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Knowledge transfer in neural networks : knowledge-based cascade-correlation
Rivest, François

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Most neural network learning algorithms cannot use knowledge other than what is provided in the training data. Initialized using random weights, they cannot use prior knowledge such as knowledge stored in previously trained networks. This manuscript thesis addresses this problem.…
Fecha:	2002
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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The cultural right to practice traditional medicinal knowledge in Zimbabwe /
Frommer, Chloe Giselle

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Cultural resources like traditional medicinal knowledge need to be recognized in their role tied to important regional practices in Zimbabwe. This is especially as a nexus of legal definitions for biological, intellectual and cultural resources will inform a National Sui…
Fecha:	2002
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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Composite products as conceptual combinations : issues of perception, categorization and brand evaluation
Gill, Tripat

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	This dissertation addresses the issues pertaining to composite products (CPs). CPs are defined as products formed by combining knowledge from two distinct domains, for example, digital cameras, which combine knowledge from digital products and cameras. The three research questions addressed…
Fecha:	2002
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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At the border : a dramatic one-act play, Nineveh, and relevant discussion on informal education, imagination, and the development of identity and applied knowledge
Tannis, Derek.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	This thesis is a theoretical and practical investigation of the role played by informal learning and teaching in the development of identity and applied knowledge. With the advent of mass schooling, there came to be a distinction between formal and…
Fecha:	2002
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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Modeling information-seeking expertise on the Web
Tabatabai, Diana

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Searching for information pervades a wide spectrum of human activity, including learning and problem solving. With recent changes in the amount of information available and the variety of means of retrieval, there is even more need to understand why some…
Fecha:	2002
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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Geometry and spatial intuition : a genetic approach
Jagnow, René

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	In this thesis, I investigate the nature of geometric knowledge and its relationship to spatial intuition. My goal is to rehabilitate the Kantian view that Euclid's geometry is a mathematical practice, which is grounded in spatial intuition, yet, nevertheless, yields…
Fecha:	2002
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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Hume, history and the science of human nature
Perinetti, Dario

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	This thesis sets out to show that a philosophical reflection on history is, in the strongest possible way, an essential feature of Hume's project of a science of human nature: a philosophical investigation of human nature, for Hume, cannot be…
Fecha:	2002
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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The self and the sublime : a comparative study in the philosophy of education
Humphreys, Julian.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	In this thesis I discuss personal identity (the self) as it relates to authoritative contexts (the sublime). I show how these contexts confer meaning on personal and cultural narratives, which in turn confer meaning on facts and knowledge claims. I…
Fecha:	2002
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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The state of near-native grammar : a study of aspect in L2 Polish
Kozłowska-Macgregor, Martyna

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Sorace (1993) suggests that competence at the final stage of non-native acquisition falls into qualitatively distinct categories: (1) incomplete grammar, which lacks a representation for a part of the target system; (2) divergent grammar, which has the target distinctions with…
Fecha:	2002
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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A critical analysis of the child welfare system and attempts to reclaim clinical practice /
St. Hillaire, Kim

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Stress and burnout have received a great deal of attention in the child welfare field. This has been due to such issues as the high workload, the complexity of the cases, working with resistant and at times violent clients and…
Fecha:	2002
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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Reading skills of deaf adults who sign : good and poor readers compared
Chamberlain, Charlene.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Functional literacy is difficult to achieve for the deaf population. Sixty percent of deaf high school students read at or below grade four, eight percent read at or above grade eight. The present study investigated two factors that may contribute…
Fecha:	2002
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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A review of the literature on co-occurring severe mental illness and substance misuse : epidemiology, terminology, etiology, treatment, and recovery
Lavergne, Martin

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	The complexity of information produced since the 1980's on co-occurring severe mental illness and substance misuse makes it difficult for social workers to grasp the current state of the question. This is a new field of study, and much of…
Fecha:	2002
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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L'autre féminin dans les traités de démonologie (1550-1620)
Hotton, Hélène

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Between the end of the Middle Ages and the beginning of the 17th century, western Europe is the stage for one of history's demonological crisis. Many critics associated this witch hunt with an episode of collective delirium and perhaps also…
Fecha:	2002
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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A level set vortex hybrid method for simulating the motion of vortex filaments /
Ghuneim, Abeer George

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	We present a novel approach to simulate the motion of vortex filaments in three dimensional, incompressible flows. We represent vortex filaments as thin tubes on a 3D-grid and use a Lagrangian vortex filament method to describe their motion within a…
Fecha:	2002
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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15.

Germanic mythology in Richard Wagner's 'Der Ring'
Berger, Emile.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Richard Wagner, in writing the text which would become the libretto of his four operas comprising the Ring was influenced greatly by German Mythology as well as old Norse writings. His main sources are the Volsungensaga, the Thidreksaga and the…
Fecha:	2002
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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Making space : the subversion of authoritarian language in Lewis Carroll's Alice books
Bourgeois, David C. C.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	The works of Lewis Carroll show an abiding interest on the part of the author in the relationship between education, language and authority. In particular, the Alices are the story of a young girl who must learn to deal with…
Fecha:	2002
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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Understanding the concept of asset securitization in the Canadian context
Pelletier, Anne-Barbara

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	This thesis has been written to provide the reader with a general understanding of a securitization transaction. It should be considered constructive reading for persons engaged in the practice of Canadian corporate, banking and securities law, the financial services industry…
Fecha:	2002
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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Assessment of soybean (Glycine max (L.) Merr.) water stress : lipo-chitooligosaccharides application and spectral response
Atti, Sarra

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	This study was conducted to improve knowledge of the impact of chronic soil water deficit and to test a novel technique of water management consisting of Lipo-chitooligosaccharides (LCO) spray application. It also aimed at evaluating changes in canopy reflectance due…
Fecha:	2002
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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Gene expression analysis of the proteinase inhibitor gene PiA of potato (Solanum tuberosum) by reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR)
Zhang, Tieling, 1968-

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	In this study the gene expression pattern of a novel proteinase inhibitor II (PI-II) gene, PiA, in potato (Solanum tuberosum ), was analyzed using RT-PCR. The PiA gene was found to have enhanced expression in expanding tubers of a greenhouse-grown…
Fecha:	2002
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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A slippery terrain : struggle and learning in Baltistan's women organizations
Tharani, Samira Kamil

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	For the purposes of this thesis, I can say that the educational work that I have addressed represents 'informal education' in that it is oriented towards transforming gendered power relations and shares the basic methodological principle building analytically and practically…
Fecha:	2002
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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Women of valour : literacy as the creation of personal meaning in the lives of a select group of Hassidic women in Quebec
Sepinwall, Sharyn Weinstein.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	In this ethnographic inquiry, I examine the way in which literacy creates personal meaning in the lives of ten Hassidic women in Quebec, Canada. Using an integrative qualitative methodology, I draw from Goldberger, Tarule, Belenky and Clinchy (1996), theories of…
Fecha:	2002
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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Isolation and characterization of Jurkat-derived signaling-deficient T cell lines
Majdalawieh, Amin F.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	In this study, we describe the isolation and characterization of a functionally signaling-deficient Galpha16-negative somatic mutant (hereafter referred to clone 43) derived from the wildtype Jurkat T cell line by means of an activation-induced cell death resistance-based selection strategy. The…
Fecha:	2002
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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Construction of an induction machine database for a case-based reasoning system
Zhang, Fan, 1965-

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Case-based reasoning is a field of artificial intelligence research that emphasizes the importance of specific past experiences to the solution of new problem. The ability to suggest a solution to a novel problem based on the recall and reuse of…
Fecha:	2002
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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Man the machine : a history of a metaphor from Leonardo da Vinci to H. G. Wells
Tombs, George, 1956-

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	During the Italian Renaissance, artists and anatomists compared man to various mechanical devices, in an attempt to uncover knowledge about the structure and processes of the human body. In so doing, they drew on ancient Greek notions of instrumentality and…
Fecha:	2002
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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Enthymemes in the letters of Paul
Debanné, Marc J.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	While Pauline studies today are grappling with the question of the core of Paul's thought, the investigation of the apostle's social world is also gaining interest among scholars. The study of Paul's argumentation offers a fundamental contribution to both endeavours.…
Fecha:	2002
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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Insights into the mechanism of CD45-mediated apoptosis in lymphocytes, and establishment of related flow cytometric assays for the detection of cell surface antigens and apoptotic cells
Fortin, Marylene.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	The CD45 protein tyrosine phosphatase (PTP) is a large transmembrane glycoprotein abundantly expressed on all nucleated cells of the hematopoietic system. CD45 plays an essential role in signal transduction through the antigen receptor in T and B lymphocytes, mainly through…
Fecha:	2002
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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27.

A trans-disciplinary approach integrating farm system data to better manage and predict Striga infestations /
MacLean, Roger R.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	The following research developed an approach and methodology to simultaneously gather and integrate social and natural science farm system data of developing countries into one data base. The overall approach was based on Weber's theory of abstraction, which requires the…
Fecha:	2002
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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Integrated dual frequency permittivity analyzer using cavity perturbation concept
Meda, Venkatesh.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Optimal utilization of microwave energy requires more basic knowledge of the dielectric properties of the material under investigation. The dielectric properties of materials subjected to microwaves are known to depend on moisture content, temperature and density of the material as…
Fecha:	2002
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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Monoamine oxidases and aggressive behaviour : clinical studies and animal models
Mejia, Jose.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Monoamine oxidases (MAOs) are phylogenetically old enzymes which catalyze the deamination of monoamines. Interest in a relationship between MAO and aggressive behaviour derives from the report of a single family with a mutation which obliterates the activity of MAO A,…
Fecha:	2002
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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30.

Signaling pathways implicated in p75 neurotrophin receptor-mediated neuronal survival and death
Roux, Philippe P.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	The neurotrophins are growth factors involved in the development, maintenance, survival, and death of the nervous system. The signal transducing systems that mediate the diverse biological functions of the neurotrophins are initiated by their interactions with two categories of cell…
Fecha:	2002
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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Re-evaluating vaginismus : an empirical investigation of diagnostic reliability, vaginal spasm, pain, and associated etiological correlates
Reissing, Elke D.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Vaginismus is a sexual dysfunction that has received insufficient empirical attention. The first chapter of this thesis consists of a critical review of the literature and demonstrates the overall paucity of research studies and their poor methodological quality. The second…
Fecha:	2002
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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32.

Sulfur functionalized cubane and related derivatives
Priefer, Ronny

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Chapter one of this thesis reviews some work on cubane, from its initial synthesis by Eaton in 1964, to the recent studies of explosive and medicinal applications. Considering the wide variety of compounds that have been synthesized, it is curious…
Fecha:	2002
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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RNA folding : synthesis, structure and biological properties of hairpins based on 2',5'-linked RNA loops
Hannoush, Rami Nabil

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Ribonucleic acids (RNA) are polymers of ribonucleotides linked together by 3',5'-phosphodiester linkages and play a prominent role in protein biosynthesis. Much less common are ribonucleic acids based on 2',5'-phosphodiester linkages (2',5'-RNA). In this study, the synthesis, physical and biological properties…
Fecha:	2002
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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Fruits of democratic education transformation in a South African university in 1998 : perspectives of administrators, teachers, and students in the School of Education : University of Cape Town
Taylor, Philip J.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	This is a study of educational change that was carried out at the School of Education (SOE) of the University of Cape Town's (UCT) in July 1998. It is about institutional and human transformation in South African higher education in…
Fecha:	2002
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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Program, abstracts and related documents.
INTERNATIONAL TECHNICAL WORKSHOP ON BIOLOGICAL MANAGEMENT OF SOIL ECOSYSTEMS FOR SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE, 2002, Londrina.

Formato:	Documentos (INFOTECA-E)
Enlaces:	The context: Soil biodiversity and sustainable agriculture; Abstracts - Theme 1: Monitoring and assessment: Bioindicators of soil health: assessment and monitoring for sustainable agriculture; Practical tools to measure soil health and their use by farmers; Biological soil quality from biomass…
Fecha:	2002-06-25
Recurso:	Informação Tecnológica en Agricultura (Infoteca-e)

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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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Knowledge mapping : the consolidation of the technology management discipline
Pelc, Karol I.

Formato:	Article
Enlaces:	Descripción completa.
Fecha:	2011-03-14
Recurso:	Universidad Veracruzana

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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

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Computerized interface control documents
Rahmani, Keyvan

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Interfaces between subsystems in collaborative product development projects are presently defined by interface control documents. These documents are created after agreements are made between designers on how to design subsystem interfaces. The designers must commit to the definitions given by…
Fecha:	2012
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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Publication bias and quality of reporting of Pharmacodynamic Studies utilizing invasive research procedures within early phase cancer trials
Freeman, Georgina

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Invasive research procedures, such as biopsy for pharmacodynamic study, often have no value for patient-volunteers in terms of diagnosis or clinical management. Accordingly, their burdens are generally justifiable only by appeal to knowledge value (that is, the benefit to future…
Fecha:	2012
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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Scientia in Twelfth Century philosophy in the Latin West
Nájera Carvajal, Rafael

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	This thesis a study of the notion of scientia in thinkers of the Latin West in the twelfth century. Scientia is a Latin word that has served to refer to important conceptions of science. Important in medieval philosophy is its…
Fecha:	2012
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL