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El Ackee: Salud, Nutrición y Cultura

Salud Uninorte, 2011
Este artículo se centra en las principales características del árbol de ackee y las propiedades nutricionales y medicinales de su fruto. El ackee se utiliza como antiparasitario, para combatir la disentería, la conjuntivitis oftálmica y dolores de cabeza.
Sara Elena Plata Cepeda, Rommell Utria Salas   +1 more
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Stirring it Up: Faculty Professional Development in Jamaica

Journal of Public and Professional Sociology, 2012
Using the lens of a multidisciplinary faculty-led study abroad and service-learning program in Jamaica, this article explores faculty and student development in an international setting.
A. Rafik Mohamed
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Towards a Conceptual Integration of Collective Victimization Beliefs and Their Variation Within and Across Contexts: A Q Methodology Study in Five Communities

European Journal of Social Psychology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Although social psychological research on how people understand collective victimization often examines comparisons between groups’ suffering, studies on related concepts (e.g., collective trauma) suggest numerous other relevant beliefs. The present article aimed to integrate diverse collective victimization beliefs and contribute to their ...
Johanna Ray Vollhardt, Helin Ünal, Zsolt P. Szabó, Hu Young Jeong, J. Christopher Cohrs, Danielle Black   +5 more
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Resistome flow in global landfill systems

iMetaOmics, EarlyView.
Global landfill systems represent key hubs of resistome, serving as dynamic reservoirs and amplifiers through plasmid‐driven gene mobility. Waste flows and environmental pathways sustain the transboundary resistome networks, accelerating resistance dissemination across ecosystems.
Wenqing Hong, Rui Zhang, Xiaoxing Lin, Yangqing Wang, Shu Yang, Farees ud din Mufti, Yuping Yao, Guowei Zhou, Chuanwu Xi, Weixi Shu, Gordon Price, Youcai Zhao, Liyan Song   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

Narrative Testimony as Theoretical Method: Examining the Critical Debate on the Culture of Policing Homosexuality in the Jamaican Context

Identities, 2007
Author(s): Ronald Cummings | Роналд Камингс Title (English): Narrative Testimony as Theoretical Method: Examining the Critical Debate on the Culture of Policing Homosexuality in the Jamaican Context Title (Macedonian): Наративното сведоштво како ...
Ronald Cummings, Kalina Janeva
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Archival data review of intimate partner homicide-suicide in Jamaica, 2007 – 2017: focus on mental health and community response

Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública, 2019
Objective. To identify social and behavioral patterns and mental health concerns associated with intimate partner homicide-suicide (IPHS) in Jamaica through an analysis of media and police reports. Methods.
Audrey M. Pottinger, Althea Bailey, Nickiesha Passard   +2 more
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A cross-sectional analysis of investigator needs for non-communicable disease research at the University of the West Indies, Mona

Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública, 2021
Objective. To describe the needs of academic staff conducting non-communicable disease (NCD) research at the University of the West Indies, Mona Campus in Jamaica. Methods.
Georgia A Williamson, Shelly Rodrigo, Natalie Guthrie-Dixon, Elizabeth Blackman, J Robert Beck, Ian Hambleton, Althea Bailey, Tomlin Paul, Camille C Ragin, Marshall K Tulloch-Reid   +9 more
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Joint Estimation and Bandwidth Selection in Partially Parametric Models

Journal of Applied Econometrics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We propose a single‐step approach to estimating a model with both a known nonlinear parametric component and an unknown nonparametric component. We study the large sample behavior of a simultaneous optimization routine that estimates both the parameter vector of the parametric component and the bandwidth vector used to smooth the unknown ...
Daniel J. Henderson, Nadine McCloud, Christopher F. Parmeter   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Risk factors and complications of nail-stick plantar injuries in Jamaican children

Caribbean Medical Journal, 2023
Objectives: To determine the prevalence of nail-stick foot injuries in children visiting the Bustamante Hospital for Children (BHC) in Jamaica, identify the time between injury and hospital presentation, identify the risk factors for injury and ...
Dr. Kijana Barrett, Dr. Dayanand Sawh, Wayne Palmer, Pierre Williams, Charlene Chin See   +4 more
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Policy implications of medical tourism development in destination countries: revisiting and revising an existing framework by examining the case of Jamaica

Globalization and Health, 2015
BackgroundMedical tourism is now targeted by many hospitals and governments worldwide for further growth and investment. Southeast Asia provides what is perhaps the best documented example of medical tourism development and promotion on a regional scale,
R. Johnston, Valorie A. Crooks, M. Ormond   +2 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source