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Seismic Fragility of Gravity and Semi‐Gravity Retaining Walls and Its Impact on the Functionality Loss of Road Infrastructures

open access: yesEarthquake Engineering &Structural Dynamics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Retaining walls are key geotechnical components of road infrastructure, whose seismic performance directly affects the resilience of transportation networks. Despite their importance, seismic fragility models for retaining walls available in the literature refer only to specific case studies.
Amendola C., Conti R., de Silva F.
wiley   +1 more source

Centro de gastronomía y entretenimiento

open access: yesRevistArquis, 2015
El Centro de Gastronomía y Entretenimiento fue una práctica de proyecto arquitectónico del Taller de Diseño Nivel 7, Grupo 02, de la Escuela de Arquitectura de la Universidad de Costa Rica (UCR), realizado en el segundo semestre del año 2014.
Felipe Chaverri Peralta
doaj  

Neurobehavioral Effects of Restricted and Unpredictable Environmental Enrichment in Rats

open access: yesFrontiers in Pharmacology, 2020
To study how motivational factors modulate experience-dependent neurobehavioral plasticity, we modify a protocol of environmental enrichment (EE) in rats.
Mijail Rojas-Carvajal   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Evaluating for Learning: Latin American Strategies and Experiences From the Evalparticipativa Community

open access: yesNew Directions for Evaluation, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article documents EvalParticipativa's 6‐year effort to democratize evaluation across Latin America through participatory approaches rooted in the region's traditions of Popular Education, Participatory Action Research, and Sistematización de Experiencias.
Pablo Rodríguez Bilella   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Rethinking a positive‐sum game: US FDI location decisions in the presence of Chinese FDI

open access: yesGlobal Strategy Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Research Summary This study examines how rising Chinese outbound foreign direct investment (OFDI) in third‐country markets shapes US MNEs' foreign direct investment location decisions amid escalating US–China geopolitical rivalry. US firms initially benefit from complementary co‐location dynamics, as Chinese OFDI—particularly in infrastructure—
Injae Jeon, Jon Jungbien Moon
wiley   +1 more source

The new meaning of retirement for bridge employees: Situating bridge employment through the lens of the Kaleidoscope Career Model

open access: yesHuman Resource Development Quarterly, Volume 36, Issue 1, Page 89-112, Spring 2025.
Abstract Retirees re‐entering the workforce, popularly termed as bridge employment, is a phenomenon that is anticipated to increase in the coming years. Though research establishes that these employees have unique aspirations and work motives (see Mazumdar et al., 2020), primary research on how the retirement transition and bridge employment shape each
Bishakha Mazumdar   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

El Herbario USJ de Costa Rica: trayectoria y contribuciones USJ Herbarium of Costa Rica: history and contributions

open access: yesRevista de Biología Tropical, 2012
En 2011 el Herbario USJ de Costa Rica cumplió 80 años y llegó a 100 000 especímenes de todos los taxa que estudia la botánica. Se anotan datos y cifras sobre historia, fundadores y contribuciones de USJ al conocimiento florístico de Costa Rica.In 2011 ...
Carlos O Morales
doaj  

User Experience Comparison of Intelligent Personal Assistants: Alexa, Google Assistant, Siri and Cortana

open access: yesProceedings, 2019
Natural user interfaces are becoming popular. One of the most common natural user interfaces nowadays are voice activated interfaces, particularly smart personal assistants such as Google Assistant, Alexa, Cortana, and Siri.
Ana Berdasco   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

WHO STUDIES SOCIOLOGY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF COSTA RICA?

open access: yes, 2021
En el presente artículo se expone una parte de los principales resultados de la Caracterización del Perfil del Estudiantado Activo en la Escuela de Sociología de la Universidad de Costa Rica: su relevancia académico-administrativa. Se buscó recuperar un perfil amplio, más allá de las concepciones tradicionales, por lo que se incluyeron ...
openaire   +1 more source

Proposal to improve weaknesses in pharmacy at the University of Costa Rica

open access: yes, 2021
Introduction: In the complex educational process involved different actors interacting in a given context and that is why different models and strategies try to explain and address the causes that affect student academic performance. Methodology: Based on the results of the research that found the main causes that prolong the studies in Pharmacy at the
Jiménez Herrera, Luis Guillermo   +3 more
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