This paper uses the method of cross spectral analysis to examine preand post-1987 crash comovements among several Pacific Rim markets. The results support increased post-crash comovements among the markets. Each of the pairwise median coherences was greater in the post-crash period. The same is true for the post-crash mean coherences, with one exception. The nonparametric Wilcoxon Z statistics ...

ISTORY tive Hawaiians are descended from Polynesian mmunities that explored the Pacific Islands. Even with arrival of Westerners in the late 18th century, the tive Hawaiian population in Hawaii remained relatively ble at approximately 800,000 to 1 million (Tsark, ecial Communication, 2001). A hundred years later, wever, the population dwindled to nearly 40,000 due deaths from disease and war. I...

1 National Research Council, National Academy of Sciences, Washington, DC, USA, 2 Marine Turtle Biology and Assessment Program, Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center, NOAA Fisheries, Honolulu, HI, USA, 3 Director’s Office, Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center, NOAA Fisheries, Honolulu, HI, USA, 4 Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA, 5 Division of Aquatic ...

Imaging genomics is an emerging research field, where integrative analysis of imaging and omics data is performed to provide new insights into the phenotypic characteristics and genetic mechanisms of normal and/or disordered biological structures and functions, and to impact the development of new diagnostic, therapeutic and preventive approaches. The Imaging Genomics Session at PSB 2017 aims t...

Organically Evolved Cultural Landscapes of the Pacific 31 Pacific systems of horticulture – continuing cultural landscapes 32 Change through time in horticultural systems relict horticultural and agricultural cultural landscapes 37 Arboriculture in the Pacific Islands 40 Land tenure and settlement patterns 40 Social systems and village structures 45 Social, ceremonial and burial places 47 Relic...

This paper describes an attempt to shed some light on road safety in Asia Pacific region by characterizing and assessing its road accidents. The relevant national road accident data were extracted from centralized data sources of international agencies. Due to data incompleteness and missing values, 21 Asia Pacific countries, presenting more than half of the world’s population, were selected fo...

The results of fishery investigations are used to estimate the catch size, times fish are caught, and future stocks in the fish culture industry. In Tokoro, Japan, scallop farms for fisheries are found on gravel and sand seabeds. The seabed images are used for fishery investigations, which are absolutely necessary to visually estimate the amount of scallops. However, there is no automatic techn...