Estadística demográfica. Población d la república.

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Propuesta de un plan estrat?gico para brindar el servicio de dise?o el?ctrico en el cant?n central de la provincia de Lim?n en la sede del Caribe de la Universidad de Costa Rica

Universidad de Costa Rica. Posgrado en Administraci?n y Direcci?n de Empresas. Maestr?a Profesional en Administraci?n y Direcci?n de Empresas, 2015

La multifuncionalidad de los SIALES en zonas rurales de países en desarrollo. El caso de la agroindustria panelera Colombiana.

La multifuncionalidad (MF) de la agricultura tradicionalmente ha sido abordada desde la perspectiva de países desarrollados y muy pocas veces se ha analizado en el contexto de países en desarrollo. El presente estudio, mediante un trabajo de campo que consulta a varios actores sociales, identifica la presencia de múltiples funciones sociales, económicas y ambientales relevantes que van mas allá de la función productiva en el caso de la agroindustria de la panela (Azúcar no centrifugado) en Colombia y establece características diferenciales en la relevancia y ámbito de estas funciones en tres sistemas agroalimentarios locales (SIAL) de la panela. Finalmente, a partir de estos hallazgos plantea nuevos retos de investigación para la mediación de la MF y para el diseño de políticas basadas en la MF que permitan activar y fortalecer los SIAL de países en desarrollo.   ABSTRACT The multifunctionality (MF) of the agriculture traditionally has been approached from the perspective of developed countries and very few times it has been analyzed in the context of countries in development. The present study, by means of a field work that consults several social actor, identifies the presence of multiple social, economic and environmental functions that they go beyond the productive function in the case of the agroindustry of the panela (not centrifuged sugar) in Colombia and it establishes differential characteristics  in the relevance and environment of these function in three local agrifood systems (LAS) of the panela. Finally, starting from these discoveries it outlines new research challenges to measure the MF and for the design of policies based on the MF that allow to activate and strengthen LAS of undeveloped countries.

Comentarios sobre “La Costa Rica precafetalera en el contexto comparado”, de Lowell Gudmunson

ResumenAnálisis del trabajo de Lowell Gudmunson a la luz de la historia del café en Colombia. Se hace referencia a cuatro aspectos: 1) los orígenes de la pequeña propiedad en la producción cafetalera colombiana; 2) los sistemas de trabajo; 3) el conflicto social en las regiones cafetaleras; y 4) la significación económica, social y política del pequeño caficultor, en la óptica de los investigadores colombianistas.

Cross culture comparison of tax morale and tax compliance : evidence from Costa Rica and Switzerland

This paper analyzes the effects of internal and external social norms on tax morale and tax compliance behavior. Field data and data derived from laboratory experiments are used to examine tax morale and tax compliance behavior in Costa Rica and Switzerland. The results indicate that internal and external social norms have a significant effect on tax morale and tax compliance.

Development of a children's acute cough specific quality of life questionnaire (Pac-Qol)

The high burden of parental concern in children with chronic cough has been well documented. Acute cough in children (lasting less than 2 weeks) also has a significant impact on families, reflected by the number of doctor visits for cough. Currently there is no validated acute cough specific quality of life (QOL) measure for children. The objective of this study is to develop and validate an acute cough specific QOL questionnaire (PAC-QOL) for paediatric use. Here we present our data on item selection. Methods Two independent focus groups were conducted to determine relevant items. Parents discussed the impact of their child’s current or previous episodes of acute cough on their child, themselves and their family functioning. Transcripts were analyzed to determine whether discussions had reached an item saturation point. Items were also compared against our previously validated parent-centred children’s chronic cough specific QOL questionnaire (PC-QOL), which was used as a model. The newly developed acute cough specific QOL questionnaire is designed to assess the level of frequency of parents’ feelings and worry related to their child’s acute cough, using a 24-h time-point reference. Results Newly identified acute cough specific items include parental worry around whether or not they should take their child to a doctor or emergency department, and frequency of seeking assistance from friends and family. Conclusions While there are similarities between items identified for both acute and chronic cough, there are distinct features. Further data will be collected for item reduction and validation of this children’s acute cough specific QOL questionnaire.

PAC-Bayes-empirical-Bernstein inequality

We present PAC-Bayes-Empirical-Bernstein inequality. The inequality is based on combination of PAC-Bayesian bounding technique with Empirical Bernstein bound. It allows to take advantage of small empirical variance and is especially useful in regression. We show that when the empirical variance is significantly smaller than the empirical loss PAC-Bayes-Empirical-Bernstein inequality is significantly tighter than PAC-Bayes-kl inequality of Seeger (2002) and otherwise it is comparable. PAC-Bayes-Empirical-Bernstein inequality is an interesting example of application of PAC-Bayesian bounding technique to self-bounding functions. We provide empirical comparison of PAC-Bayes-Empirical-Bernstein inequality with PAC-Bayes-kl inequality on a synthetic example and several UCI datasets.

La modernización entre cafetales : San José, Costa Rica, 1880-1930

This work examines the urban modernization of San José, Costa Rica, between 1880 and 1930, using a cultural approach to trace the emergence of the bourgeois city in a small Central American capital, within the context of order and progress. As proposed by Henri Lefebvre, Manuel Castells and Edward Soja, space is given its rightful place as protagonist. The city, subject of this study, is explored as a seat of social power and as the embodiment of a cultural transformation that took shape in that space, a transformation spearheaded by the dominant social group, the Liberal elite. An analysis of the product built environment allows us to understand why the city grew in a determined manner: how the urban space became organized and how its infrastructure and services distributed. Although the emphasis is on the Liberal heyday from 1880-1930, this study also examines the history of the city since its origins in the late colonial period through its consolidation as a capital during the independent era, in order to characterize the nineteenth century colonial city that prevailed up to 1890 s. A diverse array of primary sources including official acts, memoirs, newspaper sources, maps and plans, photographs, and travelogues are used to study the initial phase of San Jose s urban growth. The investigation places the first period of modern urban growth at the turn of the nineteenth century within the prevailing ideological and political context of Positivism and Liberalism. The ideas of the city s elite regarding progress were translated into and reflected in the physical transformation of the city and in the social construction of space. Not only the transformations but also the limits and contradictions of the process of urban change are examined. At the same time, the reorganization of the city s physical space and the beginnings of the ensanche are studied. Hygiene as an engine of urban renovation is explored by studying the period s new public infrastructure (including pipelines, sewer systems, and the use of asphalt pavement) as part of the Saneamiento of San José. The modernization of public space is analyzed through a study of the first parks, boulevards and monuments and the emergence of a new urban culture prominently displayed in these green spaces. Parks and boulevards were new public and secular places of power within the modern city, used by the elite to display and educate the urban population into the new civic and secular traditions. The study goes on to explore the idealized image of the modern city through an analysis of European and North American travelogues and photography. The new esthetic of theatrical-spectacular representation of the modern city constructed a visual guide of how to understand and come to know the city. A partial and selective image of generalized urban change presented only the bourgeois facade and excluded everything that challenged the idea of progress. The enduring patterns of spatial and symbolic exclusion built into Costa Rica s capital city at the dawn of the twentieth century shed important light on the long-term political social and cultural processes that have created the troubled urban landscapes of contemporary Latin America.