• Implementation of Software Quality Control in E-Learning development projects: TEC Digital 

      Gómez-Román, Krissia; Navas, Ederick (IEEE, 2017)
      The quality control in software applications that support the teaching-learning process is of great impact to the end user and their academic success. This paper describes the proposal of a quality control model called ...
    • Integrating academic analytics for supporting accreditation and international cooperation: TEC and UABCS experience 

      Chacón-Rivas, Mario; Francesa-Alfaro, Agustín; Carreño-León, Mónica; Sandoval-Bringas, Andrés (IEEE, 2017)
      Information is the most important asset of organizations, currently, the fast, effective and accurate access is vital for strategic decision making and the organizations competitiveness. The education area is not the ...
    • Irazú: cubesat mission architecture and development 

      Gómez-Jenkins, Marco; Calvo-Alvarado, Julio; Julieta-Calvo, Ana; Chaves-Jiménez, Adolfo; Carvajal-Godínez, Johan; Valverde-Salazar, Alfredo; Ramirez-Molina, Julio; Alvarado-Briceño, Carlos; Carrasquilla-Batista, Arys (Scopus, 2016)
      The Central American Association of Aeronautics and Space (ACAE) and the Costa Rican Institute of Technology (TEC), in partnership with industry and government, have identified the promotion of aerospace as a very promising ...
    • Learning styles comparison based on a classification methodology 

      Solís-Céspedes, Jacqueline; Espinoza-Guzmán, Julia (IEEE, 2017)
      Learning styles have been used to explain students’ differences in approaching their learning, but there are still deficiencies in interpreting the results of their application, and there are authors that indicate that ...
    • La matemática como dominio masculino: un estudio de la percepción en la educación media costarricense 

      Meza-Cascante, Luis Gerardo; Suárez-Valdés-Ayala, Zuleyka; Agüero-Calvo, Evelyn; Jiménez-Céspedes, Rodolfo; Calderón-Ferrey, Martha; Sancho-Martínez, Laura; Pérez-Tyteca, Patricia; Monje-Parrilla, Javier (Revista Electrónica Educare (Educare Electronic Journal), 2021)
      Se presentan los resultados de un estudio de la percepción de la matemática como dominio masculino, en estudiantes de educación media oficial diurna costarricense, realizado con la intención de evaluar la necesidad de ...
    • Opportunities for renewable energy electrification in remote areas of Costa Rica 

      Richmond-Navarro, Gustavo; Madriz-Vargas, Rolando; Ureña-Sandí, Noel; Barrientos-Johansson, Fabian (2019)
      Countries around the world are politically driven to move toward a low-carbon future by embracing renewable energies technologies for electricity generation. With abundance of renewable energy resources, Costa Rica has ...
    • Potential aplication of bank filtration in Santa Catarina, Brasil 

      Romero-Esquivel, Luis Guillermo; Pizzolatti, Bruno; Sens, Mauricio (Interciencia, 2016)
      A filtração em margem (FM) consiste na obtenção de água de um aquífero e de um manancial por meio de poços ou galerias nas margens de mananciais superficiais com conexão hidráulica entre ambos. Para determinar as áreas ...
    • Spermiogram and sperm head morphometry assessed by multivariate cluster analysis results during adolescence (12-18 years) and the effect of varicocele 

      Vásquez, Fernando; Soler, Carles; Camps, Patricia; Valverde, Anthony; García‑Molina, Almudena (Asian Journal of Andrology, 2016)
      This work evaluates sperm head morphometric characteristics in adolescents from 12 to 18 years of age, and the effect of varicocele. Volunteers between 150 and 224 months of age (mean 191, n = 87), who had reached oigarche ...
    • Teacher training model - towards a Collaborative Rubric Bank 

      Espinoza-Guzmán, Julia; Gamboa-Camacho, Pablo; Chacón-Rivas, Mario (IEEE, 2017)
      Beyond providing alternatives to build rubrics, a group of researchers in Tecnológico de Costa Rica found the need to implement best practices in the definition and validation of evaluation rubrics, to encourage the ...
    • Telework: conditions that have a positive and negative impact on the work-family conflict 

      Salazar-Solís, Martín (Academia Revista Latinoamericana de Administración, 2016)
      Purpose – Various investigations have shed light on the positive and negative effects of telework on the work-family conflict. These effects might be related to the conditions under which telework is carried out. The ...
    • Towards adaptability: taking advantage of existing tools in a LMS 

      Leiva-Chinchilla, Pedro; Vega-Alvarado, José; Calvo-Elizondo, Andrea; Francesa-Alfaro, Agustín (2018 XIII Latin American Conference on Learning Technologies (LACLO), 2018)
      Each day, users look for digital tools, smarter, usable and adaptable, that make their life easier. Learning management systems with these features, are the ones that become more valuable for those who use them, but ...
    • Upper extremity musculoskeletal pain among office workers in three Spanish-speaking countries: findings from the CUPID study 

      Campos-Fumero, Adriana; Delclos, George; Douphrate, David; Felknor, Sarah; Vargas-Prada, Sergio; Serra, Consol; Coggon, David; Ruiz-De Porras, David Gimeno (Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 2016)
      Objectives To estimate the prevalence and incidence of upper extremity musculoskeletal pain (UEMP) and related disability among office workers in Costa Rica, Nicaragua and Spain. Methods Data from the multinational ...
    • Upregulation of PI3K/AKT/mTOR, FABP5 and PPARβ/δ in human psoriasis and imiquimodinduced murine psoriasiform dermatitis model 

      Christopher-Chamcheu, Jean; Siddiqui, Imtiaz; Mukhtar, Hasan; Chaves-Rodríguez, María Inés (Acta Dermato-Venereologica, 2016)
      Psoriasis is a common, and currently incurable chronic immune-mediated skin disease, with incompletely understood etiology partially due to the unavailability of animal models that can emulate major features of the disease.
    • User-friendly Instructional Design Tool to Facilitate Course Planning 

      Francesa-Alfaro, Agustín; Leiva-Chinchilla, Pedro; Chacón-Rivas, Mario; Garita-Rodríguez, César (LACLO 2016, 2016)
      Plan and take into account the whole picture of the course before it starts, must be a prerequisite for the instructors. At the Tecnol´ogico de Costa Rica, a problem related to course planning has been identified; it is ...