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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.

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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.

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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/.

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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.
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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.

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

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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.
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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.

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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.
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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.

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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.

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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.
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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.

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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.

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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
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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.

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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.
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Falcon-Emmanuelli, Ana E. "Factors related to the work attitudes of students enrolled in vocational teacher education programs at the University of Puerto Rico /." The Ohio State University, 1995. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1487863429092545.

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Javier-Vivoni, Leida Hines Edward R. "Access and choice in Puerto Rican higher education a case study /." Normal, Ill. Illinois State University, 1994. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/ilstu/fullcit?p9507283.

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Thesis (Ph. D.)--Illinois State University, 1994.
Title from title page screen, viewed March 17, 2006. Dissertation Committee: Edward R. Hines (chair), John R. McCarthy, George Padavil, Rodney P. Riegle, Anita H. Webb-Lupo. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 152-162) and abstract. Also available in print.
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Ramos-Maltés, Ana Lorena. "The implementation of the triple helix model of industry-university-government relations in Puerto Rico to promote knowledge-based regional economic development." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/59765.

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Thesis (M.C.P. and S.B. in Planning)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning, 2010.
Cataloged from PDF version of thesis.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 78-84).
Puerto Rico, an island in the Caribbean, has long sought to develop a high-tech economy and has struggled in the process. Two initiatives, Puerto Rico TechnoEconomic Corridor (PRTEC) and the Eastern Central Technological Initiative (INTECO) seek to encourage local firm formation, attract foreign capital, and improve infrastructure to develop a high-tech economy and an innovation culture in the island. The efforts of the initiatives focus on cooperation from the private sector, the government, and academia. Henry Etzkowitz's triple helix model of university-industry-government relations explains the synergies and organizational infrastructure needed to ensure a sustainable economic growth based on technology and innovation. This thesis focuses on the two initiatives in Puerto Rico whose goal is to promote a high-tech economy in the island. The analysis focuses on the initiatives' relationship with the triple helix's three sectors and how they have been working together to achieve their goals. While the initiatives have made significant progress in firm formation through incubators and community outreach programs to educate about technology, organizational barriers such as lack of transparency in the local grant seeking process and the lack of an entrepreneurial culture have not allowed the initiatives to solidify themselves as the generators of the new knowledge-based economy in Puerto Rico.
by Ana Lorena Ramos-Maltés.
M.C.P.and S.B.in Planning
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Ortiz, Maria Ines. "La gastronomia como metafora de la identidad en la literatura puertorriquena del siglo XX." Cincinnati, Ohio : University of Cincinnati, 2007. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc//view?acc_num=ucin1179431627.

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Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Cincinnati, 2007.
Advisor: Dr. Maria Paz Moreno. Title from electronic thesis title page (viewed June 29, 2010). Keywords: Puerto Rico; Identity; Food; Cultural Studies; Feminism; Post-Colonialism; Cookbook. Includes abstract. Includes bibliographical references.
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De, La Rosa Ricciardi Evi. "An approach for a cadastral records synchronization to define the missing link between the property registry and the digital cadastre system for the municipality of Carolina of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico." [Gainesville, Fla.] : University of Florida, 2009. http://purl.fcla.edu/fcla/etd/UFE0041173.

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"Dolomitization and evolution of the Puerto Rico North Coast confined aquifer system." Tulane University, 2000.

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The Lares Limestone and Montebello Member of the Cibao Formation form the lower confined aquifer system of the Puerto Rico North Coast. These extensively cored Neogene limestone units dip from 4° to 6° toward the north, are exposed over a broad area, and have a relatively well-known geologic setting and history Dolomite is absent in the exposed sections of the units but is abundant in the subsurface. Dolomitization was apparently limited to the subsurface and seaward portions of the units Petrography indicates the following paragenetic sequence: (1) shallow submarine diagenesis, (2) extensive dissolution and/or neomorphism of calcitic and aragonitic allochems, (3) burial compaction and pressure solution, (4) dolomitization, (5) dolomite dissolution and generation of coarse calcite cements. Dolomites are not affected by pressure-solution features, indicating dolomitization after at least 300 m burial. Modern aquifer water is undersaturated with respect to dolomite and high Mg2+ content in the water indicates dissolution of dolomite is occurring, therefore dolomitization occurred after some burial (middle Miocene) and before modern aquifer conditions developed (late Miocene). The dolomites are calcian with CaCO3 mean mole percentage of 56. Average delta18O and delta13C values relative to PDB are +1.0‰ (+/-0.4‰) and +0.2‰ (+/-0.5‰) respectively. Mean dolomitic Sr concentration is 360 ppm. Fe and Mn mean concentrations in the dolomites are 266 ppm and 25 ppm respectively. 87Sr/86Sr ranges from 0.708276 to 0.708509 +/- 0.000008 in the dolomites and from 0.708199 to 0.708295 +/- 0.000008 in the aquifer waters These geochemical data are consistent with dolomitization by both marine waters or a mixture of marine and aquifer waters. High concentrations of Fe and Mn indicate non-marine waters. Meteoric fabrics before and after dolomitization suggest meteoric water influences. Sr isotopic ratios are consistent with mixing of marine and aquifer waters Although there are other viable explanations, mixing-zone dolomitization in a deep confined aquifer provides the best way to explain all the data obtained. Miocene eustatic sea-level fluctuations probably maintained flow and movement of the mixing zone producing thick dolomitic intervals
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(9970334), Sofia Paola Espinell Gonzalez. "PUERTO RICO POWER SYSTEM TRANSITION TO RENEWABLE ENERGY." Thesis, 2021.

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Puerto Rico’s lack of effective and affordable energy substitutes after Hurricane Maria resulted in a mortality increase of 4,970 residents (Verma, Murray, and Mamdani, 2018). Puerto Rico’s Island dependency on electric power and no energy substitutes available have provoked a risk to human life after catastrophic events. The problem was measured by comparing Puerto Rico’s reliance on fossil fuels with accessible and economical renewable energy options. Solar photovoltaic (PV) technologies are the optimum alternative to transition from fossil fuel usage to renewable energy. Previous research has demonstrated the impact of using solar panels instead of an electric grid due to the constant solar radiation throughout the year. The analyzed data and projections showed a reduction in fossil fuels and carbon dioxide emissions by implementing solar photovoltaic technologies. The installation of PV systems in landfills, household roofs and transitioning to solar public lighting positively impacts the atmosphere carbon dioxide emissions.

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Brown, Christin Hambrick. "Sampling bias, selectivity, and environmental influences of Puerto Rico stream fishes." 2008. http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/theses/available/etd-05162008-115034/unrestricted/etd.pdf.

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"Self-care behaviors of children with diabetes in Puerto Rico." Tulane University, 1998.

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Self-care behaviors in a primarily low SES sample of children with Insulin-dependent Diabetes Mellitus (IDDM; N = 41) from Puerto Rico were examined using the 24-hour recall interview (Johnson, Silverstein, Rosenbloom, Carter, & Cunningham, 1986). Children (6-17 years of age) and their mothers were interviewed independently on three separate occasions concerning daily self-care behaviors. Measures of 11 different adherence behaviors were constructed based on information obtained from the interviews. Results indicated that children from Puerto Rico came close to achieving many of the self-care guidelines recommended by the American Diabetes Association (ADA). For example, they consumed 29% of their daily calories from fat and 52% from carbohydrates, achieving the ideal for fat intake and approaching the ideal for carbohydrate intake recommended by the ADA. In contrast, Puerto Rican children exercised approximately 18 minutes once a day, indicating great difficulty attaining ADA recommended exercise goals of six times daily for approximately 30 minutes each time. Children from Puerto Rico took their insulin 7.4 minutes before eating, much later than recommended by the ADA (30-60 minutes before meal). In comparison to a sample of children from the United States, Puerto Rican children displayed better self-care behaviors for blood glucose testing frequency, eating frequency, ideal percentage of calories from fat, and ideal percentage of calories from carbohydrates. In contrast, the U.S. sample of children exercised more frequently and for longer periods of time on average than did children from Puerto Rico. Results indicated that parent-child agreement for the Puerto Rican sample was strong for 8 of the 11 measures, similar to previous research (Johnson, et al., 1986). Predictors of self-care behavior in the Puerto Rican sample indicated that child gender and disease duration significantly predicted different self-care behaviors, but age did not, contrary to the literature. Overall, this study provided a description of diabetes self-care behaviors in a primarily low SES sample of children from Puerto Rico. Children appeared to meet most of the ADA recommendations, indicating that despite poor economic conditions in Puerto Rico and the overburdened health care system, the sample of children in this study engaged in relatively good self-care
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Aponte-Gonzalez, Maria Pilar. "A history of the University of Puerto Rico Department of Music: 1965–2011." Thesis, 2020. https://hdl.handle.net/2144/41054.

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This study seeks to fill a knowledge gap on the history of the University of Puerto Rico Department of Music (UPRDM). With no recorded past and an uncertain future, this historical account and analysis of the UPRDM assesses the relevance of its contributions to the UPR and Puerto Rico from its founding in 1965 to the end of the UPR Strike of 2010-2011, considering how colonialism framed its historical development. The UPRDM has played a vital role shaping public music education and research and has fostered innovative musical endeavors that have transformed Puerto Rican concert life. However, throughout the past decade, recurrent budget cuts; changes in cultural politics; continuous local and federal government intervention in administrative and academic matters, and strict austerity measures enacted since 2010, have brought the UPRDM face to face with a threat of permanent closure. This historical narrative traces the development of the UPRDM from 1965–2011, with a focus on facilities, curriculum, music ensembles, musical activities, and departmental leadership. It also addresses the contributions of the UPRDM community to Puerto Rican music and analyzes the extent to which colonialism and cultural politics in Puerto Rico influenced the historical development of the UPRDM between 1965–2011. Historical methods and techniques and interview procedures were employed for the data collection, analysis, and reporting of this history. Findings showed that the UPRDM community has been an active contributor to Puerto Rican music and music education over the decades and that changing cultural politics, and the direct intervention of local and federal government politics in fiscal and administrative matters at the University of Puerto Rico, have challenged the development of the UPRDM. Through this study, contemporary problems of public higher music education in Puerto Rico are addressed from a historical perspective.
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Velez, Myrna I. "Perceived needs of entering students at the University of Puerto Rico: An exploratory study." 1996. https://scholarworks.umass.edu/dissertations/AAI9619450.

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Research has indicated that the first year of college is more stressful for the college student than the three remaining years. A descriptive, exploratory study was conducted which assessed the general freshman population of a large public university in Puerto Rico, a Spanish-speaking country. Freshmen (N = 1665) completed, in the Fall of 1993, a 73-item survey which collected data on demographics, academic and financial backgrounds, employment patterns, and academic, career, and personal needs. Students were asked to rate the intensity of the needs they were experiencing as they entered the University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras Campus. Results indicated that participants, as a group, rated academic-career related items stronger than personal items. In general terms, higher need levels were associated also with specific sub-populations of freshmen: females, students coming from public schools in Puerto Rico, and students enrolled in the Colleges of Business Administration, Natural Sciences, and Social Sciences. The findings of this study are valuable for planning college counseling services at the University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras Campus and for clarifying student development theory. The identification of these needs should enable administrators, orientation planners, counselors, and policy makers of this University to design programs to better meet the academic, career, and personal needs of the freshman population as well as the individualized needs of specifically designated subgroups of incoming freshmen. The planning of such interventions must be followed by systematic evaluation of the effects of the programs that are developed.
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Fernández, Troche Arelys. "Colecciones puertorriqueñas en tres bibliotecas académicas de Puerto Rico : organización, promoción y uso de sus recursos /." 2008. http://unilib.uprm.edu/Tesis/fernandeztroche.pdf.

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Neal, Jason Wesley. "Live fast and die young on the growth and mortality of largemouth bass in Puerto Rico /." 2003. http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/theses/available/etd-02202003-083640/unrestricted/etd.pdf.

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Moreno, Rosado Lilliam. "Percepción de los directores de escuela[s] de la región educativa de Mayagüez del Programa de Educación Agrícola /." 2005. http://grad.uprm.edu/tesis/morenorosado.pdf.

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Malone, Meredith B. "Abundance, fruit presence, and growth enhancement of Prestoea montana and Roystonea borinquena, two palm species of importance to Amazona vittata (Puerto Rican Parrot), in Ro̕ Abajo Forest, Puerto Rico." 2007. http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/theses/available/etd-05012007-121725/unrestricted/etd.pdf.

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"The enlightenment and Spanish colonial administration: The life and myth of Alejandro Ramirez y Blanco in Guatemala, Puerto Rico, and Cuba, 1777-1821." Tulane University, 1997.

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Alejandro Ramirez y Blanco served the Spanish crown as Secretary to the Captain General of Guatemala, Intendent of Puerto Rico, and Intendent of Havana and Superintendent of Cuba. Historiography debates the efficacy of the institution of the intendency and of the character and merits of Ramirez himself. This study first examines the intellectual milieu in Enlightenment Europe that influenced Spain and the education of this intendent and then examines his life and work Ramirez accomplishments prove that the institution of the intendency was effective in implementing reforms, but that this depended on the man appointed to serve. In this case, Ramirez improved the conditions in Puerto Rico and Cuba and raised the standard of living of the residents through the building of coalitions between peninsular Spaniards and the colonial elite to implement beneficial changes. It also shows that continuation of these reforms after the tenure of a talented official depended on the quality of the men chosen for replacements and that in these two colonies, those who served after Ramirez, abandoned reforms, thus mitigating long-term benefits of his service Historians either eulogize or demonize Ramirez for the effects of his actions. This study determines that both are true, although those actions for which he draws criticism either remained within the mainstream of Spanish Enlightenment policies or came as a result of circumstances in which he served as an unknowing participant. Nevertheless, his devotion to service, his integrity, and his honesty serve as an example of the best that the Spanish crown offered its empire
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Morán, Martínez Manuel A. "The development of Teatro Escolar, the theatre program of the public education system in Puerto Rico from 1960 to 1990 /." 2005. http://wwwlib.umi.com/dissertations/gateway.

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Gleffe, Jessica Dawn. "Avian conservation in north-central Puerto Rico assessing the conservation value of shaded coffee plantations and the influence of nest location and habitat on nest predation rates /." 2005. http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/theses/available/etd-01212006-200938/unrestricted/etd.pdf.

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