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Some physical and socio-economic aspects of climate change in Central America
(Progress in Physical Geography: pp. 1-21, 2012-06)
The relative magnitude of precipitation and temperature changes obtained from 21st-century climate change projections from general circulation models (GCMs) is compared to the changes in a selection of socioeconomic ...
Weather and climate socio-economic impacts in Central America for the management and protection of world heritage sites and the Diquis Delta culture in Costa Rica (a case study)
(Advances in Geosciences, 35, 157–167, 2014, 2014-01-10)
The Central America region hosts a valuable amount of World Heritage Sites (WHS), many of them located in areas of floods, landslides, drought, high winds, intense precipitations, and earthquakes. The effective management ...
Altitude and regional gradients in chronic kidney disease prevalence in Costa Rica: Data from the Costa Rican Longevity and Healthy Aging Study
(2016-01)
Objectives
Recent studies in Central America indicate that mortality attributable to chronic kidney disease (CKD) is rising rapidly. We sought to determine the prevalence and regional variation of CKD and the relationship ...
Nutrition and health in societies in transition
(In: Nutrition in Transition: Proceedings of the Western Hemisphere Nutrition Congress V, Quebec 1977, edited by Philip L. White and Nancy Selvey. (Chicago) American Medical Association, 1978, pp. 351-358, 1978-02-01)
One often hears the expression that a country or society is "in transition," but there is not a clear definition of such, nor is there an effort to quantitate or characterize the level of transition undergone by a given ...
The Nicoya region of Costa Rica: A high longevity island for elderly males
(Vienna Yearbook of Population Research, Vol 11, 2013-11)
Reliable data show that the Nicoyan region of Costa Rica is a hot spot of high
longevity. A survival follow-up of 16,300 elderly Costa Ricans estimated a Nicoya
death rate ratio (DRR) for males 1990–2011 of 0.80 (0.69–0.93 ...
Technical and economic feasibility of a solar-bio-powered waste utilization and treatment system in Central America
(2016-12-15)
The purpose of this study was to implement and evaluate a pilot-scale and closed-loop system that synergistically combines solar thermal collector, anaerobic digester, and constructed treatment wetland to simultaneously ...
Assessment of Central America Regional Climate Outlook Forum maps, 1998-2013
(2016)
Starting 1997, the Regional Climate Outlook Forums or RCOFs have taken place in different Latin American countries, as an effort to generate climatic prediction products. “since 2000, the Forum is organized in Central ...
Ejercicio físico como tratamiento en el manejo de lumbalgia
(2017)
La lumbalgia es un padecimiento que conlleva grandes repercusiones económicas, sociales y se ha convertido en una de las primeras causas de incapacidad laboral a nivel global. Cuando ocurre el dolor en la parte baja de la ...
Prevalencia de Fasciola hepatica y pérdidas económicas asociadas al decomiso de hígados en tres mataderos de clase A de Costa Rica
(2016)
Para estimar la prevalencia anual y mensual
de Fasciola hepatica y las pérdidas económicas
anuales asociadas al decomiso de hígados
por presencia del parásito, se analizaron los
registros del Ministerio de Agricultura ...
Especies de thrips (Insecta: Thysanoptera) causantes de afecciones dermatológicas en Costa Rica
(2016)
Thysanoptera es un grupo de insectos de pequeña talla. Estos se alimentan de plantas, hongos o son depredadores; pueden ser plagas en sistemas de producción agrícola y causar severas pérdidas económicas. Eventualmente, ...