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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
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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
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Development of the loop mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) method for detection of Sugarcane yellow leaf virus [PDF]

, 2012
Sugarcane yellow leaf is a disease caused by Sugarcane yellow leaf virus (SCYLV). It is a major emerging disease of sugarcane that has been reported in numerous locations including Brazil, Mauritius, Reunion Island, French West Indies, South Africa ...
Amata, Ruth Lodenyi, Fernandez, Emmanuel, Rott, Philippe, Roumagnac, Philippe   +3 more
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FEVER IN THE WEST INDIES. [PDF]

The Lancet
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openaire   +2 more sources

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

Clinical governance and staffing for healthcare quality: perceptions of nurses, doctors, and senior managers at two tertiary hospitals in Jamaica

BMC Health Services Research
Background To describe the characteristics of effective workforce and staffing culture among doctors and nurses at two tertiary hospitals in Jamaica, and to explore perceptions of senior managers relating to the health workforce for the delivery of ...
Camelia Thompson, Desmalee Holder Nevins, Dawn Walters, Cameal Chin-Bailey, Elon Thompson, Minerva Thame, Kenneth James   +6 more
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Project-based Learning for Environmental Sustainability Action

Southern African Journal of Environmental Education, 2020
The quest for social and economic development coupled with a growing population has led to complex and unsustainable interactions between humans and the natural resources of planet Earth.
Sharon Bramwell-Lalor, Keith Kelly, Therese Ferguson, Carol Hordatt Gentles, Carmel Roofe   +4 more
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A catalogue of West Indies Anthribidae (Coleoptera) [PDF]

, 2003
This is a catalogue of 23 described and 6 undescribed genera, and 48 described and 157 undescribed species of West Indian Anthribidae distributed from the Bahamas to Grenada.
Valentine, Barry D.
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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

Mud Volcanoes of Trinidad as Astrobiological Analogs for Martian Environments

Life, 2014
Eleven onshore mud volcanoes in the southern region of Trinidad have been studied as analog habitats for possible microbial life on Mars. The profiles of the 11 mud volcanoes are presented in terms of their physical, chemical, mineralogical, and soil ...
Riad Hosein, Shirin Haque, Denise M. Beckles   +2 more
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