Introduction: Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is known to be associated with deterioration of mental health. However, it is clear that this link is over and beyond the effects of socio-economic factors and other medical conditions. This study had two aims: 1) to compare the association between CKD and general anxiety disorder (GAD) among the two major ethnic groups of American Bla...

There is growing attention to how people navigate and make sense of particular places through the ageing process. Against this backdrop, there increasing research on in contexts migration. Although much focuses retirement return migration, comparatively less known about migrants who remain destination society, especially advanced old age. Drawing qualitative data, we analyse experiences three g...

This paper introduces the Anthropocene idea as a problem space with salience for Caribbean anthropology and the Caribbean travel industry. The term is used by scientists to define the present era in which human processes operate at the scale of the Earth’s geologic and biological systems, and it has come to justify a host of current actions in the name of sustainability. Through the examination...

Current theory in tourism marketing lacks understanding of how businesses signal trust to consumers make destination-based choices. The present research investigates the role E-WOM, destination image, familiarity, and (as mediator) choice from signaling perspective. suggests that there is asymmetric information between receiver sender which can be resolved by communicating various positive sign...

The relationship between international tourism and the registration of a place as World Heritage, both tangible intangible, has been newly studied. Nevertheless, little progress done with regard to Latin America Caribbean (LAC) countries. This paper aims approach this problem. Furthermore, analysis is differentiated according kind destination. To do so, specialization index introduced indicatin...

OBJECTIVE To carry out a spatial analysis of the occurrence of acts of violence (specifically robberies) in public transportation, identifying the regions of greater incidence, using geostatistics, and possible causes with the aid of a multicriteria analysis in the Geographic Information System. METHODS The unit of analysis is the traffic analysis zone of the survey named Origem-Destino, carr...

In 2001, El-Monsef and Nasef have introduced γ-continuous multifunctions and in 2004, Park, Lee and Son have studied δ-precontinuous multifunctions. The purpose of this paper is to generalize some types of continuous multifunctions. In this paper, the notion of almost δ-precontinuous multifunctions is studied. Basic properties, characterizations and relationships of almost δ-precontinuous multi...

PREMISE OF THE STUDY The Last Glacial Maximum (LGM) was a period of massive range contraction. Post-LGM, water-dispersed coastal species, including the red mangrove (Rhizophora mangle), expanded poleward as propagules were transported by ocean currents. We assessed postglacial marine expansion pathways for R. mangle within the Caribbean Basin and Florida. METHODS Six microsatellite loci were ...

OBJECTIVES We examined the prevalence of psychiatric disorders among Black Caribbean immigrant ("Caribbean Black") and African American populations and the correlates of psychiatric disorders among the Caribbean Black population. METHODS We conducted descriptive and age-adjusted analyses of the data from the National Survey of American Life--an in-person household mental health survey of noni...

Objective Successful development of tourism in many tourism destinations around the world depends on how to manage tourists’ perceptions by marketing managers and tourism planners. Thus, any information source about the tourists is of high importance that can be used to affect their beliefs towards the religious destinations. Therefore, it is important to identify the formation of such percept...