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Indicadores de salud ocupacional y ambiental en América Central
(SALTRA / IRET-UNA, 2014-04)La experiencia de trabajo del Programa SALTRA mediante los “perfiles de salud ocupacional” ha evidenciado la necesidad de contar con indicadores de salud ocupacional y ambiental para medir el progreso y mejora continua en ... -
Indigenous children living nearby plantations with chlorpyrifos-treated bags have elevated 3,5,6-trichloro-2-pyridinol (TCPy) urinary concentrations
(Elsevier, 2012)The US Environmental Protection Agency voluntary phased-out residential use of chlorpyrifos in 2001. In contrast, in Costa Rica, chlorpyrifos-treated bags are increasingly used to protect banana and plantain fruits from ... -
Indigenous Ex Situ Conservation of Q'eqchi' Maya Medicinal Plant Resources at the Itzamma Garden-Indian Creek, Belize, Central America
(Springer Science, 2012-12-27)The Itzamma Garden and Medicinal Plant Project is a collaborative effort focused on identifying traditionally important plants used by the Q'eqchi' Maya of southern Belize. The Garden represents a cornerstone of the project ... -
Infiltración y redistribución de agua en perfiles de la zona no saturada en la cuenca alta del río Páez, Cartago
(Universidad de Costa Rica, 2022)En Costa Rica, la entrada del agua al suelo y su movimiento dentro de él ha sido poco estudiado. Esta entrada de agua puede estudiarse en un espacio geográfico claramente definido como lo es la cuenca hidrográfica. Es por ... -
Influence of human activities on some medium and large-sized mammals’ richness and abundance in the Lacandon Rainforest
(Journal for Nature Conservation, 2016-12)We evaluated the influence of six human activities (related variables) on the richness and abundance of large and medium-sized mammals in the southern portion of the Lacandon Rainforest, including protected and non-protected ... -
Influence of Physico-Chemical Factors on the Efficiency and Metabolite Profile of Adult Pinus radiata D. Don Bud Organogenesis
(Universidad Nacional, Costa Rica, 2022-09-10)Genetic improvement programs for conifer forest species face the challenge of propagating elite individuals with superior characteristics in the present landscape of climate change; the problem is focused on the fact that ... -
Influence of sea turtle nesting on hunting behavior and movements of jaguars in the dry forest of northwest Costa Rica
(Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 2020-11)Jaguars (Panthera onca) are opportunistic predators that prey on large profitable prey items, such as sea turtles at nesting beaches. Here, we use jaguar and sea turtle trackcount surveys, combined with satellite telemetry ... -
Informal employment and health status in Central America
(Springer Nature, 2015-07-24)Background: Informal employment is assumed to be an important but seldom studied social determinant of health, affecting a large number of workers around the world. Although informal employment arrangements constitute a ... -
Informal markets of forest products: characterization and methods for its analysis
(International Union of Forest Research Organizations, 2019)The informal sector is an important source of income for millions of families. It has been estimated that about 60 % of the employed population worldwide are in the informal sector; and specifically, the employment of the ... -
Informality, social citizenship, and wellbeing among migrant workers in Costa Rica in the context of COVID-19
(Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI), 2022-05-20)Costa Rica is home to 557,000 migrants, whose disproportionate exposure to precarious, dangerous, and informal work has resulted in persistent inequities in health and wellbeing in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. We ... -
Informe Técnico ISA-05: resultados alternativas agroecológicas para el cultivo de plátano
(Instituto Regional de Estudios en Sustancias Tóxicas, 2014-11)Lograr una reducción del uso de plaguicidas y de la exposición en comunidades con diferentes sistemas de producción del banano y plátano poniendo a prueba diferentes estrategias para reducir los riesgos y fortaleciendo los ... -
Inhibition of human pathogenic fungi by ethnobotanically selected plant extracts
(Deutschsprachige Mykologische Gesellschaft, 2003-02-14)In this study, 36 extracts derived from 29 plant species selected using an ethnobotanical approach were tested for antifungal activity against a taxonomically diverse group of 13 human pathogenic fungi. We compared the ... -
Insights Into the Mechanisms of Phreatic Eruptions From Continuous High Frequency Volcanic Gas Monitoring: Rincón de la Vieja Volcano, Costa Rica
(Frontiers Media, 2019-01-11)Understanding the trigger mechanisms of phreatic eruptions is key to mitigating the effects of these hazardous but poorly forecastable volcanic events. It has recently been established that high-rate volcanic gas ... -
Insights on Hydrothermal‐Magmatic Interactions and Eruptive Processes at Poás Volcano (Costa Rica) From High‐Frequency Gas Monitoring and Drone Measurements
(AGU Publications, 2019-02-06)Identification of unambiguous signals of volcanic unrest is crucial in hazard assessment. Processes leading to phreatic and phreatomagmatic eruptions remain poorly understood, inhibiting effective eruption forecasting. Our ... -
Integrando el concepto de servicios ecosistémicos en el ordenamiento territorial
(Universidad Nacional, Costa Rica, 2019-10-01)El presente artículo realiza un análisis sobre la importancia del abordaje de los servicios ecosistémicos en el ordenamiento territorial, iniciando con una revisión bibliográfica del concepto de servicios ecosistémicos y ... -
Integrated velocity field from ground and satellite geodetic techniques: application to Arenal volcano
(Universidad de Oxford, Reino Unido, 2015)Measurements of ground deformation can be used to identify and interpret geophysical processes occurring at volcanoes. Most studies rely on a single geodetic technique, or fit a geophysical model to the results of multiple ... -
Integrating occupancy modeling and camera-trap data to estimate medium and large mammal detection and richness in a Central American biological corridor
(Tropical Conservation Science, 2013-12-01)Noninvasive camera-traps are commonly used to survey mammal communities in the Neotropics. This study used camera-traps to survey medium and large mammal diversity in the San Juan - La Selva Biological Corridor, Costa Rica. ... -
Intensidades macrosísmicas del sismo de Capellades del 30 de noviembre de 2016 (Mw = 5,4) y el contexto sísmico de la región central de Costa Rica
(Universidad Industrial de Santander, 2020-01)El 30 de noviembre del 2016, a las 18:25 hora local, se generó un sismo que se localizó a 4,4 km al noroeste de Capellades de Alvarado, Cartago, Costa Rica; con una magnitud de Mw = 5,4. De acuerdo con la Escala de ... -
Inter-trophic food provisioning between sea and land: The jaguar (panthera onca) as provider of sea turtle carcasses to terrestrial scavengers
(International Journal of Conservation Science, 2017-07-10)A more complete perspective of carrion use by terrestrial vertebrates and about the role of predators in net carrion supply will improve our understanding of critical ecological processes, particularly those associated ... -
Interacción entre paisaje, condición socio-económica y la presentación de leishmaniasis y enfermedad de Chagas en la Región Huetar Atlántica, Costa Rica
(Universidad Nacional (Costa Rica). Instituto Internacional en Conservación y Manejo de Vida Silvestre, 2017)Evalua la asociación entre variables ecológicas y socio-económicas a nivel espacio-temporal sobre el número de casos de Leishmaniasis y Enfermedad de Chagas en la población humana de la Región Huetar Atlántica, Costa Rica. ...