Los flujos multifásicos son, en general, difíciles de modelar. En concreto, los lechos fluidizados burbujeantes son incluso más complejos debido a la presencia de burbujas (aparte de las partículas y de la corriente principal del gas) que aparecen cuando las…

This article describes the process whereby digitization of a journal is used to preserve and provide access to the contents on the World Wide Web. The journal chosen, The Canadian Architect and Builder, was the only professional architectural journal published…

The aim of this paper is twofold. First of all, we participate in the open discussion on the nature of social capital and we show that the one-dimensional approach is not enough to capture the complex nature of social capital.…

An indepth look at the contextual development, raison d’etre and structural objectives of the McGill Program.

La gestión de pesquerías tiene un gran impacto a muchos niveles: biológico, económico, social y político con gran incertidumbre sobre las relaciones entre el clima, los peces y las decisiones de gestión. Esta tesis doctoral, dirigida por Jose A. Lozano,…

Software technology is creating a ubiquitous context for human living and learning in which new modes of interaction are gradually being incorporated. At the same time, interaction with Internet-based learning systems has evolved from using the traditional access from a…

In November, 1942, the CBC broadcast a programme entitled "Canadian Unity and Quebec" across the national network. Set during the divisive background of the Conscription Crisis, this programme was a discussion between three Montrealers - John Humphrey, Hugh Macknnan, and…

Enzymatic processes fall between the two traditional categories of chemical and biological treatment systems since they involve chemical reactions based on the action of biological catalysts. A variety of enzymes from plants and microorganisms have been reported to play important…

An analytic model comprising the various moves in error correction sequences in second-language classrooms is developed & applied to a database of classroom interaction with a view to relating teachers' corrective feedback with students' responses. The corpus was generated from…

This comparative analysis of teacher-student interaction in two different instructional settings at the elementary-school level (18.3 hr in French immersion & 14.8 hr Japanese immersion) investigates the immediate effects of explicit correction, recasts, & prompts on learner uptake & repair.…