Renal damage is one of the most frequent and serious manifestations of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Even if this disease is the prerogative of female adults, it can affect children especially during the peri-pu...
The International Healthcare Community recommends that countries do not exceed a 15% rate for cesarean section (CS). Our objective was to determine the prevalence and factors associated with CS at GPHC from July to Se...
An intelligent method of shifting cultivation to regenerate vegetation after a long fallow period is critical information for restoration strategies. The literature review identified that the assessment of woody plant...
Active restoration is a critical component of biodiversity conservation for degraded tropical forest ecosystems caused by artisanal gold mining, and the success of restoration is dependent on native species selection....
Guyana is an oil-producing country with oil and gas exploration and production operations approximately 190 km offshore. The coastal communities selected as the study areas in Region 1 and Region 2 are adjacent to the...
We appreciate United Nations Development Programme-Indonesia and Archipelagic&Island States(AIS)Forum for the 2021 Archipelagic&Island States Innovation Challenges Award given for this idea on Joint Research Programme in Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation.
Guyana’s capacity to address the impacts of climate change on its coastal environment requires the ability to mon-itor,quantify and understand coastal change over short-,medium-and long-term.Understanding the drivers...
Mining poses a major environmental threat to tropical forest ecosystems, given its role in long-term forest degradation. Like Suriname, Guyana presents one of the less disturbed forested lands in South America. The lo...
This work was supported by grants from the China MegaProjects for Infectious Disease(2018ZX10713-002,2018ZX10711001,2017ZX10104001,and 2017ZX10302301-004-002).
Here,we report the identification of Histoplasma causing an unexplained disease cluster in Matthews Ridge,Guyana.In March 2019,14 employees of Chongqing Bosai Mining Company,China,working in a manganese mining of Guya...
supported by the CNPq/Universal Project(Grant No.485539/2012-8);the Instituto Nacional de Ciencia e Tecnologia de Geociencias da Amazonia(INCT/GEOCIAM; Grant No.610010/2009-3)
The southeastern Guyana Shield,northeast Amazonian Craton,in the north of Brazil,is part of a widespread orogenic belt developed during the Transamazonian orogenic cycle(2.26-1.95 Ga)that includes a large Archean cont...
Aerial herbicide drift caused mainly by weather and climatic conditions may be the most challenging problem facing farmers. Spray drift reaching off-target areas can destroy sensitive crops;pollute air and water resou...