Browsing Vol. 43 (2005-2006) by Title
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Occurrence of the Swamp Lymnaea, Lymnaea Stagnalis (Gastropoda: Pulmonata) in Atlantic Canada
(Nova Scotian Institute of Science, 2005)The occurrence of the swamp lymnaea, Lymnaea stagnalis (linnaeus 1758). a large, distinctive, pulmonate snail, has been documented in Atlantic Canada for the first time. It is unclear if the populations reported here are ... -
Physical Oceanography in Atlantic Canada
(Nova Scotian Institute of Science, 2006)Physical oceanography has been practiced in Atlantic Canada since the beginnings of the science in the second half of the 19th century. Pursued largely as an applied science, its efforts have been directed toward providing ... -
President's Report: Session 2003-2004
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The Prion
(Nova Scotian Institute of Science, 2005)Transmissible spongifonn encephalopathies (TSE) have been documented in livestock for centuries but the nature of the putative causative agent as a contagious, mutant form of a host-encoded protein is a very recent discovery ... -
RATIONAL DRUG DESIGN: A WINDOW INTO THE AMBITIOUS QUEST OF A NEUROLOGIST AND CHEMIST
(Nova Scotian Institute of Science, 2006)In the difficult world of drug discovery, two main courses of action are open: one is to screen extensive libraries of chemical compounds against hundreds of disease models; another is to acquire a detailed understanding ... -
A Retrospective: Three Quarters of a Century at the Halifax Fisheries Research Laboratory
(Nova Scotian Institute of Science, 2005)In 1925 a Fisheries Technological Program was begun in temporary quarters on the Halifax waterfront to provide scientific research and technical assistance to improve the handling, processing and quality of fisheries ...
