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Kierkegaard on knowledge
Piety, Marilyn Gaye

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Almost no work has been done on the substance of Kierkegaard's epistemology. I argue, however, that knowledge plays a much more important role in Kierkegaard's thought than has traditionally been appreciated., There are two basic types of knowledge, according to…
Fecha:	1994
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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Knowledge by presence (al-ʻilm al-ḥuḍûrî) : a comparative study based on the epistemology of Suhrawardî (d. 5871191) and Mullâ Sadrâ Shîrâzî (d. 10501640)
Hejazi, Sayyed Mohammad Reza

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	This is a comparative study of the epistemology of Suhrawardi and Mulla Sadra Shi razi, two Muslim thinkers of the 6th/12th and 11th/17th century. It focuses on two main issues: Illuminative theory of knowledge and, in the framework of this…
Fecha:	1994
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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Ibn Taymiyya's theory of knowledge
Lamotte, Virginie

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	This thesis highlights a new interpretation of the writings of Ibn Taymiyya. Previous scholarship has stressed the legalistic, social or religious aspect, often at the expense of the philosophical content of Ibn Taymiyya's works. The explanatory insight of a study…
Fecha:	1994
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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A methodology for generation of fault diagnostic knowledge
Sandrasegaran, Kumbesan

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	This dissertation presents a methodology for generation of fault diagnostic knowledge from a description of a device. The generated knowledge is to be used in a computer based learning environment for fault diagnostic tasks. In the past, developers of such…
Fecha:	1994
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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Dharmakīrti's account of yogic intuition as a source of knowledge
Prévèreau, Raynald

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Writing in seventh century India, the Buddhist philosopher Dharmakirti developed a system of epistemology in which he recognized yogic intuition as a valid source of knowledge crowning the practice of meditation and capable of causing the psychological transformation necessary for…
Fecha:	1994
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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Computer aided design of circular tunnels using analysis and knowledge-based rules
Brito, Jaime Francisco

Formato:	Thesis
Enlaces:	by Jaime Francisco Brito., Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, 1994., Includes bibliographical references (leaf 348).
Fecha:	2005-08-16
Recurso:	MIT

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An integrated decision support system for backfill design
Huang, Xin, 1958-

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Backfill design is a multi-level, data/information/expertise intensive procedure involving various professional fields. During the life cycle of mining design and operation, a series of decisions are made based on the knowledge and personal experience. The success of mining design depends…
Fecha:	1994
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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Self evaluation in volleyball : a cognitive approach
Alnwick, Margot D. (Margot Deborah)

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	The purpose of this study was to develop, implement and evaluate a self-evaluation instrument that students would be able to use to assess their metacognitive awareness of volleyball skill and knowledge. The Self Evaluation in Volleyball Questionnaire (SEV) was designed…
Fecha:	1994
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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Effectiveness of outreach primary health care in Karachi, Pakistan
Schokking, Ian David

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	This study evaluated the Aga Khan University Urban Primary Health Care Program's effectiveness, six years after implementation in lower-middle class Karachi. The study supplemented surveillance data which showed two-fold improvements in health indicators., One Program and one Comparison area were…
Fecha:	1994
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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Sensory language and the divine-human relationship in the TENAK [i.e. Tanakh]
Humphrey, Francis

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	The five exteroceptive senses are used extensively as metaphors for describing the divine-human relationship in the Old Testament. The thesis seeks to explore the significance of sensory language for understanding the TENAK's perspectives on the relationship between God and mortals.…
Fecha:	1994
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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Language and the system : the closed world of Joseph Heller's fiction
Rojas, René

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	This is a study of the use of language in Joseph Heller's novels Catch-22, Something Happened, Good as Gold, God Knows and Picture This. Heller's fiction is characterized by self-negating sentences and logic, a repetitive story line and circular structure.…
Fecha:	1994
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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12.

The truth of the trace : constructing the power of the medical image
Beaulieu, Anne

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	This thesis traces the developments of imaging technologies used for medical diagnosis. Giddens' sociological theory of modernity serves as a basis for the consideration of the bureaucratisation of medicine and the use of the patient file as source of information…
Fecha:	1994
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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13.

Gauge invariance in perturbation theory
Feng, Yongjian, 1969-

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Gauge theories and their BRST invariance are reviewed. Gauge-invariant (color) subamplitudes for non-Abelian gauge theories are discussed. BRST transformations of non-Abelian vertices are derived, and are used to obtain the gauge transformation of any Feynman diagram. From this minimal set…
Fecha:	1994
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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14.

"...wurze und aller crûte craft und arzâtlîche meisterschaft..." : zur Darstellung der heilkundigen Frauen in den mittelhochdeutschen hüfischen Epen
Simon, Mary

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Women have been healers since the dawn of humankind. They had learned their medical skills in a natural way since, as child bearers, they were also the first midwives, nurses, health carers, apothecaries and physicians., That women were skilled in…
Fecha:	1994
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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15.

Mother's problem solving in relation to child nutrition in the Philippines
Ticao, Cynthia J.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	This study examined Filipino mothers' problem solving on issues related to child feeding, using a dyadic, peer-help approach. The participants were mothers of children under 6 years of age from the town of Camaligan, in the southern Philippines, where malnutrition…
Fecha:	1994
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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Reasoning about therapeutic and patient management plans in respiratory medicine by physicians & medical students
Chaturvedi, Rakesh K.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Recently, there has been extensive research in the area of diagnostic expertise. The model of diagnostic reasoning and clinical expertise has been well documented (Patel et al., in press). This study attempts to extend this research in order to include…
Fecha:	1994
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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17.

Between document and monument : architectural artifact in an age of specialized institutions
Savas, Aysen

Formato:	Thesis
Enlaces:	This dissertation is a critical analysis of the transformations in the definition of a modem architectural artifact and the artifact's changing status in an institutional context. This work develops on a series of themes which proceed on the assumption that…
Fecha:	2005-08-16
Recurso:	MIT

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18.

Early doctrine of the Shiåh, according to the Shī̊ī sources
Clarke, Lynda, 1956-

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Well before the Occultation of the Twelfth imam in 330/942 and before the time of the great Shi 'i theologians such as al-Shaykh al-Mufi d (d. 413/1022), the Shi 'ah had constructed their own integral and elaborate system of thought.…
Fecha:	1994
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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Promoting the acquisition of active knowledge with the use of computer multimedia : establishing a theoretical basis for guidelines in instructional software design
Auclair, Christian

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	The multimedia computer is a relatively new product that is capable of presenting information through a variety of media such as text, animation, video & sound. Commercial developers, researchers and other multimedia advocates have been making claims about the potential…
Fecha:	1994
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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20.

Computer software for the control of potato storage environment
Landry, Jacques-André

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Much research has proven that computer controlled vegetable storage can achieve better storage conditions than traditional control systems. During the last 10 years, the use of microcomputer-based environmental control systems has become commonplace. However, to take full advantage of this…
Fecha:	1994
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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21.

A dialogue manager for a spoken dialogue system
Hermannsdóttir, Sigríður Helga

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	One way to reduce the complexity of the speech recognition is to use syntactic, semantic and pragmatic information to predict the next input of the user. In spoken dialogue systems pragmatic information can include knowledge about the dialogue domain, dialogue…
Fecha:	1994
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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22.

An analysis of the strategies used by intellectually disabled children when learning to add small numbers
Poth, Katalin N.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	There has been a growing trend towards integrating persons with disabilities into community life. Mathematics is important to the success of such an initiative, but very little attention has been given to this area. This paper presents the results of…
Fecha:	1994
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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23.

Seismic response of precast concrete wall panels
Bristowe, Stuart J. (Stuart James)

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Precast concrete structures are not widely used in severe seismic regions due the limited knowledge of the response of these systems to reversed cyclic loading. A series of four precast concrete wall panels were tested to evaluate their response to…
Fecha:	1994
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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24.

Comparison of feedback generated by subject matter and learner experts during formative evaluation
Tremblay, Diana

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	The literature on formative evaluation advocates the use of both subject matter and learner experts to review instructional materials, yet there has been little research to support this recommendation. The present study investigates the distinguishing characteristics of these two expert…
Fecha:	1994
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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25.

Rule-based stop recognition with the Karhunen-Loeve transform
Morgan, Siân Yvette

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	This thesis proposes a speaker-independent, continuous-speech stop recognition algorithm. The method incorporates knowledge into the system by means of rules whose conditions are linked to acoustic events. Coarticulatory effects present in the speech are taken into account with the analysis…
Fecha:	1994
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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26.

Flutter and forced aileron oscillation analyses of an aircraft wing including the effect of the nonlinear wing-fold hinge
Vermaut, Mahendra

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	A methodology is presented to calculate the response of a wing as well as the aerodynamic forces on the wing, due to forced aileron oscillations. The purpose of oscillating the ailerons in flight is to excite the vibration modes of…
Fecha:	1994
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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27.

A philosophical examination of recent clinical and theoretical psychoanalysis
Massicotte, William J.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	The philosophy of psychoanalysis is distinguished from psychoanalysis. An account of psychoanalysis is developed in progressively more detail. Recently published material is assessed, e.g., Bion's. Some older literature objects to an inaccurate account of psychoanalysis. This problem is avoided by…
Fecha:	1994
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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28.

The collaborative process as seen through children's disagreements while learning science
Barfurth, Marion A.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	The emphasis in mathematics and science education on children actively constructing their own knowledge, collaborating with each other and in contexts that are technologically rich is resulting in new classroom dynamics. Often portrayed as a series of polite exchanges, this…
Fecha:	1994
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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29.

Les Dialogues de Louis Le Caron : déclin de l'encyclopédie du savoir?
Adrien, Marie-Hélène

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	The works of jurist Louis Le Caron (1534-1613) are part of a body of doxological writings by a school of humanists who repudiated Aristotelian scholasticism. In the Dialogues (1556), Le Caron elaborated a theory of poetics as well as a…
Fecha:	1994
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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30.

Caring and culture : the practice of multiculturalism in a Canadian university hospital
Boston, Patricia Helen

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	This thesis examines how cultural understandings are generated and transmitted in a Canadian multicultural teaching hospital. It explores how issues of 'culture' are addressed formally and informally in the experiences of patients and practitioners. Using the approach of an institutional…
Fecha:	1994
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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31.

Naming and vocation in the novels of J.R.R. Tolkien, Patricia Kennealy and Anne McCaffrey
Skublics, Heather A. L. E.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	"Naming and Vocation in the Novels of J. R. R. Tolkien, Patricia Kennealy and Anne McCaffrey" discovers in recent works of fantasy and science fiction a pattern of authority which is rooted in the existence of namers and characters who…
Fecha:	1994
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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32.

An expert system for EEG monitoring in the pediatric ICU
Pasupathy, Anitha K.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	A knowledge-based expert system was developed to assess the level of abnormality in the brain electrical activity of pediatric patients monitored in the intensive care unit. Six hours of an 8-channel EEG record serves as the input to the monitoring…
Fecha:	1994
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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33.

Personal "progress functions" in the software process
Sherdil, Khalid

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Individuals can expect continuous improvement in productivity as a consequence of (i) a growing stock of knowledge and experience gained by repeatedly doing the same task (first-order learning) or (ii) due to technological and training programs injected by the organization…
Fecha:	1994
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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34.

World information tool : a geographical approach to resource discovery on the Internet
Stancu, Luminita

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	The Internet has been conceived as a communication tool to cross geographical boundaries and allow knowledge to be shared among people from all over the world. As a consequence of the expansion of computer networks, the abundance of available information…
Fecha:	1994
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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35.

The restructuring of the Montreal tourism industry : a sectoral analysis
Pohlmann, Corinne

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Despite its growing importance in industrialized nations, the service sector has received relatively little attention from economic geographers in recent debates over the nature and significance of the current processes of change affecting contemporary capitalism. This lack of attention means…
Fecha:	1994
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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36.

Rural women, the environment and nonformal education in countries of the South
Taji, Mona El

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Over the ages, rural women in subsistence and near-subsistence economies have maintained a sustainable relationship with the environment. This has been manifested in their different roles as users, producers, managers, and income providers. However, the introduction of Western-style development emulating…
Fecha:	1994
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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37.

Study of the correlation of LSP and LPC frequencies for vowel phonemes
Hussain, Rubina

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	The objective of this thesis is to provide an analysis of Linear Predictive Coding (LPC) frequencies and Line Spectrum Pair (LSP) frequencies. While it is generally known that LSP frequencies congregate about LPC formants, this study will deal with how…
Fecha:	1994
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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38.

Sexual risk taking behaviors of women at risk for HIV
Kornhauzer, C. Monika (Cvetka Monika)

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	The number of women infected with the HIV virus through heterosexual contact is on the rise and expected to increase steadily throughout the 1990's. In order to prevent the further spread of HIV infection and AIDS, behavior change is essential.…
Fecha:	1994
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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39.

Three-dimensional model construction from multiple sensor viewpoints
Aubry, Stéphane

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	This work addresses the automatic construction of geometric models of real scenes, from multi-view three-dimensional sensor data., We review range data acquisition, multi-view integration, and solid modeling. We show that knowledge about the data acquisition procedure yields not only the…
Fecha:	1994
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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40.

An investigation of pedagogical expertise in the planning practices of professors with varying degrees of teaching experience /
Gendron, Marie-Josée

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	The role of teaching experience has been acknowledged in the development of pedagogical expertise, however, past research has failed to specify the relationship between experience and expertise. The ill-defined nature of the teaching task has led researchers to inadequately define…
Fecha:	1994
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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41.

Wilfred Cantwell Smith's contribution to the study of Islam
Rokhsefat, Seyed Mostafa

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	This thesis is a study of Wilfred Cantwell Smith's contribution to the field of religious studies, with special reference to his study of Islam. Smith's views as a historian of religion, as an Islamicist and as the pioneer of a…
Fecha:	1994
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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42.

A study on China Management Training Centre at Chengdu and its impact on the trainees
Lai, Zong Fang

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	In 1978, the Chinese government embarked on an economic reform and adopted an open-door policy for its economic development. The goal of the economic reform was to transform its central planning economy into a market economy. This reform has since…
Fecha:	1994
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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43.

Pragmatism and the grounding of ethics : a study of Clarence Irving Lewis
Nicholls Curwood, Eleanor

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	The general view of pragmatism holds that universal moral norms cannot be justified within a pragmatic perspective. Pragmatism, thus, is associated with relativism. C.I. Lewis says that pragmatism without universal norms is a self-contradiction. I defend the view that there…
Fecha:	1994
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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44.

A new approach to the automatic robot action planning problem
Noorhosseini, Seyed Majid

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Action planning ability is essential for autonomous behavior of an intelligent machine. In the robotics domain, planning occurs at different levels of a robotic system; this research targets the problem of planning at the highest level of the hierarchy which…
Fecha:	1994
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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45.

Qualitative spatial reasoning with applications to planar mechanism analysis and motion planning
Liu, Jiming

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	This thesis presents a framework for qualitatively representing and reasoning about spatial configurations in the two-dimensional case. The framework contains interval/region based formalisms for describing distances, angles, and locations. These representations lead to the formulation of inference rules, as well…
Fecha:	1994
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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46.

Inspection and repair of underwater concrete structures
D'Argenzio, Domenic

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	The service life of any concrete marine structure is influenced by the physical condition of both the above water and below water portions of structure. This requires implementing an adequate inspection, maintenance, and repair program for the entire structure. To…
Fecha:	1994
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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Estudio, caracterización y modelado de los efectos de dispersión en estructuras de microcintas con fronteras finitas, Study, characterization and modelling of dispersion effects in microstrip structures with finite boundaries
José Luis Medina Monroy

Formato:	info:eu-repo/semantics/doctoralThesis
Enlaces:	En este trabajo se presenta el análisis de estructuras de microcinta con fronteras finitas y sus efectos de dispersión. En la primera parte, el análisis se realiza en el modo quasi-estático, válido a bajas frecuencias, mediante el método de elementos…
Fecha:	1994
Recurso:	CICESE

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48.

Wildlife-human conflict in Kenya : integrating wildlife conservation with human needs in the Masai Mara Region
Omondi, Paul

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Masai Mara, a large nature reserve in south-western Kenya, was created in the midst of semi-arid agropastoralist rangelands to protect wildlife. Wildlife and indigenous people co-existed for many years, usually with limited conflict; but in recent years, the conflict has…
Fecha:	1994
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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49.

Proceso de toma de decisiones y política exterior Argentina hacia Gran Bretaña, Decision-making process and Argentinian foreign policy towards Great Britain
Soukiassian, Carlos

Formato:	Articulo, Articulo
Enlaces:	Un acabado conocimiento del proceso de toma de decisiones y de los actores que intervienen en la formulación de la política exterior, resulta indispensable para cualquier intento de relación con un país. Este es el objetivo principal del presente trabajo,…
Fecha:	2011-07-04
Recurso:	Unversidad Nacional de La Plata

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50.

The value of knowledge and intangible capital : a methodological investigation
Newman, William Henry

Formato:	Thesis
Enlaces:	by William Henry Newman., Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management, 1994., Includes bibliographical references (p. 123-124).
Fecha:	2005-08-16
Recurso:	MIT

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51.

Creating knowledge in a geographically dispersed context : process and moderating variables
Assudani, Rashmi H.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Increasingly, knowledge-based tasks such as new product development and market research are being conducted by geographically dispersed teams. Early evidence from knowledge-based view of the firm and geographically dispersed work literatures suggests that at least four kinds of knowledge gaps---transactive…
Fecha:	2005
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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52.

Knowledge selection, mapping and transfer in artificial neural networks
Thivierge, Jean-Philippe.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Knowledge-based Cascade-correlation is a neural network algorithm that combines inductive learning and knowledge transfer (Shultz & Rivest, 2001). In the present thesis, this algorithm is tested on several real-world and artificial problems, and extended in several ways. The first extension…
Fecha:	2005
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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53.

On the relationship between description logic and predicate logic queries
Borgida, Alex

Formato:	Article
Enlaces:	En: CIKM'94 Proceedings of the third international conference on information and knowledge management, p. 219-225
Fecha:	2011-03-03
Recurso:	Universidad Veracruzana

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54.

FOSSIL LEGUME FRUITS FROM TERTIARY STRATA OF PUEBLA, MEXICO
MAGALLONPUEBLA, S - CEVALLOSFERRIZ, SRS

Formato:	Article
Enlaces:	Mimosoideae), Mimosa (Mimoseae, Mimosoideae), Lysiloma (Ingeae, Mimosoideae),and Sophora (Sophoreae, Papilionoideae). Another fruit exhibits a combination of characters unknown among extant legumes, and although superficially similar to some species of Papilionoideae, it represents an extinct genus. The four identified genera are…
Fecha:	2011-01-22
Recurso:	Facultad de Ciencias - UNAM

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55.

LATEST OCCURRENCE OF THE EXTINCT GENUS CEDRELOSPERMUM (ULMACEAE) IN NORTH-AMERICA - CEDRELOSPERMUM-MANCHESTERI FROM MEXICO
MAGALLONPUEBLA, S - CEVALLOSFERRIZ, SRS

Formato:	Article
Enlaces:	The Upper Cenozoic flora of the Pie de Vaca Formation, Puebla, Mexico, is yielding important elements that contribute to a more complete knowledge of the Tertiary floras of southern latitudes of North America. Among the most abundant plant organs in…
Fecha:	2011-01-22
Recurso:	Facultad de Ciencias - UNAM

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56.

Knowing about not knowing : a cognitive view of mathematics anxiety, Cognition and mathematics anxiety
Franz, Erika Katharina Elizabeth.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	In order to close the gap that exists between the research areas of mathematics anxiety and mathematics learning, this study examined cognitive, metacognitive, and affective aspects of mathematics anxiety as well as students' mathematics performance and competence. One hundred and…
Fecha:	2005
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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57.

Teaching and the globalization of knowledge
Bash, Leslie

Formato:	Book chapter
Enlaces:	Descripción completa.
Fecha:	2011-04-28
Recurso:	Anglia Ruskin University

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58.

Collaborative GIS process modelling using the Delphi method, systems theory and the unified modelling language (UML)
Balram, Shivanand

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Efforts to resolve environmental planning and decision-making conflicts usually focus on participant involvement, mutual understanding of the problem situation, evaluation criteria identification, data availability, and potential alternative solutions. However, as the alternatives become less distinct and participant values more diverse,…
Fecha:	2005
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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59.

The knowledge of elite level coaches of swimmers with a physical disability /
Cregan, Kerry

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	The last decade has seen an increase in empirical research pertaining to coaching science and education. A great deal of research has focused on coaches of elite able-bodied athletes, while coaches of athletes with a disability have generally been overlooked.…
Fecha:	2005
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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60.

The Confrontation of Modern and Traditional Knowledge Systems in Development
Howard, Pat; Simon Fraser University

Formato:	info:eu-repo/semantics/article, research-article, info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
Enlaces:	Abstract: The development project in both capitalist and socialist contexts has augmented the power of technocrats while invalidating alternative knowledge systems rooted in the traditions of local communities, thereby disenfranchising them. Recreating space for the autonomy of such communities requires…
Fecha:	1994-02-01
Recurso:	Canadian Journal of Comumunication

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61.

The role of frontal oculomotor structures in the predictive control of eye movements /
Gagnon, Danny

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	The role of the FEF/FPA and SEF in oculomotor prediction was investigated using psychophysics, functional MRI (fMRI) and TMS. The separate contribution of advance knowledge of target direction and target timing to predictive saccades, and neural activity in frontal oculomotor…
Fecha:	2005
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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62.

Data mining with relational database management systems
Zou, Beibei, 1974-

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	With the increasing demands of transforming raw data into information and knowledge, data mining becomes an important field to the discovery of useful information and hidden patterns in huge datasets. Both machine learning and database research have made major contributions…
Fecha:	2005
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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63.

More robust security specifications for 1 out of 2 Oblivious Transfer
Ahsan, Abdul Hannan.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	An 1 out of 2 Oblivious Transfer (( 21 )-OT) is a two-party computation in which a sender A owning two secret bits b0, b 1 can transfer one to them, bc, to receiver Bob who chooses c. This is…
Fecha:	2005
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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64.

Canadian psychiatrists' current attitudes, practices, and knowledge related to fitness-to-drive in persons with mental illness
Ménard, Ingrid.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Mental illness is characterized by alterations in thinking, mood and behavior and is associated with significant distress and impaired functioning. Many mental illnesses and medications used in their treatment, can in some way impair fitness-to-drive., This thesis comprises two independent…
Fecha:	2005
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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65.

The typical developmental trajectory of early numerical concepts : the relationship between approximate arithmetic and nonverbal intelligence across childhood, Typical trajectory of early number concepts
Ostfield, Danielle.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	The developmental trajectory of basic numerical skills and sequential processing was systematically investigated among a sample of 5 to 11-year-old typically developing boys. Performance was defined in terms of reaction times and error rates during novel computerized tasks that measured…
Fecha:	2005
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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66.

Commodification or transformation: measuring performance in the public sector
Adcroft, Andy - Willis, Robert

Formato:	Article
Enlaces:	Descripción completa.
Fecha:	2011-07-28
Recurso:	Anglia Ruskin University

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67.

Production of conjugated linoleic acid and conjugated linolenic acid by Bifidobacterium breve JKL03 and its application
Jung, Yun-Kyoung, 1979-

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Conjugated linoleic acid (CLA) is predominantly found in foods of ruminant origin such as milk and processed cheese, and has gained much interest recently due to its beneficial health and biological effects on animals and humans., The bioconversion of linoleic…
Fecha:	2005
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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68.

Who manages home garden agrobiodiversity? : patterns of species distribution, planting material flow and knowledge transmission along the Corrientes River of the Peruvian Amazon
Perrault-Archambault, Mathilde

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Agrobiodiversity constitutes an essential resource for traditional rural populations. Home gardens are "hotspots" of agrobiodiversity and important loci of in situ conservation efforts. This study seeks to understand the factors affecting gardeners' choices and to assess the accessibility of planting…
Fecha:	2005
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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69.

Theoretical orientations to reading and instructional practices of eleven grade five teachers
Elliott-Johns, Susan E.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	This study explores the nature of teachers' understandings of theoretical orientation to reading and the relationships between theoretical orientations to reading and instructional practice. The participants were eleven Grade Five classroom teachers, seven female and four male, in one particular…
Fecha:	2005
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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70.

Data mining using relational database management system
Ma, Xuesong, 1975-

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	With the wide availability of huge amounts of data and the imminent demands to transform the raw data into useful information and knowledge, data mining has become an important research field both in the database area and the machine learning…
Fecha:	2005
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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71.

Perceptual and cognitive factors affecting speech understanding
Schneider, B.; Dept. of Psychology, Toronto Univ., Ont., Canada

Formato:	info:eu-repo/semantics/article, info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion, Conference Proceedings, Actes de congrès
Enlaces:	To understand speech in noisy situations, listeners must not only `extract' the speech signal from the background noise, but also determine the meaning of the words and phrases in the extracted signal, integrate this information with past knowledge, and store…
Fecha:	1994-09-01
Recurso:	Canadian Acoustics

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72.

Institutions and long-term development policy
Mayer-Foulkes, D. (David)

Formato:	info:eu-repo/semantics/workingPaper
Enlaces:	Market failures in human capital investment and innovation explain the main features of human development and economic growth. This is shown in a Schumpeterian multi-country model with technology transfer and trade. Thus, only institutions expanding investments in nutrition, education, health,…
Fecha:	2005
Recurso:	CIDE RI

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73.

Pedologia e conhecimento local: proposta metodológica e interlocução entre saberes construídos por pedólogos e agricultores em área de cerrado em Rio Pardo de Minas, MG.
CORREIA, J. R.

Formato:	Teses/dissertações (ALICE)
Enlaces:	RESUMO: Apesar do grande volume de informações no Brasil sobre atributos dos solos e distribuição na paisagem, surgem vários problemas quando se procura usá-los para planejamento de uso da terra, em particular pequenas áreas como comunidades rurais. No bioma Cerrado,…
Fecha:	2011-07-08
Recurso:	Repositório Acesso Livre à Informação Científica da Embrapa (ALICE)

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74.

Drawing inferences : drawing, discourse, and spatio-motor representation in an animation storyboarding activity
Blatter, Janet

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	A case study of collaborative storyboarding in an animation studio grounded this investigation of visual discourse---discourse about and with visual displays. The focus was on a problem occurring during a 40-minute task between the head storyboard artist and his junior…
Fecha:	2005
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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75.

Running out of place : the language and architecture of Lewis Carroll
Dionne, Caroline

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	This study examines the links between architecture and literature through the work of English author/mathematician/geometrician Lewis Carroll/Charles L. Dodgson. The premise is that throughout Carroll's work, questions concerning the position of the body in relation to its surroundings---the possibility for…
Fecha:	2005
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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76.

The Sphere of Critical Thinking in a Post-Epistemic World
Fuller, Steve

Formato:	info:eu-repo/semantics/article, info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion, research-article
Enlaces:	Just as political theorists have long argued that democracy is viable only in communities of certain sizes and shapes, perhaps epistemologists should also entertain the idea that knowledge is possible only within certain social parameters-ones which today's world may have…
Fecha:	1994-01-01
Recurso:	Informal logic

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77.

Bioinformatic approaches to the discovery of apoptotic proteins
Acoca, Stephane

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	The core of this research project revolves around the development of knowledge and expertise in the field of sequence homology identification techniques, as applied towards the discovery of Bcl2 family members. The use of such methods resulted in the uncovering…
Fecha:	2005
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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78.

Heart rate telemetry and time-motion analysis of ice hockey referees
Kahn, Bradley

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Referees have a job to ensure a safe and fair playing environment. The purpose of this study was to quantify on-ice intensities (heart rate) and on-ice movements (forward or backwards skating or stationary) of referees during ice hockey games. 15…
Fecha:	2005
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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79.

Risk-directed exploration in reinforcement learning
Law, Edith L. M.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Reinforcement Learning is a class of methods for solving sequential decision problems when the model of the environment is not known. In this framework, the agent must explore the environment to gather more information about the model and the utility…
Fecha:	2005
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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80.

Evaluating the effectiveness of environmental education essential elements in school field trip programming
Futer, Mariam

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	This thesis investigated the apparent effectiveness of environmental education essential elements in school field trip programming. First, the elements essential to environmental education field trips were identified from the literature. Second, these elements were incorporated into a questionnaire that was…
Fecha:	2005
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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81.

Chasse aux mammifères marins et identité ethnique : le rôle du harpon au sein de la culture thuléenne : analyse comparative des sites Clachan et de l'île Skraeling
Gadoua, Marie-Pierre

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Although the study of Thule harpoon heads has produced important seriations, datings and technological reflections during the last century, a lack of fundamental knowledge about these weapons is still occurring. An attempt is made to document the different contexts surrounding…
Fecha:	2005
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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82.

La critique génétique du Horla de Maupassant /
Nolin, Isabelle

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	The result of formal and thematic research undertaken by the author in the1880s, Maupassant's Le Horla (1887), owing to its originality, became a fantastic literature classic. Constituted from the recycling of several passages of independent texts among which La Lettre…
Fecha:	2005
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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83.

Filtering Islam : an analysis of 'the expert on Islam' in Canadian news media
Popowich, Morris

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	A standard element of many news stories that mention Islam is the 'expert.' An expert contributes what is presented as objective knowledge about Islam to a news story. Through ostensibly objective statements, an expert plays a significant role in the…
Fecha:	2005
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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84.

Islamic feminist community organizing for combatting violence against women : a case study of Rifka Annisa, Women Crisis Center, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
Setiawan, Dorita

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	This thesis focuses on an Islamic feminist community organization, and its activities in combating violence against women. The case example discussed in this study is the Rifka Annisa Women's Crisis Center (WCC Rifka Annisa) located in Yogyakarta, Indonesia. By examining…
Fecha:	2005
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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85.

Bipedal running with one actuator per leg
Neville, Neil

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	RHex is a cockroach-inspired hexapod robot capable of walking, running, and climbing. This thesis presents the development of a novel, three dimensional, bipedal running gait for RHex using only two actuated degrees of freedom (DOF), one per compliant leg. To…
Fecha:	2005
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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86.

Kondo resonance in double quantum dots : a Green's function analysis
Ji, Tao, 1981-

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	In this thesis, an overview of non-equilibrium Green's function (NEGF) technique is presented. The entire formulism is derived from the starting point of the definitions of Green's functions. The special application of NEGF to transport problems is discussed in details.…
Fecha:	2005
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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87.

Determination of the atomic structure of scanning probe microscopy tungsten tips by field ion microscopy
Grütter, Peter

Formato:	article
Enlaces:	Detailed knowledge of the tip apex structure is necessary for quantitative comparison between theory-based simulations and experimental observations of tip-substrate interactions in scanning probe microscopy (SPM). Here, we discuss field ion microscopy (FIM) techniques to characterize and atomically define SPM…
Fecha:	2005,
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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88.

Microfabrication : using bulk wet etching with TMAH
Duan, Xuefeng, 1981-

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	In November 2002 a Microfabrication Lab was established in the physics department of McGill University to support research in nanoscience and technology. At the same time, I arrived at McGill to begin my graduate study. So I was assigned to…
Fecha:	2005
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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89.

The application of Web Ontology Language for information sharing in the dairy industry /
Gao, Yongchun, 1977-

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	In this thesis the Semantic Web and its core technology---Web Ontology Language (OWL)---were studied. Considering the features of the different units involved in the dairy industry, OWL, in its capacity as an ontology description language, can be used to encode…
Fecha:	2005
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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90.

Genetic and phenotypic analysis of clk-1 growth suppressors in Caenorhabditis elegans
Nguyen, Thi Phuong Anh, 1982-

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Ubiquinone (UQ) is a lipid found in all cellular membranes. It is involved in multiple cellular processes, either directly or through its effect on the redox status of the cell. clk-1 encodes a highly conserved hydroxylase required for UQ biosynthesis.…
Fecha:	2005
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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91.

How does what's bred in the bone come out in the flesh? : Devora Neumark's interventions and the concept of flesh
Kiriloff, Vera.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	This thesis examines seven of Devora Neumark's artistic interventions that activate an embodied transfer or continuity of knowledge. I am inspired by phenomenologist Maurice Merleau-Ponty's notion of "the flesh of the world," that is the element enabling a reversibility between…
Fecha:	2005
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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92.

Constructive alignment in teacher education : identifying contextually dependent student presage factors and associated learning outcomes, Alignment in teacher education
Redden, Krista Corinne.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	A sequential exploratory design (Creswell, 2003) was used to measure how a social-constructivist oriented educational psychology course could move beyond the inert knowledge Mandl, Gruber, and Renkl (1996) reported to be the outcome of student teacher engagement with formal university…
Fecha:	2005
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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93.

The effect of banked-curves on electromyographic activity in the lower leg during running : by Jennifer Gow.
Gow, Jennifer.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	The biomechanics of running on level surfaces has been extensively researched, but there is limited knowledge on the biomechanical adaptations of curvilinear running. The purpose of this study was to investigate the electromyographic activity (EMG) of the lower leg muscles…
Fecha:	2005
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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94.

Competition law and international trade from the GATT to the WTO : the undeniable reality of an emergent jurisprudence
Malek-Bakouche, Farah.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Liberalising trade is not limited to diminishing trade barriers or decreasing tariffs rates, but also ensuring that these efforts are maintained: this is the role of competition rules., It is common knowledge that for decades Countries have been trying to…
Fecha:	2005
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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95.

Editorial
Crowley, David; McGill University - Mitchell, David; University of Calgary - Lorimer, Rowland; Simon Fraser University

Formato:	info:eu-repo/semantics/article, editorial, info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
Enlaces:	Descripción completa.
Fecha:	1994-01-01
Recurso:	Canadian Journal of Comumunication

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96.

Computer Networking in Canada: From CA*net to CANARIE
Shade, Leslie Regan; McGill University

Formato:	info:eu-repo/semantics/article, research-article, info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
Enlaces:	Descripción completa.
Fecha:	1994-01-01
Recurso:	Canadian Journal of Comumunication

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97.

Privacy in Electronic Public Space: Emerging Issues
Samarajiva, Rohan; Ohio State University

Formato:	info:eu-repo/semantics/article, research-article, info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
Enlaces:	Descripción completa.
Fecha:	1994-01-01
Recurso:	Canadian Journal of Comumunication

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98.

Reflections on Surveillance
Vitone, Philip; Dawson College

Formato:	info:eu-repo/semantics/article, research-article, info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
Enlaces:	Descripción completa.
Fecha:	1994-01-01
Recurso:	Canadian Journal of Comumunication

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99.

Television: Policy and Culture
W.H.N. Hull, ; University of Windsor

Formato:	info:eu-repo/semantics/article, book-review, info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
Enlaces:	Descripción completa.
Fecha:	1994-01-01
Recurso:	Canadian Journal of Comumunication

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100.

Why Viewers Watch: A Reappraisal of Television's Effects (Revised Edition)
Bruce A. Austin,

Formato:	info:eu-repo/semantics/article, book-review, info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
Enlaces:	Descripción completa.
Fecha:	1994-01-01
Recurso:	Canadian Journal of Comumunication