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CRGOURMETCOFFEE.COM: using E-Commerce to mitigate the coffee paradox in Costa Rica
(International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2019)
We present the background and the design and development considerations for an electronic platform to sell Costa Rican
roasted coffee through e-commerce, referred to as crgourmetcoffee.com (https://www.crgourmetcoffee.com). ...
Isolation and partial purification of a hemolytic sphingomyelin-inhibitable fraction from the sea anemone Anthopleura nigrescens
(2014-03)
Actinoporins are highly hemolytic pore-forming proteins with a molecular mass of around 20 kDa and high affinity for sphingomyelin-containing membranes. On the crude extract of the sea anemone Anthopleura nigrescens, the ...
First measurements of methyl tert-butyl ether (MTBE) in the ambient air in San Jose, Costa Rica
(2014)
A great interest has arisen in establishing the impact of organic compounds on human health and air quality, especially those compounds emitted by automotive traffic. Knowledge of urban air pollutant concentrations is ...
First description of macropterous male and female of Cryphocricos latus (Heteroptera: Naucoridae) Usinger
(2013-03-29)
The macropterous male and female of Cryphocricos latus are herein described for the first time; both were collected in Alajuela, Costa Rica. Notes to separate this species from other macropterous species of the genus are given.
A proposal for implementing PBL in programming courses
(XL Latin American Computing Conference, CLEI 2014, 2014)
In the search of teaching strategies more consistent with the current needs of the industry and with the new university pedagogical model, an action research project was carried in the programming courses of the study ...
Modeling the Tsunami Potential along the Pacific Coast of Central America
(2018)
Along the Pacific of Central America the Cocos plate subducts beneath the Caribbean plate, at the Middle America Trench (MAT). There are no records of mega earthquakes originated there; probably associated to the low ...
Tsunami Threat Assessment for the North and Central Pacific Coast of Costa Rica
(Seismological Research Letters, 2018)
A joint international conference of the Seismological Society of America (SSA) and the Latin American and Caribbean Seismological Commission (LACSC) will be held in Miami, Florida on 14 – 17 May 2018. The conference is the ...
Desove espontáneo, ontogenia y crecimiento en cautiverio de Cynoscion squamipinnis (Perciformes: Sciaenidae)
(Revista de Biologia Tropical Vol.64 No.3 991 - 1005, 2016-04-04)
Las corvinas son especies de interés comercial que han sido sobreexplotadas en el Golfo de Nicoya, Costa Rica. El objetivo de este estudio fue describir por primera vez, el desove espontáneo y la ontogenia de las larvas ...
Understory bat roosts, availability and occupation patterns in a Neotropical rainforest of Costa Rica
(Revista de Biología Tropical, 2016-07-03)
The strong link between bats and their roosts is widely recognized as being particularly significant. Despite this, roosting ecology of bats is poorly understood and much of the basic information is still unknown. In this ...
Scorpion maintenance in captivity for venom extraction in Costa Rica
(Revista de Biologia Tropical Vol.64 No.3 1019-1027, 2016-04-04)
Approximately 2 000 scorpion species can be found around the world; although few species are considered “harmful” to human beings, a high number of scorpionism cases are reported all over the world. The ...