Partitioning Stakeholders for the Economic Valuation of Ecosystem Services: Examples of a Mangrove System
Abstract
Although the importance of ecosystem services provided by natural forests, especially mangroves, is well known, the destruction of these environments is still ubiquitous and therefore protection measures are urgently needed. The present study compares the current approach of economic valuation of ecosystem services to a proposed one, using a study case of a mangrove system as an example. We suggest that a cost-benefit analysis for economically valuing environmental services should be performed with three additional modifications consisting of (i) a categorization of local stakeholders as demand...
Source: European Journal of Applied Physiology - May 8, 2016 Category: Physiology Source Type: research
Estimated Cost Savings Associated with Focused Antenatal Care Compared to Standard Antenatal Care: Bahamian Perspective
Standard Antenatal Care (SAC) incorporates average twelve clinic visits per patient causing clinic overcrowding perhaps leading to suboptimal care. Focused Antenatal Care (FAC) model uses risk stratification and fewer clinic visits. FAC can reduce the cost of antenatal care without compromising the quality. This current analysis estimates the cost impact to the Bahamian healthcare system by introducing FAC for qualifying pregnant women. (Source: Value in Health)
Source: Value in Health - April 30, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Sakharkar, T Mmei, P Sakharkar Source Type: research
Abstract B50: Breast cancer in the Caribbean - A six-country cohort
Conclusions: This population-based study provides information on the tumor stage and characteristics as well as risk factors such as genetic, weight and fertility factors that contribute to the incidence of breast cancer in AC women. AC women develop breast cancer at an earlier age than either European American (EA) or African American (AA) women (AC 49.1, AA 58, EA 62). 60% of AC women were diagnosed between the ages of 35-54 compared to 30% of AA women. Breast cancer in AC women presents at a higher stage than in AA or EA women (30-40% Stage III&IV vs 12%). Genetic factors play a large role in the etiology of breast ...
Source: Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention - April 14, 2016 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: George, S. H., Donenberg, T., Akbari, M., Alexis, C., Wharfe, G., Dyer, H., Yin, S., Turnquest, T., Ali, J., DeGennaro, V., Narod, S. A., Hurley, J. Tags: Molecular Epidemiology: Poster Presentations - Proffered Abstracts Source Type: research
Metabolite variability in Caribbean sponges of the genus Aplysina
In this study, crude organic extracts from 253 sponges from ten morphotypes among the species Aplysina archeri,Aplysina bathyphila,Aplysina cauliformis,Aplysina fistularis,Aplysina fulva,A. insularis, and Aplysina lacunosa were analyzed by liquid chromatography–mass spectrometry (LC–MS) to characterize the pattern of intra- and interspecific variabilities of the twelve major secondary metabolites present therein. Patterns across Aplysina species ranged from the presence of mostly a single compound, fistularin-3, in A. cauliformis, to a mixture of metabolites present in the other species. These patterns did not support ...
Source: Revista Brasileira de Farmacognosia - January 12, 2016 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: research
Perezone, from the gorgonian Pseudopterogorgia rigida, induces oxidative stress in human leukemia cells
Abstract Four bisabolanes 1–4, including perezone (1) and triacetyl perezone (2), were isolated through a bioassay-guided fractionation of the extract obtained from the Caribbean gorgonian coral Pseudopterogorgia rigida collected during an expedition cruise to the Bahamas. All isolated compounds showed to be cytotoxic toward panel of four human tumor cell lines, as quantified by the MTT assay after 72 h incubation. Perezone (1), the most active one, was further analyzed, showing to be cytotoxic, but not selective, in a 12-cell line panel comprising tumor and non-tumor, as well as human and murine cells. Additionally, 1 w...
Source: Revista Brasileira de Farmacognosia - January 12, 2016 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: research
Vertebrates on an ice-age Caribbean island [Ecology]
We report 95 vertebrate taxa (13 fishes, 11 reptiles, 63 birds, 8 mammals) from late Pleistocene bone deposits in Sawmill Sink, Abaco, The Bahamas. The >5,000 fossils were recovered by scuba divers on ledges at depths of 27–35 m below sea level. Of the 95 species, 39 (41%) no longer... (Source: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences)
Source: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - November 3, 2015 Category: Science Authors: Steadman, D. W., Albury, N. A., Kakuk, B., Mead, J. I., Soto-Centeno, J. A., Singleton, H. M., Franklin, J. Tags: PNAS Plus Source Type: research
Abstracts of the Mid-Atlantic and New England Sections of the American Urological Association Joint Annual Meeting. October 22-24, 2015, Paradise Island, Bahamas.
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PMID: 26432976 [PubMed - in process] (Source: Canadian Journal of Urology)
Source: Canadian Journal of Urology - October 5, 2015 Category: Urology & Nephrology Tags: Can J Urol Source Type: research
Hurricane Joaquin Batters Bahamas, Fate of Cargo Ship Unknown
The fate of more than 30 crew aboard a cargo ship missing in heavy seas whipped up by the storm off the Bahamas was unknown on Friday as the powerful storm battered the island chain for a second day
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Source: Scientific American - Official RSS Feed - October 2, 2015 Category: Science Tags: Sustainability Climate Natural Disasters Weather Source Type: research
Hurricane Joaquin Intensifies but U.S. Landfall Not Certain
Hurricane Joaquin strengthened as it battered the Bahamas with torrential rains, storm surges and heavy winds on Thursday and U.S. officials raced to prepare for possible landfall
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Source: Scientific American - Official RSS Feed - October 1, 2015 Category: Science Tags: Sustainability Natural Disasters Weather Source Type: research
As Joaquin Looms, Eastern U.S. States Start to Batten Down
As Joaquin strengthened into a major Category 4 hurricane near the Bahamas, emergency plans developed after 2012's Superstorm Sandy are being activated
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Source: Scientific American - Official RSS Feed - October 1, 2015 Category: Science Tags: Sustainability Natural Disasters Weather Source Type: research
Hurricane Joaquin Could Affect More than 65 Million from Carolinas to Mass.
Joaquin is already threatening the Bahamas. Even if it doesn’t make landfall in the U.S., the storm will have a major impact on the U.S. East Coast and inland areas
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Source: Scientific American - Official RSS Feed - October 1, 2015 Category: Science Tags: Sustainability Natural Disasters Weather Source Type: research
Eye of Hurricane Joaquin Passing over Bahamas
The eye of Hurricane Joaquin is passing over Samana Cay in the Bahamas, the National Hurricane Center said in its latest advisory on Thursday
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Source: Scientific American - Official RSS Feed - October 1, 2015 Category: Science Tags: Sustainability Weather Source Type: research
Puffed and bothered: Personality, performance, and the effects of stress on checkered pufferfish
Publication date: 1 December 2015 Source:Physiology & Behavior, Volume 152, Part A Author(s): Naomi Pleizier, Alexander D.M. Wilson, Aaron D. Shultz, Steven J. Cooke Although consistent individual-level differences in behaviour are widespread and potentially important in evolutionary and ecological processes, relatively few studies focus on the physiological mechanisms that might underlie and regulate these individual-level differences in wild populations. We conducted experiments to determine whether checkered pufferfish (Sphoeroides testudineus), which were collected from a dynamic (in terms of depth ...
Source: Physiology and Behavior - September 25, 2015 Category: Physiology Source Type: research
Adolescent Sexual Health Education: Parents Benefit Too!
We examined the impact of Caribbean Informed Parents and Children Together, the parenting portion of an adolescent-targeted HIV prevention intervention, on parent-reported measures. Bahamian parent–youth dyads (N = 1,833) participating in the randomized control trial were assigned to receive one of four conditions. Parents were assessed longitudinally at baseline and 6 and 12 months later. Through 12 months follow-up, parents exposed to Caribbean Informed Parents and Children Together showed higher knowledge of condom use skills, perceptions of improved condom use competence on the part of their youth, and perceived ...
Source: Health Education - September 19, 2015 Category: Health Management Authors: Dinaj-Koci, V., Deveaux, L., Wang, B., Lunn, S., Marshall, S., Li, X., Stanton, B. Tags: Brief Reports Source Type: research
Update on the Commonwealth of the Bahamas, a Caribbean Nation.
PMID: 26309929 [PubMed - in process] (Source: Midwifery Today with Internationalm Midwife)
Source: Midwifery Today with Internationalm Midwife - August 29, 2015 Category: Midwifery Authors: Delashmutt M Tags: Midwifery Today Int Midwife Source Type: research
