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Importance of experiential context for understanding indigenous ecological knowledge : the Algonquins of Barriere Lake, Quebec
Nickels, Scot, 1959-

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	One of the more recent and alluring phrases used by development and resource management practitioners and theorists is "traditional ecological knowledge." Although there is a substantial amount of the literature on this subject, these studies have unfortunately an inadequate characterization…
Fecha:	1999
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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How scientific experiments are designed : problem solving in a knowledge-rich, error-rich environment
Baker, Lisa M.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	While theory formation and the relation between theory and data has been investigated in many studies of scientific reasoning, researchers have focused less attention on reasoning about experimental design, even though the experimental design process makes up a large part…
Fecha:	1999
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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Gender, design and education : the politics of voice
Poldma, Tiiu Vaikla.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	The purpose of this study is to investigate a series of issues around the primary theme of value constructions and the ways that these influence the construction of interior spaces and impact on its occupants. The ways in which knowledge…
Fecha:	1999
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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Remediating behaviour problems in children with cognitive disabilities
Viola, Teresa.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	This study examined the efficacy of conjoint behavioural consultation (CBC) in the remediation of behavioural problems in children with cognitive disabilities. Further, this study sought to determine whether parents' knowledge of behavioural principles and behavioural management skills improved as a…
Fecha:	1999
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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Examining conditions of incidental L2 vocabulary acquisition through reading
Zahar, Richard M.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	The study examines to what extent and under what conditions incidental L2 vocabulary acquisition through reading occurs. The all-male subjects were 144 grade seven ESL learners at a French-language high school in Montreal. They were previously placed into 5 groups,…
Fecha:	1999
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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An alternative possibility of identity development : a discussion of Rudolf Steiner and Waldorf education
Okumoto, Yoko.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	This thesis addresses the question of identity from the perspective of Rudolf Steiner and Waldorf Education attempting to make a connection between Steiner's theory of self development in relation to the spiritual world, and the postmodern concept of identity. Fundamentally,…
Fecha:	1999
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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A neural network model of the primate saccadic system /
Hafed, Ziad M.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	A new, distributed model of the primate oculomotor system is presented. This model generates saccades (rapid eye movements) of various amplitudes, and it is able to exhibit various saccade-related phenomena, including multiple and interrupted saccades. The model differs from those…
Fecha:	1999
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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Postnatal maturation of the electroretinogram of the guinea pig (Cavia porcellus)
Behn, Darren.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Unlike most rodents, the guinea pig (Cavia porcellus) is born with its eyes open. It has been claimed that most of the functional and structural maturation of the retina takes place in utero. In fact, to our knowledge, no study…
Fecha:	1999
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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3-D automatic anatomy-based image registration in portal imaging
Sirois, Luc M.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	A three dimensional, automatic, anatomy-based system for portal verification has been developed based on an FFT implementation of Pearson's correlation coefficient (PCC). The PCC requires no anatomy or point-pair identification, is robust when encountering changes in scaling and shifts in…
Fecha:	1999
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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Pattern formation in the mammalian striatum: the development of the thalamostriatal projection in the rodent
Srivastava, Vinit.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Excitatory amino acids (EAAs) may play a role in sculpting mosaic patterns within the brain. Determining the role of EAA projection systems in sculpting the chemically heterogeneous striatal patch-matrix compartments requires knowledge concerning the spatiotemporal development of afferent EAA systems.…
Fecha:	1999
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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An object-oriented approach to dimensional analysis for engineering design /
Wong, Yick Kei, 1973-

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	This thesis considers an object-oriented approach to dimensional analysis for engineering design. A dimensional analysis system is developed which can be applied to the knowledge-based engineering design especially of electromagnetic devices. All the system is coded in C++. A shell…
Fecha:	1999
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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12.

Flight simulation
Kesserwan, Nader.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Simulation is the technique by which a physical system can be represented mathematically by a computer program for the solution of a problem. This technique of problem solving is used when it is not feasible due to time, cost, or…
Fecha:	1999
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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13.

Fabrique et discours : Salomon de Caus and the Vitruvian ideal of architecture
Spriggs, Megan.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	A study of Salomon de Caus' manuscript commentary on the first book of Jean Martin's French translation of Vitruvius (c. 1622--1624) which takes the form of a dialogue between an Architect, an Engineer and a Mathematician. The removal of music…
Fecha:	1999
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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Developing novel lipases from Bacillus thermocatenulatus to improve enantioselectivity by directed evolution
Liu, Andrew Man Fai, 1975-

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	In order to make use of enzymes in unnatural applications more efficiently, novel enzymes have to be developed and they may arise from an existing enzyme with similar performance. The fast way to improve the performance of the enzyme is…
Fecha:	1999
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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15.

Resolution based techniques for automated proving of theorems in Tarskian-Euclidian geometry
Savchenko, Sergei.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	The discipline of automated theorem proving encompasses techniques which allow us to find a justification of a logical statement expressing an assertion in some domain of knowledge. Beside obvious importance for mathematics, many of the tasks traditionally associated with human…
Fecha:	1999
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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16.

Helping the poor in underdeveloped countries : a practice of resistance and solidarity
Belanger, Dominique.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Historically, development practice and theory has been focused on increasing the productive capacity of the poor towards the modernization of their society. More than often, this approach resulted in excluding the poor from fully participating in their own development. This…
Fecha:	1999
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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17.

The rhetoric of silence /
Church Farrell, Mary Joanne.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	This study explores how we may read silence in dramatic works as a rhetorical strategy. Silence is usually equated with absence, oppression, or passivity. Speech is usually equated with presence, expression, and action. While silence can be imposed to prevent…
Fecha:	1999
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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18.

Reviving the spirit in the practice of pedagogy : a scientific perspective on interconnectivity as foundation for spirituality in education
Golf, Jeffrey.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	This thesis is a response to the fragmentation prevalent in the practice of contemporary Western pedagogy. The mechanistic paradigm set in place by the advance of classical science has contributed to an ideology that places the human being in a…
Fecha:	1999
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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19.

Optimal control for a CTMP process with simulated annealing
Qing, Shuping, 1969-

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	In this thesis, a problem of optimal control for a CTMP(chemi-thermo-mechanical pulping) process is formulated and solved by applying simulated annealing algorithm., Based on priori knowledge accumulated from years of practical operations, a set of imprecise and empirical equations are…
Fecha:	1999
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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20.

Translation of graphics to haptic boundary representation
Wang, Qingyuan, 1973-

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Recently haptics became a promising research area applicable to a variety of domains, however, little attention has been paid to haptic interaction with images normally displayed graphically. Furthermore, to our knowledge, no attention has been given to how the addition…
Fecha:	1999
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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21.

Genetic variation and multiple mechanisms of anthelmintic resistance in Haemonchus contortus
Blackhall, William James.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Anthelmintic treatment of livestock is an important aspect of the control of gastrointestinal parasites. Resistance to anthelmintics is common, and an understanding of resistance requires knowledge of an anthelmintic's mode(s) of action and mechanism(s) of resistance. The parasitic nematode, Haemonchus…
Fecha:	1999
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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22.

The caregivers of stroke patients : the evolution of health status over the first three months after the patient returns home
Christopher, Andrew B.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Informal stroke caregivers are, and will continue to be, an essential resource as the number of persons with stroke rises with the aging trend of the population. With the advent of community based medicine, knowledge of the changes in health…
Fecha:	1999
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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23.

Sexual orientation : prospects and perspectives of a changing norm in international law, Prospects and perspectives of a changing norm in international law
Andersen, Jacob Strandgaard.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Sexual orientation, especially between males, has historically been met with harsh criminal sanctions. Only in this century has the issue been one of fundamental freedom and private choices. This study analyses the legal history of the concept of choice in…
Fecha:	1999
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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Solution structure and dynamics of bioactive peptides mimicking NGF
Beglova, Natalia, 1962-

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Nerve growth factor (NGF) belongs to the neurotrophin family of growth factors. NGF can bind to two transmembrane receptors, TrkA and p75. TrkA is the NGF specific tyrosine kinase receptor; p75 is a receptor which is common to all neurotrophins.…
Fecha:	1999
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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25.

Characterization of cyborged ecosystems
Clark, O. Grant (Osborne Grant)

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	In this thesis, a philosophy and lexicon for the engineering of biosystems are established. The focus is on a specific class of biosystems ( ecocyborgs) created by combining ecosystems and technological Components. This work is part of the EcoCyborg Project,…
Fecha:	1999
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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Previous exposure-dependent factors related to protection against malaria in a Braziliam Amazon migrant population : an open cohort study
Duarte, Elisabeth Carmen.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Malaria remains an important public health problem in developing countries. Because of difficulties in control programmes, naturally acquired immunity (NAI) for many is the only factor that limits the number and severity of malaria episodes. To improve scientific knowledge about…
Fecha:	1999
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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27.

The regulation of parathyroid hormone-related protein (PTHRP) gene expression in hypercalcemia of malignancy /
Aklilu, Fasika.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	The studies included in this thesis were aimed at identifying the mechanisms that lead to aberrant expression of the PTHRP gene in cancer., We have used the hepatocyte growth factor receptor oncogene, Tpr-Met, as a model and examined the effect…
Fecha:	1999
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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The syntax of Spanish multifunctional clitics and near-native competence /
Bruhn de Garavito, Joyce L. S.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	This thesis studies the problem of language learnability in relation to two different but related sets of structures in Spanish, both involving multifunctional clitic pronouns. The first of these is the reflexive clitic se which is used in impersonal and…
Fecha:	1999
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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An econometric study of the agricultural labor market in Brazil: a test of subsistence and commercial family farm models.
ALVES, E. R. de A.

Formato:	Teses/dissertações (ALICE)
Enlaces:	In the last three decennia there has been a sizable shift of labor out of Brazilian agriculture in response to the higher returns to be gained in non-farm employment. The shift has not been rapid enough to equalize the income…
Fecha:	2013-07-16
Recurso:	Repositório Acesso Livre à Informação Científica da Embrapa (ALICE)

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Three essays on knowledge teams
Lee, Kyung Young

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	In contemporary organizations, it is common to encounter teams that are formed to create novel outcomes and that are supported by Information Communication Technologies (ICT). These knowledge teams are also formed by members with diverse expertise, in order to create…
Fecha:	2013
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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31.

Silvipastoral systems on Amazon river floodplains: identification of multipurpose forest species based on traditional knowledge of riverside inhabitants.
MARTINEZ, G. B. - OLIVEIRA JUNIOR, M. C. M. de - BRIENZA JUNIOR, S.

Formato:	Resumo em anais de congresso (ALICE)
Enlaces:	2009, Resumo.
Fecha:	2013-12-11
Recurso:	Repositório Acesso Livre à Informação Científica da Embrapa (ALICE)

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32.

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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33.

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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34.

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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35.

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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36.

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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37.

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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38.

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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39.

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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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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41.

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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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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43.

Classifying and recommending knowledge in reference documentation to improve API usability
Chhetri, Yam

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Reference documentation is an important source of information on API usage. Programmers, however, can easily overlook reference information because of its tedious nature, and because the information they seek can be buried among irrelevant or boiler-plate text. We propose to…
Fecha:	2013
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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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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Generating process in adolescent sport participation: a knowledge translation plan bridging research and practice
Dunn, Steven James

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Knowledge translation (KT) has been referred to as "the methods for closing the gaps from knowledge to practice" (Straus, Tetroe & Graham, 2009). During the 2010-2011 academic year, a research project was conducted in the three high schools of the…
Fecha:	2013
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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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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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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48.

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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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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Mobilizing Inuit knowledge: representation and institutional mediation in the era of global climate change
Johnson, Noor Jehan

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	This thesis examines the production and mobilization of Inuit knowledge in and beyond the Canadian Arctic in the context of climate change. Drawing on multi-scale, ethnographic research, it focuses in particular on the role of institutions, such as government departments…
Fecha:	2013
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL