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Costa Rican consumer perceptions of gene-editing

open access: yesHeliyon, 2023
Costa Rica's rice production, a large determinant of the country's food security, is being negatively impacted by frequently increasing periods of intense drought.
Diego Maximiliano Macall   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) of Plastics [PDF]

open access: yes, 2022
Plastic is one of the most essential parts of dayâ€toâ€day life and has been used everywhere for many the applications. Plastics are a type of synthetic polymers mostly comprised of various elements such as carbon, nitrogen, oxygen, hydrogen, and ...
Kumar, Sushil   +3 more
core   +1 more source

Voices of the Costa Rican scientific diaspora: Policy lessons from a decade of experiences from our scientists abroad

open access: yesFrontiers in Research Metrics and Analytics, 2022
Scientific diasporas have been identified as valuable resources to strengthen science, technology, and innovation in their countries of origin. In this context, our paper seeks to contribute by addressing the following research questions: What are the ...
Maria Esteli Jarquin-Solis   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Global externalities from avoided emissions in the Costa Rican cattle sector: opportunities for more efficient mitigation policies

open access: yesDiscover Sustainability, 2021
The livestock sector has had an important contribution to global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. In Costa Rica, more than 20% of emissions come from beef and milk production.
Felipe Dall’Orsoletta   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Satisfaction Factors That Predict Loyalty in Ecotourism: A Study of Foreign Tourism in Costa Rica

open access: yesLand, 2022
Recently, foreign tourists have revealed a growing interest for natural environment enjoyment. This study aimed to: (a) identify the service satisfaction factors and (b) analyze the influence that satisfaction factors exert on the loyalty of ecotourists.
Mauricio Carvache-Franco   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Snakebite envenoming in different national contexts: Costa Rica, Sri Lanka, and Nigeria

open access: yesToxicon: X, 2021
Snakebite envenoming is a neglected tropical disease that predominantly affects impoverished rural communities in sub-Saharan Africa, Asia, and Latin America.
José María Gutiérrez   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Landscape analysis for the American crocodile Crocodylus acutus (Reptilia: Crocodilidae) in northwestern Costa Rica

open access: yesRevista Mexicana de Biodiversidad, 2022
Northwest Costa Rica has the largest crocodile population in the country, but it is also an important area of the human population growth, tourism, crops, and aquaculture, that have generated great changes in the region.
Iván Sandoval-Hernández   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Students’ Perceptions of Ethics in Applied Linguistics Research at a Costa Rican Public University

open access: yesActualidades Investigativas en Educación, 2023
This article examines students’ perceptions of ethics and ethical training in research on second language acquisition. The role of ethics in applied linguistics and research has received little attention, despite its relevance.
William Charpentier-Jiménez
doaj   +1 more source

Duo-Stimulation is a Time and Cost-Effective Stimulation Method to Increase the Number of Usable Blastocysts and Ongoing Pregnancies

open access: yesFertility & Reproduction, 2022
Background: Duo-stimulation is an ART method whereby a patient undergoes two rounds of ovarian stimulation within a single menstrual cycle; a follicular phase stimulation (FPS) followed by a luteal phase stimulation (LFS)a.
Nyssa POHL   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Cruise tourism and community economic development in Central America and the Caribbean: The case of Costa Rica

open access: yesPASOS Revista de Turismo y Patrimonio Cultural, 2006
This paper illustrates an economic approach to understanding the cruise tourism industry as a driver of economic development in Costa Rica. The objective is to describe the role and activities of the cruise ship industry and identify sources of economic ...
Seidl, Andy   +2 more
doaj   +2 more sources

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