The prevalence of small-pox at the present day in the parish of Marylebone is calculated to raise grave doubts in the minds of the public of the value of the discovery of the philanthropic Jenner ; or to impress them with the conviction that the Act for Compulsory Vaccination is shamefully ' neglected. To investigate the cause of this epidemic is no doubt one of the special objects of the Epide...

High levels of antibiotic use contribute to development of antibiotic resistance. There is little known about levels of antibiotic use in Samoa, although anecdotally, there are high levels of use, and a strain of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus may have developed there. The study aimed to gather basic data on levels of antibiotic use in Samoa. All those who import medicines into Sam...

This article examines the ways in which Fflur Dafydd’s 2008 novel Twenty Thousand Saints negotiates notions of the island space in a post-devolution Welsh context. It argues that the novel is a rich site in the analysis of the literary dimension of what Baldacchino describes as the “island-mainland [...] dialectic” (Baldacchino, 2006, p. 10). Set on Bardsey, a real small island off the coast of...

The consequences of climate change are being experienced asymmetrically, with States which were exploited during the colonial era disproportionately bearing costs. Among these States, case Small Island Developing (SIDS) is haunting due to their increasing uninhabitability amidst rising sea-levels. This article will interrogate crystallized Western notion Statehood and urge a vision its four pil...

Abstract Sulabesi Island, as a small island, is faced with challenges in developing road infrastructure to facilitate community mobility, especially meet their settlements’ needs. With most settlements located on the coast, this study aims analyze network’s density level based building distribution and plan connectivity between regions. The method used network (ND) analysis using ArcGIS 10.5 so...