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Determining University Professors' Practical Teaching Knowledge Constructs in Exemplary Incidents of Teaching
Hum, Gregory

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	This study delineates practical knowledge bases that university professors draw upon during exemplary Critical Incidents of teaching. One hundred and eight full-time, tenure track, university professors from departments of Biology, Chemistry, Economics, Engineering, English, History, Math, and Philosophy across the…
Fecha:	2009
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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Three essays on generativity and caring in constructing partnership orientation in learning organizations and the society
Chu, Hankyu.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	The three essays in the present dissertation build on and expand the notion of generativity in the context of a learning (i.e., knowledge creating) organization, and learning (i.e., knowledge based) economy in sequential progression with increasing levels of analysis. Essay…
Fecha:	2009
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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How does faculty research activity affect undergraduate instruction in chemistry? An exploration of the perceived impacts of inquiry on pedagogy
Hua, Olivia

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Academics believe in a symbiotic relationship between research and teaching, though evidence challenges its existence. Previous studies may have defined these constructs too narrowly to detect the perceived relationships. This study used a qualitative approach to investigate chemistry professors' beliefs…
Fecha:	2009
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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Knowledge transfer in post-disaster reconstruction: the problem of post-post-disaster reconstruction
Gharaati Kopaei, Mehran

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	The history of post-disaster reconstruction programs, especially in developing countries, is replete with the failure to provide safe-construction methods that can be sustained and repeated over time, in spite of the usually acclaimed success of these projects by those in…
Fecha:	2009
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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Traditional food consumption, anthropometry, nutrient intake and the emerging relationship between Inuit youth and traditional knowledge in a Baffin Island community
Yohannes, Sennait.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	In 2006 a youth health survey was conducted in Pangnirtung, Nunavut as part of a community collaboration. The survey assessed food use, nutrient status and anthropometry. Thirty four percent of youth were above healthy weight; soft drink consumption averaged 1…
Fecha:	2009
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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What do we mean by 'gender' and how should it be addressed? Exploring the inclusion of gender in a teacher education curriculum
Airton, Elizabeth

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	In education, 'gender' is consistently operationalized as a body of 'common sense' knowledge that can be freely invoked in an explanatory fashion. This study names such knowledge practices as artefacts of gender-normative privilege and links 'how' knowledge of gender conveyed…
Fecha:	2009
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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Fire, plants and people: exploring environmental relations through local knowledge of postfire ecology at Wemindji, Quebec
Scott, Katherine

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	In the forests of Wemindji Cree Territory on the eastern shores of James Bay, north-western Quebec, forest fires burn frequently, human interventions are rare, and fire is the key agent of forest transformation. This thesis examines Cree perceptions of spatial…
Fecha:	2009
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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Multicultural counselling competencies with adolescents : a qualitative examination of client experiences, MCC with adolescents
Kassan, Anusha.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	In recent years, an important focus has been placed on training counsellors to attend to cultural diversity. In an effort to assist counsellors in this process, models of Multicultural Counselling Competencies (MCC) have been developed for work with adult populations.…
Fecha:	2009
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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The state of health information technology standards: the conflation of the technical and the political in the development of a pan-Canadian electronic health record system
Mardis, Nicole

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	The convergence of political and technical challenges is demonstrated in a case study on a collaborative initiative to develop a pan-Canadian Electronic Health Record (EHR) system. It is argued that the juxtaposition of different domains, procedures, knowledge bases, and entities…
Fecha:	2009
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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Quality of service routing using decentralized learning
Heidari, Fariba.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	This thesis presents several decentralized, learning-based algorithms for on-line routing of bandwidth guaranteed paths. The presented routing algorithms do not need any a-priori knowledge of traffic demand; they use only their locally observed events and update their routing policy using…
Fecha:	2009
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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Epistemic strategies and games on concurrent processes
Knight, Sophia

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	We develop a game semantics for process algebra with two independent, interacting agents. The purpose of the semantics is to make manifest the role of knowledge and information flow in the interactions between agents and to control the information available…
Fecha:	2009
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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Anal human papillomavirus infection and anal intraepithelial neoplasia in HIV-seropositive men having sex with other men
De Pokomandy, Alexandra

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	HIV-seropositive men having sex with other men (MSM) are at increased risk for anal Human Papillomavirus (HPV) infection, anal intraepithelial neoplasia (AIN) and anal cancer. Because most studies on the subject were cross-sectional, longitudinal investigations were needed to improve our…
Fecha:	2009
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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How we see this place: an intergenerational dialogue about conservation using Photo-Voice around Tiwai Island, Sierra Leone
Thompson, Jennifer

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	You can express a different story through art. What happens when you use arts-based inquiry to explore environmental knowledge? How can artistic expression value and construct alternative knowledges that might otherwise be overlooked or silenced? Holistic and justice-oriented trends in…
Fecha:	2009
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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Visualizing the margins: the experiences of queer people of colour
Lee, Woo Jin Edward

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	This study incorporates a critical AOP theoretical framework in order to answer the central research question which seeks to reveal the ways in which queer people of colour conceptualize their intersecting identities and resist interlocking systems of domination. Photovoice, a…
Fecha:	2009
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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Quantum entropic security
Desrosiers, Simon Pierre

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	We present full generalizations of entropic security and entropic indistinguishability,notions introduced by Russell and Wang and then Dodis and Smith, to the quantumworld where no assumption other than a limit on the knowledge of the adversary ismade. This limit is…
Fecha:	2009
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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Light interaction with the human retinal photoreceptor: finite-difference time-domain analysis
Haji Aboli, Amir

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Approximately 70% of the total sensory receptors in the human body reside in the eye and they provide 80% of the acquired information during life. The initial stage of activating these sensory receptors is the light interaction with photoreceptors, which…
Fecha:	2009
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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Beyond borders: unaccompanied refugee minors and access to protection
Diab, Soha

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	The thesis seeks to explore the challenges faced by unaccompanied refugee minors when seeking refugee protection. It will examine the way in which discourses and policies, both in Canada and internationally, undermine unaccompanied refugee minors accessing refugee protection or being…
Fecha:	2009
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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Expecting to quit: An implementation evaluation of a smoking cessation intervention for pregnant and parenting women
Gillam, Susan Lydia

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Abstract Women who are disadvantaged have higher rates of smoking during pregnancy and are at higher risk of tobacco-related harm. Smoking cessation interventions have been developed for pregnant and parenting women who smoke however, improvements to smoking cessation interventions for…
Fecha:	2009
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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Puzzles rather than answers: co-constructing a pedagogy of experiential, place-based and critical learning in Indigenous education
O'Connor, Kevin

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	This research examines the current educational challenges facing First Nation students of northern Canada, through the exploration of two experiential and place-based educational programs. These programs of study are presently being applied in the public school system (primary and secondary)…
Fecha:	2009
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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Designing a well-formed activity system for an ICT- supported constructivist learning environment: A CHAT perspective
Park, Jonghwi

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Much educational research has suggested that information and communication technologies (ICTs) promote constructivist classroom. In contrast, most teachers in actual classrooms continue to struggle with the pedagogical and practical challenges in using ICTs to facilitate student knowledge construction and collaboration.…
Fecha:	2009
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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Analysis of shock dynamics in supersonic intakes
Tahir, Råbi

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	This work investigates fluid mechanical processes involving movement of shock waves inside channels. In particular, the prediction and control of shock motion in intakes is of great importance to high-speed flight and future spacecraft engines--it is a fundamental problem whose…
Fecha:	2009
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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Prevalence and correlates of suicidal ideation and suicide attempts among college students in Gujurat, India
Nath, Yogini

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Research on suicidal behaviors from non-Western countries is limited, and knowledge from Western studies may not be suitable for developing appropriate intervention strategies in other cultures. An understanding of the sociocultural context within which suicidal behaviors take place can provide…
Fecha:	2009
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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Dynamics, function and evolution of regulatory networks
Wilds, Roy

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Biochemical regulatory networks are involved in many essential processes of life, such as maintaining homeostatic conditions, cell-cycle division, and responding to environmental stimuli. Such networks contain a staggering degree of complexity, inhibiting our ability to understand how they function. Two…
Fecha:	2009
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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The role of Pax2/8 and Gata3 transcription factors during mouse urogenital system development
Grote, David

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	The urogenital system performs essential functions for life and reproduction in all vertebrate species. In humans, congenital malformations of the urogenital system rank among the most common birth defects and can cause life-threatening complications in adults. Therefore, understanding urogenital system…
Fecha:	2009
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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Measuring information-sharing behavior : the case of supply chains in operational contexts
Bao, Xiaowen, 1973-

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	The purpose of this study is to explore the theoretical foundation for conceptualizing information-sharing behavior and to develop a composite index or a global scale for measuring the overall level of information sharing in the context of supply chains. Specifically,…
Fecha:	2009
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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Dirty-paper coding over noisy feedback channels with ISI
Sollund, Tomas

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	This work generalizes the Liu and Elia dirty-paper coding scheme to include feedback channels with additive white Gaussian noise (AWGN) and intersymbol interference (ISI). An optimal scheme is derived which achieves lossless interference cancellation, performs arbitrarily close to the feedback…
Fecha:	2009
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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Professional competencies among librarians and information professionals in the knowledge era
Gulati, Anjali - Raina, R. L.

Formato:	Article
Enlaces:	Descripción completa.
Fecha:	2009-07-21
Recurso:	Universidad Veracruzana

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Knowledge management in libraries in the 21st century
Shanhong, Tang

Formato:	Other
Enlaces:	IFLA Council and General Conference Proceedings (66th, Jerusalem, Israel, August 13-18, 2000)
Fecha:	2009-07-21
Recurso:	Universidad Veracruzana

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The dynamics of knowledge in international strategic alliances : a longitudinal study of service firms
Martin de Holan, Pablo.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	This thesis studies the notion of knowledge in business firms, and in particular the concept of knowledge mobilization, understood as the mechanisms used by organizations to apply, transfer and retain knowledge about cause and effect relationships. As a theoretical framework,…
Fecha:	2000
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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Child maltreatment : teachers' knowledge of risk, procedures and reporting
Fleisher, Raphaela L.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Sixty teachers from the Ottawa-Carleton region of Canada were surveyed to measure their knowledge of child maltreatment risk indicators, knowledge of reporting procedures, and the frequency of reporting sexual abuse, physical abuse, and neglect. Correlations did not support the hypothesis…
Fecha:	2000
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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Parasitic infections in pirarucu fry, Arapaima gigas Schinz, 1822 (Arapaimatidae) kept in a semi-intensive fish farm in Central Amazon, Brazil.
ARAÚJO, C. S. O. - GOMES, A. L. - TAVARES-DIAS, M. - ANDRADE, S. M. S. - BELEM-COSTA, A. - BORGES, J. T. - QUEIROZ, M. N. - BARBOSA, M.

Formato:	Artigo em periódico indexado (ALICE)
Enlaces:	Studies regarding parasite fauna in farmed fish are of great relevance to lhe knowledge of the parasites species. allowing interference in their proliferation in order to avoid epizooties and consequently. economical losses, This study was designed to investigate the prevalence…
Fecha:	2009-11-12
Recurso:	Repositório Acesso Livre à Informação Científica da Embrapa (ALICE)

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Suhrawardī (d.1191) and his interpretation of Avicenna's (d.1037) philosophical anthropology
Marcotte, Roxanne D.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Suhrawardi's interpretation of Avicenna's philosophical anthropology greatly depends on the Peripatetic system, in spite of its novel light motif and the faculty of imagination's predominance. His definition of the soul does not depart significantly from Avicenna's: its definition as an…
Fecha:	2000
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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33.

Traditional knowledge and global politics : the promotion of Inuit culture
Sjunner, Roger.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	This thesis investigates, through primary research, the role of traditional knowledge in regional, national, and international political activities of Canadian Inuit. The links between an increasingly postmodern West, global environmental discourse, and the role of traditional knowledge in Inuit self-identity…
Fecha:	2000
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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34.

The body in Western and Chinese medicine : discourses and practices
Lemire, Diane M.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	This thesis is about the body and about how medical discourses conceptualise the body in health and in illness. However, any inquisitiveness about the body is determined by historical, social and political environment that nurtures the discursive formations of knowledge.…
Fecha:	2000
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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35.

Comprehension and learning through multimedia : integrative processing of text and illustrations, Integrative processing of text and illustrations
Roy, Marguerite Claire.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	The comprehension of illustrations and text was studied from a cognitive discourse processing perspective. Typically, learners must construct conceptual knowledge representations that integrate different types of information from diverse sources and modalities (e.g., text and illustrations). Currently, little is known…
Fecha:	2000
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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Information, knowledge, and stability : essays in game theory
Luo, Xiao, 1975-

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	This dissertation contains three essays in game theory, focusing particularly on the issues of information, knowledge, and stability in complex interactions. It begins with an introductory overview., Chapter 2 offers a general framework for analyzing complex economic and social environments.…
Fecha:	2000
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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Detection techniques and performance analysis for fading multipath channels with unresolved components
Danilo, Florence A.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Personal communication services (PCS) is one of the fastest growing sectors in telecommunications. PCS can be provided by wireless cellular communication systems, that operate in radio environments characterized as multipath fading channels. This thesis addresses the subject of signal detection…
Fecha:	2000
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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38.

Validating a theory-based design for online instruction : the integrated learning model
Ahmad, Arshad.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	The goal of this study is to present the empirical results of a design experiment that validates the Integrated Learning Model (ILM). The study also explores the contribution of multiple Web-tools that facilitate specific learning outcomes., Using a multiple paradigmatic…
Fecha:	2000
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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39.

Determinants of patient behavior in chronic illness : examining educational interventions for glaucoma patients
Radcliffe-Branch, Deborah S.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Providing chronically ill patients with informational support is crucial for successful disease management. The effectiveness of educational interventions was examined utilizing three questionnaires which assessed glaucoma patients' health beliefs, disease knowledge and medication compliance. 60 chronic open-angle glaucoma patients either:…
Fecha:	2000
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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Silvipastoral systems on Amazon river floodplains: identification of multipurpose forest species based on traditional knowledge of riverside inhabitants.
MARTINEZ, G. B. - OLIVEIRA JUNIOR, M. C. M. de - BRIENZA JUNIOR, S.

Formato:	Resumo em anais de congresso (ALICE)
Enlaces:	2009, Resumo.
Fecha:	2013-12-11
Recurso:	Repositório Acesso Livre à Informação Científica da Embrapa (ALICE)

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The epistemology of Qiyas and Talil between the Mutazilite Abu l-Husayn al-Basri and Ibn Hazm al-Zahiri /
El-Tobgui, Carl Sharif.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	This thesis seeks to sketch the outer contours of the epistemological universe in which the science of us&dotbelow;ul al-fiqh was elaborated in classical Islam. The task is accomplished by analyzing arguments both for and against qiyas and ta`lil as presented…
Fecha:	2000
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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42.

ASK in Latin America and the Caribbean: options for the future.
ARMBRECHT, I. - AVILA, A. F. D.

Formato:	Capítulo em livro técnico-científico (ALICE)
Enlaces:	2009, Autores: Jorge Blajos, Patrick Lavelle, Dalva M. da Mota, Lucia Pitalluga, Sergio Salles Filho, Jorge Irán Vásquez.
Fecha:	2011-10-17
Recurso:	Repositório Acesso Livre à Informação Científica da Embrapa (ALICE)

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43.

Inflectional morphology and second language learning systems : an investigation of the dual-mechanism model and L2 morphology
Murphy, Victoria A.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Pinker and Prince (1988, 1994) propose that there are two separate systems involved in linguistic representation and processing; one system is rule-governed, and incorporates symbolic hierarchical linguistic representations, the other is associative with linguistic information represented in a more distributed…
Fecha:	2000
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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44.

Ethnoecology of Aechmea magdalenae (Bromeliaceae) : a participatory investigation into the sustainable harvest and conservation of a non-timber rainforest product
Ticktin, Tamara.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	An understanding of the effects of harvest on wild plant populations is essential for discerning the ecological impacts of past and present human uses of wild species, and for conserving species which are currently overexploited. This dissertation builds on theories…
Fecha:	2000
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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Robust image segementation towards an action recognition algorithm
Arseneau, Shawn.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	To facilitate proper recognition of a human's action from a video sequence, several key features must first be determined. Initially, the person performing the action must be isolated from the background scene. This information is then used to decipher pertinent…
Fecha:	2000
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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Nursing and the computerized age
DeLorey, Robin.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	This thesis provides the rationale for the necessity of a redefining of the holistic back into nursing after the consequences of technological restructuring. This study revealed that the impact of modern technology-based, prescriptive changes on professional nursing practice in Canada…
Fecha:	2000
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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Enhanced fluctuation-driven neutrino scattering behind supernova shocks
Aghababaie, Yashar.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	We describe a general formalism for computing scattering rates of weak probes in macroscopic systems, based on a density matrix formalism. We show that weak probes in general scatter off fluctuations in the medium. In the limit that the neutrino…
Fecha:	2000
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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A comparative study using endovaginal sonography and magnetic resonance imaging in the staging of endometrial carcinoma /
Wang, Lin, 1967-

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Introduction. Most patients with early-stage endometrial carcinoma are treated with hysterectomy. The knowledge of the stage of disease could impact greatly on the eventual therapeutic decision. Numerous studies have investigated the use of endovaginal ultrasonography (US) and magnetic resonance (MR)…
Fecha:	2000
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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49.

Interactive multimedia composition on the World Wide Web : a solution for musicians using Java
Beaulac, Jacqueline.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	This thesis attempts to gauge the strengths and limitations of the Java programming language in terms of its use in the production of multimedia compositions: in particular, the ways in which Java supports the creation of interactive, non-deterministic musical works.…
Fecha:	2000
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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Examining the effectiveness of grand round scenarios using BioWorld : does real-world practice improve real-world learning?
Espinosa, Maria Rowena.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	The purpose of this study was to examine the effectiveness of cased-based learning, writing and peer discussions on learning about digestive diseases in a computer-based learning environment, BioWorld. This method was called the Grand Rounds method. Thirty-one, ninth grade biology…
Fecha:	2000
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL