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  • Martins, Claudia
    2014 — The role of the metastasis suppressor gene «KISS1» in uveal melanoma
    Abstract

    Parmi les tumeurs intraoculaires malignes, le plus fréquent chez l'adulte est le mélanome de l'uvée (MU). Les métastases hépatiques représentent la principale cause de décès chez les patients affectés par cette maladie et dans environ 40 % des cas, les métastases apparaissent plus de 10 ans après le diagnostic initial. La latence de la tumeur est considérée comme étant la théorie principale qui expliquerait le retard de l'apparition des métastases. Cela fut le sujet de nombreuses études dont un certain nombre intéressaient par l'analyse des Gènes Suppresseurs de Métastases (GSM)Il a été démontré que le GSM KISS1 joue un rôle …  Read more

  • Maselli, Jennifer
    2014 — Chemotherapeutic agents used to treat testicular cancer affect the sperm proteome, male fertility and progeny outcome
    Abstract

    Le cancer testiculaire est le type de cancer le plus commun chez les hommes en âge de procréer. Grâce à des avancées considérables, notamment la co-administration de la bléomycine, étoposide et cisplatine (BEP) qui suit l'orchidectomie, le taux de guérison atteint aujourd'hui plus de 90%. Ce taux élevé de guérison, en conjonction avec le jeune âge des patients, crée le besoin d'études mettant l'accent sur la qualité de vie post-traitement de ces hommes et notamment, sur leur fertilité. Sachant que le traitement a un effet chimiotoxique sur le plan reproducteur, le but de cette thèse était de déterminer les effets …  Read more

  • Massie-Laberge, Catherine
    2014 — Toward a systematized pedagogy of musical expression: an observational study of instrumental teaching
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    Les études sur l'enseignement instrumental présentent un nombre limité de données concernant l'efficacité des différentes méthodes d'enseignement (Karlsson & Juslin, 2008; Kennell, 2002). Bien qu'il ait été démontré que la technologie améliore la communication émotionnelle (Karlsson, 2008), les musiciens peuvent avoir une attitude négative envers son utilisation pour l'apprentissage des compétences expressives (Lindström, Juslin, Bresin, & Williamon, 2003). Davantage d'études doivent être effectuées quant à l'utilisation de la technologie dans l'apprentissage de l'expression (Laukka, 2007). Les objectifs de cette recherche étaient (a) d'étudier la nature de l'enseignement instrumental, en particulier l'expression, (b) d'évaluer la façon dont les enseignants et les …  Read more

  • Matheson, Laura
    2014 — Neural circuits underlying the social modulation of vocal communication
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    Songbirds use vocal signals for social communication. Song can be produced in a variety of social contexts, and previous studies have demonstrated that the structure and organization of song significantly changes across social contexts. However, little is known about the neural circuits and neurotransmitters that contribute to the social modulation of song. Here we combine behavioural, immunocytochemical, and pharmacological experiments to reveal the mechanisms underlying context-dependent changes to syllable sequencing and structure in Bengalese finches. Throughout the circuit underlying vocal motor control, we found that expression of the immediate early gene EGR-1 was greater when birds sang alone compared to …  Read more

  • Mathieu-Bédard, Raphaëlle
    2014 — Moral and practical grounds for secession- reflections on the nation, and the value of belonging
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    This thesis develops a moral theory of secession grounded in a right of nations to self-determination based on the intrinsic and instrumental value of the nation. Using a reconciliatory approach to theory-building which combines the strengths of both ideal and nonideal theory, the thesis outlines the moral grounds underlying a right to secession, identifying the agents that can legitimately claim such a right, and examining its institutionalization in domestic and international law. The thesis asserts that the subjective affirmation by a population of a state’s institutions is a fundamental criterion of that state’s legitimacy to rule over the population. When …  Read more

  • Maynard, Elizabeth
    2014 — ‘Monster’ masculinity: the veteran-artist and figural representation in postwar Chicago, 1946-1959
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    This dissertation examines the formation and milieu of a group of artists working in Chicago after the Second World War, known as the “Monster Roster.” It argues that this group was marginalized in large part because the grotesque and vulnerable bodies often depicted in its artists’ work were incompatible with the dominant trend of abstraction in postwar American art and art history, as well as the national political project of solidifying the United States’ reputation as a powerful, liberating force on the global stage. It also contends that the veteran status of many Monster Roster artists made them suspect subjects …  Read more

  • Mayorga Martínez, Arturo
    2014 — Non-destructive approaches for quality evaluation of eggplant («Solanum melongena» L. cv. Traviata)
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    Des essais en laboratoire ont été effectués pour développer un indice de fraîcheur pour une variété américaine d'aubergine (Solanum melongena L. cv. Traviata). Des essais de compression non destructifs et d'imagerie hyperspectrale dans le proche infrarouge (NIR, 900 à 1 700 nm), ont été réalisées pour mesurer la fermeté (S) et la brillance de la peau des aubergines fraîches et entreposées sous différentes conditions de luminosité et de température). La densité de fruit (D) a été calculée en divisant la masse (W) par le volume (V). Il a été démontré que la provenance des fruits (ferme) a été un facteur …  Read more

  • Mazurkiewicz, Stephani
    2014 — Quantifying intracellular glutathione levels in chemotherapeutic sensitive and resistant cells
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    Glutathione is an important cellular molecule for its antioxidant abilities and has a role in multidrug resistance. Literature has attempted to quantify glutathione using a variety of techniques and has shown conflicting results of glutathione content between chemotherapeutic sensitive and resistant cell lines. The purpose of this study was to develop a universal method of glutathione quantification in HeLa and multidrug resistant variant HeLa cells in order to establish the relationship between glutathione content and multidrug resistance via multidrug resistance associated protein-1 membrane transporters. To do so, we have employed three analytical techniques: Western blotting in order to confirm resistance …  Read more

  • McCallum, Matthew
    2014 — Mutational bias and emergence of drug resistance in the human immunodeficiency virus type 1
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    E138K, a G→A mutation in the human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) reverse transcriptase (RT), is preferentially selected by etravirine (ETR) and rilpivirine (RPV) over other substitutions at position E138 that offer greater drug resistance. We hypothesized that there was a mutational bias for the E138K substitution and designed an allele-specific PCR to monitor the emergence of E138A/G/K/Q/R/V during ETR or RPV selection experiments. E138K, as well as E138G, consistently emerged first during selection experiments, followed by E138A, E138Q and E138R. Surprisingly, E138K was identified as a minority in 23% of drug-naïve subtype B patients, and was not further enriched …  Read more

  • McConnell, Megan
    2014 — Early attachment, negative life events and adolescent adaptation
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    Cette étude examine l'attachement précoce, les évènements négatifs de la vie et l'adaptation des adolescents. Il existe une recherche considérable sur l’attachement précoce et les évènements de vie négatifs en isolation, mais très peu de recherche sur l’influence cumulative de ces deux facteurs sur l’adaptation des adolescents. De plus, il existe très peu de recherche sur l'attachement pendant la période préscolaire et son lien avec l'adaptation à l'adolescence. Les participants de la présente étude furent 72 adolescents francophones (41 filles, 31 garçons) agés de 16 à 18 ans, ainsi que leurs mères. L'attachement fut évalué quand les enfants avaient entre …  Read more

  • McDonald, Marie-Pierre
    2014 — A community of believers and healers: learning from the functional characteristics of Hôtel Dieu
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    Religious communities have marked the history of Montreal since its founding in 1642, playing a key role in the shaping and developing of the current Montreal landscape and urban form.This research examines and analysizes one such community, the Hôtel-Dieu, by identifying the functional characteristics of its gardens for the period between 1861 and 1945, such as the production of edible and medicinal plants and the provision of a certain financial autonomy for the regular operations of the community and the hospital.The study finds that the Hôtel-Dieu shows an important recycling potential, thanks in part to the increasing interest urban residents …  Read more

  • McDonough, Evan
    2014 — Topics in early universe cosmology
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    Cette thèse concerne deux questions de la cosmologie de l’univers primordial,telles qu’adressées dans les articles arXiv:1305.5259 et arXiv:1402.5112.Dans la première partie de cette thèse, nous examinons l’évolution des pertur-bations cosmologiques dans un univers rebondissant sans singularité à deux champs.Les champs que contiennent ce modèle consistent en un champ scalaire massif (champde matière) et un champ de type “galileon” (champ de rebondissement). Le champde matière mène à un univers en contraction dominé par de la matière froide et sanspression, tandis que le champ de rebondissement mène à une violation de la condi-tion d’énergie de genre lumière et à un rebondissement sans …  Read more

  • McGuinness, Maureen
    2014 — Wear profile of the Kidd Mine pastefill distribution system
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    L'usure de la tuyauterie dans le système de distribution de remblai en pâte pour la mine Kidd est devenue un des principaux défis pour l'usine avant-garde de remblayage de 400 t/h, construit en 2004 par Xstrata - Kidd Mine à Timmins en Ontario. Le remblai en pâte produit est un mélange de sable, de résidus miniers et de liant; sans sédimentation lors du transport dans la tuyauterie en raison de sa forte concentration en matières solides et sa teneur en fines. Le transport souterrain de ce matériel par tuyauterie de 8 pouces a donné lieu à un taux d'usure élevé …  Read more

  • McHugh-Russell, Liam Sean M.
    2014 — Beyond protection: an informal economy perspective on labour law
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    The large cohort of workers in the "informal economy" commonly described as lying "beyond the protection of labour law" represent a serious challenge (though not the only one) to the adequacy and legitimacy of labour law's normative tools and legitimating narratives. Drawing on a critical review of recent work at the ILO and by WIEGO (an international research-advocacy network focused on women in the informal economy), the thesis tries to provide insight into the nature of that challenge. The heterogeneity of informal work calls for prudence to avoid still-popular folk images rooted in the Fordist-era organization of work in the …  Read more

  • McKinnon, Brittany
    2014 — The impact of financial barriers and health services on inequalities in neonatal mortality in low- and middle-income countries
    Abstract

    In 2011, an estimated 3 million children died in their first four weeks of life. The majority of these neonatal deaths are avoidable if effective low-cost interventions, such as clean delivery practices, exclusive breastfeeding, and newborn resuscitation are available. However, these interventions are clearly not reaching many of the women and newborns who need them most. A major challenge is how best to expand access to essential obstetric and newborn interventions, particularly among disadvantaged populations and in areas with poor access to health services. This requires an understanding of the social and geographical patterning of neonatal mortality rates (NMR) as …  Read more

  • McLaughlin, Fraser
    2014 — Using regional flow regime classes to identify flow anomalies in a set of Canadian rivers regulated by dams
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    It is well established that a river's natural flow regime is a key determinant of ecological integrity and that dam regulated-flow releases can in some cases be detrimental to biotic communities (e.g. Poff and Zimmerman, 2010). Regional flow classes, groups of rivers that share similar natural flow regimes (called 'river types' by Poff and Zimmerman (2010)) and to which regional fish communities are adapted, have been proposed (e.g. Poff, 1996; Poff and Zimmerman, 2010; McManamay et al., 2012a) as units of analysis to identify significant damming related flow alteration. Specifically, the natural range of flow behaviour within regional classes can …  Read more

  • McMillan, Chloé
    2014 — Long-term effects of base cation fertilization on nutrient cycling and species composition of a sugar maple stand in southern Québec: application of the Rb/K reverse tracer
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    To improve the understanding of the long-term effect of forest potassium (K)-fertilization, I revived a 23-year-old base cation fertilization experiment in a sugar maple stand in southern Quebec (45°59.6'N 73°59.9'W). My main objectives were to determine (i) the long-term percent of K derived from fertilizer in the soil-plant system using the rubidium (Rb)/K reverse tracer method, (ii) if fertilization had altered the diversity of the understory plant community, and (iii) if there was still an effect on the growth and nutrient status of the sugar maple trees. In 1988, six 40 m × 40 m plots were delineated in a …  Read more

  • Meek, David John
    2014 — The biochemical and genetic characterization of the TCA cycle in «Sinorhizobium meliloti»
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    In the symbiotic association between S. meliloti and its plant host, the nutrient exchange from plant to bacteroid is in the form of C4-dicarboxylic acids such as malate. These compounds directly enter the TCA cycle and the derived energy is used for the nitrogen-fixation process. Malate dehydrogenase (mdh), the two subunits of succinyl-CoA synthetase (sucCD), and two of the three subunits of 2-oxoglutarate dehydrogenase (sucAB) are encoded as an operon with the order mdh-sucCDAB. The expression of this operon is controlled by a single promoter found directly upstream of mdh. The transcrptional start site was mapped (a guanine residue at …  Read more

  • Mehdizadeh, Hossein
    2014 — Mystical motifs in Goethe's "West-ostlicher Divan"
    Abstract

    A major problematic concerning Goethe's West-östlicher Divan is the possibility of a mystical interpretation of this cycle of poetry. Opinions regarding this issue range over a wide spectrum, covering the extremes of a total rejection of such an interpretation and a thoroughly Christological/Christian reading. In this work, we will re-examine the question of mysticism in the Divan and argue that a mystical reading of it is indeed possible, provided that the exact coordinates of this mysticism are explicated and demonstrated as operative in the composition of the cycle. Our interpretive/hermeneutic framework will be based on the speculative metaphysics of two …  Read more

  • Meltzer, Deborah
    2014 — Endocrine disruption in the female following «in utero» exposure to the plasticizer di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate
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    Di-2-ethylhexyl phthalate (DEHP) est un perturbateur endocrinien utilisé comme additif plastifiant dans la fabrication d'une variété de produits industriels, médicaux et de consommation courante. L'observation de retards développementaux suite à des expositions aux produits chimiques tels que le DEHP représente une source d'inquiétude depuis quelques décennies. Dans nos études, nous utilisons un modèle d'étude qui consiste à traiter des rattes gestantes par gavage avec du DEHP du quatorzième jour de gestation jusqu'au jour de la naissance, afin d'exposer les fétus au DEHP pendant une phase critique du développement reproductif. Nous avons préalablement fournis des évidences démontrant les effets adverses des …  Read more

  • Mena, Juan
    2014 — A radio-frequency-over-fiber link for large-array radio astronomy applications
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    L'expérience CHIME (Canadian Hydrogen Intensity Mapping Experiment) est un réseau de radiotélescopes cylindriques qui vont cartographier la distribution tridimensionnelle des atomes d'hydrogène neutres dans l'univers en détectant directement leurs émissions radio à 21 cm décalées vers le rouge afin d'étudier la nature de l'énergie sombre. CHIME mesurera l'échelle spatiale des oscillations acoustiques baryoniques (BAO) sur une plage de décalage vers le rouge allant de z~0.8 à z~2.5 dans les directions radiales and angulaires, là où se trouve la transition entre la décélération de l'expansion de l'univers dominée par les forces gravitationnelles, vers son accélération dominée par l'énergie sombre. Nous étudions …  Read more

  • Méndez Alvarado, Felipe
    2014 — «"And i want to continue helping undocumented students like myself»" : a qualitative case study of three non-status students in their encounters with higher education
    Abstract

    I examine the beliefs of first generation immigrant students in their lived experience in accessing higher education while in situations of precarious immigration status with an emphasis on the dialogic intercultural possibilities afforded by a journey to and through university studies. I aim to raise awareness about undocumented students' evolving visions of identity and how their personhood interacts with discourses surrounding students' own efforts to widen their participation in higher education (Yosso, 2005). Participants attest that they see themselves, and arguably are, United States citizens in every aspect but on paper. A major emerging theme is the diverse ways these …  Read more

  • Mendonca, Cassandra
    2014 — Physiological mechanisms of dyspnea during exercise in the presence of external thoracic restriction: role of increased neural respiratory motor drive
    Abstract

    Contexte et raisonnement. La «dyspnée» désigne une prise de conscience de gêne respiratoire se manifestant généralement à l'effort autant chez ceux en santé que ceux atteints de diverses maladies. Sans doute, il est symptôme le plus lourdement ressenti par patients atteints de maladies pulmonaires chroniques (MPC) pour son effet limitant sur l'activité physique et effet nocif sur la santé, y compris l'hospitalisation et la mort. Néanmoins, les mécanismes de la dyspnée d'effort en temps de santé et maladie restent que partiellement comprises. Des étudies ultérieurs suggèrent le découplage neuromécanique du système respiratoire comme mécanisme de dyspnée d'effort, en particulier chez …  Read more

  • Menelaou, Konstantinos
    2014 — On the origin of asymmetric dynamical processes and their relation to the structure and intensity change of hurricanes - a diagnostic study
    Abstract

    D'une façon approximative, les ouragans peuvent être considérés comme des vortex axisymétriques. Cependant, des asymétries accompagnent souvent la circulation symétrique. Des bandes de pluie en spirale, des mésovortex et de profonds et tourbillonnants orages convectifs sont des exemples de tels structures. Le mur autour de l'oeil de l'ouragan (ou simplement le mur) peut aussi prendre des formes elliptiques ou polygonales. Parfois même, la présence de murs secondaires est observée. La contribution de ces asymétries à l'intensité et aux changements structuraux des ouragans sont mal compris. Dans cette thèse, nous utilisons plusieurs modèles en deux et trois dimensions (2D et 3D) …  Read more

  • Merkley, Devon
    2014 — Characterizing the function of 4EHP: a component of the 4EHP-GIGYF2-ZNF598 translational repressor complex in higher eukaryotes
    Abstract

    Though general protein synthesis or mRNA translation has been well described, selective translation of subsets of mRNAs, remains ambiguous. The objective of this thesis was to study the recently described 4EHP-GIGYF2-ZNF598 translational repressor complex. This study sought to characterize the interaction between 4EHP and GIGYF2 using Isothermal Titration Calorimetry. Finally, this study describes the purification of the structured regions of novel ZNF598 protein and shows its interacting region with GIGYF2. Overall, the data supports that 4EHP has a unique and distinct consensus motif that it uses to interact with its binding partners. Although this motif is similar to the eIF4E …  Read more

  • Messerlian, Carmen Maria
    2014 — Causes of infertility, assisted reproduction, and the risk of preterm birth
    Abstract

    La question de savoir si le risque accru de complications encourues lors de grossesses issues de traitements de l'infertilité est dû aux affections qui sont la cause même de l'infertilité ou aux effets de la technologie de procréation assistée (TPA) reste encore sans réponse. Au-delà du risque accru causé par des naissances multiples, la TPA a longtemps été associée à la prématurité et à d'autres effets pervers. Cependant, les grossesses naturelles qui surviennent après une période d'infertilité représentent elles aussi des risques accrus. L'infertilité est un symptôme d'une affection sous-jacente liée à la reproduction, et certains des mécanismes qui la …  Read more

  • Meunier, Véronique
    2014 — On the performance of ground-based microwave radiometers in tomographic measurements of a 2D atmospheric water vapor field
    Abstract

    Since water vapor plays an important role in the atmosphere, many different instruments capable of measuring quantities of vapor are available to atmospheric scientists. One such instrument is the microwave radiometer that can measure low-resolution profiles of water vapor. However, in the case of boundary layer and convective initiation studies, the resolution requirements by the scientific community are more demanding than what the instrumentation is currently capable of providing. Therefore, measurements techniques have been developed to help bridge this gap. One of these measurement techniques is tomography. The goal of this technique is to combine several similar instruments providing measurements …  Read more

  • Mickiewicz, Paulina Maria
    2014 — The bias of libraries: Montréal's Grande Bibliothèque
    Abstract

    This dissertation is centered on the Grande Bibliothèque (GB) which opened in Montreal in the spring of 2005, and was a library project of unprecedented scale in the city. The Grande Bibliothèque project unfolded during a significant moment in the cultural history of Québec, in which contemporary technological changes were, and are still, exerting transformative pressures on traditional models of the library. These same technologies have come to play an increasingly important role in the formation, circulation and reproduction of cultural practices and identities more broadly. As a case study, the GB is an instance of the many trends that …  Read more

  • Mikadze, Kirsten
    2014 — Uninvited guests: NGOs, «amicus curiae briefs», and the environment in the international investment regime
    Abstract

    Environmental regulation is often at the heart of investment treaty arbitration. As the international investment regime, bolstered by the powerful process of investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS), continues to expand into and gain influence in distant corners of domestic environment governance, the pressure points created where the investment regime comes into conflict with environmental regulation have also multiplied. These collisions between the investment regime and the environment have generated public concern. However, the regime has remained seemingly unreceptive to these concerns and has hesitated to embrace participation by outside actors—such as non-governmental organizations (NGOs)—who would see such concerns accounted for in …  Read more

  • Milani Fard, Mahdi
    2014 — Regularized reinforcement learning with performance guarantees
    Abstract

    Reinforcement learning covers a broad category of control problems in which the learning agent interacts with the environment in order to learn to maximize the collected utility. Such exploratory interaction is often costly, encouraging sample-efficient algorithms to be used in the process. This thesis explores two avenues that can help improve the sample complexity of such algorithms, one through prior domain knowledge on the dynamics or utilities, and the other by leveraging sparsity structures in the collected observations.We take advantage of domain knowledge in the form of a prior distribution to develop PAC-Bayesian regularized model-selection algorithms for the batch reinforcement …  Read more

  • Milidragovic, Dejan
    2014 — Neoarchean (2.7 Ga) reworking of the Ungava craton by Fe-rich parental magmas
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    The Neoarchean was a time of enhanced continental crust formation and wide-spread mafic magmatism related to global mantle melting. Mafic and ultramafic intrusions were emplaced across a large portion of the Ungava craton of the Northeast Superior Province, synchronous with the crystallization of large volumes of ca. 2.74-2.70 Ga intermediate to felsic plutonic rocks. The ca. 2.72-2.70 Ga mafic/ultramafic intrusions are locally known as the Qullinaaraaluk, Chateguay and Couture plutonic suites, and are herein referred to as the Q-suite. The Q-suite plutons have relatively unfractionated MREE/HREE ratios, variably elevated LREE/MREE ratios and strong depletions in HFSE, in particular Nb and …  Read more

  • Milner, Kevin
    2014 — Quantum interactive proofs and the complexity of entanglement detection
    Abstract

    Ce mémoire met en évidence un lien formel entre les problèmes physiques de détection d'intrication et les classes de complexité de l'informatique théorique. Plus particulièrement, nous établissons une correspondance entre la plupart des classes de complexité naturelles issues de preuves interactives quantiques (incluant BQP, QMA, QMA(2), QSZK, et QIP), et une intrication ou un problème de détection de corrélation qui est complet pour cette classe. En ce sens, nous pouvons dire que l'intrication, ou le problème de détection de corrélation, capture la puissance expressive de chaque classe de complexité de preuve interactive quantique et que le contraste entre de tels …  Read more

  • Mineault, Patrick
    2014 — Parametric modelling of visual cortex at multiple scales
    Abstract

    Le système visuel est confronté à la difficile tâche d'extraire de l'information utile au comportement à partir de motifs complexes et ambigus détectés par la rétine. Il résout ce problème grâce à une architecture hiérarchique, dans laquelle le stimulus visuel est itérativement ré-encodé dans une représentation abstraite. Ce mémoire explore la question suivante : comment les computations performées par des neurones de la hiérarchie visuelle créent-elles des représentations permettant des comportements complexes?Cette question nécessite l'étude du système visuel à plusieurs échelles : la computation est le rôle de neurones et d'ensembles de neurones; la représentation est une fonction des neurones …  Read more

  • Miranda-Calderón, Natalia
    2014 — EFL learner and teacher perspectives on corrective feedback and their effect on second language learning motivation
    Abstract

    Une démarche de méthodes mixtes a été utilisée dans cette étude qui porte sur les croyances de 247 élèves du secondaire, ainsi que leurs 12 professeurs d'anglais, langue étrangère, par rapport à la rétroaction corrective en ce qui a trait aux types, à la fréquence et aux attitudes positives et négatives que les participants pourraient avoir envers celle-ci. Les données furent recueillies à l'aide d'un questionnaire administré à tous les participants, ainsi que par l'intermédiaire d'entrevues approfondies avec un sous-échantillon composé de 15 élèves et des 12 professeurs participant à l'étude. Ces entrevues ont eu lieu à deux différents sites …  Read more

  • Mocanu, Alin
    2014 — Ovidian influences in Seneca's Phaedra
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    The following thesis is an examination of the way Seneca constructs Phaedra, the main character of an eponymous tragedy. It aims to prove that the tragedian uses a mixing of mainly two literary genres, tragedy and elegy, and it analyzes the way the elegiac genre is transformed so it can fit this new generic hybrid. Seneca finds inspiration for the elegiac topoi in Ovid's love poems. The author uses the recurrent elegiac convention involving a soft man, the lover, and a dominant woman, the beloved, but he reverses this literary tradition: Phaedra becomes the lover while Hippolytus becomes the beloved. …  Read more

  • Mohajeri Moghaddam, Atefeh
    2014 — Some algorithmic problems in group theory
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    Shepherd, Frederick (Supervisor2)  Read more

  • Mohammadbeygy, Tina
    2014 — Shelf life extension of preformed pizza using ultraviolet light
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    Ngadi, Michael O. (Internal/Supervisor)  Read more

  • Monk, Scott
    2014 — Neural response modelling and spike rate estimation techniques
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    Using point processes to model neural spike sequences allows the application of classical estimation techniques in their analysis. Estimation of the time varying rate at which spikes occur is often conducted to draw inference on the stimulus which triggered the response. Such estimation schemes are often founded on the assumption that spiking follows Poisson statistics, however, the observed firing rate is a product of both the stimulus and bio-physical properties of the neuron. A point process model for neural data must then incorporate dependency both on stimulus and intrinsic characteristics of the cell. To achieve this we modify the Poisson …  Read more

  • Montiel Petro, Luis
    2014 — On globally optimizing a mining complex under supply uncertainty: Integrating components from deposits to transportation systems
    Abstract

    Les complexes miniers sont généralement composes de multiples gisements de minerai complexe qui contiennent plusieurs types de matériaux. Ces matériaux sont transformés dans différentes destinations de traitement et sont transportés au dépôt final ou dans des ports comme produits finaux. Ces composantes associées au complexe minier englobent de multiples activités séquentielles : (i) l’abattage du minerai à partir d’un ou plusieurs gisements, (ii) l’homogénéisation des matériaux en incluant le stockage, (iii) la transformation des matériaux dans les différents destinations de traitement qui considèrent certains modes d’opération, (iv) le transport des matériaux transformés au dépôt final ou dans les ports. Puisque …  Read more

  • Montopoli, Leta
    2014 — Ramanujan graphs
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    Jakobson, Dmitry (Internal/Supervisor)  Read more

  • Moore, Nora
    2014 — Determinants of early first attendance at antenatal care clinics in the Amazon region of Peru: a case-control study
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    Objective: To identify determinants which influence the timing of the first antenatal care (ANC) visit in pregnant women in the impoverished community of Belén, in the Peruvian Amazon.Methods: A retrospective matched nested case-control study of pregnant women attending ANC visits between January 1, 2010 and December 31, 2012 in two health centres in Belén was conducted. All cases (819 women attending their first ANC visit in their first trimester) were selected from ANC registries from the years 2010 to 2012. A random sample of controls (819 women attending their first ANC visit in their second or third trimester) was matched …  Read more

  • Morales Hudon, Anahi
    2014 — Struggling for autonomy: the dynamics of indigenous women's movement in Mexico
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    This dissertation seeks to account for the consolidation of the indigenous women's movement in Mexico. It examines the dynamics of this movement through a sub-national comparative analysis of three states—Chiapas, Oaxaca and Guerrero—that vary in terms of movement consolidation. While the indigenous women's movement is consolidated in Oaxaca and Guerrero, it is not in Chiapas. In order to explain this sub-national variation, this thesis combines an intersectional approach in feminist studies with the political process model in social movement studies. Its analysis stresses primarily two causal mechanisms: boundary making and brokerage. The creation of a collective identity is necessary for …  Read more