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Latin American perspectives to internationalize undergraduate information technology education [PDF]

, 2016
The computing education community expects modern curricular guidelines for information technology (IT) undergraduate degree programs by 2017. The authors of this work focus on eliciting and analyzing Latin American academic and industry perspectives on ...
Angles, Renzo, Curiel, Mariela, Impagliazzo, John, Leger, Paul, Murillo, Jorge, Nina, Hernan, Pow-Sang, Jose Antonio, Sabin, Mihaela C., Trejos, Ignacio, Viola, Barbara   +9 more
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Gains from trade: The Costa Rican case

Revista de Ciencias Economicas, 2019
One of the oldest and most interesting questions in the economic literature is how to quantify the gains from trade. Recently, Costinot & Rodríguez-Clare (2014) (CRC) developed a methodology that uses the World Input Output Database (WIOD) to compute ...
Alonso Alfaro Ureña
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Genomic Insights Into Host Shifts Between Plasmodium vivax and Plasmodium simium in Latin America

Evolutionary Applications, Volume 19, Issue 3, March 2026.
ABSTRACT Malaria in Latin America is largely caused by Plasmodium vivax, but the closely related monkey parasite Plasmodium simium has recently been observed in humans, thus raising new public health concerns. By screening 719 monkey samples from five Latin America countries, we identified 23 Plasmodium‐positives.
Margaux J. M. Lefebvre, Fanny Degrugillier, Céline Arnathau, Camila González, Silvia Rondón, Andrés Link, Andrea Chaves, Julio A. Benavides, Aline Alves Scarpellini Campos, Edmilson dos Santos, Rosana Huff, Cláudia Maria Dornelles da Silva, Ezequiel Vanderhoeven, Benoit De Thoisy, Michael C. Fontaine, Franck Prugnolle, Virginie Rougeron   +16 more
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Ancestral Biogeography Reveals Diverse Origins of Costa Rica Margin Seep Invertebrates

Journal of Biogeography, Volume 53, Issue 3, March 2026.
ABSTRACT Aim This work addressed the hypotheses that invertebrate species from hydrocarbon seeps at the Pacific Costa Rica Margin (CRM) would descend from adjacent biogeographic provinces, and that common ancestral histories would be identified across invertebrate groups.
Melissa J. Betters, Elisa Nocella
wiley   +1 more source

The Long and Winding Road: Policy Frictions and the Governance of Ride‐Hailing Platforms in Latin America

Latin American Policy, Volume 17, Issue 1, March 2026.
ABSTRACT The rise of ride‐hailing platforms has profoundly transformed urban mobility in Latin America over the past decade. Transportation Network Companies such as Uber, DiDi, Cabify, InDrive, and others operating in the region have affected transportation patterns and intensified debates around labor relations, algorithmic management, regulatory ...
Ronald Sáenz‐Leandro
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Preferences for Consumption and Leisure Across Countries

The Manchester School, Volume 94, Issue 2, Page 135-144, March 2026.
ABSTRACT Worktimes differ across countries and over time. The economics literature usually explains these differences by financial incentives such as wages and taxes, assuming identical and constant preference for leisure versus consumption. Non‐economic researchers recognize different attitude towards work across countries and over time and connect ...
Jim Jin, Geethanjali Selvaretnam
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Construyendo un mundo a través de la literatura para niños

Revista de Filología y Lingüística de la Universidad de Costa Rica, 2015
Adela Ferreto se da su lugar en el desarrollo de la literatura costarricense para los niños. Además, sus principales escritos para los niños son analizados a fin de revelar el proyecto ideológico del escritor y el principal recurso retórico que utiliza ...
Magdalena Vásquez Vargas
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Silicone Wristbands for Measuring Human Exposure to Organic Chemicals: Uses and Benefits for Human Biological Research

American Journal of Human Biology, Volume 38, Issue 2, February 2026.
ABSTRACT Increasing human exposure to environmental contaminants is a growing concern and has become an important factor within human biological variation and health outcomes. Yet, traditional exposure assessment methods are often limited in their ability to capture the complexity and variation of chemical exposure, or are invasive, costly, and ...
Mecca E. Howe, Andrea S. Wiley, Yaw Edu Essandoh, Marta Venier   +3 more
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Luisa González: el pensamiento político de una maestra costarricense comunista

Káñina, 2008
En la primera mitad del siglo XX existió en Costa Rica un grupo de mujeres intelectuales que bien podríamos denominar "las modernas" de San José. Estas mujeres fueron excepcionales para su época, debido a que se encargaron de opinar, por escrito, sobre ...
Ruth Cubillo Paniagua
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Consumer Preferences for Gene‐Edited Foods: A Review of the Literature and Discussion of Industry and Policy Implications

Journal of Agricultural Economics, Volume 77, Issue 1, Page 12-24, February 2026.
ABSTRACT Gene editing (GE), a revolutionary genetic engineering technology that makes targeted modifications to plant and animal genomes, offers the potential to address key challenges in food security, nutrition, safety, health, agricultural productivity, and sustainability, yet consumer demand for GE foods remains uncertain and complex.
Jia Han, Daniele Asioli, Giacomo Zanello, Vincenzina Caputo   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source