This research was undertaken in order to obtain some knowledge of the role of biotin in mammalian metabolism. Toward this end, preliminary gross metabolism experiements were performed in which biotin-carboxyl-carbon-14 was injected into white mice and the various tissues and…

The importance of the problem of mixing cold air jets with a hot gas stream is outlined, with particular reference to gas turbine combustion chamber design. Present knowledge of the process of eddy diffusion and mechanical or bulk mixing is…

Graham Greene’s first three novels are historical adventure stories. For example, the man within, published in 1929, is the story of a young man who betrays his fellow smugglers into the hands of the law. The examination of his fear…

The small number of berries reaching maturity in Smilacina racemosa, and their few-seeded condition, invited a reinvestigation of the embryology. The embryo sac development had previously been reported by McAllister in 1913. Modern knowledge of fruit formation, of apomictic development,…

This work, the third in a series on white spruce bark, is concerned with the unsaponifiable portion of the ether extractives of the bark. Research on these extractives was begun because bark is a major waste product of the Canadian…

There is no known scientific account of the physical and human geography of the District of Brome. Some information is scattered in various reports and essays of investigators in other fields of research, such as history or geology, but as…

As knowledge in chemical kinetics has advanced from the first study of reaction rates by Wilhelmy (1) in 1850, it has become increasingly clear that many reactions take place by a sequence of simple steps, or elementary reactions. This implies…

In all of the folk-lore that has been preserved, diseases were said to be due to supernatural causes, the displeasures of the gods, or to the entrance into the body of some malign spirit or demon. Acrid and aromatic substances…

Native starch has many industrial applications but its use is limited by certain technical difficulties. For example, in paper sizing it is almost impossible to apply the desired amount without making the drying process too slow, because ao much water…

There are few areas in Canada which have not at one time or another during the past few decades, been drawn to the attention of the public by the movement into them of people and industry as the result of…