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Diabetes self-management and social support during the COVID-19 pandemic: Perspectives of older adults living in Barbados

open access: yesDialogues in Health, 2023
Purpose: Diabetes mellitus (diabetes) is a major health concern in Barbados. In 2013, the reported prevalence (18.7%) was double global levels, with diabetes accounting for 10.4% of total deaths in 2016.
Jamie Hinds   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Caves and cave art

open access: yesNew Trends and Issues Proceedings on Humanities and Social Sciences, 2019
This paper aims to discuss the impact and importance of the karstic caves, which are effective on the emergence and development of cave art and the rocks that generate them. The origin of cave traces to 40 thousand years and the creation of many more works of art and the importance of the rocks to the present day is very important.
openaire   +1 more source

Capacity building for conservation of the subterranean biodiversity of the Skadar/Shkodra Lake basin (Montenegro and Albania)

open access: yesNatura Sloveniae, 2018
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Magdalena Năpăruş-Aljančič   +7 more
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Influence of Climatic Factors on Human Hantavirus Infections in Latin America and the Caribbean: A Systematic Review

open access: yesPathogens, 2021
Background: With the current climate change crisis and its influence on infectious disease transmission there is an increased desire to understand its impact on infectious diseases globally.
Kirk Osmond Douglas   +3 more
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The Impact of Climate on Human Dengue Infections in the Caribbean

open access: yesPathogens
Climate change is no longer a hypothetical problem in the Caribbean but a new reality to which regional public health systems must adapt. One of its significant impacts is the increased transmission of infectious diseases, such as dengue fever, which is ...
Kirk Osmond Douglas   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Barbados Insulin Matters (BIM) study: Barriers to insulin therapy among a population-based sample of people with type 2 diabetes in the Caribbean island of Barbados

open access: yesJournal of Clinical & Translational Endocrinology, 2017
Aim: The purpose of this study was to document in people with type 2 diabetes (T2DM) in Barbados, attitudes and beliefs that may result in psychological insulin resistance.
Charles G. Taylor, Jr.   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Cave Actinobacteria as Producers of Bioactive Metabolites

open access: yesFrontiers in Microbiology, 2019
Recently, there is an urgent need for new drugs due to the emergence of drug resistant pathogenic microorganisms and new infectious diseases. Members of phylum Actinobacteria are promising source of bioactive compounds notably antibiotics. The search for
P. Rangseekaew, W. Pathom-aree
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Does technical drawing increase students’ mental rotation ability?

open access: yesCogent Education, 2018
In this article, we examined whether technical drawing increased the mental rotation ability in 13- to 15-year-old students (N = 201). Students were pretested with the Mental Rotations Test. Later, a group of students was exposed to technical drawing for
Babalola Ogunkola, Carlos Knight
doaj   +1 more source

The role of gene flow in rapid and repeated evolution of cave related traits in Mexican tetra, Astyanax mexicanus

open access: yesbioRxiv, 2018
Understanding the molecular basis of repeated evolved phenotypes can yield key insights into the evolutionary process. Quantifying the amount of gene flow between populations is especially important in interpreting mechanisms of repeated phenotypic ...
A. Herman   +18 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Pleomorphic adenoma with extensive squamous metaplasia: The first well-documented case involving the submandibular gland

open access: yesHuman Pathology Reports, 2022
Background: Pleomorphic adenoma with extensive squamous metaplasia is relatively uncommon. Most reported cases in the English literature have involved the minor salivary glands.
David A. Gaskin   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

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