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301.

The influence of conditions of reading on early literacy development /
Sollars, Valerie

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	This study examines the influence of home, classroom and book-reading conditions on emergent and early readers' developing literacy abilities. The study, done with 60 grade 1 children from the inner-city and more affluent areas of Montreal uses complex multivariate designs…
Fecha:	1990
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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302.

Rural development programmes : their impact on women : a Bangladesh study
Halim, Sadeka

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Rural development is a serious problem in Bangladesh, and so is the situation of women. This thesis assesses the programmes offered by a particular non-governmental organization, the Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee (BRAC), which simultaneously promote rural development and improve the…
Fecha:	1991
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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303.

Searching for ways to voice women's truths : a feminist interpretation of the Badgley report
Solari, Pauline

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	This study records an attempt to apply feminist epistemology to the conduct and communication of social science research, specifically of the Badgley Report. When I began, I wanted to understand why and how mainstream social science research persists in evading…
Fecha:	1991
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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304.

Evidence of syntactic rule use in the language of severely physically impaired adults
Sutton, Ann Elizabeth Colquhoun

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	The development of language in physically handicapped individuals using augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) systems has not been described. Therefore our understanding of the role of AAC language encoding limitations in the development of syntax is limited. This study examined…
Fecha:	1992
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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305.

Towards the design of an intelligent hypermedia architecture
Fayad, Gilles

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	A design for a unified model based on the hypermedia paradigm is proposed as a means to a better synergism of the functionalities of different knowledge manipulation tools. A survey of past and present hypermdia systems has been achieved, and…
Fecha:	1992
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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306.

Reasoning about causality and treatment of childhood nutritional deficiencies in rural India : role of indigenous knowledge and practices
Sivaramakrishnan, Malathi

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	This study examines the relative influence of traditional and biomedical theories of health and disease on the reasoning about childhood nutritional problems by mothers in rural South India. Mothers with different levels of schooling, traditional practitioners, and medical experts were…
Fecha:	1991
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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307.

Professional and personal adaptation of returning Indian academics
Van Balkom, Wilhelmus Duffie

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Indian academics leave India in large numbers to study or work abroad, primarily in the U.S.A., Great Britain, and Canada. Some subsequently return to India with new skills, knowledge, behaviour patterns, views and expectations., This study focuses, within the context…
Fecha:	1991
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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308.

Self-regulation of sport specific and educational problem-solving tasks by children with and without developmental coordination disorder
Lloyd, Meghann

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	The purpose was to examine the domain specificity of the self-regulatory skills of children with Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD) compared to their peers without DCD. Participants included 10 children with DCD and 10 without. A sport specific problem-solving task (shooting…
Fecha:	2003
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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309.

Iris Murdoch on knowledge and freedom
Conlin, Alice

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	In chapter one, I describe the different conceptions of self that Murdoch and Nussbaum have, and I show how these affect their depictions of human good. And I relate how each one defends the internal logic of her claims against…
Fecha:	2003
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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310.

Rainforest fisheries : regional organization and household participation in the aquarium fish trade of the Peruvian Amazon
Moreau, Marie-Annick, 1976-

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Conservation of the world's biodiversity is increasingly viewed as a development problem, requiring the alleviation of poverty together with the promotion of alternative livelihoods in resource-reliant communities. To be successful, such efforts must recognize the underlying logic of resource-users' livelihood…
Fecha:	2004
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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311.

Data mining with relational database management systems
Zou, Beibei, 1974-

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	With the increasing demands of transforming raw data into information and knowledge, data mining becomes an important field to the discovery of useful information and hidden patterns in huge datasets. Both machine learning and database research have made major contributions…
Fecha:	2005
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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312.

More robust security specifications for 1 out of 2 Oblivious Transfer
Ahsan, Abdul Hannan.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	An 1 out of 2 Oblivious Transfer (( 21 )-OT) is a two-party computation in which a sender A owning two secret bits b0, b 1 can transfer one to them, bc, to receiver Bob who chooses c. This is…
Fecha:	2005
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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313.

Canadian psychiatrists' current attitudes, practices, and knowledge related to fitness-to-drive in persons with mental illness
Ménard, Ingrid.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Mental illness is characterized by alterations in thinking, mood and behavior and is associated with significant distress and impaired functioning. Many mental illnesses and medications used in their treatment, can in some way impair fitness-to-drive., This thesis comprises two independent…
Fecha:	2005
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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314.

The typical developmental trajectory of early numerical concepts : the relationship between approximate arithmetic and nonverbal intelligence across childhood, Typical trajectory of early number concepts
Ostfield, Danielle.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	The developmental trajectory of basic numerical skills and sequential processing was systematically investigated among a sample of 5 to 11-year-old typically developing boys. Performance was defined in terms of reaction times and error rates during novel computerized tasks that measured…
Fecha:	2005
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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315.

Crown wards in child welfare : comparison of access arrangements with best practice
Savoie, Christine.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Access arrangements for birth parents of crown wards are a concern for child protection workers. Data on 84 crown wards were collected from 11 in care workers at a Children's Aid Society in Ontario, to determine whether best practice guidelines…
Fecha:	2006
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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316.

Investigations into Indigenous research and education through an experiential and place-based lens
O'Connor, Kevin Barry.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	The lack of Indigenous cultural knowledge and perspectives in the school curriculum has been identified as a significant factor in school failure amongst Indigenous students. This thesis includes a literature review of Indigenous education, as articulated by Indigenous scholars. Issues…
Fecha:	2006
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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317.

Characteristics of sustainable polyculture production systems on terra firme.
LIEBEREI, R. - GASPAROTTO, L. - PREISINGER, H. - SCHROTH - G.

Formato:	Artigo em anais de congresso (ALICE)
Enlaces:	The combination of soil science, forestry, agronomy and biology allowed an analytical comparison of various experimental mixed culture systems. From these studies, a descriptor system was developed which allows to understand the contribution of each plant species to nutrient cycling,…
Fecha:	2014-10-17
Recurso:	Repositório Acesso Livre à Informação Científica da Embrapa (ALICE)

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318.

Generating process in adolescent sport participation: a knowledge translation plan bridging research and practice
Dunn, Steven James

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Knowledge translation (KT) has been referred to as "the methods for closing the gaps from knowledge to practice" (Straus, Tetroe & Graham, 2009). During the 2010-2011 academic year, a research project was conducted in the three high schools of the…
Fecha:	2013
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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319.

Inuit knowledge and perceptions of the land-water interface
Heyes, Scott Alexander

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	The Inuit of Kangiqsualujjuaq have maintained functional and spiritual connections with the landscape and waters of Arctic Quebec (Nunavik) for over four thousand years. While ethnographic studies about this ocean-going population have revealed their pragmatic relationships with the arctic milieu,…
Fecha:	2007
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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320.

Individual instructor's perceptions of teaching context : identifying facilitators and barriers to completion of teaching projects
Moxness, Katherine.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Frameworks seeking to explain teaching competency and development in higher education indicate that context and personal perspectives, as well as knowledge and action are crucial components in the understanding of how and why faculty teach as they do and how…
Fecha:	2001
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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321.

The state of near-native grammar : a study of aspect in L2 Polish
Kozłowska-Macgregor, Martyna

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Sorace (1993) suggests that competence at the final stage of non-native acquisition falls into qualitatively distinct categories: (1) incomplete grammar, which lacks a representation for a part of the target system; (2) divergent grammar, which has the target distinctions with…
Fecha:	2002
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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322.

What do we mean by 'gender' and how should it be addressed? Exploring the inclusion of gender in a teacher education curriculum
Airton, Elizabeth

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	In education, 'gender' is consistently operationalized as a body of 'common sense' knowledge that can be freely invoked in an explanatory fashion. This study names such knowledge practices as artefacts of gender-normative privilege and links 'how' knowledge of gender conveyed…
Fecha:	2009
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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323.

Opportunistic multicasting scheduling using erasure-correction coding over wireless channels
Le, Dang Quang

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	In wireless communications, the broadcast nature can be explored to efficiently support multicast services while the difference in channel gains among the wireless links of users promotes multiuser diversity which can be used to improve multicast performance. This thesis proposes…
Fecha:	2010
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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324.

Analysis of the vocabulary used by a community of practice over time: a case study of scientific knowledge transfer
Mondou, Evelyne

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Knowledge management (KM) offers a variety of tools to share and preserve knowledge. In particular, communities of practice (CoPs) have emerged as a KM approach that allows people from different disciplines to better share what they know and to build…
Fecha:	2011
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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325.

Pharmacotherapy of childhood attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder: the impact of information interventions on parental knowledge, attitudes and their child's adherence to medication
Gomes, Paul

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Objective: Despite the established effectiveness of medication in improving symptoms of attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) (Spencer et al 2000), rates of adherence to pharmacotherapy are low, ranging from 34% to 91% (Gau et al., 2006). Since higher adherence rates are…
Fecha:	2012
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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326.

Mobilizing Inuit knowledge: representation and institutional mediation in the era of global climate change
Johnson, Noor Jehan

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	This thesis examines the production and mobilization of Inuit knowledge in and beyond the Canadian Arctic in the context of climate change. Drawing on multi-scale, ethnographic research, it focuses in particular on the role of institutions, such as government departments…
Fecha:	2013
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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327.

Drawing on experience
Markus, Pamela.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	This dissertation is an autobiographical study that explores how my past experiences related to art and education inform my teaching, and how my teaching informs how I theorize about art. Through the research process, I investigated issues about art and…
Fecha:	2006
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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328.

Computer-supported collaborative inquiry in remote networked schools
Turcotte, Sandrine.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	This study addressed computer-supported collaborative scientific inquiries in Remote Networked Schools. Three dyads of grade 5-6 classrooms from remote locations collaborated using the knowledge-buildng tool Knowledge Forum. Customized scaffold supports embedded in the online tool were used to support student…
Fecha:	2008
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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329.

The epistemology of Qiyas and Talil between the Mutazilite Abu l-Husayn al-Basri and Ibn Hazm al-Zahiri /
El-Tobgui, Carl Sharif.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	This thesis seeks to sketch the outer contours of the epistemological universe in which the science of us&dotbelow;ul al-fiqh was elaborated in classical Islam. The task is accomplished by analyzing arguments both for and against qiyas and ta`lil as presented…
Fecha:	2000
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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330.

Fire, plants and people: exploring environmental relations through local knowledge of postfire ecology at Wemindji, Quebec
Scott, Katherine

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	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…
Fecha:	2009
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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331.

Teachers' beliefs about teaching English as a second language (ESL) : two case studies of ESL instruction in Zimbabwe
Nyawaranda, Vitalis.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	This inquiry involves two case studies that examine the beliefs of two selected ESL teachers in Zimbabwe teaching at the secondary school level. The study looks at the various nested contexts of the two case studies at the international, national,…
Fecha:	1998
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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332.

Knowledge-based optimization of mineral grinding circuits
Farzanegan, Akbar.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	The performance of mineral grinding circuits strongly affects downstream processes such as flotation and cyanidation, and grinding is often the single most expensive unit operation. Hence, optimization efforts must be made on a regular basis to maintain and improve its…
Fecha:	1998
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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333.

Three essays on aspects of patent-related information as measures of revealed technological capabilities
Lee, Yender, 1953-

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	This dissertation consists of three papers on the theme of technological capabilities. Patent information can be viewed as indicators of inventive activities emanating from a certain underlying technological capability. Cumulative patents may, therefore, be considered as the r&barbelow;evealed manifestations of…
Fecha:	2001
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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334.

Machine-learning assisted development of a knowledge-based system in dairy farming
Pietersma, Diederik.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	The goal of this research was to explore the use of machine learning to assist in the development of knowledge-based systems (KBS) in dairy farming. A framework was first developed which described the various types of management and control activities…
Fecha:	2001
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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335.

Poe, Lem, and the art and science of literature
Swirski, Peter

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Transcending the boundaries of literature, the works of Edgar Allan Poe and Stanislaw Lem contribute to a dialogue between literary, philosophical, and scientific cultures. A critical approach to these writers that ignores the epistemic dimension in their works opens itself…
Fecha:	1995
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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336.

Michel Foucault and the transgression of theology : an inquiry into the philosophical implications of the archive for the thinking of theology
Galston, David.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	This thesis explores the implications of the thought of Michel Foucault in relation to traditional Systematic Theology. It offers an outline of different types of theology to address the shortcomings exposed in the critique of Systematic Theology., The first two…
Fecha:	1997
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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337.

An ethnography of the eye : authority, observation and photography in the context of British anthropology 1839-1900
Tomas, David.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Anthropological classics such as E. H. Man's On the Aboriginal Inhabitants of the Andaman Islands (1883) and A. R. Radcliffe-Brown's The Andaman Islanders (1922) are generally regarded as products of an emergent nineteenth century social science. These anthropological classics were…
Fecha:	1987
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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338.

Discerning the contemporary gnostic spirit in the novels of Robertson Davies.
Thorpe, Brian

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	This dissertation is intended to demonstrate the presence of a contemporary gnostic spirit in the novels of Robertson Davies., The dominance of Protestant puritanism in English Canadian culture is a frequent theme in the literature of the nation. In his…
Fecha:	1989
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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339.

The effects of matching learning strategies to learning modalities in the acquisition of the present perfect with adult ESL learners /
Bourgeois, Sophie

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Three adult ESL students in a private setting participated in this case study, which investigated the effects of teaching students through strategy instruction, to adopt learning strategies that matched their individual learning style. I designed the training to draw attention…
Fecha:	2004
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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340.

Redefining compliance education
Cochrane, Lorna June

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Calls for innovations and research echo in the latest reviews and meta-analyses of methods to enhance compliance (Haynes, McDonald, Garg, & Montague, 2003; Pekkala & Merinder, 2002; Peterson, Takiya, & Finley, 2003). In spite of effective therapy emerging daily from…
Fecha:	2003
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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341.

Abstraction and concretization of the Fruit of the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil as seen through biblical interpretation and art
Ovadis, Alyssa

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	This work examines the patterns inherent to the understanding of the nature of the forbidden fruit in an attempt to demonstrate parallels between the reasoning of biblical interpreters, on one hand, and of artists, on the other., While the biblical…
Fecha:	2010
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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342.

Pre-service education teachers' understanding of the transition planning process
Sobel, Hailey

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	For individuals with disabilities the transition from school to adopting adult roles within the community often presents numerous challenges. In a sample of pre-service education teachers, perceptions of school to community transitions of students with disabilities were investigated. Pre-service education…
Fecha:	2011
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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343.

Knowledge discovery in virtual community texts : clustering virtual communities
Oudshoff, A. M. - Bosloper, I. E. - Klos, T. B. - Spaanenburg, L.

Formato:	Articulo
Enlaces:	Automatic knowledge discovery from texts (KDT) is proving to be a promising method for businesses today to deal with the overload of textual information. In this paper, we first explore the possibilities for KDT to enhance communication in virtual communities,…
Fecha:	2010-11-09
Recurso:	Universidad Veracruzana

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344.

From spiritual matters to economic facts : recounting problems of knowledge in the history of Canadian audiovisual policy, 1928-61
Wagman, Ira.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Using a theoretical model incorporating recent work in the field of historical epistemology and Michel Foucault's concept of governmentality this dissertation reconsiders key moments in the history of Canadian audiovisual policy as sites for examining the production of knowledge about…
Fecha:	2006
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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345.

Learner, text, and context factors on conceptual change in biology
Trevors, Gregory

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	This thesis investigated how instructional environments might be optimally designed for all students to restructure prior knowledge and learn counter-intuitive science concepts, referred to as conceptual change. Three independent variables were examined in relation to real-time cognitive processes and subsequent…
Fecha:	2012
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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346.

Studies on biotin metabolism
Baxter, Robert MacCallum

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	This research was undertaken in order to obtain some knowledge of the role of biotin in mammalian metabolism. Toward this end, preliminary gross metabolism experiements were performed in which biotin-carboxyl-carbon-14 was injected into white mice and the various tissues and…
Fecha:	1952
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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347.

[The] mixing of cold air jets with a hot gas stream
Beauregard, John Peter

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	The importance of the problem of mixing cold air jets with a hot gas stream is outlined, with particular reference to gas turbine combustion chamber design. Present knowledge of the process of eddy diffusion and mechanical or bulk mixing is…
Fecha:	1952
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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348.

[The] individual in the novels of Graham Greene
Boswell, William C.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Graham Greene’s first three novels are historical adventure stories. For example, the man within, published in 1929, is the story of a young man who betrays his fellow smugglers into the hands of the law. The examination of his fear…
Fecha:	1952
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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349.

Development of the Female Gametophyte and Embryo in Smilacina racemosa (L) Desf.
Gorham, Anne L.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	The small number of berries reaching maturity in Smilacina racemosa, and their few-seeded condition, invited a reinvestigation of the embryology. The embryo sac development had previously been reported by McAllister in 1913. Modern knowledge of fruit formation, of apomictic development,…
Fecha:	1952.
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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350.

Sterols and Terpenes from Spruce Wood Bark
Murdock, James David

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	This work, the third in a series on white spruce bark, is concerned with the unsaponifiable portion of the ether extractives of the bark. Research on these extractives was begun because bark is a major waste product of the Canadian…
Fecha:	1952.
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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351.

the District of Brome a Regional Study of Physical and Human Geography.
Pochopien, Kazimierz Marian

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	There is no known scientific account of the physical and human geography of the District of Brome. Some information is scattered in various reports and essays of investigators in other fields of research, such as history or geology, but as…
Fecha:	1952.
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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352.

Some Effects of Perceptual Limitation in Human Subjects.
Bexton, William Harold.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	The aim of this work is to give a coherent account of experiments designed and carried out to try to illuminate our knowledge of the behavior of humans under conditions of isolation. The particular emphasis will be on susceptibility to…
Fecha:	1953.
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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353.

the Sarekat Islam Movement: Its Contribution to Indonesian Nationalism.
Jaylani, Timur.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	This thesis was started at a time when Indonesia was in a turmoil of ideological camps, in which international peace and order could be endangered. The nationalists, according to one of their prominent leaders, Roeslan Abdulgani, are still in search…
Fecha:	1959.
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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354.

Abu Yazid al-Bistami: his Life and Doctrines.
Abdu-r-Rabb, Muhammad.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	This dissertation attempts at a systematic study of the life, personality and thought of the second-third/eighth-ninth century Persian Sufi (Muslim Mystic) Abu Yazid al-Bistami. Having first described and evaluated the source material, it discusses his life, personality and mystical doctrines…
Fecha:	1970.
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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355.

a Study of Periodate Lignin Lignosulfonic Acids.
Brickman, W. James.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Over sixty years ago the first chemical investigations were reported on waste sulfite liquor from the pulping of wood, but despite a large volume of research in the intervening period, the sulfonation reaction and its products remain an intriguing unsolved…
Fecha:	1953.
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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356.

the Reactions of Nitrogen Atoms with Ethylene and Acetylene.
Versteeg, Joseph.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	As knowledge in chemical kinetics has advanced from the first study of reaction rates by Wilhelmy (1) in 1850, it has become increasingly clear that many reactions take place by a sequence of simple steps, or elementary reactions. This implies…
Fecha:	1952.
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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357.

Radioautographic localization of C14 in tissues of rats following administration of C14-labeled bicarbonate.
Greulich, Richard. C.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Modern histology is concerned principally with attempts to correlate the precise order which exists in the organization of organs and tissues at a microscopic level with the biological functions of these structures. Out of the increased need for knowledge of…
Fecha:	1953
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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358.

The serum lipids in atherosclerosis.
Horlick, Louis.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	The pathogenesis of atherosclerosis may be considered basically as the interaction of three phases, (a) the circulating blood and substances carried by it, (b) the endothelial membrane and (c) the reaction pattern of the vascular subendothelium. In this thesis, we…
Fecha:	1953
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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359.

Peridotites of northwestern Quebec.
MacLaren, Alexander. S.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	This thesis is concerned with the ultrabasic rocks, especially the peridotites, throughout Northwestern Quebec. Its purpose is the correlation of information on the metamorphism, associations and age relationships of these ultrabasic rocks. This will involve a general review of the…
Fecha:	1953
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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360.

Cervical fascia: anatomic and clinical.
Mohiuddin, Syed. D.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	The applied anatomy of the cervical fascia and the traps or spaces therein have been revised and reviewed from the early part of the Nineties up to the present date. A great many investigations of both in anatomical and clinical…
Fecha:	1953
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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361.

Studies on the hydrolysis of casein.
Pedersen, Jorgen. W.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	A great part of our modern knowledge about the structure and composition of proteins originates from the analysis of the products formed by their hydrolysis. Since Braconnot, in 1820, hydrolysed gelatin with dilute sulfuric acid, proteins have been hydrolysed with…
Fecha:	1953
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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362.

A variational approach to the equations of stellar structure.
Aron, Ivan. M.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	The fact that a star can only be studied through its light may seem, at first, to impose severe limitations on the knowledge to be acquired concerning the nature of these bright pinpoints on the night sky. When Mother Goose…
Fecha:	1954
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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363.

Congenital malformations of the central nervous system.
Dekaban, Anatole. S.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	A desire to study congenital malformations of the CNS originated several years ago. It was found necessary first to acquire sufficient knowledge of anatomy of the normal adult human brain as well as of the morphogenesis of the developing human…
Fecha:	1954
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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364.

an Investigation of August Maximum and Minimum Temperatures at Torbay, Newfoundland.
McKay, Gordon Alexander.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Forecasts of daily maximum and minimum temperature have become of increasing importance to both agriculture and industry, and reasonable accuracy has been attained in predicting these values. The success in prediction has been largely due to the persistence of either…
Fecha:	1953.
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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365.

Some New Reactions and Derivatives of Kojic Acid.
Beelik, Andrew.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Kojic acid can be produced by a microbiological process from carbohydrates, and therefore it might serve as a very useful outlet for industrial and agricultural carbohydrate wastes. Since the acid has not yet found practical applications, the present research is…
Fecha:	1954.
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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366.

Guidance in democratic education.
Farrell, Edna. P.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	This study is based on the thesis that all education should be liberal in curriculum, method, instruction, and administration. It should mean full development- physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual- of free men guided by free men. Its foundation should be…
Fecha:	1954
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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367.

Observations on the Thalamocortical Projections.
Nashold, Blaine Sanders.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	The development of the knowledge of the thalamus has proceeded along many avenues of research. The early workers ranged far and wide, comparing, dividing, and subdividing the thalamus and in general terms catalogued anatomical data. Later the relationship of the…
Fecha:	1954.
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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368.

John Donne’s knowledge of medicine.
Pickup, T.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Ben Jonson wrote that Donne’s work was “longer a knowing than most wits doe live”, and feared that it would perish “for not being understood”. The passage of three and a half centuries has not brought about the fulfilment of…
Fecha:	1954
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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369.

An economic analysis of accountancy.
Potter, Calvin. C.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	This work attempts to show the connection between economics and accountancy in the everyday practices of accountancy. To the best of my knowledge this theme has never before been treated on the scale of a book. J. Canning's work, The…
Fecha:	1954
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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370.

Vicarious liability in air law.
Balachandran, Ponniah.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	“In a generic and primary sense, jurisprudence includes the entire body of legal doctrine. It is jurisprudentia - the knowledge of law - and in this sense all law books are books of law” (1). According to this nomenclature all…
Fecha:	1955
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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371.

Real Estate Salesman: the Study of a Sales Occupation.
Bloomstone, Shirley S.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Selling and salesmanship are now among the universals of culture on this continent. Although much is known about the mass effects of salesmanship, relatively little knowledge exists on the nature of the face-to-face selling situation. It is an interpersonal situation,…
Fecha:	1955.
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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372.

Studies on aldosterone.
Giroud, Claude. J-P.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	The important facts relevant to the historical development of a scientific discovery are always easier to discern when it is possible to examine them in the light of the knowledge to which time and the work of many investigators have…
Fecha:	1955
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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373.

Experiments of the extractability of soil phosphorus.
Hamilton, Herman. A.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	The importance of phosphorus agriculturally, bas become commonplace to agriculturists. The functions, role, and forms of this element in soil have received favourable attention; yet, despite searching investigations there is still much lacking in our knowledge which would enable a…
Fecha:	1955
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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374.

Investigation of variations in the composition of the timothy plant (Phleum pretense).
Huq, A.K.M. Fazlul.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	The cultivation of the Timothy plant as a forage crop has been practised in various countries particularly in Canada and the United States of America for a considerable length of time. As such a knowledge of the variation in the…
Fecha:	1955
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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375.

the Peasant's Revolt of 1381 in History and Legend.
Lucas, Sidney.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Part of the work in this thesis is in the examination and arrangement of the varied causes of the Peasants' Revolt, together with a factual account of the Revolt constructed from contemporary sources. The core of the original work in…
Fecha:	1955.
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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376.

The biology of the ringer seal (Phoca hispida Schreber) in the waters of southwest Baffin Island.
McLaren, Ian. A.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	The ringed seal, Phoca hispida, is a widely ranging hair seal inhabiting arctic and subarctic waters (as defined by Dunbar, 1951) of the entire northern hemisphere. In North American continental waters it is found from the Gulf of St. Lawrence…
Fecha:	1955
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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377.

The composition of the oils from some Canadian conifers.
Shaw, Alan. C.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	During the steps employed in the conversion of the standing tree to wood pulp about two-thirds of the original plant material is discarded, and of the many hundreds of compounds present in the tree only cellulose is utilized to an…
Fecha:	1955
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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378.

Further oxidations of spruce periodate lignin with chlorine dioxide.
Thompson, Norman. S.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Note: Missing title page., Several years ago the Wood Chemistry Committee of the Technical Section, Canadian Pulp and Paper Association, observed that chlorine dioxide was becoming of importance as a bleaching agent for pulps, and that more detailed knowledge concerning…
Fecha:	1954
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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379.

Genetico-embryological studies on normal and cleft palates in mice.
Walker, Bruce. E.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Cleft palate is a common congenital anomaly, and it is dealt with by a variety of scientific groups. The medical profession is concerned about cleft palate because it is of sufficiently frequent occurrence to distress many people. Knowledge of the…
Fecha:	1954
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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380.

A study of pyridinium betaines.
Frangatos, Gerassimos.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	The biological significance of certain pyridinium betaines, such as diphosphopyridine nucleotide and triphosphopyridine nucleotide, has been fully recognized. The vital importance of these substances in the life of organisms provided an impetus for extensive research in this field, with the…
Fecha:	1956
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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381.

the Age, Growth and Maturity of the Haddock (Melanogrammus aeglefinus L.) from the Inshore Lockeport Grounds.
Kohler, A. Carl.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	The regulation of any fishery depends for its direction upon the knowledge of the biology of the fish involved. As the haddock has been one of the more important marine food fishes even before marine biological investigation was initiated in…
Fecha:	1956.
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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382.

Radioautographic localization of some acid soluble phosphorous compounds in tissues of rats injected with P32.
Messier, Bernard. H.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	The use of P32 in biological investigation has contributed greatly to the knowledge of phosphorus metabolism. Soon after this isotope became available in the late 1930’s, many investigators studied the absorption, distribution and excretion of radiophosphorus in plants and animals.…
Fecha:	1956
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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383.

Metabolism of Short Chain Fatty Acids by Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Var. Bovis, BCG.
Pascoe, Enid.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	In sharp contrast to the wealth of chemical knowledge of the nature of the lipids of mycobacteria (Anderson 1940, 1942, Siebert 1950) is the scarcity of facts available to indicate the routes by which fats are metabolized by these organisms.…
Fecha:	1956.
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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384.

Carbohydrate Synthesis in Embryonating Eggs of Asccaris Lumbricoides.
Passey, Richard Frank.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	The bias in the development of biochemistry to which Baldwin (1940) drew attention in 1937 has not been remedied in the last two decades. Despite the tremendous advances in our knowledge of the biochemistry of mammals and unicellular organisms made…
Fecha:	1956.
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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385.

Metabolism of progesterone and cortisone.
Rao, Baindur. G.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	A quarter of a century has elapsed since the first steroid hormone was isolated. Since then, there has been a profound and significant advance in our knowledge of the biogenesis of these steroid hormones and their ultimate fate in the…
Fecha:	1956
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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386.

Production of corticosteroids by rat adrenal tissue in vitro.
Stachenko, Janine. L.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Replacement therapy provided the first element of knowledge of the nature of adrenocortical secretion. The earliest view on this secretion assumed the existence of a single adrenocortical hormone, called "cortin" (5}. Attempts were made to extract, isolate and characterize this…
Fecha:	1956
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387.

Sexual reproduction in Medeola virginiana L. with some reference to embryo development and endosperm formation.
Webster, Donald. C.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Recent investigators in the field of plant embryology show a tendency to seek more detailed knowledge of the developmental process as it occurs in a variety of plants. Several features combine to make members of the Liliaceae ideal for study…
Fecha:	1956
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388.

Mass spectrometry of normal oxygen and oxygen subjected to electrical discharge.
Herron, John. T.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Our knowledge of free radicals and atoms has increased rapidly during the past decade through the use of new techniques. Atoms and free radicals have been detected spectroscopically in the gas phase by vacuum ultraviolet absorption (1,2), and by emission…
Fecha:	1957
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389.

The morphological observation of the basal vessels of the brain of human infants.
Kim, Yoon-Bom.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Needless to say, it is imperative for workers in the neurological field to know and understand the circulatory system of the Central Nervous System. The basal vessels of the brain, especially the circle of Willis and basilar artery are of…
Fecha:	1957
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390.

the Participation of Bone in the Sodium and Potassium Metabolism of the Rat.
Norman, Nils.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	The investigative work presented in this thesis is a contribution to the great amount of knowledge that already exists in the field of sodium and potassium metabolism. The study has been done on rats, but differs from earlier work in…
Fecha:	1957.
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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391.

the Lactic Dehydrogenase of the Mammalian Erythrocyte.
Ottolenghi, Paul.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	The beginning of our knowledge of the enzyme lactic dehydrogenase, dates back to Otto Meyerhof's discovery (1) in 1919, that washed muscle preparations can oxidise lactic acid. The enzyme was obtained in soluble form by Stephenson (2) in 1928, from…
Fecha:	1957.
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392.

The physiology of the paroxysmal afterdischarge.
Pinsky, Carl.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Since biblical times, physicians have been challenged by the difficulties of finding the proper treatment for the disease of epilepsy. That challenge has not gone unanswered at any time in the recorded history of medical science. The quest for the…
Fecha:	1957
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393.

Some aspects of the problem of economic development in underdeveloped countries.
Velay, Clement. C.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	In his inaugural address on January 20th, 1947, President Truman recommended a “bold new program for making the benefit of our scientific advantages and industrial progress available for the improvement and growth of underdeveloped areas.” This short sentence, which became…
Fecha:	1957
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394.

a Microelectrode Study of Betz Cells in the Unanesthetized Cat.
Branch, Charles L.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	The need for continued investigation into the mechanism of motor function has been emphasized recently by Bucy (1957) in a critical review entitled, "ls there a pyramidal tract?" and by Lassek, Woolsey, Walker, and Boshes (1957) in a symposium of…
Fecha:	1958.
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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395.

a Study of Conditioned Arousal.
Christake, Anne.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	This historical introduction would have to be greatly extended if it were to deal with the details of the anatomical and physiological developments that led to our present knowledge of the reticular activating or arousal system. Recognition of its significance…
Fecha:	1958.
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396.

the Surgical Treatment of Experimental Ascites.
Freedman, Arthur N.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	The magnitude of the problem of ascites is not readily apparent to the clinician. A classification of conditions in which ascites occurs and a consideration of therapy occupy his thinking when confronted by a patient with the sign. Those actively…
Fecha:	1958.
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397.

the Mixing of Circular Jets.
Tao, Chia-Hwa.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	The problem of mixing of subsonic circular jets with stationary fluid and with a stream at right angle has been studied. The present knowledge and conventional methods of approach to this problem are described. Applying Elrod's momentum diffusion theory of…
Fecha:	1958.
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398.

Genetic and Other Factors Influencing the Pathogenesis of Cleft Palate in Mice.
Trasler, Daphne G.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	The rapidly growing field of teratology has recorded an amazing variety of developmental aberrations, either "spontaneous", or with some more or less clear-cut genetic or environmental cause. This preliminary descriptive stage is certainly necessary as a guide to the further,…
Fecha:	1958.
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399.

The location of xanthate groups in starch xanthates.
Adamek, Edward. G.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Starch xanthates were first prepared over 50 years ago, and since then little has been learned about their chemical structure; even suggestions for their industrial utilization have been very few. In the meantime, the emergence of the viscose process and…
Fecha:	1959
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400.

Extraction and Identification of Organic Phosphorus Compounds of Soils.
Boswall, Graeme Wyatt.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	The importance of phosphorus in plant nutrition has been recognized since the middle of the nineteenth century, when the analysis of plant ash showed the presence of phosphates and other inorganic salts, and the use of phosphorus-containing manures and fertilizers…
Fecha:	1959.
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL