Mapping the Forest Type and Land Cover of Puerto Rico, a Component of the Caribbean Biodiversity Hotspot
- E. Helmer, Del M. López, W. Díaz, Río Piedras
- Environmental Science
- 2002
The Caribbean is one of the world's centers of biodiversity and endemism. As in similar regions, many of its islands have complex topography, climate and soils, and ecological zones change over small…
THE SINGULARLY STRANGE STORY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE IN PUERTO RICO 1
- Alicia Pousada, Río Piedras
- Education
- 1999
Introduction The history of the English language in Puerto Rico is a decidedly peculiar one, characterized by incessant conflict and chaotic change. English has long been viewed on the island as both…
Effects of Hurricane Georges on the Resident Avifauna of Maricao State Forest, Puerto Rico
- A. G. Tossas, Río Piedras
- Environmental Science
- 1 April 2006
Hurricane Georges crossed the island of Puerto Rico on 21-22 September 1998. Maricao State Forest, a montane reserve in southwestern Puerto Rico, was struck by Georges after being spared by hurri-…
ORDINAL ABUNDANCE AND RICHNESS OF MILLIPEDES (Arthropoda: Diplopoda) IN A SUBTROPICAL WET FOREST IN PUERTO RICO
- C. Murphy, G. González, Juliana Belén, Río Piedras
- Environmental Science
- 2008
It is concluded that millipedes have higher density and richness in slope and valley topographic positions than in ridges, and in less acidic soils in this tabonuco forest.
Effects of extreme low flows on freshwater shrimps in a perennial tropical stream
- Río Piedras
- Environmental Science
- 2003
SUMMARY 1. Long-term data on rainfall suggests that perennial rainforest streams rarely are subject to drying of riffles or pools in the wet, non-seasonal Caribbean climate of Puerto Rico. Unusually…
TREATMENT MANUAL FOR COGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL THERAPY FOR DEPRESSION 1
- J. Rosselló, G. Bernal, Río Piedras
- Psychology
- 2007
1 Munoz, R. F., and Miranda, J. (1986). Group Therapy Manual for Cognitive-behavioral Treatment of Depression. San Francisco General Hospital, Depression Clinic. Available from the author. University…
Virtual Social Presence for Effective Collaborative E-Learning
- Katherine G. Franceschi, Ronald M. Lee, Río Piedras
- Psychology
- 2008
Collaborative learning is not well supported by current elearning environments. Effective group collaboration in elearning efforts is very difficult by the absence of visual identification of the…
FITNESS LANDSCAPES IN ORCHIDS: PARAMETRIC AND NON-PARAMETRICAPPROACHES
- L. Raymond, S. Juan, Río Piedras
- Biology
- 20 November 2011
It is hypothesized that many characters are likely to be influenced by selection but, using traditional approaches, will fail to observe selection on the measured characters, whereas non-parametric approaches may be more useful as a tool to detect selection differences among characters.
THE SOCIOLINGUISTIC IMPLICATIONS OF TEACHING ENGLISH IN PUERTO RICO 1
- Alicia Pousada, Río Piedras
- Linguistics
- 2007
I have been asked to discuss the sociolinguistic implications of the teaching of English in Puerto Rico. As you all know, English has become the international lingua franca of the Information Age and…
IMPROVEMENT OF AX-KATZ'S AND MORENO-MORENO'S RESULTS AND APPLICATIONS
- O. Moreno, F. Castro, Río Piedras
- Computer Science
- 2005
The p m -weight degree of a polynomial is introduced and using techniques of Ax-Katz, Moreno-Moreno and Adolphson-Sperber, results are improved and divisibility results to the Waring's problem and the calculation of the covering radius of primitive codes with three zeros are applied.
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