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A Creep Event on the Shallow Interface of the Nicoya Peninsula, Costa Rica Seismogenic Zone
(American Geophysical Union, 2004)Summary of the paper "A Creep Event on the Shallow Interface of the Nicoya Peninsula, Costa Rica Seismogenic Zone" -
A cross-sectional survey of gastrointestinal parasites with dispersal stages in feces from Costa Rican dairy calves
(Elsevier B.V, 2010-07-24)A cross-sectional study was carried out to determine the prevalence of gastrointestinal parasites and lungworm nematodes in dairy calves from five different ecoclimatic areas of Costa Rica. Also intensity of infection ... -
A dialogue of shared discoveries on immigration: a duoethnography of international students in Canada
(Springer, 2019-04-19)International students are believed to contribute signifcantly in education and research as they bring a rich variety of perspectives, experiences, and languages. International students are frequently categorized into ... -
A diez años del referéndum del TLC: percepciones sobre sus implicaciones sociales, económicas y políticas. Informe de encuesta
(Instituto de Estudios Sociales en Población (IDESPO), 2017)El presente informe expone los principales resultados de la encuesta A Diez Años del Referéndum del TLC: Percepciones sobre sus implicaciones sociales, económicas y políticas, la cual fue realizada por el Programa Umbral ... -
A Differential Effect of Indian Ocean Dipole and El Niño on Cholera Dynamics in Bangladesh
(PLoS ONE, 2013-03-29)Background: A stationary (i.e., constant through time) association between El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO), the Indian Ocean Dipole (IOD) and epidemics of cholera in Bangladesh has been widely assumed. However, whether ... -
A dupla serpente: poder político e poder econômico na formação do capitalismo
(Universidad Nacional, Costa Rica, 2013-01-30)O presente artigo analisa a relação histórica entre poder político e econômico na formação do capitalismo, desde a perspectiva do tempo longo e do papel que o poder teve na configuração da economia e da sociedade na Europa ... -
A dynamic simulation model for the blooming of Oscillatoria agardhii in a monomictic lake
(Elsevier, 1995-01-15)The occurrence of phytoplankton blooms is a common problem in water bodies. The quantitative description of the algal population growth is of primary importance to understand the mechanisms which lead to these phytoplankton ... -
A female of Eudorylaimus sp with two vulvae.
(Universidad Nacional, Costa Rica, 2001)A female of Eudorylaimus sp, with two vulvae was found in Tempisque Conservation Area in Costa Rica. Thousands of nematodes have been prepared in Cobb's slides to study nematode diversity in Costa Rica; nevertheless, only ... -
A first estimation of Tsunami Hazard of the Caribbean Coast of Costa Rica from Local and Distant Seismogenic Sources
(IV Assembly of the Latin American and Caribbean Seismological Commission, LACSC 2022, 2022-10-04)Costa Rica has experienced 41 tsunamis since 1746, 36 of them at the Pacific coast and only 5 at the Caribbean coast. However, the oldest record belongs to the Caribbean coast, as well as the only tsunami that has caused ... -
A first estimation of tsunami hazard of the Pacific coast of Costa Rica from local and distant seismogenic sources
(Springer, 2021-06-04)Costa Rica has been affected by several local and distant tsunamis in the past, but the historical information is scarce and incomplete. Its Pacific coast stretches for over a thousand kilometers, and tsunami hazard has ... -
A joint Myxoma in a dog
(Harcourt Publishers Ltd, 2001)Myxomas of the joints are extremely rare in domestic animals, only four cases, all in dogs, having been reported previously. This paper describes a myxoma originating from the synovium of the right radiocarpal joint of ... -
A Justice to Come: The Politics of Reading
(Universidad Nacional (Costa Rica).Escuela Ecuménica de Ciencias de la Religión, 2018) -
A la deriva
(La República, 2019-07-02)Es el nombre de mi ultimo libro que resume las columnas y escritos de este último quinquenio. Se trata de un repaso de la realidad social, económica y política del país, en medio de una creciente incapacidad para tomar ... -
A la deriva: Reflexiones sobre la realidad nacional e internacional
(Centro Internacional de Política Económica para el Desarrollo Sostenible, 2017)"A la deriva” es una forma de exponer la realidad costarricense de nuestro tiempo. Si bien es cierta la expresión a la deriva da cuenta de una clásica expresión marítima, asociada con una nave que ha perdido el control o ... -
A lightweight environment for 2D visual applications
(EasyChair, 2019)People and organizations constantly use a wide variety of devices and formats to produce large volumes of data. This involves a series of challenges related to processing and transforming data into valuable knowledge to ... -
A long-term record of polythionates in the acid crater-lake of Poás volcano: Changes in the subaqueous input of fumarolic gases
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A management plan for the sport fishery of Parachromis dovii (Pisces: Cichlidae) in Hule lake, Costa Rica
(Universidad de Costa Rica, 2000-06)A first attempt to regulate the fishing activity while preserving the species and its habitats is presented for Hule lake. We intensively sampled the "guapote" between March 1996 and April 1997 using monofilament gill nets ... -
A methane sink in the Central American high elevation páramo: Topographic, soil moisture and vegetation effects
(Elsevier B.V., 2020-03-15)Methane (CH4) is a strong greenhouse gas with a global warming potential 23 times larger than that of carbon dioxide. Characterizing ecosystems as either sources or sinks for methane and their magnitudes informs on biosphere ... -
A method to obtain rapid zoosporogenesis of Pythium insidiosum
(Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1988-10)Nine strains of Pythium insidiosum the etiologic agent of pythiosis, were inoculated on 2% water agar plus grass blades and then incubated one day at 25°C, 35°C and 37°C. Sporangium and secondary biflagellate-type zoosporas ... -
A methodological proposal to improve the descriptive paragraph writing skills of eleventh grade students from Colegio Ambientalista Isaías Retana Arias in Pérez Zéledón
(Universidad Nacional, Costa Rica, 2010)Esta investigación se realizó en el Colegio Ambientalista Isaias Retana Arias en Pérez Zeledón. Esta es una institución pública y se construyó en el año 2000. El proyecto trata sobre la mejora de las habilidades de escritura ...