Acute dissection of a syphilitic saccular aneurysm of the ascending aorta and arch in a hypertensive patient - a rare phenomenon by Hubert Daisley, Dennecia George, Johann Daisley

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Re-use of steel slag as an aggregate to asphaltic road pavement surface by Chris Maharaj, Daniel White, Rean Maharaj, Cheryon Morin

“…Electric arc Furnace steel slag produced from the ferrous smelting process in the manufacture of steel in Trinidad and Tobago presents disposal and environmental challenges. …”
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RELATIVE VULNERABILITY OF SELECTED CARIBBEAN STATES TO CHANGES IN FOOD SECURITY DUE TO TROPICAL STORMS AND HURRICANES by Carlisle Pemberton, Hazel Patterson-Andrews, Afiya De Sormeaux

“…The least vulnerable states were Belize, Trinidad and Tobago and Jamaica. Pareto rankings and linear aggregation produced similar relative vulnerability orderings. …”
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The Commonwealth Caribbean COVID-19: Regions Resilient Pathway During Pandemic by Srikanth Umakanthan, Maryann M. Bukelo, Somu Sekhar Gajula

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The use of gene interaction networks to improve the identification of cancer driver genes by Emilie Ramsahai, Kheston Walkins, Vrijesh Tripathi, Melford John

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Breast Carcinoma Receptor Expression in a Caribbean Population by Michael J. Ramdass, Joshua Gonzales, Dale Maharaj, Donald Simeon, Shaheeba Barrow

“…Trinidad and Tobago are islands in the Southern Caribbean with a unique mix of races within the population consisting of East Indian (EI) (37.6%), Afro-Caribbean (AC) (36.3%), mixed (24.2%), and Caucasian, Chinese, Lebanese, Syrian, Amerindian, and Spanish groups accounting for 1.9%. …”
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Clonal Complexes Distribution of <i>Staphylococcus aureus</i> Isolates from Clinical Samples from the Caribbean Islands by Stefan Monecke, Patrick Eberechi Akpaka, Margaret R. Smith, Chandrashekhar G. Unakal, Camille-Ann Thoms Rodriguez, Khalil Ashraph, Elke Müller, Sascha D. Braun, Celia Diezel, Martin Reinicke, Ralf Ehricht

“…The aim of this study was to comprehensively characterise <i>S. aureus</i> from the Caribbean Islands of Trinidad and Tobago, and Jamaica. A total of 101 <i>S. aureus</i>/<i>argenteus</i> isolates were collected in 2020, mainly from patients with skin and soft tissue infections. …”
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COVID-19 Vaccine Uptake, Acceptance, and Reasons for Vaccine Hesitancy: A Cross-Sectional Study Among Pregnant Women in Trinidad, West Indies by Khan S, Sohan K, Mohammed ZCM, Bachan V

“…Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago; 2Diagnostic Mother and Baby (Private Sector), Chaguanas, Trinidad and Tobago; 3Office of the Directorate of Women’s Health, Ministry of Health, Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago; 4Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, San Fernando General Hospital, San Fernando, Trinidad and TobagoCorrespondence: Shane Khan, Department of Clinical Surgical Sciences, University of the West Indies, St. …”
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Case report: Turcot syndrome type 2 in a developing country within the Caribbean by Melissa Daniel-Abdool, Brandon Griffith, Ute Bartels, Curt Bodkyn, Kevon Dindial

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Exploring gender differences in achievement through student voice: Critical insights and analyses by W. Marc Jackman, Judith Morrain-Webb

“…The findings of this study might be beneficial in addressing the issue of male–female achievement differences at secondary school level in Trinidad and Tobago.…”
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Neighbourhoods &amp; recovery from psychosis in Trinidad: A qualitative study by Tessa Roberts, Joni Lee Pow, Casswina Donald, Gerard Hutchinson, Craig Morgan

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Rupture of a Solid Pseudopapillary Neoplasm of the pancreas by Barbara Rampersad, Christo Cave, Srikanth Umakanthan

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Beyond airflow obstruction: acknowledging the diversity of abnormal spirometry patterns by Sateesh Sakhamuri, Terence Seemungal

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A Comparative Analysis of Weighting Methods in Geospatial Flood Risk Assessment: A Trinidad Case Study by Cassie Roopnarine, Bheshem Ramlal, Ronald Roopnarine

“…The Republic of Trinidad and Tobago is an archipelagic Small Island Developing State (SIDS), situated on the southern end of the chain of Caribbean islands. …”
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A Prefeasibility Solar Photovoltaic Tool for Tropical Small Island Developing States by Nalini Dookie, Xsitaaz T. Chadee, Ricardo M. Clarke

“…In addition, the bias of a modelled irradiation dataset was quantified with limited solar radiation data for a tropical Caribbean SIDS, Trinidad and Tobago. For this SIDS, the tool estimates the annual energy output of a 50 MW photovoltaic system to be 57,890 MWh and the levelized cost of electricity to be USD 0.12/kWh. …”
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Mammary Diseases in a Captive Reared Agouti (<i>Dasyprocta leporina</i>) in Trinidad by Kegan Romelle Jones, Kavita Ranjeeta Lall, Rod Suepaul, Gary Wayne Garcia

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Density of red-brocket deer (Mazama americana trinitatis cetartiodactyla: cervidae) on the continental island of Trinidad, WI by Luke Rostant, J. Agard, E. Devenish-Nelson, L. Beddoe, N. Nathai-Gyan, H. Nelson

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Whipple's procedure for pancreatic cancer: training and the hospital environment are more important than volume alone by Shamir O. Cawich, Robyn Cabral, Jacintha Douglas, Dexter A. Thomas, Fawwaz Z. Mohammed, Vijay Naraynsingh, Neil W. Pearce

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When Parallel Schools of Thought Fail to Converge: The Case of Cost Overruns in Project Management by Aaron Anil Chadee, Xsitaaz Twinkle Chadee, Indrajit Ray, Abrahams Mwasha, Hector Hugh Martin

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Analysis of Caribbean XR Survey Creates an XR Development Strategy as a Path to the Regional Metaverse Evolution by Graham King, Jason Robert Rameshwar

“…In 2020, only 83 participants from Trinidad and Tobago entered the CARIRI AR/VR Challenge to demonstrate their XR ideas. …”
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