NSIS Volume 43, Part 1
Recent Submissions
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Front Matter
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Instructions to Authors
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Evolution, Blood Types, and Weight Loss: A Critical Examination of a Popular Diet
(Nova Scotian Institute of Science, 2005)In a best-selling diet book D'Adamo & Whitney (1996) claim that an individual's ABO blood type is the single most important factor in determining the appropriate diet for weightloss and general health. This is based on the ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
The Nova Scotian Institute of Science: Student Science Awards 2004
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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 ... -
Anti-Inflammation: Finding a New Role for Heat Shock Proteins in Human Health
(Nova Scotian Institute of Science, 2005)Heat shock proteins (Hsps) are highly conserved proteins and have been proven to protect prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells in most organisms against external stressors, whether environmental or pathophysiological. This ... -
President's Report: Session 2003-2004
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