Rotational energy levels of axially asymmetric nuclei have been calculated in the manner of Davydov and Filippov, and a comparison with experiment shows good quantitative agreement. It is suggested that agreement may be improved by introducing the Bohr-Mottelson vibration-rotation interaction…

With the current issue of Evidence Based Libraryand Information Practice (EBLIP), we will havepublished over 250 evidence summaries.That’s an average of 8 per issue, or 32 per year.When the journal was created, the goal ofpublishing these summaries was to provideconcise…

Last year, Stewart Brower, co-editor of the open access journal Communications in Information Literacy, defended the peer review process. He argued that despite its flaws, peer review helps librarians’ careers. “Peer-reviewed articles get librarians promoted. Peer-reviewed articles get librarians tenured.”…

Monte Carlo simulations of the randomly frustrated three-dimensional Heisenberg model with a moderate fraction (20%) of antiferromagnetic bonds show evidence of two distinct ordering events. Below Tc the spins align collinearly and exhibit ferromagnetic order, while below Txy the transverse…

In the 19th century it was difficult for the growing number of medical practitioners in North America to access current medical literature. Various ways were suggested to solve this problem; one of them was the creation of physician-run medical library…

Proton n.m.r. spectra of trimethylamine adducts of the boron trihalides and borane have been measured in chloroform solution. Chemical shifts of methyl protons relative to tetramethylsilane decrease in the order: BBr3 > BCl3 > BH3 > BF3, suggesting that this…

The existing literature on the effect of recycling on a virgin producer’s market power assumes that the entire output of the recyclable product produced in any period is available to the recycling firms as scrap in a subsequent period. The…

In November, 1942, the CBC broadcast a programme entitled "Canadian Unity and Quebec" across the national network. Set during the divisive background of the Conscription Crisis, this programme was a discussion between three Montrealers - John Humphrey, Hugh Macknnan, and…

Sir William Osler bequeathed his library to McGill University in 1919 and the 8000 volumes arrived in Montreal a decade later. Then as now the collection consisted of both primary works (rare books) and secondary commentaries and current works on…

Enzymatic processes fall between the two traditional categories of chemical and biological treatment systems since they involve chemical reactions based on the action of biological catalysts. A variety of enzymes from plants and microorganisms have been reported to play important…