Dr. Ángel Torres Valcárcel and other climatologists studied rain patterns over the last 100 years.
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By Wilson Gonzalez-Espada |
30 May 2014
A group of researchers from University of Puerto Rico, including Karla Claudio, Dr. Jorge Duconge and Dr. Carmen Cadilla, advance the field of pharmacogenetics by researching how different genetic mutations help or hinder the metabolization of warfarin.
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By Wilson Gonzalez-Espada |
30 May 2014
Two recent issues of “Physics Today”, a physics journal published by the American Institute of Physics, highlights the work of three local scientists, Drs. Daniel Altschuler, Sixto González and Víctor Blanco.
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By Wilson Gonzalez-Espada |
28 March 2014
Archaeological starch grains consistent with those produced and stored in modern cojoba (Anadenanthera peregrina) seeds were identified, for the first time in the West Indies, in a coral milling base recovered in a small precolonial habitation site of Eastern Puerto Rico, in a context dated to A.D. 115–1250. Ethnohistoric, ethnographic, and previous archaeological data on cojoba from the West Indies and South America were surveyed in order to form plausible sociocultural interpretations of the findings.
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By Wilson Gonzalez-Espada |
28 March 2014
Three articles in this issue address the role of vitamin and mineral supplements for preventing the occurrence or progression of chronic diseases. First, Fortmann and colleagues systematically reviewed trial evidence to update the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommendation on the efficacy of vitamin supplements for primary prevention in community-dwelling adults with no nutritional deficiencies.
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By Wilson Gonzalez-Espada |
28 March 2014
The scaly-naped pigeon (Patagioenas squamosa) is threatened by hunting in the Caribbean. At present, the pigeon is abundant in Puerto Rico, but overharvesting is a major concern; therefore, the development of a sustainable harvest strategy is a management priority. The management objective of the harvest strategy is to maximize hunting opportunity while keeping the population above an abundance threshold (NT) of 260,000 pigeons.
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By Wilson Gonzalez-Espada |
28 March 2014
The undisputed position of English as the “international language of science” has resulted in a push for its use in college science classrooms in non-English dominant contexts worldwide. This study uses classroom observation and interviews to examine the use of Spanish and English in college science classrooms at a land-grant university in Puerto Rico.
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By Wilson Gonzalez-Espada |
12 January 2014
By Dr. Taras Oleksyk, UPR Mayaguez
A recently published study used genetic analyses to confirm the South American origin of Taínos, the inhabitants of Puerto Rico before 1493. The research team, including several local collaborators, also pinpointed the average proportion of genetic material from Taíno, African, and European ancestors in a sample of people from Puerto Rico.
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By Wilson Gonzalez-Espada |
12 January 2014
Scientist Ricardo Goenaga recently published several articles where he described to what extent longan and rambutan fruits could be grown in Puerto Rico at a comercial scale, and what factors can maximize crop yields. The full document is available only in Spanish.
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By Wilson Gonzalez-Espada |
12 January 2014
Communicating science is not too different from communicating humor. How Jose Miguel Agrelot successfully adapts a comedy sketch from the United States so that it works for a Puerto Rican audience provides a useful guide for science communicators. The full document is available only in Spanish.
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