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  A collaborative approach to EFL practice in Costa Rica: The Talk-to-me (TTME) Project!

  Zúñiga, R. A. & Estrada, P. L., 3 Jan 2025, In: Región Científica.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Advances in Donkey and Mule Research

  Gacem, S., Catalán, J., Valverde Abarca, A., Soler, C. & Miró, J., Feb 2025, Optimization of CASA-Mot Analysis of Donkey Sperm: Optimum Frame Rate and Values of Kinematic Variables for Different Counting Chamber and Fields. Martins-Bessa, A. & McLean, A. (eds.). Basel: Editorial Office MDPI AG, 370 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review

  Open Access

• Affective commitment in entrepreneurial students: person-oriented factors and subjective firm performance

  Campos Valverde, N., Leiva, J. C. & Mora Esquivel, R., 12 Feb 2025, In: Management Research. 23, 1, p. 1-16 16 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Amplitude analysis of B⁺→ ψ(2S)K⁺π⁺π⁻ decays

  The LHCb collaboration, Jan 2025, In: Journal of High Energy Physics. 2025, 1, 54.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access
  1 Scopus citations

• Analysis of earthquake detection using deep learning: Evaluating reliability and uncertainty in prediction methods

  Gamboa-Chacón, S., Meneses, E. & Chaves, E. J., Mar 2025, In: Computers and Geosciences. 197, 105877.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  1 Scopus citations

• A Novel Spanish Dataset for Financial Education Text Simplification Targeting Visually Impaired Individuals

  Pérez-Rojas, N., Calderon-Ramirez, S., Solís-Salazar, M., Romero-Sandoval, M., Arias-Monge, M. & Saggion, H., 2025, In: IEEE Access.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• A Path to the Formation Mechanism of Propolis Nanoparticles, their Cytotoxicity on 3T3 Fibroblasts, Metastatic Murine B16F10 Cells, and their In vivo Irritability in Animals

  González-Masís, J., Gonzalez-Paz, R. J., Ureña, Y. R. C., Guerrero, S., González-Camacho, S., Mora-Ugalde, N., Baizán-Rojas, M., Loaiza, R., Vega-Baudrit, J. R. & Cubero-Sesin, J. M., 26 Feb 2025, In: Anti-Cancer Agents in Medicinal Chemistry.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• A Pedagogical Framework for Developing Abstraction Skills

  Begum, M., Crossley, J., Strömbäck, F., Akrida, E., Alpizar-Chacon, I., Evans, A., Gross, J. B., Haglund, P., Lonati, V., Satyavolu, C. & Thorgeirsson, S., 23 Jan 2025, ITiCSE WGR 2024 - Publication of the 2024 Working Group Reports on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education. Association for Computing Machinery, p. 258-299 42 p. (Annual Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education, ITiCSE).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review

  Open Access

• A Probabilistic View of Forbidden Links: Their Prevalence and Their Consequences for the Robustness of Plant–Hummingbird Communities

  Duchenne, F., Barreto, E., Guevara, E. A., Beck, H., Bello, C., Bobato, R., Bôlla, D., Brenes, E., Büttner, N., Caron, A. P., Chaves-Elizondo, N., Gavilanes, M. J., Restrepo-González, A., Castro, J. A., Kaehler, M., Machado-de-Souza, T., Machnicki-Reis, M., Marcayata, A. S. F., de Menezes, C. G. & Nieto, A. & 15 others, de Oliveira, R., de Oliveira, R. A. C., Richter, F., Rojas, B. G., Romanowski, L. L., de Souza, W. L., Veluza, D. S., Weinstein, B., Wüest, R. O., Zanata, T. B., Zuniga, K., Maglianesi, M. A., Santander, T., Varassin, I. G. & Graham, C. H., Jan 2025, In: Ecology Letters. 28, 1, e70073.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Letter › peer-review

• A Study of Performance Portability in Plasma Physics Simulations

  Ruzicka, J., Asch, C., Meneses, E., Rampp, M. & Laure, E., 2025, High Performance Computing - 11th Latin American High Performance Computing Conference, CARLA 2024, Revised Selected Papers. Guerrero, G., San Martín, J., Meneses, E., Barrios Hernández, C. J., Osthoff, C. & Monsalve Diaz, J. M. (eds.). Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH, p. 19-35 17 p. (Communications in Computer and Information Science; vol. 2270 CCIS).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review

• A User-Centric Evaluation Methodology for Informed Provisioning of High Performance Computing Resources in Academic Institutions

  Villalobos, J., Asch, C., Soto, E. & Meneses, E., 2025, High Performance Computing - 11th Latin American High Performance Computing Conference, CARLA 2024, Revised Selected Papers. Guerrero, G., San Martín, J., Meneses, E., Barrios Hernández, C. J., Osthoff, C. & Monsalve Diaz, J. M. (eds.). Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH, p. 96-111 16 p. (Communications in Computer and Information Science; vol. 2270 CCIS).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review

• A visual clone analysis method

  Navas-Su, J., Gonzalez-Torres, A. & Hernandez-Castro, F., 2025, In: Frontiers in Computer Science. 7, 1520344.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

• Biochar-Based Electrochemical Degradation System for Removing Pharmaceutical Pollutants from Aqueous Media as Potential Wastewater Treatment

  Castillo-Vargas, D. A., Rodríguez-Quesada, L., Ledezma-Espinoza, A., Masís-Meléndez, F., Infante-Alfaro, S. & Starbird-Perez, R., Mar 2025, In: Water (Switzerland). 17, 5, 722.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

• Bioinspired cooperation in a heterogeneous robot swarm using ferrofluid artificial pheromones for uncontrolled environments

  Brenes-Torres, J. C., Calderón-Arce, C., Blanes, F. & Simo, J., 31 Jan 2025, In: Bioinspiration & biomimetics. 20, 1, 016004.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Botanical pesticides as a sustainable pest control strategy: Case of polyphenolic extracts of coffee pulp (<i>Coffea arabica</i>)

  Jirón-García, E., Rodríguez-Mora, K., Rivera-Méndez, W. & Uribe-Lorío, L., 1 May 2025, In: Ecological Engineering & Environmental Technology.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Characterization of the SCR-1 stellarator physics: investigating plasma discharge, MHD equilibrium calculations, and O-X-B mode conversion feasibility

  Solano-Piedra, R., Vargas, V. I., Araya-Solano, L. A. & Vilchez-Coto, F., Feb 2025, In: Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion. 67, 2, 025003.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Characterization of virus species associated with sweet potato virus disease in Costa Rica and riboprobe development for its rapid detection

  Méndez-Navarro, D., Chacón-Cerdas, R., Alvarado-Ulloa, C., Camacho-Montero, J. R., Sánchez-Navarro, J. Á. & Alvarado-Marchena, L., Feb 2025, In: Plant Pathology. 74, 2, p. 413-421 9 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

• Charcoal production from four tropical woods through slow pyrolysis under different temperatures: yield of different products and condition of pyrolysis into the reactor

  Moya, R., Tenorio, C. & Quesada-Kimzey, J., Feb 2025, In: Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery. 15, 4, p. 5533-5550 18 p., 105636.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  3 Scopus citations

• Circular Economy Applicable to Waste from the Sustainable Production of Musa textilis in Costa Rica

  Arias-Ceciliano, K., Arias-Aguilar, D., Araya-Salas, M., Campos-Rodríguez, R. & Mora-Molina, J., 2025, Systems, Smart Technologies, and Innovation for Society - Proceedings of CITIS 2024. Inga Ortega, E. M., Robles-Bykbaev, V. E., García Herranz, N. & Gallego Diaz, E. (eds.). Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH, p. 360-369 10 p. (Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems; vol. 1331 LNNS).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review

  Open Access

• Comparative analysis of Polyphenolic Compound Production from Rubus adenotrichos Schltdl. in a stirred tank bioreactor using two different impellers

  Schmidt-Durán, A., Calvo-Castro, L. A., Acosta-Montoya, O. & Rodríguez-Monroy, M., Feb 2025, In: Biocatalysis and Agricultural Biotechnology. 64, 103516.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Competitive domestic markets and marketing capabilities: the mediating effect of online presence in SMEs

  Barquero-Chaves, G., Leiva, J. C. & Mora-Esquivel, R., 2025, In: International Journal of Business Environment. 16, 1, p. 19-38 20 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Constraints on the photon polarisation in b → sγ transitions using Bs0→ ϕe⁺e⁻ decays

  The LHCb collaboration, Mar 2025, In: Journal of High Energy Physics. 2025, 3, 47.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access
  1 Scopus citations

• Construction and characterization of an infectious cDNA clone of turtle grass virus X from a naturally infected Thalassia testudinum plant

  Alvarado-Marchena, L., Furman, B. T. & Breitbart, M., Jan 2025, In: mBio. 16, 1

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

• Dataset of lithium-ion cell degradation under randomized current profiles for NMC, NCA, and LFP chemistries

  Heydarzadeh, M., Toivola, T., Vega-Garita, V. & Immonen, E., Jun 2025, In: Data in Brief. 60, 111531.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

• Dataset on nematode assemblages of different ecosystems in Del Agua National Park, Costa Rica

  Varela-Benavides, I., Abolafia, J., Ferris, H. & Peña-Santiago, R., Apr 2025, In: Data in Brief. 59, 111443.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

• Decrease in Computational Load and Increase in Accuracy for Filtering of Random Signals

  Soto-Quiros, P., Torokhti, A. & Howlett, P., 21 Mar 2025

  Research output: Other contribution

• Development of a Methodology for the Extraction of Potential Food-Grade Phycocyanin From Arthrospira maxima

  Cortés Meneses, L., Castro, J. D. L., Murillo Vega, F., Villalta-Romero, F., Brenes, A. U. & Wu-Wu, J. W. F., May 2025, In: Journal of Food Science. 90, 5, e70240.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Distributed Detection Algorithm for Photo-Voltaic Solar Arrays Based on Least Significant Difference Test

  Murillo-Soto, L. D., Meza, C. & Calderón-Arce, C., 2025, Smart Cities - 7th Ibero-American Congress, ICSC-CITIES 2024, Revised Selected Papers. Nesmachnow, S. & Hernández Callejo, L. (eds.). Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH, p. 31-45 15 p. (Communications in Computer and Information Science; vol. 2394 CCIS).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review

• Effect of Wood Chips and Wood Board-Ends of Gmelina arborea on Yields and Process of Slow Pyrolysis Using a Semi-Industrial Reactor Prototype

  Granados-Chacón, J., Moya, R. & Valencia-González, L. P., 1 Feb 2025, In: BioResources. 20, 1, p. 2098-2114 17 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

• Effects of age, season, breed, and sperm counting chamber on boar semen quality variables in tropical conditions

  Sevilla, F., Murillo, L., Araya-Zúñiga, I., Silvestre, M. Á., Saborío-Montero, A., Vargas-Leitón, B. & Valverde, A., 2025, In: Austral Journal of Veterinary Sciences. 57, e5701.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

• Effects of education for entrepreneurship and entrepreneurial intention in university students

  Silesky-Gonzalez, E., Lezcano-Calderon, Y. & Mora-Cruz, A., Dec 2025, In: International Entrepreneurship and Management Journal. 21, 1, 26.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  2 Scopus citations

• Efforts on Small- and Large-Scale Cultivation of Isochrysis galbana for Enhanced Growth and Lipid Production: A Systematic Review Towards Biorefinery Applications

  Meneses-Montero, K., Rojas-Villalta, D., Orozco-Ortiz, C., Jerez-Navarro, A. & Gómez-Espinoza, O., Dec 2025, In: Bioenergy Research. 18, 1, 37.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

• Encapsulation of Oil Droplets Using Film-Forming Janus Nanoparticles

  Turpin, G., Nguyen, D., Sypkes, K. I., Vega-Sánchez, C., Davey, T., Hawkett, B. S. & Neto, C., 11 Feb 2025, In: Langmuir. 41, 5, p. 3166-3176 11 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Enhancing Object Segmentation via Few-Shot Learning with Limited Annotated Data

  García-Aguilar, I., Ali Haider Jafri, S., Elizondo, D., Calderón, S., Greenfield, S. & M. Luque-Baena, R., 2025, The 19th International Conference on Soft Computing Models in Industrial and Environmental Applications SOCO 2024 - Proceedings. Quintián, H., Jove, E., Corchado, E., Troncoso Lora, A., Martínez Álvarez, F., Pérez García, H., Calvo Rolle, J. L., Martínez de Pisón, F. J., García Bringas, P., Herrero Cosío, Á. & Fosci, P. (eds.). Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH, p. 32-41 10 p. (Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems; vol. 889 LNNS).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review

• Evaluating Learning Outcomes Through Curriculum Analytics: Actionable Insights for Curriculum Decision-making: A Design-based research approach to assess learning outcomes in higher education

  Hernández-Campos, M., Hilliger, I. & García-Peñalvo, F. J., 3 Mar 2025, 15th International Conference on Learning Analytics and Knowledge, LAK 2025. Association for Computing Machinery, Inc, p. 384-394 11 p. (15th International Conference on Learning Analytics and Knowledge, LAK 2025).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review

• Evaluating the effect of semen storage and dilution rate on boar sperm quality

  León, J., Sevilla, F., Araya-Zúñiga, I., Silvestre, M. A., Barrientos, M., Molina-Montero, R., Roldan, E. R. S. & Valverde, A., 2025, In: Acta Agriculturae Scandinavica - Section A: Animal Science. 74, 1, p. 59-71 13 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Evaluating the Effect of Severe Plastic Deformation: High-Pressure Torsion and High-Pressure Sliding in Grade 2 Titanium

  González-Jiménez, K. A., Gonzalez-Hernandez, J. E., Cubero-Sesin, J. M., Yumoto, M., Takizawa, Y. & Horita, Z., May 2025, In: Materials Transactions. 66, 5, p. 569-576 8 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  1 Scopus citations

• Experimental Study of Gas Microbubbles on Oil-Infused Wrinkled Surfaces

  James, L., Vega-Sánchez, C., Mehta, P., Zhang, X. & Neto, C., 2025, (Accepted/In press) In: Advanced Materials Interfaces.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

• Fault Management System Prototype for Photovoltaic Arrays: Study Case

  Murillo-Soto, L. D. & Meza, C., 2025, ELECTRIMACS 2024 - Selected Papers. Belenguer, E. & Beltran, H. (eds.). Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH, p. 377-389 13 p. (Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering; vol. 1275 LNEE).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review

• Financial Feasibility of Bioenergy Products Based on Forest Residues: Case of Costa Rica Northern

  Valverde, J. C., Arias-Aguilar, D. & Campos-Rodríguez, R., Mar 2025, In: Clean Technologies. 7, 1, 21.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

• First Determination of the Spin-Parity of Ξ_{c}(3055)^{+,0} Baryons

  LHCb Collaboration, 28 Feb 2025, In: Physical Review Letters. 134, 8, p. 81901 1 p., 081901.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

• First Evidence for Direct CP Violation in Beauty to Charmonium Decays

  LHCb Collaboration, 14 Mar 2025, In: Physical Review Letters. 134, 10, 101801.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

• First report of Lasiodiplodia theobromae causing Paulownia elongata dieback in Costa Rica

  Rodríguez-Solís, M., Guevara-Bonilla, M., Méndez-Álvarez, D. & Esquivel-Segura, E., 1 Jan 2025, In: New Disease Reports. 51, 1, e70015.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

• From Big Idea to Prototype: A Challenge-Based Learning Framework for Hackathons in Higher Education

  Ortíz-Pabón, E., Fernández-Mora, L., Nova-Arévalo, N. A. & Gómez-Morantes, J. E., 2025, Proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Computer Supported Education, CSEDU 2025. du Boulay, B., Di Mascio, T., Tovar, E. & Meinel, C. (eds.). Science and Technology Publications, Lda, p. 670-677 8 p. (International Conference on Computer Supported Education, CSEDU - Proceedings; vol. 2).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review

• Functional connectivity in the Reserva Conchal as part of the Corredor Biologico Costero Marino Baulas-Conchal, Costa Rica

  Montilla-Rivas, A., Soto-Montoya, C., Villavicencio-Serrano, D., Hilje-Rodriguez, B. & Gamboa-Badilla, N., 2025, In: Revista Forestal Mesoamericana Kurú. 22, 50, p. 70-79 10 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Genome Mining of Pseudarthrobacter sp. So.54, a Rhizospheric Bacteria from Colobanthus quitensis Antarctic Plant

  González, D., Bruna, P., Contreras, M. J., Leal, K., Urrutia, C. V., Núñez-Montero, K. & Barrientos, L., Apr 2025, In: Biomolecules. 15, 4, 534.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

• Genomic Characterization of Yersinia enterocolitica Isolates, Costa Rica

  Savin, C., Oropeza, G., Barboza Fallas, L. A., Rivas-Solano, O., Chanto, G. & Pizarro-Cerdá, J., Apr 2025, In: Emerging Infectious Diseases. 31, 4, p. 858-860 3 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• HRMS Characterization and Antioxidant Evaluation of Costa Rican Spent Coffee Grounds as a Source of Bioactive Polyphenolic Extracts

  Navarro-Hoyos, M., Vargas-Huertas, L. F., Chacón-Vargas, J. D., Leandro-Aguilar, V., Alvarado-Corella, D., Vega-Baudrit, J. R., Romero-Esquivel, L. G., Sánchez-Kopper, A., Monge-Navarro, A. & Araya-Sibaja, A. M., Feb 2025, In: Foods. 14, 3, 448.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

• Identification of Monitoring Variables’ Impact Ranges for the National Theater of Costa Rica’s Digital Twin

  Salazar-Ceciliano, E., Bulgarelli-Bolanos, J. P. & Hernández-Salazar, I., 2025, Protection of Historical Constructions - Proceedings of PROHITECH 2025. Mazzolani, F. M., Landolfo, R. & Faggiano, B. (eds.). Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH, p. 521-528 8 p. (Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering; vol. 595 LNCE).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review

• In vitro propagation of Costa Rican guava (Psidium friedrichsthalianum (O. Berg) Nied.) plantlets from seedlings in the temporary immersion system RITA®, rooting and acclimatization

  Sánchez-Calvo, L., Avendaño, A., Orozco-Ortiz, C., Morales, A., Vargas-Solórzano, I., Montoya, A. & Araya-Valverde, E., 2025, (Accepted/In press) In: Vegetos. 895971.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review