Imprint of chemical weathering and hydrothermalism on the Ge/Si ratio and Si isotope composition of rivers in a volcanic tropical island, Basse-Terre, Guadeloupe (French West Indies)

When Jane Austen wrote in January 1801 that ‘Mrs Powlett was at once expensively and nakedly dressed’, the fashion for muslin dresses had existed for some eighteen years. This article examines the crucial period between 1779 and 1784 when the muslin garment, which became known as the chemise à la reine, was developed and refined. Originating in the French West Indies, the gaulle was the ‘colonial livery’ worn by the wives of the white elite, the ‘grands blancs’, and first appeared as a costume in a ballet performed in Paris in 1779. The version worn by Queen Marie Antoinette in Vigée Le Brun's controversial portrait of 1783 provoked, according to the Baron de Frénilly, ‘a revolution in dress’ which eventually destabilized society. The article focuses on the role played by Saint-Domingue, France's most valuable overseas possession, in the transference of the gaulle from colonial to metropolitan fashion, and how the colony became one of the major providers of unprocessed cotton to the French cotton industry.

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Atypical parkinsonism in the French West Indies

The Lancet ◽

10.1016/s0140-6736(05)77611-x ◽

1999 ◽

Vol 354 (9188) ◽

pp. 1472-1473 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Irene Litvan

Keyword(s):

West Indies ◽

Atypical Parkinsonism ◽

French West Indies

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Sources of dissolved organic carbon in small volcanic mountainous tropical rivers, examples from Guadeloupe (French West Indies)

Geoderma ◽

10.1016/j.geoderma.2016.07.014 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 282 ◽

pp. 129-138 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Emily Lloret ◽

Céline Dessert ◽

Heather L. Buss ◽

Carine Chaduteau ◽

Sylvain Huon ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Organic Carbon ◽

Dissolved Organic Carbon ◽

West Indies ◽

Tropical Rivers ◽

French West Indies

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Comparison of dissolved inorganic and organic carbon yields and fluxes in the watersheds of tropical volcanic islands, examples from Guadeloupe (French West Indies)

Chemical Geology ◽

10.1016/j.chemgeo.2010.10.016 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 280 (1-2) ◽

pp. 65-78 ◽

Cited By ~ 49

Author(s):

E. Lloret ◽

C. Dessert ◽

J. Gaillardet ◽

P. Albéric ◽

O. Crispi ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Organic Carbon ◽

West Indies ◽

French West Indies ◽

Volcanic Islands ◽

Inorganic And Organic

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INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT APPROACHES DEVELOPED IN THE FRENCH WEST INDIES TO REDUCE PESTICIDE USE IN BANANA PRODUCTION SYSTEMS

Acta Horticulturae ◽

10.17660/actahortic.2009.828.38 ◽

2009 ◽

pp. 375-382 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

F.X. Côte ◽

C. Abadie ◽

R. Achard ◽

P. Cattan ◽

C. Chabrier ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Integrated Pest Management ◽

Pest Management ◽

West Indies ◽

Production Systems ◽

Pesticide Use ◽

French West Indies ◽

Banana Production ◽

Management Approaches

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Caribbean Commission

International Organization ◽

10.1017/s0020818300014314 ◽

1949 ◽

Vol 3 (1) ◽

pp. 166-166

Keyword(s):

Dominican Republic ◽

United Nations ◽

West Indies ◽

West Indian ◽

The West ◽

French West Indies ◽

The Third ◽

The Caribbean ◽

The United Nations

The third session of the West Indian Conference opened at Guadeloupe, French West Indies on December 1, 1948 and closed on December 14, after considering policy to be followed by the Caribbean Commission for the next two years. The Conference was attended by two delegates from each of the fifteen territories within the jurisdiction of the commission and observers invited by the commission from Haiti, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, and the United Nations and its specialized agencies.

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Azole Resistance in Clinical and Environmental Aspergillus Isolates from the French West Indies (Martinique)

Journal of Fungi ◽

10.3390/jof7050355 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 7 (5) ◽

pp. 355

Author(s):

Lorra Monpierre ◽

Nicole Desbois-Nogard ◽

Isabel Valsecchi ◽

Marielle Bajal ◽

Cécile Angebault ◽

...

Keyword(s):

West Indies ◽

Culture Media ◽

Antifungal Susceptibility ◽

Resistance Mechanisms ◽

Clinical Samples ◽

Azole Resistance ◽

Environmental Isolates ◽

French West Indies ◽

First Time ◽

Microdilution Broth

The emergence of azole resistant Aspergillus spp., especially Aspergillus fumigatus, has been described in several countries around the world with varying prevalence depending on the country. To our knowledge, azole resistance in Aspergillus spp. has not been reported in the West Indies yet. In this study, we investigated the antifungal susceptibility of clinical and environmental isolates of Aspergillus spp. from Martinique, and the potential resistance mechanisms associated with mutations in cyp51A gene. Overall, 208 Aspergillus isolates were recovered from clinical samples (n = 45) and environmental soil samples (n = 163). They were screened for resistance to azole drugs using selective culture media. The Minimum Inhibitory Concentrations (MIC) towards voriconazole, itraconazole, posaconazole and isavuconazole, as shown by the resistant isolates, were determined using the European Committee on Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing (EUCAST) microdilution broth method. Eight isolates (A. fumigatus, n = 6 and A. terreus, n = 2) had high MIC for at least one azole drug. The sequencing of cyp51A gene revealed the mutations G54R and TR34/L98H in two A. fumigatus clinical isolates. Our study showed for the first time the presence of azole resistance in A. fumigatus and A. terreus isolates in the French West Indies.

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