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1551.

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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1552.

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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1553.

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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1554.

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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1555.

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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1556.

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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1557.

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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1558.

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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1559.

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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1560.

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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1561.

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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1562.

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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1563.

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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1564.

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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1565.

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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1566.

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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1567.

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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1568.

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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1569.

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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1570.

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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1571.

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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1572.

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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1573.

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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1574.

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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1575.

Molecular mediators of breast cancer bone metastasis
Mourskaia, Anna

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Breast cancer is the most frequently diagnosed and the second leading cause of cancer deaths in Canadian women. The most devastating and deadly feature of the disease is the emergence of metastases. Breast cancer most commonly metastasizes to bone, often…
Fecha:	2013
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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1576.

Understanding human impacts on the phosphorus cycle: implicatons for agronomic and environmental management at multiple scales
MacDonald, Graham

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Modern agriculture has led to fundamental changes in the phosphorus (P) cycle that pose agronomic and environmental challenges at all scales. Phosphorus is a non-renewable resource that is critical to food production because of its role as an essential plant…
Fecha:	2013
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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1577.

Discovering the postmodern nomad: a metaphor for an artful inquiry into the career stories of emerging adults transitioning under the Caribbean sun
Arora, Ramona

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	This qualitative study explored the educational and occupational decisions of emerging adults from a small Caribbean island (referred to as "SCI") during a time of robust socioeconomic and infrastructure development, followed by a sudden change in the labor market resulting…
Fecha:	2013
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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1578.

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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1579.

Mean field game theory: consensus, leader-follower and major-minor agent systems
Nourian Aval Noghabi, Mojtaba

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	This thesis focuses on Mean Field Game (MFG) theory with applications to consensus, flocking, leader-follower and major-minor agent systems. The MFG methodology addresses a class of dynamic games with a large number of minor agents in which each agent interacts…
Fecha:	2013
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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1580.

Collaborative information behavior in learning tasks: a study of engineering students
Saleh, Nasser

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Collaborative information behaviour is an emerging area in information science that deals with the identification, seeking, searching, and use of information by two or more people to accomplish a task. This dissertation investigates the collaborative information behaviour of senior undergraduate…
Fecha:	2013
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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1581.

Hip fracture rehabilitation: where are we now and where are we going?
Auais, Mohammad

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Hip fracture is a major public health problem in many developed nations. An estimated 30,000 hip fractures occur each year in Canada. To initiate adequate preventive measures, a thorough understanding of hip fracture patients' characteristics and the healthcare services they…
Fecha:	2013
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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1582.

Contribution of information science to other disciplines as reflected in citation contexts of highly cited JASIST papers
Tabatabaei, Nahid

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Information Science is an interdisciplinary field that interacts with other disciplines through its intellectual borders. While there is much research into the interdisciplinary nature of Information Science, little research exists that identifies the nature, extent, and quality of these extra-disciplinary…
Fecha:	2013
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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1583.

Material - processing - quality relationships during the consolidation of out-of autoclave prepregs
Centea, Timotei

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Out-of-autoclave (OOA) prepreg processing is a new manufacturing method for high performance composites that seeks to reduce costs and increase production flexibility relative to traditional autoclave processing. OOA prepregs may be vacuum bag-only cured in conventional ovens to produce autoclave-quality…
Fecha:	2013
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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1584.

Freeing philosophy from metaphysics: Fakhr al-Dīn al-Rāzī's philosophical approach to the study of natural phenomena
Ibrahim, Bilal

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	This dissertation examines the views of Fakhr al-Dīn al-Rāzī (d. 1210) as advanced in his two major philosophical works, al-Mabāḥith al-Mashriqiyya and al-Mulakhkhaṣ fī al-Ḥikma. It argues that Rāzī seeks to develop a philosophical programme that provides an alternative to…
Fecha:	2013
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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1585.

Incorporating issues of social justice and equity into transportation planning and policy
Manaugh, Kevin

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	For most of the 20th century transportation planning goals were almost entirely mobility-based; transportation systems were primarily seen as a means to efficiently, safely, and quickly connect people and freight to desired destinations. However, as the century progressed, cultural, societal…
Fecha:	2013
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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1586.

The influence of information use strategies on ill structured-domain graduate learning tasks
Weerapura, Kaushilya

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	This dissertation presents a user-centred, interdisciplinary study on information use strategies. In complex learning contexts such as ill-structured-domains, there are three ways of using information. The first is to make sense of the information fragments to construct a cohesive whole.…
Fecha:	2013
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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1587.

An integrated education intervention to improve infant and young child nutrition growth in Ghana
Cofie, Agartha

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Inappropriate complementary feeding (CF) practices and inadequate nutrient intakes contribute to the high level of malnutrition among children 6-24 months of age in Ghana. In communities where the economy is agricultural-based, interventions aimed at addressing malnutrition among infants and young…
Fecha:	2013
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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1588.

Antenatal Glucocorticoid Treatment and the Epigenome
Crudo, Ariann

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	In late gestation, fetal endogenous glucocorticoids increase exponentially. This dramatic increase in glucocorticoids acts to mature several organ systems. As a result, synthetic glucocorticoids (sGCs) are administered to pregnant women at risk of delivering pre-term (>10% of all pregnancies). While…
Fecha:	2013
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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1589.

Human Papillomavirus (HPV) infection and Erythropoietin Receptors (EPoR) expression as prognostic indicators in oropharyngeal cancer
Almarzouki, Hani

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Background: Human papillomavirus (HPV) infection is recognized as an independent risk factor for squamous cell carcinomas (SCCs) of the head and neck, and the presence of HPV DNA is associated with a better prognosis. Recent evidence indicates a broader role…
Fecha:	2013
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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1590.

Computational modeling for stress analysis of overhead transmission line stranded conductors under design and fretting fatigue conditions
Qi, Gang

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	While great efforts have been made in the electrical utility industry to engineer various stranded conductors with enhanced strength and vibrational characteristics, research devoted to understanding the complex mechanical behavior of complete conductors has been scarce, especially from a computational…
Fecha:	2014
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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1591.

Underlying and surface manifestations of developmental phonological disorder in French-speaking preschoolers aged 4 to 6 years
Brosseau-Lapré, Françoise

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Many children misarticulate more sounds than expected for their age and present with a Developmental Phonological Disorder (DPD). Children with DPD are at risk for later academic and socio-emotional difficulties. Successful intervention for these children is dependent on a good…
Fecha:	2014
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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1592.

The development and pilot testing of the meaning-based group counselling intervention for bereavement
Mackinnon, Christopher

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	While bereavement interventions have proved effective in reducing complicated/prolonged grief reactions, the scholarship over the past 10 years suggests that the effectiveness of bereavement interventions for uncomplicated grief is negligible. However, these past studies have been critiqued for numerous design…
Fecha:	2014
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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1593.

Spinal opioid-adrenergic analgesic interactions: mechanistic insights on the role of the delta opioid and the alpha2A adrenergic receptors
Chabot-Doré, Anne-Julie

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Opioid and α2-adrenergic receptor (α2AR) ligands are both analgesic when administered spinally and show a clinically beneficial synergistic interaction in the treatment of pain when co-administered. The µ- and δ-opioid receptors (MOR and DOR respectively) and the α2AARs have been…
Fecha:	2014
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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1594.

Metal mixture effects related to soils contaminated with copper, nickel and zinc
Boudreau, Michele

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	The lack of information about the interaction of metal mixtures in soils encouraged us to improve the knowledge on the toxicity of mixtures of copper (Cu), nickel (Ni), and zinc (Zn). Risk assessors estimate the concentration of trace metals that…
Fecha:	2014
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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1595.

Mechanisms of action of antidepressants and their combination for major depressive disorder treatment: a theoretical and clinical approach
Tabaka, John

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Background: Annually, an estimated 8.2% of Canadians aged 18 or older are affected by major depressive disorder (MDD). Nearly half of those suffering from MDD will fail to achieve remission while also having an inadequate response to an initial and…
Fecha:	2014
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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1596.

Nanocarriers to modulate glial cell responses in neurological disorders
Boridy, Sebastien

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Macromolecular drug delivery systems, or nanocarriers, designed to improve the bioavailability of therapeutic and diagnostic agents, are promising tools for the site-specific delivery of drugs to the central nervous system (CNS). In particular, nanocarriers exhibit inherent activity that can be…
Fecha:	2014
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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1597.

The role of the metastasis suppressor gene «KISS1» in uveal melanoma
Martins, Claudia

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Uveal Melanoma (UM) is the most common intraocular tumor in adults. Liver metastasis is the leading cause of death in patients affected by this disease and in approximately 40% of the cases, metastasis occurs 10 years after initial diagnosis. Tumor…
Fecha:	2014
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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1598.

Parameter estimation algorithms for impulse radio UWB localization systems
Shang, Fang

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Ultra Wideband (UWB) Impulse Radio (IR) technology has attracted considerable attention in the past few years due to its many desirable properties, such as the ability to penetrate through walls and ground, low power spectral density level, immunity to multipath…
Fecha:	2014
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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1599.

The influence of prenatal maternal stress on postnatal immunity in offspring
Veru, Franz

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Introduction: Current epidemiological evidence suggests that asthma and allergic conditions have an etiological component rooted in prenatal development. One of the associated risk factors is the exposure of the conceptus to prenatal maternal stress (PNMS). Current information on the effects…
Fecha:	2014
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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1600.

Parent and peer attachment relationships and non-suicidal self-injury in young adolescents
Joly, Melanie

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI) is defined as the deliberate destruction of one's own body tissue without suicidal intent and for purposes not socially sanctioned, thus excluding tattooing and piercing (Favazza, 1998). The high prevalence rate in both clinical and community studies…
Fecha:	2014
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL