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In the forests of Wemindji Cree Territory on the eastern shores of James Bay, north-western Quebec, forest fires burn frequently, human interventions are rare, and fire is the key agent of forest transformation. This thesis examines Cree perceptions of spatial…

Frequently we become amazed with the increasing number of problems to be solved that fiourish while facing daily activities. Often, related to these problems we llave also an incredible amount oí data. Since we cannot allways afford time and resources…

Las refl exiones sobre la producción de conocimiento dentro del área de la docencia y la investigación, y el debate que actualmente
se lleva a cabo para revisar el modo de generar conocimientos motivaron la realización de este ensayo, que…

Que el estudiante universitario se acerque a la lectura de manera gratificante y placentera es una necesidad; por tanto, deben crearse espacios en el reciento universitario. Para ello se planteó fortalecer el proceso lector en los estudiantes de tercer año…

Has university scholarship gone astray? Do our academic assessment systems reward scholarship that addresses the questions that matter most to society? Using international business as an example, we highlight the problematic nature of academic ranking systems and question if such…

Purpose: The aim of this paper is to assess both the philosophical underpinnings and contributions to knowledge made by research in the field of strategy in the five years between 2002 and 2006.

Design/methodology/approach: The paper begins with…

The original idea of this research was the disigning, evaluating and applying of an interactive material that could help our �Sports Initiation II� students to achieve the required knowledge of an adapted sport like the mini handball. Guidelines established in…

In recent years, an important focus has been placed on training counsellors to attend to cultural diversity. In an effort to assist counsellors in this process, models of Multicultural Counselling Competencies (MCC) have been developed for work with adult populations.…

We propose a framework for studying the effect of KDD on CRM in the Egyptian banking sector. We believe that the KDD process and applications may perform a significant role in Egyptian banks to improve CRM, in particular for customer…