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Green Turtle Feeding on Terrestrial Leaves Reveals Energy Pathway From Land to Sea. [PDF]
We report on an adult male green turtle (Chelonia mydas) feeding on fallen leaves from a terrestrial tree, frangipani (Plumeria rubra), in the waters of Cabuyal in northern Costa Rica. This observation suggests that male turtles may feed during reproductive periods and illustrates a novel pathway for the transfer of energy from land to sea.
Robinson NJ +3 more
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Vulnerability of marine megafauna to global at-sea anthropogenic threats. [PDF]
Abstract Marine megafauna species are affected by a wide range of anthropogenic threats. To evaluate the risk of such threats, species’ vulnerability to each threat must first be determined. We build on the existing threats classification scheme and ranking system of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List of Threatened ...
VanCompernolle M +309 more
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Exploring Plant Surface Chemical Variability: Lettuce Leaf as Model. [PDF]
ABSTRACT The plant cuticle has been traditionally believed to be a continuous lipophilic layer covering most aerial plant surfaces, but recent methodological advances based on Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM) enabled mapping the distribution of hydrophilic and hydrophobic areas in the papillae and pavement cells of rose petals and olive leaf trichomes ...
Galindo-Bernabeu A +9 more
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El propósito del presente trabajo es identificar las actitudes lingüísticas de hispanohablantes de Managua y Masaya frente a las seis variedades del español centroamericano: el español de Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica y Panamá ...
Rosa Amanda Mairena Uriarte
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El sistema verbal del español de Costa Rica en los albores de la época independiente
El presente artículo ofrece una introducción al tema del sistema verbal del español de Costa Rica durante la década inmediatamente posterior a la Independencia (1821).
Miguel Ángel Quesada Pacheco
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Se presenta una descripción lingüística de una serie de manuscritos escritos y firmados por Juan Vásquez de Coronado, uno de los conquistadores tempranos de Costa Rica, quien vivió ahí entre 1562 y 1565.
Miguel Ángel Quesada Pacheco
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Migration and Skewed Subnational Sex Ratios among Young Adults
Abstract Skewed sex ratios have been found to increase crime and spread of diseases, as well as influence fertility decisions, gender roles, and economic development. I document the extent to which international and internal migration shape national and subnational sex ratios among young adults (SRYA).
Michał Gulczyński
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Consecuencias de la noción de existencia. [PDF]
Con el ensayo "Consecuencias de la noción de existencia" que el filósofo español-costarricense Constantino Láscaris Comeno presentó en el Sexto Seminario Nacional de Demografía llevado a cabo en Heredia, Costa Rica en diciembre de 1976, la Revista ...
Constantino Láscaris Commeno
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Abstract Positive behavioral synchrony (PBS) between mothers and children involves the bidirectional exchange of verbal and nonverbal communication. Respiratory sinus arrhythmia (RSA) synchrony reflects the concordance between mother–child physiological states. Both PBS and RSA synchrony can be undermined by psychopathology symptoms.
Molly E. Hale +5 more
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Enseñanza de español como segunda lengua para adultos mayores: algunas consideraciones
El artículo reseña los estudios que relacionan la enseñanza de una segunda lengua con la edad de los aprendices, particularmente aquellas investigaciones que analizan las diferencias de aprendizaje en distintas edades.
Lucía Alvarado Cantero
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