Vol. 9 No. 1 (2017)

Articles

• Prevalence of diarrhoea, and associated risk factors, in children aged 0-5 years, at two hospitals in Umuahia, Abia, Nigeria

  Adanma Florence Nwaoha, Camelita Chima Ohaeri, Ebube Charles Amaechi

  7-14

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• Relative abundance and activity patterns of terrestrial mammals in Pacuare Nature Reserve, Costa Rica

  Stephanny Arroyo-Arce, Ian Thomson, Carlos Fernandez, Roberto Salom-Perez

  15-21

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• Comparison of three infiltration methods used to calculate soil water balance, in the Suquíapa River Basin, El Salvador

  Cesar Alvarado Batres, Marco Barahona-Palomo

  23-33

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• First record of the bat Trinycteris nicefori (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae) in the Nicoya Peninsula, Guanacaste, Costa Rica.

  Oscar Cubero Vasquez, Eduardo Artavia Duran

  35-37

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• Taxonomic position and glochidia from the freshwater mussel, Anodonta luteola (Unionoida: Unionidae), in Costa Rica

  Rafael A. Cruz, Rebeca Quesada

  39-43

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• Diversity, intensity and prevalence of parasites of cichlids in polluted and unpolluted sections of Eleyele Dam, Ibadan, Nigeria.

  I.A. Simon-Oke

  45-50

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• Relocation of the southern limit in three species of Pleopeltis (Polypodiaceae) and its possible relation with climatic change in Buenos Aires, Argentina

  Elian L Guerrero, Juan Manuel Cellini

  51-58

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• Time to deconstruct the concepts of “foreplay” and “intercourse”: the real structure of human sexual encounters

  Julian Monge-Nájera, Mariana Rodriguez, Maria Isabel Gonzalez

  59-64

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• Perception of safety, use and maintenance of municipal parks in Costa Rica, according to users’ sex

  Juliana Espinoza Duran, Victor Hugo Mendez Estrada, Julián Monge-Nájera

  65-71

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• Dynamics of reproductive ecology of the fish Ompok bimaculatus (Siluriformes: Siluridae) in six tropical rivers of the Ganges basin, India

  Agnihotri Praveen, Sarkar Uttam Kumar, Nagpure Naresh Sahebrao, Mishra Rahsya Mani, Kumar Ravindra, Awasthi Abhishek, Pandey Brijesh Kumar

  73-85

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• Range extension of the bat Lasiurus ega (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) in Honduras

  Victor D Bocanegra, Julio Merida, Gustavo A Cruz

  87-90

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• Feeding Biology of Syrigma sibilatrix (Birds: Ardeidae) in a wetland of the Middle Parana River, Argentina

  Pamela Fernanda Olguín, Pia Siamonetti, Evelina Jésica Leon, Adolfo Hector Beltzer, Rodrigo Ezequiel Lorenzon

  91-96

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• The STATIS-ACT method applied to rainfall in the Venezuelan Eastern Region

  Barlin Orlando Olivares, M L Zingaretti, J A Demey Zambrano, J.R. Demey

  97-106

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• Population structure of eight threatened timber species in the Department of Chocó-Colombia

  Luz Yorleida Palacios Tello, Keiler Perea Pandales, Danilza Marcela Bellido, Haylin Yineth Caicedo, Deivis Abadia Bonilla

  107-114

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• First record of the Two-Spot Razorfish, Iniistius bimaculatus (Perciformes: Labridae) from Digha, North-East Coast of India

  Alakesh Pradhan, Bijay Kali Mahapatra

  115-118

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• Level of mercury in tuna (Thunnini) and shark (Selachimorpha) in Costa Rica

  Javier E Rodriguez

  119-125

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• Social perception and environmental behavior of communities close to a tropical urban river in Costa Rica

  Claudio Ureña Santos, Zaidett Barrientos

  127-134

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• Size and shape determination of an experimental unit, with the maximum curvature method, for corn (Zea mays) yield trials, Guanacaste, Costa Rica

  Jorge Claudio Vargas Rojas, Juan Ramon Navarro Flores

  135-144

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• The power of short lectures to improve support for biodiversity conservation of unpopular organisms: an experiment with worms

  Julian Monge-Nájera

  145-150

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• Changes in the population of structure of the spectacled caiman, Caiman crocodilus (Crocodilia: Caimanidae) and its possible relation with climate change, in Caño Negro, Costa Rica

  J Manuel Aranda-Coello

  151-155

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• Additional evaluation strategies in a distance university: are they alternative or complementary to written tests?

  Carmen Andrés Jimenez, Yency Calderón Badilla, Diana Herrero Villareal

  157-164

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• Medication usage, patient health practices, and healthcare accessibility in the community of Tirrases, San Jose, Costa Rica

  Zoe Barlow

  165-170

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• Potential foraging and aggregation zones of the Hawksbill Sea Turtle Eretmochelys imbricata (Testudines: Cheloniidae), near Marino Ballena National Park, Costa Rica

  Adrian Bonilla Salazar, Oscar Brenes Arias

  171-177

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• Strengths and weakness of tutoring in distance university education: workshops with tutors of natural and exact sciences

  Yency Calderon Badilla, Diana Herrero Villareal, Carmen Andrés Jiménez

  179-184

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• Effects of fishing and natural parameters on big eye kilka Clupeonella grimmi (Clupeiformes: Clupeidae) population in southern waters of the Caspian Sea

  Mehrdad Aliasghari, Hossein AnvariFar, Javaid Iqbal Mir

  185-191

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• Efficacy of wastewater treatment of the University of Costa Rica Western Campus, San Ramón, Costa Rica

  Edwin Alberto Barrantes Barrantes, Melvin cartín Nuñez

  193-197

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