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Sickle Cell Disease: Historical Overview and Current Therapies

Prenatal Diagnosis, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Sickle cell disease (SCD) affects millions worldwide, yet the limited treatment options currently available do not always adequately control the disease and carry significant side effects. At present, the only curative treatment is hematopoietic stem cell (HSC) transplantation, a procedure that carries considerable challenges and numerous ...
Oluwaseun O. Babatunde, Madeleine G. Bibby, Anthony Atala, Graça Almeida‐Porada, Christopher D. Porada   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Analysis of the Caribbean wave climate for wave energy harvesting

IET Renewable Power Generation, 2021
In this study, the design requirements for a regional wave energy converter are identified from the analysis of 10 years of spectral data provided by nine buoys located across the Caribbean.
Kevin G. Lemessy, Krishpersad Manohar, Anthony Adeyanju   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Three‐Year Propagation Experiment at Ku‐, Ka‐, and Q‐Band in French West Indies

International Journal of Satellite Communications and Networking, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT From January 2021 to December 2023, the Office National d'Etudes et de Recherches Aérospatiales (ONERA) and the Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales (CNES) conducted a three‐year Earth‐space propagation measurement campaign in Guadeloupe. The experiment used beacon receivers deployed in Pointe‐à‐Pitre airport to record signals at 11.2, 19.7, and
Jean‐Pascal Monvoisin, Laurent Castanet, Laurent Féral, Xavier Boulanger   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Regional Sustainable Economic Development in the Caribbean? A Discursive Inquiry

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The Caribbean region is governed by several regional bodies. Among the more important organizations for small island states, where coral reefs and ocean conservation are paramount, is the Caribbean Community (CARICOM). Currently, the region is going through critical environmental changes that bring important vulnerabilities.
Peter J. Jacques, Audrey Copeland
wiley   +1 more source

Pilot development of innovation scales for beverage manufacturing companies in a developing country

Cogent Business & Management, 2017
Innovation can enhance economic success for companies and countries alike. This study identified innovation drivers for beverage manufacturing companies in the developing nation, Trinidad and Tobago (T&T).
Marcia Nathai-Balkissoon, Chris Maharaj, Rafael Guerrero, Rydell Mahabir, Isaac Dialsingh   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Sargassum Lung Syndrome: Air Flow Obstruction and Bronchial Inflammation Are Observed After Prolonged Exposure to Sargassum Gas Emissions in the Eastern Caribbean

Environmental Toxicology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Sargassum inundation of Caribbean and American shorelines is a growing environmental hazard. Hydrogen sulfide (H2S) and ammonia (NH3) produced by decomposing Sargassum could be involved in airway obstruction and bronchial inflammation. The study was undertaken to evaluate the effects of exposure to H2S and NH3 gases emitted during Sargassum ...
Rishika Banydeen, Jonathan Florentin, Maxime Boutourlinsky, Remi Nguyen, Fatima Radouani, Moustapha Agossou, Gary Lutin, Thierry Lebrun, Remi Neviere, Dabor Resiere   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Divided to the Vein

Groundings, 2016
This article explores the development of West Indian cultural identity through its expression in poetry from and about the West Indies. Early forms of cultural expression from the Anglophone Caribbean were frequently realised through mimicry of British ...
Tess Hokin
doaj   +1 more source

Multiscale Effects of Environmentally Relevant Mixtures Containing Two Estrogenic Endocrine Disruptors, Chlordecone and Propylparaben, in Hydra vulgaris Pallas, 1766

Environmental Toxicology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study investigates the chronic effects of chlordecone (CLD) and propylparaben (PP), two pro‐estrogenic endocrine disruptors, on Hydra vulgaris Pallas, 1766 using a multiscale approach over a 14‐day exposure period. Environmentally relevant concentrations of CLD (0.5, 5, 20 μg L−1) and PP (0.01, 0.05, 0.40 μg L−1) were tested individually ...
Magali Domallain, Romain Colpaert, Xavier Moreau, Laetitia De Jong, Karim Benbrahim, Raphael Coatmeur, Valérie Pique, Maxime Robin, Pierre‐Henri Villard   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

First Isolation of C. auris in a Patient with a Polymicrobial Wound Infection in Jamaica

International Journal of Infectious Diseases
Background: First discovered in Japan in 2009, C. auris has since emerged as an important nosocomial pathogen. It has been difficult to identify without techniques such as the MALDI-TOF and PCR.
Dr Niel Mcknight, Mrs. Alrica Bruce-Mowatt, Mrs. Rochelle Meyler-Charvis, Dr Camille-Ann Thoms Rodriguez, Dr Glendee Reynolds-Campbell, Prof Alison Nicholson   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

The burden of water insecurity: a review of the challenges to water resource management and connected health risks associated with water stress in small island developing states

Journal of Water and Climate Change, 2023
Water resources, whether exceeding per capita water abundance thresholds or below water scarcity thresholds, are health determinants within small island developing states (SIDS).
Stephanie Yolan Parker, Kimalie Fabian Parchment, Georgiana Marie Gordon-Strachan   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source