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FungalTraits: a user-friendly traits database of fungi and fungus-like stramenopiles
(2021-01-19)The cryptic lifestyle of most fungi necessitates molecular identification of the guild in environmental studies. Over the past decades, rapid development and affordability of molecular tools have tremendously improved ... -
Variation of bacterial communities along the vertical gradient in Lake Issyk Kul, Kyrgyzstan
(2021-02-04)We explored the diversity and community composition of bacteria along a vertical gradient in Lake Issyk Kul, Kyrgyzstan, one of the world's largest and deepest brackish lakes. We identified 4904 bacterial amplicon sequence ... -
Estigma territorial y apego al lugar: un estudio de la experiencia comunitaria en habitantes del distrito Desamparados, San José, Costa Rica
(2021-04-14)La presente investigación se llevó acabo con el propósito de analizar la experiencia comunitaria del estigma territorial y el apego al lugar en personas habitantes del distrito Desamparados, San José, Costa Rica. Estas ... -
El pensamiento pedagógico de Fichte
(2021)El objeto del trabajo es el pensamiento pedagógico de Fichte; el contexto del problema es la libertad y la herencia del kantismo; esto puede verse en la primera sección. En la segunda sección queda evidenciado el sistema ... -
The Influence of Pre-task Instruction on Target Lexical Item Use in an Online ESP Course for Mechanical and Electrical Engineering Students
(2021-04-14)A medida que más profesionales requieren experiencias de aprendizaje más especializadas de un idioma, los cursos de inglés para fines específicos (ESP) se han tornado más relevantes. En Costa Rica, el idioma inglés ha sido ... -
“The most aggressive of algorithms”: User awareness of and attachment to TikTok’s content personalization
(2021-05-27)This paper examines how a group of TikTok users in Costa Rica made sense of the workings of its algorithmic content personalization, how they came to this understanding, and what the implications of their self-proclaimed ... -
Streaming the Romance: Gendered Algorithmic Interpellation on Netflix
(2021-05-27)This paper broadens understanding of the relationship between algorithms and gender by examining how a group of women in Costa Rica relate to algorithmic recommendations on Netflix. Drawing on 25 interviews and an analysis ... -
Guía ilustrativa de genotipos de melón tipo Harper
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Preadipocytes are target cells for the actions of a representative gIIA phospholipase A2 which triggers proinflammatory pathways related to obesity
(2020)Adipose tissue secretes proinflammatory mediators which promote systemic and adipose tissue inflammation seen in obesity. Group IIA (GIIA)-secreted phospholipase A2 (sPLA2) enzymes are found to be elevated in plasma and ... -
Anestesia para técnicas de reproducción asistida
(2020)El siguiente artículo, se basa en una revisión de artículos científicos donde se abordan los diferentes métodos anestesicos utilizados en las técnicas de reproducción asistida, las interacciones medicamentosas de los ... -
Taxonomic Keys and Plates from The Myxomycetes
(2021-04-01)In 1969, George W. Martin and Constantine J. Alexopoulos published a remarkable work on myxomycetes. Their monograph on this group of organisms became one of the references to the taxonomy and geographical distribution of ... -
Energy flow structure and role of keystone groups in shallow water environments in Isla del Coco, Costa Rica, Eastern Tropical Pacific
(2019)Isla del Coco (Costa Rica) forms part of the five oceanic islands of the Eastern Tropical Pacific and is well known for its high biodiversity and great endemism. While several marine biological and oceanographical surveys ... -
New reports of echinoderms on the Caribbean continental slope of central America
(2019)The Caribbean is considered a unique biogeographic region that represents an important hotspot of marine diversity in the Atlantic Ocean. The Caribbean Continental Slope of Central America (CCCA) is a largely unexplored ... -
Cuando la conservación no puede seguir el ritmo del desarrollo: Estado de salud de los ecosistemas coralinos del Pacífico Norte de Costa Rica
(2018)When conservation can keep up with development´s pace: Health status of coral ecosystems in the North Pacific of Costa Rica. Coral reefs are diverse and productive ecosystems, despite this, they are being threatened by ... -
Determinants of reef fish assemblages in tropical Oceanic islands
(2019)Diversity patterns are determined by biogeographic, energetic, and anthropogenic factors, yet few studies have combined them into a large‐scale framework in order to decouple and compare their relative effects on fish ... -
Propuesta de escenarios para la gestión de los servicios ofrecidos a los usuarios del Departamento Consular del Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores y Culto de Costa Rica
(2021)Este trabajo consiste en la propuesta de escenarios de acción elaborados con la finalidad de ofrecer al Departamento Consular del Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores y Culto (MREC), información para tomar decisiones sobre ... -
Evaluación del efecto del ambiente generado en 4 sistemas productivos sobre el rendimiento y adaptabilidad de 4 cultivares de chile dulce tipo Bell
(2021-02-25)Se evaluaron cuatro cultivares de chile dulce tipo Bell (Capsicum annum), en cuatro sistemas productivos, en la Estación Experimental Enrique Jiménez Núñez, ubicada en Cañas, Guanacaste, durante los meses de diciembre del ... -
KI 67 como factor pronóstico de recurrencia después de radioterapia adyuvante en pacientes con cáncer de mama temprano en el Hospital México del 01 de enero del 2010 al 31 de diciembre del 2011
(2021-03-10)El objetivo principal del estudio es determinar si el Ki67 muestra algún valor pronóstico para el tiempo de recurrencia en las pacientes con carcinoma de mama estadio clínico temprano que recibieron adyuvancia con radioterapia ... -
Benefits of protection on reef fish assemblages in a human impacted region in Costa Rica
(2019)In recent years, there has been a health decrease in marine ecosystems. Due to this accelerated degradation, there is a more pressing need to investigate the effectiveness of MPAs in these degraded zones. In this work, we ... -
Coordinated hunting behaviors of mixed-species groups of piscivores and associated species at Isla del Coco National Park (Eastern Tropical Pacific)
(2019)Studies of mixed-species groups of animals can reveal emergent complexities of collective behaviors. In this study we collected data on mixed-species hunting groups composed primarily of piscivorous fishes (species ...