http://scholarspace.manoa.hawaii.edu The ScholarSpace digital repository system captures, stores, indexes, preserves, and distributes digital research material. Search the Channel search http://scholarspace.manoa.hawaii.edu/simple-search http://hdl.handle.net/10125/151 Title: Antioxidant Potential of Seven Myrtaceous Fruits<br/><br/>Author(s): Reynertson, Kurt A.; Basile, Margaret J.; Kennelly, Edward J.<br/><br/>Abstract: Many fruits of the Myrtaceae have a rich history of use both as edibles and as traditional medicines in divergent ethnobotanical practices throughout the tropical and subtropical world. From South America to Southeast Asia, these fruits have been used for a wide variety of ailments, including cough, diabetes, dysentery, inflammation and ringworm. These same fruits are also used to make many food products. Based on information regarding ethnomedical use, known phytochemistry, fruit color, popularity as edibles and availability, the fruits of several edible species from the subtribe Eugeniinae have been selected for phytochemical analysis in an attempt to discover new antioxidants. The fruits of six species in this group have shown a strong antioxidant activity in the 1,1-diphenyl-2-picrylhy-drazyl chemical assay. The UV absorbance spectrum of the most active compound in Eugenia uniflora L. indicates that it is a flavonoid. Polyphenolic compounds like flavonoids have an enormous range of biological activity and are known to inhibit oxidative damage in vivo better than the classical vitamin antioxidants. In plants, they protect against lipid peroxidation and UV damage that can affect tropical fruits growing under severe conditions including high heat and intense sunlight. Sat, 01 Jan 2005 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/10125/1523 Title: Pacific Rim Russian Librarianship: Forgotten Collectors for the Hoover Institution on Manchuria<br/><br/>Author(s): Polansky, Patricia<br/><br/>Abstract: Collecting efforts by the Hoover Institution among Russian émigrés in China is a little-known story, told in this article through the biographies of Harold H. Fisher, Elena A. Varneck, Ivan I. Serebrennikov, and Robert V. Smith. The collection of documents, diaries, reports, books, and periodicals focuses on two broad topics: the Russian civil war in Siberia and the Far East, and the history of the Chinese Eastern Railway. The problems involved in collecting materials connected to events that recently occurred largely centered around money (especially the lack of it) and trying to decide whose materials were the most valuable. Sun, 01 Jan 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/10125/13496 Title: The sterols of certain tropical oils<br/><br/>Author(s): Zeitlin, Harry<br/><br/>Description: Typescript.Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Hawaii, 1951.Bibliography: leaves [98]-103. Fri, 01 Jun 1951 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/10125/13491 Title: How the Asia Pacific can drive the global recovery<br/><br/>Author(s): Petri, Peter A.; Dobson, Wendy; Huang, Yiping; Soesastro, Hadi; Wihardja, Maria Monica<br/><br/>Abstract: The transition to a new, sustained global growth path is still precarious and will require concerted policy actions by many countries. Leadership by the G-20 will be essential for coordinating the global effort. But due to the central importance of the Asia Pacific in the world economy, regional institutions such as ASEAN+3, ASEAN+6, and APEC could also play large roles in the next phase of the recovery. Interdependence in the Asia Pacific region is now often seen as a source of risk, but it also connects the most powerful technological, financial, and productive resources ever assembled in history. Asia Pacific institutions should not miss the opportunity to address the present crisis. By working together, Asia Pacific governments could send a powerful signal to markets that they intend to cooperate and will hold each other accountable for keeping growth on track. This issue of the East-West Dialogue summarizes the findings of the Pacific Economic Cooperation Council's (PECC) Taskforce on the Global Economic Crisis. The full report of this taskforce will become available from PECC during the first half of 2010. Further information is available on www.pecc.org/economic-crisis/. Sun, 01 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/10125/13482 Title: Washington Report, 2009-11<br/><br/>Author(s): U.S. Asia Pacific Council<br/><br/>Abstract: All of the major powers in Northeast Asia—China, Japan, Russia, South Korea, and the United States—are on record as saying they do not want a nuclear North Korea. ButPyongyang’s volatile behavior—represented this year by its defiant test of a long-range ballistic missile, its rejection of theSix-Party Talks and agreements reached via those negotiations, and its second test of a nuclear device—has stymied their efforts to keep a denuclearization process on track.Dr. Victor Cha, who served as U.S. deputy head of delegation to the Six-Party Talks during the Bush administration, explores North Korea’s latest diplomatic tactic, China’s unique relationship with its troublesome neighbor, and other challengesconfronting U.S. policymakers. Sun, 01 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/10125/13481 Title: Forest communities and REDD climate initiatives<br/><br/>Author(s): Poffenberger, Mark; Smith-Hanssen, Kathryn<br/><br/>Abstract: Loss of the world's forests contributes an estimated 17 percent to all global greenhouse gas emissions, creating both a major challenge and an opportunity for international climate change agreements. In response, global policymakers have proposed that new carbon agreements include rewards for reducing forest-based emissions, an initiative known as REDD--Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation. By creating financial incentives to reduce forest-sourced greenhouse gases, REDD projects could generate funding from developed countries to reduce deforestation in developing countries. In addition, some climate change specialists believe that REDD projects could benefit forest-dependent communities, whose participation is key to controlling the local forces that drive deforestation. Some communities are already learning about the new REDD carbon projects. As one villager from Cambodia explains, "We are going to sell our air to the people who are polluting in the city." The increased attention to forests in international climate change negotiations indicates that policymakers are giving greater recognition to the importance of natural forests as terrestrial carbon sinks. While it is generally acknowledged that forests are an important source of timber, fuelwood, fodder, and other nontimber forest products, forests also provide crucial ecosystem services. These "services" are functions or benefits that are provided by the natural environment including sequestering carbon from the atmosphere, protecting upstream watersheds, and conserving biodiversity. Forests also help regulate the water cycle and climate, while supporting soil formation, nutrient recycling, and plant pollination. The failure of markets, and society in general, to accurately value these services in economic or financial terms has undermined attempts to conserve forests. The REDD climate initiatives represent an important international attempt to place a value on forests and to commoditize their services in storing and sequestering carbon. The value of forest carbon stocks will need to be based on rigorous monitoring of field inventories and remotely sensed data. It is anticipated that REDD projects will need to empirically demonstrate that deforestation and forest degradation have slowed as a direct result of project activities. The resulting change in carbon storage will need to be verifiable before it can be traded in commodity markets and other exchange platforms. Thu, 01 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/10125/13478 Title: The Democratic Party of Japan and North Korea policy<br/><br/>Author(s): Sato, Yoichiro<br/><br/>Abstract: When President Obama met Prime Minister Hatoyama of Japan in November 2009, a variety of contentious bilateral issues were on the table. However, despite divergence between the two countries on the military base issues in Okinawa and disagreement over Japan's emphasis on building an East Asian Community, the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) government will stay closely aligned with the United States in terms of its basic North Korea policy. Yoichiro Sato discusses the new Japanese government's policy toward North Korea. Mon, 16 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/10125/13477 Title: The biology, distribution and control of ants in Hawaiian pineapple fields<br/><br/>Author(s): Phillips, John<br/><br/>Description: Typescript.Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Hawaii, 1933.Bibliography: leaves 261-301.UHM: HAWN also has reprint: Honolulu, HI : University of Hawaii at Manoa Library, 2000. c.3 Sun, 01 Jan 1933 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/10125/13476 Title: Release of non-exchangeable potassium in Hawaiian sugar cane soil<br/><br/>Author(s): Ayers, Arthur<br/><br/>Description: Typescript.Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Hawaii, 1949.Bibliography: leaves 42-47. Wed, 01 Jun 1949 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/10125/13475 Title: Chemical investigations on the sterols of five tropical oils<br/><br/>Author(s): Westgate, Mark<br/><br/>Description: Typescript.Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Hawaii, 1938.Bibliography: leaves 150-158. Sat, 01 Jan 1938 00:00:00 GMT