• Gastropods and bivalves taken as by-catch in the deep-water shrimp trawl-fishery along the Pacific coast of Costa Rica, Central America 

  Villalobos Rojas, Fresia; Azofeifa Solano, Juan Carlos; Camacho García, Yolanda E.; Wehrtmann, Ingo S. (2017)

  Deep-water habitats are among the least studied but most vulnerable environments. By-catch data from deep-water fisheries in Latin America are limited, and detailed reports on associated molluscs are scarce. This study ...

• Echinoderm diversity of a tropical estuary in the largest river basin of the Costa Rican Pacific, Eastern Tropical Pacific 

  Azofeifa Solano, Juan Carlos; Mena González, Sebastián; Alvarado Barrientos, Juan José; Chacón Monge, José Leonardo; Clarke, Tayler McLellan; Herrera Correal, Juliana; Wehrtmann, Ingo S. (2017)

  Echinoderms within the Eastern Tropical Pacific have mainly been studied in association with coral reefs. Investigations on echinoderms associated with soft-bottoms and estuaries are still scarce. The present study reports ...

• Indicator-based management recommendations for an artisanal bottom-longline fishery in Costa Rica, Central America 

  Bystrom, Andy Benjamin; Naranjo Madrigal, Helven; Wehrtmann, Ingo S. (2017)

  There is a growing need to strengthen the small-scale fishing sector with emerging governance methods that improve fishers’ threatened livelihoods. Therefore, this study’s aim was to develop management ...

• Molecular Assisted Identification Reveals Hidden Red Algae Diversity from the Burica Peninsula, Pacific Panama 

  Freshwater, David Wilson; Idol, Jennifer N.; Parham, Seth L.; Fernández García, Cindy; León, Noemi; Gabrielson, Paul W.; Wysor, Brian (2017)

  The marine flora of Panama harbors a rich diversity of green, red and brown algae,and despite chronic understudy, it is reported as the second most diverse marine flora along thePacific Central American coast, with 174 ...

• Location of the zeros of certain parametric families of functions of generalized Fresnel integral type 

  Lobo Segura, Jaime; Villalobos Arias, Mario (2019)

  In this paper, two parametric families of functions, the so-called Complementary Fresnel Integral and the Lommel type, which are of generalized Fresnel integral type, are considered. We review the problems of existence ...

• Using eDNA to determine the source of organic carbon in seagrass meadows 

  Reef, Ruth; Atwood, Trisha B.; Samper Villarreal, Jimena; Adame, Maria Fernanda; Sampayo, Eugenia M.; Lovelock, Catherine E. (2017)

  Seagrasses sequester globally significant amounts of carbon (C), which is stored mainly in the sediment. BothC fixation by the seagrass (autochthonous) and the trapping of organic matter that is derived from outside ...

• Leyes de comunicación en América Latina: derecho a la comunicación con perspectiva de género 

  Ochoa Chaves, Luisa; Castro Camacho, Angélica; Cubero Hernández, Esteban (2017)

  The article analyzes the laws related to communication and gender of nine Latin American countries in order to identify, by analyzing content, the ways in which the right to communication with gender perspective is ...

• El campo de la comunicación organizacional en América Latina: una revisión crítica de su producción intelectual académica 

  Botero, Adriana Ángel; Marroquín Velásquez, Lissette; Vásquez, Consuelo (2017-09)

  Este artículo presenta un mapeo del campo de la comunicación organizacional en América Latina basado en una revisión crítica de la producción intelectual académica del periodo 2010-2014. Este estudio muestra las principales ...

• Eastern Pacific 

  Ruiz Robinson, Néstor Manuel; Fernández García, Cindy; Riosmena Rodríguez, Rafael; Rosas Alquicira, Edgar F.; Konar, Brenda; Chenelot, Heloise; Jewett, Stephen C.; Melzer, Roland R.; Meyer, Roland; Försterra, Günter; Häussermann, Vreni; Macaya, Erasmo C. (2017)

  In the Eastern Pacific (EP) the only region where rhodolith beds have been well studied in terms of taxonomy, ecology, distribution and conservation status is the Gulf of California. Outside this region the knowledge of ...

• Tolerance and sorption of Bromacil and Paraquat by thermophilic cyanobacteria Leptolyngbya 7M from Costa Rican thermal springs 

  Brenes Guillén, Laura; Fuentes Schweizer, Paola; García Piñeres, Alfonso J.; Uribe Lorío, Lorena (2019)

  We studied the adsorption ability and tolerance of the thermophilic filamentous cyanobacteria Letolyngbya 7M towards Paraquat and Bromacil. Adsorption isotherms at pH = 7.0 showed an adsorption capacity of 24.4 mg/g and ...

• Cuadernos Jurídicos: Derecho Administrativo sustantivo, procedimental y procesal contencioso administrativo 

  Hines Céspedes, César Antonio (2019-08-12)

  Una ciencia del Derecho rigurosa se distingue de lo que de ordinario se denomina ciencia jurídica por tomar a esta última de objeto, acto en el que se aleja de la alternativa que domina el debate científico a propósito ...

• A Salinity Threshold Separating Fungal Communities in the Baltic Sea 

  Rojas Jiménez, Keilor Osvaldo; Rieck, Angelika; Wurzbacher, Christian; Jürgens, Klaus; Labrenz, Matthias; Grossart, Hans-Peter (2019)

  Salinity is a significant factor for structuring microbial communities, but little is known for aquatic fungi, particularly in the pelagic zone of brackish ecosystems. In this study, we explored the diversity and composition ...

• Optimización de la farmacoterapia en paciente con asma severa no controlada e incumpliento terapéutico 

  Pereira Céspedes, Alfonso; Valenciano Fernández, Sofía (2019)

  Como parte del curso de Atención Farmacéutica II de la Licenciatura en Farmacia de la Universidad de Costa Rica los estudiantes, bajo la supervisión de profesores de la cátedra, ofertan el servicio de Seguimiento ...

• Tomate (Solanum lycopersicum L.) cultivado bajo invernadero: correlaciones entre variables 

  Monge Pérez, José Eladio; Loría Coto, Michelle (2019)

  Se establecieron correlaciones de Pearson para 63 genotipos de tomate producidos bajo invernadero, entre siete variables cuantitativas: edad al inicio de la cosecha (ddt), peso del fruto (g), número de frutos por racimo, ...

• Las partículas elementales según Wigner: aspectos clásicos y cuánticos 

  Várilly Boyle, Joseph C. (2019)

  En 1939, Wigner clasificó las representaciones unitarias irreducibles del grupo de Poincaré; desde entonces, tales representaciones se identifican con partículas con simetría relativista. Se conocen las representaciones ...

• Bioassay-guided isolation of anti-inflammatory O-sulfated withanolides from Acnistus arborescens (Solanaceae) 

  Steinbrueck, Clara; Mora Ugalde, Nohelia; Morales Sánchez, Carlos; Loaiza Montoya, Randall; García Piñeres, Alfonso J.; Araya Barrantes, Juan J. (2019)

  Bioassay-guided fractionation of Acnistus arborescens (Solanaceae) organic extract afforded two anti-inflammatory withanolides: 2,3-Dihydro-3β-O-sulfate withacnistin (1) and 2,3-Dihydro-3β-O-sulfate withaferin A (2) showing ...

• The contrasting roles of aquatic fungi and oomycetes in the degradation and transformation of polymeric organic matter 

  Masigol, Hossein; Khodaparast, Seyed Akbar; Woodhouse, Jason Nicholas; Rojas Jiménez, Keilor Osvaldo; Fonvielle, Jeremy; Rezakhani, Forough; Mostowfizadeh Ghalamfarsa, Reza; Neubauer, Darshan; Goldhammer, Tobias; Grossart, Hans-Peter (2019)

  Studies on the ecological role of fungi and, to a lesser extent, oomycetes, are receiving increasing attention, mainly due to their participation in the cycling of organic matter in aquatic ecosystems. To unravel their ...

• Creación de una herramienta colaborativa para el aprendizaje de la programación que incentive la colaboración en niños con edades comprendidas entre 4 y 6 años 

  Ramírez Benavides, Kryscia Daviana (2016-07-31)

  La presente investigación se enfoca en la creación de una herramienta colaborativa para el aprendizaje de la programación, llamada TITIBOTS Colab, que incentiva la colaboración en niños de la primera infancia, con edades ...

• Tool UTAUT Applied to Measure Interaction Experience with NAO Robot 

  Vega Vega, Adrián; Ramírez Benavides, Kryscia Daviana; Guerrero Blanco, Luis Alberto (2019-06-27)

  This research described the utilization of the Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology (UTAUT) to evaluate a high-level interactive scenario of using Nao Robot in the role of co-presenting in an educative context. ...

• Abordaje del conflicto penal juvenil a la luz de la Justicia Penal Juvenil Costarricense 

  Salazar Rodríguez, Alonso (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 ...

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