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Subtractive library of soybean roots in response to inoculation with Bradyrhizobium japonicum.
CARVALHO, G. A. B. de. - BATISTA, J. S. S. - MARCELINO, F. C. - HUNGRIA, M.

Formato:	Artigo de divulgação na mídia (INFOTECA-E)
Enlaces:	ABSTRACT: Soybean [Glycine max (L.) Merr.] is the most important legume cropped worldwide, with an economic value attributed mainly to the high protein content of the grain, which, in turn, demands a heavy supply of nitrogen. An environmentally friendly source…
Fecha:	2013-01-15
Recurso:	Informação Tecnológica en Agricultura (Infoteca-e)

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The protection of indigenous medicinal knowledge in international intellectual property law /
Lassonde, Marie-Claire

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	For 20 years, and more intensively during the last decade, indigenous knowledge has challenged the regime of intellectual property. If this field of law has been, in the past, challenged by new technology, it is now, with the problematic of…
Fecha:	2003
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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Intellectual capital governance and the knowledge economy in Canada
Hoffman, Anthony Michael

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Intellectual capital, as opposed to traditional conceptions of intellectual property, is neither as simple to define nor as straightforward to protect and regulate. As companies in the financial services sector attempt the efficient management of increasingly voluminous and strategically important…
Fecha:	2003
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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Crisis and regime change : the nuclear nonproliferation regime and the challenge from nuclear terrorism
Thompson, Jean-Philippe

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	An indirect crisis, the terrorist attacks of September 1 1 , is used as a catalyst to review the tasks of the Nuclear Nonproliferation Regime. However, it is insufficient to initiate a comprehensive change to the regime to incorporate the…
Fecha:	2003
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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Self-regulation of sport specific and educational problem-solving tasks by children with and without developmental coordination disorder
Lloyd, Meghann

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	The purpose was to examine the domain specificity of the self-regulatory skills of children with Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD) compared to their peers without DCD. Participants included 10 children with DCD and 10 without. A sport specific problem-solving task (shooting…
Fecha:	2003
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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Iris Murdoch on knowledge and freedom
Conlin, Alice

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	In chapter one, I describe the different conceptions of self that Murdoch and Nussbaum have, and I show how these affect their depictions of human good. And I relate how each one defends the internal logic of her claims against…
Fecha:	2003
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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Redefining compliance education
Cochrane, Lorna June

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Calls for innovations and research echo in the latest reviews and meta-analyses of methods to enhance compliance (Haynes, McDonald, Garg, & Montague, 2003; Pekkala & Merinder, 2002; Peterson, Takiya, & Finley, 2003). In spite of effective therapy emerging daily from…
Fecha:	2003
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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The implementation of configurable technologies : negotiations between global principles and local contexts
Pozzebon, Marlei

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	This investigation focuses on configurable technologies, a term which refers to technologies that are highly parameterizable and are built from a range of components to meet the very specific requirements of a particular organization. They cannot be seen independently of…
Fecha:	2003
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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Integrating new technologies in university second language instruction : teachers' perspectives
Georganta, Angeliki

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	This study explores the relationships among technology, language literacy and instruction in University Continuing Education Institutions. Adult second language education strives to update media resources in an information era in which literacy encompasses the abilities to communicate both in different…
Fecha:	2003
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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The dynamics involved in same-sex dyadic sport teams
Wickwire, Tamara L.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	The purpose of this study was to identify and explain the dynamics involved in dyadic sport teams, as well as to differentiate dyads from larger teams. Semi-structured individual interviews consisting of open-ended questions were conducted with seven beach volleyball athletes.…
Fecha:	2003
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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Islamic ethical views in vitro fertilization and human reproductive cloning
Al-Qasem, Leena

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	For Muslims all over the world, whether in North America where they form minorities or in all-Muslim societies, their religion permeates every aspect of their lives and ethical decision-making. It is no wonder that when deliberating the treatment of infertility…
Fecha:	2003
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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Issues in the thought of Paul Tillich : the quest for truth, meaning and certainty
Jones, Maureen, 1973-

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Tillich frames the question of truth, meaning, and certainty within the spiritual and social crises of the 20th century. Specifically, be addresses the fragmentation of religion, culture, faith, reason, emotion, and the displacement of religion to the periphery of human…
Fecha:	2003
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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Self-regulation during a kicking task by expert and novice soccer players, and children who are physically awkward
Silva, Karine

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Soccer experts (N = 18), novices (N = 16), and children who are physically awkward (N = 18), were studied for differences in self-regulatory forethought and self-reflection processes during a soccer kicking task. The participants (age range 12--14 years) were…
Fecha:	2003
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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A sociolinguistic inquiry into wax-dyed cloth names in Togo and Côte d'Ivoire /
Davis, Glenda

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	According to Domowitz (1992), the Agni women of Cote d'Ivoire assign proverbs and aphorisms as names to wax-dyed cloth. Women then use the imagery and associated proverbs behind cloth names to send non-verbal messages they would otherwise be unable to…
Fecha:	2003
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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The application of the sag power index to ore body hardness characterization for the design and optimization of autogenous grinding circuits /
Amelunxen, Peter

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	The SAG Power Index test (SPI) is a tool for forecasting autogenous mill performance. Much effort has been directed towards the development of the process models relating SPI to throughput estimates, but little has been directed towards ore body modeling.…
Fecha:	2003
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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Factors associated with diet behaviour among individuals with type 2 diabetes mellitus attending an outpatient clinic
Belfer, Bonnee

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Diet recommendations to achieve target metabolic control for prevention of micro and macrovascular complications have been outlined. Although previous studies in individuals with type 2 diabetes have identified certain factors associated with adherence to diet recommendations, adherence is multi-factorial in…
Fecha:	2003
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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Risks associated with conduct disorder in girls
Green, Tara

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Conduct disorder is the second most common psychiatric disorder in adolescent girls. In a secondary analysis of an existing data set from a study of pregnant adolescent girls, recruited from three different sites in a Canadian city (N = 252),…
Fecha:	2003
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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Social context regulates internalizing versus externalizing responses in children and adolescents during interpersonal conflict
Dolenszky, Eva

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	The current study examined the hypothesis that in the presence of a stressor, the social context (dyad relationship versus a group relationship) can influence whether children and adolescents display internalizing as opposed to externalizing emotions and behaviors. Specifically, it was…
Fecha:	2003
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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High strain rate deformation and fracture of engineering materials
Dabboussi, Wael

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Containment structures for aircraft engines must withstand impacts of failed engine components, which may be traveling at extremely high velocities. Therefore, the design of such structures requires a thorough knowledge of material behaviour at high rates of deformation. It is…
Fecha:	2003
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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Theory and simulation of texture selection mechanisms in mesophase carbon fibers
Sharma, Dinesh, 1972-

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Carbon fiber precursors are spun from carbonaceous mesophases using standard melt spinning techniques. These melt spun carbon fibers exhibit a multitude of cross sectional fiber textures. The two widely reported textures in literature are planar radial (PR) and planar polar…
Fecha:	2003
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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One of the last Ottoman şeyhülislâms, Mustafa Sabri Efendi (1869-1954) : his life, works and intellectual contributions
Karabela, Mehmet Kadri

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	The aim of this work is to make some contributions towards understanding the stagnation of Islamic theology and the intellectual life of Muslims by concentrating on the life and works of Mustafa Sabri Efendi, one of the last Ottoman seyhulislams…
Fecha:	2003
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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Teachers' understanding of inquiry
Manconi, Lynn

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	This multi-case study compared the practices and knowledge of six experienced teachers who perceive themselves to use an inquiry approach to instruction, to those of two teachers who do not, and compared their conceptualizations to a portrait of the inquiry…
Fecha:	2003
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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The natural history and epidemiology of cervical human papillomavirus infections in Montreal university students
Richardson, Harriet

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Introduction. Only a small proportion of women with oncogenic HPV infections will eventually progress to high-grade squamous intraepithelial lesions (HSIL) or invasive cervical cancer (ICC), although the reasons why are not well understood. Additional knowledge about viral transmission and persistence…
Fecha:	2003
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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Wireless channel estimation using Kalman Filtering for space-time block coded systems
Jin, Haizhen, 1977-

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	In the recent years, we have witnessed an increased interest in space-time coding, because of its effectiveness in overcoming the impairments due to the signal fading phenomenon. A large number of such codes require channel knowledge for decoding. Therefore, research…
Fecha:	2003
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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Mechanisms of flocculation with poly(ethylene oxide) and novel cofactors : theory and experiment
Gaudreault, Roger

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	In modern papermaking, the use of retention aids, which help to effectively incorporate fines and fillers into a sheet of paper, is widespread. Various single, dual and multi-component retention aid systems are available, one example of which is poly(ethylene oxide)…
Fecha:	2003
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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The genomics of labour : global gene expression profiling and oxytocin receptor gene expression
Gould, Barbara

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Premature labour and subsequent premature birth is a leading cause of neonatal morbidity and mortality. We studied marine labour at term and preterm with models of intrauterine infection and ovariectomy using Affymetrix microarray U74Av2 (containing 12,488 probe sets) and real-time…
Fecha:	2003
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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Beliefs of value similarity between romantic couple members : protective functions and compensatory responses to disconfirmed or suspended beliefs
Hurley, Stefani

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	In two related studies with dating and married couples, the protective function of beliefs about personal value similarity was examined. Relational threat was measured when couple members' value similarity beliefs were disconfirmed or when couple members reported beliefs of value…
Fecha:	2003
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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Nonlinear control of center-node UPFC and VSC-based facts controllers
Lu, Bin, 1969-

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Voltage-Source Converters form the basic modules of a class of power electronic controllers of Flexible AC Transmission Systems (FACTS) which include the STATic COMpensator (STATCOM), the Static Synchronous Series Compensator (SSSC) and the Unified Power Flow Controller (UPFC). The mathematical…
Fecha:	2003
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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Control and protection of multi-terminal DC transmission systems based on voltage-source converters
Tang, Lianxiang, 1970-

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	This thesis deals with the control and protection of Multi-Terminal DC (MTDC) transmission systems based on Voltage-Source Converters (VSCs). The MTDC system enables several AC systems to be integrated by way of a DC network. Potential applications of the MTDC…
Fecha:	2003
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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Indoor radio-wave behavior at 850 and 1900 MHz with electromagnetic compatibility applications in hospitals : an experimental, theoretical, statistical and morphological characterization
Davis, Donald P.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	This thesis aimed to provide a knowledge base and methodologies to help minimize electromagnetic interference (EMI) in healthcare. Two methods were developed, for the first time, to quantify EMI risk due to radio frequency (RF) sources in hospitals. The first…
Fecha:	2003
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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"Le Canada est un païs de bois" : forest resources and shipbuilding in New France, 1660-1760
Delaney, Monique

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	The colonial contribution to the French naval shipbuilding industry in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, explored within the context of the forest from which the resources for the industry were taken, was a remarkably successful venture that came to an…
Fecha:	2003
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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Computer simulation of the coffee leaf miner using sexual Penna aging model.
OLIVEIRA, A. C. S. de - MARTINS, S. G. F. - ZACARIAS, M. S.

Formato:	Artigo em periódico indexado (ALICE)
Enlaces:	Forecast models based on climatic conditions are of great interest in Integrated Pest Management (IPM) programs. The success of these models depends, among other factors, on the knowledge of the temperature effect on the pests? population dynamics. In this direction,…
Fecha:	2011-02-15
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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Sucrose metabolism during fruit development in coffea racemosa.
GEROMEL, C. - FERREIRA, L. P. - BOTTCHER, A. - POT, D. - PEREIRA, L. F. P. - LEROY, T. - VIEIRA, L. G. E. - MAZZAFERA, P. - MARRACCINI, P.

Formato:	Artigo em periódico indexado (ALICE)
Enlaces:	Sucrose is one of the compounds in the raw coffee bean that has been identified as an important precursor of coffee flavour and aroma. In order to increase our knowledge of sucrose metabolism in coffee species, sucrose and reducing sugar…
Fecha:	2011-02-15
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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38.

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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Governance, sociotechnical systems and knowledge society: Challenges and reflections
Balloni, Antonio José - Bermejo, Paulo Henrique de Souza - Holm, Jeanne - Tonelli, Adriano Olimpio

Formato:	Artigo
Enlaces:	http://www.igi-global.com/chapter/governance-sociotechnical-systems-knowledge-society/66970
Fecha:	2013-08-30
Recurso:	Universidade Federal de Lavras - UFLA

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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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41.

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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42.

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

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48.

Case-based reasoning for the creative design of electromagnetic devices
Ouyang, Jun

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Design is concerned with the question of how to construct an artifact or system to meet the desired specification and is normally categorized as either routine, non-routine or creative. Up until now, the study of knowledge-based design has concentrated on…
Fecha:	2012
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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Towards the identification of family physician learning needs through a reflective process
Lewis, Denice

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Background Continuing professional development stakeholders are continually searching for better ways of collecting and using data to determine the educational needs of physicians. Research questions1) What, if any, family physician learning needs are revealed through the reflective process prompted by…
Fecha:	2012
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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EMBRAPA cassava & fruits.

Formato:	Folderes / Folhetos / Cartilhas (INFOTECA-E)
Enlaces:	World of science Joining scientific Sharing knowledge and technologies with developing countries efforts to develop better solutions., 2011
Fecha:	2012-03-21
Recurso:	Informação Tecnológica en Agricultura (Infoteca-e)