McGill University Thèses et mémoires par auteur commençant par K

This thesis is about an investigation of how children with philosophical experience use philosophical discussion as a way of doing research. A Lawrence Stenhouse description of 'research' as "systematic and sustained enquiry made public" (Bridges 1996, p. 2) served as my starting point for what to count as 'research'. As an interpretive case story of children participating in research as co-researchers, this research is about how I engaged in an after-school Discussion Research Group co-research project with seventeen volunteer students from my Philosophy for Children classes. Our co-research was a methodological experiment in merging genres of research (Anderson, 1989) in …  Read more

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The cellulase enzyme system of the fungus Trichoderma reesei Rut C-30 was fractionated by DEAE ion exchange chromatography into four groups according to their substrate specificity. By analytical isoelectric focusing and activity stains it was revealed that fraction EGI is comprised of endoglucanases specific to cellulosic substrates, and that fractions EGII and EGIII are non-specific endoglucanases that hydrolyze cellulose as well as xylan substrates. The major protein fraction CBHI was shown to be a cellobiohydrolase. Turbidimetric measurement phase contrast microscopy and analysis of the products resulting from the hydrolysis of swollen cellulose demonstrated differences between endoglucanases and cellobiohydrolases. The enzyme …  Read more

La pomme de terre (Solanum tuberosum L.) est une grande culture très importante, dotée d'un génome tétraploïde extrêmement complexe et hétérozygote. Il peut pousser dans une large gamme d'altitudes allant du niveau de la mer jusqu'à 4 700 mètres d'altitude, contribuant ainsi à son succès en tant que culture. Elle a ses origines en Amérique du Sud, où la pomme de terre possède un important pool de gènes secondaires constitué de parents sauvages de divers niveaux de ploïdie. Les ressources génétiques telles que les races locales et les espèces sauvages apparentées sont de plus en plus indispensables au développement de …  Read more

Fuer die Wahl des vorliegenden Themas waren zwei Faktoren von ausschlaggebender Bedeutung: Zunaechst das Interesse des Verfassers fuer Lyrik, in Sonderheit fuer Rainer Maria Rilke als hervorstechendsten Dichter in moderner Lyrik. Dann der Vorteil einer guten, bis ins einzelne gehenden Rilke-Bibliothek, der die Entscheidung nicht mehr schwer fallen liess. [...]  Read more

Das Dichtertum, wie es von Rainer Maria Rilke vorgelebt wurde, hat in der deutschen Literatur eine gewisse Entwicklung durchgemacht. Seit der Erscheinung Klopstocks, der sich als erster bewusst zum Dichter und nur zum Dichter berufen ftlhlte, ist das Bedürfnis nach einem unbedingten, gewissermassen absoluten Erlebnis des Kllnstlertums immer stârker zum Ausdruck gekommen. Holderlins leidvolles Verfallensein an die Kunst stellte bereits eine bewusste Erweiterung und Zuspitzung dieses Bedürfnisses dar.  Read more

This thesis examines the predictive ability of models for forecasting inflation and financial market volatility. Emphasis is put on evaluation of forecasts and the usage of large data sets. Variety of models are used to forecast inflation, including diffusion indices, artificial neural networks, and traditional linear regressions. Financial market volatility is forecast using various GARCH-type and high-frequency based models. High-frequency data are also used to obtain ex-post estimates of volatility, which is then used to evaluate forecasts. All forecast are evaluated using recently proposed techniques that can account for data snooping bias, nested, and nonlinear models.  Read more