Chaminade University of Honolulu

About: Chaminade University of Honolulu is a education organization based out in Honolulu, Hawaii, United States. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Population & Experiential learning. The organization has 164 authors who have published 223 publications receiving 5381 citations.

Hanoi and Americanization of the War in Vietnam

Abstract: The spring 1965 deployment of U.S. ground forces to South Vietnam and initiation of sustained aerial and naval bombardments of the North by the U.S. military marked a turning point in the history of the Vietnamese Revolution. Until recently, Western scholars only vaguely understood Hanoi9s attitude toward those developments and what they meant for the revolution it spearheaded. Newly available materials from Vietnam provide a clearer picture of the concerns of North Vietnamese policymakers in the period immediately before and after the American intervention. Based on such materials, this article demonstrates that, when it committed the North to a wider war with the United States, Hanoi did so reluctantly. Having made the commitment, however, it stopped at nothing to guarantee the ultimate success of its efforts.

Futures of Human Evolution

Abstract: The isolated, remote, and radically different geographies of Space will have a profound impact on human evolution, not only in the conventional biological sense, but also through the technological mediations that will be indispensable for dwelling in Space. The process of change will shift from slow gradual increments as it is in biology, to a revolutionary, abrupt, full-scale transformation. We should not expect that we will remain human in the conventional sense—but what does it mean then to be ‘posthuman’?

Pilot Study on Exhaled Breath Analysis for a Healthy Adult Population in Hawaii.

Abstract: Fast diagnostic results using breath analysis are an anticipated possibility for disease diagnosis or general health screenings. Tests that do not require sending specimens to medical laboratories possess capabilities to speed patient diagnosis and protect both patient and healthcare staff from unnecessary prolonged exposure. The objective of this work was to develop testing procedures on an initial healthy subject cohort in Hawaii to act as a range-finding pilot study for characterizing the baseline of exhaled breath prior to further research. Using comprehensive two-dimensional gas chromatography (GC×GC), this study analyzed exhaled breath from a healthy adult population in Hawaii to profile the range of different volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and survey Hawaii-specific differences. The most consistently reported compounds in the breath profile of individuals were acetic acid, dimethoxymethane, benzoic acid methyl ester, and n-hexane. In comparison to other breathprinting studies, the list of compounds discovered was representative of control cohorts. This must be considered when implementing proposed breath diagnostics in new locations with increased interpersonal variation due to diversity. Further studies on larger numbers of subjects over longer periods of time will provide additional foundational data on baseline breath VOC profiles of control populations for comparison to disease-positive cohorts.

Chapter 103 – Forensic Entomology

Abstract: Publisher Summary This chapter discusses forensic entomology, which includes any situation in which insects or their actions become evidence within the legal system. Medicocriminal entomology involves insects as evidence in a criminal case, most frequently homicide, and this is the area that has been most closely associated with the term “forensic entomology” by the general public and most entomologists. The use of insects and other arthropods as evidence in criminal investigations dates from 12th century China. The use of insects to estimate the postmortem interval requires an understanding of the insect's life cycle, the relationship of the insect to the remains, and the relationship of the remains to the habitat in which they are discovered. Insects pass through a number of distinct stages during their life cycle. Using a blowfly in the family Calliphoridae as an example, the female fly arrives at the body and deposits eggs in body openings associated with the head, anus, and genitals, or in wounds. After hatching, larvae or maggots feed on the decomposing tissues. There are three larval stages, with a molt in between each stage. Once the maggot is fully developed, it ceases to feed and moves away from the remains before pupariation. The puparium is an inactive stage during which the larval tissues are reorganized to produce the adult fly.