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Facilitators and barriers to Latino/a adolescents' help‐seeking behaviors: Discussing mental health needs with parents and engaging in mental health services

open access: yesJournal of Research on Adolescence, Volume 36, Issue 3, September 2026.
Abstract Latino/a adolescents report worse mental health than other ethnic–racial groups in the United States, including elevated depressive symptoms and anxiety, yet they remain less likely to access mental health services. Negative perception about mental health within Latino/a communities, shaped by negative beliefs about mental illness and limited ...
Fernanda Lima Cross   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Influence of Spanish Lexicon on Limonese Creole: Negative Implications

open access: yesRevista de Lenguas Modernas, 2014
After working in the construction of the railroad that communicates Limón with San José, many Afro-Caribbean people who had arrived during the 1870’s, especially from Jamaica, stayed and established themselves in Limón.
Ginneth Pizarro Chacón   +1 more
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Jajaja, jejeje, jijiji: pragmatic functions associated with transcriptions of laughter in computer-mediated communication in Spanish

open access: yesCuadernos de Investigación Filológica, 2020
This paper describes a study of the pragmatic functions associated with onomatopoeic transcriptions of laughter used in computer-mediated communication (CMC) in Spanish, carried out through a questionnaire applied on Costa Rican university students.
Haakon S. Krohn
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Exploring Costa Rica's fungal trends: Insights from digitized specimens

open access: yesPLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, Volume 8, Issue 4, Page 1256-1274, July 2026.
Fungi are essential to tropical ecosystems but remain largely absent from conservation agendas. By analyzing over 78,000 fungal records from Costa Rica—a globally recognized biodiversity hotspot—this study reveals key patterns in fungal diversity, distribution, and seasonality.
Melissa Mardones   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

COSTA RICA WITHOUT BORDERS #12

open access: yesPensar en Movimiento, 2015
In this section we publish the Spanish version of abstracts from original articles in other languages, published by researchers from Costa Rican universities in different journals around the world.
Luis Fernando Aragón-Vargas
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Innovation Systems and the Sustainable Development Goals: Directionality, State Roles, and Capabilities for Transformative Change

open access: yesCanadian Journal of Administrative Sciences / Revue Canadienne des Sciences de l'Administration, Volume 43, Issue 2, June 2026.
ABSTRACT The adoption of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) has intensified debates on whether innovation system (IS) frameworks remain relevant for governing sustainability transformations. This article argues that IS are essential for understanding how directionality toward sustainability emerges through learning, institutional change, and ...
Cristina Chaminade   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Los conectores pragmáticos en el habla culta costarricense

open access: yesRevista de Filología y Lingüística de la Universidad de Costa Rica, 2015
Expressions such as bueno, idiay, verdad, digamos.fijáte, etc., which reccurvery frequendy in spoken Costa Rican Spanish, traditionalIy have been stigrnatized as pet words without much meaning or function.
Yamilet Solano Rojas
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Varied motivations for secondary forest reclearing among landholders make forest persistence challenging

open access: yesPeople and Nature, Volume 8, Issue 6, Page 1943-1956, June 2026.
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
wiley   +1 more source

The Case of the Missing Green Iguana Predators: Reviews of Ecological Literature Should Go Beyond Google Scholar

open access: yesThe Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America, Volume 107, Issue 2, April 2026.
Abstract Knowing about species interactions is essential for ecological research, conservation efforts, resource management, and maintaining healthy ecosystems, but many of these, such as reports of predation, may not always be published in easily located resources—if they are published at all.
Matthijs P. van den Burg, Hinrich Kaiser
wiley   +1 more source

Between Emancipation and Domination? A Critical Analysis of Empowerment in a Women‐Only Development Program in Costa Rica's Coffee Sector

open access: yesSustainable Development, Volume 34, Issue 2, Page 2427-2442, April 2026.
ABSTRACT Female empowerment and its use in development contexts has histories in coloniality. Gender programs typically imply an individualistic, depoliticized concept. This article examines whether such initiatives can be supportive for empowerment. We apply an embedded qualitative case study of Bean Voyage's program to support female coffee producers
Annelie M. Gütte   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

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