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Mechanisms of Unrest and Eruption at Persistently Restless Volcanoes: Insights From the 2015 Eruption of Telica Volcano, Nicaragua
(Advancing Earh and Space Science, 2019)
Many of Earth's volcanoes experience well‐defined states of “quiescence” and “unrest,” with unrest occasionally culminating in eruption. Some volcanoes, however, experience an unusually protracted (i.e., decades‐long) ...
Perfil de salud ocupacional Nicaragua
(SALTRA / IRET-UNA, 2013-12)
Nicaragua tiene el territorio más grande de Centroamérica y una población que en 2011 no alcanzaba los seis millones de habitantes. Esta es predominantemente joven, con una cantidad muy baja de adultos, distribuidos casi ...
Drones Swoop in to Measure Gas Belched from Volcanoes
(EOS. Science News by AGU, 2018-07-25)
Los gases volcánicos son importantes herramientas de pronóstico de erupciones que se utilizan a menudo en el monitoreo de volcanes. Sin embargo, la recolección de muestras de gas requiere que los científicos ingresen a ...
Informality, social citizenship, and wellbeing among migrant workers in Costa Rica in the context of COVID-19
(Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI), 2022-05-20)
Costa Rica is home to 557,000 migrants, whose disproportionate exposure to precarious, dangerous, and informal work has resulted in persistent inequities in health and wellbeing in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. We ...
Fatal occupational injuries in Nicaragua, 2005
(Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Nicaragua, León., 2011)
We attempt to estimate the rate of fatal occupational injuries (FOI) in Nicaragua for 2005, using 10 incomplete data sources. Based on the 173 identified FOIs, the crude empirical FOI rate estimate was 8.3 per 100,000 ...
Determinants of dermal exposure among Nicaraguan subsistence farmers during pesticide applications with backpack sprayers
(British Occupational Hygiene Society, 2005)
Identification of pesticide exposure determinants has become an issue in explaining exposure variability and improving control measures. Most studies have been conducted in industrialized countries. The aim of this study ...
Dolor musculoesquelético en espalda y extremidades superiores y su relación con factores ergonómicos en trabajadores de enfermería de Costa Rica y Nicaragua
(Universidad Nacional (Costa Rica). instituto Regional de Estudios en Sustancias Tóxicas, 2017)
Evalúa la asociación entre los factores de riesgo ergonómico y el dolor musculoesquelético de espalda y extremidades superiores en trabajadores de enfermería de Costa Rica y Nicaragua con el fin de diseñar un programa de ...
Heavy poaching in prime habitat: the conservation status of the West Indian manatee in Nicaragua
(Universidad Nacional, Costa Rica., 2002)
This study provides an overview of the conservation status of the West Indian manatee Trichechus manatus in Nicaragua, including data on habitat availability, manatee distribution and relative abundance, and current threats. ...
Sentinel apiaries – epidemiological surveillance – training programas as strategies for early detection of the SHB in AHB in Costa Rica
(Universidad Nacional, Costa Rica, 2023)
Implementing strategies for the early detection of the SHB as it spreads to new countries or areas requires As illustrated by the case of Costa Rica, is necessary:
1. Implementing sentinel apiaries
2. The development ...