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Central America is recognized as a mega diverse “hot-spot” and one of its smaller countries, Costa Rica, as one of the world’s leaders in the study and conservation of tropical biodiversity. For this study, inspired by the 60th anniversary of the journal
Vanessa Nielsen-Muñoz +2 more
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Molecular Basis for Resistance to Fluazifop-P-Butyl in Itchgrass (Rottboellia cochinchinensis) from Costa Rica [PDF]
Rottboellia cochinchinensis is an annual grass weed species known as itchgrass, or "caminadora" in America´s Spanish speaking countries, and has become a major and troublesome weed in several crops.
R. CASTILLO-MATAMOROS +3 more
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Aplicación de la Teoría Situacional de los Públicos al primer proceso de voto en el exterior para Costa Rica: Lecciones para las relaciones públicas internacionales y la diplomacia pública [PDF]
Using information gathered from 40 interviews with Costa Ricans who live abroad (some who decided to vote in the newly granted external voting right and others who did not vote in the Costa Rican National Elections of 2014), the variables that impacted ...
Bravo, Vanessa
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The Socialization of Cultural Values and the Development of Latin American Prosociality
ABSTRACT Understanding childhood socialization across multiple world cultures is important for developing comprehensive and generalizable theories of developmental psychology. Studies suggest that Latin American children show markedly high levels of prosocial behavior.
Rodolfo Cortes Barragan +1 more
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Giving Voice to the Voiceless [PDF]
The purpose of this study is to understand the experiences of matriculated, full time college students from a medium-sized Catholic, Liberal Arts College in the Northeast who identify as multi-racial or multi-ethnic, specifically identifying as coming ...
Palmer, Victoria L.
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Abstract Premise Due to their small size and lack of easily visible macroscopic characters, the identification of cryptogam species has always been challenging. Here, the use of a machine learning computer vision method is explored for the identification of species of lichens and bryophytes from Australian biocrusts.
Callum Lawler +3 more
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Bahaman patch reefs: Numerous and neglected
Abstract Phanerozoic patch reefs are extensively studied because they are abundant and are potential reservoirs for valuable fluids. In contrast, geologic studies of modern reefs have largely focused on platform margins, leaving patch reefs comparatively neglected. What conditions favour patch‐reef development?
Paul Enos, Clay Robertson
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Distance Education in the Professionalization of People with Disability and Prison Inmates
This paper illustrates the impact of the Universidad Estatal a Distancia (UNED, by its Spanish acronym) in supporting and professionalizing the vulnerable groups of the Costa Rican society, including prison inmates, persons with physical disability ...
Ileana Ulate-Soto +1 more
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Hispanic Workers in the United States [PDF]
There are about 24 million Hispanic workers in the United States. They come from a variety of backgrounds and face unique challenges in the U.S. labor market.
Cherrie Bucknor
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Swimming Upstream: Student Human Rights Advocacy in Costa Rica [PDF]
Latin American ...
Hunter, Brandon, Jenkins, Anjela
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