Relevant bibliographies by topics / University of Puerto Rico (System)

Contents

  1. Journal articles
  2. Dissertations / Theses
  3. Books
  4. Book chapters
  5. Conference papers
  6. Reports

Academic literature on the topic 'University of Puerto Rico (System)'

Author: Grafiati
Published: 4 June 2021
Last updated: 1 August 2024

Create a spot-on reference in APA, MLA, Chicago, Harvard, and other styles

Select a source type:

Consult the lists of relevant articles, books, theses, conference reports, and other scholarly sources on the topic 'University of Puerto Rico (System).'

Next to every source in the list of references, there is an 'Add to bibliography' button. Press on it, and we will generate automatically the bibliographic reference to the chosen work in the citation style you need: APA, MLA, Harvard, Chicago, Vancouver, etc.

You can also download the full text of the academic publication as pdf and read online its abstract whenever available in the metadata.

Journal articles on the topic "University of Puerto Rico (System)"

1

Heredia, Ermita Hernandez. "Organic soil amendments: Enhancing vegetable production & soil health in Puerto Rico." Open Access Government 39, no. 1 (July 7, 2023): 482–83. http://dx.doi.org/10.56367/oag-039-10790.

Full text
Abstract:
Organic soil amendments: Enhancing vegetable production & soil health in Puerto Rico Ermita Hernandez Heredia, Associate Professor from the University of Puerto Rico, details enhancing vegetable production and soil health in Puerto Rico in this organic soil amendments particular focus. Puerto Rico is an island with a population of over 3 million people, but it produces less than 15% of the food it consumes. The Puerto Rican food system is particularly vulnerable because of adverse climate change effects, such as the increase of extreme weather events and the dependence on importation. Agricultural economists and food security experts recommend priority in the production and accessibility of short terms crops such as vegetables. This should be aligned with sustainable farming practices to be accessible to future generations.
APA, Harvard, Vancouver, ISO, and other styles
2

Ojeda-Castro, Angel M., Philip Murray-Finley, and José Sánchez-Villafañe. "Learning Management System Use to Increase Mathematics Knowledge and Skills in Puerto Rico." International Journal of Technology and Human Interaction 13, no. 2 (April 2017): 89–100. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/ijthi.2017040106.

Full text
Abstract:
The purpose of this study was to compare the results of a mathematics comprehensive exam of two first-year university mathematics groups in Puerto Rico and measure the benefits and effectiveness of a learning management system (LMS) in math teaching and learning. The experimental group engaged in the use of a LMS and traditional teaching methods, while the control group was only engaged in traditional teaching methods. The population of the study was comprised of 579 first-year university students. The control groups included 287 participants, and the experimental group included 292 participants. The experimental group entered the university with significantly less mathematical knowledge (18% or less), and as such, had to learn more content (55% more). The learning outcomes of both courses expected students to acquire mathematical knowledge. The study revealed that the students who engaged in the use of the LMS in their teaching and learning methods, obtained significantly greater achievement of mathematical knowledge than the students who soley received traditional instruction.
APA, Harvard, Vancouver, ISO, and other styles
3

Viana, Nancy, and Agustín Rullán. "Reflections about school dropout in Finland and Puerto Rico." education policy analysis archives 18 (February 20, 2010): 4. http://dx.doi.org/10.14507/epaa.v18n4.2010.

Full text
Abstract:
This work presents reflections about some key factors that help to understand the reasons why in Finland school dropouts are practically nonexistent, while in Puerto Rico they are a significant problem. Several reasons that explain this situation were found. Finland has good student support services, teachers have more academic freedom, social inequalities exist in a smaller scale, schooling including university, and health services are free, and teacher training is more rigorous. Based on the findings of this study, we developed a model to understand school dropout as a complex social system. To develop this model we used a causal diagram, a tool from the theory of dynamic systems.
APA, Harvard, Vancouver, ISO, and other styles
4

Brinton, Amanda, Timothy G. Townsend, David C. Diehl, Katherine Deliz Quiñones, and Mark M. Lichtenstein. "Systems Thinking and Solid Waste Management in Puerto Rico: Feedback Loops over Time." Sustainability 15, no. 5 (March 6, 2023): 4648. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su15054648.

Full text
Abstract:
This article uses a systems-thinking framework to analyze Puerto Rico’s solid waste system. Our findings were based on 36 semi-structured interviews from stakeholders that work within the solid waste system. Interviewees represented businesses, advocacy organizations, a university, and government agencies, including municipal, central, and federal government. This research is unique because it focuses on a case study using a historical lens to explore the policies and stakeholder dynamics that shape a system’s behavior, where the behavior is in reference to the flows of discarded materials either entering the circular economy or the island’s waste disposal facilities. Through our research, we found that Puerto Rico’s overall solid waste system is stalled within a balancing feedback loop where policies and dynamics have taken place that have created resistance to efforts to improve the current situation. In our discussion, we reflect on the policies and stakeholder dynamics that have caused this balancing feedback loop and make recommendations to better support a reinforcing feedback loop that will lead to changes to achieve Puerto Rico’s solid waste disposal and recycling plans and goals required to foster a circular economy. This study can inform future policy making and institutional coordination efforts within Puerto Rico and abroad.
APA, Harvard, Vancouver, ISO, and other styles
5

Robles, Francisco Rodríguez, Francisco M. Monroig-Saltar, and David Serrano Acevedo. "Application of an Energy Efficient Hot Air Recirculation Controlled Closed System Environment for Parchment Coffee Dehydration in Puerto Rico." American Journal of Agricultural Science, Engineering, and Technology 2, no. 5 (March 29, 2017): 1–10. http://dx.doi.org/10.54536/ajaset.v2i5.30.

Full text
Abstract:
The high and increasing costs associated with propane gas, diesel and electricity used by mechanicaldryers have negatively affected the coffee processors in Puerto Rico. In 1991 the cost to process onehundred pounds of parchment coffee was $14.13, while in 2011 was over $35.00. From all the sectorswithin the coffee industry in Puerto Rico, the processors are the ones that have experience the largestincreases in operational cost, over 145% in the past years, mainly due to post harvesting drying. Toaddress this specific challenge, the Department of Agriculture of Puerto Rico (DAPR) assigned funds toresearch coffee dehydration energy efficient alternatives that would reduce the costs to the coffeeprocessors of the island. As part of this effort, a hot air recirculation controlled closed-system(HARC2S) was designed and constructed at the University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez. The basicconcept of the HARC2S is to condition the hot air that has already passed through the coffee bean massand direct it back to the mechanical dryer. The hot air conditioning consist in removing part of themoisture from the recirculation air with a heat exchanger that uses water at ambient temperature, toincrease the moisture absorbing capacity of the air before it re-enters the mechanical dryer.Experimental results of the HARC2S, under various operational configurations, provided substantialdrying energy savings ranging from 12% to 59%. The range variation in energy savings is due to thesystem operational configurations and possible variations of the parchment coffee bean ripeness statefrom the various batch experiments. Investing in the development and implementation of thistechnology will provide not only sustainable operation of the coffee processors facilities, but will alsosustain close to 20,000 jobs with potential employment growth representing over a $41 million annualincome to the local economy.
APA, Harvard, Vancouver, ISO, and other styles
6

Robles, Francisco Rodri­guez, Francisco M. Monroig-Saltar, and David Serrano Acevedo. "Application of an Energy Efficient Hot Air Recirculation Controlled Closed System Environment for Parchment Coffee Dehydration in Puerto Rico." American Journal of Agricultural Science, Engineering, and Technology 2, no. 1 (August 15, 2018): 41–50. http://dx.doi.org/10.54536/ajaset.v2i1.30.

Full text
Abstract:
The high and increasing costs associated with propane gas, diesel and electricity used by mechanical dryers have negatively affected the coffee processors in Puerto Rico. In 1991 the cost to process one hundred pounds of parchment coffee was $14.13, while in 2011 was over $35.00. From all the sectors within the coffee industry in Puerto Rico, the processors are the ones that have experience the largest increases in operational cost, over 145% in the past years, mainly due to post harvesting drying. To address this specific challenge, the Department of Agriculture of Puerto Rico (DAPR) assigned funds to research coffee dehydration energy efficient alternatives that would reduce the costs to the coffee processors of the island. As part of this effort, a hot air recirculation controlled closed-system (HARC2S) was designed and constructed at the University of Puerto Rico at Mayagez. The basic concept of the HARC2S is to condition the hot air that has already passed through the coffee bean mass and direct it back to the mechanical dryer. The hot air conditioning consist in removing part of the moisture from the recirculation air with a heat exchanger that uses water at ambient temperature, to increase the moisture absorbing capacity of the air before it re-enters the mechanical dryer. Experimental results of the HARC2S, under various operational configurations, provided substantial drying energy savings ranging from 12% to 59%. The range variation in energy savings is due to the system operational configurations and possible variations of the parchment coffee bean ripeness state from the various batch experiments. Investing in the development and implementation of this technology will provide not only sustainable operation of the coffee processors facilities, but will also sustain close to 20,000 jobs with potential employment growth representing over a $41 million annual income to the local economy.
APA, Harvard, Vancouver, ISO, and other styles
7

Vargas, Nikoletta, Juan Luis Molina, José S. Sifuentes-Cervantes, Jaime Castro-Núñez, Elizabeth Orsini, and Lidia M. Guerrero. "The Showcases of Dental History – A time machine in miniature at the University of Puerto Rico: Part II – The Exhibits." Journal of the History of Dentistry 72, no. 1 (2024): 52–67. http://dx.doi.org/10.58929/jhd.2024.072.01.52.

Full text
Abstract:
The University of Puerto Rico School of Dentistry was established in 1957. Over the years, it has played an important role in Puerto Rico’s healthcare system. That legacy is displayed through the walls of the School of Dentistry. In Part 1, the evolution of 20-year-old dental museum-like showcases located in the lobby and the main hallway of the school were described along with important professions who impacted on this development. In this paper, we will describe in detail the items available at the museum.
APA, Harvard, Vancouver, ISO, and other styles
8

Sanchez, Jose, and Noraida Domínguez. "The Use of Mobile Technologies by Undergraduate Students from the University of Puerto Rico System." Ubiquitous Learning: An International Journal 5, no. 3 (2013): 53–66. http://dx.doi.org/10.18848/1835-9795/cgp/v05i03/40378.

Full text
APA, Harvard, Vancouver, ISO, and other styles
9

Irish, B. M., R. Goenaga, and R. C. Ploetz. "Mycosphaerella fijiensis, Causal Agent of Black Sigatoka of Musa spp. Found in Puerto Rico and Identified by Polymerase Chain Reaction." Plant Disease 90, no. 5 (May 2006): 684. http://dx.doi.org/10.1094/pd-90-0684a.

Full text
Abstract:
Black Sigatoka, also known as black leaf streak, is caused by Mycosphaerella fijiensis Morelet (anamorph Pseudocercospora fijiensis (Morelet) Deighton). It is the most significant disease of bananas and plantains (Musa spp.) because most of the economically important cultivars of exported and staple commodities are highly susceptible. The Caribbean is one of the few regions of the world where black Sigatoka is not widespread. Black Sigatoka has been reported in the Bahamas, Cuba, Hispaniola, and Jamaica (2). Yellow Sigatoka, caused by M. musicola Leach (anamorph P. musae (Zimm.) Deighton), has been recognized in Puerto Rico since 1938-1939 (3). In August 2004, symptoms resembling black Sigatoka were first observed in Añasco, Puerto Rico by extension personnel from the University of Puerto Rico. Since black and yellow Sigatoka produce similar disease symptoms, a survey was conducted in the western banana- and plantain-production region of Puerto Rico to confirm the presence of black Sigatoka. Leaf samples were collected from production fields near the towns of Las Marias, Maricao, and Añasco. Single-ascospore isolates were recovered using the discharge technique from moistened pseudothecia in necrotic lesions that were inverted over water agar, and ascospores were transferred to potato dextrose agar. The isolates were subcultured in potato dextrose broth for mycelium production. DNA was isolated from mycelium with the FastDNA kit (Q-Biogen, Irvine, CA) for 19 isolates. Internal transcribed spacer as well as the 5.8s rDNA regions were polymerase chain reaction amplified with primers specific to M. fijiensis or M. musicola (1). Amplification products (˜1,100 bp) were observed for 18 of the 19 isolates, 6 of which were M. fijiensis and the remaining 12 were M. musicola, while the positive controls for both species were also amplified with the respective primer pairs. M. fijiensis was recovered from production fields close to all three towns. The source of M. fijiensis in Puerto Rico is unclear, but it may have originated from introduced leaf material and/or wind dispersed ascospores from neighboring countries. The presence of black Sigatoka in Puerto Rico will most likely increase production costs where fungicide applications will be needed to maintain yields. The USDA-ARS, Tropical Agriculture Research Station is the official Musa spp. germplasm repository for the National Plant Germplasm System. As such, efforts are underway to introduce and evaluate black Sigatoka disease-resistant clones that can satisfy local and export market criteria. References: (1) A. Johnasen. Detection of Sigatoka leaf spot pathogens of banana by the polymerase chain reaction. Chatman, UK, Natural Resource Institute, 1997. (2) R. C. Ploetz. Plant Dis. 88:772, 2004. (3) R. H. Stover. Trop. Agric. Trinidad. 39:327, 1962.
APA, Harvard, Vancouver, ISO, and other styles
10

Perez-Ramos, Jose G., Hector T. Zayas, Nancy R. Cardona Cordero, Dulce M. Del Rio Pineda, Colleen Murphy, Carmen M. Velez Vega, and Timothy De Ver Dye. "2231 Research partnership, community commitment, and the people-to-people for Puerto Rico (#p2p4PUR) Movement: Researchers and citizens in solidarity." Journal of Clinical and Translational Science 2, S1 (June 2018): 74. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/cts.2018.262.

Full text
Abstract:
OBJECTIVES/SPECIFIC AIMS: Island communities face greater environmental risks creating challenges in their populations. A community and participatory qualitative research method aiming to understand community perspectives regarding the ecology and environmental risks of the island of Culebra was performed to develop a community-centered Information and Communications Technology (ICT) intervention (an app). The island of Culebra, a municipality from the archipelago of Puerto Rico is located 17 miles from the eastern coast of Puerto Rico’s main island. This ICT—termed mZAP (Zonas, Acción & Protección)—is part of a Translational Biomedical doctoral degree dissertation housed at the University of Rochester’s Clinical Translational Science Institute (CTSI) Informatics Core funded by an NIH Clinical Translational Science Award (CTSA). In September 2017, the island of Culebra faced 2 major category hurricanes 2 weeks apart. Hurricane Irma and Hurricane Maria devastated homes, schools, health clinics, and local businesses, disrupting an already-fragile ecological balance on the island. METHODS/STUDY POPULATION: These 2 storms catastrophically affected the archipelago of Puerto Rico. Culebra’s geographically isolated location, along with the inefficient response from authorities, exacerbated the stressors caused by these natural disasters, increasing the gap of social determinants of health, including the lack of potable water. Leveraging a community engagement partnership established before the hurricanes by the mZAP participatory research, which naturally halted once the hurricanes hit a new humanitarian objective formed to deliver aid. Along with another NIH funded RCMI Translational Research Network, or RTRN institution (University of Puerto Rico, Medical Science Campus) students and faculty, The Puerto Rico Testsite for Exploring Contamination Threats Program (PROTECT) an NIEHS Funded Grant, and the National Guard, a “people to people” approach was established to ascertain needs and an opportunity to meet those needs. A people-to-people approach brings humanitarian needs, identified directly by the community to the people who need it most; without intermediaries and bureaucratic delays that typically occur during catastrophes. RESULTS/ANTICIPATED RESULTS: The consumption of potable water in plastic bottles and subsequent accumulation of plastic material has proven to be collateral damage of a vulnerable water distribution system creating another environmental hazard on the island of Culebra. Therefore, this humanitarian partnership, worked to delivered community and family sized water filters, providing a safe environmental alternative to drinkable water for the island. The success of this approach, People to People for Puerto Rico (#p2p4PUR), demonstrated the power of genuine community engagement—arising from a previous clinical research partnership—and true established commitment with members of the community. DISCUSSION/SIGNIFICANCE OF IMPACT: Research partnerships can (and should, when needed) lead to humanitarian partnerships that extend beyond research objectives. Research may subsequently be adapted based on new realities associated with natural disasters and the altered nature of existing partnerships, allowing for a rapid response to communities need. Further, #p2p4PUR was not only able to channel a partnership humanitarian response but also created an opportunity to reflect on how the commitment between members of society and academia (researchers) can create beneficial bilateral relationships, always putting the community needs first. The resulting shared experience elevates community interest and engagement with researchers, and helps researchers see communities as true partners, rather than—simply—research subjects.
APA, Harvard, Vancouver, ISO, and other styles
More sources

Dissertations / Theses on the topic "University of Puerto Rico (System)"

1

Bacheler, Nathan Mitchell. "Ecology of bigmouth sleepers (Eleotridae: Gobiomorus dormitor) in a Puerto Rico reservoir." NCSU, 2002. http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/theses/available/etd-20020325-124802.

Full text
Abstract:

The bigmouth sleeper Gobiomorus dormitor is an eleotrid species found in southernFlorida and Texas, along the Atlantic coast of Central and South America, and theCaribbean Islands. This species is important in terms of recreational and consumptivefishing, and conservation. Bigmouth sleepers are harvested by anglers in parts of their range, while in Florida hydrological changes, habitat loss, and reduced waterquality have reduced the species? already small geographical distribution,necessitating conservation measures. There is a paucity of data regarding the biologyof bigmouth sleepers, but accurate knowledge of this species? ecology and behavioris crucial to effective conservation and management plans. Although bigmouth sleeperstypically inhabit lotic habitats, they have been found in four reservoirs in PuertoRico. In Carite Reservoir, abundance and size data indicate that habitat is suitablehabitat for bigmouth sleepers, and the presence of a diversity of size classes ofsleepers suggests that either in-reservoir reproduction or significant recruitmentto the reservoir from an outside source is occurring. This research was initiatedto evaluate the likelihood of each, and to learn more broadly about bigmouth sleeperecology. Population biology, diet, and reproduction of bigmouth sleepers in CariteReservoir were examined between 1999 and 2001. Many sizes of bigmouth sleepers werecollected during this study, ranging from 25 to 400 mm TL. The estimated totalpopulation size in 2000 and 2001 was 1,783 and 3,353 fish, respectively. Daily growthrate of tagged fish ranged from ?0.08 to 0.10 mm/day, and was negatively correlatedwith length of fish at marking. Diet of small bigmouth sleepers (50 ? 100 mm TL) mainlyconsisted of insects, whereas larger fish primarily preyed upon fish and freshwatercrabs. Sexual dimorphism of bigmouth sleepers was evident in the anatomy of theirurogenital papillae; these differences developed at sizes as small as 50 mm TL and persisted throughout the year. Reproduction was seasonal, with the highest gonadosomaticindicies occurring in May and June and the lowest in January and February. The smallestmature male observed was 159 mm TL, while the smallest mature female was 179 mm TL. Size frequency distributions of oocytes in female ovaries during the reproductiveseason typically fell into two size groups, a group of primary oocytes (< 0.20 mm)and one group of maturing oocytes (> 0.20 mm). The largest oocytes observed were 0.70mm from a 270-mm female. Fecundity was negatively correlated with date, suggestingbatch spawning. Fecundity was relatively high (mean = 140,836) and was positively correlated with female body weight. Results of this research not only provide managersand conservationists a better understanding of bigmouth sleepers in Puerto Rico reservoirs, but also contribute to the knowledge of this species? ecology throughoutits range.

APA, Harvard, Vancouver, ISO, and other styles
2

Saracco, James Frederick. "Fruit neighborhoods and interactions between birds and plants in Puerto Rico." NCSU, 2001. http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/theses/available/etd-05082002-160516/.

Full text
Abstract:
Many species of plants that produce fleshy fruits depend on birds for seed dispersal, and many of the birds that disperse seeds rely on fruits for a substantial proportion of their diets. From an ecological and evolutionary standpoint, it is important to understand why frugivorous birds feed in the particular plants they do. Intrinsic plant characteristics (e.g., crop size) influence the foraging patterns of birds; however, these factors cannot be fully understood outside the context of the communities within which birds and plants find themselves. Here I report on spatial patterns of bird use of fruiting plants in central Puerto Rico and its relationship to plant distributions and fruit abundance. From Feb.-Jun. 1998 I quantified frugivorous bird visitation to fruiting trees of Schefflera morototoni in a secondary forest-shade coffee plantation mosaic. Visitation rate was positively related to crop size and negatively related to conspecific fruit abundance within 30 m of focal plants. The presence or abundance of heterospecific bird-consumed fruits had mixed relationships with visitation: four species were positively related to visitation; one was negatively related. The fruit neighborhood explained most variation in visitation to focal trees, suggesting that such variables might help explain the high variability seen in other fruiting plant frugivore systems. In order to evaluate spatial dependency in tree distributions, fruiting, and frugivory over a range of tree species and spatial scales, I mapped bird-consumed fruiting plants on a 4.05 ha study grid in secondary wet forest and monitored fruiting and frugivory from Aug.-Nov. 1999. I focused analyses on four tree species: Dendropanax arboreus, Guarea guidonia, Miconia serrulata, and Schefflera morototoni. All of these were intraspecifically aggregated at scales < 80 m, but differed markedly in degree of crowding experienced by individuals. G. guidonia was the most, and M. serrulata the least crowded. Distributions of visited trees and autocorrelation in the number of frugivory observations at trees suggested that individuals of some species (e.g., S. morototoni) facilitated visitation to one another at small spatial scales (< ~30 m). Frugivory was positively correlated with fruit abundance on trees for all species; spatial variation in fruit abundance appeared to have reduced, and in some cases outweighed (e.g., M. serrulata), facilitative benefits of visited neighbors. Evidence of facilitation was especially weak for G. guidonia and may have reflected its particularly high density in the study area. Consideration of interspecific tree distributions showed S. morototoni to be aggregated with M. serrulata at scales > 69 m, and G. guidonia to be aggregated with D. arboreus at scales < 5 m. All other pairs were randomly or regularly distributed with respect to one another. Spatial patterns of fruiting and frugivory of M. serrulata appeared linked to the distribution of fruiting S. morototoni. Spatial patterns of frugivory also overlapped for other species and generally suggested facilitation at larger scales. Interspecific interactions were probably strongest at larger scales because of shifts in the relative abundances of conspecifics and heterospecifics at those scales. These findings highlight the potentially large size of plant neighborhoods with respect to use by avian frugivores and the dependence of neighborhood effects on local plant densities and crop sizes. From the perspective of birds, spatial patterns of frugivory suggested birds closely tracked fruit abundance. I observed few agonistic interactions between birds and found little evidence of their negatively influencing one another?s use of fruiting trees. Similarity in spatial patterns of frugivory between bird species, and positive cross-correlation in frugivory of different species at patch boundaries, suggested birds may have assisted one another (via calling) in locating new foraging patches. This could explain mixed-species flock formation.
APA, Harvard, Vancouver, ISO, and other styles
3

Llerandi-Román, Iván C. "Red-tailed Hawk home range, habitat use, and activity patterns in north-central Puerto Rico." Master's thesis, Mississippi State : Mississippi State University, 2006. http://sun.library.msstate.edu/ETD-db/ETD-browse/browse.

Full text
APA, Harvard, Vancouver, ISO, and other styles
4

Roman, Acevedo Annie Luz. "Strategies to Control Internal Factors Affecting Information Systems Projects in Puerto Rico." ScholarWorks, 2016. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/3119.

Full text
Abstract:
Many project managers and business leaders lack effective strategies to control internal factors that affect information systems (IS) projects, which may impede leadership's ability to respond to market changes. The purpose of this multiple case study was to explore strategies used by 6 purposefully selected project managers who successfully implemented information system development (ISD) projects by controlling the internal factors that affected different ISD project phases in Puerto Rico's telecommunication service industry. The framework that guided this study was coordination theory. The data collection process included semistructured interviews and project documentation including business requirements, project charters, project plans, and lessons learned which also served as resources for member checking and validation to strengthen the trustworthiness of the study. Analysis of the data occurred following Yin's 5 analytical steps of validating, coding, interpreting, summarizing, and generating themes. The 5 themes that emerged were top management support, clear requirements, communication, project plan, and lessons learned. Each theme corresponded to a phase of the project life cycle. Top management support and clear requirements were the top critical factors (TCF) in the initiating and planning phases. Communication and project plan were the TCF in the executing, monitoring, and controlling phases. Lessons learned were the TCF in the closing phase of the project. Implications for social change include helping IS project managers successfully implement IS projects, providing innovative services to customers, and improving an organization's position so it can provide jobs and economic stability in the region in which it operates.
APA, Harvard, Vancouver, ISO, and other styles
5

Contreras, Santiago Edward G. "International Teaching Assistants’ Perceptions of English and Spanish Language Use at the University of Puerto Rico-Mayagüez." Scholar Commons, 2019. https://scholarcommons.usf.edu/etd/7768.

Full text
Abstract:
Globalization and sociopolitical factors impact migration patterns all over the world. In Puerto Rico, these factors created superdiverse environments where languages users have pushed the boundaries of language in order to make sense of their worlds. Even though this language dynamic is natural for locals, it is those who visit from different countries, specifically international graduate students, that have a difficult time adjusting to Puerto Rico’s rich use of English and Spanish. Understanding how international graduate students perceive the language used at the University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez (UPRM) upon arrival is essential to provide a better experience for future students. As of this writing, this study is the first to investigate the language perceptions of incoming international graduate students at the University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez. This descriptive exploratory case study explores language perceptions of first semester international graduate students with an assistantship. I interviewed 3 first-semester students at a large, public, research university, located on the west coast of Puerto Rico. I carried out two semi-structured individual interviews and one semi-structure focus group interview. I employed data triangulation and member checked to ensure validity and trustworthiness of data. Study findings reveal that participants did not initially perceive English as being the main language of use during their graduate studies. Participants mentioned struggles throughout their semester due to the heavy presence of English in their coursework and assistantship. Participants suggested that the university should provide more English language support to ensure the success of incoming international students. In this study, I addressed gaps on translanguaging at superdiverse universities, and international teaching assistants’ perceptions of language at the University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez campus. Based on the findings, I offer English course suggestions to enhance academic and professional opportunities for international students at UPRM.
APA, Harvard, Vancouver, ISO, and other styles
6

Rodríguez, Daniel Andrés. "Developing a system architecture for intelligent transportation systems with application to San Juan, Puerto Rico." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1996. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/10850.

Full text
APA, Harvard, Vancouver, ISO, and other styles
7

Rosa, Alessandra M. "Resistance Performances: (Re)constructing Spaces of Resistance and Contention in the 2010-2011 University of Puerto Rico Student Movement." FIU Digital Commons, 2015. http://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/etd/1865.

Full text
Abstract:
On the night of April 20, 2010, a group of students from the University of Puerto Rico (UPR), Río Piedras campus, met to organize an indefinite strike that quickly broadened into a defense of accessible public higher education of excellence as a fundamental right and not a privilege. Although the history of student activism in the UPR can be traced back to the early 1900s, the 2010-2011 strike will be remembered for the student activists’ use of new media technologies as resources that rapidly prompted and aided the numerous protests. This activist research entailed a critical ethnography and a critical discourse analysis (CDA) of traditional and alternative media coverage and treatment during the 2010 -2011 UPR student strike. I examined the use of the 2010-2011 UPR student activists’ resistance performances in constructing local, corporeal, and virtual spaces of resistance and contention during their movement. In particular, I analyzed the different tactics and strategies of resistance or repertoire of collective actions that student activists used (e.g. new media technologies) to frame their collective identities via alternative news media’s (re)presentation of the strike, while juxtaposing the university administration’s counter-resistance performances in counter-framing the student activists’ collective identity via traditional news media representations of the strike. I illustrated how both traditional and alternative media (re)presentations of student activism developed, maintained, and/or modified students activists’ collective identities. As such, the UPR student activism’s success should not be measured by the sum of demands granted, but by the sense of community achieved and the establishment of networks that continue to create resistance and change. These networks add to the debate surrounding Internet activism and its impact on student activism. Ultimately, the results of this study highlight the important role student movements have had in challenging different types of government policies and raising awareness of the importance of an accessible public higher education of excellence.
APA, Harvard, Vancouver, ISO, and other styles
8

Nina, Francis Daniel. "Law and order in colonial Puerto Rico : a critical assessment of the criminal justice system, 1974-1984." Thesis, University of Kent, 1990. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.279814.

Full text
APA, Harvard, Vancouver, ISO, and other styles
9

Santiago, Carlos A. "A building system: an alternative to the urban sprawl in contemporary metropolitan San Juan." Thesis, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1991. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/53302.

Full text
Abstract:
The intent of this thesis is to develop a concept for a structural and enclosure building system that will be applicable to the typical existing housing units in San Juan, P. R. The system will respond to criteria based on environmental, socio-cultural and architectural concerns.
Master of Architecture
APA, Harvard, Vancouver, ISO, and other styles
10

Dominguez, Noraida. "Online Learning Communities: Enhancing the Acquisition of Information Skills by Undergraduate Students of the University of Puerto Rico at Carolina." NSUWorks, 2010. http://nsuworks.nova.edu/gscis_etd/350.

Full text
Abstract:
Despite the efforts that have been made to develop the information skills of undergraduate students, there are still limitations that one shot sessions of face-to-face library instruction or online tutorials present when they are the only options used to develop specific information skills in students. The purpose of this study was to investigate if the design and implementation of online learning communities are effective in supporting students while they are developing specific information skills. To prove this effectiveness, the use of online learning communities was compared to two other options of delivering instruction: online tutorials and one shot sessions of face-to-face instruction. Participants in this study were undergraduate students registered in four sections of an English course. The first group was the control group; they received one session of library face-to-face instruction. The second group participated through the online learning community. The third group completed four online tutorials, and the fourth group completed four online tutorials and participated through the online learning community. Data was gathered through two sources: (1) a pre-test and a post-test administered to all four groups, and (2) focus groups performed on all groups except the control group. After running ANOVA on the pre-test scores and not finding significant differences, ANOVA was run again on the post-test scores. The results from the post-test revealed that there was significant statistical difference among the four groups. The follow-up Tukey test revealed that the scores from the online learning community group significantly differed from the other groups, proving it to be the most effective treatment. On the other hand, the online tutorial group did not perform in a better way than the other groups, but when the online tutorial was combined with the online learning community treatment, the group performed significantly better than when the online tutorial was the treatment alone. When analyzing the results from the focus groups, the results indicated that the students that participated through the online learning community were more satisfied with the experience, than the participants in the other two groups. Lastly, the researcher made recommendations to enhance the development of specific information skills.
APA, Harvard, Vancouver, ISO, and other styles
More sources

Books on the topic "University of Puerto Rico (System)"

1

Meléndez, Ramón. Crónicas satíricas, U.P.R., 1981-86. San Juan, P.R: Editorial Tiburón, 1991.

Find full text
APA, Harvard, Vancouver, ISO, and other styles
2

Aragunde, Rafael. Sobre lo universitario y la Universidad de Puerto Rico. Hato Rey, P.R: Publicaciones Puertorriqueñas, 1996.

Find full text
APA, Harvard, Vancouver, ISO, and other styles
3

Gallart, Mary Frances. Jaime Benítez y la autonomía universitaria. [Puerto Rico?: s.n.], 2011.

Find full text
APA, Harvard, Vancouver, ISO, and other styles
4

University of Puerto Rico (System). Resource Center for Science and Engineering. Description of the Resource Center management structure and mission as the developer of science and engineering education and human resources in Puerto Rico and its relationship to EPSCoR. [Puerto Rico]: The Center, 1990.

Find full text
APA, Harvard, Vancouver, ISO, and other styles
5

Jaime, Benítez. Discursos. [San Juan, P.R.?]: Universidad Interamericana de Puerto Rico, 2002.

Find full text
APA, Harvard, Vancouver, ISO, and other styles
6

Pérez-Lizasuain, César. Rebelión, no-derecho y poder estudiantil: La huelga de 2010 en la Universidad de Puerto Rico. Cabo Rojo, PR: Editora Educación Emergente, 2018.

Find full text
APA, Harvard, Vancouver, ISO, and other styles
7

Bey, Margarita Ostolaza. La transformación de la educación superior en Puerto Rico: Informe del estudio ordenado por la R. del S. 44. San Juan, P.R.?]: Senado de Puerto Rico, Comisión de Educación, Ciencia y Cultura, 2001.

Find full text
APA, Harvard, Vancouver, ISO, and other styles
8

Anderson, Charnel. Puerto Rico 1912: Celebrating 100 years of the founding of the Inter American University of Puerto Rico. Edited by Rivera Tirado Héctor and Inter American University of Puerto Rico. Puerto Rico]: Inter American University of Puerto Rico, 2012.

Find full text
APA, Harvard, Vancouver, ISO, and other styles
9

Rodríguez-Martínez, Jesús. Hydrogeology of the north coast limestone aquifer system of Puerto Rico. San Juan, Puerto Rico: U.S. Dept. of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey, 1995.

Find full text
APA, Harvard, Vancouver, ISO, and other styles
10

Rodríguez-Martínez, Jesús. Hydrogeology of the north coast limestone aquifer system of Puerto Rico. San Juan, Puerto Rico: U.S. Dept. of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey, 1995.

Find full text
APA, Harvard, Vancouver, ISO, and other styles
More sources

Book chapters on the topic "University of Puerto Rico (System)"

1

Fossum, Paul R., and Karen Thomas-Brown. "The Education System of Puerto Rico." In Global Education Systems, 1–26. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-93443-3_36-1.

Full text
APA, Harvard, Vancouver, ISO, and other styles
2

Fossum, Paul R., and Karen Thomas-Brown. "The Education System of Puerto Rico." In Global Education Systems, 915–39. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-41651-5_36.

Full text
APA, Harvard, Vancouver, ISO, and other styles
3

Oloff, Kerstin. "Alimentary Gothic: Horror, Puerto Rico and the World-Food-System." In Literary and Cultural Production, World-Ecology, and the Global Food System, 193–214. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-76155-4_9.

Full text
APA, Harvard, Vancouver, ISO, and other styles
4

Domínguez-Flores, Noraida. "Social Networking by Undergraduate Students at the University of Puerto Rico in Carolina." In Lecture Notes in Social Networks, 307–19. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-17716-8_19.

Full text
APA, Harvard, Vancouver, ISO, and other styles
5

Schiappacasse, Paola. "The Development of a Maritime Quarantine System in 19th Century Spanish Puerto Rico as a Response to Epidemics and Pandemics." In Epidemien und Pandemien in historischer Perspektive, 103–16. Wiesbaden: Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-13875-2_7.

Full text
APA, Harvard, Vancouver, ISO, and other styles
6

"Trickle irrigation systems Megh R. Goyal, formerly University of Puerto Rico, Puerto Rico." In Water management for sustainable agriculture, 309–22. Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1201/9781351114608-16.

Full text
APA, Harvard, Vancouver, ISO, and other styles
7

"Balancing Fisheries Management and Water Uses for Impounded River Systems." In Balancing Fisheries Management and Water Uses for Impounded River Systems, edited by J. Wesley Neal, Craig G. Lilyestrom, and Darien Lopez-Clayton. American Fisheries Society, 2008. http://dx.doi.org/10.47886/9781934874066.ch44.

Full text
Abstract:
<em>Abstract</em>.—Management of reservoir fisheries in Puerto Rico has been an evolving process. Puerto Rico has few native freshwater species, so reservoir fish communities have been created using nonindigenous species introduced to the island from various parts of the world. Early management efforts in reservoirs met with limited success due to low priority and limited use of reservoir fisheries, and management primarily followed temperate models focusing on largemouth bass <em>Micropterus salmoides</em>. Beginning in 1990, management priorities shifted and focus on reservoir fisheries began to increase. This was partly due to the increasing popularity of largemouth bass sport fishing and the organization of fishing clubs and tournament angling. An important early step was the creation of reservoir management stations, which included full-time management biologists, access ramps, and picnic and camping facilities. Cooperative research with university scientists was initiated in 1991. The ensuing research findings, changes in priorities, and establishment of on-site management biologists have combined to create an atmosphere of adaptive management, accompanied by significant changes in reservoir regulations and management protocols. In this overview, the progression of research-based adaptive management is chronicled for Puerto Rico reservoirs, which can help provide a template for management endeavors in the United States and elsewhere.
APA, Harvard, Vancouver, ISO, and other styles
8

Walicek, Don E. "Creating Interdisciplinary Knowledge about Haiti’s Creole Language." In Teaching Haiti, 92–116. University Press of Florida, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.5744/florida/9781683402107.003.0006.

Full text
Abstract:
While academic interest in Haiti has grown considerably in the last decade, university courses that focus on the country’s history and different aspects of its culture tend to give minimal attention to issues of language. Providing a forward-looking profile of Kreyòl, this chapter argues that information about various long-standing challenges, all of which emerged as the result of the colonization of the Caribbean, should be incorporated into classroom teaching about Haiti. The challenges discussed include: obstacles to the expansion of Kreyòl’s use as a medium of instruction in Haiti’s educational system; Eurocentric assumptions that sustain negative language myths and misunderstandings of language structure and language history; and issues related to effective language planning and the protection of language rights of speakers. The framework that linguist Michel DeGraff calls “postcolonial creolistics” is presented as an effective platform for analyzing and overcoming these challenges. Various anecdotes in the chapter come from the author’s experience in ‘Interdisciplinary Approaches to Haiti’s Past and Present,’ an undergraduate English course that he offered at the University of Puerto Rico.
APA, Harvard, Vancouver, ISO, and other styles
9

Duany, Jorge. "Becoming Cuba-Rican." In Cuba and Puerto Rico, 295–312. University Press of Florida, 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.5744/florida/9781683403302.003.0017.

Full text
Abstract:
Jorge Duany reflects upon his hybrid cultural identity as part Cuban and part Puerto Rican. After leaving Cuba as a child, Duany lived first in Panama City and then in San Juan. He pursued his university studies in the United States, then returned to Puerto Rico and lived most of his adult life there. In this chapter, Duany places himself within the context of the Cuban community in San Juan, where he was raised and which he studied for his doctoral dissertation. This autobiographical account allows him to better understand the relatively privileged but ambivalent position of Cubans in Puerto Rico as a “middleman” or trading minority, which often puts them at odds with members of Puerto Rican society. In 2012, Duany became the director of the Cuban Research Institute at Florida International University. He now lives in Miami, where he has reencountered his Cuban roots in the city he calls “the crossroads of nomads.” Duany’s testimony reminds us that the journeys of the Cuban diaspora are complex and diverse and take migrants on many roads back and forth and beyond their homeland.
APA, Harvard, Vancouver, ISO, and other styles
10

Pytlinski, J. T., and J. A. Bonnet. "UNIVERSITY/INDUSTRY COOPERATIVE INTERACTIONS IN PUERTO RICO." In Intersol Eighty Five, 2247–52. Elsevier, 1986. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/b978-0-08-033177-5.50422-1.

Full text
APA, Harvard, Vancouver, ISO, and other styles

Conference papers on the topic "University of Puerto Rico (System)"

1

Ruperto, Wilbert, Santa Pérez, Jobel Villafañe, David Villahermosa, José Colón, Carlos Garcia, Lemuel Ríos, et al. "NASA Revolutionary Aerospace Systems Concepts Academic Linkage (RASC-AL) Design Competition First Place Winning Paper - University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez." In ASCEND 2020. Reston, Virginia: American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.2514/6.2020-4198.

Full text
APA, Harvard, Vancouver, ISO, and other styles
2

Rincon-Charris, Amilcar, and Joseba Quevedo-Casin. "Multiple Fault Detection and Diagnosis in a Gas Turbine Using Nonlinear Principal Component Analysis and Structured Residuals." In ASME 2013 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition. American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2013. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/imece2013-62933.

Full text
Abstract:
Multiple fault detection and diagnosis is a challenging problem because the number of candidates grows exponentially in the number of faults. In addition, multiple faults in dynamic systems may be hard to detect, because they can mask or compensate each other’s effects. This paper presents the study of the detection and diagnosis of multiple faults in a SR-30 Gas Turbine using nonlinear principal component analysis as the detection method and structured residuals as the diagnosis method. The study includes developing a mathematical model, software simulation with Matlab Simulink and implementation of algorithms for detection and diagnosis of multiple faults in the system using nonlinear principal component analysis and structured residuals. A real SR-30 gas turbine was used for our studies. The equipment is at the moment installed in the Inter American University of Puerto Rico, Bayamon Campus, and Department of Mechanical Engineering.
APA, Harvard, Vancouver, ISO, and other styles
3

Norman L Miller, Larry L Dale, Charles F Brush, Sebastian D Vicuna, Tariq N Kadir, Emin C Dogrul, and Francis Chung. "An Analysis of Droughts in the California Central Valley Surface-Groundwater-Conveyance System." In Puerto Rico Section. St. Joseph, MI: American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers, 2008. http://dx.doi.org/10.13031/2013.26311.

Full text
APA, Harvard, Vancouver, ISO, and other styles
4

Meriwether, John W. "Lidar and Radar Studies of Dynamics in the Lower Atmosphere." In Optical Remote Sensing of the Atmosphere. Washington, D.C.: Optica Publishing Group, 1993. http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/orsa.1993.wb.1.

Full text
Abstract:
A periodic wave structure with a vertical wave length of about 2 km between 12 and 19 km has been identified in Rayleigh lidar measurements at 589 nm of low altitude relative density profiles that were made by the University of Illinois group during the March/April Arecibo Initiative for Dynamics of the Atmosphere (AIDA) 1989 campaign effort. The equivalent temperature fluctuations are several degrees in magnitude. Also seen in one series of three successive nights were temperature fluctuations of about 10 °K at altitudes of 25 km with a vertical extent of 1 km. Both of these phenomena show a downward phase speed between 1 and 3 cm/s. The lower periodic structure is believed to be the same phenomenon seen previously in 430 MHz measurements of winds obtained at Arecibo Observatory. The identity of this structure remains uncertain. Cornish and Larsen [1989] and Sato and Woodman [1982a] considered this structure to be a quasi-inertial long period wave. Hines [1989] proposed instead the identification of this structure with a stationary wave system generated by orographic waves caused by the interaction of the sub-tropical tradewinds with the mountainous terrain of Puerto Rico. The higher altitude feature seen in the AIDA lidar observations is believed to be a manifestation of a region of clear air turbulence, which is known to occur in the lower stratosphere.
APA, Harvard, Vancouver, ISO, and other styles
5

Colucci, Jose´ A., Agusti´n Irizarry-Rivera, and Efrain O’Neill-Carrilo. "Sustainable Energy @ Puerto Rico." In ASME 2007 Energy Sustainability Conference. ASMEDC, 2007. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/es2007-36010.

Full text
Abstract:
During the last 15 years a renewed interest and growth in renewable energy (RE) processes emerged. It was driven by strong environmental movements, oil dependence/depletion concerns and lately national security concerns. Several RE technologies such as wind, niche photovoltaic and biodiesel are presently very competitive in certain applications versus their oil counterparts especially in Europe and certain locations in the mainland United States. Others are slowly penetrating certain markets such as fuel cells. In the discussion section an overview of the most mature RE technologies will be given focusing on their potential implementation in Puerto Rico. The discussion section will also include findings from an ongoing study at the municipality of Caguas who is becoming the sustainable model for Puerto Rico including energy. The overall analysis includes some elements of social, technical, cultural, political and economic criteria. In the latter capital, operating costs and foot print will be considered. Also sensitivity analyses will be performed regarding the energy generation potential of these processes. The technologies included are photovoltaic, wind energy, fuel cells, concentrated solar power and solar thermal water heating. These are referred to as near term implementation technologies. Other medium/long term ocean energy technologies will be discussed including tide, waves and ocean thermal. The last discussion subsection will briefly consider the area of transportation fuels (gasoline and diesel). In the last section an implementation plan will be presented for these processes including the University of Puerto Rico @ Mayagu¨ez (UPRM) capabilities and potential role in this puertorrican SAGA (Sol, Aire, Gente and Agua).
APA, Harvard, Vancouver, ISO, and other styles
6

Crespo Claudio, Yazmín M., and Omayra Rivera Crespo. "WORKSHOP : Collective Architectures." In 2016 ACSA International Conference. ACSA Press, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.35483/acsa.intl.2016.16.

Full text
Abstract:
A design-build workshop organized by Taller CreandoS in Encargos a collective founded by four female architecture professors; Yazmín M. Crespo, AndreaBauzá, Irvis González y Omayra Rivera, at La Perla, a community outside the northern historic city-wall of old San Juan, Puerto Rico. Together the professors share interests to revitalize deteriorated and abandon urban spaces with ephemeral interventions and participative workshops in an effort to redefine the conventional way of understanding the professional practice of architecture. The workshop invited students from the three architecture and design schools in Puerto Rico; Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, University of Puerto Rico School of Architecture, Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico and the school of Visual Arts in Old San Juan to work together with international architecture collectives Todo porla Praxis from Madrid, Spain; Arquitectura Expandida from Bogotá, Colombia; and FG Studio from New YorkCity in three design-build projects together with the community. The workshop included lectures by the three international architects’ collectives, a design charrette, community presentations, final review, a round table and construction of the interventions from August 31to September 7, 2013.
APA, Harvard, Vancouver, ISO, and other styles
7

Borges, José A., Manuel A. Pérez-Quiñones, and Néstor J. Rodríguez. "HCI education & research at the University of Puerto Rico-Mayagüez." In CHI '97 extended abstracts. New York, New York, USA: ACM Press, 1997. http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/1120212.1120271.

Full text
APA, Harvard, Vancouver, ISO, and other styles
8

Rodriguez-Solis, Rafael A., Jose G. Colom-Ustariz, Sandra Cruz-Pol, and Leyda Leon-Colon. "Microwave research at the University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez." In 2014 IEEE/MTT-S International Microwave Symposium - MTT 2014. IEEE, 2014. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/mwsym.2014.6848677.

Full text
APA, Harvard, Vancouver, ISO, and other styles
9

Bui, LIly. "Social Media, Rumors, and Hurricane Warning Systems in Puerto Rico." In Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences. Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.24251/hicss.2019.321.

Full text
APA, Harvard, Vancouver, ISO, and other styles
10

Mercado-Oliveras, Monica I., and Agustin A. Irizarry-Rivera. "Residential grid-tied photovoltaic energy system design in Puerto Rico." In 2015 North American Power Symposium (NAPS). IEEE, 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/naps.2015.7335197.

Full text
APA, Harvard, Vancouver, ISO, and other styles

Reports on the topic "University of Puerto Rico (System)"

1

BOYES, JOHN D., MINDI FARBER DE ANA, and WENCESLANO TORRES. Lessons Learned from the Puerto Rico Battery Energy Storage System. Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI), September 1999. http://dx.doi.org/10.2172/12662.

Full text
APA, Harvard, Vancouver, ISO, and other styles
2

Nadal-Caraballo, Norberto, Madison Yawn, Luke Aucoin, Meredith Carr, Jeffrey Melby, Efrain Ramos-Santiago, Fabian Garcia-Moreno, et al. Coastal Hazards System–Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands (CHS-PR). Engineer Research and Development Center (U.S.), December 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.21079/11681/46200.

Full text
Abstract:
The South Atlantic Coastal Study (SACS) was completed by the US Army Corps of Engineers to quantify storm surge and wave hazards allowing for the expansion of the Coastal Hazards System (CHS) to the South Atlantic Division (SAD) domain. The goal of the CHS-SACS was to quantify coastal storm hazards for present conditions and future sea level rise (SLR) scenarios to aid in reducing flooding risk and increasing resiliency in coastal environments. CHS-SACS was completed for three regions within the SAD domain, and this report focuses on the Coastal Hazards System–Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands (CHS-PR). This study applied the CHS Probabilistic Coastal Hazard Analysis (PCHA) framework for quantifying tropical cyclone (TC) responses, leveraging new atmospheric and hydrodynamic numerical model simulations of synthetic TCs developed explicitly for the CHS-PR region. This report focuses on documenting the PCHA conducted for CHS-PR, including the characterization of storm climate, storm sampling, storm recurrence rate estimation, marginal distributions, correlation and dependence structure of TC atmospheric-forcing parameters, development of augmented storm suites, and assignment of discrete storm weights to the synthetic TCs. As part of CHS-PR, coastal hazards were estimated for annual exceedance frequencies over the range of 10 yr⁻¹ to 10⁻⁴ yr⁻¹.
APA, Harvard, Vancouver, ISO, and other styles
3

Chvala, William D., Amy E. Solana, and Douglas R. Dixon. Facility Energy Decision System (FEDS) Assessment Report for Fort Buchanan, Puerto Rico. Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI), February 2005. http://dx.doi.org/10.2172/949155.

Full text
APA, Harvard, Vancouver, ISO, and other styles
4

Cruz, Alfredo, Jeff Duffany, and Alexander Lopez. Enhancing Research in Networking & System Security, and Forensics, in Puerto Rico. Fort Belvoir, VA: Defense Technical Information Center, March 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.21236/ada622717.

Full text
APA, Harvard, Vancouver, ISO, and other styles
5

Kress, Marin, David Young, Katherine Chambers, and Brandan Scully. Measuring maritime connectivity to Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands using Automatic Identification System (AIS) data. Engineer Research and Development Center (U.S.), August 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.21079/11681/47495.

Full text
Abstract:
The purpose of this Coastal and Hydraulics Engineering technical note (CHETN) is to summarize a portion of recently published work (Young, Kress, et al. 2022) that used archival Automatic Identification System (AIS) data to measure the commercial vessel traffic connected to Puerto Rican and US Virgin Island (USVI) port areas from January 2015 to June 2020. Vessel movement derived from AIS was aggregated to construct a network that measured the port-to-port connectivity for all ports in the network and the interconnectivity of traffic between those ports. AIS data provided a description of vessel movement and the identification of specific vessel classes. Metrics such as interconnectedness can be used in conjunction with standard US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) metrics describing waterway utilization, which traditionally have included total tonnage and specific commodity tonnage. The ability to consider the self-selected vessel-type broadcast via AIS, as well as dominant commodity type and tonnage reported through statistical publications, provides a fuller and more accurate description of waterway capacity utilization. This knowledge, along with port-to-port interconnectedness, reveals potential redundancies between ports, robustness across supply chains, and the impacts of seasonality, thereby allowing the USACE to expand its understanding of maritime supply-chain resilience.
APA, Harvard, Vancouver, ISO, and other styles
6

Fields, Rhonda, Damarys Acevedo-Acevedo, Burton Suedel, E. Bourne, Patrick Deliman, Carlos Ruiz, Jack Milazzo, et al. Proceedings from the Basin Sediment Management for Unique Island Topography Workshop, Mayagüez, Puerto Rico. Engineer Research and Development Center (U.S.), October 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.21079/11681/47822.

Full text
Abstract:
This report summarizes the Basin Sediment Management for Unique Island Topography Workshop hosted in-person and virtually at the University of Puerto Rico Mayagüez (UPRM) Department of Civil Engineering and Surveying, Mayagüez, Puerto Rico on 11 March 2022. The workshop was attended by approximately 80 federal, state, local, and academic organizations participants. It focused on Engineering With Nature® (EWN®), green infrastructure (GI) and low impact development (LID) opportunities for unique tropical island topography and included seven presentations from subject matter experts, a discussion on limitations and problems with prior projects, and two concurrent breakout sessions. Preworkshop activities included a field trip to multiple sites in the Añasco watershed conducted 09 March 2022, which served as a base case for the workshop. The field trip provided participants a unique perspective of the island’s topography and post 2017 Hurricane María issues and impacts. During the breakout sessions, participants identified new project opportunities for EWN®-GI and LID at two selected sites from the field trip. Each group developed alternatives for their chosen site and identified concepts that could turn into great opportunities for the surrounding communities and significantly benefit the state of practice in Puerto Rico’s unique tropical island topography.
APA, Harvard, Vancouver, ISO, and other styles
7

Torres, Marissa, Norberto Nadal-Caraballo, and Alexandros Taflanidis. Rapid tidal reconstruction for the Coastal Hazards System and StormSim part II : Puerto Rico and U.S. Virgin Islands. Engineer Research and Development Center (U.S.), August 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.21079/11681/41482.

Full text
Abstract:
This Coastal and Hydraulics Engineering Technical Note (CHETN) describes the continuing efforts towards incorporating rapid tidal time-series reconstruction and prediction capabilities into the Coastal Hazards System (CHS) and the Stochastic Storm Simulation System (StormSim). The CHS (Nadal-Caraballo et al. 2020) is a national effort for the quantification of coastal storm hazards, including a database and web tool (https://chs.erdc.dren.mil) for the deployment of results from the Probabilistic Coastal Hazard Analysis (PCHA) framework. These PCHA products are developed from regional studies such as the North Atlantic Coast Comprehensive Study (NACCS) (Nadal-Caraballo et al. 2015; Cialone et al. 2015) and the ongoing South Atlantic Coast Study (SACS). The PCHA framework considers hazards due to both tropical and extratropical cyclones, depending on the storm climatology of the region of interest. The CHS supports feasibility studies, probabilistic design of coastal structures, and flood risk management for coastal communities and critical infrastructure. StormSim (https://stormsim.erdc.dren.mil) is a suite of tools used for statistical analysis and probabilistic modeling of historical and synthetic storms and for stochastic design and other engineering applications. One of these tools, the Coastal Hazards Rapid Prediction System (CHRPS) (Torres et al. 2020), can perform rapid prediction of coastal storm hazards, including real-time hurricane-induced flooding. This CHETN discusses the quantification and validation of the Advanced Circulation (ADCIRC) tidal constituent database (Szpilka et al. 2016) and the tidal reconstruction program Unified Tidal analysis (UTide) (Codiga 2011) in the Puerto Rico and U.S. Virgin Islands (PR/USVI) coastal regions. The new methodology discussed herein will be further developed into the Rapid Tidal Reconstruction (RTR) tool within the StormSim and CHS frameworks.
APA, Harvard, Vancouver, ISO, and other styles
8

Carrión-Tavárez, Ángel. From NAP to SNAP: A Bridge to Economic Liberty for Residents of Puerto Rico. Puerto Rico Institute for Economic Liberty, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.53095/13584001.

Full text
Abstract:
This paper explains the origin, characteristics, and operation of the United States federal government’s block grant currently received by Puerto Rico to operate a nutrition assistance program. We compare its limitations with the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefit system. We analyze the possible change from the block grant to SNAP, and the potential of this program to enable more people to work and provide for themselves and their families. The effect on the economic activity of the federal funds allocated for the reconstruction and construction of infrastructure on the Island is considered. Finally, we discuss how SNAP incentives could create favorable conditions for the labor force participation rate to rise and what this means for the economic liberty of the people of Puerto Rico.
APA, Harvard, Vancouver, ISO, and other styles
9

Wilkins, Justin, Andrew McQueen, Jennifer Miksis-Olds, Chris Verlinden, Michael Jones, Guilherme Lotufo, Gunther Rosen, and Burton Suedel. Demonstration of an autonomous sailing vessel for monitoring nearshore and offshore marine environments. Engineer Research and Development Center (U.S.), December 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.21079/11681/46201.

Full text
Abstract:
This technical note describes the US Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) application of an autonomous sailing vessel (ASV) to monitor water quality near underwater unexploded ordnance in Vieques, Puerto Rico, and the Center for Acoustics Research and Education, University of New Hampshire, application of the ASV to monitor the ocean soundscape along the Atlantic Outer Continental Shelf.
APA, Harvard, Vancouver, ISO, and other styles
10

Carrión-Tavárez, Ángel. From NAP to SNAP: A Bridge to Economic Liberty for Residents of Puerto Rico (An Update). Institute for Economic Liberty, September 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.53095/13584007.

Full text
Abstract:
This paper updates and modifies "From NAP to SNAP: A Bridge to Economic Liberty for Residents of Puerto Rico." As the original document, this paper explains the origin, characteristics, and operation of the United States federal government’s block grant currently received by Puerto Rico to operate a nutrition assistance program. We compare its limitations with the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefit system. We analyze the possible change from the block grant to SNAP, and the potential of this program to enable more people to work and provide for themselves and their families. The effect on the economic activity of the federal funds allocated for the reconstruction and construction of infrastructure on the Island is considered. Finally, we discuss how SNAP incentives could create favorable conditions for the labor force participation rate to rise and what this means for the economic liberty of the people of Puerto Rico.
APA, Harvard, Vancouver, ISO, and other styles
You might also be interested in the extended bibliographies on the topic 'University of Puerto Rico (System)' for particular source types:
Journal articles Dissertations / Theses Books
We offer discounts on all premium plans for authors whose works are included in thematic literature selections. Contact us to get a unique promo code!

To the bibliography