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Determinants of child physical abuse in Guyana: Findings from the 2019 Guyana Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey [PDF]

Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública
Objective. To assess the prevalence and factors associated with physical abuse against children in Guyana. Methods. This study utilized nationally representative data from the Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey conducted in Guyana in 2019.
Gary Joseph, Audrey Benn, Cecil Boston, Debra Lowe, Karishma Jeeboo, La-Toya Arthur-Tucker, Lauristan Choy, Lidon Lashley, Gbenankpon M. Houvèssou, Tammy Hopkinson, Thomas B. Singh   +10 more
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Tree Weights of Avicennia germinans in Mangrove Ecosystems Along the Guyana Coastline [PDF]

Plant-Environment Interactions
Mangroves are known as highly functional and productive ecosystems despite the numerous human and environmental disturbances they face continuously. These disturbances are known to affect their ecosystem states as well as their biomass allocation in ...
Sabrina Dookie, Sirpaul Jaikishun, Abdullah Adil Ansari   +2 more
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Alcohol use, heavy episodic drinking, and associated cardiovascular risk in Guyana [PDF]

Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública
Objective. To determine associations between demographic characteristics, alcohol use, heavy episodic drinking (HED), and cardiovascular risk factors using the 2016 Guyana World Health Organization (WHO) STEPwise noncommunicable diseases risk factor ...
M. Shastri Motilal, Reeta Gobin, Raveed Khan, Rohan G. Maharaj   +3 more
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Vermicomposting evaluation of different combinations of organic waste using Perionyx excavates [PDF]

International Journal of Recycling of Organic Waste in Agriculture, 2021
Purpose Organic waste is a serious concern across the globe contributed by human activity that can be managed by efficient process like vermicomposting which can reduce the waste that is dumped in landfills into useful product vermicompost. This research
Sona Huntley, Abdullah Adil Ansari
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Trends in Transfusion-Transmissible Infections Among Blood Donors at the National Blood Transfusion Service, Guyana

Southeastern European Medical Journal, 2022
Aim: The most adverse effect of blood transfusion is the acquisition of transfusion-transmissible infections (TTIs), which poses a serious threat in developing countries.
Francine Leitch, Letisha Pooran, Rajini Kurup, Pedro Lewis, Cecil Boston   +4 more
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Formative Exploration of the Feasibility of Embedding Community Assets Into Primary Health Care: Barbershop and Place of Worship Readiness in Guyana

Journal of Primary Care & Community Health, 2022
Introduction: Community engagement is key to improving the quality of primary health care (PHC), with asset-based interventions shown to have a positive impact on equity and health outcomes. However, there tends to be a disconnect between community-based
Sharlene Goberdhan, Reeta Gobin, Olly Perreira, Manoj Sharma, Melissa Ramdeen, Seeromanie Harding   +5 more
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OBJECT-BASED IMAGE ANALYSIS APPROACH TO DETERMINE THE FALLOW PERIODS FOR SHIFTING CULTIVATION IN INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES IN GUYANA [PDF]

The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, 2020
Shifting cultivation is an agricultural practice that is the basis of subsistence for the Indigenous population in Guyana and has impacted on a total forest area of 13,922ha to varying degrees of impact on forest carbon.
H. Persaud, R. Thomas, P. Bholanath, T. Smartt, P. Watt   +4 more
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SARS-CoV-2, Lung Protective Ventilation, Low Middle Income Countries, and Pediatric Intensivists as Cross Disciplinary Knowledge Translation and Implementation Science Specialists

International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2022
Purpose: We hypothesized that despite the low incidence of severe SARS-CoV-2 infections in children in Guyana, due to their specific skillset in lung protective ventilation, our Pediatric Intensivists were uniquely positioned to address significant ...
M. Seepersaud, A. Marrero, T. Davidson, S. Smith   +3 more
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Avicennia germinans leaf traits in degraded, restored, and natural mangrove ecosystems of Guyana

Plant-Environment Interactions, 2023
Mangrove leaves have unique features that enable them to cope with shifting environmental conditions while preserving their general functionality and efficiency. We examined the morphological characteristics and chlorophyll content (spectroscopically) of
Sabrina Dookie, Sirpaul Jaikishun, Abdullah Adil Ansari   +2 more
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Comparative Study of the Antibiotic Potency of Natural (Cyanthillium cinereum and Moringa oleifera) and Synthetic (Ampicillin and Erythromycin) Antibiotics

Journal of Pure and Applied Microbiology, 2020
The aim of this study was to compare the antibiotic potency of Cyanthillium cinereum and Moringa oleifera (natural antibiotics) against Ampicillin and Erythromycin (synthetic antibiotics) using zone of inhibition and both the natural and synthetic ...
Tresonne Headley, Ruth Daniel, Elford Liverpool, Abdullah Adil Ansari   +3 more
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