Pheidole Nasutoides, a New Species of Costa Rican Ant That Apparently Mimics Termites by Bert Hölldobler, Edward O. Wilson

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Notes on the Life Cycle and Natural History of Parides Arcas Mylotes (Papilionidae) in Costa Rican Premontane Wet Forest by Allen M. Young

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Adaptación y dimensionalidad de la escala DOCS en el contexto organizacional costarricense: aplicación de la entrevista cognitiva y el análisis factorial confirmatorio/ Adaptation and Dimensionality of the DOCS Scale in the Costa Rican Organizational Context: An Application of the Cognitive Interview and of Confirmatory Factor Analysis by Tómas Vargas-Halabí, Ronald Mora-Esquivel

“…The Cognitive Interview was confirmed as a valuable tool in this process and the final scale (denominated DOCSCR-V2) demonstrated adequate functioning in the Costa Rican organizational context. …”
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Vernacular Wooden Architecture in the City of Puntarenas: First Steps Towards Its Recognition by Kenia García-Baltodano, David Porras-Alfaro

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The tourist imaginary in Costa Rica: from a “way of seeing” to “making a territory” by Linda Boukhris

“…The representation of a peaceful state, without an army as well as the representation of wild nature are the two main constituents of Costa Rican tourist identity. The tourist imaginary is so powerful that it has led Costa Rica to become the top eco-tourism destination in the Central American ithmus. …”
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Paiements pour services environnementaux et vulnérabilité des populations locales dans les pays du Sud – Études de cas costaricien et congolais by Géraldine Froger, Pierre Alexandre Maizière, Thomas Legrand

“…Our article is comparing two fields of study: Costa Rica (CR) and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The Costa Rican program generally reduces vulnerability. …”
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Fatal Necrotizing Fasciitis in a Child following a Blunt Chest Trauma by Yohel Ocaña, Rolando Ulloa-Gutierrez, Adriana Yock-Corrales

“…We describe a 6-year-old Costa Rican girl who died secondary to multiple complications following a posttraumatic necrotizing fasciitis.…”
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Costa Rica's Oversized Role in Latin American Sexual and Reproductive Rights Lawfare by Lynn M. Morgan

“…Abstract Costa Rica's reputation as a stable democracy and champion of inter-American human rights law makes it both beacon and bellwether for sexual and reproductive rights in the American continent. The Costa Rican government brought cases involving in vitro fertilization and same-sex marriage to the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, which issued historic decisions expanding reproductive and sexual rights across Latin America. …”
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Hypoxemic Respiratory Failure from Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome Secondary to Leptospirosis by Shannon M. Fernando, Pierre Cardinal, Peter G. Brindley

“…We describe a case of a 25-year-old male with undiagnosed leptospirosis, presenting with fever and severe hypoxemic respiratory failure, returning from a Costa Rican holiday. There was no other organ failure. …”
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Peritoneal Equilibration Test in Costa Rica: Discrepancies from Other Populations by Marta Avellan-Boza, Fabio Hernández, Allan Ramos-Esquivel

“…Peritoneal permeability among Costa Rican CAPD patients is different from the original population described by Twardowski et al. and from other Latin-American population. …”
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La atención de las necesidades educativas especiales y la labor docente en la escuela primaria / Response to Special Educational Needs and Teaching Efforts in Elementary School by Mayela Dabdub-Moreira, Alejandra Pineda-Cordero

“…Abstract:  According to the Costa Rican Law on Equal Opportunities for Disabled Persons (Igualdad de oportunidades para las personas con discapacidad, Ley N.º 7600), teachers must receive and attend individuals with Special Educational Needs (SEN) inside their regular classrooms applying different curricular modifications. …”
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Alexitimia como predictor directo y mediado por la depresión en la violencia de pareja / Response to Special Educational Needs and Teaching Efforts in Elementary School by José Moral de la Rubia, Sandra Ramos-Basurto

“…Abstract: According to the Costa Rican Law on Equal Opportunities for Disabled Persons (Igualdad de oportunidades para las personas con discapacidad, Ley N.º 7600), teachers must receive and attend individuals with Special Educational Needs (SEN) inside their regular classrooms applying different curricular modifications. …”
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IoT-Based Library Automation & Monitoring system: Developing an Implementation framework by Majid Bayani, Alberto Segura, Marjorie Alvarado, Mayra Loaiza

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Recent Advances in Carbon Nanotubes for Nervous Tissue Regeneration by Carlos Redondo-Gómez, Rocío Leandro-Mora, Daniela Blanch-Bermúdez, Christopher Espinoza-Araya, David Hidalgo-Barrantes, José Vega-Baudrit

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