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…

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…

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…

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…

This cross sectional study evaluated if coffee, associated with reduced linear growth, anemia and immunomodulation could contribute to childhood stunting and iron deficiency (ID) and anemia in Indigenous Ngöbe Buglé children and mothers. Questionnaires on socio-economic status, health, diet, anthropometry,…

Although existence of female voice change is not disputed, symptoms are subtle and not widely understood. Due to the recent nature of research conducted on the female adolescent voice, the researcher investigated what information had reached teachers of singing. The…

Learning agents that interact with complex environments often cannot predict the exact outcome of their actions due to noisy sensors or incomplete knowledge of the world. Learning the internal representation of such partially observable environments has proven to be a…

For engaging individuals in reducing personal stroke risk, knowledge about factors that are directly under individual control is relevant. Therefore, the objective was to estimate the risk of first ever stroke for specific combinations of health, lifestyle and psychological related…

This thesis examines the legal and ethical obligations of Quebec private daycare owners and directors, towards protecting the rights and safety of children in their care and the staff members who work with these children. Qualitative methodologies included forty-two questionnaires…

To the author's knowledge, no studies have included an analysis of foot or ankle kinematics during cross-sloped running, a condition frequently encountered in the runner's training environment. The goal of this thesis was to evaluate the kinematic adaptations induced at…