Prediction of Peak Aerobic Power among Costa Rican Older Adults

Costa Rican Natural History

Seasonal distribution of otitis media pathogens among Costa Rican children.

BACKGROUND Otitis media is an important cause of pediatric consultation, and knowledge of yearly pathogen distribution might improve antimicrobial selection. OBJECTIVES To determine the seasonal pathogen and antimicrobial resistance distribution among Costa Rican children with otitis media. METHODS Between 1999 and 2004, 952 children with otitis media, aged 3-144 months who participated in ...

Mining the Costa Rican Web

There is much to say about the structure and composition of a local web. Identification of authorities, topics and web communities can be used to improve search engines, change a portal design or to develop marketing strategies. The Costa Rican web was chosen as a test case for web mining analysis. After the study we obtained several descriptors of the web as well as the answers to typical ques...

Predictors of Social Isolation Among Community-Dwelling Older Adults

Introduction and objective: Social isolation can lead to depression, decline in life expectancy, and increased death anxiety among older adults. Therefore, the present study was conducted to determine the predictors of social isolation in community-dwelling older adults residing in Qazvin, Iran. Materials and Methods: This descriptive and cross sectional study was conducted on 301 older adults...

Panbiogeographical analysis of Costa Rican freshwater fishes.

Track analysis and Parsimony analysis of endemicity (PAE) were performed to analyze the distribution pattern of Costa Rican freshwater fishes. A basic matrix (presence/absence) was prepared using the distribution of 77 freshwater fish. The data were analyzed with CLIQUE software in order to find generalized tracks (cliques). Data also were analyzed with the software NONA and Winclada version 1....