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Consumo de embutidos en mujeres costarricenses: efecto del nivel socioeconómico
Intake of processed meats by Costa Rican women: effect of socioeconomic status

Santamaría Ulloa, Carolina; Bekelman, Traci A. (2021)

Introducción: El consumo de embutidos se ha asociado con serios problemas de salud que son comunes entre la población femenina. En el 2015 la Agencia Internacional para la Investigación en Cáncer clasificó los embutidos, ...

Biomonitoreo acuático

Springer Springer, Monika (Universidad de Costa Rica, 2010)

En la actualidad se emplea el uso de macroinvertebrados como indicadores de calidad del agua. El uso de este tipo de indicadores biológicos permite identificar con puntualidad eventos de toxicidad. Sin embargo, el uso de ...

Neutralización del efceto hemorrágico inducido por veneno Bothrops asper (Serpentes: Viperidae) por extractos de las plantas tropicales

Castro, Oscar; Gutiérrez, José María; Barrios, Mariano; Castro, Ian; Romero, Marjorie; Umaña, Eduardo

A reliable bioassay procedure to evaluate per os toxicity of Bacillus thuringiensis strains against the rice delphacid, Tagosodes orizicolus (Homoptera: Delphacidae)

Mora Castro, Rebeca; Ibarra, Jorge E.; Espinoza Esquivel, Ana Mercedes (Universidad de Costa Rica, 2007)

A reliable bioassay procedure was developed to test ingested Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) toxins on the rice delphacid Tagosodes orizicolus. Initially, several colonies were established under greenhouse conditions, using ...

Historia Social de la Ciencia: "Moluscos de la Isla del Coco" (1935) de Paul Biolley
Analysis of the paper: “Mollusks of Cocos Island” (1935) by Paul Biolley from the Social History of Science

Díaz Bolaños, Ronald Eduardo (2020)

Introduction: The paper “Moluscos de la Isla del Coco” (Mollusks of Cocos Island) published in the Revista del Colegio Superior de Señoritas (1935) is the translation to Spanish of one of the last works of Paul Biolley ...

In vitro antiviral activity of Chamaecrista nictitans (Fabaceae) against herpes simplex virus: Biological characterization of mechanisms of action

Herrero Uribe, Libia; Chaves Olarte, Esteban; Tamayo Castillo, Giselle

Production of monovalent anti-Bothrops asper antivenom: development oí immune response in horses and neutralizing ability

Gutiérrez, José María; Chaves Mora, Fernando; Rojas Umaña, Ermila; Elizondo, Jeannette; Ávila Agüero, Claudio; Cerdas Fallas, Luis

Efecto del esfuerzo de muestreo en la riqueza de táxones de macroinvertebrados acuáticos y el índice BMWP/Atitlán
Effect of sampling effort on taxa richness of aquatic macroinvertebrates and the BMWP/Atitlán index

Reyes Morales, Elsa María de Fátima; Springer Springer, Monika

Independent evolutionary lineage of the clingfish Gobiesox adustus (Gobiesocidae) from Isla del Coco, Costa Rica
Linaje evolutivo independiente del clingfish Gobiesox adustus (Gobiesocidae) de Isla del Coco, Costa Rica

Torres Hernández, Eloisa; Betancourt Resendes, Isai; Díaz Jaimes, Píndaro; Angulo Sibaja, Arturo; Espinoza, Eduardo; Domínguez Domínguez, Omar (2020-03-24)

Introduction: Isla del Coco is an important protected area for marine fauna in the Eastern Tropical Pacific. In this area, the species that inhabit the intertidal zone have been subject to few studies. One of the species ...

Downstream effects of hydropower production on aquatic macroinvertebrate assemblages in two rivers in Costa Rica

Chaves Ulloa, Ramsa; Umaña Villalobos, Gerardo; Springer Springer, Monika (Universidad de Costa Rica, 2014)

Despite the fact that little is known about the consequences of hydropower production in tropical areas, many large dams (>15m high) are currently under construction or consideration in the tropics. We researched the effects ...