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The analogy between virtue and crafts in Plato's early dialogues /
Tankha, Vijay

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	This thesis investigates Plato's analogy between virtue and crafts, a comparison made extensively in the early dialogues. I first detail the model of technical knowledge that Plato uses as a paradigm of knowledge. An application of this model shows the…
Fecha:	1990
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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Un environnement pour l'acquisition des connaissances et le dev́eloppement de systemes experts constructifs /
Lamontagne, François R. (François René)

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	This thesis presents a development environment for Design Expert Systems that features a new language where the roles of knowledge and the way it is brought to bear are predefined by the solution method., The language also allows knowledge to…
Fecha:	1990
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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Benefits adults attribute to their participation in a university continuing education management certificate program
Clark, Fiona

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	McGill management certificates are credit continuing education programs. Perceptions of the benefits achieved through participation were investigated, surveying 1424 students in four cohorts: entrants, graduates, alumni and withdrawn., Goals of entrants factored into six categories: career development, gaining knowledge, fulfiling…
Fecha:	1990
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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Analysing justice and response orientations in moral reasoning
Keefer, Matthew Wilks

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	This thesis examined the knowledge and processes that adults use to reason about moral dilemmas. Two contrasting analyses of moral reasons, Kohlberg's justice orientation and Gilligan's response orientation, were reviewed and criticized. From this a Moral Reasoning Grammar which formally…
Fecha:	1990
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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Metacognition in learning-disabled gifted students
Hannah, C. Lynne (Cornelia Lynne)

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	In recent years, research with students identified as academically gifted has focused on what processes enable these students to perform at high levels of ability. The present study was carried out in the context of exploring the role of metacognition…
Fecha:	1990
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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An interval mathematics package for computer-aided design in electromagnetics /
Brett, Craig, 1965-

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Recent developments in CAD for electromagnetic devices have utilized knowledge-based programming techniques to simplify the task of design process automation. The ultimate goal is to duplicate the role an expert designer performs in synthesizing devices such as transformers, motors, and…
Fecha:	1990
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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Co-management as transaction : the Kuskokwim River Salmon Management Working Group
Albrecht, Daniel E. (Daniel Edward)

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	This thesis focuses on transactional process involved in the construction and operation of the Kuskokwim River Salmon Management Working Group. This cooperative wildlife management mechanism gives Yup'ik commercial and subsistence fishermen and other users a direct role, with the Alaska…
Fecha:	1990
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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Determining finite element mesh density from problem specification usng neural networks
Dyck, Derek

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	This thesis addresses the problem of how to determine the optimum level of mesh discretization required to solve a magnetic device accurately and efficiently using finite elements. Currently, most finite element packages require user intervention to assure that the mesh…
Fecha:	1990
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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The influence of conditions of reading on early literacy development /
Sollars, Valerie

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	This study examines the influence of home, classroom and book-reading conditions on emergent and early readers' developing literacy abilities. The study, done with 60 grade 1 children from the inner-city and more affluent areas of Montreal uses complex multivariate designs…
Fecha:	1990
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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Studies on peptidases of cheddar cheese-associated Lactobacillus casei species
Arora, Gulshan

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Preliminary experiments by API ZYM enzyme system showed that Lactobacillus casei (Lb. casei) subspecies contained low proteinase and high aminopeptidase and esterase-lipase activities, which are the desirable traits of microorganisms to be used as starter adjuncts in Cheddar cheese-making. Six…
Fecha:	1990
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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Strategy in thin industries : essays in the social organization of industry
Lampel, Joseph

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	This dissertation is a study of strategy in thin industries, a class of industries whose members include the aircraft industry, jet engines, heavy electrical equipment, and diesel locomotives. These industries have a number of common features which inter-relate to produce…
Fecha:	1990
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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A longitudinal study of the cognitive and affective development of CEGEP students /
Bateman, Dianne

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	CEGEPs (Colleges d'enseignement general et professionnel) were designed with the aim of developing intellectual abilities in young adults. The purpose of this study was to describe the cognitive and affective abilities of CEGEP students at the beginning and end of…
Fecha:	1990
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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Philosophical perceptions of art and education with emphasis on the analytic philosophy of Nelson Goodman
Wood, Elizabeth J., 1959-

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	An epistemological dichotomy involving two kinds of knowledge has evolved historically since the time of the Greeks. This has led to the isolating from one another of the functions of understanding and evaluation, and to the belief that understanding is…
Fecha:	1990
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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Job motivation of secondary school teachers : an application of the job characteristics theory
Fournier, Nicole Marie Lucille

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	The general purpose of the study was to assess the motivation for a sample of anglophone school teachers using the complete "Job Characteristics Model" designed by Hackman and Oldham (1980)., The findings revealed that the schools were very homogeneous. In…
Fecha:	1990
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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15.

Household headship and the nutritional status of children in western Kenya
Onyango, Adelheid Werimo

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	This study examines how income, household division of power and maternal decision-making ability influence dietary intake and child morbidity. A sample of 154 households with children between one and three years was drawn from six villages in Busia District, western…
Fecha:	1990
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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Hopkinsian influences on the poetry of Dylan Thomas
Searfoss, Kristin

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	While often assumed, Gerard Manley Hopkins' influence on Dylan Thomas has needed substantiation. By placing the issue of Hopkins' influence on Thomas within critical, historical, and literary contexts, this study explores the issue and demonstrates Hopkins' influence. Summary and assessment…
Fecha:	1990
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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Nicolas Poussin's The Four Seasons, Four seasons
Challons, Siu

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Nicolas Poussin's landscapes, The Four Seasons, 1660-1664, have been the subject of extensive analysis because of their enigmatic character and the modulation in Poussin's style in his last years. The meaning of these representations has, however, remained cryptic and, to…
Fecha:	1990
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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18.

Identification of time-varying human joint dynamics
MacNeil, Jon Bart

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	In order to develop a comprehensive model of the motor control system the time-varying nature of joint dynamics must be addressed. However, it has not previously been possible to quantitatively observe changes in joint dynamics during a transition of state.…
Fecha:	1990
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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Gravity and light : looking through the architecture of Jean Cocteau
Galvin, Terrance

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	The thesis examines a select amount of poesie by the artist Jean Cocteau, and through interpretation, explores the architecture of his work. This process of interpretation poses two questions: What is the role of the architect today, compared with his…
Fecha:	1990
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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The influence of an innovative curriculum on the quality of middle-school students' text-based summaries /
Halliday, Frances E. (Frances Elizabeth)

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	This study examines the effects of integrated reading, writing and inquiry instruction combined with direct instruction in summary writing on eighth and sixth grade students' text-based summaries. Forty-two innovative curriculum (IC) and forty-two traditional curriculum (TC) students were matched on…
Fecha:	1990
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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A computer-assisted program in timbral ear training : a preliminary study
Quesnel, René

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	One of the main responsibilities of a sound engineer is to control the quality of the sound during the recording process. An important qualitative aspect of a recording, besides the musicality of the performance, is its timbral content. Proper level…
Fecha:	1990
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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22.

Success and failure in first grade : a sociological account of teachers' perspectives and practice in a public school in Brazil
Veit, Maria Helena Degani

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	This dissertation seeks to identify teachers' perspectives and practices which play a role in the literacy process. The qualitative method was used in the examination of four first-grade classes in a school serving a slum population in Porto Alegre, Brazil.,…
Fecha:	1990
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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Primary schooling and agricultural education in Kenya : can principles of "modern" agriculture be taught effectively in schools?
Abagi, Jared O. (Jared Okwach)

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	This study explored the teaching of agriculture in Kenya's primary schools. It sought in particular to determine how the principles of "modern" agriculture may be taught effectively., Previous studies on education and agricultural productivity have ignored the mechanisms through which…
Fecha:	1990
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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On literary expertise : the description of a fictional narrative by experts and novices
Graves, Barbara

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	The objective of this research is to provide an account of literary expertise by examining literary experts and students in English Literature as they describe a fictional narrative. The experimental text is a complex narrative conveyed by means of character…
Fecha:	1990
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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25.

Conviction in the everyday : Joseph Conrad and skepticism
Smith, Jeremy Mark

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Heart of Darkness, Chance, and Lord Jim can be described as philosophical works if considered in light of "ordinary language" philosophy. Conrad wrestled with skepticism much as Wittgenstein later would, but his struggle with the "bewitchment" of skeptical thinking took…
Fecha:	1990
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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Constraints and their satisfaction in the recovery of local surface structure
Lagarde, Jean W. (Jean Wilfrid)

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	This thesis deals with the problem of recovering the local structure of surfaces from discrete range data. It is assumed that this recovery is done mostly in a bottom-up fashion, that is, without the help of a priori knowledge about…
Fecha:	1990
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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27.

Zinc oxide thin film fabrication, characterization and application to acoustic fibers
Tang, Zhirong

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	High quality, well oriented Zinc Oxide polycrystal thin films on oriented Si crystal surfaces and amorphous SiO$ sb2$/Si, Corning Glass and Al/SiO$ sb2$/Si substrates have been produced by a DC conical reactive S-GUN magnetron sputtering technique. X-Ray diffraction measurements, scanning…
Fecha:	1990
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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The temporal and spatial organization of the evoked potential in the cat somatosensory cortex : a voltage and a current source density analysis
Hoeltzell, Perry Bruno

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	This thesis describes the temporal and spatial organization of the somatosensory evoked potential in the cat in response to small punctate mechanical stimuli applied to the forepaw. The evoked potential was shown to be spatially and temporally stable as well…
Fecha:	1990
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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Production of caseins using extrusion technology
Fichtali, Jaouad

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Preliminary experiments indicated that an acid casein co-precipitate could be produced by extrusion from skim milk powder (SMP). In assessing the problems encountered, experiments were designed to model and optimize the coagulation/washing process using response surface methodology (RSM), to minimize…
Fecha:	1990
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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30.

Infidelity, the novel, and the law
Leckie, Barbara

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	This thesis examines the sociolegal context of the representation of infidelity in the Anglo-American novel. It locates the first serious Anglo-American treatment of infidelity in the novels of Henry James and Ford Madox Ford; and it situates these writers for…
Fecha:	1990
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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Toward an integrated development communication strategy : an analysis of the SADCC case
Mukasa, Stanford Garikayi

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	This thesis reflects an attempt at a theoretical and methodological retaxonomization of development communication research in the aftermath of theory failure in the traditional communication approach to development--a failure largely attributed to the inadequacy of research methods in giving a…
Fecha:	1990
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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Age and stage based analysis of the population dynamics of beluga whales, Delphinapterus leucas, with particular reference to the northern Quebec population
Doidge, D. W. (David William)

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	The vital rates of beluga, Delphinapterus leucas, harvested in northern Quebec are within the range reported by previous studies in Alaska and the Canadian and Soviet Arctic. Small sample size and inadequate estimates of survivorship rates prevent meaningful calculation of…
Fecha:	1990
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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33.

Can the use of cognitive and metacognitive self-regulated learning strategies be predicted by learners' levels of prior knowledge in Hypermedia-learning environments?
Taub, Michelle

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Research on self-regulated learning (SRL) in hypermedia-learning environments is a growing area of interest. One major issue is the role of prior knowledge, which can influence how students interact with hypermedia-learning systems in terms of their use of SRL strategies.…
Fecha:	2014
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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34.

Development of a KT intervention to promote the use of dance as a therapeutic modality in rehabilitation
Demers, Marika

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Background: Dance is a modality of choice in rehabilitation, because it combines the benefits of aerobic exercise with an enjoyable social activity. Despite the scientific evidence supporting the use of dance in rehabilitation, this treatment modality is rarely used in…
Fecha:	2014
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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35.

The reading comprehension of deaf/hard-of-hearing Jamaican students: the contributions of intellectual ability, sign-language comprehension, vocabulary, knowledge and metacognitive awareness
Dockery, Karla

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	A large number of deaf/hard-of-hearing (hh) students never attain grade-appropriate reading comprehension levels. Studies, primarily with North American and European countries, have established that the median reading comprehension level achieved at graduation is grade 4. The present study sought to…
Fecha:	2014
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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Regularized reinforcement learning with performance guarantees
Milani Fard, Mahdi

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Reinforcement learning covers a broad category of control problems in which the learning agent interacts with the environment in order to learn to maximize the collected utility. Such exploratory interaction is often costly, encouraging sample-efficient algorithms to be used in…
Fecha:	2014
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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An investigation of the role of legends and storytelling in a Kanien’kehá:ka (Mohawk) early childhood facility
Deer, Sandra

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	AbstractThrough the course of our history, Indigenous cultural and spiritual knowledge remains, in many places as faint as the smoke rising from the embers of last nights fire; in other places, with enough flame to ignite another log. In spite…
Fecha:	2014
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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38.

Knowing children: telepathy in Anglo-American fiction, 1846-1946
Holmgren, Lindsay

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	"Knowing Children" describes the means by which telepathic devices present the mind of the child in novels by Charles Dickens, Henry James, William Faulkner, and Carson McCullers. An intellectual interest in the child and childhood flourished not only during the…
Fecha:	2014
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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"They gon' study some [things]": representation of schools and schooling in HBO's «The Wire»
Siam, Habib

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	This qualitative inquiry is a close reading of the representations of public schools and schooling in HBO's television drama The Wire. I pay particular attention to the experiences of school administrators, educators, and students. The Wire draws from the ethnographic…
Fecha:	2014
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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Anxiety and depression among participants in an early ovarian cancer diagnosis program
Grigorie, Maria Simona

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Background: Despite its low incidence, ovarian cancer is associated with very poor prognosis and this is common knowledge in the general population. There is limited knowledge about the levels of anxiety and depression in women who undergo diagnostic testing for…
Fecha:	2014
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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Epistemic beliefs and assessment practices:effects on learning strategies and learning outcomes
Chevrier, Marianne

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	The aim of this thesis was to better understand the impact of different evaluative tasks on student learning by considering the role that learners’ beliefs about knowledge and knowing might have in this relationship. This study explored whether students’ task…
Fecha:	2014
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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The use of laboratory and participatory ergonomic research models to investigate working posture in industry
Antle, David

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Consensus on physical mechanisms linking work posture to discomfort and disorder risk has not been reached. The objective of this dissertation was to use a series of laboratory studies to identify measurements associated with discomfort and disorder risk in lower…
Fecha:	2014
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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Elementary school teachers and the ethics and religious culture course
Pelchat, Alex

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	In 2008, a new course entitled Ethics and Religious Culture was introduced in Quebec for students from first grade to secondary five, with the exception of secondary three students. The implementation of the course was controversial and many parents and…
Fecha:	2014
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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Wellbeing and expression with youth dancing Hip Hop in an urban multiethnic neighborhood
Lyke, Claire

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Situated in a Canadian multiethnic urban neighbourhood, this exploratory study examines the experiences of youth dancing Hip Hop. Critical and performance ethnographic research was conducted at a drop-in Hip Hop class at a community centre using participant observation and dyadic…
Fecha:	2014
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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Habitus, charisma, and hysteresis in the United Arab Republic: a Bourdieu-inspired interpretation
Foldy, Benjamin

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	This thesis synthesizes different elements of Bourdieu’s writings on practice, politics, and charisma to provide a new interpretation of Egypt and Syria’s three-year merger into a unified state, the United Arab Republic (UAR). It begins with a theoretical chapter that…
Fecha:	2014
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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"These aren't the drones you're looking for" secrecy and the weapon legitimation process, 2009-2013
Anderson, Sean

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	This thesis examines variations in specific framing used by the Obama administration and New York Times journalists during the public legitimation process of armed unmanned aerial vehicles. It employs a theoretical framework that examines the socially thick agency created through…
Fecha:	2014
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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The bias of libraries: Montréal's Grande Bibliothèque
Mickiewicz, Paulina Maria

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	This dissertation is centered on the Grande Bibliothèque (GB) which opened in Montreal in the spring of 2005, and was a library project of unprecedented scale in the city. The Grande Bibliothèque project unfolded during a significant moment in the…
Fecha:	2014
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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A multiscale approach to mechancial modeling of a leaf petiole: integrating cell wall, cellular tissues, and structural morphology
Faisal, Md Tanvir

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	A plant is a natural hierarchical structure, which exhibits remarkable mechanical properties. The macro (scale) mechanical properties of a plant are the cumulative outcome of the structural properties of its preceding level of structural hierarchy. To develop engineering structures inspired…
Fecha:	2014
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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Comparison of methodologies for induction motor design
Kibby, Devon

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	In the last few decades, the world of electric machine design, specifically induction machine design, has been reinvigorated by the introduction of power electronics. Where designers were once limited to a single alternating current waveform with constant voltage and frequency,…
Fecha:	2014
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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Determinants of stress reactivity and memory performance in older adults
Sindi, Shireen

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	It is commonly believed that memory capacities decline with advanced age. Among various biological mechanisms investigated, the stress hormone (cortisol) has received much attention. When cortisol levels are elevated, they impair cognitive performance. Yet evidence shows that there is considerable…
Fecha:	2014
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL