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Modern indigenous curriculum : teaching indigenous knowledge of handicraft at Sami colleges in Finland and Norway = Oddaaigasaš eamialbmoga oahppoplanat : arbevealuš diedu oahpaheapmis duoddji oahpaheapmi Sami allaskuvlaiid, Oddaaigasaš eamialbmoga oahppoplanat :
Stevenson, Charles Blair.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	The Sami people have struggled for centuries to maintain their culture in spite of pressures against it from colonialism. The formal education systems of Norway and Finland have acted in discord with Sami decision-making since their inception. In response to…
Fecha:	2001
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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Lay reasoning and decision making related to health and illness
Cytryn, Kayla N.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Research in decision making has identified the importance of prior knowledge and heuristics on decision making behaviour. These develop with experience in a fashion similar to how domain experts develop specialized knowledge structures and heuristic reasoning patterns. This research is…
Fecha:	2001
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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The depiction of boxing in classical Athenian art /
Boivin, Lawrence J.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	The aim of this study is to test the assumption that the depictions of ancient boxing found on Attic Black and Red Figure pottery are accurate. Due to the scarcity of ancient written material and physical evidence, most of our…
Fecha:	2001
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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Experientialist epistemology : Plantinga and Alston on Christian knowledge
Dyck, Timothy Lee.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	This study examines Christian experientialist epistemology as articulated of late by Alvin Plantinga especially and also William Alston. It situates their approach to the epistemic status of Christian belief claims within the overall outlook they have respectively developed on what…
Fecha:	2001
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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Walter Stace's philosophy of mysticism : a critical analysis
Fanaei Nematsara, Mohammad.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Mysticism can be examined from various viewpoints: historical, theological, sociological, and psychological. This study primarily examines the philosophical status and implications of mysticism, an issue investigated many times, particularly over the last four decades. Walter T. Stace's work in the…
Fecha:	2001
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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Inuit values in adult education : a Nunavik case study
Mount, Christopher B. J.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	The purpose of this study was to investigate Inuit values and needs in Inuit Adult Education. These can only originate from the Inuit themselves: those attending and employed in Adult Education Centres in Nunavik, graduates of both vocational and academic…
Fecha:	2001
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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Individual instructor's perceptions of teaching context : identifying facilitators and barriers to completion of teaching projects
Moxness, Katherine.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Frameworks seeking to explain teaching competency and development in higher education indicate that context and personal perspectives, as well as knowledge and action are crucial components in the understanding of how and why faculty teach as they do and how…
Fecha:	2001
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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Three essays on aspects of patent-related information as measures of revealed technological capabilities
Lee, Yender, 1953-

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	This dissertation consists of three papers on the theme of technological capabilities. Patent information can be viewed as indicators of inventive activities emanating from a certain underlying technological capability. Cumulative patents may, therefore, be considered as the r&barbelow;evealed manifestations of…
Fecha:	2001
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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Machine-learning assisted development of a knowledge-based system in dairy farming
Pietersma, Diederik.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	The goal of this research was to explore the use of machine learning to assist in the development of knowledge-based systems (KBS) in dairy farming. A framework was first developed which described the various types of management and control activities…
Fecha:	2001
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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That we might love him the more : an Irenaean theodicy built on Christ crucified
Gallaher, Brandon.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	[B]ut when He became incarnate, and was made man, He recapitulated in Himself the long history of human beings, and furnished us, in brief, with salvation (Irenaeus of Lyons. Against Heresies [= AH] III.xviii.1).This thesis attempts to clarify the mystery…
Fecha:	2001
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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Home and away : the female artist in academia
Gamelin, Anastasia Kamanos.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	This dissertation explores the conflicts, contradictions and paradoxes inherent in the lives of those women who, as artists and academics, seek to connect their personal and professional lives in their work. It explores how creativity and the pursuit of self-knowledge…
Fecha:	2001
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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Remediating conduct problems in children : examining changes in children and parents following consultation
Illsley, Staci D.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	The purpose of these investigations was to compare changes in child conduct problem behavior and parental ability and to examine the relationship between parent and child outcome. An A/B research design was used across two studies with a total of…
Fecha:	2001
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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A comparison of the role of the frontal cortex and the anterior temporal lobe in source memory and in the accurate retrieval of episodic information /
Thaiss, Laila Maria.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	It has been argued that patients with frontal lobe lesions are impaired in temporal context memory and, more generally, in retrieving the source of one's knowledge or ideas. Furthermore, it has been speculated that a failure to retrieve source information…
Fecha:	2001
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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Integrating information about mechanism and covariation in casual reasoning
Rapus, Tanja L.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Causal reasoning is an important and complex process, in which individuals have multiple sources of information available to inform their judgments. An enduring tension exists between what cues to causality people use and focus on in acquiring causal knowledge and…
Fecha:	2001
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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Accurate radiation dosimetry using liquid- or air-filled plane-parallel ionization chambers
Stewart, Kristin J.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	To optimize delivery of radiation therapy treatments, accurate knowledge of absorbed dose in the clinical beam is essential. In this work we investigated issues related to the use of different types of ionization chambers for accurate radiation dosimetry. We determined…
Fecha:	2001
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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Detecting heritability of brain structure using magnetic resonance imaging
Bellera, Carine.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	A method is described that allows one to assess heritability of brain structures using magnetic resonance images (MRI). We have obtained MRI images for a group of identical twins and another group of fraternal twins. Each MRI image was segmented…
Fecha:	2001
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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Assessing the economic feasibility of a carbon tax on energy inputs in Ontario's pulp and paper industry : an econometric analysis
He, Miaofen, 1976-

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Knowledge of price responsiveness of energy is important for designing effective price-based controls to curb the GHG emissions in Canada. The translog and logit models are developed in this study to analyze the demand for four types of energy inputs:…
Fecha:	2001
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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18.

Group comparisons in the presence of length-biased data
Addona, Vittorio.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	The effects of length-bias and left-truncation in survival data have been well studied in the statistical literature. To a lesser extent, the phenomena of length-bias and left-truncation have also been investigated when group comparisons are of interest. This literature examines…
Fecha:	2001
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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19.

Cultivating Aristotelian rationality through the arts : a philosophical and practical perspective
Honig, Valerie Amelina.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	This thesis presents a description of a five-month project involving the educational unit of a large urban museum and its interaction with a group of elementary-aged students from a disadvantaged community. The description is framed within a philosophic premise that…
Fecha:	2001
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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Islamic Fiqh and the contract of international carriage of passengers by air
Naji, Alaa A.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	GOD says in the Holy Qur'aan "O' people, I have created you from a single pair of a male and a female, and made you into nations and tribes that ye may know each other. Verily the most honored of…
Fecha:	2001
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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Conceptions of teaching in higher education : challenges and recommendations
Jazvac, Marian.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Research on academics' conceptions of teaching hopes to enhance understanding of how and why the process of teaching in higher education looks and works the way it does. The following work critically examines this body of literature and identifies problems…
Fecha:	2001
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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Adolescent learners' awareness of first language influence on their second language knowledge
Lepine, Christine.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	This research is a replication and expansion of Lightbown and Spada (2000) which investigated the metalinguistic awareness of 11--12 year-old francophone learners of English as second language (ESL). Their research examined whether young L2 learners were able to make explicit…
Fecha:	2001
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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Art and secular spirituality
Walsh, Dale.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Despite the numerous examples throughout history, the study of secular spirituality in art was mostly ignored until recently by contemporary writers, critics, historians, philosophers and educators. In my thesis, through the examination of selected images and writings, I determine how…
Fecha:	2001
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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Fine mapping of the nuclear restorer locus for cytoplasmic male sterility in Brassica napus
Stollar, Rachel.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	This thesis will discuss the 'Polima' cytoplasmic male sterility (CMS) system (pol) in Brassica napus (Canola) and detailed genetic mapping of the region surrounding restorer gene ( Rfp) for that system This fine mapping of the Rfp region will facilitate…
Fecha:	2001
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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Data mining and knowledge discovery in financial research : empirical investigations into currency
Wu, Qionglin, 1964-

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Since there exist drawbacks for linear models such as those based on regression techniques, which have been the basis of traditional statistical forecasting models, neural networks are used in this thesis to train and test the input data. This thesis…
Fecha:	2001
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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MR based frickle-gelatin dosimetry : uncertainty evaluation and computerised analysis of measured dose distributions
Belanger, Philippe.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Dynamically delivered intensity modulated beams (IMBs) pose unique verification problems that may be addressed with the use of integrating continuous 3D dosimeters such as gel based Fricke dosimeters. Accurate knowledge of the ability of these dosimeters to measure adequately and…
Fecha:	2001
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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An early Sufi concept of qalb : Hakim al-Tirmidhi's map of the heart
Pavlis, Natalie A.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	The Spiritual Journey is of pivotal importance to Sufis. Various mystics have conceived of this journey in different ways. For one early Sufi, al-H&dotbelow;akim al-Tirmidhi, this journey is conceived as an inward one through the concentric circles of the Heart.…
Fecha:	2001
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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28.

The efficiency and mechanisms for pollutant removal in biological wastewater treatment systems /
Cameron, Kimberley A.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	The research project was initiated to refine the knowledge available on the treatment of rural municipal wastewater by constructed wetlands. Field and laboratory studies were conducted to determine the treatment capacity of a constructed wetland system and to determine a…
Fecha:	2001
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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Investigation of lateral effects on shock initiation of homogeneous liquid nitromethane
Jette, Francois-Xavier.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	An experimental study of the process of shock initiation of detonation in liquid nitromethane sensitized with diethylenetriamine (DETA) was conducted. In particular, the effect of the lateral boundary conditions on the sensitivity of the explosive to shock stimuli was investigated.…
Fecha:	2001
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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30.

Theory and simulation of texture formation in mesophase carbon fibers
Yan, Jun, 1974-

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Carbonaceous mesophases are discotic nematic liquid crystals that are spun into high performance carbon fibers using the melt spinning process. The spinning process produces a wide range of fiber textures and cross-sectional shapes. The circular planar polar (PP), circular planar…
Fecha:	2001
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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31.

Joint mechanics during movement : experimental and theoretical studies
Lortie, Mireille.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	In the first of three manuscripts, we describe a study in which we measured the electromyographic (EMG) and mechanical responses to brief stretches of the ankle plantarflexors applied at various instants during an imposed movement of the ankle. The results…
Fecha:	2001
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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32.

An investigation of the dual mechanism model of past tense formation : does the model apply to non-native speakers?
Dougherty, Timothy.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	The purpose of this research is to further investigate the ongoing debate between the Dual Mechanism Model and the Connectionist Model of language processing by investigating how knowledge of second language (L2) inflectional morphology is represented and processed by learners…
Fecha:	2001
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) of the auditory cortex : an event-related study using pure tone stimulation
Samaha, Mark.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Introduction. The use of Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI) in studying central auditory pathways expanded our knowledge of the neurophysiology of hearing. In various studies, an array of diverse auditory stimuli has been used, including pure tones and words, in…
Fecha:	2001
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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34.

Wounds : theories of violence in theological discourse
Faber, Alyda.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	My dissertation presents a survey of theories of violence in contemporary theological discourse. I consider four positions that represent a range of current trends within theology: Girardian anthropology, the radical orthodoxy movement, liberation theology, and feminist theology., Rene Girard creates…
Fecha:	2001
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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35.

Epistolary constructions of identity in Derrida's "Envois" and Coetzee's Age of Iron
Hogarth, Claire Milne.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	In this thesis, I argue that identity construction is a postal effect: it results from a transmission of some sort, received or sent. I examine three instances of postal effect. In a chapter on Jacques Derrida's "Envois," a collection of…
Fecha:	2001
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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36.

Sweet blood and power : making diabetics count
Rock, Melanie.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	As recently as 1995, sweet blood did not resonate broadly as an urgent transnational concern. This thesis chronicles how diabetes mellitus, sweet blood, became recognized as a social problem besetting Canada, among many other countries., This ethnographic study brings anthropological…
Fecha:	2001
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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37.

Nerve growth factor modulation of basal forebrain neuron acetylcholine release : new perspectives on a classic interaction
Auld, Daniel Scott.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	This thesis addresses long- and short-term neurotrophin modulation of basal forebrain cholinergic neurons (BFCNs), focusing on acetylcholine (ACh) release and choline acetyltransferase (ChAT; the enzyme responsible for ACh synthesis) activity. (1) Initially, ACh release was characterized from primary embryonic basal…
Fecha:	2001
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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Structural and functionnal [sic] consequences of oxygen induced retinopathy, Structural and functional consequences of oxygen induced retinopathy
Dembinska-Knypinski, Olga.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) is a potentially blinding retinal disorder, which results from the exposure of the premature infant to hyperoxia. The diagnosis and the assessment of severity of ROP are based on the degree of retinal vascular abnormalities (such…
Fecha:	2001
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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39.

Biochemical and genomic analysis of -galactosidases from Bifidobacterium infantis HL96
Hung, Ming-Ni, 1962-

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Among 29 strains of bifidobacteria studied as sources of beta-galactosidase enzyme, Bifidobacterium infantis HL96 showed the highest hydrolytic and transgalactosylic activities. This strain grew well in a MRS medium containing various sugars including lactose, and produced three beta-galactosidases (termed beta-Gal…
Fecha:	2001
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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Effects of a long-term recurrent selection program on the genetic structure of the BSSS maize population.
GUIMARAES, P. E. de O.

Formato:	Teses/dissertações (ALICE)
Enlaces:	Evaluating of Recurrent Selection (RS) programs can lead to increase knowledge of methods, populations, and traits and give support for better management of breeding programs. The objective herein was to evaluate the effects of seven cycles of half-sib selection followed…
Fecha:	2002-04-02
Recurso:	Repositório Acesso Livre à Informação Científica da Embrapa (ALICE)

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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