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An examination of the regulation and administration of public and private early childhood care and education institutions in Trinidad and Tobago

, 2023
Summary of Proceedings Public Hearing Held on Wednesday March 15, 2023This report is an examination of the regulation and administration of public and private early childhood care and education institutions in Trinidad and Tobago. 1.
Trinidad and Tobago. Joint Select Committee on Social Services and Public Administration
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“Shot to the Heart”: Case Report and Concise Review of Cardiac Gunshot Injury

Journal of Investigative Medicine High Impact Case Reports, 2020
Penetrative cardiac injury can often result in life-threatening sequelae such as myocardial contusion or rupture, coronary vessel and valvular damage, pericardial effusion with tamponade, and arrhythmias of which gunshot injury is a chief culprit.
Tiffany Kawall MBBS, Rajeev Virender Seecheran MBBS, Valmiki Krishna Seecheran MBBS, Sangeeta Anjali Persad MBBS, Cathy-Lee Jagdeo MBBS, DM, Naveen Anand Seecheran MBBS, MSc, FACP, FRCP, FACC, FESC, FSCAI   +5 more
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Evaluating the protection status and exposure to warming of Caribbean reefs with high functional potential

Conservation Biology, EarlyView.
Abstract Over the past decades, climate change has emerged as a major threat to global biodiversity, negatively affecting the integrity and functioning of ecosystems and the benefits they provide to people. To mitigate these impacts, it is essential to identify climate refugia that support the persistence of the structure and function of reef ...
Sara M. Melo‐Merino, Andrés Lira‐Noriega, Enrique Martínez‐Meyer, Héctor Reyes‐Bonilla, Lorenzo Álvarez‐Filip   +4 more
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Suspected Transient Ischemic Attack Related to Dysfunctional Quadricuspid Aortic Valve

Journal of Investigative Medicine High Impact Case Reports
We describe a 30-year-old Caribbean-Black woman with a clinical presentation suggestive of a transient ischemic attack (TIA) with no conventional cerebrovascular risk factors, albeit with a newly diagnosed quadricuspid aortic valve (QAV) with moderate ...
Arun Katwaroo MBBS, Jessica Kawall MBBS, Priya Ramcharan MBBS, Valmiki Seecheran MBBS, MSc, Rajeev Seecheran MBBS, MHA, Nafeesah Ali MBBS, Shari Khan MBBS, Naveen Anand Seecheran MBBS, MD, MSc   +7 more
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Managed decline: Muddling through with the Sterling (dis)Agreements, 1968–74

The Economic History Review, EarlyView.
Abstract How do policymakers manage the decline of an international currency? This paper revisits the view that the ‘Sterling Agreements’ of 1968–74 – bilateral contracts between the UK and sterling‐holding governments – marked a successful paradigm shift towards sterling's managed ‘retirement’.
Alan de Bromhead, David Jordan, Francis Kennedy, Jack Seddon   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Role of Educational Choice in Occupational Gender Segregation: Evidence from Trinidad and Tobago [PDF]

We analyse the role of educational choice on the degree of occupational segregation in Trinidad and Tobago during a period in which educational policies intent on equating gender opportunities in education were implemented.
Strobl, Eric, Sookram, Sandra
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Integrating Oral Health in General Health National Policy Frameworks for Older Adults: Scoping Review

Gerodontology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Introduction The global rise in population ageing challenges health systems, including oral health, which is integral to overall health and quality of life. Although the World Health Organization advocates integrated care for older adults, evidence on national models integrating oral health into broader health strategies remains limited.
Manori Dhanapriyanka, Lyndal Pritchard, Angelique Zamora, Nilesh Torwane, Helena Silveira Schuch, Diep Hong Ha, Irosha Perera, Prasanna Jayasekara, Loc Do   +8 more
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Biodiversity of freshwater fishes of Trinidad and Tobago, West Indies

, 2012
The proximity of the speciose South American continent to Trinidad and Tobago ensures that these islands have a rich and dynamic fauna. According to the equilibrium theory of island biogeography (MacArthur & Wilson 1967), these islands should be ...
Phillip, Dawn Arlene Teresa
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Coincident Thyrotoxic Hypokalemic Periodic Paralysis and Cardiomyopathy

Journal of Investigative Medicine High Impact Case Reports
Thyrotoxic periodic paralysis (TPP) and thyrotoxic cardiomyopathy (TCMP) are potentially lethal complications of thyrotoxicosis that require emergent recognition and management to attenuate significant morbidity and mortality. We present the case of a 23-
Steven Swarath MBBS, Nicole Maharaj MBBS, Arun Katwaroo MBBS, Valmiki Seecheran MBBS, MSc, Rajeev Seecheran MBBS, MHA, Priya Ramcharan MBBS, MRCP, Lakshmipathi Peram MBBS, MRCP, Naveen Seecheran MBBS (MD), MSc, FACP, FRCP(E), FACC, FAHA, FESC, FSCAI   +7 more
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Ticagrelor-Induced Angioedema: A Rare and Unexpected Phenomenon

Case Reports in Cardiology, 2017
Angioedema can cause potentially life-threatening airway obstruction. This case report describes an exceedingly rare episode of ticagrelor-induced hypersensitivity reaction, manifesting as angioedema with periorbital and likely respiratory involvement ...
Rajeev Seecheran, Valmiki Seecheran, Sangeeta Persad, Sasha Lalla, Naveen Anand Seecheran   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source