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Changes in oral health-related quality of life before and after dental treatment in 8–12-year-old Costa Rican schoolchildren

Frontiers in Dental Medicine, 2023
AimsThe aims of this study were to (1) evaluate oral health-related quality of life (OHRQoL) in 8–12-year-old Costa Rican schoolchildren before and after dental treatment and (2) collect clinical and sociodemographic characteristics.MethodsSchoolchildren
Juliana Jiménez-Lobo, Daniela Batista-Cárdenas, Ariadna Aguilar-Cubillo, Adrián Gómez-Fernández, Karol Ramírez   +4 more
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Book Review: Celtiform Pendants of Pre-Columbian Costa Rica: Production, distribution, and experimental replication by Waka Kuboyama-Haraikawa

EXARC Journal, 2023
In her book, Celtiform Pendants of Pre-Columbian Costa Rica: Production, distribution, and experimental replication, Waka Kuboyama-Haraikawa seeks to highlight lapidary technologies in Costa Rica by examining the social application and production of ...
LeeAnn Culbertson
doaj  

Environmental Education in Costa Rica: Building a Framework for Sustainable Development? [PDF]

, 2008
Environmental education is commonly claimed to be at the centre of efforts to achieve sustainable development. Since the 1980s, Costa Rica has been one of the acknowledged leaders in efforts to promote environmental learning, and national policy includes
Aylward, Biesanz, Booth, Boza, Burlingame, Carnoy, Carriere, Courtenay-Hall, Evans, Figueres Olsen, Fischel Volio, Fischel Volio, Ham, Jickling, Kollmuss, McKeown, Nicole Blum, Palmer, Pérez, Quesada Camacho, Vaughn, Wals, Wearing, Zeledón   +23 more
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Effect of Distance to Train Station and Mobile Coverage on Land Value: A Case of Tax Valuation in Oreamuno, Costa Rica

Baltic Journal of Real Estate Economics and Construction Management, 2022
In Costa Rica, a land tax valuation model provided by the Technical Standardization Body (ONT) of the Ministry of Finance is used. This model considers homogeneous areas that include properties with similar characteristics and review factors that have ...
Molina Javier Paniagua, Gómez Sergio Ulate, Thompson Johanna Solórzano, Navarro David Barboza   +3 more
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Propuesta de comunicación para la Escuela de Administración de Empresas del Tecnológico de Costa Rica basado en INSIGHTS de mercado [PDF]

, 2015
Proyecto de Graduación (Licenciatura en Administración de Empresas. Énfasis en Mercadeo) Instituto Tecnológico de Costa Rica. Escuela de Administración de Empresas, 2015.At a university level, competition has increased due to the opening of a large ...
Cisneros-Hernández, Gabriel, Monge-Elizondo, Ileana, Rodríguez-Valerio, César, Segura-Chavarria, Sheiris, Vargas-Salazar, Gisela   +4 more
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Sustainable Productivity Growth in Agriculture: The Role of Shifts in R&D Investments and Technology

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The objective of the paper is to evaluate the long‐term prospects of sustainable productivity growth linked to plausible assumptions on public agricultural R&D investments as the key productivity driver. Second, it investigates the role of changing R&D focus from yield maximization to input saving technologies (fertilizers and pesticides). The
Zuzana Smeets Křístková, Michiel van Dijk, Robert M'Barek, Hans van Meijl, Tomas Ratinger   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Market‐Based Nutrition Regulation and Adult BMI Dynamics in Latin America

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Market‐based nutrition policies, including interpretative labeling systems and taxes on sugar‐sweetened beverages (SSBs), have been widely adopted across Latin America to influence dietary choices and address rising obesity rates. While prior research documents change in food purchasing and product reformulation following these policies ...
Emiliano Lopez Barrera, Grace Melo
wiley   +1 more source

Environmental Enrichment and Physical Exercise Attenuate the Depressive-Like Effects Induced by Social Isolation Stress in Rats

Frontiers in Pharmacology, 2020
We assessed the antidepressant-like effects of environmental enrichment (EE) and physical exercise (PE) compared with the selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor fluoxetine against the depression-related neurobehavioral alterations induced by postweaning ...
Juan C. Brenes, Juan C. Brenes, Jaime Fornaguera, Jaime Fornaguera, Andrey Sequeira-Cordero, Andrey Sequeira-Cordero   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

A survey of the reptiles and amphibians at the University of Georgia Costa Rica field station in San Luis de Monteverde, Costa Rica [PDF]

Check List, 2020
Reptiles and amphibians are experiencing declines across the globe. In Monteverde, Costa Rica, these declines and their underlying causes have been relatively well studied since the early 1990s, and many protected areas have been set aside to conserve these species.
John David Curlis, Elliot Convery Fisher, W. Kody Muhic, James Moy, Martha Garro-Cruz, José Joaquín Montero-Ramírez   +5 more
openaire   +3 more sources

A Computational Approach for Biomimetic Design of Liver‐On‐A‐Chip

Advanced Intelligent Discovery, EarlyView.
A biomimetic liver‐on‐a‐chip with antiparallel perfusion was designed using COMSOL‐guided simulation to replicate hepatic acinus transport. Full‐scale modelling revealed diffusion‐dominated, length‐dependent nutrient gradients and low‐shear conditions.
Zhenxu Yang, Qiankun Yin, Qingxin Liu, Zhejun Xu, Ye Zhang, Christopher Vega‐Sánchez, Xiaochen Liu, Daniele Vigolo, Jiao Jiao Li, Ken‐Tye Yong   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source