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People and Nature, EarlyView.Abstract While the physical and mental health benefits of greenspace exposure are well documented, ethnic minority communities in the United Kingdom continue to engage with these environments at disproportionately lower rates. This persistent disparity points to an oversight in existing literature, specifically regarding how these communities navigate ...
Andrew K. Palmer +5 more
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COVID-19 related community lockdowns in two low-income communities in Jamaica
Caribbean Medical JournalObjective: Community quarantine has been one of the public health management strategies used to control the spread of COVID-19 in Jamaica. This paper sought to understand COVID-19 related community lockdown experiences reported by residents in two ...
Cameal Chin-Bailey +5 more
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Policing Victims and Perpetrators of Intimate Partner Violence in Jamaica
International Journal for Crime, Justice and Social DemocracyIntimate partner violence (IPV) presents various challenges for victims and the police tasked with protecting them and investigating perpetrators. Using a mixed-methods approach, this article highlights some of the main challenges of policing IPV in ...
Cush Sewell Lewis, Stacey-Ann Wilson
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Oh, Sufferah Children of Jah: Unpacking the Rastafarian Rejection of Traditional Theodicies
Open Theology, 2020 The article maintains that the theological perspectives of RastafarI continue to be under-researched in the Caribbean context with perhaps more attention being paid to their contributions to the racial, musical and linguistic traditions of the region. In
Perkins Anna Kasafi
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In Jamaica there has been some improvement in electronic banking referred to e- banking worldwide. We are definitely on the road to this ultimate digital revolution.
Peter W Jones
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‘TRAIDORAS A LA RAZA’:MALINCHES CHICANAS [PDF]
, 2013 Before publishing her seminal novel Rebecca (1938), Daphne du Maurier had published Jamaica Inn in 1936, deliberately setting its action in the nineteenth-century and featuring a young heroine, Mary Yellan, who, after her mother’s demise, is compelled ...
López-Peláez Casellas, Milagros
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Polymer Composites, EarlyView.Processing route of PLA/KG composites and the resulting mechanical properties compared to PLA. ABSTRACT This study explores the potential of Kahili ginger (KG) fibers as reinforcement/filler in poly(lactic acid) (PLA) matrix composites for 3D printing applications.
Bruno Lourenço +5 more
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CSME Government Performance Management Framework (GPMF). [PDF]
There has been much discourse again over the last six to eight weeks on the issue of Government performance and the concept of performance budgeting has resurfaced.
Peter W Jones
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AD-minister, 2016 The purpose of this paper is to provide a background to and guide for mainstreaming Disaster Risk Man-agement (DRM) into higher education and training institutions in Small Island Developing States (SIDS), with the aim of increasing awareness and ...
Indianna Minto-Coy, Lila Rao
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Jamaica Bay: An Urban Marshland in Transition [PDF]
, 1972 This article will briefly examine the environmental problems that affect the lives of the hundreds of thousands of people who live adjacent to Jamaica Bay, and the extraordinary opportunities for recreation and enjoyment for which the Bay, freed of ...
Lefkowitz, Louis J.
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