Correlates of dysfunctional career thoughts in breast cancer survivors from the Bahamas
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Source: Journal of Psychosocial Oncology - May 19, 2019 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Levette S. Dames Elizabeth Ghekiere Carlos P. Zalaquett Jeffrey D. Kromrey Cheryl R. Ellerbrock Herbert Exum Raheem J. Paxton Source Type: research
Fluence sees continued expansion of applications for its modular desalination system
Publication date: December 2018Source: Membrane Technology, Volume 2018, Issue 12Author(s): Simon AtkinsonUS-based provider of water and wastewater treatment systems Fluence Corp Ltd is seeing continued expansion of applications worldwide for its modular desalination system NIROBOX™, further increasing the company's recurring revenues. Earlier this year we reported on various deployments of the plant, including in the Philippines and Argentina, and on the island of Mayotte, located off the east coast of Africa, between Madagascar and Mozambique. Here we look at further contracts covering a build, own and operate plant in...
Source: Membrane Technology - December 29, 2018 Category: Materials Science Source Type: research
A clinically structured and partnered approach to genetic testing in Trinidadian women with breast cancer and their families
ConclusionsIn Trinidad and Tobago, a clinically structured and partnered approach to our testing program led to a significant rate of proband response by completing the intervention counseling session, executing risk-reducing procedures as well as informing and motivating at-risk relatives, thereby demonstrating the utility and efficacy of this BC control program. (Source: Breast Cancer Research and Treatment)
Source: Breast Cancer Research and Treatment - December 4, 2018 Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: research
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The Journal of Organic ChemistryDOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.8b01609 (Source: The Journal of Organic Chemistry)
Source: The Journal of Organic Chemistry - October 26, 2018 Category: Chemistry Authors: Sesselja Ómarsdóttir, Xiao Wang, Hong-bing Liu, Brendan M. Duggan, Tadeusz F. Molinski Source Type: research
Quantum changes in self-efficacy and condom-use intention among youth: A chained cusp catastrophe model
ConclusionOur findings support the central role of self-efficacy and peer influence as two chains in bridging the complex quantum relationships between HIV knowledge/condom-use skills and condom-use intention among adolescents. The nonlinear cusp catastrophe modeling provided a new method to advance HIV behavioral research. (Source: Journal of Adolescence)
Source: Journal of Adolescence - August 14, 2018 Category: Child Development Source Type: research
Prevalence of Burnout in Bahamian Health Care Personnel
No abstract available (Source: Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine)
Source: Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine - August 1, 2018 Category: Occupational Health Tags: Letters to the Editor Source Type: research
Identifying Areas at Greatest Risk for Recent Zika Virus Importation — New York City, 2016
In this study, we used logistic regression15 to predict weekly nowcasts16 throughout the summer of 2016 of census tracts at greatest risk of recent ZIKV importation. Nowcast results were used to inform geographically targeted activities, including performing public education, enrolling additional healthcare facilities in a sentinel surveillance system for detecting local ZIKV transmission, interpreting syndromic surveillance signals suggesting possible ZIKV-like illness, and, when reviewed in conjunction with mosquito surveillance data, informing control of Aedes spp. mosquitoes and placement of traps for continued surveil...
Source: PLOS Currents Outbreaks - July 25, 2018 Category: Epidemiology Authors: skgreene Source Type: research
Natural hybridization between divergent lineages in a selfing hermaphroditic fish.
Abstract
By definition, mating between individuals is infrequent in highly selfing organisms, and so too, therefore, hybridization should be rare between genetically divergent lineages in predominantly self-fertilizing species. Notwithstanding these expectations, here we report a remarkable case of natural hybridization between highly diverged phylogeographic lineages of the mangrove rivulus, a small killifish that reproduces predominantly by self-fertilization and typically is found as highly homozygous lines in most parts of its extensive geographical range. Two distinctive genetic lineages (Kryptolebias...
Source: Biology Letters - June 1, 2018 Category: Biology Authors: Tatarenkov A, Earley RL, Taylor DS, Davis WP, Avise JC Tags: Biol Lett Source Type: research
Speaking With Your Hands —The History of the Manicure
Fingernails. These plates of alpha-keratin punctuating our fingertips represent an ideal canvas for expression, one that is eminently visible to others and ourselves. The figures support this observation; nail salon revenue in the United States has been estimated at more than $8 billion a year, a figure akin to the gross domestic product of a small nation (and is actually comparable with that of the Bahamas). This figure also sheds light on the importance of properly manicured nails in modern society. (Source: JAMA Dermatology)
Source: JAMA Dermatology - May 1, 2018 Category: Dermatology Source Type: research
Description of Sansalvadorimonas verongulae gen. nov., sp. nov., a gammaproteobacterium isolated from the marine sponge Verongula gigantea.
Abstract
A Gram-stain-negative, strictly aerobic, motile, rod-shaped bacterium, designated strain RKSG058T, was isolated from the marine sponge Verongula gigantea, collected off the west coast of San Salvador, The Bahamas. Phylogenetic analyses based on 16S rRNA gene sequences revealed that RKSG058T formed a distinct lineage within the family Hahellaceae (order Oceanospirillales, class Gammaproteobacteria), and was most closely related to the genus Endozoicomonas, with sequence similarities to members of this genus ranging from 92.0 to 93.7 %. Optimal growth occurred at 30 °C, at pH 7 and in the prese...
Source: International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology - April 24, 2018 Category: Microbiology Authors: Goldberg SR, Haltli BA, Correa H, Kerr RG Tags: Int J Syst Evol Microbiol Source Type: research
Delayed Diagnosis of HIV among Non-Latino Black Caribbean Immigrants in Florida 2000-2014.
Abstract
Prompt HIV diagnosis decreases the risk of HIV transmission and improves health outcomes. The study objective was to examine rates of delayed HIV diagnosis among non-Latino Black Caribbean immigrants in Florida. The sample included 39,008 Black HIV-positive individuals, aged 13 or older from the Caribbean and the mainland U.S. Delayed HIV diagnosis was defined as AIDS diagnosis within three months of HIV diagnosis. After adjusting for demographic factors, year of HIV diagnosis, transmission mode, neighborhood level socioeconomic status, and rural-urban residence, a disparity persisted for Caribbea...
Source: Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved - March 7, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Cyrus E, Sheehan DM, Fennie K, Sanchez M, Dawson CT, Cameron M, Maddox L, Jo Trepka M Tags: J Health Care Poor Underserved Source Type: research
Keeping amphioxus in the laboratory: an update on available husbandry methods.
Authors: Carvalho JE, Lahaye F, Schubert M
Abstract
Cephalochordates, commonly known as amphioxus or lancelets, are small, marine animals that can be found in coastal habitats of temperate, subtropical, and tropical waters. Together with vertebrates and tunicates, the cephalochordates belong to the chordate phylum, whose members are characterized by a number of conserved morphological features, such as a dorsal nerve cord, a notochord, a pharynx, a segmented musculature as well as a post-anal tail. Due to their basal position within the phylum, cephalochordates have become essential models for studying the...
Source: International Journal of Developmental Biology - January 12, 2018 Category: Biology Tags: Int J Dev Biol Source Type: research
Short report: Follow ‐up of Bahamian women with a BRCA1 or BRCA2 mutation
Molecular Genetics&Genomic Medicine,Volume 6, Issue 2, Page 301-304, March 2018. (Source: Molecular Genetics & Genomic Medicine)
Source: Molecular Genetics & Genomic Medicine - December 20, 2017 Category: Genetics & Stem Cells Authors: Steven A. Narod
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Raleigh Butler
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David Bobrowski
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Mohammad R. Akbari
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DuVaughan Curling
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John Lunn
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Catherine Ho
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Sara Panahi
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Marcia Llacuachaqui
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Talia Donenberg
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Judith Hurley Source Type: research
UF and RO technologies produce drinking water in the USA and Bahamas
Publication date: September 2017 Source:Membrane Technology, Volume 2017, Issue 9 Author(s): Simon Atkinson Two different applications of membrane technology – both developed by General Electric Co – are being used to produce drinking water in the USA and the Bahamas. This news focus briefly describes how ultrafiltration (UF) membranes are being used to upgrade a treatment plant in Florida to improve water quality, and reverse osmosis (RO) desalination is being applied on the Caribbean island of Eleuthera to help solve its water challenges. (Source: Membrane Technology)
Source: Membrane Technology - December 3, 2017 Category: Materials Science Source Type: research
