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Diversity of Aerobic Bacteria Isolated from Oral and Cloacal Cavities from Free-Living Snakes Species in Costa Rica Rainforest
(2017-08-20)Costa Rica has a significant number of snakebites per year and bacterial infections are often complications in these animal bites. Hereby, this study aims to identify, characterize, and report the diversity of the bacterial ... -
Los dividendos demográficos y la economía del ciclo vital en Costa Rica
(Papeles de Población, 14,( 55), enero-marzo pp. 9-34,, 2008-01)There are two identified dividends or demographic bonuses derived from the Costa Rica’s change of population’s age structure and vital cycle’s profile. The first dividend comes from the saving and actives’ accumulation ... -
Divulgación al público de la evaluación científica de equipos para hacer ejercicio en casa
(2021-09)Reportaje de Canal QuinceUCR, programa "Desde la U", sobre investigaciones realizadas en el CIMOHU para evaluar equipo para ejercitarse en casa. Se presentan los resultados principales en lenguaje cotidiano. -
DNA repair deficiency in neuropathogenesis: when all roads lead to mitochondria
(2019)Mutations in DNA repair enzymes can cause two neurological clinical manifestations: a developmental impairment and a degenerative disease. Polynucleotide kinase 3′-phosphatase (PNKP) is an enzyme that is actively involved ... -
DNase activity in Costa Rican crotaline snake venoms: quantification of activity and identification of electrophoretic variants.
(1991)DNase activity of Costa Rican crotaline snake venoms from the genera Bothrops, Crotalus and Lachesis was quantified by an enzymodiffusion method on agarose/DNA gels containing ethidium bromide. The reaction is detected as ... -
Do biological measures mediate the relationship between education and health: A comparative study
(Social Science & Medicine 72 (2011) 307-315, 2011)Despite a myriad of studies examining the relationship between socioeconomic status and health outcomes, few have assessed the extent to which biological markers of chronic disease account for social disparities in health. ... -
Does genetic variation in the Δ6-desaturase promoter modify the association between α-linolenic acid and the prevalence of metabolic syndrome?
(2009)Background: Eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) are associated with protection against components of the metabolic syndrome, but the role of α-linolenic acid (ALA), the metabolic precursor of EPA and ... -
Does yoga decrease cancer-related fatigue in women with breast cancer? Systematic review of randomized controlled trials
(2017)In its most recent report, the International Agency for Research on Cancer revealed that 1.7 million new cases of breast cancer were diagnosed worldwide in 2012, which represented almost 12% of all cancer types diagnosed ... -
Dolicoarteriopatías carotídeas
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Dolor inguinal en deportistas de alto rendimiento: revisión bibliográfica
(2024)El objetivo de esta revisión es examinar de manera exhaustiva el dolor inguinal en deportistas de alto rendimiento desde un punto de vista ortopédico, en busca de una mejor comprensión de sus causas, diagnósticos ... -
Dr. Clodomiro Picado Twight (1887-1944)
(2010)Semblanza de Clodomiro Picado Twight, quien jugó un papel central en el desarrollo inicial de varias ramas de la ciencia en Costa Rica. Su formación académica se inició en el Colegio San Luis Gonzaga, en Cartago, donde ... -
Draft Genome Sequence of an Escherichia coli Strain Harboring blaCTX-M-115, blaCMY-2, Aminoglycoside, Tetracycline, and Sulfonamide Resistance Genes, Isolated from a Costa Rican Wastewater Treatment Plant
(2020-01)We report the draft genome sequence of the multidrug-resistant Escherichia coli strain PTA A1517-5, isolated from a wastewater treatment plant in Costa Rica. The genome consists of 4,927,375 bp with a GC content of 50.57% ... -
Duración de la lactancia materna exclusiva en una comunidad urbana y otra rural de Costa Rica
(2018)Objetivo: Indagar la duración de la lactancia materna exclusiva en una comunidad urbana y una rural de Costa Rica. Método: Se realizó un estudio descriptivo transversal sobre el inicio y duración de la lactancia materna ... -
Duración de la lactancia materna, alimentación combinada y riesgo para la salud en jóvenes costarricenses
(2022)Objetivo: examinar la asociación entre la duración de la lactancia materna y la alimentación mixta con la obesidad, riesgo cardiometabólico, grasa corporal, conductas de riesgo dietéticas y de actividad física en niños ... -
Dyslipidemia in muscular dystrophy: A systematic review and meta-analysis
(2023)Background: Muscular dystrophies (MDs) are characterized by chronic muscle wasting but also poorly understood metabolic co-morbidities. We have recently shown that Duchenne MD (DMD) patients, dogs and asymptomatic carriers ... -
Early behavioral changes after nigro-striatal system damage can serve as predictors of striatal dopamine depletion
(1999)1. Rats which had received a unilateral injection of 6-OHDA into the substantia nigra were assigned to four lesion groups according to the degree of DA depletion in the neostriatum. In these animals, behavioral changes in ... -
Early socioeconomic conditions and severe tooth loss in middle-aged Costa Ricans
(2018-04)Objective A wide literature shows a strong social gradient in tooth loss according to income, education and occupation, in both developed and developing countries. It has been shown associations between tooth loss and ... -
Ecocardiografía Transtorácica en el Perioperatorio
(2019-07-18)Ventana paraesternal eje largo Posición: Decúbito lateral izquierdo, si es posible. Técnica: Segundo o tercer espacio intercostal, lo más cercano al esternón posible, con la marca del transductor dirigido hacias las 11, ...