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A History of Nonviolence: Insecurity and the Normative Power of the Imagined in Costa Rica [PDF]

open access: yes
Crime, violence, and insecurity are among the most important social topics in contemporary Costa Rica. These three issues play a central role in the media, politics, and everyday life, and the impression has emerged that security has changed for the ...
Sebastian Huhn
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Person to Person in Costa Rica [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
While still in the midst of their study abroad experiences, students at Linfield College write reflective essays. Their essays address issues of cultural similarity and difference, compare lifestyles, mores, norms, and habits between their host countries
Torres, Mariah
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A new species of Ptiloglossa from Mexico, with new records of Ptiloglossa cyaniventris from Panama and Costa Rica (Hymenoptera: Colletidae) [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
A new bee species of the genus Ptiloglossa Smith (Colletidae: Diphaglossinae: Caupolicanini) is described and figured from Jalisco, Mexico, while new records are provided for Ptiloglossa cyaniventris Friese from Panama and a single locality in Costa Rica.
Ayala, Ricardo, Engel, Michael S.
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Costa Rica [PDF]

open access: yesIMF Staff Country Reports, 1998
In recent years, the IMF has released a growing number of reports and other documents covering economic and financial developments and trends in member countries. Each report, prepared by a staff team after discussions with government officials, is published at the option of the member country.
openaire   +1 more source

Global patterns and trends in kidney cancer incidence and mortality

open access: yesInternational Journal of Cancer, EarlyView.
What's New? Decreasing mortality from kidney cancer in developed countries contrasts with persistently high or rising mortality in less‐developed regions. Factors underlying this widening gap remain incompletely understood. Using GLOBOCAN 2022 data, the present study examined patterns in kidney cancer incidence and mortality worldwide and the relation ...
Anton Barchuk   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Atención educativa de la Comunidad Sorda: aportes para la formación profesional, Universidad de Costa Rica

open access: yesActualidades Investigativas en Educación
Este ensayo académico tiene como objetivo explorar las dinámicas de las ofertas y servicios educativos a nivel nacional, así como las situaciones que han influido en la educación de las personas sordas y con pérdida auditiva.
Yanúa Ovares Fernández   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

How Does Vulnerability Framing by Microfinance Institutions Leverage Funding Success in Crowdfunding?

open access: yesInternational Journal of Finance &Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study draws on framing theory to investigate how microfinance institutions (MFIs) strategically construct a vulnerability‐oriented organisational identity and how this framing influences their funding decisions during the pre‐campaign phase of prosocial crowdfunding.
Ana Paula Matias Gama   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Letter from Geraldine Ferraro to the Red Cross of San Juan de Dios in Costa Rica [PDF]

open access: yes, 1984
Letter from Geraldine Ferraro to the Red Cross of San Juan de Dios in Costa Rica. Letter has handwritten notes.https://ir.lawnet.fordham.edu/vice_presidential_campaign_correspondence_1984_international/1342/thumbnail ...
Ferraro, Geraldine   +1 more
core   +1 more source

New Records of Sea Anemones (Cnidaria: Anthozoa) from Costa Rica [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
A pesar de ser componentes importantes en los sistemas marino-costeros, las anémonas de mar han sido poco estudiadas en las costas de Costa Rica. En el presente trabajo se dan a conocer registros nuevos de anémonas de mar para las costas del Caribe y ...
Acuña, Fabian Horacio   +3 more
core   +2 more sources

Practices, barriers, and opportunities for dietitians‐nutrionists in critical care in latin america: A cross‐sectional study

open access: yesJournal of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition, EarlyView.
Abstract Background Dietitians–nutritionists (DNs) play a key role in intensive care units (ICUs), yet their scope of practice varies across settings. This study aimed to describe the professional practices of DNs working in ICUs in Latin America and to identify factors associated with their level of professional activity.
Mirta Crovetto   +18 more
wiley   +1 more source

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