Browsing Proceedings of the Nova Scotian Institute of Science by Title
Now showing items 1659-1678 of 1701
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Tubes in the feet of the moose
(William Gossip, 1880) -
Turbidity Currents: A Unique Part of Nova Scotia's African Geological Heritage
(Nova Scotian Institute of Science, 2012)Four hundred million years ago, when the supercontinent Pangea was torn apart, a piece of the continental crust from material that is now part of Africa broke off on the North American side. That piece of Africa became ... -
Turmeric: Not So Spicy After All
(Nova Scotian Institute of Science, 2008)Turmeric, also known as saffron Indian, prepared from the rhizome of Curcuma longa L. has an aromatic pepper-like, but somewhat bitter taste and gives curry dishes their characteristic yellowish colour. Curcumin, a non-toxic ... -
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Two cable hauls of marine invertebrates
(WM. MacNab, 1889) -
Two remarkable skulls from the New Hebrides: An anthropological and ethnological study
(McAlpine Publishing Co., Ltd., 1919) -
Two Shark Species Involved in Predation on Seals at Sable Island, Nova Scotia, Canada
(Nova Scotian Institute of Science, 2010)Between 1993 and 2001, 4906 seal corpses bearing wounds likely inflicted by sharks were examined on Sable Island, Canada. Five seal species were involved: grey (Halichoerus grypus), harp (Pagophilus groenlandica), harbour ... -
Ultrastructure and Characteristics of a Deep-Sea Bacterium
(Nova Scotian Institute of Science, 2004)The ultrastructure of a bacterium, isolated from rusticles found on the wreck of the Royal Mail Steamship (R.M.S.) Titanic, was studied. The bacterium was rod-shaped, gram-negative and produced circular, off-white, opaque ... -
Understanding the Influence of Information in the Digital Age: A Study of the Grey Literature of a United Nations Advisory Group
(Nova Scotian Institute of Science, 2010) -
Undescribed mammoth (mammuthus) teeth from Georges Bank and Nova Scotia
(1993)Ten molar teeth of mammoths are described, nine of them dredged by fishermen from the northeastern corner of Georges Bank while the tenth was in gravel from near James River, Nova Scotia, although found at St. Francis ... -
The undeveloped coal fields of Nova Scotia
(The Nova Scotia Printing Company, 1896) -
An unusual deglaciation feature near Thomson Station, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia
(Dalhousie Printing Centre, 1979) -
The Use and Influence of Scientific Information in Environmental Policy Making: Lessons Learned from Nova Scotia
(Nova Scotian Institute of Science, 2012)Governmental organisations produce vast quantities of scientific information on the state of the marine and coastal environment which is often intended to guide policy-making to mitigate or reverse the declining trends in ... -
The Use of Aloe Constituents in Self-Administered Cancer Treatment
(Nova Scotian Institute of Science, 2012)Complementary and alternative medicines (CAMs) include many different biologic substances that may be ingested or applied topically in an effort to mitigate disease. One source of such substances is the Aloe, a plant that ... -
The use of soaps for the absorption of bromine vapor
(McAlpine Publishing Co., Ltd., 1916) -
USING LASER PHOTOGRAMMETRY TO MEASURE LONG-FINNED PILOT WHALES (GLOBICEPHALA MELAS)
(Nova Scotian Institute of Science, 2018) -
Variation in the composition of compressed illuminating gas with pressure as it issues from the compression cylinder
(McAlpine Publishing Co., Ltd., 1920) -
Variation in the northern rough periwinkle, Littorina saxatilis (Olivi) in Nova Scotia
(The Royal Print & Litho Ltd., 1974) -
The vascular reaction of the pilocarpinized submaxillary gland to histamine (abstract)
(Wm. Macnab & Son, 1927) -
The vegetation and phytogeography of Sable Island, Nova Scotia
(Dalhousie Printing Centre, 1984-01-01)