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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.
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Centro de gastronomía y entretenimiento
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
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Neurobehavioral Effects of Restricted and Unpredictable Environmental Enrichment in Rats
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
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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
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Rethinking a positive‐sum game: US FDI location decisions in the presence of Chinese FDI
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
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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
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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
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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
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WHO STUDIES SOCIOLOGY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF COSTA RICA?
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 ...
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Proposal to improve weaknesses in pharmacy at the University of Costa Rica
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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