Dominican Republic

The Latin America Crop Protection Association (LACPA), represents the Crop Protection Industry through nineteen national associations in Argentina, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Pern, Uruguay, and Venezuela. 

Joseph Magliocco, president of Chatham Imports, which developed Marti Autentico, worked with two rum makers in die Dominican Republic to create his basic rum recipe, which emphasizes die notes of flower, fruit and nut that are typical of Cuban rums. 

The distribution of the various species of malaria is not well defined but P. vivax is reported to be prevalent in the Indian subcontinent, Central America, North Africa, and the Middle East, whereas P. falciparum is predominantly in Africa (including sub-Saharan Africa), both East and West Africa, Haiti, the Dominican Republic, the Amazon region of South America, Southeast Asia, and New Guinea. Most P. ovale infections occur in Africa, while the distribution of P. malariae is worldwide.7 Most infections in the United States are reported in American travelers, recent immigrants, or immigrants who have visited... 

A large open-label flexible dose study (Sanchez-Lacay etal, 2001) utilizing nefa-zodone in the treatment of major depression in a predominantly monolingual, Hispanic Caribbean population (Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, and Cuba) revealed similar response rates and an endpoint mean dosage when compared to previous nefazodone trials with non-Hispanic patients. No serious adverse events were reported, but 42% of the subjects did not complete the study for various reasons including side effects, family, or work responsibilities. 

Evidence that BPH could be hormone related came from studies of a population of pseudohermaphrodites in the Dominican Republic. These individuals are genetically male, but do not display normal male genitalia until the onset of puberty. They are therefore raised as females until puberty. Studies revealed that these pseudohermaphrodites are deficient in an isoform of the enzyme steroid 5a-reductase, which is responsible for catalyzing the conversion of testosterone to dihydrotestosterone (DHT). In addition to the overt sexual manifestations of this condition, affected individuals show no incident of male pattern baldness, mild or no acne, and underdevelopment of the prostate. These observations led researchers to postulate that a selective inhibitor of steroid 5a-reductase would be an effective treatment for BPH. 

More than 90% of the world s nickel is obtained from pentlandite ((FeNi)9S8), a nickel-sulfitic mineral, mined underground in Canada and the former Soviet Union (Sevin 1980 IARC 1976 WHO 1991). One of the largest sulfitic nickel deposits is in Sudbury, Ontario (USPHS 1993). Nickeliferous sulfide deposits are also found in Manitoba, South Africa, the former Soviet Union, Finland, western Australia, and Minnesota (Norseth and Piscator 1979 USPHS 1993). Most of the rest of the nickel obtained is from nickel minerals such as laterite, a nickel oxide ore mined by open pit techniques in Australia, Cuba, Indonesia, New Caledonia, and the former Soviet Union (Sevin 1980). Lateritic ores are less well defined than sulfitic ores, although the nickel content (1 to 3%) of both ores is similar (USPHS 1993). Important deposits of laterite are located in New Caledonia, Indonesia, Guatemala, the Dominican Republic, the Philippines, Brazil, and especially Cuba, which holds 35% of the known reserves (USPHS 1993). Nickel-rich nodules are found on the ocean floor, and nickel is also present in fossil fuels (Sevin 1980). 

Roberts M, Norman W, Minhinnick N, Wihongi D, Kirkwood C (1995) Kaitiakitanga Maori perspectives on conservation. Pacific Conserv Biol 2 7-20 Ryder R (2003) Local soil knowledge and site suitability evaluation in the Dominican Republic. Geoderma 111 289-305... 

Termites are a serious problem in several known limited areas and are on the increase. White refined arsenic has been used in Cuba with some success but has not resulted in control. Treatment of 13,000 infested acres required 1800 pounds of arsenic in 1953. Dieldrin and similar compounds appear more promising at present. Aldrin (hexachloro-diendomethano-hexahydronaphthalene) has been used at the rate of 2 pounds per acre on 750 acres in the Dominican Republic with good results. Termites do not seem to be a general hazard at this time. 

Dominican Republic (21 Sept. 1993) United States of America (20 Feb. 1990)... 

Dominican Republic All substances included in Table II 11 September 2002... 

At that point, the barge began its search for some nation that would allow it to dock and unload its cargo. Between September 1986 and December 1987, it visited Bermuda, Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic, Honduras, Guinea-Bissau, and the Netherlands Antilles, all of which refused to accept Philadelphia s wastes. In late 1987, the ship finally received word that the Haitian government had agreed... 

The lateritic hydrous nickel silicate ores are formed by the weathering of rocks rich in iron and magnesium in humid tropical areas. The repeated processes of dissolution and precipitation lead to a uniform dispersal of the nickel that is not amenable to concentration by physical means therefore, these ores are concentrated by chemical means such as leaching. Fateritic ores are less well defined than sulfide ores. The nickel content of lateritic ores is similar to that of sulfide ore and typically ranges from 1% to 3% nickel. Important lateritic deposits of nickel are located in Cuba, New Caledonia, Indonesia, Guatemala, the Dominican Republic, the Philippines, and Brazil. Fossil nickeliferous laterite... 

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Xanthosoma violaceum, Araceae, widely distributed in Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Guatemala, and Equator, was investigated for in vitro antioxidant and free-radical scavenger activities. The fraction rich in C-glycosylflavones showed with l,l-diphenyl-2-picryl-hydrazyl radical (DPPH) test an EC50 of 11.6 pg/ml, compared with quercetin (2.3 pg/ml) and a-tocopherol (10.1 pg/ml). 

About 32% from Canada, 18% from New Caledonia, 17% from the former Soviet Union, 10% from Australia, 5% from Cuba, 4% from the Dominican Republic, 3% from the Republic of South Africa, 2% each from Greece, Indonesia, and the United States, and 5% from other countries. 

Areas without known chloroquine-resistant P falciparum are Central America west of the Panama Canal, Haiti, Dominican Republic, Egypt, and most malarious countries of the Middle East. Malarone or mefloquine are currently recommended for other malarious areas except for border areas of Thailand, where doxycycline is recommended. 

In the past, 30-50 per cent of the cocaine entered the USA directly via the Caribbean. However, for 2005, the United States Interagency Assessment of Cocaine Movement concluded that this proportion had fallen to below 10 per cent.19 The main smuggling vectors via the Caribbean in 2005 were Haiti and the Dominican Republic (4 per cent), Jamaica (2 per cent) and Puerto Rico (1 per cent).17... 

In 2005, 25 per cent of the foreigners arrested in Spain in connection with the cocaine trade22 were Colombian citizens, followed by Moroccan citizens (15 per cent), citizens of the Dominican Republic (6 per cent) and Italians (3 per cent). While the arrests of Colombians always used to be high, more Moroccan arrestees point to the increasing role of trafficking of cocaine from West... 

US Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA), Press Release, Federal Jury Convicts Dominican Republic-Based Ecstasy Trafficker of Conspiracies to Distribute and Import Millions of Dollars of Ecstasy Pills, June 5, 2006. 

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