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Natural Disasters and Remittances: Exploring the Linkages between Poverty, Gender, and Disaster Vulnerability in Caribbean SIDS [PDF]
This paper explores the linkages between poverty and disaster vulnerability in the context of remittance flows to households in the Caribbean. Jamaica is used as the case study country. The paper discusses the channels through which natural disasters and
Attzs, Marlene
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Journal of Advanced Nursing, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Aim To provide an overview of doctoral programs in nursing offered in Ibero‐American countries to inform regional collaboration and academic development. Design This study was a descriptive, document analysis. Methods A systematic mapping was conducted using data obtained from official university and program websites, national postgraduate ...
José Luís Guedes dos Santos +9 more
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LICK SAMBA: Sinergias culturais entre Brasil e Jamaica
Revista Brasileira do Caribe, 2014 Este artigo embrionário teve sua origem em maio de 2000 no Simpósio “Sinergias Culturais e oportunidades de negócios entre Brasil e Jamaica. O caso da música e das publicações”, realizado na capital, cidade de Kingston, Jamaica.
Carolyn Cooper
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Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, Volume 66, Issue 4, Page 417-439, April 2025.Low socioeconomic status (SES) is negatively associated with children's cognitive and academic performance, leading to long‐term educational and economic disparities. In particular, SES is a powerful predictor of executive function (EF), language ability, and academic achievement.
Divyangana Rakesh +3 more
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Estimating demand for money in Jamaica [PDF]
This paper estimates the money demand function for Jamaica using cointegration method. This approach provides estimates of the long run structural relations and focuses also on the complex short run feedbacks of monetary policy on strategic macro ...
Canova, Luciano
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Detecting a Small Hive Beetle's eDNA in Honeybee Colonies
Journal of Applied Entomology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Early detection is important to limit the spread of invasive species. Molecular diagnosis using eDNA can be useful in this regard, but the sensitivity is often unknown. This holds true for small hive beetles (SHB), which are parasites of honeybee (HB) colonies and continue to spread globally.
Bram Cornelissen +11 more
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Jamaica 2030: A Strategy For Developed Country Status [PDF]
In order for Jamaica to transition from a Developing Country to a Developed Country it will be highly necessary to a Knowledge based society, the inability to seriously overcome this challenge will mean Jamaica will be in transition to a developed ...
Peter Jones
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From Memphis to Kingston: An Investigation into the Origin of Jamaican Ska [PDF]
, 2006 The distinguishing characteristic of most Jamaican popular music recordings, including reggae and its predecessor, ska, is an emphasis on the offbeat or afterbeat instead of on the downbeat, as found in most US pop music.
Kauppila, Paul
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Journal of Anatomy, EarlyView.Geckos and anoline iguanid lizards are well‐known for their possession of adhesive toepads, which are generally regarded as being convergent structures. We show that the anatomical configuration of the foot in these two lineages differs markedly and that these differences likely relate to the contrasing ways they deploy their adhesive systems and ...
Anthony P. Russell +2 more
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Gender Earnings Gaps in the Caribbean: Evidence from Barbados and Jamaica [PDF]
This paper analyzes gender earnings gaps in Barbados and Jamaica, using a matching comparisons approach. In both countries, as in most of the Caribbean region, females’ educational achievement is higher than that of males.
Alejandro Hoyos +2 more
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