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Consolidation of Librarianship Postgraduate Studies in the University of Costa Rica

, 2015
El artículo refleja la trayectoria del Programa de Posgrado en Bibliotecología de la Universidad de Costa Rica, que se implementó con el fin de formar un recurso humano especializado en la gestión de la información y los procesos documentales del país, y constituye una oferta académica única en la nación.
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Social Action and the Humanities in the University of Costa Rica

, 2020
This reflection aims to establish the relationship between Social Action, which is an activity of the University of Costa Rica, with its way of being, excellence or character; that is nothing more than Humanism. The text consists of four sub-themes: some aspects about the University of Costa Rica, about the concept of Social Action, define humanism and
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Las voces de Baha‐blantes: An analysis of the language learning investment of intermediate students of Spanish at the tertiary level

Foreign Language Annals, EarlyView.
Abstract This study examines the language learning investment of five intermediate learners of Spanish at a tertiary institution in The Bahamas. It draws on participants’ language learning journeys to consider how their previous experiences and access to language learning opportunities contributed to their investment.
Valentino Rahming
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Seasonality and plasticity in the use of native and introduced plant resources by a large forest parrot

Ibis, EarlyView.
Human‐induced environmental change is reshaping plant communities, requiring native animals to adapt their foraging behaviour to track and exploit novel food resources. Trees such as pines (Pinus spp.) introduced for plantation forestry outside of their native ranges often become naturalized.
Tirth Vaishnav, Kevin Chase Burns, Rachael C. Shaw   +2 more
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KNOWLEDGE AND ATTITUDES OF UNIVERSITY STUDENTS OF COSTA RICA ABOUT HIV/AIDS

, 2012
Se realizó una encuesta auto-administrada y anónima a estudiantes matriculados en la Universidad de Costa Rica con el objetivo de identificar el nivel de conocimiento acerca del VIH-sida. Se logró recolectar un total de 497 cuestionarios durante el ciclo lectivo del año 2008. Los encuestados consideraron de alto riesgo los mecanismos de transmisión del
Salas Chaves, Pilar, Taylor Castillo, Liseth, Quesada Cambronero, Marilyn, Garita Garita, Ana Cristina, León Alán, Dennis   +4 more
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Taxonomic, phylogenetic and functional diversity patterns of Saturniidae moth communities along a tropical forest recovery gradient in Ecuador

Insect Conservation and Diversity, EarlyView.
Diverse Saturniidae moth communities are found in naturally recovering tropical forests in Ecuador. Community composition showed a gradual turnover with strongest differences between old‐growth forest and active agriculture, but only weak differences in taxonomic, phylogenetic and functional diversity. While our results suggest that Saturniidae are not
Sebastian Seibold, Dominik Rabl, Paula Sorger, Julian Bittermann, Nico Blüthgen, Gunnar Brehm, Annika Busse, Maria Camila De La Hoz, Mareike Kortmann, Peter Kriegel, Jérôme Morinière, Marcel Püls, Ana B. García‐Ruilova, H. Martin Schaefer, Constance J. Tremlett, Jörg Müller   +15 more
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Practices and sexual behaviors of students at the University of Costa Rica

, 2011
El estudio tuvo como objetivo identificar las prácticas sexuales de los estudiantes de la Universidad de Costa Rica para adquirir la infección por VIH, con el fin de promover una vida sexual sana y el mejoramiento de la calidad de vida. Se realizó una encuesta auto-administrada y anónima en la población estudiantil, durante el ciclo lectivo del año ...
Salas Chaves, Pilar, Taylor Castillo, Lizeth, Quesada Cambronero, Marilyn, Garita Garita, Cristina, León Alán, Dennis   +4 more
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Fly me to the canopy: Diptera communities in oak forest crowns as bioindicators of stand decline

Insect Conservation and Diversity, EarlyView.
Diptera diversity: Oak decline increases the overall Diptera diversity, particularly in saproxylic and floricolous guilds, likely due to more open canopies and greater deadwood and floral resource availability. Family responses: Dolichopodidae, Empididae, Hybotidae and Anthomyiidae thrive in declining stands, whereas Mycetophilidae and other fungus ...
Anastasia Paupe, Elodie Le Souchu, Christophe Bouget, Christophe Daugeron, Clovis Quindroit, Pierre‐Yves Gloaguen, Patrick Grootaert, Mike Ashworth, Paul L. T. Beuk, Christophe Lauriaut, Valery O. Korneyev, Elena P. Kameneva, André Reimann, Julia J. Mlynarek, Jocelyn Claude, Pierre Tillier, Vivian Feng, Dalton de Souza Amorim, Rudolf Meier, Ximo Mengual, Tatiana Kúdelová, Thomas Lebard, Anders Lindström, Tobias Lilja, Santiago Jaume‐Schinkel, Jonas Mortelmans, Marija Ivković, David Brice, Bruno Righetti, Jean‐Paul Haenni, Pauline Bierre, Cécile Vincent‐Barbaroux, Aurélien Sallé   +32 more
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Labor Market Monopsony Power and the Dynamic Gains to Openness Reforms

International Economic Review, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We embed labor market monopsony into a dynamic heterogeneous‐firm general equilibrium model with exporting, horizontal FDI, and rich firm lifecycle dynamics. Rising marginal costs with monopsony slow and limit incumbent firm growth in response to liberalization, shifting adjustment to the extensive margin.
Priyaranjan Jha, Antonio Rodriguez‐Lopez, Adam Hal Spencer   +2 more
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Space use of juvenile green turtles along the North Pacific coast of Costa Rica. [PDF]

PLoS One
Wu F, Valverde-Cantillo V, Durr C, Espinoza M, Heidemeyer M, Lowe CG, Spotila JR, Paladino FV.   +7 more
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