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Guyana: Oil, Internal Disputes, the USA and Venezuela
Contexto internacional, 2023 Abstract: Guyana has a strategic geographic position in the Amazon and the Greater Caribbean area, as revealed in the strategic thinking and military presence of the United States (USA). Its territory also possesses abundant natural resources, especially
R. Padula +3 more
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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 +4 more
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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 +5 more
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Suicidal behaviour and ideation in Guyana: A systematic literature review
The Lancet Regional Health - Americas, 2022 Summary Background The suicide rate in Guyana has consistently ranked as one of the highest in the world. This systematic review synthesises and critically analyses the existing literature on suicidal behaviours and ideation in Guyana. Methods Systematic
C. Shaw +3 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 +4 more
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The Structure and Tectonics of the Guyana Basin
Geological Society Special Publication, 2022 The Guyana Basin formed during the Jurassic opening of the North Atlantic. The basin margins vary in tectonic origin and include the passive extensional volcanic margin of the Demerara Plateau in Suriname, an oblique extensional margin inboard at the ...
J. Trude, B. Kilsdonk, T. Grow, B. Ott
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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 +3 more
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, 2022 . Coastal mangroves, thriving at the interface between land and sea, provide robust flood risk reduction. Projected increases in the frequency and magnitude of climate impact drivers such as sea level rise, wind and wave climatology reinforce the need to
Üwe S. N. Best +5 more
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From the forest to the coast: the wild meat trade chain on the Coast of Guyana
Ethnobiology and Conservation, 2022 In the Caribbean region, very little is known about wild meat use and trade. To contribute to this knowledge gap, we studied the wild meat trade chain on the coastal area of Guyana, which geographically and culturally connects the Caribbean and the ...
Nathalie van Vliet +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 +2 more
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