University of the West Indies

Exploring the Likelihood of Healthcare Students to Advise Patients on the Health Benefits of Predominantly Plant-Based Diets

The aim of this study was to survey select healthcare students in the Americas about their likelihood to advise on health benefits of predominantly plant-based diets to noncommunicable disease patients; and to identify possible demographic, academic, and psychographic association...

Preresidency Fellowships in Neurosurgery: A Multi-Institutional, Cross-Sectional Survey of Utility and Outcomes.

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Neurosurgery remains one of the most competitive residency specialties in the United States. For applicants, particularly international medical graduates (IMGs), preresidency fellowships (PRFs) have emerged to strengthen applications through research, c...

Fungal -omics resources and the challenges of function prediction toward unlocking the potential of enzyme biocatalysts

Fungal enzymes represent a versatile and underexploited resource for sustainable industrial biocatalysis due to their extensive functional diversity and metabolic adaptability. Recent advances in multi-omics technologies, genome mining platforms, and enzyme classification systems...

Green chemistry approaches to nanomaterial synthesis for different applications

Green synthesis of nanoparticles (NPs) has attracted considerable attention as an alternative to conventional physical and chemical approaches because biological and renewable components in selected systems can function as reducing, complexing, and stabilizing agents and may faci...

Direct upcycling of unrecyclable household waste into biodegradable high‑performance biocomposites

Abstract In the UK, post-consumer waste is sent to materials recovery facilities (MRFs) to separate the metals, plastics, paper and cardboard for subsequent recycling. However, a significant portion of materials sent to MRFs are rejected. Here, we demonstrate a pathway that direc...

Design of Potent, Non-Toxic Antimicrobial Agents Derived from the Frog Skin Peptide Raniseptin-PL Active Against Gram-Negative ESKAPE+ Pathogens

Background/Objectives: The frog skin peptide raniseptin-PL (GVFDTVKKIGKAVGKFALGVAKNYLNS.NH2) is active against a range of antibiotic-resistant bacteria including ESKAPE+ pathogens, but its therapeutic potential is limited by high cytotoxicity against mammalian cells. The study ai...

Entrepreneurship Educators’ Acceptance and Use of Generative Artificial Intelligence

Despite growing interest in generative artificial intelligence within entrepreneurship education, we lack theory-driven explanations of why or for what purpose entrepreneurship educators adopt these tools in their teaching practice. Addressing this gap, we refined understanding o...

Hedonic and eudaimonic pathways of self-forgiveness and suicide-related cognitions in trinidad and tobago: a quantile regression approach

Abstract Self-forgiveness is a multidimensional construct involving both hedonic processes, primarily related to fostering self-compassion and alleviating self-condemnation, and eudaimonic processes, focused on moral repair and value reorientation. While previous research has lin...

Generational changes in lung function in adults from several world regions: results from the Burden of Obstructive Lung Disease study

This study estimated birth cohort effects on lung function using BOLD (Burden of Obstructive Lung Disease) data from 28 569 adults born between 1902 and 1976 across 41 sites in 34 countries. Forced vital capacity (FVC), forced expiratory volume in 1 s (FEV 1 ) and the FEV 1 /FVC...

Multivariate Stochastic Volatility under the Assumption of Stochastic Volatility of Volatility

Multivariate stochastic volatility (MSV) models typically allow volatility to evolve stochastically but do not explicitly account for stochastic volatility of volatility. The main aim of this paper is to develop nonparametric MSV models under the assumption of stochastic volatili...

Associations Between Demographic Characteristics, and Diabetes‐Related Knowledge, Attitudes, Practices and Clinical Parameters in People With Diabetes Attending Eye Clinics in Trinidad and Tobago: A Cross‐Sectional Study

ABSTRACT Background and Aims Diabetes‐related knowledge, attitudes, and practices (KAP) and associated clinical outcomes, including diabetic retinopathy (DR), have not been adequately examined across patient demographics in Trinidad and Tobago (T&T), which this study examined...