This thesis examines images of martial women as they were produced in the biography column of the late Qing journal Nüzi shijie (NZSJ; 1904-1907). By examining the historiographic implications of revised women's biographies, I will show the extent to which…

The Serbian education system severely deteriorated after a series of conflicts and NATO bombings dismantled the nation from the 1990's-2000. Although violence is not uncommon to schools around the world, researchers have demonstrated that the long term effects of war…

This article describes the process whereby digitization of a journal is used to preserve and provide access to the contents on the World Wide Web. The journal chosen, The Canadian Architect and Builder, was the only professional architectural journal published…

This thesis attempts to historicize our understandings of economic rationality and economic action, specifically in the period leading up to the South Sea Bubble of 1720, an event which seemingly remains shrouded in mystery. The fundamental question addressed is what…

Metacognitive knowledge is a critical piece of the information literacy puzzle. In a world of exploding information and communications possibilities, the difficulty for users of information systems and services may not lie in finding information but in filtering and integrating…

A reduction in the consumptive and nonconsumptive effects of predation resulting from harvesting of top predators has been hypothesized to result in failure of harvested species to recover from low abundance, even if harvesting is reduced or ceases. I examined…

This research examines how self-regulated learning facilitates critical analysis development among undergraduate medical students in a journal club, and how computer-supported collaborative learning influences their self-regulated learning. Fourteen of the 29 second-year medical students who initially consented to participate in…

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An indepth look at the contextual development, raison d’etre and structural objectives of the McGill Program.

This thesis studies the linear and nonlinear dynamics of pipes conveying fluid. It consists of four peer-reviewed journal papers, three published and one submitted for publication. The aim is to investigate aspects of the dynamical behaviour of extensible and inextensible…