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The dynamics of knowledge in international strategic alliances : a longitudinal study of service firms
Martin de Holan, Pablo.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	This thesis studies the notion of knowledge in business firms, and in particular the concept of knowledge mobilization, understood as the mechanisms used by organizations to apply, transfer and retain knowledge about cause and effect relationships. As a theoretical framework,…
Fecha:	2000
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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Child maltreatment : teachers' knowledge of risk, procedures and reporting
Fleisher, Raphaela L.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Sixty teachers from the Ottawa-Carleton region of Canada were surveyed to measure their knowledge of child maltreatment risk indicators, knowledge of reporting procedures, and the frequency of reporting sexual abuse, physical abuse, and neglect. Correlations did not support the hypothesis…
Fecha:	2000
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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Suhrawardī (d.1191) and his interpretation of Avicenna's (d.1037) philosophical anthropology
Marcotte, Roxanne D.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Suhrawardi's interpretation of Avicenna's philosophical anthropology greatly depends on the Peripatetic system, in spite of its novel light motif and the faculty of imagination's predominance. His definition of the soul does not depart significantly from Avicenna's: its definition as an…
Fecha:	2000
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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Traditional knowledge and global politics : the promotion of Inuit culture
Sjunner, Roger.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	This thesis investigates, through primary research, the role of traditional knowledge in regional, national, and international political activities of Canadian Inuit. The links between an increasingly postmodern West, global environmental discourse, and the role of traditional knowledge in Inuit self-identity…
Fecha:	2000
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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The body in Western and Chinese medicine : discourses and practices
Lemire, Diane M.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	This thesis is about the body and about how medical discourses conceptualise the body in health and in illness. However, any inquisitiveness about the body is determined by historical, social and political environment that nurtures the discursive formations of knowledge.…
Fecha:	2000
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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Comprehension and learning through multimedia : integrative processing of text and illustrations, Integrative processing of text and illustrations
Roy, Marguerite Claire.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	The comprehension of illustrations and text was studied from a cognitive discourse processing perspective. Typically, learners must construct conceptual knowledge representations that integrate different types of information from diverse sources and modalities (e.g., text and illustrations). Currently, little is known…
Fecha:	2000
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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Information, knowledge, and stability : essays in game theory
Luo, Xiao, 1975-

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	This dissertation contains three essays in game theory, focusing particularly on the issues of information, knowledge, and stability in complex interactions. It begins with an introductory overview., Chapter 2 offers a general framework for analyzing complex economic and social environments.…
Fecha:	2000
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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Detection techniques and performance analysis for fading multipath channels with unresolved components
Danilo, Florence A.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Personal communication services (PCS) is one of the fastest growing sectors in telecommunications. PCS can be provided by wireless cellular communication systems, that operate in radio environments characterized as multipath fading channels. This thesis addresses the subject of signal detection…
Fecha:	2000
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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Validating a theory-based design for online instruction : the integrated learning model
Ahmad, Arshad.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	The goal of this study is to present the empirical results of a design experiment that validates the Integrated Learning Model (ILM). The study also explores the contribution of multiple Web-tools that facilitate specific learning outcomes., Using a multiple paradigmatic…
Fecha:	2000
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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Determinants of patient behavior in chronic illness : examining educational interventions for glaucoma patients
Radcliffe-Branch, Deborah S.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Providing chronically ill patients with informational support is crucial for successful disease management. The effectiveness of educational interventions was examined utilizing three questionnaires which assessed glaucoma patients' health beliefs, disease knowledge and medication compliance. 60 chronic open-angle glaucoma patients either:…
Fecha:	2000
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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11.

The epistemology of Qiyas and Talil between the Mutazilite Abu l-Husayn al-Basri and Ibn Hazm al-Zahiri /
El-Tobgui, Carl Sharif.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	This thesis seeks to sketch the outer contours of the epistemological universe in which the science of us&dotbelow;ul al-fiqh was elaborated in classical Islam. The task is accomplished by analyzing arguments both for and against qiyas and ta`lil as presented…
Fecha:	2000
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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12.

Inflectional morphology and second language learning systems : an investigation of the dual-mechanism model and L2 morphology
Murphy, Victoria A.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Pinker and Prince (1988, 1994) propose that there are two separate systems involved in linguistic representation and processing; one system is rule-governed, and incorporates symbolic hierarchical linguistic representations, the other is associative with linguistic information represented in a more distributed…
Fecha:	2000
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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13.

Ethnoecology of Aechmea magdalenae (Bromeliaceae) : a participatory investigation into the sustainable harvest and conservation of a non-timber rainforest product
Ticktin, Tamara.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	An understanding of the effects of harvest on wild plant populations is essential for discerning the ecological impacts of past and present human uses of wild species, and for conserving species which are currently overexploited. This dissertation builds on theories…
Fecha:	2000
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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14.

Robust image segementation towards an action recognition algorithm
Arseneau, Shawn.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	To facilitate proper recognition of a human's action from a video sequence, several key features must first be determined. Initially, the person performing the action must be isolated from the background scene. This information is then used to decipher pertinent…
Fecha:	2000
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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15.

Nursing and the computerized age
DeLorey, Robin.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	This thesis provides the rationale for the necessity of a redefining of the holistic back into nursing after the consequences of technological restructuring. This study revealed that the impact of modern technology-based, prescriptive changes on professional nursing practice in Canada…
Fecha:	2000
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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16.

Enhanced fluctuation-driven neutrino scattering behind supernova shocks
Aghababaie, Yashar.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	We describe a general formalism for computing scattering rates of weak probes in macroscopic systems, based on a density matrix formalism. We show that weak probes in general scatter off fluctuations in the medium. In the limit that the neutrino…
Fecha:	2000
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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17.

A comparative study using endovaginal sonography and magnetic resonance imaging in the staging of endometrial carcinoma /
Wang, Lin, 1967-

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Introduction. Most patients with early-stage endometrial carcinoma are treated with hysterectomy. The knowledge of the stage of disease could impact greatly on the eventual therapeutic decision. Numerous studies have investigated the use of endovaginal ultrasonography (US) and magnetic resonance (MR)…
Fecha:	2000
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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18.

Interactive multimedia composition on the World Wide Web : a solution for musicians using Java
Beaulac, Jacqueline.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	This thesis attempts to gauge the strengths and limitations of the Java programming language in terms of its use in the production of multimedia compositions: in particular, the ways in which Java supports the creation of interactive, non-deterministic musical works.…
Fecha:	2000
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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19.

Examining the effectiveness of grand round scenarios using BioWorld : does real-world practice improve real-world learning?
Espinosa, Maria Rowena.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	The purpose of this study was to examine the effectiveness of cased-based learning, writing and peer discussions on learning about digestive diseases in a computer-based learning environment, BioWorld. This method was called the Grand Rounds method. Thirty-one, ninth grade biology…
Fecha:	2000
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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20.

Managerial relationships in Sino-foreign joint ventures : a cross-cultural perspective
Li, Lifen, 1971-

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	This study explores the dynamics of the managerial relationship in Sino-foreign joint ventures from the perspectives of both Western expatriates and local Chinese. It is based on observations of one joint venture and some formal and informal interviews of a…
Fecha:	2000
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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21.

Microstructure and properties of TMP papers
Porubská, Jana.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Paper is comprised of quasi-randomly distributed fibres, fines and different additives. The properties of paper depend on the type of fibres used, their uniformity of distribution, the amount and type of fines and fillers. It is difficult to predict how…
Fecha:	2000
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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22.

Study of municipal aerated lagoon system in Ste-Julie, Quebec
Fortin, Isabelle.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	The design or improvement of a biological wastewater treatment system requires the characterization of influent wastewaters, the characterization of the microbial community in the system, and a knowledge of the rates of biological reactions. The wastewater treatment system of the…
Fecha:	2000
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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23.

Munchausen by proxy syndrome : a comparative case study
Fallis, Mitchell Kent.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Munchausen By Proxy Syndrome is a form of child abuse whereby parents induce symptoms of real illness, or falsely report symptoms, to initiate medical treatment for their children. Following a review of the literature with respect to case management, the…
Fecha:	2000
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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Case-based reasoning approach for the non-routine design of electromagnetic devices
Vo, Quang Vinh, 1959-

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	The ability to suggest a means of solving a novel problem through the remembering and recalling of previous experiences is a tenet of the Case-based reasoning (CBR) paradigm. This approach is well suited for the engineering design domain since an…
Fecha:	2000
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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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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26.

The piecing of identity : an autobiographical investigation of culture and values in language education
Mueller, Caroline.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	This study will explore my own perception of my personal and professional roles as a language teacher in Nunavik and in Japan. In this qualitative study, I attempt to understand the negotiation of language and culture both in and out…
Fecha:	2000
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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27.

The OECD cryptography policy guidelines and their implementation /
Jeppson, Jonas.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) issued on 27 March 1997 a recommendation concerning cryptography policy guidelines in an attempt to foster international co-operation and harmonization. Information is becoming increasingly valuable in society. Globalization of markets, improvements in…
Fecha:	2000
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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28.

The effect of a prefeeding oral stimulation program on the feeding performance of preterm infants /
Fucile, Sandra.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	There is a lack of knowledge on the effect of an oral stimulation program, prior to the introduction of oral feeding, in preterm infants who are less than 30 weeks gestational age. The objective of this study was to assess…
Fecha:	2000
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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29.

The design and synthessis of platinum-based DNA intercalators /
Paradis, Michel, 1976-

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Over the past years, considerable attention has focused on the synthesis of small complexes that can bind and react at specific DNA sequences. This understanding of how to target DNA sites with specificity becomes important for nucleotide probing and novel…
Fecha:	2000
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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30.

Travel agents as partners in promoting referral of at-risk travellers to travel health clinics
MacDougall, Laura A.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Increases in travel-related illness require new partnerships to ensure travellers are prepared for health risks abroad. The present study evaluated a health promotion intervention aimed at travel agents to encourage them to refer at-risk travellers to travel health clinics. Information…
Fecha:	2000
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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31.

Seniors in the emergency department : age and gender differences in presenting characteristics and predictors of adverse functional outcome at six months
Verdon, Josée.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	With the rapid aging of the population, the presence of seniors in the emergency department (ED) is increasing. While the functional outcomes of seniors following an ED visit has been described, their predictors have not been examined by gender and…
Fecha:	2000
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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32.

Authority, identity, and writing : a feminist perspective
Anderson, Linda, 1942-

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Although more and more women are present in university, feminist scholars contend that we have been and often still are viewed as "other" in this context. This position of "outsider" can problematize academic discourse for women writers. This qualitative study…
Fecha:	2000
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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33.

The influence of season on preovulatory events associated with estrus synchronization in dwarf goats raised in Quebec /
Pierson, Janice.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	In temperate zones most breeds of goats are anestrous and anovulatory during spring and summer, but start cycling as day length decreases during the fall. In tropical zones, indigenous goats, such as the Pygmy and the Nigerian Dwarf, tend to…
Fecha:	2000
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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34.

Telemetric measurement of compressive loads in the sheep lumbar spine
Hauerstock, David.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	The goal of this study was to develop and validate a system for the telemetric measurement of in vivo compressive intervertebral loads in the sheep, and to measure these loads in a variety of activities., A miniature load cell and…
Fecha:	2000
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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35.

Participation incentives of skiers with a disability
Bilek, Jodi Lee, 1971-

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	The purpose of this study was to determine if age, gender, level of participation, onset of disability and sport classification have an impact on participation incentives (ego, fitness, social affective, social integration and task) in skiers with a disability., One…
Fecha:	2000
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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36.

Identity and ethnic conflict : their social-psychological and cognitive dimensions
Kotsovilis, Spyridon Demetrius.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	This thesis looks into the role of identity in ethnic conflict from social-psychological and cognitive perspectives., The literature of Social Psychology suggests that one strategy of social groups under pressure or threat is to revert to their collective identity and…
Fecha:	2000
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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37.

Martin Heidegger's interpretation of ancient Greek aletheia and the philological response to it
De Sousa, Rui.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	This thesis tries to provide a critical review of Heidegger's interpretation of ancient Greek truth in the different stages of his career and it also examines the philological response that his work on this question elicited. The publication of Sein…
Fecha:	2000
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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38.

Unaccusativity in second language Japanese and English
Hirakawa, Makiko.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	This thesis investigates L2 acquisition of intransitive verb constructions in Japanese and English. Within the Generative framework, the Unaccusative Hypothesis has been proposed, which divides intransitive verbs into two syntactically distinct classes: unergatives and unaccusatives (Burzio 1986). The sole argument…
Fecha:	2000
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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39.

Medicalizing intersubjectivity : diagnostic practices and the self in Alzheimer's disease
Smith, André P.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a condition marked by progressive intellectual decline and memory loss, which typically affects individuals over the age of 60. Its origins are unknown but genetic factors are suspected in some cases. There is limited information about…
Fecha:	2000
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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40.

Role of CD44 and its main ligand, hyaluronan, in breast cancer invasion
Herrera-Gayol, Andrea.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Breast cancer is the second most frequent cancer in middle-aged women. Control of this disease requires identification of the various factors involved in the invasive-metastatic cascade, facilitating the subsequent development of relevant blocking compounds., Tumor cell invasion is a complex…
Fecha:	2000
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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41.

The impact of three instructional modes of computer tutoring on student learning in algebra /
Chen, Mei, 1962-

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	This research investigated the impact of "embedded teaching" and "learner-controlled" instruction on student learning of algebra in a controlled computer-tutoring environment. Three versions of a computer tutor were developed to establish three experimental conditions. Condition 1 corresponds to a conventional…
Fecha:	2000
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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42.

The development of mother tongue and second language reading in two bilingual education contexts /
Riches, Caroline.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	The effects that various forms of bilingual education may have on children's reading development are of concern to parents and educators alike. In this thesis, I investigate the development of mother tongue and second language reading in two bilingual education…
Fecha:	2000
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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43.

Chasing fireflies : understanding struggling readers
Hynes, Myrna.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	There is a wide gap between current understandings of how readers read and how reading is taught in school, particularly to "at-risk" readers. Contemporary reading research and reader-response theories suggest that struggling readers should not be subjected to remedial programs…
Fecha:	2000
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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44.

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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Genetical and environmental analyses of yield in six biparental soybean crosses.
TOLEDO, J. F. F. de - ARIAS, C. A. A. - OLIVEIRA, M . F. de - TRILLER, C. - MIRANDA, Z. de F. S.

Formato:	Artigo em periódico indexado (ALICE)
Enlaces:	The yearly genetic progress obtained by breeding for increased soybean yield has been considered acceptable worldwide. It is common sense, however, that this progress can be improved further if refined breeding techniques, developed from the knowledge of the genetic mechanisms…
Fecha:	2011-04-09
Recurso:	Repositório Acesso Livre à Informação Científica da Embrapa (ALICE)

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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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47.

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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48.

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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49.

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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50.

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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51.

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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52.

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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53.

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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54.

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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55.

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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56.

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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57.

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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59.

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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60.

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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63.

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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64.

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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65.

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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66.

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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67.

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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68.

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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69.

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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70.

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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71.

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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72.

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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73.

"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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74.

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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75.

The knowledge in knowledge management
Nickols, Fred

Formato:	Article
Enlaces:	Descripción completa.
Fecha:	2011-03-02
Recurso:	Universidad Veracruzana

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76.

Knowledge discovery in virtual community texts : clustering virtual communities
Oudshoff, A. M. - Bosloper, I. E. - Klos, T. B. - Spaanenburg, L.

Formato:	Articulo
Enlaces:	Automatic knowledge discovery from texts (KDT) is proving to be a promising method for businesses today to deal with the overload of textual information. In this paper, we first explore the possibilities for KDT to enhance communication in virtual communities,…
Fecha:	2010-11-09
Recurso:	Universidad Veracruzana

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77.

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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78.

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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79.

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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80.

An analytical model of the relationship knowledge, learning, innovation and sustainability.
CABRAL, J. E. de O. - COSTA, M. da P. B.

Formato:	Artigo em anais de congresso (ALICE)
Enlaces:	2010
Fecha:	2011-03-10
Recurso:	Repositório Acesso Livre à Informação Científica da Embrapa (ALICE)

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81.

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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82.

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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83.

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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84.

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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85.

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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86.

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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87.

An algebraic approach to dynamic epistemic logic
Phillips, Caitlin

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	In reasoning about multi-agent systems, it is important to look beyond the realm of propositional logic and to reason about the knowledge of agents within the system, as what they know about the environment will affect how they behave. A…
Fecha:	2010
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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88.

The teacher's knowledge community as a third space: tensions and possibilities in curriculum planning
Havard, Kimberly Anne

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Interest in curriculum is often divided between the work of curriculum theorists on one end and the manifestation of curriculum in the classroom on the other. Researchers are drawn to the study of both of these groups, but a third…
Fecha:	2010
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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89.

Extracting semantic information from Wikipedia using human computation and dimensionality reduction
West, Robert

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Semantic background knowledge is crucial for many intelligent applications. A classical way to represent such knowledge is through semantic networks. Wikipedia's hyperlink graph can be considered a primitive semantic network, since the links it contains usually correspond to semantic relationships…
Fecha:	2010
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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90.

Optimal time scales for reinforcement learning behaviour strategies
Comanici, Gheorghe

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Reinforcement Learning is a branch of Artificial Intelligence addressing the problem of single-agent autonomous sequential decision making. It proposes computational models which do not rely on the complete knowledge of the dynamics of stochastic environments. Options are a formalism used…
Fecha:	2010
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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91.

The influence of sensory and cognitive consonance/ dissonance on musical signal processing
Rogers, Susan

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	This thesis investigates possible origins of the distinction between consonant and dissonant auditory events and how persons with and without formal musical training judge the distinction. Two studies comprising six experiments used behavioral methods to explore perceptual and cognitive differences…
Fecha:	2010
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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92.

Computer aided design for molecular inhibitors
Lee, Devin

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	In-silico methods used to aid the development of therapeutic drugs have gained utility in the recent past and continue to grow in importance. Small molecule drugs for the use in the treatment of type 2 diabetes were designed using computational…
Fecha:	2010
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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93.

Invisible persons, invisible patients: determining the ethics of hormone-blocker therapy through an understanding of the transgender/transsexual adolescent- physician relationship
Bonifacio, Herbert

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	A new ethical medical dilemma concerns the use of hormone-blockers or medications that put puberty on hold in the care of transgender/transsexual (TG/TS) adolescents. These medications are taken until she is old enough to legally consent to cross-sex hormones. Such…
Fecha:	2010
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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94.

Professional competencies among librarians and information professionals in the knowledge era
Gulati, Anjali - Raina, R. L.

Formato:	Article
Enlaces:	Descripción completa.
Fecha:	2009-07-21
Recurso:	Universidad Veracruzana

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95.

Knowledge management in libraries in the 21st century
Shanhong, Tang

Formato:	Other
Enlaces:	IFLA Council and General Conference Proceedings (66th, Jerusalem, Israel, August 13-18, 2000)
Fecha:	2009-07-21
Recurso:	Universidad Veracruzana

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96.

Conceptual knowledge markup language : an introduction
Kent, Robert E.

Formato:	Article
Enlaces:	Descripción completa.
Fecha:	2011-03-25
Recurso:	Universidad Veracruzana

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97.

The development of an artificially intuitive reasoner
Sun, Yung Chien

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	This research is an exploration of the phenomenon of "intuition" in the context of artificial intelligence (AI). In this work, intuition was considered as the human capacity to make decisions under situations in which the available knowledge was usually low…
Fecha:	2010
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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98.

Plotinus' epistemology and his reading of the «theaetetus»
Magrin, Sara

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	The thesis offers a reconstruction of Plotinus' reading of the Theaetetus, and it presents an account of his epistemology that rests on that reading. It aims to show that Plotinus reads the Theaetetus as containing two anti-sceptical arguments. The first…
Fecha:	2010
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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99.

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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100.

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