The Western 24 h society poses great psychological and physical demands on people, which may result in complaints such as stress or being overworked, reduced immune fitness. Having a holiday be good way to reduce work-related mood improve perceived Therefore, the aim of current study was assess impact having work fitness mood. A survey held among N = 246 young adults who were Fiji, 87 subjects ...

Botanical studies along mountain-to-sea transects are a key component of the Pacific-Asia Biodiversity Transect (PABITRA) project. For the Fiji PABITRA Wet-Zone Transect, it is suggested that four basic categories of biodiversity data (species inventory, plant community description, ecological data on the species and community level, and long-term monitoring) be collected within the seven biodi...

Alec J. Ekeroma1*, Sharon Biribo2, Josephine Herman3, Andrew Hill4 and Tim Kenealy4 *1Pacific Women’s Health Research Unit, South Auckland Clinical Campus, University of Auckland, Middlemore Hospital, Auckland, New Zealand 2Acting Director Research, Research Unit, Office of the Dean, College of Medicine, Nursing & Health Sciences, Fiji National University, Suva, Fiji 3Epidemiology and Biostatis...

BACKGROUND Climate change is expected to affect the health of most populations in the coming decades, having the greatest impact on the poorest and most disadvantaged people in the world. The Pacific islands, including Fiji, are particularly vulnerable to the effects of climate change. OBJECTIVE The three major health impacts of climate change in Fiji explored in this study were dengue fever,...

During fieldwork in Fiji, four new species of Cyrtandra (Gesneriaceae) were discovered and are described herein: C. gregoryi M.A.Johnson, sp. nov., C. hispida M.A.Johnson, sp. nov., C. longifructosa M.A.Johnson, sp. nov., and C. waisaliensis M.A.Johnson, sp. nov. The addition of four new species brings the current number of Fijian Cyrtandra to 41 endemic species. Two of the four species are kno...