters. Among them, high sintering temperature is generally considered as detrimental for dimensional and ...
  • The role of Aotearoa New Zealand midwives as positive influencers on food literacy with Samoan families. 
    Wong Soon, Hoy Neng; Crezee, Ineke; Rush, Elaine (New Zealand College of Midwives Journa, 2021)
    Background: Healthy eating is crucial for optimal development during all stages of life and most particularly during pregnancy. According to Stats NZ, Pasefika people make up 8.1% of the total Aotearoa New Zealand population. ...
  • Recent Changes in Mean and Extreme Temperature and Precipitation in the Western Pacific Islands 
    MCGREE, SIMON; HEROLD, NICHOLAS; ALEXANDER, LISA (American Meteorological Society, 2019-08-15)
    Trends in mean and extreme annual and seasonal temperature and precipitation over the 1951–2015 period were calculated for 57 stations in 20 western Pacific Ocean island countries and territories. The extremes indices are ...
  • Agile Processes in Software Engineering and Extreme Programming 
    Stray, Viktoria; Hoda, Rashina; Paasivaara, Maria ...et.al. (Springer Nature, 2020)
    This volume contains the research papers of the 21st International Conference on Agile Software Development (XP 2020), planned to be held June 8–12 at the IT University of Copenhagen, Denmark. However, due to the COVID-19 ...
  • The Republic of Korea-Pacific Islands Climate Prediction Services Project. 
    Sohn, Soo-Jin; KiM, Won Moo; Yo, Jin ho (AMERICAN METEOROLOGICAL SOCIETY, 2018-02)
    Seasonal prediction provides critical information for the tropical Pacific region, where the economy and livelihood of the population are highly dependent on climate variability. The usage of seasonal prediction for ...
  • Sexual Harassment at Work and E‑government, An Assessment of the Thirteen Pacific Island Countries 
    Naidu, Suwastika ; Pandaram, Atishwar ; Chand, Anand  (Sexuality & Culture, 2021-04-12)
    This study investigated how effectively the national governments of the thirteen Pacific Island Countries (PICs) are using the e-government website to create awareness on national-level policies on sexual harassment in the ...
  • VR Technologies in Cultural Heritage 
    Duguleană, Mihai; Carrozzino, Marcello; Gams, Matjaž (Springer Nature, 2019)
    This volume contains the papers from the First International Conference on VR Technologies in Cultural Heritage (VRTCH 2018). The event was organized under the project eHERITAGE (Expanding the Research and Innovation ...
  • Supercomputing Frontiers 
    Abramson, David Bronis R. de Supinski (Eds) (Springer Nature, 2019)
    As the share of supercomputers in Asia continues to increase, the relevance of supercomputing merits a supercomputing conference for Asia. Supercomputing Asia (SCA) 2019 was an umbrella of notable supercomputing events ...
  • Educational Technology and the World Wide Web in the Pacific Islands. 
    Iding, Marie; Skouge, James (Educational Communications & Technology, 2002)
    This paper describes technology issues that educators, teacher educators and students in the Pacific Islands confront, specifically in American Samoa (a U.S. territory) and Chuuk (one of the Federated States of Micronesia). ...

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