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101.

Understanding the impacts of the 2007-08 global financial crisis on Brazil's forest sector: a qualitative study
Canova, Natalia

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Economic downturns are known to affect the management of natural resources and the environment. Although statistics and industry figures have revealed some impacts of the 2007-08 Global Financial Crisis (GFC), its dynamics and long term consequences for forest management, particularly…
Fecha:	2012
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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102.

Induction of the epithelial polarizing cytokine interleukin-33 by the fungus «Cryptococcus neoformans» in genetically susceptible mice
Flaczyk, Adam

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	With the progression of the AIDS epidemic, understanding the host responseto the opportunistic fungal pathogen Cryptococcus neoformans, responsible forapproximately 650,000 deaths in Sub-Saharan Africa each year, has become animportant topic of research. Current knowledge suggests that susceptibility tocryptococcal pneumonia in…
Fecha:	2012
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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103.

Telomerase regulation by alternative slicing
Khondaker, Shanjadia

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Telomerase, the main mechanism for telomere maintenance, is active in 85% of cancer cells. Telomerase inhibition leads to telomere erosion, chromosome damage, and cell death, thereby validating the enzyme as a prime target in the search for anticancer therapies. hTERT…
Fecha:	2012
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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104.

A penalized quasi-likelihood approach for estimating the number of states in a hidden markov model
McGillivray, Annaliza

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	In statistical applications of hidden Markov models (HMMs), one may have no knowledge of the number of hidden states (or order) of the model needed to be able to accurately represent the underlying process of the data. The problem of…
Fecha:	2012
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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105.

Psychiatry residents' attitudes towards spirituality in psychiatry
Kattan, Wid

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	There is an increasing awareness of the importance of spirituality in mental health as reflected in the addition of the category "religious or spiritual problem" in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV-TR) and the inclusion of knowledge…
Fecha:	2012
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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106.

Contested honour: the clash of international and domestic norms in Jordan's honour crime debate
Mutch, Maryanne

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	While a noteworthy amount of scholarship in the last decade has sought to explain the mechanisms through which international norms are diffused to domestic arenas, substantial gaps in our knowledge still remain. In particular, there has been a lack of…
Fecha:	2012
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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107.

Observations of massive ground ice, Hershel Island, Yukon Territory
Fox, David

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	The rapid change in climate currently being recorded in the Western Canadian Arctic is projected to have a major influence on the permafrost ground that underlies more than half of Canada's landmass. The isolation of this vast landscape has inhibited…
Fecha:	2012
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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108.

Cyclist injury risk and pollution exposure at urban signalized intersections
Strauss, Jillian

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Cycling as a mode of travel is becoming more popular especially in urban areas like Montreal, Canada. With this reality come serious concerns for cyclist safety and health. These concerns have initiated the need to study the determinants of cyclist…
Fecha:	2012
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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109.

Pathogenic variation of Phakopsora pachyrhizi populations in Brazil.
SOARES, R. M. - AKAMATSU, H. O. - YAMAOKA, Y. - YAMANAKA, N. - SUENAGA, K.

Formato:	Artigo em anais de congresso (ALICE)
Enlaces:	The obligate basidiomycete Phakopsora pachyrhizi is the causal agent of soybean rust that has potential to reduce the yield of soybean drastically. Soybean production in Brazil has been threatened by the rust since the pathogen was first discovered in 2001.…
Fecha:	2010-04-05
Recurso:	Repositório Acesso Livre à Informação Científica da Embrapa (ALICE)

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110.

Mario Bunge's worldview and its implications for the modernization of Arabic-Islamic philosophy
Obiedat, Ahmad

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	This study relates philosophy of science and philosophy of religion. It compares a system of western thought and its implications for contemporary Arab-Islamic philosophy. The basis for this approach lies in the concept of worldview as rooted in the process…
Fecha:	2012
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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111.

Internet-based menu planning in type 2 diabetes and its impact on weight, A1C and blood pressure
Bader, Abeer

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Weight loss in overweight and obese persons with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) decreases risk of cardiovascular disease. There is some evidence that written menu plans and Internet-based menu programs advocating healthy eating are associated with weight loss in non-diabetic…
Fecha:	2012
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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112.

Remote sensing of light use effeciency in a boreal forest and peatland in James Bay, Quebec
Rogers, Cheryl

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	The photochemical reflectance index (PRI) is a remotely sensed vegetation index that detects a decrease in spectral reflectance at 531nm associated with xanthophyll cycle activity. PRI has been shown to track light use efficiency (LUE) in a number of plant…
Fecha:	2012
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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113.

Geophysical and thermal investigations of ice-rich permafrost at Parsons Lake, Northwest Territories
Angelopoulos, Michael

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Geophysical and thermal investigations of ice-rich permafrost were performed in an area of planned hydrocarbon development at Parsons Lake, Northwest Territories. The site is owned by ConocoPhillips Canada (CPC) and ExxonMobil, and is intended to be a primary target for…
Fecha:	2012
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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114.

Terrestrial habitat and ecology of Fowler's toads (Anaxyrus Fowleri)
Boenke, Morgan

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Habitat loss is the primary driver of global amphibian declines and thus preserving habitat is our best hope for preserving species at risk. The habitat needs of amphibians are complex due to terrestrial and aquatic requirements throughout their life history.…
Fecha:	2012
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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115.

A tool for configuring mappings for musical systems using wireless sensor networks
Rudraraju, Vijay

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Digital musical instruments, which are defined here as interactive musical systems containing a control mechanism and a sound generation mechanism, are powerful tools for analyzing performance practice and for transforming and reimagining the bounds of musical performance. However, the transitory…
Fecha:	2012
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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116.

Coaching and cohesion in university coacting sports
Cormier, Marc

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Cohesion has been cited as a crucial component contributing to increased levels of enjoyment, adherence, and in most cases, performance in intercollegiate sport (Carron, Coleman, Wheeler, & Stevens, 2002). Coaches are believed to play an instrumental role in the development…
Fecha:	2012
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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117.

Does source matter? Using ProMED-mail to compare the timeliness of outbreak communications from governmental and nongovernmental sources
Mondor, Luke

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Background: Nongovernmental (or informal) information sources have been credited with raising earlier warnings of disease threats than traditional governmental reporting systems, thus facilitating the rapid recognition and response to potential pandemics and emerging disease outbreaks. Despite an increased global reliance…
Fecha:	2012
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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118.

Long term predictive values of cervical cytology and Human Papillomavirus DNA testing for the development of biopsy proven high grade cervical intraepithelial neoplasia
Chevarie-Davis, Myriam

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Cancer of the uterine cervix remains a significant cause of morbidity and mortality, even though it can be prevented by judiciously designed screening programs. Although many studies have compared Human Papillomavirus (HPV) DNA testing to cervical cytology, most of them…
Fecha:	2012
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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119.

Mathematical model of GAL regulon dynamics in «Saccharomyces cerevisiae»
Apostu, Raluca

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Genetic switches are prevalent in nature, and provide cells with a strategy to adapt to changing environmental conditions. This thesis focuses on an intriguing example which is not understood in complete detail: the GAL switch. The GAL switch allows organisms…
Fecha:	2012
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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120.

Understanding how workshops transform participants' lives by exploring their perceived experiences: the Kahnawake Schools diabetes prevention project
Murdoch, Jayne

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Aim: To understand how the healthy lifestyle promoting workshops offered by the Kahnawake Schools Diabetes Prevention Project (KSDPP) bring about transformative experiences that change how participants live their lives.Design: Qualitative study of semi-structured interviews.Setting: KSDPP is a community based participatory…
Fecha:	2012
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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121.

Speech based machine aided human translation for a document translation task
Reddy, Aarthi

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Translating documents into multiple languages represents an extremely large expensefor businesses, governments, and international agencies. In Canada, for example, it isa requirement that all ocial documents exist in both ocial languages, French andEnglish. This has produced a large translation industry…
Fecha:	2012
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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122.

Towards optimal management of health information users' feedback: the case of the canadian pharmacists association
Tang, Li

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	There is increasing attention to information users' feedback comments as they can be used to improve information resources. In contexts where information resources are rich in knowledge, optimal user feedback management is crucial for the information provider to make sure…
Fecha:	2012
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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123.

Role of PP2A in cell death induced by the adenoviral protein E4orf4
Mui, Melissa

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	The E4orf4 protein of adenovirus induces cell death in human cancer cells and not normal primary cells when expressed alone. E4orf4 is also lethal to the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae, which we use as a model system. E4orf4-induced toxicity in both…
Fecha:	2012
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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124.

Clinical questions asked and pursued by rehabilitation therapists: an exploratory study of information needs
Kloda, Lorie

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	This study explored the information needs of rehabilitation therapists (occupational therapists, physiotherapists and speech-language pathologists) working with patients with stroke, to characterize their clinical questions, that is, their formalized information needs. This study also investigated how rehabilitation therapists decide whether…
Fecha:	2012
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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125.

Weighted distortion methods for error resilient video coding
Maucho, Geoffrey Sunday

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Wireless and Internet video applications are hampered by bit errors and packet errors, respectively. In addition, packet losses in best effort Internet applications limit video communication applications. Because video compression uses temporal prediction, compressed video is especially susceptible to the…
Fecha:	2012
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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126.

«Leishmania» parasites and the host macrophage: Interaction via secretion
Hassani, Kasra

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Protozoan parasites of genus Leishmania are the causative agents of leishmaniasis. Utilizing potent immune evasion and immune modulation mechanisms, Leishmania are able to render the host macrophage inactive and live inside its phagolysosome. Studies on the different functions of secreted…
Fecha:	2012
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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127.

Validation and integration in spread models of influenza: scientific insights and policy implications during influenza epidemics/pandemics
Hyder, Ayaz

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Influenza presents many challenges to society, leading to severe impacts in terms of social, economic and health-care costs. To minimize these impacts, models for the spatial spread of influenza help us prepare and plan for epidemic/pandemic events. These models also…
Fecha:	2012
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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128.

Neuroenchantment as a lens: a critical look at sense of control, authorship, and conscious will
Ali, Sabrina

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Scholars, reporters, consumers, and the general public increasingly appreciate the importance of brain science, perhaps to the point of generating neuroenchantment, which overestimates the present state of neuroscientific knowledge and inflates the capabilities of neuroimaging technology. The current climate surrounding…
Fecha:	2012
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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129.

"Let me show you what i'm thinking": the social function of private speech for young children
Rouse Baker, Dawn

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	This dissertation explores the socio-cultural implications of content and context in Vygotsky's theory of the private speech of young children (Vygotsky, 1986). While private speech has long been thought to hold a snapshot of the child in cognitive transition, the…
Fecha:	2012
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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130.

Impulsivity in an epidemiological catchment area sample of the general population: A confirmatory factor analysis study of the Barratt Impulsiveness Scale
Weinstein, Kerry

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Impulsivity is a complex behavioural and personality construct that is correlated to aggression (Fossati et al., 2004) and major mental disorders (Enticott, Ogloff, Bradshaw, & Fitzgerald, 2008). The Barratt Impulsiveness Scale (BIS; Barratt, 1959) is arguably the most commonly administered…
Fecha:	2012
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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131.

Colonist farmers and REDD+: Perceptions of land -use and conservation
Peterson St-Laurent, Guillaume

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Deforestation in the tropics is believed to account for 9-12% of total anthropogenic greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions worldwide. In this context, a decision on reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation in developing countries (REDD), with the inclusion of the…
Fecha:	2012
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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132.

Rasquache Baroque in the Chicana/o Borderlands
Austin, Katherine

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	The Chicana/o borderlands have generated their own barroquismo which, having thrived on the fruits of a colonial Mexican heritage, intensified within the unique cultural climate of the Southwest US. As second-class citizens, Mexican-Americans have been excluded from the metanarratives of…
Fecha:	2012
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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133.

Characteristics of self-rated health in people with Type 2 Diabetes
Badawi, Ghislaine

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Background: Self-rated health (SRH) is one of the most widely used measures of general health status in population health research and has received strong support as an independent predictor of mortality and morbidity. Knowledge is limited as to what exactly…
Fecha:	2012
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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134.

The motivate to explore career intervention: design and investigation of a career counselling group for disengaged adolescent males
Kerner, Emily

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Disengaged students are at risk for failing to complete high school. When youth drop out they not only risk facing unemployment and poverty, they also lose access to crucial supports and services that could smooth the transition from school to…
Fecha:	2012
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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135.

Policy, power, and the paradigm shift in the Vietnamese discourses of disability and inclusion
Nguyen, Thi Xuan Thuy

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	This study examines the inclusion of people with disabilities into Vietnamese social and educational systems. Using a Foucauldian perspective on discourse, power, and the governing of individuals in the modern context, I trace the shift in the global and local…
Fecha:	2012
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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136.

Spectroscopic analysis of fractal scattering and hidden layers in complex scattering samples
Pandozzi, Fabiano

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Near-infrared optical spectroscopic measurement of samples is an important analytical tool for the determination of properties such as particle size, chromophore composition, and concentration. This information is invaluable for sample assessment in pharmaceutical, agricultural, and environmental areas. However, samples often…
Fecha:	2012
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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137.

Factors associated with recent HIV testing among Montréal men who have sex with men (MSM): results from the ARGUS 2005 and 2008 surveys
Gallant, Serge

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Background: HIV testing is important for several reasons. It allows the person to be aware of their infection and it provides the opportunity for health professionals to educate individuals on safer sex practices. Furthermore, infected individuals can receive in timely…
Fecha:	2012
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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138.

The dialectical forge: proto-system juridical disputation in the Kitāb Ikhtilāf al-'Irāqiyyīn (2 vols.)
Young, Walter Edward

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Dialectic (jadal or munāẓara) is undoubtedly the primary formative dynamic in the evolution of Islamic legal systems, whether in the expansion and justification of doctrinal bodies of substantive law (fiqh), or in the elaboration and refinement of legal theory (uṣūl…
Fecha:	2012
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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139.

Turning the inverted pyramid inside-out: Professional ideology, professionalization, and education of journalists reconsidered
Bejerman, Ingrid

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Since the rise of citizen reporters, blogging, wikis, and pro-am newsroom collaborations, both the professional and academic spheres have come to contest the very definition of a journalist. These analyses, however, often fail to consider the historical complexity of the…
Fecha:	2012
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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140.

Health services use and treatment delay for patients experiencing a first-episode of psychosis: a mixed methods study
Anderson, Kelly

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Background: Long delays in initiating treatment for a first-episode of psychosis (FEP) are associated with poor clinical and functional outcomes. However, the modes and routes by which patients access care are complex, thus contributing to delays in treatment initiation and…
Fecha:	2012
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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141.

A greener grass: improving biofuel feedstock production of switchgrass (Panicum Virgatum L.) by inoculation with endophytic rhizobacteria
Ker, Keomany

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Switchgrass (SG, Panicum virgatum L.), a temperate perennial grass, was chosen by the US Department of Energy's Herbaceous Energy Crops Program as the 'model' bioenergy crop for further research in North America. Current research on SG for bioenergy feedstock production…
Fecha:	2012
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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142.

Characterization of matrix changes associated with disc degeneration in low back pain using multichromatic FAST staining
Tabatabaei Shafiei, Zahra Sadat

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Introduction: One of the many sources of low back pain (LBP) is the degeneration of intervertebral discs (IVDs), a condition called degenerative disc disease (DDD). Degeneration of IVDs can occur as result of aging, trauma, or genetic predisposition. Better insight…
Fecha:	2012
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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143.

Reliability analysis of lunar rover wheel designs - methodology and visual inspection technique
Parbatani, Karim

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	This thesis presents a methodology for prediction of reliability for a lunar rover and a technique to evaluate reliability where data for operation in the lunar environment are not available in order to conduct traditional reliability analysis. This technique was…
Fecha:	2012
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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144.

Nuances of dose and placebo in the prescription of antidepressants for depression
de Jong, Veronica

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Early studies of antidepressants have demonstrated clinical efficacy at doses much lower than those currently recommended. Even when deemed sub-therapeutic by modern standards, lower doses are often clinically effective – perhaps through a placebo effect. Emerging from clinical trial analyses,…
Fecha:	2012
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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145.

Activin receptors in gonadotrope cells: new tricks for old dogs
Rejon Gonzalez, Carlis

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Activins are members of the transforming growth factor β (TGFβ) superfamily. Though originally identified as stimulators of pituitary follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) synthesis and secretion, they also play diverse biological roles, ranging from control of cellular differentiation to regulation of immune…
Fecha:	2012
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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146.

Impulsivity in men and women: A general population study in the Southwest of Montreal
Reyes Ayllon, Andrea

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Impulsivity is considered a major contributor to various antisocial behaviours (Nofziger, 2010) and is present in many mental and personality disorders (American Psychiatric Association, 2000). Given that clear sex differences have been observed in such behaviours and disorders (Nofziger, 2010;…
Fecha:	2012
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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147.

The stress-induced nucleolar accumulation of hsc70 is mediated by specific signals, nucleolar chaperone networks and RNA
Banski, Piotr

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Heat shock cognate 70 kDa protein (hsc70) is a well conserved molecular chaperone involved in many physiological functions such as the stress response, protein folding, and protein transport. Moreover, hsc70 plays roles in human disease, such as cancer, neurodegenerative disease,…
Fecha:	2012
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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148.

Governance, sociotechnical systems and knowledge society: Challenges and reflections
Balloni, Antonio José - Bermejo, Paulo Henrique de Souza - Holm, Jeanne - Tonelli, Adriano Olimpio

Formato:	Artigo
Enlaces:	http://www.igi-global.com/chapter/governance-sociotechnical-systems-knowledge-society/66970
Fecha:	2013-08-30
Recurso:	Universidade Federal de Lavras - UFLA

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149.

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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150.

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)