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Cellulose-Enriched Microbial Communities from Leaf-Cutter Ant (Atta colombica) Refuse Dumps Vary in Taxonomic Composition and Degradation Ability
(2016-03-21)
Deconstruction of the cellulose in plant cell walls is critical for carbon flow through ecosystems and for the production of sustainable cellulosic biofuels. Our understanding of cellulose deconstruction is largely limited ...
The CDRC Principles of International Health Research
(Journal of Urban Health 82 (3)p.5-8 suplemento 4, 2005)
The Comprehensive Drug Research Center (CDRC) at the University of Miami was established in the early 1970s. Through the decades, investigators from the CDRC have worked with investigators from several countries to establish ...
Seasonal changes of the microplankton community along a tropical estuary
(2015-11)
Microplankton organisms are an important link in the transfer of matter and energy between the benthic–pelagic microbial food web and higher trophic levels in estuaries. Although tropical estuaries are among the most ...
Assessment of Physical Vulnerability in Santo Domingo De Heredia, Costa Rica, Central America
(2014-09)
This work assesses the physical vulnerability of the Santo Domingo Canton in the province of Heredia in Costa Rica. We evaluate the vulnerability of areas located in high risk zones as well as the structural resistance of ...
Structure and Detectability of Trends in Hydrological Measures over the Western United States
(2009-08)
This study examines the geographic structure of observed trends in key hydrologically relevant variables across the western United States at ⅛° spatial resolution during the period 1950–99. Geographical regions, latitude ...
Nutritional status of the elderly in Palmares, Costa Rica
(Arch Latinoam nutr 33 (2) 409-422, 1983-04-01)
The nutritional status of aged persons living in a small Costa Rican community was evaluated using anthropometric measurements, clinical findings and dietary surveys. Eighteen per cent of the aged were overweight, a condition ...
Canasta básica del costarricense, 1980
(Revista Médica Hospital Nacional de Niños, Costa Rica 15(1): 101-114, 1980)
Se definió la "canasta básica" como la cantidad de alimento que un hombre adulto (mayor de 25 años, de 65 Kg. de peso promedio, en un trabajo de actividad moderada) debe consumir diariamente para completar un total de 2900 ...
Richness of cultivable endophytic fungi along an altitudinal gradient in wet forests of Costa Rica
(2016-04)
We collected various plant species along an altitudinal gradient ranging from 400 to 2900 m in tropical wet forests of Costa Rica, isolated the associated endophytic fungi, and performed bioinformatic analyses to determine ...
Depressive Symptoms Affect Working Memory in Healthy Older Adult Hispanics
(2015-09-27)
Objectives: Low and middle income nations will experience an unprecedented growth of the elderly population and subsequent increase in age-related neurological disorders. Worldwide prevalence and incidence of all-types of ...