Artículos
En esta colección se encuentran artículos escritos por investigadores del Instituto Tecnológico de Costa Rica
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Competencias de comportamiento, determinando la existencia de una brecha entre la academia y el mercado laboral de TI
(INTERFASES, 2023)Este estudio tiene como objetivo identificar las competencias de comportamiento relevantes para los profesionales de las tecnologías de la información (TI) y determinar si existe una brecha entre las competencias desarrolladas ... -
La matemática como dominio masculino: un estudio de la percepción en la educación media costarricense
(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
(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 ... -
Efecto de un difusor tipo wind lens en flujo turbulento
(Uniciencia Vol. 35(2), pp. 1-15, 2021-07-31)El objetivo fue medir el efecto de un concentrador de flujo tipo wind lens en el caso de flujo turbulento. El estudio se realizó en el túnel de viento de capa límite del Instituto de Investigación en Mecánica Aplicada de ... -
Towards adaptability: taking advantage of existing tools in a LMS
(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 ... -
Upregulation of PI3K/AKT/mTOR, FABP5 and PPARβ/δ in human psoriasis and imiquimodinduced murine psoriasiform dermatitis model
(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. -
Desafíos y estrategias para mantener un repositorio institucional actualizado y novedoso
(Instituto Tecnológico de Costa Rica. Departamento Servicios Bibliotecarios, TEC Digital., 2018)Un repositorio institucional es un sistema de información que reúne, conserva, preserva, divulga y da acceso a la producción intelectual y académica de las comunidades. Para la creación de un repositorio se debe tomar en ... -
Upper extremity musculoskeletal pain among office workers in three Spanish-speaking countries: findings from the CUPID study
(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 ... -
Potential aplication of bank filtration in Santa Catarina, Brasil
(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 ... -
Experiencia de fortalecimiento del RepositorioTEC: mejoras en el proceso de recolección de documentos para aumentar la visibilidad
(Instituto Tecnológico de Costa Rica, 2017)La publicación, gestión, preservación y divulgación de la memoria intelectual desarrollada por estudiantes, profesores e investigadores en una universidad es de suma importancia, pero muchos miembros de la comunidad ... -
Learning styles comparison based on a classification methodology
(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 ... -
Teacher training model - towards a Collaborative Rubric Bank
(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 ... -
Implementation of Software Quality Control in E-Learning development projects: TEC Digital
(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
(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 ... -
An impact evaluation of a fund to finance innovation in SMEs
(Emeral, 2016)Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to estimate the impact of one productive development program (PROPYME) in a developing nation like Costa Rica. This program seeks to increase the capacity of small and medium-sized ... -
Telework: conditions that have a positive and negative impact on the work-family conflict
(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 ... -
Irazú: cubesat mission architecture and development
(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 ... -
Spermiogram and sperm head morphometry assessed by multivariate cluster analysis results during adolescence (12-18 years) and the effect of varicocele
(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 ... -
Beyond productivity and continuous improvement: Fundamentals required for lean complex transformation unpublished
(Elsevier, 2016)Lean Practices are well known and applied worldwide; their implementation purpose must be tailor-made because each firm is unique. There is a whole “management philosophy” behind it; its origins are based on Toyota’s Just ... -
Estudio de opinión y efectividad de los clientes en relación con las promociones de recarga en el mercado de telecomunicaciones en Costa Rica.
(Instituto Tecnológico de Costa Rica., 2013)El presente artículo pretende demostrar el nivel de satisfacción que poseen los usuarios de telefonía celular prepago, no sólo con el servicio que actualmente se les ofrece, sino también con las promociones que en las que ...