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COVID-19 in the West Indies: Trinidad and Tobago Experience

Journal of Lumbini Medical College, 2020
Trinidad and Tobago (T+T) is a small twin-island state in the Caribbean, eight miles off the coast of Venezuela. It has an area of approximately 5431 square kilometres and population of 1.4 million. At the present time, there are 116 coronavirus disease (
Vijay Naraynsingh, Dave Harnanan, Ravi Maharaj, Roshni Naraynsingh   +3 more
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Complicações pós-operatórias menores relacionadas à anestesia em pacientes de cirurgias eletivas ginecológicas e ortopédicas em um hospital universitário de Kingston, Jamaica

Revista Brasileira de Anestesiologia, 2012
JUSTIFICATIVA E OBJETIVOS: As complicações anestésicas pós-operatórias menores podem aumentar o desconforto e a insatisfação do paciente e retardar sua recuperação.
Ingrid Tennant, Richard Augier, Annette Crawford-Sykes, Doreen Ferron-Boothe, Nicola Meeks-Aitken, Karen Jones, Georgiana Gordon-Strachan, Hyacinth Harding-Goldson   +7 more
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High sensitivity C-reactive protein is related to central obesity and the number of metabolic syndrome components in Jamaican young adults

Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine, 2014
BackgroundHigh-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hsCRP) has been shown to predict cardiovascular disease (CVD) endpoints and is associated with CVD risk factors and the metabolic syndrome.
Nadia R Bennett, Trevor S Ferguson, Franklyn I Bennett, Marshall K Tulloch-Reid, Novie O M Younger-Coleman, Maria D Jackson, Maureen E Samms-Vaughan, Rainford J Wilks   +7 more
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A summary of the endemic beetle genera of the West Indies (Insecta: Coleoptera); bioindicators of the evolutionary richness of this Neotropical archipelago [PDF]

, 2012
The Caribbean Islands (or the West Indies) are recognized as one of the leading global biodiversity hot spots. This is based on data on species, genus, and family diversity for vascular plants and non-marine vertebrates.
Peck, Stewart B., Perez-Gelabert, Daniel E.   +1 more
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John Lamont of Benmore: a Highland planter who died ‘in harness’ in Trinidad [PDF]

, 2018
This article traces the rise of John Lamont, a Highland planter in nineteenth-century Trinidad. The island was subsumed into the British Empire in 1802, the third wave of colonization in the British West Indies and just thirty-two years before slavery ...
Mullen, Stephen
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Prevalence of oral tori among medical and dental Students at the University of the West Indies

Dentistry 3000, 2016
Objective:  To determine the prevalence and gender variation of torus palatinus (TP) and torus mandibularis (TM) amongst medical and dental students at the Mona campus of the University of the West Indies.
Arvind Babu Rajendra Santosh, Thaon Jones, Hima Venugopal, Keisha Smith, J Suzanne Turpin Mair, Mark Edwards, Errol Williams   +6 more
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East Indies/West Indies: Comparative Archipelagoes [PDF]

Anthropological Forum, 2006
A series of debates in anthropology and other disciplines since the 1980s has raised questions of area studies, comparison, and ‘the field’ in relation to the production of ethnographic knowledge. In search of a concrete framework within which to extend these debates, participants in this special issue of Anthropological Forum bring together research ...
Murray, David AB, Boellstorff, Tom, Robinson, Kathryn   +2 more
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Hand hygiene compliance by health care workers at a teaching hospital, Kingston, Jamaica

Journal of Infection in Developing Countries, 2016
Introduction: Consistent practice of hand hygiene (HH) has been shown to reduce the incidence and spread of hospital acquired infections. The objectives of this study were to determine the level of compliance and possible factors affecting compliance ...
Alison M Nicholson, Ingrid A Tennant, Allie C Martin, Kelvin Ehikhametalor, Glendee Reynolds, Camille-Ann Thoms-Rodriguez, Rajeev Nagassar, Tena-Kim Hoilett, Roxanne Allen, Tahira Redwood, Ivor Crandon   +10 more
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A review of Lathropus Erichson (Coleoptera: Laemophloeidae) in Florida and the West Indies, excluding the Lesser Antilles [PDF]

, 2010
The species of the genus Lathropus Erichson are reviewed for Florida and the West Indies, excluding the Lesser Antilles. Seven species are recorded from this region, three of which are described as new: Lathropus chickcharnie Thomas, new species ...
Thomas, Michael C.
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Predictors of Student Success in an Online Learning Environment in the English-Speaking Caribbean: Evidence from the University of the West Indies Open Campus

Open Praxis, 2014
This paper investigated success rates and possible predictors of success among students at The University of the West Indies Open Campus. Archival data were mined from admissions and academic records of students from the 2008 intake to explore retention ...
S. Joel Warrican, Coreen J. Leacock, Benita P. Thompson, Melissa L. Alleyne   +3 more
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