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51.

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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52.

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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53.

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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54.

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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55.

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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56.

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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57.

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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58.

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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59.

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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60.

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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61.

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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62.

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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63.

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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64.

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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65.

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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66.

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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67.

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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68.

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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69.

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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70.

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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71.

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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72.

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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73.

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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74.

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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75.

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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76.

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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77.

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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78.

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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79.

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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80.

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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81.

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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82.

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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83.

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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84.

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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85.

Knowledge management and communication in Brazilian agricultural research: an integrated procedural approach.
TORRES, T. Z. - PIEROZZI JÚNIOR, I. - PEREIRA, N. R. - CASTRO, A. de.

Formato:	Artigo em periódico indexado (ALICE)
Enlaces:	Abstract. The great contemporary organizational challenge for enterprises is to create a conceptual and methodological framework allows the management of knowledge by means of networks designed for social interaction. This statement is based on the premise that the competitive drive…
Fecha:	2011-04-26
Recurso:	Repositório Acesso Livre à Informação Científica da Embrapa (ALICE)

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86.

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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87.

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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88.

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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89.

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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90.

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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91.

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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92.

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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93.

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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94.

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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95.

The knowledge in knowledge management
Nickols, Fred

Formato:	Article
Enlaces:	Descripción completa.
Fecha:	2011-03-02
Recurso:	Universidad Veracruzana

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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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An analytical model of the relationship knowledge, learning, innovation and sustainability.
CABRAL, J. E. de O. - COSTA, M. da P. B.

Formato:	Artigo em anais de congresso (ALICE)
Enlaces:	2010
Fecha:	2011-03-10
Recurso:	Repositório Acesso Livre à Informação Científica da Embrapa (ALICE)

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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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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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100.

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)