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Physical fitness with the ball
(International Journal of Soccer and Science, Vol. 3 No 1 2005, p. 3-12, 2005)
Physical fitness with the ball is one of the most important modern methods
in present day soccer. In the past, most of the physical work was executed without the support of
the most important element of the match, the ...
Proposal to Disseminate the Knowledge of Tsunamis in the Caribbean Coast of Costa Rica, Central America
(2014-09)
This work is a proposal to spread the knowledge of tsunamis in the schools of the Caribbean coast
of Costa Rica. Ignorance of basic information about tsunamis and the existing threat, could result
in deaths in areas where ...
The struggle of neglected scientific groups: ten years of NeTropica efforts to promote research in tropical diseases in Central America
(PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2011-07-26)
The general strategy used by high-income countries to address global health challenges in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) relies heavily on short-term strategies designed to diminish the burden of diseases afflicting ...
Current challenges for confronting the public health problem of snakebite envenoming in Central America
(2014-03-06)
Snakebite envenoming is a serious public health problem in Central America, where approximately 5,500 cases occur every year. Panama has the highest incidence and El Salvador the lowest. The majority, and most severe, cases ...
Strengthening antivenom production in Central and South American public laboratories: Report of a workshop
(2007-01)
A workshop on antivenom production in Central and South American public laboratories was performed at Instituto Butantan, Sao Paulo, Brazil, from June 12 to June 16, 2006, under the auspices of the program CYTED. The ...
Ten simple rules for aspiring scientists in a low-income country
(PLOS Computational Biology, vol. 4, n. 5, e1000024, 2008, 2008)
Being a scientist entails a common set of characteristics. Admiring nature and having concern for social issues; possessing a strong academic background, team work abilities, honesty, discipline, skepticism, communication ...
Reducing the impact of snakebite envenoming in Latin America and the Caribbean: achievements and challenges ahead
(2014-09-01)
Snakebite envenoming constitutes an important public health problem in Latin America and some countries of
the Caribbean. The advances and pending tasks in the study and control of this neglected tropical disease in ...
Alternative and augmentative communication for people with disabilities and language problems: an eye gaze tracking approach
(2016)
Alternative and augmentative communications encapsulates the use of
technology to provide communication means for people with some sort of disability.
In this paper, we present a prototype that provides both pictographic ...
Etnoturismo en el cantón de Buenos Aires, Costa Rica. Retos y lecciones de aprendidas
(2014)
El artículo sintetiza los resultados
arrojados por la investigación sobre rutas
inter cantonales con el componente
etnoturístico en la Región Brunca de Costa
Rica (financiado por el Programa PNUD y
gestionado por el ...
Improving deaf people accessibility and communication through automatic sign language recognition using novel technologies
(2016)
Communication is a key for human development. Nevertheless, deaf
people have difficulty interacting with hearing and hard of hearing people. On the
other hand, new technology allows gesture recognition. This work aims ...