Knowledge of optimum concentrations and ratios of major nutrients in tree foliage is required to assess the nutrient status of the boreal forest. This thesis aimed at determining foliar nutritional standards for white spruce (Picea glauca (Moench) Voss), black spruce…

Porous metals are often used in orthopaedic load-bearing applications because they promote and direct bone ingrowth while maintaining their mechanical integrity for long periods in physiological environments. However, the influence of microstructural parameters of three-dimensional metallic scaffolds on osteogenic cell…

Corporations appear to be mesmerized by the revenue value of intellectual assets to the exclusion of other attributes thereof. Moreover, empirical evidence suggests that corporate lawyers share this perception, primarily conceptualizing of intellectual assets as a means of generating corporate…

This thesis explores everyday practices of Peruvian women at the soup kitchen, a self-help organization that feeds poor families. Every day, women put their culinary knowledge into practice and provide people with good tasting food in spite of limited material…

This study examined how medical tutors used a tool from clinical practice known as the patient problem list to support students' clinical reasoning in a natural internal medicine ward setting. A grounded 2 case comparative study was conducted with 2…

In my dissertation, I present Hermann Cohen's foundation for the history and philosophy of science. My investigation begins with Cohen's formulation of a neo-Kantian epistemology. I analyze Cohen's early work, especially his contributions to 19th century debates about the theory…

Drawing upon a review of literature and interviews with four artist-teachers, this thesis explores the implications of post-modernism on the studio teaching of painting. Additional emphasis is placed on uncovering the issue of the-death-of-painting and its links to post-modernism, and…

Se analizó una base de datos de tallos vegetativos del pasto marino Zostera marina, generados durante un periodo comprendido entre Abril de 1999 a Diciembre de 2000. El propósito general, fue proveer una técnica de estudio que minimice los muestreos…

En la formulación de mi tesis doctoral (1972) sobre “La Cristiada” me fui demasiado lejos al privilegiar la causalidad religiosa, mejor dicho, al factor religioso para no meternos en el problema científico, filosófico y metafísico de las causas, una y…

As a practicing dietitian, I am reminded by the dietetics and education literatures of just how important it is for me, and for the profession, to develop skills to continue to learn and improve practice. Although reflection is an integral…