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Niche occupancy of Jamaican bat caves: Diversity increases isotopic niche packing

Journal of Animal Ecology, EarlyView.
Tropical bat caves are home to hundreds of thousands of bats of multiple species. In Jamaica, we found that isotopic niche packing is the likely mechanism of coexistence at more diverse sites. Abstract There are over 1000 documented caves across Jamaica, many of them used by diverse communities of bats.
Phillip J. Oelbaum, Ronald P. Hall, Damion L. Whyte, Nicholas A. Lee, Ronald S. Stewart, Jerrica M. Jamison, Kenneth C. Welch Jr.   +6 more
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Hydrodynamics of air and oil–water dispersion/emulsion in horizontal pipe flow with low oil percentage at low fluid velocity

Cogent Engineering, 2018
The objective of this paper is to investigate the flow regimes of three phase flow, emerged to be as two phase flow. These two phases are air phase and oil dispersed in water phase, in other words the latter phase can be termed as water–oil emulsion ...
Laura Edwards, Dillon Jebourdsingh, Darryan Dhanpat, Dhurjati Prasad Chakrabarti   +3 more
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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
doaj   +1 more source

Whipple's procedure for pancreatic cancer: training and the hospital environment are more important than volume alone

Surgery in Practice and Science, 2023
Background: In our center, patients with pancreatic cancer traditionally had Whipple's resections by general surgery teams until January 2013 when a hepatopancreatobiliary (HPB) was introduced.
Shamir O. Cawich, Robyn Cabral, Jacintha Douglas, Dexter A. Thomas, Fawwaz Z. Mohammed, Vijay Naraynsingh, Neil W. Pearce   +6 more
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Electronic Cigarette Use Among Emerging and Young West Indian Adults

European Medical Journal Respiratory, 2017
Currently, evidence concerning electronic cigarette (e-cigarette) use in the West Indies is unavailable. This study examines the prevalence and associated factors of e-cigarette use in young Trinidadian adults, 6 years after e-cigarettes were introduced ...
Rayshell Dhandoolal, Shivanni De Gannes, Andrew Dhanoolal, Matthew Desaine, Dania Dukhoo, Stephen Duncombe, Dylan Dupraj, Tai Dorsett, Isaac Dialsingh, Sateesh Sakhamuri, Lexley M. Pinto Pereira   +10 more
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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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An Exploration of Inclusivity for Persons with Disabilities in Disaster Risk Management Planning at the National and Local Government Levels in Jamaica

Disability Studies Quarterly, 2018
The Small Island State of Jamaica is vulnerable to various natural hazards; as a result, it faces threats to its economy, infrastructure, property, and populace.
Barbara Carby, Therese Ferguson, Shaughna-Lee Steele, Zainab Maiyaki   +3 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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THE CHOLERA IN THE WEST INDIES. [PDF]

The Lancet
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Milk and Bondage: Enslaved Wet Nurses in the Eighteenth‐Century Cape Colony

Gender &History, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article examines the social history of enslaved wet nurses in the eighteenth‐century Cape Colony, arguing that the romanticised depiction of these women within settler households was not a softening of the system of slavery but an integral part of how it functioned.
Eva Marie Lehner
wiley   +1 more source