A Look at the Reproduction Strategies of Costa Rican Households, 1990 – 2015 by Natalia Carballo Murillo

“…This article examines the reproduction strategies Costa Rican households, focusing on fertility, marriage, education, economy, social aspects, and symbolism, from 1990 to 2015, categorized by income quintile, and viewed from the perspective of family life trajectories. …”
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Anthropometric, aerobic and muscle power profile of young costa rican basketball players by Randall Gutiérrez-Vargas, José Alexis Ugalde-Ramírez, José Pino-Ortega, José Andrés Trejos-Montoya, Luis Blanco-Romero, Braulio Sánchez-Ureña, Juan Carlos Gutiérrez-Vargas, Daniel Rojas-Valverde

“… The purpose of this study was to describe an anthropometric, aerobic and muscle power profile of young Costa Rican basketball players according to sex, play positions and age. …”
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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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En una literatura sin figuras fundacionales, la propuesta perdida del escritor costarricense de fin de siglo Argüello Mora by Verónica Ríos Quesada

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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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La mise en politique des services environnementaux : la genèse du Programme de paiements pour services environnementaux au Costa Rica by Jean-Francois Le Coq, Denis Pesche, Thomas Legrand, Géraldine Froger, Fernando Saenz Segura

“…We show that the introduction of the notion of ES resulted from an original policy windows, which derived from 4 factors: 1) the pre-existence of an identified problem of deforestation, 2) the existence, for more than two decades, of instruments supporting forestry sector and of interest groups structured in the forestry sector, 3) the development of flows of ideas inside Costa Rican elites inserted in international networks, 4) the presence of policy entrepreneurs that were able to take advantage of the national and international context to build a compromise leading to the new Costa Rican forestry policy.…”
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ANALYZING IMMIGRANT AND NON-IMMIGRANT BELONGING EXPERIENCES THROUGH IRT IN LARGE-SCALE ASSESSMENTS: INSIGHTS FROM COSTA RICA by Jose Fabian Elizondo-Gonzalez

“…This study fills that gap by examining belonging scores in Costa Rican high schools using the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) 2022 data, with a focus on test fairness. …”
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Imaginando una nación de raza blanca en Costa Rica : 1821-1914 by Ronald Soto Quirós

“…The author tries to demonstrate how in travel literature, commercial reports, projects of colonization, encyclopedias, dictionaries, works of geography, scientific journals of different countries written by diplomats, businessmen, travelers, geographers and naturalists who had visited or who were mentioning information on Costa Rica from the beginning of the XIXth century we can find the construction of a referential library that will serve as base for the consolidation towards ends of the XIXth century of an idea of particular Costa Rican race with singular characters. At the same time, it is an intent to prove how the speech spread by the Costa Rican elites from the middle of the XIXth century also nourished the later interpretations of the foreigners and by the way a differential vision of this country in the Central American and even Latin-American 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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Entre el indigenismo y las compañías bananeras internacionales:El origen de las reservas indígenas en Costa Rica, 1907-1956 by Alejandra Boza Villarreal

“…Thus, the better-known actions of the Costa Rican indigenistas of the 1940s and the 1950s are but a partial explanation.…”
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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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Inventory and Assessment of Geoheritage in Poás Volcano National Park, Costa Rica by Dennis Pérez-Umaña

“…All the geomorphosites have cultural and historical relevance as Costa Ricans have a strong sense of belonging to this volcano. …”
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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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