This knowledge has provided the background for the production of more economical rations and for improvement in management techniques. [...]

That the energy requirements for muscular exercise in the human organism are derived largely from the oxidative metabolism of carbohydrate in the working muscles has been known for many years (43). The chain of biochemical reactions within the muscle fibre…

The function of this thesis is to establish that a certain type of basic epistemological position, concentrating attention on the notion of truth involved, implies certain definite limitations on the further development of this type of position. The plan followed…

In recent years, the science of sociology has been increasingly directed towards the work that men do. Sociologists have studied many facets of this area of social behaviour and their insights and explanations add much to our knowledge of society.…

Research with the domestic fowl has played an important part in the development of knowledge in fundamental endocrinology. The experiments of Hunter with domestic fowl in 1749 appear to constitute the first experimental demonstration of what would now be described…

Although during the last decades considerable information has been obtained concerning the nature of biochemical processes during development (Needham, 1942; Brachet, 1947), our knowledge with regard to the synthesis of new protein molecules, the essentialness of such molecules in determining…

A balanced appreciation of poetry requires both the objective and subjective methods of literary criticism, but it is generally agreed, as W. W. Lawrence writes of the Canterbury Tales, that “the further we recede from our own times, the less…

Throughout historical time men have attempted to explain the origin of mineral deposits. Many theories were presented during this period, to be contested or supported according to the experience or beliefs of the critic, but few have been discarded because…

There exists today in Eastern Canada an estimated fourteen million acres of pasture land, of which a large proportion remains at a law level of production. The growing recognition that grass is a crop has given added stimulus to pasture…

The study to be reported, was undertaken to obtain further knowledge into the skin temperature changes which occur following burns and frostbite. This was stimulated by the availability of a new device for the assessment of skin temperatures. This device,…