Background Maternal and child under-nutrition is a pervasive and detrimental condition in Papua New Guinea (PNG). Despite the rapid economic growth during the past decade, the stunting rate for children under 5 has remained at 46 percent in PNG. Objective The objective of the study was to analyze the association between the demographic, socioeconomic, and health-related factors with undernutr...

Delivery of health care services to rural and remote populations in Papua New Guinea (PNG) is problematic. This is mainly due to difficulties with transportation and communication. Hence, the children in this region of PNG are likely to be at risk of malnutrition compounded by inadequate vaccination that may predispose them to preventable diseases. This study was conducted to determine the vacc...

In this paper we describe an indexing, querying and browsing system for online images based on the PNG (Portable Network Graphics) image format and its ability to embed structured metadata within the image. First we describe a Java application which enables the computer-assisted generation and editing of Dublin Core-based metadata descriptions for digital images and the annotation of regions wi...

A high-performance flexible piezoelectric nanogenerator (PNG) is fabricated by a direct writing method, which acquires both patterned piezoelectric structure and aligned piezoelectric nanowires simultaneously. The voltage output of the as-prepared PNG is nearly 400% compared with that of the traditional spin-coated device due to the effective utilization of stress. This facile printing approach...

1. Analysis of mitochondrial and nuclear DNA (microsatellites) in 379 individuals, collected from 15 localities in northern Australia and Papua New Guinea (PNG), demonstrated that wild redclaw crayfish (Cherax quadricarinatus) populations consist of two highly divergent Australian lineages and two PNG lineages. 2. The disjunction between the two Australian lineages occurs over a distance of app...

Recent surveys of the shark and ray catches of artisanal fishers in the Western Province of Papua New Guinea (PNG) resulted in the rediscovery of the threatened river sharks, Glyphis garricki and Glyphis glyphis. These represent the first records of both species in PNG since the 1960s and 1970s and highlight the lack of studies of shark biodiversity in PNG. Two individuals of G. garricki and th...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Undernutrition remains a significant cause of childhood illness, poor growth, development, and death in Papua New Guinea (PNG). Studies on child nutritional outcomes in PNG vary by design, measurement protocols and quality. We conducted a systematic review to assess the evidence for the prevalence of child undernutrition across different study populations, geographical...

Hall tube is an important model to simulate the quantum effect. However it hasn't been realized in superconducting circuits which have emerged as a promising platform for macro-controlling Taking advantage of fine tunability circuits, three-chain transmon qubits with periodic boundary condition are designed this paper. For constructing synthetic tube, ac magnetic fluxes introduced drive each qu...

In contrast to the extensive analysis of the regulation of Cyclin B protein levels during developmental progression through meiosis in oogenesis, little is known about Cyclin A. Repression of cyclin A translation early in prophase I in Drosophila is important to maintain the oocyte in meiosis, and this has been shown to be mediated by deadenylation of the mRNA and inhibition by the Bruno repres...

The aim of this study is to assess whether a text message reminder service designed to support health worker adherence to a revised malaria treatment protocol is feasible and acceptable in Papua New Guinea (PNG). The study took place in six purposively selected health facilities located in the Eastern Highlands Province (EHP) of PNG. Ten text messages designed to remind participants of key elem...