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101.

Beyond racism: mapping ruling relations in a Canadian university from the standpoint of racialized female student activists
Nazemi, Mahtab

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	This study is an institutional ethnography which employs a critical race feminist theoretical framework in order to explicate the social relations that coordinate the experiences of racialized female student activists at McGill University. Interviews with students, administrators, faculty and staff,…
Fecha:	2011
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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102.

Understanding cultural adherence and the use of traditional medicine in Waskaganish First Nation
Tabib, Christine

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Changes in the Cree way of life over the last century are reflected by an increased prevalence of type 2 diabetes (T2D). Since traditional medicine (TM) is considered an appropriate complementary approach for T2D treatment and management, suitable delivery methods…
Fecha:	2011
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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103.

Student outcomes in inquiry instruction
Gyles, Petra

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	A literature review of student outcomes from inquiry instruction generated a list of 23 criterion-referenced student outcomes. These included more commonly addressed outcomes such as content knowledge and process skills, and less commonly addressed outcomes such as creativity, motivation, collaborative…
Fecha:	2011
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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104.

An examination of the factors influencing parents' perceptions of the effectiveness of inclusive education
Dupasquier, Marina

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Inclusive education has had a long history of support from research and policy, yet remains controversial within some parent groups. Montréal parents of typically developing children and children with disabilities of elementary school age learning in an inclusive classroom were…
Fecha:	2011
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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105.

Attuning storytelling with silence: «The Silent Woman», «The English Patient», and «In the Skin of a Lion»
Sedlak, Dominika

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	This thesis examines how silent mediums of expression in The Silent Woman, The English Patient and In the Skin of Lion widen the breadth of knowledge accessible to readers through storytelling. This study scrutinizes Michael Ondaatje's and Janet Malcolm's self-conscious…
Fecha:	2011
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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106.

Content-based instruction (CBI) in Japanese college classrooms: focusing on language, content, or both?
Moriyoshi, Norie

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	This study examined the ways in which CBI classes are taught, including teachers' comprehensible input, the amount of student output, and the perceptions of both students and teachers regarding CBI. Two intact postsecondary CBI classes in Japan, totaling 76 students…
Fecha:	2011
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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107.

Chinese business managers' perceptions in KM-related decision making: environmental, informational, individual, and decision-specific perspectives
Lin, Yang

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Knowledge Management (KM) to date has been poorly recognized, explained, and applied in China, and lack of empirical evidence has become a major barrier to the development of KM research in the Chinese academic community. The purpose of this study…
Fecha:	2011
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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108.

Three essays on the optimal degree of enforcement of property rights:determination and impact
Sen Choudhury, Eesha

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	This dissertation formulates and analyzes three original models dealing with aspects of optimal property rights protection, in varying contexts. Chaper 1 is a survey of the literature on the importance of property and property rights in economic thought beginning from…
Fecha:	2011
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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109.

A study of the role of the 'teacher factor' in washback
Wang, Jing

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	The current study seeks to explore the washback effects of the CET (College English Test) on teacher beliefs, interpretations and practices, and in particular seeks to discover the way the 'teacher factor' is manifested in the washback phenomenon. It also…
Fecha:	2011
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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110.

In saecula saeculorum: transhumanist philosophy, biogerontology, and the Roman Catholic magisterium on the ethics of radical life extension
Labrecque, Cory Andrew

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	The roots of the human desire for agelessness and the want to surpass the limitations of the human condition go deep into the reaches of history. The religious disposition for immortality is ancient. However, the concept of transcending human nature…
Fecha:	2011
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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111.

Evaluation of a peer education program for HIV prevention among hotel-based sex workers in Dhaka, Bangladesh: .a social support framework
Sarafian, Isabelle

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	This study evaluated the outcome and process of a peer education program for sex workers, with social support proposed as an organizing framework. Program outcomes were assessed through a pre-post design without comparison group. Sex workers naïve to peer education…
Fecha:	2011
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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112.

Stochastic decoding of low-density parity-check codes
Sharifi Tehrani, Saeed

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Low-Density Parity-Check (LDPC) codes are one of the most powerful classes of error-control codes known to date. These codes have been considered for many recent digital communication applications. In this dissertation, we propose stochastic decoding of state-of-the-art LDPC codes and…
Fecha:	2011
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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113.

What could I learn from my interactions as a consultant to principals that would help me to improve my practice as a principal?
Fillatre, Jean

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	This dissertation describes my work as an educational consultant working with four school principals during a two and a half year period. My original intention was to develop a protocol to help principals in their work. As the study progressed,…
Fecha:	2011
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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114.

Temporal discounting of expected value of reward in the medial intraparietal cortex
Tsoulfas, Georgios

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Previous work has shown that expected value of reward associated with a reach modulates neurons in the medial intraparietal cortex (MIP) and that this reward signal can be decoded. In this study, we investigated the reliability of reward coding in…
Fecha:	2011
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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115.

"Experimenting with what will become our traditions": adaptive co-management as a bridge to an Atikamekw Nehirowisiw post-treaty world in Nitaskinan, Canada
Houde, Nicolas

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	This thesis examines whether transitioning from current co-management approaches to an adaptive co-management approach would resolve some of the problems experienced in current treaty negotiations contexts between Canadian First Nations and the state government. It first identifies how adaptive co-management…
Fecha:	2011
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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116.

Delamination modelling and toughening mechanism of a woven fabric composite
Yamanaka, Tadayoshi

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Efficient and accurate numerical simulation methods for the damage tolerance analysis and fatigue life prediction of fibre reinforced polymers are in high demand in industry. Problems arise in the development of such a simulation method due to the limitations from…
Fecha:	2011
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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117.

Exploring the role of episodic memories in people's lives
Philippe, Frederick

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	The purpose of the present thesis was to investigate the role of specific cognitive representations in some of people's important life outcomes. Episodic memories were chosen as one type of specific cognitive representation and psychological need satisfaction was identified as…
Fecha:	2011
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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118.

Bayesian reinforcement learning for POMDP-based dialogue systems
Png, ShaoWei

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Spoken dialogue systems are gaining popularity with improvements in speech recognition technologies. Dialogue systems have been modeled effectively using Partially observable Markov decision processes (POMDPs), achieving improvements in robustness. However, past research on POMDP-based dialogue systems usually assumes that the…
Fecha:	2011
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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119.

A nonlinear analysis framework for electronic synthesizer effects
Germain, François

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	This thesis presents a theoretical and experimental study of the nonlinear behaviour of analog synthesizers' effects. The goal of this thesis is to evaluate and complete current research on nonlinear system modelling, both in and out of the field of…
Fecha:	2011
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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120.

Tackling the anarchy within: the role of deterrence and great power intervention in peace operations
Martin-Brûlé, Sarah-Myriam

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	My dissertation strives to understand the conditions under which peaceoperations in intra-state wars succeed or fail. I address two main questions: Whatis peace operation success, and what contributes to such an outcome? I define thesuccess of a peace operation based…
Fecha:	2011
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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121.

Wideband spectrum sensing for cognitive radios in the presence of correlation between subband occupancy
Hossain, Khalid

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Energy detection has emerged as a prime technique for wideband spectrum sensing in cognitive radio applications. Much of the present research in the area of energy detection assumes that the occupancy of any particular frequency subband is independent of the…
Fecha:	2011
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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122.

Family environment as the social context for parenting children with a neurodevelopmental disorder: a descriptive synthesis of the literature
Bogossian, Aline

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Social scientists have been interested in studying families of children with neurodevelopmental disorders (NDD) for decades. Theoretically, parenting occurs in a family context. Yet, little is known about this relationship from an empirical standpoint among parents of children with NDD.…
Fecha:	2011
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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123.

Looking back, seeing forward: an ethnography of women and violence in post-war Guatemala City
Godoy Paiz, Paula

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Drawing on 12 months of fieldwork conducted in Guatemala's Metropolitan Area among indigenous and ladina women, this dissertation offers an ethnographic analysis of violence and women's lives in post-war urban Guatemala. First, this dissertation examines the ways in which intersecting…
Fecha:	2011
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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124.

A water-based heat pipe for molten steel applications in a tundish
Madani, Nogol

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	In the continuous casting of steel shapes, a tundish feeds the molten steel alloy into oscillating moulds. Therefore, a better knowledge of some of the parameters of the steel in this phase of the process will lead to better quality…
Fecha:	2011
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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125.

Intersecting and embodied identities: a queer woman's experiences of disability and sexuality
Drummond, Jennifer

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	This study explores the ways in which the intersections of sexuality and identity are experienced and understood by a queer woman living with a disability. Through a narrative account of critical moments and turning points in the participant's lived experience…
Fecha:	2011
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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126.

To be or not to be-able to dance; integrated dance and children's perceptions of dance ability and disability
Zitomer, Michelle

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	This study investigated children's perceptions of dance ability and disability and changes to perceptions following participation in an integrated dance program. Focus group interviews, field notes, and observations were used with children with physical disabilities (n =5) and without disabilities…
Fecha:	2011
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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127.

Peer interaction and corrective feedback: proceduralization of grammatical knowledge in classroom settings
Sato, Masatoshi

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	This quasi-experimental study implemented an original instructional unit in second language (L2) classrooms where the learners were taught (a) how to interact with each other (peer interaction), and (b) how to provide corrective feedback (CF) to each other (peer CF).…
Fecha:	2011
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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128.

Effects of form-focused instruction on L2 pronounciation development of /r/ by Japanese learners of English
Saito, Kazuya

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	This manuscript-based thesis comprises three interrelated studies investigating the acquisitional value of various types of form-focused instruction (FFI) techniques—focused tasks (FT) with and without corrective feedback (CF) as well as with and without explicit instruction (EI). Study 1 investigates the…
Fecha:	2011
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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129.

Statistical tools to uncover genetic architecture of tick resistance using highdensity oligonucleotide gene expression microarrays.
CARDOSO, F. F. - GIACHETTO, P. F. - YAMAGISHI, M. E. B. - HIGA, R. H.

Formato:	Artigo em anais de congresso (ALICE)
Enlaces:	2011
Fecha:	2011-12-16
Recurso:	Repositório Acesso Livre à Informação Científica da Embrapa (ALICE)

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TORNADO: an automated pipeline for de novo hybrid genome assembly based on free software packages for sanger and next generation sequencing technologies (NGS).
HERAI, R. H. - COSTA, G. G. D. L. - R. JÚNIOR, O. - VIDAL, R. O. - NASCIMENTO, L. C. - PARIZZI, L. P. - PEREIRA, G. G. A. - CARAZZOLLE, M. F.

Formato:	Resumo em anais de congresso (ALICE)
Enlaces:	Next generation sequence technologies (NGS) made possible to sequence entirely genomes in a fast way and low cost, from unicellular to complex organisms, like plants and mammals. These sequences can be assembled (i ) using a reference genome or by…
Fecha:	2010-12-02
Recurso:	Repositório Acesso Livre à Informação Científica da Embrapa (ALICE)

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131.

What's in a grade? A mixed methods investigation of teacher assessment of grammatical ability in L2 academic writing
Neumann, Heike

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	This study investigates how grammatical ability is assessed in L2 academic writing classrooms. In the assessment literature, grammatical ability is defined to include syntax and morphology (Purpura, 2004; Weigle, 2002) and lexical forms, cohesion, and information management on the subsentential,…
Fecha:	2011
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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132.

Assessment and treatment of vocal stereotypy in children with autism spectrum disorders
Lanovaz, Marc

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Several children with autism spectrum disorders engage in vocal stereotypy, which are repetitive vocalizations that persist in the absence of social consequences. Although the behavior is physically harmless, vocal stereotypy may considerably interfere with learning and social inclusion. Thus, this…
Fecha:	2011
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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133.

Protein folding cooperativity and functional dynamics
Farber, Patrick James

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	The research reported in this Thesis has contributed to the development of methodologies in the study of disorder-to-order transitions, as well as given insight into the thermodynamics and kinetics of specific, biologically relevant processes in a small DNA binding protein,…
Fecha:	2011
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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134.

Reach amplitude may be encoded in the posterior parietal cortex: preliminary findings
Gross, Catherine Anne

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Areas of the brain that encode activity important to an arm reach have been investigated for their potential use in motor neuroprosthetic devices for amputees and paralyzed patients. The components pertinent to an accurate arm reach are the direction and…
Fecha:	2011
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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135.

Reconceptualizing international law after 9/11: what role for state responsibility in the prevention and suppression of transnational terrorism?
Proulx, Vincent-Joël

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	It is clear that every state has an obligation to prevent terrorist attacks emanating from its territory and injurious to another state. This proposition stems from various multilateral agreements on the suppression of terrorism and Security Council resolutions. It also…
Fecha:	2011
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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136.

Insuring the air transport industry against aviation war and terrorism risks in a post-September 11, 2001, environment
Nyampong, Yaw

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	As the saying goes, "the importance of insurance, like many of life's essentials, is most evident when it is not available". The fateful terrorist events of September 11, 2001, amply demonstrated the indisputable fact that, as a risk management tool,…
Fecha:	2011
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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137.

GIS-inventory and condition rating of water supply system at McGill Downtown Campus
Sipos, Cristian

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	The research project presents a framework for developing a detailed Geographic Information System (GIS) inventory and condition rating of the water supply system at McGill Downtown Campus (MDC), based on the previous work by Sipos (2006), and Sipos and Mirza…
Fecha:	2011
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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138.

Immune modulation in cardiovascular disease
Shbat, Layla

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	The importance of the adaptive immune response in cardiovascular disease has been increasingly appreciated. However, limited information is available on immune modulation in the context of hypertension and atherosclerosis. In order to fill this knowledge gap, the amount of T…
Fecha:	2011
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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139.

Chemotherapy of candidiasis: study of ABC transporter- mediated azole resistance and identification of a novel antifungal therapeutic strategy
Tsao, Tan Ning

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Candida albicans is a major fungal pathogen that causes systemic bloodstream infections with high mortality rate in immune-compromised patients. Current treatment of candidiasis involves the use of azoles (the most widely used antifungal agents that target ergosterol biosynthesis) and echinocandins…
Fecha:	2011
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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140.

A critical examination of global practices in Korean society: creating socially just diversity in English pedagogy
Kim, Myunghee

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	This dissertation investigates the impact of globalization on educational policy and contemporary social life in Korea. Using bricolage, a qualitative research methodology that encompasses multiple critical social theories, I interrogate the notion of globalization and its practices. I examine current…
Fecha:	2011
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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141.

Localization of the generators of epileptic activity using Magneto-EncephaloGraphy (MEG) data
Chowdhury, Rasheda

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Understanding the mechanisms and locating the brain regions involved during epileptic activity is a primary diagnostic interest during the pre-surgical investigation of patients with pharmaco-resistant epilepsy. Epileptic spikes are abnormal spontaneous neuronal discharges that are characteristic of the epilepsy of…
Fecha:	2011
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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142.

Geographic and habitat fidelity in the short-eared owl (Asio flammeus)
Keyes, Kristen

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Over the past half a century, the Short-eared Owl (Asio flammeus) has experienced a severe population decline across North America. Many aspects of Short-eared Owl natural history are poorly understood, thus hampering the development of effective management plans. The overall…
Fecha:	2011
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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143.

Natural killer cells in HIV infected slow progressors
Kamya, Nabukenya

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome AIDS-related illnesses are a leading cause of infectious disease mortality worldwide. The development of a safe and effective prophylactic HIV vaccine is an imperative global public health priority fraught with significant obstacles because the answers to fundamental…
Fecha:	2011
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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144.

Integrated solutions for timing jitter measurement
Oulmane, Mourad

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	In this thesis we present two integrated solutions suitable for measuring the timing jitter of digital signals in SoCs and data acquisition systems (mainly sampling ADCs). The presented methods are also suitable for time measurement in a variety of timing-based…
Fecha:	2011
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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145.

On planning, prediction and knowledge transfer in fully and partially observable Markov decision processes
Castro Rivadeneira, Pablo Samuel

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	This dissertation addresses the problem of sequential decision making under uncertainty in large systems. The formalisms used to study this problem are fully and partially observable Markov Decision Processes (MDPs and POMDPs, respectively). The first contribution of this dissertation is…
Fecha:	2011
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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146.

Forecasting the impacts of climate change with non-stationary models of regional population density
Samson, Jason

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Ecological forecasts under climate change are essential to inform biodiversity conservation plans but their non-falsifiable nature requires a thorough evaluation of their framework. Most ecological forecasts under climate change use ecological niche models that correlate environmental variables with the presence…
Fecha:	2011
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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147.

Dual role of SIRT1 as a regulator of retinal development and a therapeutic target in age-related macular degeneration
Maloney, Shawn

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is the leading cause of blindness in the elderly in developed countries. Aggressive research is underway to elucidate putative molecular targets for therapy for both the atrophic and neovascular forms of this disease. Current pharmacotherapy is…
Fecha:	2011
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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148.

Parsing memory structure with reconsolidation
Honsberger, Michael

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Neural populations in the basolateral amygdala (BLA) have been shown to be an essential substrate for associative fear memories. However, it remains unclear whether distinct associative memories are mediated by independent or overlapping populations of BLA neurons. The focus of…
Fecha:	2011
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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149.

Before the law: rethinking censorship in late modernist American fiction
DeVuono, Adrian

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	This study examines Djuna Barnes' Nightwood, Henry Miller's Tropic of Cancer, and William S. Burroughs' Naked Lunch within the contextual framework of censorship. In particular, the three texts are studied as providing unique challenges to the way that obscenity has…
Fecha:	2011
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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150.

Human Papillomavirus DNA testing with cytology triage in cervical screening: Influence of revealed versus concealed Human Papillomavirus Status
Richardson, Lyndsay

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Introduction: The causal association between Human Papillomavirus (HPV) and cervical cancer has enabled developments in modern cervical screening technologies. In place of traditional Papanicolaou (Pap) testing as the sole screening modality, support is mounting for primary screening via tests for…
Fecha:	2011
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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151.

The role of RD2 and NOD2 in host-pathogen interactions of the BCG vaccine
Kozak, Robert Andrew

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Bacille Calmette-Guérin (BCG) is the only vaccine currently in use against tuberculosis. Despite its use for nearly a century, the scope of the global tuberculosis pandemic demonstrates that the vaccine is not providing the necessary protection. Improving BCG requires the…
Fecha:	2011
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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152.

Retrospective transcriptional and genomic analysis of formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded human uveal melanoma
Di Cesare, Sebastian

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Many of the underlying genetic causes of Uveal Melanoma (UM) metastatic disease still remain to be elucidated. This particular cancer is the most common primary malignant intraocular tumor in adults, comprising approximately 5% of all diagnosed melanoma cases. Despite its…
Fecha:	2011
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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153.

A multi-method study of venture capital firm strategy: resource dependence, specialization, and deliberate emergence
King, Brian

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	This thesis investigates what drives strategy at United States venture capital firms. These firms work in a turbulent context, and studying their strategy processes may lend insight into how other organizations can develop strategy under uncertain conditions. Many prior studies…
Fecha:	2011
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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154.

The development of a health measure for homeless people
McCormack, Dianne

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	The notable lack of a health status measure specific to homeless persons triggered the development of a new instrument, The McCormack Assessment Scale for the Health of the Homeless (MASHH). This study was directed by five purposes: to delineate the…
Fecha:	2011
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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155.

STAND: study on the transition of adolescents with neurological disorders
Oskoui, Maryam

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Background: Children with chronic neurological disorders are increasingly surviving to adulthood and transitioning to adult healthcare. Our objectives were to describe, from the neurologists' perspective, current practice and views on health care transition in Quebec, including barriers and facilitators to…
Fecha:	2011
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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156.

Regulation of the RIG-I/MAVS antiviral and apoptotic signaling pathways
Nakhaei, Peyman

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	The success of the antiviral response by the host relies on several families of pathogen recognition receptors (PRRs) and sensors that recognize structures conserved among microbial species, culminating in the production of cytokines and chemokines to combat viral infection and…
Fecha:	2011
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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157.

Beyond the expatriate model: an exploration of global work and reconciliation of work and family demands among global generation X managers in dual-career families
Lirio, Pamela

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	In this dissertation I explored how women and men global managers from the generation aged 30 to 45 in the United States and Canada called "Generation X", navigated global work and family demands while pursuing a global career. I conducted…
Fecha:	2011
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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158.

Narwhal communication and grouping behaviour: a case study in social cetacean research and monitoring
Marcoux, Marianne

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Narwhals (Monodon monoceros) are gregarious, toothed whales restricted to the Arctic, where habitats are changing and shipping traffic is increasing. Challenges associated with the remoteness of narwhal populations and the general difficulty of studying deep diving mammals have resulted in…
Fecha:	2011
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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159.

Environmentally-relevant photochemical reactions of oxidized mercury species with selected organics
Si, Lin

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Mercury is one of the most toxic environmental pollutants of global concern. Understanding transformation pathways among various mercury species is critical for predicting the fate, transport and potential toxicity of mercury to the ecosystems. The purpose of this research was…
Fecha:	2011
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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160.

Bone morphogenetic protein 2 (BMP2) regulates follicle- stimulating hormone beta subunit (Fshb) expression in gonadotrope cells
Ho, Catherine

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Proper follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) synthesis, secretion, and action are required for normal reproductive function in mammals. A major goal of our lab and of this thesis is to reveal the intracellular mechanisms controlling FSH synthesis. The expression of the FSHβ…
Fecha:	2011
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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161.

Quantitative assessment of product value and change risk analysis in early design process
Oduncuoglu, Arman

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Many products that we see in our daily life are designed through modifications to existing products. The ever changing trends in current markets, along with customers' rising demands for quality, require many companies to make frequent changes to create new…
Fecha:	2011
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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162.

The solubility of gold in water-hydrogen sulphide vapours: an experimental study
Zezin, Denis

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	This thesis presents the results of an experimental study of the solubility of Au in reduced sulphur-bearing vapours at elevated temperature and pressure, as well as the PVTx properties of H2O-H2S gas mixtures. The solubility of gold was measured in…
Fecha:	2011
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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163.

Bioinformatics approaches towards facilitating drug development
Lee, Anna

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Drug development is currently a time-consuming, costly and challenging process. The process typically starts with the identification of a therapeutic target for a given disease. A therapeutic target is some biological molecule and the binding of compounds to target molecules…
Fecha:	2011
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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164.

Treatment of ibuprofen containing industrial first wash-water by ozonation, sonication, ozonation/H2O2 ozonation/sonication and sonication/H2O2
Danylo, Félix

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Ibuprofen (IBP) is one of the most prescribed drugs. It has been shown that IBP resist physicochemical wastewater treatment (Gagnon and Lajeunesse 2008). Also, IBP has a known negative effect on algae (Brown et al. 2007). This research focused on…
Fecha:	2011
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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165.

EMBRAPA cassava & fruits.

Formato:	Folderes / Folhetos / Cartilhas (INFOTECA-E)
Enlaces:	World of science Joining scientific Sharing knowledge and technologies with developing countries efforts to develop better solutions., 2011
Fecha:	2012-03-21
Recurso:	Informação Tecnológica en Agricultura (Infoteca-e)

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166.

Gender transitivity in three dramatic works by Robert Schumann: the «Szenen aus Goethes» Faust (WoO 3), «Genoveva» op. 81, «Das Paradies und die Peri» op. 50
Jacques, Claudine

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	This dissertation is a study of gender transitivity as I see it at work in three of Robert Schumann's dramatic works: the Szenen aus Goethes Faust, WoO 3, the opera Genoveva op. 81, and the oratorio Das Paradies und die…
Fecha:	2011
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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167.

A community-based positive deviance/hearth intervention to improve infant and young child nutrition in the Ecuadorian Andes
Roche, Marion

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Most growth faltering in developing countries occurs in the first two years of life; therefore, there is a need to identify interventions for vulnerable communities which improve child growth during this critical period. The purpose of this research was to…
Fecha:	2011
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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168.

Transport of surface-modified iron nanoparticles through model subsurface porous media
Raychoudhury, Trishikhi

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	AbstractThe overall objective of this research is to evaluate significant mechanisms for deposition of surface-modified NZVI in granular subsurface media during transport. Although surface-modified NZVI have been shown to transport more easily than bare NZVI, there is a lack of…
Fecha:	2011
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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169.

Radio drama: a pilot project for nutritional health communication in Inuit communities
Matta, Cassandra

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Background: A recent youth health survey in Pangnirtung, NU, revealed that youth are consuming an average of 1L soft drinks per day. In an effort to decrease soft drink consumption, while at the same time develop a method of education…
Fecha:	2011
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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170.

Factors influencing overbreak in narrow vein longitudinal retreat mining
Hughes, Rory

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Limiting the amount of ore dilution prior to entering the process stream is the goal of any mining operation. Narrow vein longitudinal retreating mining methods are especially susceptible to hanging wall and footwall dilution due to the wall overbreak. Understanding…
Fecha:	2011
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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171.

Modeling the Sauter mean bubble diameter in mechanical forced-air flotation machines
Nesset, Jan Edward

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	There currently exists no available model for predicting the Sauter mean bubble diameter, D32, from the key process variables for mechanical flotation machines. This is seen as a significant shortcoming since flotation is a surface area (of bubbles) dependent process,…
Fecha:	2011
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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172.

The intergenerational legacy of the Indian residential school system in the Cree communities of Mistissini, Oujebougamau, and Waswanipi: an investigative research on the experience of the James Bay Cree of Northern Quebec
Blacksmith, George

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	This study examined the effects of the residential school system on the Cree and their communities. The four guiding questions for this study were: (i) How has the legacy of the residential school system affected the lives of the survivors…
Fecha:	2011
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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173.

Spectrum-sensing threshold designs for cognitive radios
Jia, Peng

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	This thesis presents a study of optimal threshold designs for energy-detection based spectrum sensing in a cognitive-radio network with a pair of Primary-User (PU) transmitter-receiver and a pair of Secondary-User (SU) transmitter-receiver uniformly distributed in their corresponding transmission and interference…
Fecha:	2011
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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174.

Determination of bioactive amines in tropical wines produced at Brazilian's Northeast.
ARAÚJO, A. J. B. - LIMA, G. P. P. - VANDERLINDE, R. - NASCIMENTO, R. L. - SANTOS, A. R. L. - PEREIRA, G. E.

Formato:	Artigo em anais de congresso (ALICE)
Enlaces:	2011
Fecha:	2011-12-05
Recurso:	Repositório Acesso Livre à Informação Científica da Embrapa (ALICE)

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175.

ASK in Latin America and the Caribbean: options for the future.
ARMBRECHT, I. - AVILA, A. F. D.

Formato:	Capítulo em livro técnico-científico (ALICE)
Enlaces:	2009, Autores: Jorge Blajos, Patrick Lavelle, Dalva M. da Mota, Lucia Pitalluga, Sergio Salles Filho, Jorge Irán Vásquez.
Fecha:	2011-10-17
Recurso:	Repositório Acesso Livre à Informação Científica da Embrapa (ALICE)

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176.

Sweetness equivalence of different sweeteners in strawberry-flavored yogurt.
REIS, R. C. - MINIM, V. P. R. - BOLINI, H. M. A. - DIAS, B. R. P. - MINIM, L. A. - CERESINO, E. B.

Formato:	Artigo em periódico indexado (ALICE)
Enlaces:	To successfully substitute sucrose for sweeteners, further studiesmust be carried out based on previous knowledge of sweetener concentration to determine the equivalent sweetness of such compounds. In this work, sweetness equivalence of strawberry-flavored yogurt with different sweeteners and/or their combinations…
Fecha:	2011-07-18
Recurso:	Repositório Acesso Livre à Informação Científica da Embrapa (ALICE)

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177.

Effects of different clones in the composition of Cabernet Sauvignon tropical wines.
SILVA, G. G. - OLIVEIRA, J. B. - NASCIMENTO, R. L. - ARAÚJO, A. J. B. - OLIVEIRA, V. S. - FARIAS, T. F. - SANTOS, A. L. - BIASOTO, A. C. T. - R. CASTRO - SANTOS, J. - PEREIRA, G. E.

Formato:	Artigo em anais de congresso (ALICE)
Enlaces:	Cabernet Sauvignon é uma variedade que vem sendo muito utilizada na região do Submédio do Vale do São Francisco, sendo necessários estudos relacionados à adaptação de diferentes clones em função da composição dos vinhos elaborados. No presente trabalho realizou-se a…
Fecha:	2011-12-05
Recurso:	Repositório Acesso Livre à Informação Científica da Embrapa (ALICE)

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178.

Rice and bean molecular marker data base.
NARCISO, M. G. - MELLO, R.

Formato:	Resumo em anais de congresso (ALICE)
Enlaces:	The information, when organized and accessible, increases the possibility of generating knowledge, expand its application beyond the purposes for which it was first produced. The use of data bases and informatics tools is critical to the safe storage of the…
Fecha:	2011-12-29
Recurso:	Repositório Acesso Livre à Informação Científica da Embrapa (ALICE)

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179.

Utilizing metadata as a knowledge communication tool
Stephens, R. Todd

Formato:	Presentation
Enlaces:	Descripción completa.
Fecha:	2011-03-17
Recurso:	Universidad Veracruzana

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180.

Digital collections and the management of knowledge : renaissance emblem literature as a case study for the digitalization of rare texts and images
Wade, Mara R.

Formato:	Book
Enlaces:	Descripción completa.
Fecha:	2011-03-22
Recurso:	Universidad Veracruzana

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181.

Doing science
Grinnell, Fred

Formato:	Article
Enlaces:	Descripción completa.
Fecha:	2011-03-23
Recurso:	Universidad Veracruzana

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182.

Disagreements in the humanities
Bauerlein, Mark

Formato:	Article
Enlaces:	Descripción completa.
Fecha:	2011-02-25
Recurso:	Universidad Veracruzana

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183.

Technology : a fundamental structure?
Van Wyk, Rias J.

Formato:	Article
Enlaces:	Descripción completa.
Fecha:	2011-02-25
Recurso:	Universidad Veracruzana

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184.

The use of concepts maps during knowledge elicitation in ontology development processes : the nutrigenomics use case
García Castro, Alexander

Formato:	Article
Enlaces:	Descripción completa.
Fecha:	2011-03-23
Recurso:	Universidad Veracruzana

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185.

Proposititons for future research
Bear, Jon W.

Formato:	Article
Enlaces:	Descripción completa.
Fecha:	2011-02-25
Recurso:	Universidad Veracruzana

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186.

Cognitive modeling and representation of knowledge in ontological engineering
Chan, Christine W.

Formato:	Article
Enlaces:	Descripción completa.
Fecha:	2011-03-24
Recurso:	Universidad Veracruzana

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187.

Representing software engineering knowledge
Mylopoulos, John - Borgida, Alex - Yu, Eric

Formato:	Article
Enlaces:	Descripción completa.
Fecha:	2011-03-24
Recurso:	Universidad Veracruzana

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188.

Ontological engineering and mathematical knowledge management : a formalization of projective geometry
Fürst, F. - Leclere, M. - Trichet, F.

Formato:	Article
Enlaces:	Descripción completa.
Fecha:	2011-03-24
Recurso:	Universidad Veracruzana

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189.

Ontology-based induction of high level classification rules
Taylor, Merwyn G. - Stoffel, Kilian - Hendler, James A.

Formato:	Working Paper
Enlaces:	En: Proceedings of the SIGMOD Dataming and Knowledge Discovery Workshop 1997
Fecha:	2011-03-24
Recurso:	Universidad Veracruzana

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190.

Engineering knowledge
Shauntrelle d., Davis - Tia B., Walton

Formato:	Working Paper
Enlaces:	En: ACM-SE 42 Proceedings of the 42nd annual Southeast regional conference
Fecha:	2011-03-25
Recurso:	Universidad Veracruzana

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191.

Toward principles for the design of ontologies used for knowledge sharing
Gruber, Thomas R.

Formato:	Article
Enlaces:	Descripción completa.
Fecha:	2011-03-25
Recurso:	Universidad Veracruzana

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192.

Towards principles for the design of ontologies used for knowledge sharing
Gruber, Thomas R.

Formato:	Article
Enlaces:	Descripción completa.
Fecha:	2011-03-25
Recurso:	Universidad Veracruzana

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193.

Conceptual knowledge markup language : an introduction
Kent, Robert E.

Formato:	Article
Enlaces:	Descripción completa.
Fecha:	2011-03-25
Recurso:	Universidad Veracruzana

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194.

Completing description logic knowledge bases usign formal concept analysis
Baader, Franz - Ganter, Bernhard - Sertkaya, Baris - Sattler, Ulrike

Formato:	Article
Enlaces:	Descripción completa.
Fecha:	2011-03-03
Recurso:	Universidad Veracruzana

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195.

Learning to construct knowledge bases from the world wide web
Craven, Mark... [et al.]

Formato:	Preprint
Enlaces:	Descripción completa.
Fecha:	2011-03-22
Recurso:	Universidad Veracruzana

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196.

Implementing topic maps... : 4 Crucial steps to successful enterprise knowledge management

Formato:	Other
Enlaces:	Descripción completa.
Fecha:	2011-03-11
Recurso:	Universidad Veracruzana

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197.

K-Discovery : using topic maps to identify distributed knowledge structures in groupware-based organizational memories
Simolnik, Stefan - Nastansky, Ludwig

Formato:	Documento de trabajo
Enlaces:	En: Proceedings of the 35th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, 2002
Fecha:	2011-03-14
Recurso:	Universidad Veracruzana

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198.

Base de dados geográficos do "Corredor de Nacala", Moçambique.
BOLFE, E. L. - BATISTELLA, M. - RONQUIM, C. C. - HOLLER, W. A. - MARTINHO, P. R. R. - MACIA, C. J. - MAFALACUSSER, J.

Formato:	Artigo em anais de congresso (ALICE)
Enlaces:	The demand for agricultural products has been increasing in all countries in the last decades. Together with the decrease in natural resources and the possible impacts to agriculture caused by climatic changes, this aspect has aroused concerns in terms of…
Fecha:	2011-10-05
Recurso:	Repositório Acesso Livre à Informação Científica da Embrapa (ALICE)

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199.

Gross chemical profile and calculation of nitrogen-to-protein conversion factors for five tropical seaweeds.
DINIZ, G. S. - BARBARINO, E. - OIANO-NETO, J. - PACHECO, S. - LOURENÇO, S. O.

Formato:	Artigo em periódico indexado (ALICE)
Enlaces:	Despite decades of research on marine algae, there are still significant gaps in basic knowledge about chemical com-position of these organisms, especially in tropical environments. In this study, the amino acid composition and contents of total nitrogen, phosphorus, lipid, carbohydrate…
Fecha:	2011-11-21
Recurso:	Repositório Acesso Livre à Informação Científica da Embrapa (ALICE)

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200.

Maceration time evaluation on characteristics of tropical wines from Brazil.
NASCIMENTO, R. L. - ARAÚJO, A. J. B. - SILVA, G. G. - OLIVEIRA, J. B. - OLIVEIRA, V. S. - FARIAS, T. F. - SANTOS, A. R. L. - BIASOTO, A. C. T. - PEREIRA, G. E.

Formato:	Artigo em anais de congresso (ALICE)
Enlaces:	A cultivar Tempranillo é originária da Espanha e foi instalada em pouco mais de quatro anos no Vale do Submédio São Francisco, sendo a segunda em importância para vinhos tintos na região. O presente trabalho teve como objetivo avaliar os…
Fecha:	2011-12-05
Recurso:	Repositório Acesso Livre à Informação Científica da Embrapa (ALICE)