Sweet Potato Scab (Elsinoe batatas [Sawada] Viegas & Jenkins)

Replaces Agricultural Pests of the Pacific Series, ADAP 91-3.This leaflet briefly describes the symptoms of sweet potato scab caused by Elsinoe batatas.Funded by the United States Department of Agriculture Cooperative State Research, Education and Extension Service Grant 99-38826-7854. Publishing and conversion into digital format made possible by funding from USDA Western SARE PEOPLE Project, Utah State Subcontract #C019211, Project #EW98011

Papaya Foot Rot (Phytophthtora sp.)

Replaces Agricultural Pests of the Pacific Series, ADAP 91-1.This leaflet briefly describes the symptoms and control of papaya foot rot.Funded by the United States Department of Agriculture Cooperative State Research, Education and Extension Service Grant 99-38826-7854. Publishing and conversion into digital format made possible by funding from USDA Western SARE PEOPLE Project, Utah State Subcontract #C019211, Project #EW98011

White Rust of Kangkong (Albugo ipomae-panduratae [Schw.] Swing)

Replaces Agricultural Pests of the Pacific Series, ADAP 91-5.This leaflet describes the symptoms and control of white rust on kangkong (Ipomoea aquatica).Funded by the United States Department of Agriculture Cooperative State Research, Education and Extension Service Grant 99-38826-7854. Publishing and conversion into digital format made possible by funding from USDA Western SARE PEOPLE Project, Utah State Subcontract #C019211, Project #EW98011

Chelsea H. Meloche, Laure Spake, and Katherine L. Nichols, eds. Working with and for Ancestors: Collaboration in the Care and Study of Ancestral Remains. Abingdon, Oxfordshire: Routledge, 2020

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THE BIOARCHAEOLOGY OF THE VAT KOMNOU CEMETERY, ANGKOR BOREI, CAMBODIA

Approximately 60 inhumation burials, of varying states of completeness and preservation, dated between 200 BC and AD 400 (or the early historic period in the Mekong delta) were excavated at the Vat Komnou cemetery located in Angkor Borei, Cambodia, by the University of Hawaii and the Royal University of Fine Arts in 1999 and 2000. The cemetery contained the remains of all age groups from infants to old adults. Over 40% of the burials are subadults. Adult males outnumber females 2 to 1 and most of the adults died as young adults. Osteological analyses are beginning to provide us with our first glimpses of these protohistoric people, associated with early Khmer culture, including evidence of health, disease, physiological stress, injury, physical activity, subsistence, length of life, and cultural modification of bone and teeth. Among the findings are tooth caries, moderate to extreme tooth attrition, and evidence of periodontal disease. Many of the teeth show evidence of betel staining. Healed fractures of the cranium and the infracranial skeleton, although rare, were also observed. Comparisons with other skeletal series from Southeast Asia provide regional context for these preliminary observations

The Video Recorder in Developing Countries

ludging from what the international mass media say, there is no other sector today more prone to revolution than the communication sector. Since the turn of the century, rapid advances in technology have apparently been setting off a whole string of them. The video revolution only happens to be the latest. With every new communication technology developed, the benefits for education and human advancement are hopefully predicted. So far, however, the gains have truly been revolutionary only in entertainment and in commerce. Perhaps that is because the push to bring down the cost of each technology to the buying range of the mass market invariably comes harrlest from big business - with an eye to the lucrative returns from entertainment and commercial applications. This was true with television as it is now also true with the video recorder. Small wonder then that the impact of both should be most marked and most resounding in commerce and in entertainment. (...)  ZusammenfassungSeit Beginn des Jahrhunderts hat es immer wieder revolutionäre Entwicklungen im Bereich der Kommunikation gegeben. Als die neuestemuß wohl die" Video-Revolution" angesehen werden. Bei allen früheren technischen Entwicklungen wurden auch Vergünstigungen für Erziehung und menschliche Entwicklung vorausgesagt. Bis jetzt aber liegen die wirklichen Gewinne im Bereich der Unterhaltung und des Kommerz. Vielleicht auch deswegen das starke Bemühen, die Kosten möglichst so niedrig zu halten, daß sie zu einem Massengebrauch führen. Das war so beim Fernsehen und ist jetzt auch beim Videorekorder der Fall. Kein Wunder deswegen, daß die Bedeutung beider wohl auch in diesen beiden Bereichen zu erwarten ist. Die Videopreise sind seit den ersten Geräten in den siebziger Jahren stark gesunken, auch wenn sie noch billiger werden müssen, um in den Dörfern Einzug zu halten. Ein einziges Videogerät kostet auf den Philippinen durchaus das gesamte Jahreseinkommen einer armen ländlichen Familie. Hinzu kommen dann nach der Anschaffung, im Gegensatz zum Fernsehgerät, auch noch die Kosten für die Ausleihe von Videokassetten. Im Augenblick ist der Besitz eines Videorekorders eine elitäre und städtische Erscheinung in einem Land, wo selbst das Radio trotz seiner relativen Allgegenwart nur in weniger als der Hälfte und das Fernsehen nur in etwas mehr als 5% aller Haushalte zu finden ist. Das heißt zwar nicht, daß auch Dorfbewohner diese Geräte nicht kennenlernen, weil es überall unternehmungslustige Menschen gibt, die ein solches Gerät- vielleicht mit Autobatterie gespeistbetreiben und dafür 10 Centavos oder gar einen Peso pro Person für eine Videovorführung in ihren Häusern verlangen.

Skeletal and Dental Health of Precontact Marquesans: The Bioarchaeology of the Human Skeletons from Ha‘atuatua, Nuku Hiva, Marquesas Islands

Skeletal and dental indicators (e.g., stature, linear enamel hypoplasia, cribra orbitalia, trauma, dental pathologies, and other evidence of disease) recorded in 45 subadult and 36 adult skeletons from the NHaa 1 site at Ha‘atuatua, Nuku Hiva, northern Marquesas, are used to examine the health, diet, and lifestyle of precontact Marquesans during the Expansion Period (ca. A.D. 1300–1600). Limited comparisons with skeletons from Hane on Ua Huka and other Pacific Island series augment this study. In addition to elevated numbers of subadult deaths, many during the first year of life, significant palaeopathology suggestive of infection, anemia, or metabolic disease was noted for seven subadults. In contrast, very little palaeopathology was noted in the adults and no significant sex differences for most indicators of health. With few exceptions, the skeletal and dental indicators of health in the Ha‘atuatua and Hane series were very similar. Compared to other precontact Pacific series, the Ha‘atuatua males were tall and similar to other East Polynesians. Higher frequencies of stress fracture in the lower back at Ha‘atuatua may be linked to activities associated with landscape changes and the construction of stone megalithic structures. The skeletal and dental indicators of health observed in the Ha‘atuatua burials are most like those reported for other East Polynesian series. The precontact inhabitants of the Marquesas were generally healthy, contrary to expectations of increased disease frequencies and evidence of warfare during the Expansion Period at Ha‘atuatua. These new bioarchaeological data broaden our understanding of the health and lifestyle of precontact Polynesians

Approaches to Development Research Communication

This article traces the co?evolution between models of research communication and development. It looks at how creative and visual methods fit into this trajectory. It argues that the current growth in the accessibility of communication technologies has emerged alongside a strong revival of more linear, marketing?style understanding of development research communication, which threatens to undermine their progressive potential. It argues that despite development research communicators having many more options available to them, in terms of tools and approaches, and a much better understanding of how to integrate research and communication, they are also under increased pressure to prove impact, or show direct attribution. It argues that the more democratised communication becomes, the more difficult it is to do this