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Association between obesity and mortality in the Costa Rican elderly: a cohort study
BMC Public Health, 2022 Background Costa Rica, along with other Latin American countries, is undergoing population aging, with an increase in the prevalence of chronic conditions, many of them resulting from a growing prevalence of obesity.
Carolina Santamaría-Ulloa +2 more
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Reading Spanish American national anthems: “Sonograms” of national identity [PDF]
, 2011 Analysis of the text, music, and historical development of representative Spanish American national anthems.
Neustadt, Robert
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Cogitare Enfermagem, 2022 Objective: to perform the translation and cross-cultural adaptation of the educational booklet "Prevention of sexual violence at school" for the reality of Costa Rica.
Alejandra Isabel Vargas Rivera +5 more
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ANALYSING COSTA RICAN AND SPANISH STUDENTS’ COMPARISONS OF PROBABILITIES AND RATIOS
STATISTICS EDUCATION RESEARCH JOURNAL, 2023 We present an exploratory study of Costa Rican and Spanish students’ (11–16-year-olds) competence to compare probabilities in urns and compare ratios in mixture problems. A sample of 704 students in Grades 6 through to Grade 10, 292 from Costa Rica and 412 from Spain, were given one of two forms of a questionnaire with three probability comparison and ...
CARMEN BATANERO +2 more
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Anglicismos usados en narraciones costarricenses en el volibol
Revista de Filología y Lingüística de la Universidad de Costa Rica, 2006 The research is based on a closed relationship between culture and language. It has an exclusively lexicographic character. It compiles and describes the lexicon used by a sample of Costa Rican sports narrators.
Marjorie González Gómez
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Sisimique: Orígenes indígenas de un personaje del cuento popular costarricense
Revista de Filología y Lingüística de la Universidad de Costa Rica, 2015 Este fue el discurso de incorporación del profesor Constenla a la Academia Costarricense de la Lengua Española. Tiene que ver con la etimología de la palabra sisimique y el origen del personaje de la narrativa popular costarricense que lleva este nombre.
Adolfo Constenla Umaña
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Lexicografía del español en Costa Rica, visión crítica
Revista de Filología y Lingüística de la Universidad de Costa Rica, 2015 En este artículo el autor hace un análisis crítico de los estudios lexicográficos del español de Costa Rica de Carlos Gagini (1892) hasta la actualidad. In this article the author makes a critical analysis of the lexicographical studies of Costa Rican ...
Víctor Sánchez Corrales
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Monitoring bank performance in the presence of risk [PDF]
, 2015 This paper proposes a managerial control tool that integrates risk in efficiency measures. Building on existing efficiency specifications, our proposal reflects the real banking technology and accurately models the relationship between desirable and ...
Epure, Mircea +1 more
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Psicología Educativa: Revista de los Psicólogos de la Educación, 2020 This paper studies the validity of the School Climate Battery of Questionnaires for Secondary and High School Teachers (SCBQ-SHST). The battery includes five questionnaires: Quality of Leadership, Quality of Teachers’ Support, School Motivational ...
Jesús Alonso-Tapia +5 more
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Inseguridad lingüística del universitario costarricense
Revista de Filología y Lingüística de la Universidad de Costa Rica, 2015 Este artículo analiza las respuestas de 343 estudiantes universitarios de Costa Rica a la cuestión de si o no hablan español "bien" y por qué. Las justificaciones de sus respuestas a esta pregunta abierta, así como el bajo estatus asignado a los ...
Yamilet Solano Rojas
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