By combining a descriptive meihod with a comparative one, this thesis attempts to understand the ideas of method of Muslim learning as illustrated in a medieval Muslim treatise, Ta'lim al-Muta'allim Tariq al-Ta'allum (Instruction of the Student: the Method of Learning),…

Technology adoption has been seen as key to the development of more productive agriculture in lesser developed countries. But the adoption and adaptation of new agricultural technology occurs at the level of farm families where decisions are made based on…

The implementation of a knowledge-based expert system to check on inpatients' conditions is described. In our development of a bedside computerized ICU, graphical user interface (GUI) and graphical visualization have been extensively exploited to facilitate the natural and effective representation…

This thesis is about a problem of interest to reading theorists, psychological anthropologists and cultural studies researchers alike: why we find some narratives, plots, and images compelling and what this phenomenon can tell us about the cultural bases of human…

Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) remains an epidemic illness with no known cure. Survival time after infection with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), has been lengthened considerably. Rates of new infection among the at-risk male homosexual populations have decreased. Prevention is…

In the central Canadian Rocky Mountain thrust-fold belt, three types of first order decollements are outlined within or along the border of the present orogenic wedge: one basal decollement, three intermediate or internal decollements and one upper decollement. Structural relationships…

This thesis investigates the knowledge of semantics-syntax correspondences in second language acquisition (SLA) within the Principles and Parameters framework. A parameter of semantic structure is proposed to account for crosslinguistic syntactic differences between two previously unrelated, and superficially distinct, verb…

This study explores gender differences in the ways teachers interact with high school students from disrupted families. Four language arts teachers and five mathematics teachers from an urban high school in Montreal, Quebec were interviewed and observed in their classroom…

Quantification of physiological functions with positron emission tomography requires knowledge of the arterial radioactivity concentration. Automated blood sampling systems increase the accuracy of this measurement, particularly for short-lived tracers such as oxygen-15, by reducing the sampling interval to a fraction…

This study proposes an in-depth analysis of the concept of imagination in the Essais as it emerges through various occurrences of the words "imagination" and "fantasie" (synonymous in the XVIth century) and their numerous derivatives. By focusing on two fundamental…