1Centre for Maritime and Ocean Studies, University of Trinidad and Tobago, Chaguaramas, Trinidad and Tobago 2Biomedical Engineering Programme, The University of Trinidad and Tobago, Point Lisas, Couva, Trinidad and Tobago 3V.A.S. Consulting, Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago 4Department of Bioscience, Thompson Rivers University, Kamloops, Canada DOI 10.7717/peerj.17948 Academic Editor Pedro Jesús Ruiz-Montero Subject Areas Cardiology, Evidence Based Medicine, Global Health, Public Health...