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25 Years of the Internet in Central America: an interview with Guy de Téramond
(2017-10)January 2018 marks the 25th anniversary of the first dedicated Internet connection in Central America. Little is known about the conditions that characterised the early development of the Internet in this part of the globe. ... -
58 Gestión de la calidad en unidades académicas: procesos con incidencia en investigación y acción social
(2022-12-15)La gestión de la calidad de las universidades públicas y privadas suele gestionarse mediante entes acreditadores de la educación superior, nacionales o internacionales. La realidad de algunas unidades académicas ... -
A aprendizagem de conceitos de probabilísticos: uma experiência de ensino com recurso ao Geogebra com alunos do 100 ano da Costa Rica
(2019-06)Neste artigo, apresentamos os resultados de um estudo que visa compreender as aprendizagens de conceitos básicos de Probabilidade, de alunos costarriquenhos do 10.º ano, no quadro de uma experiência de ensino apoiada em ... -
A Comparison of Nutritional Habits, Physical Function and Psychological Constructs between Urban and Rural Costa Rican Older Adults
(2019)Purpose: To compare nutritional habits, physical function and psychological constructs between Costa Rican older adults from urban and rural zones. Methods: Male and female older adults aged ≥ 65 yr. from urban (n = 185) ... -
A comparison of physical function, nutritional habits and neurocognitive constructs between urban and rural Costa Rican older adults
(2019)Purpose: To compare nutritional habits, physical function and psychological constructs between Costa Rican older adults from urban and rural zones. Methods: Male and female older adults aged ≥ 65 yr. from urban (n = 185) ... -
A curricular proposal to implement the English language teaching at the “Centro Infantil Laboratorio Ermelinda Mora”, in students from 3 to 5 years old
(2007)The purpose of this article is to describe a project to elaborate and implement an English curriculum for the teachers of third and fourth levels at the Centro Infantil Laboratorio Ermelinda Mora (CILEM) in San Ramón, ... -
A diagonal and social protection plus approach to meet the challenges of the COVID-19 syndemic: cash transfers and intimate partner violence interventions in Latin America
(2021-11-24)Latin America has been particularly hard hit by the COVID-19 syndemic, including the associated economic fallout that has threatened the livelihoods of most families. Social protection platforms and policies should have a ... -
A dos décadas de la Convención de Belem do Pará: Una caracterización de la investigación psicológica sobre la violencia contra las mujeres realizada en la Universidad de Costa Rica, período 1994-2016
(2019)Este artículo presenta una caracterización de la investigación psicológica producida en la Universidad de Costa Rica en materia de violencia contra las mujeres durante el período comprendido entre los años 1994 a 2016. Se ... -
A geomorphometric model to determine topographic parameters controlling wildfires occurrence in tropical dry forests
(2022)Tropical dry forests (TDF) are commonly affected by wildfires, especially during the dry season and drought periods. Many studies have identified ecological, pedological, and climatic variables that control fires ignition ... -
A la conquista del mundo en línea: Internet como objeto de estudio (1990-2007)
(2008)Este artículo explora el desarrollo de la investigación sobre Internet (principalmente anglófona) entre 1990 y 2007. Para esto, se analizan los principales ejes temáticos de los estudios sobre tal medio a lo largo de casi ... -
A mayores previsiones... resultados imprevistos: reforma judicial en América Latina –indicios sobre Costa Rica
(2005-04)A partir de la década de 1980, e intensificándose en la década de 1990, las instituciones financieras internacionales (IFIs), las organizaciones no gubernamentales (ONGs) y las agencias de desarrollo destinaron gran cantidad ... -
A meta-analysis on the effects off exercise training on VO2 max in children and adolecents
(2015-01)The chronic adaptations of the cardiovascular system to exercise training in children and adolescents yield inconclusive results, in spite of previous meta-analytic evidence. The aim of this meta-analysis was to determine ... -
A Note on Methods for Vertical Accuracy Assessment of DEMs
(2017)This study investigates the vertical accuracy of a DEMs interpolated from 1:50,000 contours with universal kriging (UK) using DEMs interpolated from 1:10,000 contours as the independent source of higher accuracy following ... -
A novel validation approach shows new, solid reasons why vertical jump height should not be used to predict leg power
(2023-08-16)Jump height continues to be widely used to predict power in humans. Individual progress is often monitored on the basis of estimated power, but prediction equations are based on group data. The objective of the study was ... -
A Powerful Geography Approach to the Curricular Transformation of the Undergraduate Geography Program at the Universidad de Costa Rica
(2019)The school of geography at the Universidad de Costa Rica started in 2015 a revision of the undergraduate geography program, ending in 2018 with the approval of a new and renewed curriculum. This process involved a “bottom-up” ... -
A systematic review of the relationship between familism and mental health outcomes in Latino population
(2016-10-25)Background: Familismo or familism is a cultural value frequently seen in Hispanic cultures, in which a higher emphasis is placed on the family unit in terms of respect, support, obligation, and reference. Familism has been ... -
A transição para o capitalismo na Costa Rica: uma colônia hispânica seduzida pelo grão de ouro
(2013)Los territorios de las colonias hispano-lusitanas se caracterizaban por una economía de subsistencia la cual pasó a ser una explotación agropecuaria y minera para incorporarse al comercio mundial utilizando mano de obra ... -
Abordaje del conflicto penal juvenil a la luz de la Justicia Penal Juvenil Costarricense
(2018-12)El presente trabajo aborda el tema del conflicto penal juvenil y su regulación dentro del sistema penal costarricense. El texto cuenta con un estudio histórico del desarrollo de la delincuencia en menores de edad tanto a ... -
Abordajes Restaurativos y Cultura de Paz ante un siglo de incertidumbre
(2019)El presente documento plantea una reflexión sobre los motivos por los que se habla de justicia restaurativa y prácticas restaurativas: ¿qué es lo que se restaura? ¿Con qué propósito? Se explora la dimensión personal de un ... -
Abortion and Human Rights in Central America
(2019)This essay aims to show that the nations of Central America must create access to safe and legal abortion as well as promote a political dialogue on the subject that is based on reason andscience, rather than religion.Not ...