Résumé
La présente thèse doctorale vise à déterminer sous quelles conditions la garde non-maternelle est associée (positivement/négativement) au niveau de stress et au développement cognitif des enfants. Elle comporte une recension des écrits et trois articles empiriques.
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Cette thèse vise à mettre en lumière, dans les Essais de Montaigne, un aspect peu connu du débat sur la constance à la fin du seizième siècle. Alors que la vertu de constance devient à cette époque un enjeu philosophique…

Este trabajo analiza algunos relatos de viajes extraordinarios de los siglos XVII y XVIII cuyo objetivo era reconstruir la primitiva lengua adámica que se hablaba en toda la tierra antes de la maldición bíblica de Babel. Dicha lengua, en virtud…

This thesis focuses upon the traditional ecological knowledge of southeastern Hudson Bay Inuit. It provides a detailed assessment of Inuit use and knowledge of a single species, the Hudson Bay Eider (Somateria mollissima sedentaria). Data collected on Inuit classifications of…

This thesis presents the development of an intelligent CAD system (ICADS) for DC machines. This system was implemented on a PC using Common Lisp provided by Gold Works II and connected with a Sun Workstation working under the Unix system…

The present experiment was designed to investigate the effects of staging (the sequencing of information) and readers' prior content knowledge on the on-line processing and acquisition of procedural text information. An "expert model" of the procedure was used to manipulate…

The purpose of the study was to develop, implement and evaluate a skill assessment instrument to evaluate expertise in defensive football. The Skill Assessment Scale: Defensive Backs (SAS:DB) was based on a knowledge-based approach to sport expertise which emphasized the…

Food choices, food purchases and convenience food preparation by a group of mildly intellectually handicapped students are investigated. These students attend John Grant High School, in Lachine, Quebec, for continued academic intervention and vocational training. Results indicate most of these…

Undergraduates' conceptual knowledge of important concepts in a Pre-historic Archaeology course was investigated with a pre-post open-ended test procedure. Students were randomly assigned to one of three levels of a concept mapping intervention. All students were given an introductory lecture…

Hasta la fecha, el conocimiento tecnológico ha estado diluido en los conocimientos generales que brinda la escuela, y lo fundamental se adquiere informalmente en las actividades de la vida cotidiana. La Educación en Tecnología es un saber que permite la…