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Computer simulation of the coffee leaf miner using sexual Penna aging model.
OLIVEIRA, A. C. S. de - MARTINS, S. G. F. - ZACARIAS, M. S.

Formato:	Artigo em periódico indexado (ALICE)
Enlaces:	Forecast models based on climatic conditions are of great interest in Integrated Pest Management (IPM) programs. The success of these models depends, among other factors, on the knowledge of the temperature effect on the pests? population dynamics. In this direction,…
Fecha:	2011-03-11
Recurso:	Repositório Acesso Livre à Informação Científica da Embrapa (ALICE)

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Sucrose metabolism during fruit development in coffea racemosa.
GEROMEL, C. - FERREIRA, L. P. - BOTTCHER, A. - POT, D. - PEREIRA, L. F. P. - LEROY, T. - VIEIRA, L. G. E. - MAZZAFERA, P. - MARRACCINI, P.

Formato:	Artigo em periódico indexado (ALICE)
Enlaces:	Sucrose is one of the compounds in the raw coffee bean that has been identified as an important precursor of coffee flavour and aroma. In order to increase our knowledge of sucrose metabolism in coffee species, sucrose and reducing sugar…
Fecha:	2011-03-11
Recurso:	Repositório Acesso Livre à Informação Científica da Embrapa (ALICE)

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EMBRAPA cassava & fruits.

Formato:	Folderes / Folhetos / Cartilhas (INFOTECA-E)
Enlaces:	World of science Joining scientific Sharing knowledge and technologies with developing countries efforts to develop better solutions., 2011
Fecha:	2012-03-21
Recurso:	Informação Tecnológica en Agricultura (Infoteca-e)

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Integrated carbon and land management for poverty alleviation: a collaborative project funded under the Ecosystem Services for Poverty Alleviation (ESPA) Programme.
BLACK, E. - VIDALE, P. L. - VERHOEF, A. - OSBORNE, T. - WADE, A. - CUADRA, S. V.

Formato:	Resumo em anais de congresso (ALICE)
Enlaces:	2012
Fecha:	2013-05-03
Recurso:	Repositório Acesso Livre à Informação Científica da Embrapa (ALICE)

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Socio-environmental impacts of sunflower production as feedstock for biodiesel in southern Minas Gerais/BR.
RAMOS, N. P. - BUSCHINELLI, C. C. A. - FONTES, L. P. - VIEIRA, H. B. - CASTRO, C. - LEITE, R. M. V. B. C.

Formato:	Artigo em anais de congresso (ALICE)
Enlaces:	The increase in global demand for renewable energy has encouraged, both directly and indirectly, the production of oilseeds, including sunflower, as feedstocks for biodiesel. In this scenario, Brazil stands out for its excellent agronomic and climatic conditions for growing these…
Fecha:	2012-03-30
Recurso:	Repositório Acesso Livre à Informação Científica da Embrapa (ALICE)

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The relationships between organic farming and agroecology.
BELLON, S. - LAMINE, C. - OLLIVIER, G. - ABREU, L. S. de

Formato:	Artigo em anais de congresso (ALICE)
Enlaces:	Abstract: While acknowledging an extension of agroecology in the organic sector and a growing influence of agroecology in the academic world, we explore their relationships. These relationships cannot be reduced to an opposition between a scientific field and a practical…
Fecha:	2012-03-07
Recurso:	Repositório Acesso Livre à Informação Científica da Embrapa (ALICE)

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Genetic diversity for lima bean samples.
SILVA, V. B. da - SILVA, R. N. O. - RODRIGUES, L. L. - GOMES, R. L. F. - LOPES, Â. C. de A. - SILVA, K. J. D. e.

Formato:	Artigo em periódico indexado (ALICE)
Enlaces:	One of the main crops and income and alternative food source for the population from Northeast region of Brazil is the lima bean (Phaseolus lunatus), besides an important source of protein for the rural population from South America and Africa.…
Fecha:	2012-03-30
Recurso:	Repositório Acesso Livre à Informação Científica da Embrapa (ALICE)

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Morphogenesis on age categories of tillers in marandu palisadegrass.
PAIVA, A. J. - SILVA, S. C. da - PEREIRA, L. E. T. - CAMINHA, F. O. - PEREIRA, P. de M. - GUARDA, V. D. A.

Formato:	Artigo em periódico indexado (ALICE)
Enlaces:	Knowledge regarding morphogenetic characteristics has contributed to the understanding of plant responses to variations in climatic conditions and management practices. However, the original framework has been developed for temperate grass species, and indicates no ontogenetic effect on the expression of…
Fecha:	2012-03-07
Recurso:	Repositório Acesso Livre à Informação Científica da Embrapa (ALICE)

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Sources of knowledge acquisition : perspectives of the high school teachercoach
Wilson, Laurie M.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	The purpose of this study was to investigate sources of knowledge acquisition of high school team sport coaches. Six teacher/coaches were interviewed using a semi-structured open-ended interview format. Cote, Salmela, and Russell's (1995) guidelines were used to inductively analyze and…
Fecha:	2008
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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Security aspects of zero knowledge identification schemes
Panait, Andreea Mihaela.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	In this thesis we follow two directions: Zero Knowledge Protocols and the Discrete Logarithm Problem. In each direction we present the necessary background and we give a new approach for some parts of the existing protocols., The new parts are…
Fecha:	2008
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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11.

The metacognitive knowledge of adolescent students during the information search process
Bowler, Leanne

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	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…
Fecha:	2008
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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12.

Intercollegiate coaches' perceptions of the knowledge and strategies used with elite culturally diverse athletes
Duchesne, Catherine.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	The purpose of this study was to identify the knowledge and successful strategies utilized by intercollegiate team sport coaches who have worked with a large number of international athletes. Six head coaches were selected to participate in a semi-structured open-ended…
Fecha:	2008
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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13.

The institutionalization of organizational knowledge : learning to walk the talk
Wiseman, Erica

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	This dissertation is a study of organizational learning. Organizational learning is a cyclical process through which knowledge that has been learned on an individual or group level is institutionalized on the organizational level. Organizational learning is at the heart of…
Fecha:	2008
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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14.

Computer-supported collaborative inquiry in remote networked schools
Turcotte, Sandrine.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	This study addressed computer-supported collaborative scientific inquiries in Remote Networked Schools. Three dyads of grade 5-6 classrooms from remote locations collaborated using the knowledge-buildng tool Knowledge Forum. Customized scaffold supports embedded in the online tool were used to support student…
Fecha:	2008
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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15.

Examining potential cellular alterations within the anterior cingulate cortex in major depression and suicide
Hercher, Christa.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Representing a major public health concern, suicide is a leading cause of death worldwide. Generally regarded as a behavior with a multitude of state and trait dependent risk factors (e.g. psychiatric disorders, substance abuse, genetics), explanations as to why certain…
Fecha:	2008
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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16.

Local knowledge of, and responses to, HIV-1/AIDS among the Turkana of Lodwar township
Owiti, John Arianda

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	This study used a broad theoretical framework encompassing an ecosystem approach to HIV-1/AIDS that investigated: local knowledge of HIV-1/AIDS and other sexually transmitted infections (STIs); local knowledge of the nexus between HIV-1/AIDS and tuberculosis on one hand, and other STIs…
Fecha:	2008
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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Simulation of the fate of the insecticide carbofuran in a rice field using a level IV fugacity model.
PARAIBA, L. C. - PLESE, L. P. de M. - FOLONI, L. L. - CARRASCO, J. M.

Formato:	Artigo em periódico indexado (ALICE)
Enlaces:	The object of this work was to verify the utility of a level IV fugacity model to simulate the environmental fate of the insecticide carbofuran when employed in the cultivation of irrigated rice. The model simulated the dynamic distribution of…
Fecha:	2014-03-26
Recurso:	Repositório Acesso Livre à Informação Científica da Embrapa (ALICE)

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18.

Model-based Bayesian reinforcement learning in complex domains
Ross, Stéphane

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Reinforcement Learning has emerged as a useful framework for learning to perform a task optimally from experience in unknown systems. A major problem for such learning algorithms is how to balance optimally the exploration of the system, to gather knowledge,…
Fecha:	2008
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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19.

Homework and inequality : school responsibility and enabling student achievement in the school
Boychuk, Tuutalik.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	In this conceptual inquiry, I argue how and why homework contributes to inequality. Homework contributes to inequality systemically, as schools continue to rely heavily on it. Homework continues to contribute to inequality discursively and psychologically, as parents and educators encourage…
Fecha:	2008
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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Cycle-to-cycle control of plastic sheet heating on the AAA thermoforming machine
Yang, Shuonan, 1984-

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	The objectives of this project are (1) to reduce the excursions between real heater temperatures and the desired values, and (2) to realize cyclic production of plastic sheets on the AAA thermoforming machine., At first, present relevant knowledge and modeling…
Fecha:	2008
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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21.

Professional perceptions of psychiatric advance directives : a view of multiple stakeholders in Ontario and Québec
Ambrosini, Daniele Lamberto.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Psychiatric advance directives (PADs) are legal documents allowing competent individuals to declare their treatment preferences in advance of a mental health crisis. The objective of this thesis is to examine psychosocial perceptions of legal and mental health professionals in Ontario…
Fecha:	2008
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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22.

Gertrude Bell : an Orientalist in context
Schnell, Andréa Elizabeth.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	This thesis is about the life and work of Gertrude Bell, a British woman born in the late nineteenth century, whose extensive knowledge of Middle East cultures and people won her a job as the Oriental Secretary in Iraq after…
Fecha:	2008
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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23.

Nrg1p and Rfg1p in Candida albicans yeast-to-hyphae transition
Lacroix, Céline.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	The ability of Candida albicans to change morphology plays several roles in its virulence and as a human commensal. The yeast-to-hyphae transition is tightly regulated by several sets of activating and repressing pathways. The DNA-binding proteins Rfg1p, Nrg1p and the…
Fecha:	2008
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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24.

Elizabeth Bowen and cinema
Rangwala, Shama.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	The thesis focuses on the significance of the cinematic medium for Elizabeth Bowen's novels, from the level of prose and formal representations to broader aspects of narrative and character. The chapters on To the North (1932) and The House in…
Fecha:	2008
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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Populational fluctuation and spatial distribution of Alphitobius diaperinus (Panzer) (Coleoptera; Tenebrionidae) in a poultry house, Cascavel, Parana state, Brazil.
CHERNAKI-LEFFER, A. M. - ALMEIDA, L. M. - SOSA-GÓMEZ, D. R. - ANJOS, A. - VOGADO, K. M.

Formato:	Artigo de divulgação na mídia (INFOTECA-E)
Enlaces:	Abstract Knowledge of the population fluctuation and spatial distribution of pests is fundamental for establishing an appropriate control method. The population fluctuation and spatial distribution of the Alphitobius diaperinus in a poultry house in Cascavel, in the state of Parana,…
Fecha:	2013-03-12
Recurso:	Informação Tecnológica en Agricultura (Infoteca-e)

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26.

Partial hepatectomy and liver regeneration in PCSK9 knockout mice
Roubtsova, Anna.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	The proprotein convertase subtilisin/kexin type 9, PCSK9, belongs to the proprotein convertase (PC) family. Human mutations in the gene encoding PCSK9 lead to either familial hyper- or hypocholesterolemia, resulting from a gain or loss of function, respectively. Mice lacking PCSK9…
Fecha:	2008
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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27.

Me Llamo Lenika
Smith, Karina Yarwood.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Educating language minority children in Canada is becoming increasingly challenging as our population becomes more and more diverse. Determining the best educational policy to help immigrant children learn English or French, while furthering their knowledge of core subject material has…
Fecha:	2008
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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28.

Three essays on information technology sourcing : a multi-level perspective
Qu, Wen Guang.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Despite the amount of literature on the antecedents and outcomes of IT outsourcing, the vast majority of this research has focused on factors at the firm level. Environmental factors such as industry and country characteristics have received little attention. Environmental…
Fecha:	2008
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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29.

Investigating glial dynamics in the developing hippocampus
Haber, Michael.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Glial cells represent the most abundant cell population in the central nervous system (CNS), and yet, have historically been thought of as merely support cells for neurons. Over the past few decades, however, the number of identified roles that glial…
Fecha:	2008
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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30.

Chemical characterization of honey and identification of novel [alpha]-dicarbonyl compounds
Marceau, Eric.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	The physicochemical parameters of fifteen honey samples from a wide range of botanical origins were characterized to identify the influence of composition on the formation of alpha-dicarbonyl compounds during heating. Color, pH, moisture content, water activity, hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF), sugar and…
Fecha:	2008
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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31.

Sterile medfly males of the TSL Vienna 8 genetic sexing strain display improved mating performance with ginger root oil.
PARANHOS, B. A. J. - MCLNNIS, D. - URAMOTO, K. - DAMASCENO, I. - GONÇALVES, N. - ALVES, R. M. - COSTA, M. de L. - WALDER, J. - MALAVASI, A. - NASCIMENTO, A.

Formato:	Artigo em anais de congresso (ALICE)
Enlaces:	2008
Fecha:	2011-04-09
Recurso:	Repositório Acesso Livre à Informação Científica da Embrapa (ALICE)

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32.

Investigating the neural organisation of response selection and response conflict during language production using functional magnetic resonance imaging and repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation
Tremblay, Pascale.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Motor response selection is the process by which an intention to act is transformed into an action; this multifaceted process occurs at the interface between cognitive and motor systems. Despite the importance of response selection, the nature and neural implementation…
Fecha:	2008
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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33.

Creaturely pleasures : the representation of animals in early modern drama
Margalit, Yael.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	This dissertation addresses the profound influence that the shared experience of humans and animals had on the poetics of early modern drama. With reference to a selection of early modern comedies and a range of non-literary texts that includes natural…
Fecha:	2008
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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34.

Understanding the individual turnover decision as a temporal process : an interpretive study of physicians
Klag, Malvina.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Though turnover researchers have called for a deeper understanding of the temporal and contextualized process of individual voluntary turnover, little empirical progress in this direction has been made. Adopting Price's (1977) dynamic conceptualization of turnover as moving from one social…
Fecha:	2008
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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35.

Community, marine rights, and sea tenure : a political ecology of marine conservation in two Bohol villages in central Philippines
Guieb, Eulalio R.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	This study focuses on communities in conservation in central Philippines, with reference to marine protected areas. It analyzes communities as intersections of multiple actors with stratified interests and power, involving complex processes of place-making, ecological knowledge, tenure, governance, markets, and…
Fecha:	2008
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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36.

The role of transposons in shaping plant genomes /
Juretic, Nikoleta.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Transposons, also known as transposable elements (TEs), are genetic elements capable of changing their location in the genome and amplifying in number. Because of their ability to cause mutations in the host genome, often with detrimental consequences to the host,…
Fecha:	2008
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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37.

Family caregivers of palliative cancer patients at home : the puzzle of pain management
Mehta, Anita, 1973-

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Pain requiring treatment is experienced by many cancer patients at the end of life. When these patients stay at home, family caregivers are often directly implicated in pain management. There are few studies that examine the process that these family…
Fecha:	2008
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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38.

Making homes smoke-free : the impact of an empowerment intervention for parents
Herbert, Rosemary, 1955-

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	One-third of American children under the age of 18 years and one in ten Canadian children aged 0-11 years are exposed to environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) predisposing them to multiple health problems. Although several intervention strategies to reduce ETS exposure…
Fecha:	2008
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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39.

Development of a QCM-D based biosensor for detection of waterborne E. coli O157:H7
Poitras, Charles.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	The contamination of drinking water by microbial pathogens is recognized as one of the most pressing water supply problems of our day. To minimize the impact of pathogens and parasites on the environment and public health, accurate methods are needed…
Fecha:	2008
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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40.

Eliciting preferences sequentially using partially observable Markov decision processes
Zawaideh, Zaid

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Decision Support systems have been gaining in importance recently. Yet one of the bottlenecks of designing such systems lies in understanding how the user values different decision outcomes, or more simply what the user preferences are. Preference elicitation promises to…
Fecha:	2008
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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41.

Pro1853 - A mitochondrial complex I assembly factor
Silva Neiva, Lissiene

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	In most eukaryotes, efficient energy generation depends on the presence of a functional mitochondrial respiratory chain. The respiratory chain is composed of five protein complexes, with dozens of accessory factors that participate and are essential to their correct assembly. However,…
Fecha:	2008
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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42.

The knowledge in knowledge management
Nickols, Fred

Formato:	Article
Enlaces:	Descripción completa.
Fecha:	2011-03-02
Recurso:	Universidad Veracruzana

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43.

Building a Knowledge Management Model at Brazil's Embrapa (Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation): Towards a Knowledge-Based View of Organizations.
ALVARENGA NETO, R. C. D. de - VIEIRA, J. L. G.

Formato:	Artigo em periódico indexado (ALICE)
Enlaces:	This paper investigates and analyses the process of building a knowledge management (KM) model at Brazil‟s Embrapa (The Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation). Embrapa is a world class knowledge organization whose mission is to provide feasible solutions for the sustainable development…
Fecha:	2012-09-18
Recurso:	Repositório Acesso Livre à Informação Científica da Embrapa (ALICE)

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44.

Pedagogical reflection in statistics instruction, Pedagogical reflection
Cumyn, Lucy A.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Today, education is arguably one of the most important facets used to prepare and train students for the future. Society expects that students will acquire the requisite knowledge and competence in their respective fields to prepare them to successfully navigate…
Fecha:	2008
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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45.

Pathogenesis of HIV-1 nef in adult mice
Rahim, Mir Munir Ahmed, 1975-

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Development of a suitable animal model of AIDS is much needed in AIDS research to study infection and pathogenesis as well as to evaluate methods of prevention and treatment of HIV infection. Small animals such as rodents are attractive candidates…
Fecha:	2008
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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46.

Production and biodegradation of dissolved carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus from Canadian forest floors
Turgeon, Julie.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Dissolved organic matter (DOM) is operationally defined as soluble/colloidal material passing through a 0.45mum filter paper. The importance of DOM in soils relies on its role in soil formation and weathering processes, plant and microbial assimilation and soil and water…
Fecha:	2008
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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47.

The role of Nm23-H1 in uveal melanoma /
Bakalian, Silvin.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Uveal Melanoma (UM) is the most common malignant intra-ocular tumor in adults. Despite the high accuracy of clinical diagnosis and advances in local treatment, more than 50% of UM patients develop metastasis within ten years of initial diagnosis. NM23 is…
Fecha:	2008
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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48.

Numerical study of a tornado-like vortex in a supercell storm
Santos, Jorge Ruben.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Recent observations and numerical simulations have significantly improved our understanding of tornadic storms. However, our knowledge of tornado-genesis remains rudimentary. Necessary atmospheric conditions favoring the formation of tornadoes in supercell storms are known, but sufficient conditions remain elusive. The underlying…
Fecha:	2008
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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49.

Calculation of water and graphite perturbation correction factors for the NACP-02 plane-parallel ionization chamber in high-energy electron beams
Chin, Erika

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	For megavoltage electron beams, current dosimetry protocols assume well-guarded plane-parallel ionization chambers have electron perturbation correction factors of unity. Papers by other researchers have shown the contrary. The National Physical Laboratory (NPL), Teddington UK, has an electron calibration service that…
Fecha:	2008
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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50.

Geographic information systems in the application of precision agriculture for sustainable sugarcane production in the Republic of Panama
Mazumdar, Sohinee

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Geographic Information Systems (GIS) have revolutionized the development of the sophisticated resource management method known as Precision Agriculture (PA). PA involves the wise management of agricultural inputs based on knowledge of soil and plant health heterogeneity over a field, in…
Fecha:	2008
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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51.

Characterization of distinct and conserved features between ciliate and vertebrate telomerases
Marie-Egyptienne, Delphine

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Telomeres are nucleoprotein structures that protect the ends of chromosomes from recombination and fusion. Telomeres are prefentially maintained by the enzyme telomerase. Telomerase is a reverse transcriptase, minimally composed of two core components, a catalytic subunit, TElomerase Reverse Transcriptase (TERT)…
Fecha:	2008
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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52.

An investigation of soil-tunnel interaction in multi-layer ground
Nunes, Miguel Antonio

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Urbanisation is a phenomenon that has continued undisturbed since the rise of the industrial era. As the populations of cities increase so do the needs and demands associated with urban expansion. These include the provision of adequate infrastructure to support…
Fecha:	2008
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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53.

Coatepec: The Great Temple of the Aztecs, recreating a metaphorical state of dwelling
De Orduna Mercado, Santiago

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	The present study examines the Great Temple of the Aztecs as it has been seen through the eyes of different people through time. It does not intend to be a comprehensive history of the Temple's interpretations, as many important viewpoints…
Fecha:	2008
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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54.

Nature, reasons, and moral meaningfulness
Charette, Pierre

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	The "anthropology of moral life", or "moral anthropology", is an approach to moral philosophy which I take to have been initiated by Peter Strawson, and developed, independently and in different ways, by David Wiggins and Daniel Dennett. I take the…
Fecha:	2008
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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55.

Characterization of ABC transporters in both mammalian cells (ABCG2, ABCC2)and «plasmodium falciparum (Pgh1)»
Leimanis, Mara Laura

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	In the first part of the thesis two ABC transporters in mammalian cells are explored. Initially, the expression of members of the ABC family of transporters in erythrocytes was measured. It was found that ABCG2 (also known as the breast…
Fecha:	2008
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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56.

Modeling of urban tree growth with artificial intelligence and multivariate statistics
Jutras, Pierre

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	The urban environment induces severe ecological conditions that impair tree growth. This situation is of major concern to municipal administrations that devote large budgets to arboricultural programmes. To adequately preserve arboreal heritage, three main issues must be resolved. First, biotic…
Fecha:	2008
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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57.

Proof theoretical foundations for constructive Description Logic
Clément, Ian

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Description logics (DLs) are a family of knowledge representation languages to describe concepts in a given domain. While we can define the semantics of description logics using, for example, a translation into first-order logic, so far the proof-theoretic nature of…
Fecha:	2008
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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58.

Thermal conductivity measurement using the 3-omega technique: applications to power harvesting microsystems
de Koninck, David Andrew

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	The optimal design of power generating microsystems requires accurate knowledge of the thermal properties of their constituent materials at the appropriate length scale. The goal of this thesis was to build an apparatus for measuring the thermal conductivity of thermally-insulating…
Fecha:	2008
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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59.

Pre-feeding sensorimotor stimulation as an early intervention strategy to enhance oral feeding skills in preterm infants
Fucile, Sandra

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Preterm infants are at high risk of encountering oral feeding difficulties. Safe and successful oral feeding entails the ability to coordinate suck, swallow, and respiration processes. Achievement of such coordination necessitates the function of multiple systems, including musculoskeletal, cardio-respiratory, gastrointestinal,…
Fecha:	2008
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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60.

Exploring rural family physicians' learning from a web-based continuing medical education program on Alzheimer's disease: a pilot study
Luconi, Francesca

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Physicians' online learning has been gaining attention in the continuing medical education (CME) literature. This descriptive multiple case study investigated rural family physicians's (RFPs) learning about early Alzheimer's disease (AD) from an online continuing medical education (OCME) program. To overcome…
Fecha:	2008
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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61.

Hegel's concept of religion
Chetelat, James Pierre

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	In this dissertation I explore how Hegel conceives of the practice of religion. Religion for Hegel cannot be the relationship between humans and a transcendent being, since, as I argue, Hegel's God is not a being of the transcendent sort,…
Fecha:	2008
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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62.

Optimization techniques for distributed Verilog simulation
Li, Lijun

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Moore's Law states that computational power will roughly double every 18 months. To the semiconductor designer, this means the never-ending challenge of bringing increasingly larger and more complex ICs (Integrated Circuits) to market. It is well known that the principle…
Fecha:	2008
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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63.

Cancer prevention and the human papillomavirus vaccine:psychosocial and behavioural factors involved in vaccination decision-making
Krawczyk, Andrea

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	The purpose of the present thesis was to examine psychosocial and behavioural factors associated with the decision-making process involved in uptake of the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine. In Canada, the HPV vaccine has been approved for women and men aged…
Fecha:	2012
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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64.

B-boy (dance) cipher: an innovative knowledge community's shared activity
Lefebvre, Haidee

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	My study focuses on b-boying, the archetype of hiphop dance, to better understand the informal teaching and learning processes embodied in the freestyle or raw b-boy cipher (improvisational dance circle). I draw from an ethnographic approach to investigate how hiphop…
Fecha:	2012
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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65.

The SpatialCIM methodology for spatial document coverage disambiguation and the entity recognition process aided by linguistic techniques.
VARGAS, R. N. P. - MOURA, M. F. - SPERANZA, E. A. - RODRIGUEZ, E. - REZENDE, S. O.

Formato:	Artigo em anais de congresso (ALICE)
Enlaces:	Abstract. Nowadays it is becoming more usual for users to take into account the geographical localization of the documents in the retrieval information process. However, the conventional retrieval information systems based on key-word matching do not consider which words can…
Fecha:	2013-02-06
Recurso:	Repositório Acesso Livre à Informação Científica da Embrapa (ALICE)

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66.

An analytical model of the relationship knowledge, learning, innovation and sustainability.
CABRAL, J. E. de O. - COSTA, M. da P. B.

Formato:	Artigo em anais de congresso (ALICE)
Enlaces:	2010
Fecha:	2011-03-10
Recurso:	Repositório Acesso Livre à Informação Científica da Embrapa (ALICE)

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67.

Pharmacotherapy of childhood attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder: the impact of information interventions on parental knowledge, attitudes and their child's adherence to medication
Gomes, Paul

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Objective: Despite the established effectiveness of medication in improving symptoms of attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) (Spencer et al 2000), rates of adherence to pharmacotherapy are low, ranging from 34% to 91% (Gau et al., 2006). Since higher adherence rates are…
Fecha:	2012
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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68.

Using AI in knowledge management : knowledge bases and ontologies
O'Learly, Daniel E.

Formato:	Article
Enlaces:	Descripción completa.
Fecha:	2011-03-03
Recurso:	Universidad Veracruzana

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69.

Knowledge mapping : the consolidation of the technology management discipline
Pelc, Karol I.

Formato:	Article
Enlaces:	Descripción completa.
Fecha:	2011-03-14
Recurso:	Universidad Veracruzana

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70.

Learner, text, and context factors on conceptual change in biology
Trevors, Gregory

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	This thesis investigated how instructional environments might be optimally designed for all students to restructure prior knowledge and learn counter-intuitive science concepts, referred to as conceptual change. Three independent variables were examined in relation to real-time cognitive processes and subsequent…
Fecha:	2012
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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71.

Governance, sociotechnical systems and knowledge society: Challenges and reflections
Balloni, Antonio José - Bermejo, Paulo Henrique de Souza - Holm, Jeanne - Tonelli, Adriano Olimpio

Formato:	Artigo
Enlaces:	http://www.igi-global.com/chapter/governance-sociotechnical-systems-knowledge-society/66970
Fecha:	2013-08-30
Recurso:	Universidade Federal de Lavras - UFLA

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72.

Meaningful main effects or intriguing interactions? examining the influences of epistemic beliefs and knowledge representations on cognitive processing and conceptual change when learning physics
Franco, Gina

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	The purpose of this study was to investigate the role of epistemic beliefs and knowledge representations in cognitive and metacognitive processing and conceptual change when learning about physics concepts through text. Specifically, I manipulated the representation of physics concepts in…
Fecha:	2012
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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73.

Beliefs and motives behind the paper: examining relations between epistemic beliefs, achievement goals, writing strategies, and academic writing achievement
Duffy, Melissa

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Throughout university, students are required to complete complex writing tasks that involve a host of cognitive and metacognitive strategies, yet little is known about the differences in students' approach to the writing process. In particular, the role of students' beliefs…
Fecha:	2012
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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74.

Placebos in medicine: from conceptualizations in medical school to integration in clinical practice
Campbell, Natasha

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Placebo effects constitute context-dependent medical phenomena, and exemplify the link between psychosocial factors and physiological processes. By surveying medical students (Study 1) and practicing physicians (Study 2), the present thesis explores the knowledge and attitudes towards the role of placebos,…
Fecha:	2012
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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75.

Text classification using labels derived from structured knowledge representations
Perreault, Mathieu

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Structured knowledge representations are becoming central to the area of Information Science. Search engines companies have said that constructing an entity graph is the key to classifying their enormous corpus of documents in order to provide more relevant results to…
Fecha:	2012
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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76.

The effect of scarcity on product evaluation
Lee, Seung Yun

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Marketers often use scarcity to influence consumers, with announcements such as "limited quantities," "until stocks last," "few tickets left for this event," "limited time offer," or "24 hour sale." Past research indicates that scarcity often has a positive effect on…
Fecha:	2012
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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77.

Computerized interface control documents
Rahmani, Keyvan

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Interfaces between subsystems in collaborative product development projects are presently defined by interface control documents. These documents are created after agreements are made between designers on how to design subsystem interfaces. The designers must commit to the definitions given by…
Fecha:	2012
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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78.

Publication bias and quality of reporting of Pharmacodynamic Studies utilizing invasive research procedures within early phase cancer trials
Freeman, Georgina

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Invasive research procedures, such as biopsy for pharmacodynamic study, often have no value for patient-volunteers in terms of diagnosis or clinical management. Accordingly, their burdens are generally justifiable only by appeal to knowledge value (that is, the benefit to future…
Fecha:	2012
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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79.

Measurements and modelling of evapotranspiration to assess agricultural water productivity in basins with changing land use patterns: a case study in the Sao Francisco River basin, Brazil.
TEIXEIRA, A. H. de C.

Formato:	Teses/dissertações (ALICE)
Enlaces:	The São Francisco River basin in Brazil is marked by socio-economic disparities and environrnental vulnerabilities. Water managers in the semi-arid region of the basin are faced with several challenges, such as competition among different water user groups, local over-exploitation of…
Fecha:	2008-11-17
Recurso:	Repositório Acesso Livre à Informação Científica da Embrapa (ALICE)

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80.

Scientia in Twelfth Century philosophy in the Latin West
Nájera Carvajal, Rafael

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	This thesis a study of the notion of scientia in thinkers of the Latin West in the twelfth century. Scientia is a Latin word that has served to refer to important conceptions of science. Important in medieval philosophy is its…
Fecha:	2012
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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81.

Case-based reasoning for the creative design of electromagnetic devices
Ouyang, Jun

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Design is concerned with the question of how to construct an artifact or system to meet the desired specification and is normally categorized as either routine, non-routine or creative. Up until now, the study of knowledge-based design has concentrated on…
Fecha:	2012
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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82.

Towards the identification of family physician learning needs through a reflective process
Lewis, Denice

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Background Continuing professional development stakeholders are continually searching for better ways of collecting and using data to determine the educational needs of physicians. Research questions1) What, if any, family physician learning needs are revealed through the reflective process prompted by…
Fecha:	2012
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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83.

In search of a citizenship education model for a democratic multireligious Indonesia: case studies of two public senior high schools in Jakarta
Syafruddin, Didin

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Concerned with interreligious conflict in Indonesia, this study seeks to describe and evaluate the current citizenship education that has been designed and implemented for a democratic multireligious Indonesia. The context for the study, outlined in Chapters 1 and 2, is…
Fecha:	2012
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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84.

The role of teachers' pedagogical and subject-matter knowledge in planning and enacting science-inquiry instruction and in assessing students' science-inquiry learning
Birlean, Camelia

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	This study explored the relation between pedagogical knowledge and subject-matter knowledge, in the context of inquiry-driven science instruction, and their relation to instructors' performance in the instructional process. This multiple case study focused on three distinct categories of teachers--Novice in…
Fecha:	2012
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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85.

Show me the truth: the conditions of possibility for the invention of photography
Delmas, Didier

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	The popularization of science during the eighteenth century generated, toward the end of the century, an epistemological anxiety that reached all levels of the population from the most literate scientist to the poorest peasant, the expert in differential calculus like…
Fecha:	2012
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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86.

Utilizing metadata as a knowledge communication tool
Stephens, R. Todd

Formato:	Presentation
Enlaces:	Descripción completa.
Fecha:	2011-03-17
Recurso:	Universidad Veracruzana

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87.

Digital collections and the management of knowledge : renaissance emblem literature as a case study for the digitalization of rare texts and images
Wade, Mara R.

Formato:	Book
Enlaces:	Descripción completa.
Fecha:	2011-03-22
Recurso:	Universidad Veracruzana

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88.

Doing science
Grinnell, Fred

Formato:	Article
Enlaces:	Descripción completa.
Fecha:	2011-03-23
Recurso:	Universidad Veracruzana

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89.

The use of concepts maps during knowledge elicitation in ontology development processes : the nutrigenomics use case
García Castro, Alexander

Formato:	Article
Enlaces:	Descripción completa.
Fecha:	2011-03-23
Recurso:	Universidad Veracruzana

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90.

Implementing topic maps... : 4 Crucial steps to successful enterprise knowledge management

Formato:	Other
Enlaces:	Descripción completa.
Fecha:	2011-03-11
Recurso:	Universidad Veracruzana

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91.

Biodiversity and human nutrition in a landscape mosaic of farms and forests in the East Usambara Mountains, Tanzania
Powell, Bronwen

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	This dissertation sought to add to knowledge of the links between human and ecosystem health by examining relationships between biodiversity and human nutrition in the East Usambara Mountains, Tanzania. Grounded in a theoretical framework drawing from systems approaches to human…
Fecha:	2012
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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92.

Alterations in translational control by eIF4E-Homologous Protein (4EHP)
Henderson, Valerie

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Tight, yet dynamic, control of translation is critical in order for the cell to respond appropriately to intracellular and extracellular cues. This translational control is achieved by modulating the rate of translation in an mRNA-specific or global manner, often by…
Fecha:	2012
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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93.

The algebra of topological quantum computing
Evans, Julia

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Topological quantum computing is an approach to the problem of implementingquantum gates accurately and robustly. The idea is to exploit topological propertiesof certain quasiparticles called anyons to obtain a proposed implementation of quan-tum computing which is inherently fault-tolerant. The mathematical…
Fecha:	2012
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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94.

Vibration measurements on the widely exposed gerbil eardrum
He, Zinan

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Hearing loss is one of the most common birth defects. Early identification of hearing loss is very important because even a mild hearing loss can seriously delay language development and compromise communication, educational and social capabilities. Tympanometry is a promising…
Fecha:	2012
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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95.

A mobile device based identity validation system for online social networks
Shi, Yiwei

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Currently, online social networks (OSNs) do not provide validation mechanisms to verify the identity of a user who is seeking linkage with another user. This shortfall is exploited by attackers to infiltrate other people's social circles to gain access to…
Fecha:	2012
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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96.

Questions concerning architectural machines: or 'pataphysics in early modern architecture
Olshavsky, Peter

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	The primary contention of this study is that there are ways to orient architecture other than technological concerns. By studying the nature of architectural machines and their changes through history, their reduction to instrumental and aesthetic concerns is shown to…
Fecha:	2012
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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97.

Learning on the picket line: investigating a politico-administrative regime
Sunar, Nakita

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	In September 2011, approximately 1700 unionized non-academic staff at McGill University in Montreal, Quebec went on strike. Using institutional/political activist ethnography, this study examines the informal learning of non-academic staff during the strike and assesses how their experiences are coordinated…
Fecha:	2012
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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98.

Perceptions and attitudes of McGill dental students towards poverty: a case study
Reis, Clarice

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Context: Evidence shows a strong positive correlation between poverty and numerous adverse health conditions, including oral health diseases. Low-income individuals face barriers in accessing and receiving dental care services due to many causes including tensions in their relationship with dentists.…
Fecha:	2012
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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99.

Vulnerability of Inuit women's food system to climate change in the context of multiple socio-economic stresses - a case study of Arviat, Nunavut
Beaumier, Maude

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Nunavut has the highest incidence of food insecurity in Canada, where 56% of Inuit households are believed to experience difficulties in obtaining sufficient food. Food insecurity occurs when food systems are stressed such that adequate nutrition is not accessible, available,…
Fecha:	2012
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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100.

On estimation and testing for change points in the hazard density from right censored prevalent cohort survival data
Rabhi, Yassir

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	A practical concern of many studies in survival analysis is the study of the risk patterns of a disease, mortality, or other time-related event in a population. The structural change of these patterns are usually explored via the hazard function,…
Fecha:	2012
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL