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Spatial variability of physical and hydraulic attributes of a sandy soil in the Northeast Brazil.
TIMM, L. C. - RECKZIEGEL, N. L. - AQUINO, L. S. - BASSOI, L. H. - GUIMARÃES, E. C. - TAVARES, V. E. Q. - VAZ, C. M. P. - MANIERI, J. M. - RAMOS, C. M. C. - RIBEIRO, P. R. de A. - REICHARDT, K.

Formato:	Artigo em periódico indexado (ALICE)
Enlaces:	The knowledge of field management zones based on soil attributes can be helpful for the implementation of site-specific management. This work had the objective of analyzing the spatial dependence of soil attributes of the 0-0.20 m and 0.20-0.40 m layers…
Fecha:	2012-02-28
Recurso:	Repositório Acesso Livre à Informação Científica da Embrapa (ALICE)

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Sources of knowledge acquisition : perspectives of the high school teachercoach
Wilson, Laurie M.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	The purpose of this study was to investigate sources of knowledge acquisition of high school team sport coaches. Six teacher/coaches were interviewed using a semi-structured open-ended interview format. Cote, Salmela, and Russell's (1995) guidelines were used to inductively analyze and…
Fecha:	2008
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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Security aspects of zero knowledge identification schemes
Panait, Andreea Mihaela.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	In this thesis we follow two directions: Zero Knowledge Protocols and the Discrete Logarithm Problem. In each direction we present the necessary background and we give a new approach for some parts of the existing protocols., The new parts are…
Fecha:	2008
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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The metacognitive knowledge of adolescent students during the information search process
Bowler, Leanne

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Metacognitive knowledge is a critical piece of the information literacy puzzle. In a world of exploding information and communications possibilities, the difficulty for users of information systems and services may not lie in finding information but in filtering and integrating…
Fecha:	2008
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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Intercollegiate coaches' perceptions of the knowledge and strategies used with elite culturally diverse athletes
Duchesne, Catherine.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	The purpose of this study was to identify the knowledge and successful strategies utilized by intercollegiate team sport coaches who have worked with a large number of international athletes. Six head coaches were selected to participate in a semi-structured open-ended…
Fecha:	2008
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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The institutionalization of organizational knowledge : learning to walk the talk
Wiseman, Erica

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	This dissertation is a study of organizational learning. Organizational learning is a cyclical process through which knowledge that has been learned on an individual or group level is institutionalized on the organizational level. Organizational learning is at the heart of…
Fecha:	2008
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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Computer-supported collaborative inquiry in remote networked schools
Turcotte, Sandrine.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	This study addressed computer-supported collaborative scientific inquiries in Remote Networked Schools. Three dyads of grade 5-6 classrooms from remote locations collaborated using the knowledge-buildng tool Knowledge Forum. Customized scaffold supports embedded in the online tool were used to support student…
Fecha:	2008
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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Examining potential cellular alterations within the anterior cingulate cortex in major depression and suicide
Hercher, Christa.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Representing a major public health concern, suicide is a leading cause of death worldwide. Generally regarded as a behavior with a multitude of state and trait dependent risk factors (e.g. psychiatric disorders, substance abuse, genetics), explanations as to why certain…
Fecha:	2008
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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Local knowledge of, and responses to, HIV-1/AIDS among the Turkana of Lodwar township
Owiti, John Arianda

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	This study used a broad theoretical framework encompassing an ecosystem approach to HIV-1/AIDS that investigated: local knowledge of HIV-1/AIDS and other sexually transmitted infections (STIs); local knowledge of the nexus between HIV-1/AIDS and tuberculosis on one hand, and other STIs…
Fecha:	2008
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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Model-based Bayesian reinforcement learning in complex domains
Ross, Stéphane

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Reinforcement Learning has emerged as a useful framework for learning to perform a task optimally from experience in unknown systems. A major problem for such learning algorithms is how to balance optimally the exploration of the system, to gather knowledge,…
Fecha:	2008
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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Homework and inequality : school responsibility and enabling student achievement in the school
Boychuk, Tuutalik.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	In this conceptual inquiry, I argue how and why homework contributes to inequality. Homework contributes to inequality systemically, as schools continue to rely heavily on it. Homework continues to contribute to inequality discursively and psychologically, as parents and educators encourage…
Fecha:	2008
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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Cycle-to-cycle control of plastic sheet heating on the AAA thermoforming machine
Yang, Shuonan, 1984-

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	The objectives of this project are (1) to reduce the excursions between real heater temperatures and the desired values, and (2) to realize cyclic production of plastic sheets on the AAA thermoforming machine., At first, present relevant knowledge and modeling…
Fecha:	2008
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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Professional perceptions of psychiatric advance directives : a view of multiple stakeholders in Ontario and Québec
Ambrosini, Daniele Lamberto.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Psychiatric advance directives (PADs) are legal documents allowing competent individuals to declare their treatment preferences in advance of a mental health crisis. The objective of this thesis is to examine psychosocial perceptions of legal and mental health professionals in Ontario…
Fecha:	2008
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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14.

Gertrude Bell : an Orientalist in context
Schnell, Andréa Elizabeth.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	This thesis is about the life and work of Gertrude Bell, a British woman born in the late nineteenth century, whose extensive knowledge of Middle East cultures and people won her a job as the Oriental Secretary in Iraq after…
Fecha:	2008
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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15.

Nrg1p and Rfg1p in Candida albicans yeast-to-hyphae transition
Lacroix, Céline.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	The ability of Candida albicans to change morphology plays several roles in its virulence and as a human commensal. The yeast-to-hyphae transition is tightly regulated by several sets of activating and repressing pathways. The DNA-binding proteins Rfg1p, Nrg1p and the…
Fecha:	2008
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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16.

Elizabeth Bowen and cinema
Rangwala, Shama.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	The thesis focuses on the significance of the cinematic medium for Elizabeth Bowen's novels, from the level of prose and formal representations to broader aspects of narrative and character. The chapters on To the North (1932) and The House in…
Fecha:	2008
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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The impact of participation in an online professional community on the development of elementary pre- service teachers' knowledge of teaching mathematics
Lamb, Natasha

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	This inquiry sought to examine the effects of participating in an online discussion forum on the development of knowledge for teaching mathematics. The participants of this study were among the pre-service teachers from a large urban university, chosen as they…
Fecha:	2010
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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18.

Partial hepatectomy and liver regeneration in PCSK9 knockout mice
Roubtsova, Anna.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	The proprotein convertase subtilisin/kexin type 9, PCSK9, belongs to the proprotein convertase (PC) family. Human mutations in the gene encoding PCSK9 lead to either familial hyper- or hypocholesterolemia, resulting from a gain or loss of function, respectively. Mice lacking PCSK9…
Fecha:	2008
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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19.

Me Llamo Lenika
Smith, Karina Yarwood.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Educating language minority children in Canada is becoming increasingly challenging as our population becomes more and more diverse. Determining the best educational policy to help immigrant children learn English or French, while furthering their knowledge of core subject material has…
Fecha:	2008
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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20.

Three essays on information technology sourcing : a multi-level perspective
Qu, Wen Guang.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Despite the amount of literature on the antecedents and outcomes of IT outsourcing, the vast majority of this research has focused on factors at the firm level. Environmental factors such as industry and country characteristics have received little attention. Environmental…
Fecha:	2008
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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21.

Investigating glial dynamics in the developing hippocampus
Haber, Michael.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Glial cells represent the most abundant cell population in the central nervous system (CNS), and yet, have historically been thought of as merely support cells for neurons. Over the past few decades, however, the number of identified roles that glial…
Fecha:	2008
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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22.

Chemical characterization of honey and identification of novel [alpha]-dicarbonyl compounds
Marceau, Eric.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	The physicochemical parameters of fifteen honey samples from a wide range of botanical origins were characterized to identify the influence of composition on the formation of alpha-dicarbonyl compounds during heating. Color, pH, moisture content, water activity, hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF), sugar and…
Fecha:	2008
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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Opportunistic multicasting scheduling using erasure-correction coding over wireless channels
Le, Dang Quang

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	In wireless communications, the broadcast nature can be explored to efficiently support multicast services while the difference in channel gains among the wireless links of users promotes multiuser diversity which can be used to improve multicast performance. This thesis proposes…
Fecha:	2010
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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24.

Investigating the neural organisation of response selection and response conflict during language production using functional magnetic resonance imaging and repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation
Tremblay, Pascale.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Motor response selection is the process by which an intention to act is transformed into an action; this multifaceted process occurs at the interface between cognitive and motor systems. Despite the importance of response selection, the nature and neural implementation…
Fecha:	2008
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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25.

Creaturely pleasures : the representation of animals in early modern drama
Margalit, Yael.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	This dissertation addresses the profound influence that the shared experience of humans and animals had on the poetics of early modern drama. With reference to a selection of early modern comedies and a range of non-literary texts that includes natural…
Fecha:	2008
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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26.

Understanding the individual turnover decision as a temporal process : an interpretive study of physicians
Klag, Malvina.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Though turnover researchers have called for a deeper understanding of the temporal and contextualized process of individual voluntary turnover, little empirical progress in this direction has been made. Adopting Price's (1977) dynamic conceptualization of turnover as moving from one social…
Fecha:	2008
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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Community, marine rights, and sea tenure : a political ecology of marine conservation in two Bohol villages in central Philippines
Guieb, Eulalio R.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	This study focuses on communities in conservation in central Philippines, with reference to marine protected areas. It analyzes communities as intersections of multiple actors with stratified interests and power, involving complex processes of place-making, ecological knowledge, tenure, governance, markets, and…
Fecha:	2008
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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28.

The role of transposons in shaping plant genomes /
Juretic, Nikoleta.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Transposons, also known as transposable elements (TEs), are genetic elements capable of changing their location in the genome and amplifying in number. Because of their ability to cause mutations in the host genome, often with detrimental consequences to the host,…
Fecha:	2008
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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29.

Family caregivers of palliative cancer patients at home : the puzzle of pain management
Mehta, Anita, 1973-

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Pain requiring treatment is experienced by many cancer patients at the end of life. When these patients stay at home, family caregivers are often directly implicated in pain management. There are few studies that examine the process that these family…
Fecha:	2008
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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30.

Making homes smoke-free : the impact of an empowerment intervention for parents
Herbert, Rosemary, 1955-

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	One-third of American children under the age of 18 years and one in ten Canadian children aged 0-11 years are exposed to environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) predisposing them to multiple health problems. Although several intervention strategies to reduce ETS exposure…
Fecha:	2008
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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31.

Development of a QCM-D based biosensor for detection of waterborne E. coli O157:H7
Poitras, Charles.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	The contamination of drinking water by microbial pathogens is recognized as one of the most pressing water supply problems of our day. To minimize the impact of pathogens and parasites on the environment and public health, accurate methods are needed…
Fecha:	2008
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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32.

Eliciting preferences sequentially using partially observable Markov decision processes
Zawaideh, Zaid

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Decision Support systems have been gaining in importance recently. Yet one of the bottlenecks of designing such systems lies in understanding how the user values different decision outcomes, or more simply what the user preferences are. Preference elicitation promises to…
Fecha:	2008
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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33.

Pro1853 - A mitochondrial complex I assembly factor
Silva Neiva, Lissiene

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	In most eukaryotes, efficient energy generation depends on the presence of a functional mitochondrial respiratory chain. The respiratory chain is composed of five protein complexes, with dozens of accessory factors that participate and are essential to their correct assembly. However,…
Fecha:	2008
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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34.

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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Abstraction and concretization of the Fruit of the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil as seen through biblical interpretation and art
Ovadis, Alyssa

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	This work examines the patterns inherent to the understanding of the nature of the forbidden fruit in an attempt to demonstrate parallels between the reasoning of biblical interpreters, on one hand, and of artists, on the other., While the biblical…
Fecha:	2010
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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36.

The effect of lesson characteristics on dialogue duration in classroom discourse and class content learning outcomes on multiple-choice tests
Lemay, David

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	It has been proposed that forms of dialogue (Keegan, 1993) are differentially related to subject knowledge possessed by the student and the roles that teachers and students play within those dialogues. A reading of the socio-constructivist literature suggests that maximal…
Fecha:	2010
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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37.

Energy storage system scheduling in wind-diesel microgrids
Ross, Michael

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	This thesis proposes a knowledge based expert system tool that can be used as an on- line controller for the charging/discharging of an energy storage system in a wind-diesel microgrid. The wind-diesel microgrid is modelled, and a typical energy storage…
Fecha:	2010
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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38.

Pedagogical reflection in statistics instruction, Pedagogical reflection
Cumyn, Lucy A.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Today, education is arguably one of the most important facets used to prepare and train students for the future. Society expects that students will acquire the requisite knowledge and competence in their respective fields to prepare them to successfully navigate…
Fecha:	2008
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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39.

Pathogenesis of HIV-1 nef in adult mice
Rahim, Mir Munir Ahmed, 1975-

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Development of a suitable animal model of AIDS is much needed in AIDS research to study infection and pathogenesis as well as to evaluate methods of prevention and treatment of HIV infection. Small animals such as rodents are attractive candidates…
Fecha:	2008
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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40.

Production and biodegradation of dissolved carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus from Canadian forest floors
Turgeon, Julie.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Dissolved organic matter (DOM) is operationally defined as soluble/colloidal material passing through a 0.45mum filter paper. The importance of DOM in soils relies on its role in soil formation and weathering processes, plant and microbial assimilation and soil and water…
Fecha:	2008
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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41.

The role of Nm23-H1 in uveal melanoma /
Bakalian, Silvin.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Uveal Melanoma (UM) is the most common malignant intra-ocular tumor in adults. Despite the high accuracy of clinical diagnosis and advances in local treatment, more than 50% of UM patients develop metastasis within ten years of initial diagnosis. NM23 is…
Fecha:	2008
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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42.

Numerical study of a tornado-like vortex in a supercell storm
Santos, Jorge Ruben.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Recent observations and numerical simulations have significantly improved our understanding of tornadic storms. However, our knowledge of tornado-genesis remains rudimentary. Necessary atmospheric conditions favoring the formation of tornadoes in supercell storms are known, but sufficient conditions remain elusive. The underlying…
Fecha:	2008
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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43.

Calculation of water and graphite perturbation correction factors for the NACP-02 plane-parallel ionization chamber in high-energy electron beams
Chin, Erika

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	For megavoltage electron beams, current dosimetry protocols assume well-guarded plane-parallel ionization chambers have electron perturbation correction factors of unity. Papers by other researchers have shown the contrary. The National Physical Laboratory (NPL), Teddington UK, has an electron calibration service that…
Fecha:	2008
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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44.

Geographic information systems in the application of precision agriculture for sustainable sugarcane production in the Republic of Panama
Mazumdar, Sohinee

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Geographic Information Systems (GIS) have revolutionized the development of the sophisticated resource management method known as Precision Agriculture (PA). PA involves the wise management of agricultural inputs based on knowledge of soil and plant health heterogeneity over a field, in…
Fecha:	2008
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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Characterization of distinct and conserved features between ciliate and vertebrate telomerases
Marie-Egyptienne, Delphine

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Telomeres are nucleoprotein structures that protect the ends of chromosomes from recombination and fusion. Telomeres are prefentially maintained by the enzyme telomerase. Telomerase is a reverse transcriptase, minimally composed of two core components, a catalytic subunit, TElomerase Reverse Transcriptase (TERT)…
Fecha:	2008
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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46.

An investigation of soil-tunnel interaction in multi-layer ground
Nunes, Miguel Antonio

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Urbanisation is a phenomenon that has continued undisturbed since the rise of the industrial era. As the populations of cities increase so do the needs and demands associated with urban expansion. These include the provision of adequate infrastructure to support…
Fecha:	2008
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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Coatepec: The Great Temple of the Aztecs, recreating a metaphorical state of dwelling
De Orduna Mercado, Santiago

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	The present study examines the Great Temple of the Aztecs as it has been seen through the eyes of different people through time. It does not intend to be a comprehensive history of the Temple's interpretations, as many important viewpoints…
Fecha:	2008
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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48.

Nature, reasons, and moral meaningfulness
Charette, Pierre

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	The "anthropology of moral life", or "moral anthropology", is an approach to moral philosophy which I take to have been initiated by Peter Strawson, and developed, independently and in different ways, by David Wiggins and Daniel Dennett. I take the…
Fecha:	2008
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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49.

Characterization of ABC transporters in both mammalian cells (ABCG2, ABCC2)and «plasmodium falciparum (Pgh1)»
Leimanis, Mara Laura

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	In the first part of the thesis two ABC transporters in mammalian cells are explored. Initially, the expression of members of the ABC family of transporters in erythrocytes was measured. It was found that ABCG2 (also known as the breast…
Fecha:	2008
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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50.

Modeling of urban tree growth with artificial intelligence and multivariate statistics
Jutras, Pierre

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	The urban environment induces severe ecological conditions that impair tree growth. This situation is of major concern to municipal administrations that devote large budgets to arboricultural programmes. To adequately preserve arboreal heritage, three main issues must be resolved. First, biotic…
Fecha:	2008
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL