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Skip to Search Results- 1Arturo Sanchez-Azofeifa (Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences)
- 1Hooper, Peter (Mathematical and Statistical Sciences)
- 1Shen, Samuel (Mathematical and Statistical Sciences)
- 1Theresa Garvin (Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences)
- 1Yasui, Yutaka (Public Health Sciences)
- 1Zivkovic, Marko (Anthropology)
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Fall 2012
This thesis is an anthropological study of the interactions between the coffee industry and the tourism industry in Costa Rica. It focuses on how coffee production, marketing and consumption have been affected by the presence of tourists and how tourists come in contact with coffee. I conducted...
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Spring 2010
This thesis develops an optimal interpolation method that takes daily precipitation values collected from weather stations and produces precipitation estimates on a grid. The method, called Hybrid 2.0, combines EOF-based linear interpolation with the nearest-station method. Gridded monthly...
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Opportunities and challenges for the pursuit of sustainability under globalization: A study from Costa Rica
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Globalization and human-domination of the globe have increased the complexity, scope and pace of human-environment interactions in ways that have fundamentally reconfigured the opportunities and challenges for sustainability. As a result, what society needs from science has shifted. Society and...
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Fall 2011
Timely, accurate predictions of potential influenza epidemics are essential for healthcare providers and policy makers as the epidemics can result in heavy demands for health services. Current statistical modeling of surveillance data has limited prediction abilities and often fails to respond...