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The analogy between virtue and crafts in Plato's early dialogues /
Tankha, Vijay

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	This thesis investigates Plato's analogy between virtue and crafts, a comparison made extensively in the early dialogues. I first detail the model of technical knowledge that Plato uses as a paradigm of knowledge. An application of this model shows the…
Fecha:	1990
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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Un environnement pour l'acquisition des connaissances et le dev́eloppement de systemes experts constructifs /
Lamontagne, François R. (François René)

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	This thesis presents a development environment for Design Expert Systems that features a new language where the roles of knowledge and the way it is brought to bear are predefined by the solution method., The language also allows knowledge to…
Fecha:	1990
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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Benefits adults attribute to their participation in a university continuing education management certificate program
Clark, Fiona

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	McGill management certificates are credit continuing education programs. Perceptions of the benefits achieved through participation were investigated, surveying 1424 students in four cohorts: entrants, graduates, alumni and withdrawn., Goals of entrants factored into six categories: career development, gaining knowledge, fulfiling…
Fecha:	1990
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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Analysing justice and response orientations in moral reasoning
Keefer, Matthew Wilks

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	This thesis examined the knowledge and processes that adults use to reason about moral dilemmas. Two contrasting analyses of moral reasons, Kohlberg's justice orientation and Gilligan's response orientation, were reviewed and criticized. From this a Moral Reasoning Grammar which formally…
Fecha:	1990
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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Metacognition in learning-disabled gifted students
Hannah, C. Lynne (Cornelia Lynne)

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	In recent years, research with students identified as academically gifted has focused on what processes enable these students to perform at high levels of ability. The present study was carried out in the context of exploring the role of metacognition…
Fecha:	1990
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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An interval mathematics package for computer-aided design in electromagnetics /
Brett, Craig, 1965-

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Recent developments in CAD for electromagnetic devices have utilized knowledge-based programming techniques to simplify the task of design process automation. The ultimate goal is to duplicate the role an expert designer performs in synthesizing devices such as transformers, motors, and…
Fecha:	1990
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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Co-management as transaction : the Kuskokwim River Salmon Management Working Group
Albrecht, Daniel E. (Daniel Edward)

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	This thesis focuses on transactional process involved in the construction and operation of the Kuskokwim River Salmon Management Working Group. This cooperative wildlife management mechanism gives Yup'ik commercial and subsistence fishermen and other users a direct role, with the Alaska…
Fecha:	1990
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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Determining finite element mesh density from problem specification usng neural networks
Dyck, Derek

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	This thesis addresses the problem of how to determine the optimum level of mesh discretization required to solve a magnetic device accurately and efficiently using finite elements. Currently, most finite element packages require user intervention to assure that the mesh…
Fecha:	1990
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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The influence of conditions of reading on early literacy development /
Sollars, Valerie

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	This study examines the influence of home, classroom and book-reading conditions on emergent and early readers' developing literacy abilities. The study, done with 60 grade 1 children from the inner-city and more affluent areas of Montreal uses complex multivariate designs…
Fecha:	1990
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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Studies on peptidases of cheddar cheese-associated Lactobacillus casei species
Arora, Gulshan

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Preliminary experiments by API ZYM enzyme system showed that Lactobacillus casei (Lb. casei) subspecies contained low proteinase and high aminopeptidase and esterase-lipase activities, which are the desirable traits of microorganisms to be used as starter adjuncts in Cheddar cheese-making. Six…
Fecha:	1990
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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Strategy in thin industries : essays in the social organization of industry
Lampel, Joseph

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	This dissertation is a study of strategy in thin industries, a class of industries whose members include the aircraft industry, jet engines, heavy electrical equipment, and diesel locomotives. These industries have a number of common features which inter-relate to produce…
Fecha:	1990
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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12.

A longitudinal study of the cognitive and affective development of CEGEP students /
Bateman, Dianne

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	CEGEPs (Colleges d'enseignement general et professionnel) were designed with the aim of developing intellectual abilities in young adults. The purpose of this study was to describe the cognitive and affective abilities of CEGEP students at the beginning and end of…
Fecha:	1990
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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13.

Philosophical perceptions of art and education with emphasis on the analytic philosophy of Nelson Goodman
Wood, Elizabeth J., 1959-

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	An epistemological dichotomy involving two kinds of knowledge has evolved historically since the time of the Greeks. This has led to the isolating from one another of the functions of understanding and evaluation, and to the belief that understanding is…
Fecha:	1990
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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14.

Job motivation of secondary school teachers : an application of the job characteristics theory
Fournier, Nicole Marie Lucille

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	The general purpose of the study was to assess the motivation for a sample of anglophone school teachers using the complete "Job Characteristics Model" designed by Hackman and Oldham (1980)., The findings revealed that the schools were very homogeneous. In…
Fecha:	1990
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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15.

Household headship and the nutritional status of children in western Kenya
Onyango, Adelheid Werimo

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	This study examines how income, household division of power and maternal decision-making ability influence dietary intake and child morbidity. A sample of 154 households with children between one and three years was drawn from six villages in Busia District, western…
Fecha:	1990
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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16.

Hopkinsian influences on the poetry of Dylan Thomas
Searfoss, Kristin

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	While often assumed, Gerard Manley Hopkins' influence on Dylan Thomas has needed substantiation. By placing the issue of Hopkins' influence on Thomas within critical, historical, and literary contexts, this study explores the issue and demonstrates Hopkins' influence. Summary and assessment…
Fecha:	1990
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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17.

Nicolas Poussin's The Four Seasons, Four seasons
Challons, Siu

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Nicolas Poussin's landscapes, The Four Seasons, 1660-1664, have been the subject of extensive analysis because of their enigmatic character and the modulation in Poussin's style in his last years. The meaning of these representations has, however, remained cryptic and, to…
Fecha:	1990
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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18.

Identification of time-varying human joint dynamics
MacNeil, Jon Bart

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	In order to develop a comprehensive model of the motor control system the time-varying nature of joint dynamics must be addressed. However, it has not previously been possible to quantitatively observe changes in joint dynamics during a transition of state.…
Fecha:	1990
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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19.

Gravity and light : looking through the architecture of Jean Cocteau
Galvin, Terrance

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	The thesis examines a select amount of poesie by the artist Jean Cocteau, and through interpretation, explores the architecture of his work. This process of interpretation poses two questions: What is the role of the architect today, compared with his…
Fecha:	1990
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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The influence of an innovative curriculum on the quality of middle-school students' text-based summaries /
Halliday, Frances E. (Frances Elizabeth)

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	This study examines the effects of integrated reading, writing and inquiry instruction combined with direct instruction in summary writing on eighth and sixth grade students' text-based summaries. Forty-two innovative curriculum (IC) and forty-two traditional curriculum (TC) students were matched on…
Fecha:	1990
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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21.

A computer-assisted program in timbral ear training : a preliminary study
Quesnel, René

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	One of the main responsibilities of a sound engineer is to control the quality of the sound during the recording process. An important qualitative aspect of a recording, besides the musicality of the performance, is its timbral content. Proper level…
Fecha:	1990
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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22.

Success and failure in first grade : a sociological account of teachers' perspectives and practice in a public school in Brazil
Veit, Maria Helena Degani

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	This dissertation seeks to identify teachers' perspectives and practices which play a role in the literacy process. The qualitative method was used in the examination of four first-grade classes in a school serving a slum population in Porto Alegre, Brazil.,…
Fecha:	1990
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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23.

Primary schooling and agricultural education in Kenya : can principles of "modern" agriculture be taught effectively in schools?
Abagi, Jared O. (Jared Okwach)

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	This study explored the teaching of agriculture in Kenya's primary schools. It sought in particular to determine how the principles of "modern" agriculture may be taught effectively., Previous studies on education and agricultural productivity have ignored the mechanisms through which…
Fecha:	1990
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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24.

On literary expertise : the description of a fictional narrative by experts and novices
Graves, Barbara

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	The objective of this research is to provide an account of literary expertise by examining literary experts and students in English Literature as they describe a fictional narrative. The experimental text is a complex narrative conveyed by means of character…
Fecha:	1990
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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25.

Conviction in the everyday : Joseph Conrad and skepticism
Smith, Jeremy Mark

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Heart of Darkness, Chance, and Lord Jim can be described as philosophical works if considered in light of "ordinary language" philosophy. Conrad wrestled with skepticism much as Wittgenstein later would, but his struggle with the "bewitchment" of skeptical thinking took…
Fecha:	1990
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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26.

Constraints and their satisfaction in the recovery of local surface structure
Lagarde, Jean W. (Jean Wilfrid)

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	This thesis deals with the problem of recovering the local structure of surfaces from discrete range data. It is assumed that this recovery is done mostly in a bottom-up fashion, that is, without the help of a priori knowledge about…
Fecha:	1990
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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27.

Zinc oxide thin film fabrication, characterization and application to acoustic fibers
Tang, Zhirong

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	High quality, well oriented Zinc Oxide polycrystal thin films on oriented Si crystal surfaces and amorphous SiO$ sb2$/Si, Corning Glass and Al/SiO$ sb2$/Si substrates have been produced by a DC conical reactive S-GUN magnetron sputtering technique. X-Ray diffraction measurements, scanning…
Fecha:	1990
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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28.

The temporal and spatial organization of the evoked potential in the cat somatosensory cortex : a voltage and a current source density analysis
Hoeltzell, Perry Bruno

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	This thesis describes the temporal and spatial organization of the somatosensory evoked potential in the cat in response to small punctate mechanical stimuli applied to the forepaw. The evoked potential was shown to be spatially and temporally stable as well…
Fecha:	1990
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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29.

Production of caseins using extrusion technology
Fichtali, Jaouad

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Preliminary experiments indicated that an acid casein co-precipitate could be produced by extrusion from skim milk powder (SMP). In assessing the problems encountered, experiments were designed to model and optimize the coagulation/washing process using response surface methodology (RSM), to minimize…
Fecha:	1990
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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30.

Infidelity, the novel, and the law
Leckie, Barbara

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	This thesis examines the sociolegal context of the representation of infidelity in the Anglo-American novel. It locates the first serious Anglo-American treatment of infidelity in the novels of Henry James and Ford Madox Ford; and it situates these writers for…
Fecha:	1990
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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31.

Toward an integrated development communication strategy : an analysis of the SADCC case
Mukasa, Stanford Garikayi

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	This thesis reflects an attempt at a theoretical and methodological retaxonomization of development communication research in the aftermath of theory failure in the traditional communication approach to development--a failure largely attributed to the inadequacy of research methods in giving a…
Fecha:	1990
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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32.

Age and stage based analysis of the population dynamics of beluga whales, Delphinapterus leucas, with particular reference to the northern Quebec population
Doidge, D. W. (David William)

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	The vital rates of beluga, Delphinapterus leucas, harvested in northern Quebec are within the range reported by previous studies in Alaska and the Canadian and Soviet Arctic. Small sample size and inadequate estimates of survivorship rates prevent meaningful calculation of…
Fecha:	1990
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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33.

EMBRAPA Soybean: generating technology, cultivating partnerships.

Formato:	Folderes / Folhetos / Cartilhas (INFOTECA-E)
Enlaces:	Main technologies, recommendations and generated knowledge. Embrapa Soybean and the comunity. Employees: commitment and development of skills. Important challenges: vision on the future., 2005, 1 folder.
Fecha:	2014-01-16
Recurso:	Informação Tecnológica en Agricultura (Infoteca-e)

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Breadth and depth of English vocabulary knowledge : which really matters in the academic reading performance of Chinese university students?
Huang, Hsing-Fei, 1979-

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	This study explored the relationship between vocabulary size (i.e., breadth of knowledge), depth of vocabulary knowledge, and reading comprehension of Chinese-speaking ESL (English as a second language) university students in Canada. Both aspects of vocabulary knowledge, breadth and depth, continue…
Fecha:	2006
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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35.

The acquisition of coaching knowledge of a unique sample of expert team sport coaches /
Carter, Adam D.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	The purpose of this study was to identify how coaches who have surpassed their athletic achievements acquired their coaching knowledge. Six University coaches from basketball, volleyball, and hockey, with a combined total of fourteen coach of the year awards were…
Fecha:	2006
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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36.

Creating knowledge in a geographically dispersed context : process and moderating variables
Assudani, Rashmi H.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Increasingly, knowledge-based tasks such as new product development and market research are being conducted by geographically dispersed teams. Early evidence from knowledge-based view of the firm and geographically dispersed work literatures suggests that at least four kinds of knowledge gaps---transactive…
Fecha:	2005
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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37.

Articulatory, perceptual, and phonological determinants of accurate production of s
Ohberg, Alyssa.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Children's speech sound errors may reflect deficits in acoustic-phonetic, articulatory-phonetic, or phonological knowledge of those sounds. The purpose of the current study was to explore the factors believed to contribute to accurate articulation of /s/ in children with typically developing…
Fecha:	2006
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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38.

Knowledge selection, mapping and transfer in artificial neural networks
Thivierge, Jean-Philippe.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Knowledge-based Cascade-correlation is a neural network algorithm that combines inductive learning and knowledge transfer (Shultz & Rivest, 2001). In the present thesis, this algorithm is tested on several real-world and artificial problems, and extended in several ways. The first extension…
Fecha:	2005
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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Etiology and epidemiology of Pythium root rot in hydroponic crops: current knowledge and perspectives.
SUTTON, J. C. - SOPHER, C. R. - OWEN-GOING, T. N. - LIU, W. - GRODZINSKI, B. - HALL, J. C. - BENCHIMOL, R. L.

Formato:	Artigo em periódico indexado (ALICE)
Enlaces:	The etiology and epidemiology of Pythium root rot in hydroponically-grown crops are reviewed with emphasis on knowledge and concepts considered important for managing the disease in commercial greenhouses. Pythium root rot continually threatens the productivity of numerous kinds of crops…
Fecha:	2009-12-01
Recurso:	Repositório Acesso Livre à Informação Científica da Embrapa (ALICE)

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40.

Moral experience and the moral problem
Beaulieu, Gerald Denis

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	This thesis examines the relationship between moral experience and moral knowledge in contemporary analytic meta-ethics. It begins with a critical examination of the work of Michael Smith, notably his book The Moral Problem, which leaves out of consideration the notion…
Fecha:	2004
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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41.

Sparse data estimation for knowledge processes
Lari, Kamran A.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	During recent years, industry has increasingly focused on knowledge processes. Similar to traditional or manufacturing processes, knowledge processes need to be managed and controlled in order to provide the expected results for which they were designed. During the last decade,…
Fecha:	2004
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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42.

Knowing about not knowing : a cognitive view of mathematics anxiety, Cognition and mathematics anxiety
Franz, Erika Katharina Elizabeth.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	In order to close the gap that exists between the research areas of mathematics anxiety and mathematics learning, this study examined cognitive, metacognitive, and affective aspects of mathematics anxiety as well as students' mathematics performance and competence. One hundred and…
Fecha:	2005
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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43.

Analysis of early weaning in the weight performance of cow-calf in the Pantanal of Mato Grosso do Sul.
ABREU, U. G. P. de - OLIVEIRA, L. O. F. de - NOGUEIRA, E. - BATISTA, D. S. do N. - MENDES, E. D. M.

Formato:	Resumo em anais de congresso (ALICE)
Enlaces:	2013
Fecha:	2013-08-01
Recurso:	Repositório Acesso Livre à Informação Científica da Embrapa (ALICE)

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The concept of ta'līm and tarbiyah in Mutahharī's thought /
Zolghadr, Khadijeh

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Due to the significance of education and upbringing in the individual and social life of human, these two subjects have received a great deal of attention from Muslim thinkers. The present work looks at Murtaḍa Mutahhari's (1920--1980) thought on these…
Fecha:	2004
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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45.

Farmers' local ecological knowledge in the biotech age : a multi-sited ethnography of fruit farming in the Okanagan Valley
Askew, Hannah.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	In this Master of Arts Thesis in Anthropology I examine the controversy in the Okanagan Valley over the introduction of GM seed technologies into local agricultural processes. I explore via a multi-sited ethnography how local fruit farmers in this region…
Fecha:	2006
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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The examination of nurse, organizational and infant factors associated with effective procedural pain care in hospitalized infants /
Latimer, Margot.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Background. Hospitalized infants still experience pain from regularly performed tissue-damaging procedures. Nurses have knowledge to manage the pain but do not apply that knowledge. There is agreement that hospital organizational factors influence quality of care outcomes and some indication that…
Fecha:	2006
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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Supplementation of calves in creep-feeding systems in native pastures in the Pantanal.
OLIVEIRA, L. O. F. de - ABREU, U. G. P. de - NOGUEIRA, E. - BATISTA, D. S. do N. - MENDES, E. D. M. - PUTRINO, S. M.

Formato:	Resumo em anais de congresso (ALICE)
Enlaces:	2013
Fecha:	2013-08-01
Recurso:	Repositório Acesso Livre à Informação Científica da Embrapa (ALICE)

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Availability of information about sustainable bioenergy technologies: the agro-energy tree of knowledge.
JARDINE, J. G. - SUNDFELD, E. - DURÃES, F. O. M.

Formato:	Artigo em periódico indexado (ALICE)
Enlaces:	In addition to the efforts undertaken by research institutions to generate new knowledge and technologies, it is also necessary to promote the results of this research. Specifically, there is a need for an information system that aggregates, organizes and systematizes…
Fecha:	2014-01-27
Recurso:	Repositório Acesso Livre à Informação Científica da Embrapa (ALICE)

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Rainforest fisheries : regional organization and household participation in the aquarium fish trade of the Peruvian Amazon
Moreau, Marie-Annick, 1976-

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Conservation of the world's biodiversity is increasingly viewed as a development problem, requiring the alleviation of poverty together with the promotion of alternative livelihoods in resource-reliant communities. To be successful, such efforts must recognize the underlying logic of resource-users' livelihood…
Fecha:	2004
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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Plays on "the Indian" : representation of knowledge and authenticity in Indianist mimetic practice
Kalshoven, Petra Tjitske.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Indian hobbyism, or Indianism, is an expression of a typically European fascination with Native American peoples which involves crafting "museum-quality replicas" of clothing and artifacts as well as reenactment of slices of Native American nineteenth-century life by non-Native practitioners in…
Fecha:	2006
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL