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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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Educating Belize: Challenges and Opportunities for the Future [PDF]
, 2015 Report on the current state of the Belizean educational system and recommendations for reforms. Written under the auspices of the Bridging Disciplines Programs at The University of Texas at Austin with mentor David V.
Gibson, David V., Weigand, Madison
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Polio Crisis in Costa Rica: Lessons Learned and Achievements
Revista Electrónica Educare, 2015 This presentation shows some of the consequences of the polio crisis in Costa Rica during the 1950’s, in order to preserve certain attitudes of Costa Ricans back then that are worth remembering: simplicity, solidarity and gratefulness.
Gioconda Vargas-Morúa +1 more
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Disability Studies Quarterly, 2018 This essay juxtaposes original translations of contrasting images from the novel En una silla de ruedas [In a Wheelchair] by Costa Rican writer Carmen Lyra and Poemas de la inmovilidad [Poems of Immobility] by Uruguayan writer Luisa Luisi to reveal how ...
Laura Kanost
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España: En tu temblor de tragedia yo miro sangre de gloria
Revista de Filología y Lingüística de la Universidad de Costa Rica, 2015 Este artículo examina cómo los intelectuales y escritores costarricenses reaccionaron a las diferentes situaciones que la Guerra Civil española dio lugar a Costa Rica.
José Ángel Vargas Vargas
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Actualidades Investigativas en Educación, 2007 Este artículo expone los principales hallazgos de las investigaciones que, de 1990 al año 2007, se han desarrollado en la Universidad de Costa Rica, particularmente en la Facultad de Educación, sin obviar el aporte de otras instancias de la universidad,
Marielos Murillo Rojas +1 more
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Perception of social variables related to allophones of taps and trills
Cadernos de Linguística, 2021 This work presents preliminary research into determining value judgments of socioeconomic class and educational level of speakers based on the allophones of the alveolar tap /ɾ/ and trill /r/ in found in Costa Rican Spanish speech.
Mariela A. Porras-Chaverri +1 more
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People and Nature, EarlyView.Abstract Remote sensing studies show that ephemeral forest regeneration is widespread in the tropics, limiting the climate and biodiversity benefits from net increases in forest cover. Socioeconomic, biophysical and landscape variables can help explain the spatial distribution of reforestation reversals.
Francis H. Joyce
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Learning from 20 Years of Payments for Ecosystem Services in Costa Rica [PDF]
, 2013 Costa Rica's Payments for Ecosystems Services (PES) programme has become something of an icon in the world of conservation. Its innovative blend of economic and regulatory instruments - and its hitches and successes - provide a valuable source of ...
Adriana Chacon-Cascante +3 more
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, 2006 Number of Pages: 8Integrative BiologyGeological ...
Langan, Esther M., Townsend, Josiah H.
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