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A geographical sampling strategy for field surveys in an urban area using high-resolution satellite imagery
(2006-11)Field evaluations for studying the epidemiology of vector-borne diseases like dengue in urban areas are often restricted to selection of households and buildings for field surveys. Therefore, the resulting sampling frame ... -
Associations between urban structure and Aedes aegypti larval habitats in Puntarenas, Costa Rica
(2008-12)Geospatial technologies have been increasingly applied to study vector-borne diseases, although their use in urban setting has been limited. In this study, high-resolution satellite imagery from QuickBird was analyzed to ... -
Attività fisica ed idratazione: quando l’acqua non basta
(2005-10)During sports training and games, thermoregulation may be a challenge when environmental conditions are hot and/or humid. In addition, limited opportunities to drink may promote dehydration and exacerbate the thermoregulatory ... -
Conferencia Inaugural. Jornadas de investigación en Enfermería. II Jornada Internacional y IV Jornada Nacional
(2010-10-21)Conferencia Inaugural pronunciado por la Dra. Gloria Wright en las Jornadas de investigación en Enfermería. II Jornada Internacional y IV Jornada Nacional -
Cómo distinguir entre la ciencia y la especulación en la nutrición deportiva
(1998)Se analiza cómo muchas personas son presa de su propio deseo de lograr resultados sin hacer el esfuerzo correspondiente. Además, se presentan sugerencias sobre cómo discernir la afirmaciones falsas de las que quizás sí ... -
Design Challenges for Reconnecting in Later Life: A Qualitative Study
(2018-05-31)Friendships and social interactions are renown contributors to wellbeing. As such, keeping a healthy amount of relationships becomes very important as people age and the size of their social network tends to decrease. ... -
Discurso Inaugural I. Jornadas de investigación en Enfermería. II Jornada Internacional y IV Jornada Nacional
(2010-10)Discurso Inaugural dado por Mary Meza en las Jornadas de investigación en Enfermería. II Jornada Internacional y IV Jornada Nacional -
Discurso Inaugural II. Jornadas de investigación en Enfermería. II Jornada Internacional y IV Jornada Nacional
(2010-10)Discurso Inaugural dado por la MSc. Ligia Murillo en las Jornadas de investigación en Enfermería. II Jornada Internacional y IV Jornada Nacional -
Equivalencia terapéutica: situación regulatoria en los países de Centroamérica. Antecedentes
(2015)Según la Conferencia Internacional de Armonización de requerimientos técnicos para el registro de medicamentos de uso humano (ICH), la historia del registro de los productos medicinales ha seguido un patrón de: iniciación, ... -
Evaluación del efecto de la espirulina para reducción de peso en mujeres universitarias
(1996)Este estudio evaluó el efecto del alga espirulina en el tratamiento de reducción de peso en 15 mujeres universitarias, grupo control (n=7) y grupo experimental (n=8). El tratamiento consistió en tres tomas de una cápsula ... -
Evaluation of predictive maps for Aedes aegypti larval habitats in two urban areas of Costa Rica
(2011-12)The abundance of Aedes aegypti can be associated with urban structure and tree cover, which conceals and protects containers. The purpose of this study was to create and evaluate predictive maps for Ae. Aegypti larval ... -
Experiencia de la Universidad de Costa Rica en la restauración de material biológico
(2017-10)INTRODUCCIÓN: El material cadavérico con el que cuenta el Departamento de Anatomía de la Escuela de Medicina de la Universidad de Costa Rica, no cuenta con una estandarización de la técnica utilizada para embalsamar cuerpos, ... -
Gene Expression Dynamics Induced by Ciprofloxacin and Loss of LexA Function in Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO1 Using Data Mining and Network Analysis
(2018)Pseudomonas aeruginosa is an opportunistic pathogen that causes a variety of infections in humans and frequently develops mechanisms of resistance to antibiotics, which makes its treatment difficult. In this study we ... -
Impact of long term policies based on social determinants of health: the Costa Rican experience
(2011)The consolidation of Democracy and the abolition of the army in Costa Rica at the end of the 1950s, instituted in the Political Constitution, led to the decision to prioritize the investment of public resources in the ... -
In Vitro Antioxidant and Antimicrobial Activities of Ethanolic Extracts from Whole Plants of Three Impatiens Species (Balsaminaceae) (documento borrador)
(2005-03)Objetivos Este documento discute la comercialización de productos farmacéuticos que son terapéuticamente equivalentes, y por lo tanto intercambiables pero son producidos por diferentes fabricantes. Declaración de ... -
Mapping the risk of Aedes aegypti larval habitats using tree cover in Puntarenas, Costa Rica
(2010-08)Tree cover and other characteristics of urban structure have been associated in urban environments with abundance and productivity of Aedes aegypti and other mosquito larval habitats. Tree cover can conceal containers, ... -
Modeling dengue cases in health Regions of Costa Rica using El Niño Southern Oscillation and local vegetation dynamics
(2009-11)Temporal behavior of dengue fever and dengue hemorrhagic fever (DH/DHF) has been associated with climate, which may modulate mosquito vector populations. El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO) fluctuations can be related to ... -
New developments in sports nutrition: introduction and historical overview
(2003)The science of sports nutrition is quickly growing to maturity. The last two decades have seen the publication of the International Journal of Sports Nutrition and many sound textbooks such as those edited by Ron Maughan ... -
Reduced current density and surface expression of a CLCN1 mutation causing dominant or recessive myotonia in Costa Rica
(2014)Mutations in CLCN1 coding for the muscle ClC-1 Cl- channel lead to dominant (Thomsen's disease) of recessive (Becker's disease) myotonia. Here we characterized several CLCN1 mutations identified in Costa Rica myotonia ... -
Restauración y Creación de Modelo 3D
(2018-03-08)Introducción El material anatómico posterior a procesos de embalsamado, sin el adecuado mantenimiento puede llegar a deteriorarse; por lo que la restauración busca aumentar la vida media de las piezas anatómicas, mejorando ...