Dye characterisation of Tahitian plants and molecular identification of mati red in historical barkcloth by Diego Tamburini

“…These results constitute a precious molecular database and prompted a re-evaluation of the findings of a previous analytical study on samples from the Tahitian mourner’s costume in the British Museum collection. …”
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In Vitro Bioactivity of Australian Finger Lime Cultivars as an Initial Evaluation of Their Nutraceutical Potential by Joel B. Johnson, Parbat Raj Thani, Si-Yuan Chen, Janice S. Mani, Michael E. Netzel, Mani Naiker

“…The TPC ranged from 328 to 779 mg GAE/100 g dry weight (DW) in the pulp (compared to 1043 mg GAE/100 g for Tahitian lime) and from 755 to 1048 mg GAE/100 g in the peel (1704 mg GAE/100 g for Tahitian lime). …”
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Une appellation transnationale pour l’Océan Pacifique: Te moana nui a Kiwa (Nouvelle-Zélande) - Te moana nui a Hiva (Tahiti) by Bruno Saura

“…It seems to be a contemporary Tahitian adaptation of an older Maori - New Zealand - name, «(Te) moana nui a Kiwa». …”
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Critique d’un outil méthodologique à travers l’étude d’un objet métis by Adrien Lemaitre

“…This research seeks to understand the notion of cultural values and to take a critical look at a methodological tool used in the heritage field – the typology of values – in order to propose an intervention protocol for a entangled object (a tahitian tiputa kept in the Quai Branly – Jacques Chirac museum).…”
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Biodiversity through Domestication by Wulf Schiefenhövel

“…P. brosimos and P. conoideus); breadfruit (Artocarpus altilis); the so-called Tahitian chestnut (Inocarpus fagifer); nut bearing trees like the Okari nut (Terminalia kaernbachii) and nuts of the genera Canarium and Spondias; coconut (Cocos nucifera) which was probably cultivated in island Melanesia or Polynesia. …”
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A novel algorithm for optimizing genset operations to minimize fuel consumption in remote diesel-RES microgrids by Issam Matragi, Alain Maiboom, Xavier Tauzia, Bruno Moricet, Yoann Thevenoux

“…The proposed model is applied on a case study of the Tahitian power system, demonstrating reductions in fuel consumption. …”
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