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The 5th Umpire: Automating Cricket's Edge Detection System [PDF]

Journal of Systemics, Cybernetics and Informatics, 2013
The game of cricket and the use of technology in the sport have grown rapidly over the past decade. However, technology-based systems introduced to adjudicate decisions such as run outs, stumpings, boundary infringements and close catches are still prone
R. Rock, A. Als, P. Gibbs, C. Hunte
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Characterization of the Cassava Mycobiome in Symptomatic Leaf Tissues Displaying Cassava Superelongation Disease

Journal of Fungi, 2023
Superelongation disease (SED) is a fungal disease that affects cassava in the Caribbean. The symptoms include the appearance of dry necrotic spots and lesions on the leaves, which may severely affect the plant yield.
Angela Alleyne, Shanice Mason, Yvonne Vallès   +2 more
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Helping To Integrate The Visually Challenged Into Mainstream Society Through A Low-Cost Braille Device [PDF]

Journal of Systemics, Cybernetics and Informatics, 2013
The visually challenged are often alienated from mainstream society because of their disabilities. This problem is even more pronounced in developing countries which often do not have the resources necessary to integrate this people group into their ...
Desirée Jordan, Adrian Als, Paul Walcott, Ramon Sargeant   +3 more
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Disparity in biomedical publication trends in the CARICOM countries: Is there a need for a more vibrant research culture in the region?

SAGE Open Medicine, 2020
Background: Biomedical research and publications provide evidence-based information about the extent and burden of health-related problems of a country and help to formulate strategic and operational plans to tackle the problems.
Keerti Singh, Md Anwarul Azim Majumder, Subir Gupta, Uma Gaur, Bidyadhar Sa, Oswald P Adams   +5 more
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Iron Age to Medieval entomogamous vegetation and Rhinolophus hipposideros roost in south-eastern Wales (UK) [PDF]

, 2006
Karst cave systems are well developed in Wales (UK) and, in some instances, constitute important bat roosts. Ogof Draenen, near Blaenavon in south-east Wales, is the most recent major cave discovery (1994) with already > 70 km of passages explored ...
Bronk, Bui-Thi, Camacho, Carbonnel, Carbonnel, Carrión, Chambers, Chambers, Coles, Herrera, Jegla, Maher, Maher, Michael J. Simms, Pendleton, Proctor, Rosen, Simms, Simms, Smith, Stuiver, Suzanne A.G. Leroy, Vaughan, Waltham, Warren   +24 more
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Influence of Climatic Factors on Human Hantavirus Infections in Latin America and the Caribbean: A Systematic Review

Pathogens, 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, Karl Payne, Gilberto Sabino-Santos, John Agard   +3 more
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Diabetes self-management and social support during the COVID-19 pandemic: Perspectives of older adults living in Barbados

Dialogues 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, Natalie Greaves, Heather Harewood   +2 more
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Capacity building for conservation of the subterranean biodiversity of the Skadar/Shkodra Lake basin (Montenegro and Albania)

Natura Sloveniae, 2018
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Magdalena Năpăruş-Aljančič, Miloš Pavićević, Leonid Merzlyakov, Tajda Turk, Philippe Theou, Denik Ulqini, Spase Shumka, Gregor Aljančič   +7 more
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An Adaptive Management Model for Brown Bears in Hokkaido: Based on Total Population and the Number of Nuisance Bears

Population Ecology, EarlyView.
Bear management changes management actions according to the horizontal axis of the population size and the vertical axis of the number of nuisance bears. Aiming for the target population size of Ntar, Actions I and II protect the bears, and Action IV reduces the population.
Hiroyuki Matsuda, Akira Maki, Tsutomu Mano, Hifumi Tsuruga, Hino Takafumi, Shinichi Horino   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Impact of Climate on Human Dengue Infections in the Caribbean

Pathogens
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, Karl Payne, Gilberto Sabino-Santos, Peter Chami, Troy Lorde   +4 more
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