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301.

Peridotites of northwestern Quebec.
MacLaren, Alexander. S.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	This thesis is concerned with the ultrabasic rocks, especially the peridotites, throughout Northwestern Quebec. Its purpose is the correlation of information on the metamorphism, associations and age relationships of these ultrabasic rocks. This will involve a general review of the…
Fecha:	1953
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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302.

Cervical fascia: anatomic and clinical.
Mohiuddin, Syed. D.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	The applied anatomy of the cervical fascia and the traps or spaces therein have been revised and reviewed from the early part of the Nineties up to the present date. A great many investigations of both in anatomical and clinical…
Fecha:	1953
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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303.

Studies on the hydrolysis of casein.
Pedersen, Jorgen. W.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	A great part of our modern knowledge about the structure and composition of proteins originates from the analysis of the products formed by their hydrolysis. Since Braconnot, in 1820, hydrolysed gelatin with dilute sulfuric acid, proteins have been hydrolysed with…
Fecha:	1953
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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304.

A variational approach to the equations of stellar structure.
Aron, Ivan. M.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	The fact that a star can only be studied through its light may seem, at first, to impose severe limitations on the knowledge to be acquired concerning the nature of these bright pinpoints on the night sky. When Mother Goose…
Fecha:	1954
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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305.

Congenital malformations of the central nervous system.
Dekaban, Anatole. S.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	A desire to study congenital malformations of the CNS originated several years ago. It was found necessary first to acquire sufficient knowledge of anatomy of the normal adult human brain as well as of the morphogenesis of the developing human…
Fecha:	1954
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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306.

an Investigation of August Maximum and Minimum Temperatures at Torbay, Newfoundland.
McKay, Gordon Alexander.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Forecasts of daily maximum and minimum temperature have become of increasing importance to both agriculture and industry, and reasonable accuracy has been attained in predicting these values. The success in prediction has been largely due to the persistence of either…
Fecha:	1953.
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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307.

Some New Reactions and Derivatives of Kojic Acid.
Beelik, Andrew.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Kojic acid can be produced by a microbiological process from carbohydrates, and therefore it might serve as a very useful outlet for industrial and agricultural carbohydrate wastes. Since the acid has not yet found practical applications, the present research is…
Fecha:	1954.
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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308.

Guidance in democratic education.
Farrell, Edna. P.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	This study is based on the thesis that all education should be liberal in curriculum, method, instruction, and administration. It should mean full development- physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual- of free men guided by free men. Its foundation should be…
Fecha:	1954
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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309.

Observations on the Thalamocortical Projections.
Nashold, Blaine Sanders.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	The development of the knowledge of the thalamus has proceeded along many avenues of research. The early workers ranged far and wide, comparing, dividing, and subdividing the thalamus and in general terms catalogued anatomical data. Later the relationship of the…
Fecha:	1954.
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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310.

John Donne’s knowledge of medicine.
Pickup, T.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Ben Jonson wrote that Donne’s work was “longer a knowing than most wits doe live”, and feared that it would perish “for not being understood”. The passage of three and a half centuries has not brought about the fulfilment of…
Fecha:	1954
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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311.

An economic analysis of accountancy.
Potter, Calvin. C.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	This work attempts to show the connection between economics and accountancy in the everyday practices of accountancy. To the best of my knowledge this theme has never before been treated on the scale of a book. J. Canning's work, The…
Fecha:	1954
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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312.

Vicarious liability in air law.
Balachandran, Ponniah.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	“In a generic and primary sense, jurisprudence includes the entire body of legal doctrine. It is jurisprudentia - the knowledge of law - and in this sense all law books are books of law” (1). According to this nomenclature all…
Fecha:	1955
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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313.

Real Estate Salesman: the Study of a Sales Occupation.
Bloomstone, Shirley S.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Selling and salesmanship are now among the universals of culture on this continent. Although much is known about the mass effects of salesmanship, relatively little knowledge exists on the nature of the face-to-face selling situation. It is an interpersonal situation,…
Fecha:	1955.
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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314.

Studies on aldosterone.
Giroud, Claude. J-P.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	The important facts relevant to the historical development of a scientific discovery are always easier to discern when it is possible to examine them in the light of the knowledge to which time and the work of many investigators have…
Fecha:	1955
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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315.

Experiments of the extractability of soil phosphorus.
Hamilton, Herman. A.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	The importance of phosphorus agriculturally, bas become commonplace to agriculturists. The functions, role, and forms of this element in soil have received favourable attention; yet, despite searching investigations there is still much lacking in our knowledge which would enable a…
Fecha:	1955
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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316.

Investigation of variations in the composition of the timothy plant (Phleum pretense).
Huq, A.K.M. Fazlul.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	The cultivation of the Timothy plant as a forage crop has been practised in various countries particularly in Canada and the United States of America for a considerable length of time. As such a knowledge of the variation in the…
Fecha:	1955
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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317.

the Peasant's Revolt of 1381 in History and Legend.
Lucas, Sidney.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Part of the work in this thesis is in the examination and arrangement of the varied causes of the Peasants' Revolt, together with a factual account of the Revolt constructed from contemporary sources. The core of the original work in…
Fecha:	1955.
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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318.

The biology of the ringer seal (Phoca hispida Schreber) in the waters of southwest Baffin Island.
McLaren, Ian. A.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	The ringed seal, Phoca hispida, is a widely ranging hair seal inhabiting arctic and subarctic waters (as defined by Dunbar, 1951) of the entire northern hemisphere. In North American continental waters it is found from the Gulf of St. Lawrence…
Fecha:	1955
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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319.

The composition of the oils from some Canadian conifers.
Shaw, Alan. C.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	During the steps employed in the conversion of the standing tree to wood pulp about two-thirds of the original plant material is discarded, and of the many hundreds of compounds present in the tree only cellulose is utilized to an…
Fecha:	1955
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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320.

Further oxidations of spruce periodate lignin with chlorine dioxide.
Thompson, Norman. S.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Note: Missing title page., Several years ago the Wood Chemistry Committee of the Technical Section, Canadian Pulp and Paper Association, observed that chlorine dioxide was becoming of importance as a bleaching agent for pulps, and that more detailed knowledge concerning…
Fecha:	1954
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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321.

Genetico-embryological studies on normal and cleft palates in mice.
Walker, Bruce. E.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Cleft palate is a common congenital anomaly, and it is dealt with by a variety of scientific groups. The medical profession is concerned about cleft palate because it is of sufficiently frequent occurrence to distress many people. Knowledge of the…
Fecha:	1954
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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322.

A study of pyridinium betaines.
Frangatos, Gerassimos.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	The biological significance of certain pyridinium betaines, such as diphosphopyridine nucleotide and triphosphopyridine nucleotide, has been fully recognized. The vital importance of these substances in the life of organisms provided an impetus for extensive research in this field, with the…
Fecha:	1956
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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323.

the Age, Growth and Maturity of the Haddock (Melanogrammus aeglefinus L.) from the Inshore Lockeport Grounds.
Kohler, A. Carl.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	The regulation of any fishery depends for its direction upon the knowledge of the biology of the fish involved. As the haddock has been one of the more important marine food fishes even before marine biological investigation was initiated in…
Fecha:	1956.
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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324.

Radioautographic localization of some acid soluble phosphorous compounds in tissues of rats injected with P32.
Messier, Bernard. H.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	The use of P32 in biological investigation has contributed greatly to the knowledge of phosphorus metabolism. Soon after this isotope became available in the late 1930’s, many investigators studied the absorption, distribution and excretion of radiophosphorus in plants and animals.…
Fecha:	1956
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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325.

Metabolism of Short Chain Fatty Acids by Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Var. Bovis, BCG.
Pascoe, Enid.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	In sharp contrast to the wealth of chemical knowledge of the nature of the lipids of mycobacteria (Anderson 1940, 1942, Siebert 1950) is the scarcity of facts available to indicate the routes by which fats are metabolized by these organisms.…
Fecha:	1956.
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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326.

Carbohydrate Synthesis in Embryonating Eggs of Asccaris Lumbricoides.
Passey, Richard Frank.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	The bias in the development of biochemistry to which Baldwin (1940) drew attention in 1937 has not been remedied in the last two decades. Despite the tremendous advances in our knowledge of the biochemistry of mammals and unicellular organisms made…
Fecha:	1956.
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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327.

Metabolism of progesterone and cortisone.
Rao, Baindur. G.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	A quarter of a century has elapsed since the first steroid hormone was isolated. Since then, there has been a profound and significant advance in our knowledge of the biogenesis of these steroid hormones and their ultimate fate in the…
Fecha:	1956
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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328.

Production of corticosteroids by rat adrenal tissue in vitro.
Stachenko, Janine. L.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Replacement therapy provided the first element of knowledge of the nature of adrenocortical secretion. The earliest view on this secretion assumed the existence of a single adrenocortical hormone, called "cortin" (5}. Attempts were made to extract, isolate and characterize this…
Fecha:	1956
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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329.

Sexual reproduction in Medeola virginiana L. with some reference to embryo development and endosperm formation.
Webster, Donald. C.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Recent investigators in the field of plant embryology show a tendency to seek more detailed knowledge of the developmental process as it occurs in a variety of plants. Several features combine to make members of the Liliaceae ideal for study…
Fecha:	1956
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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330.

Mass spectrometry of normal oxygen and oxygen subjected to electrical discharge.
Herron, John. T.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Our knowledge of free radicals and atoms has increased rapidly during the past decade through the use of new techniques. Atoms and free radicals have been detected spectroscopically in the gas phase by vacuum ultraviolet absorption (1,2), and by emission…
Fecha:	1957
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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331.

The morphological observation of the basal vessels of the brain of human infants.
Kim, Yoon-Bom.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Needless to say, it is imperative for workers in the neurological field to know and understand the circulatory system of the Central Nervous System. The basal vessels of the brain, especially the circle of Willis and basilar artery are of…
Fecha:	1957
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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332.

the Participation of Bone in the Sodium and Potassium Metabolism of the Rat.
Norman, Nils.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	The investigative work presented in this thesis is a contribution to the great amount of knowledge that already exists in the field of sodium and potassium metabolism. The study has been done on rats, but differs from earlier work in…
Fecha:	1957.
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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333.

the Lactic Dehydrogenase of the Mammalian Erythrocyte.
Ottolenghi, Paul.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	The beginning of our knowledge of the enzyme lactic dehydrogenase, dates back to Otto Meyerhof's discovery (1) in 1919, that washed muscle preparations can oxidise lactic acid. The enzyme was obtained in soluble form by Stephenson (2) in 1928, from…
Fecha:	1957.
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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334.

The physiology of the paroxysmal afterdischarge.
Pinsky, Carl.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Since biblical times, physicians have been challenged by the difficulties of finding the proper treatment for the disease of epilepsy. That challenge has not gone unanswered at any time in the recorded history of medical science. The quest for the…
Fecha:	1957
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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335.

Some aspects of the problem of economic development in underdeveloped countries.
Velay, Clement. C.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	In his inaugural address on January 20th, 1947, President Truman recommended a “bold new program for making the benefit of our scientific advantages and industrial progress available for the improvement and growth of underdeveloped areas.” This short sentence, which became…
Fecha:	1957
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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336.

a Microelectrode Study of Betz Cells in the Unanesthetized Cat.
Branch, Charles L.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	The need for continued investigation into the mechanism of motor function has been emphasized recently by Bucy (1957) in a critical review entitled, "ls there a pyramidal tract?" and by Lassek, Woolsey, Walker, and Boshes (1957) in a symposium of…
Fecha:	1958.
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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337.

a Study of Conditioned Arousal.
Christake, Anne.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	This historical introduction would have to be greatly extended if it were to deal with the details of the anatomical and physiological developments that led to our present knowledge of the reticular activating or arousal system. Recognition of its significance…
Fecha:	1958.
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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338.

the Surgical Treatment of Experimental Ascites.
Freedman, Arthur N.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	The magnitude of the problem of ascites is not readily apparent to the clinician. A classification of conditions in which ascites occurs and a consideration of therapy occupy his thinking when confronted by a patient with the sign. Those actively…
Fecha:	1958.
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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339.

the Mixing of Circular Jets.
Tao, Chia-Hwa.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	The problem of mixing of subsonic circular jets with stationary fluid and with a stream at right angle has been studied. The present knowledge and conventional methods of approach to this problem are described. Applying Elrod's momentum diffusion theory of…
Fecha:	1958.
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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340.

Genetic and Other Factors Influencing the Pathogenesis of Cleft Palate in Mice.
Trasler, Daphne G.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	The rapidly growing field of teratology has recorded an amazing variety of developmental aberrations, either "spontaneous", or with some more or less clear-cut genetic or environmental cause. This preliminary descriptive stage is certainly necessary as a guide to the further,…
Fecha:	1958.
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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341.

The location of xanthate groups in starch xanthates.
Adamek, Edward. G.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Starch xanthates were first prepared over 50 years ago, and since then little has been learned about their chemical structure; even suggestions for their industrial utilization have been very few. In the meantime, the emergence of the viscose process and…
Fecha:	1959
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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342.

Extraction and Identification of Organic Phosphorus Compounds of Soils.
Boswall, Graeme Wyatt.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	The importance of phosphorus in plant nutrition has been recognized since the middle of the nineteenth century, when the analysis of plant ash showed the presence of phosphates and other inorganic salts, and the use of phosphorus-containing manures and fertilizers…
Fecha:	1959.
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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343.

Some experiments on surface and strain energy in minerals.
Cumberlidge, John. T.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	The primary object of the present work was to continue the experiments on beats of solution started by Moore (1955) in the Department of Geological Sciences, McGill University. In his work, Moore accumulated a fund of technical knowledge concerned with…
Fecha:	1959
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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344.

A study of the pathogenesis of regional enteritis.
Makonnen, Adunya.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Since 1932, when Crohn, Ginzburg and Oppenheimer conceived the concept of regional enteritis (40), the disease has been subjected to the scrutiny of accumulating clinical experience and experimental observations. Admittedly, considerable information concerning its incidence, distribution, course, therapy, and diagnosis,…
Fecha:	1959
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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345.

A revision of the subfamily Anisakinae with special reference to Porrocaecum decipiens and its affinities.
Myers, Betty-June.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	An ascaroid worm is common in the stomach of various seals in the eastern North Atlantic Ocean. Its infective larva occurs in a variety of ground fish in the Gulf of St. Lawrence and the seals become infected by eating…
Fecha:	1959
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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346.

an Analysis of Geographical Factors Determining the Northern Limits of the Pulp and Paper Industry in Northern Ontario.
Power, G.C.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Pulp and paper manufacturing is one of Canada's best known industries, but the spectacular woods operation of British Columbia seem largely to overshadow the equally significant forest industries of eastern Canada, particularly in popular accounts of Canadian manufacturing. It was…
Fecha:	1959.
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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347.

Mechanisms of Solidification in Binary Alloy Castings.
Youdelis, William V.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	The demands of present day industry for machines of ever increasing complexity and durability has accentuated the need for the improvement in the art of metal casting. This particular method of shaping metals has in fact become so expedient, that…
Fecha:	1959.
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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348.

The relationship of oxygen consumption to muscular exercise.
Cronin, Robert. F.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	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…
Fecha:	1960
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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349.

the Notion of Truth in the Epistemology of C.I. Lewis.
Keith, Anthony.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	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…
Fecha:	1960.
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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350.

the Scientist in Industry: a Study of an Occupational Career.
Lamb, Sylvia.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	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.…
Fecha:	1960.
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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351.

Studies on the Estrogens of the Domestic Fowl.
MacRae, Herbert Farquhar.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	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…
Fecha:	1960.
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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352.

an Immuno-Embryological Study of the Chick Lens.
Maisel, Harry.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	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…
Fecha:	1960.
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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353.

Criseyde as a courtly lady.
Novotny, Ann. M.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	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…
Fecha:	1960
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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354.

Studies on the Protonation of Some Organic Compounds.
Campbell, Hugh J.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	For purposes of mechanistic study and structural assignment in organic chemistry it is often of great practical value to possess some knowledge concerning the basic strengths of various functional groups. The present work will concern itself primarily with a study…
Fecha:	1961.
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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355.

Non-symbiotic nitrogen fixation studies in woodland soils.
Laishley, Edward. J.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	The first isolation of free living nitrogen-fixing bacteria by Winogradsky and Beijerinck stimulated the attempts to assess the importance of non-symbiotic nitrogen fixation in the nitrogen economy of the soil. Most non-symbiotic nitrogen fixation investigations have been concerned with agricultural…
Fecha:	1961
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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356.

The biosynthesis of nucleoproteins in regenerating rat liver.
McArdle, Alice. H.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Miescher, who may be regarded as the founder of the knowledge of the chemistry of the cell nucleus, carried out his initial investigations on isolated pus nuclei obtained from discarded surgical bandages. He showed (1) that the nuclear material contained…
Fecha:	1961
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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357.

Arctic and subarctic lakes, with special reference to the chironomidae.
Oliver, Donald. M.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Numerous attempts have been made to classify the various types of lentic environments. None of the systems of classifying lakes, whether based on dissolved oxygen, thermal conditions, chironomid larvae or numerous other criteria, has been wholly successful, nor are they…
Fecha:	1961
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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358.

Changes in bar-pressing performance and heart rate in the sleep deprived rat.
Rust, Laurence. D.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	The study of the effects of sleep loss in animals has been a neglected area of research. If sleep is a basic need, then the deprivation of sleep, as the deprivation of any basic need, should lead to certain physiological…
Fecha:	1961
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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359.

Intellectual loss in schizophrenia.
Schwartzman, Alex. E.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	This thesis concerns the question of intellectual loss in schizophrenia. To obtain evidence of such loss, the investigator must demonstrate that an individual with schizophrenia has a lower intelligence than he had at a time when the disorder was presumably…
Fecha:	1961
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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360.

Preparation, maintenance, and use of master specifications.
Stickel, Alfred. W.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	The process of preparing Project Specifications concentrates on the presentation of excerpts from a region of knowledge, selected and re-composed to fill a given set of requirements. It can be broken down into five steps: i. A survey of drawings…
Fecha:	1961
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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361.

The initial stages of annealing of high purity aluminum.
Tiivel, Mati.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Metals have been produced, worked and used since prehistoric times. For thousands of years however, most of the knowledge relating to metals was acquired by chance and the experience gained was passed from man to man through the centuries. Thus,…
Fecha:	1961
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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362.

The optical properties of graphite.
Geher, Leslie.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	A study of the electronic properties of a substance usually requires the knowledge of its band structure. The starting point when trying to determine the band structure of a crystalline material is to employ one or another type of approximation…
Fecha:	1962
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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363.

Nuclear reactions induced by protons on vanadium.
Hontzeas, Sotirios.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Our present knowledge of nuclear structure attempts to explain nuclear properties on the basis of nucleons resonating as protons and neutrons with very strong, short-range forces acting between them. The nature of the forces between these elementary particles are not…
Fecha:	1962
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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364.

Russell’s philosophy of matter.
Jucevicius, Feliksas.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Philosophy of matter is that department of philosophical knowledge which relates to the philosophy of physics. While the philosophy of physics is concerned with the objects and events of the physical world as a whole, the philosophy of matter deals…
Fecha:	1962
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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365.

Determination of C-C bond dissociation energies in 1-butyne and 1,2-butadiene.
Schaffer, Robert.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Bonds are broken and formed in all chemical reactions. A knowledge of the dissociation energies of the relevant bonds helps one to predict the ease by which a given reaction may take place. It is obvious, therefore, that such information…
Fecha:	1962
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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366.

The pyrolysis of phenylmercaptoacetic acid.
Tan, Ah-Ti. C-H.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Chemical changes involve the breaking of bonds in the reacting molecules and the formation of bonds in the products; they are usually accompanied by energy changes. Although the stability of a molecule or a radical, as expressed in terms of…
Fecha:	1962
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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367.

Studies on the Mesostigmata and Trombidiformes (Acarina) of two Quebec woodland humus forms.
Marshall, Valin. G.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	The present investigation in Soil Zoology was initiated in 1960 at Macdonald College, McGill University. The problems relative to the study of the soil fauna are complex, requiring at the very outset, not only familiarity with the soil itself but…
Fecha:	1963
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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368.

Irreducibility of polynomials.
Mahatabuddin, Mohammad

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	In many mathematical investigations such as determination of degree of a field extension, determination of the Galois group etc. the knowledge of ineducibility of a polynomial f(x),or if reducible the nature of the irreducible factors of f(x)are desired. We wish…
Fecha:	1964
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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369.

Ludwig Tieck und die spanische Literatur.
Seliger, Helfried W., 1939-

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Among German Romanticists Ludwig Tieck was undoubtedly the poet who was the most familiar with Spanish literature. Though some aspects of Tieck's relationship with Spanish literature have been studied in the past, there has hitherto been no objective survey of…
Fecha:	1964
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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370.

The runaway foster child’s interpersonal relationships.
Short, Lee.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	The aim of this research was to enhance existing knowledge about the runaway child in order that guidelines for future preventive work be considered.The study was conducted at the Children's Service Centre, Montreal, and covered the period from June ,30,…
Fecha:	1964
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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371.

The function of sodium in marine bacteria.
Drapeau, Gabriel Rosaire.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Utilizing non-metabolizable substrates as valuable tools to differentiate between transport and subsequent metabolism, the possibility was explored whether there was a relationship between the sodium requirement by marine bacterial cella for growth and a sodium requirement for uptake of substrates.…
Fecha:	1965
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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372.

The metabolism of phloroglucinol by microorganisms.
Robern, Haskel.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	The following information, as revealed in these studies, is claimed to be a contribution to knowledge. A bacterium and a fungus identified as a Pseudomonas sp. and a Penicillium sp. were isolated by the soil perfusion enrichment technique, and are…
Fecha:	1966
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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373.

Reproduction and metabolism in Gammurus oceanicus Segerstrale and Gammarus setosus Dementieva.
Steele, V.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	With the rapid increase in human population during recent years, a growing interest has developed in the resources of the sea. Although much basic knowledge has accumulated concerning the life in temperate and boreal waters, particularly of the eastern Atlantic,…
Fecha:	1965
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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374.

Rate measurement of the oxygen atom-hydrogen atom reaction.
Ticktin, Saul.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	There is a region of the upper atmosphere called the mesopause which currently excites much interest. This region lies approximately between the altitudes of 80 and 90 kilometers. Today, knowledge of conditions in this region is necessary to predict satellite…
Fecha:	1965
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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375.

Strength characteristics of a degenerated kaolinite.
Woo, Yin Hum.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Present day knowledge of soil strength is limited to conditions favouring static or quasi-static loading. Under these conditions, the shear strength parameters are as yet not well defined. Neither is there satisfactory agreement on the true mechanism of friction and…
Fecha:	1965
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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376.

Bond dissociation energies in organic compounds.
Tan, Ah Ti Chun-Hion.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Chemical reactions involve ordinarily the breaking of bonds in the reacting molecules and the formation of bonds in the products; they are usually accompanied by changes in enthalpy. Although the stability of a molecule or a radical, as expressed in…
Fecha:	1966
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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377.

Further separations of the watersoluble components of white spruce bark.
Harpham, John Arthur.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	A knowledge or the individual chemical constituents of bark is important not only from an academic point of view, but is of vital interest to the economy of the wood pulp industry in general. For several years, a major investigation…
Fecha:	1951
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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378.

Parental problems in the treatment of children with cerebral palsy.
Allan, Barbara Munroe.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	In modern society the care and rehabilitation of the crippled and disabled is one of the primary problems of human welfare. With advances in the medical sciences, has come the knowledge that many conditions, previously considered untreatable, can be improved…
Fecha:	1951
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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379.

Igneous dyke rocks of the Aillik-Makkovik area, Labrador.
Moore, Thomas Howard.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	No geological map has been published of the Aillik-Makkovik area, as previous work was not done in sufficient detail to make correlation possible with the rest of the North American Pre-Cambrain, or for that matter, between different sections of the…
Fecha:	1951
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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380.

An Investigation of the chemical composition of the leaf-fall from deciduous forest trees before and after partial decomposition.
Coldwell, Blake Burgess.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Podsol soils have been intensively studied ever since the middle of the last century, yet the mechanism of their development is still obscure. In view of this lack of knowledge regarding podsolization and because these soils are the dominant agricultural…
Fecha:	1951
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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381.

Experimental studies of transportation and deposition of some sulphides in an open system at high temperatures and pressures.
Soles, James Albert.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	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…
Fecha:	1960
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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382.

Permeability of cellophane to liquids and vapours
Archer, William Lucas

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	To interpret the permeability phenomena which are exhibited by cellulose, a knowledge of its structure and certain physical properties is essential. Although the present study is concerned with cellophane, which is a regenerated form of cellulose, it is preferable first…
Fecha:	1950
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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383.

Reactions in dissociated water vapour
Jones, Robert Alexander

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	It is now generally recognized that the processes involved in a chemical reaction are frequently not as simple as the stoichiometric equation would indicate, but consist rather of a series of elementary reactions of simple order; the over-all reaction observed…
Fecha:	1950
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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384.

Syntheses of vinyl aromatic compounds by pyrolyses over catalysts
Levi, Leo

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	The potentialities of catalysis were foreseen by Ostwald when he prophesied that a scientific knowledge and control of catalytic phenomena would lead to immeasurable results technically (1). This prophecy has been fulfilled, for to-day the importance of catalysis in science…
Fecha:	1950
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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385.

The effect of weather on insect populations
Lewis, John B.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	The factors in nature which influence population changes are so numerous and so complex that it seems that the only hope of understanding their interrelations lies in a thorough knowledge of how each factor operates separately upon the population. Having…
Fecha:	1950
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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386.

The reactions of oligodendroglia in Wallerian degeneration
Lewis, Revis C.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	This investigation was carried out at the instigation of Dr. W. V. Cone in the attempt to discover chronic pathological changes in oligodendroglia. Knowledge of chronic changes in the oligodendrocytes has not been greatly advanced m the past twenty years.…
Fecha:	1950
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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387.

Anatomical study of fiber connections of the temporal pole in the cat and monkey
Li, Choh-luh

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	The understanding of the functions of a certain portion of the cortex ultimately is dependent on a knowledge of the connections or interrelationships of that particular cortex. Consequently, the visual cortex and the auditory area are better understood because of…
Fecha:	1950
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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388.

Attempted synthesis of a branch-chain cellulose and the unreliability of the periodic method of estimating branching.
Booth, Kenneth Gordon.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	The initial objeot of the research was to convert cellulose, a linear polymer, into branched-chain polymere of known constitution by condensing some of its free hydroxyl groups with acetobromoglucose, acetobromocellobiose, or acetobromocellodextrins. A comparison of the linear starting material and…
Fecha:	1948
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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389.

The ideal in relation to the natural in the political philosophy of Plato / by William Goldberg.
Goldberg, William.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Written for the Dept. of Philosophy., Plato's Republic is essentially an ideal Republic. It is ideal in the sense that a rational polity would be in accord, when once established, with perfect knowledge and would resemble the divine pattern. Yet…
Fecha:	1948.
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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390.

The analysis of the typha latifolia linn. seed hairs.
Narasimhan, Ramanuja Iyengar.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	The seed hairs of the typha family (cat-tails) are easy to collect and appear to the eye to consist of cellulosic fibers of nearly uniform length radiating from a central stem. The object of the present Thesis was to review…
Fecha:	1948.
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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391.

Objectivity and its relation to physical science.
Polonoff, I.I.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	On all sides, one hears appeals to objectivity and exhortations to be objective. These admonitions are usually made by scientifically-minded people. Laudable as these appeals may be, they are sometimes so framed as to give the impression that objectivity is…
Fecha:	1948.
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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392.

The flow of gases and vapours through absorbing porous media.
Tomlinson, Richard Howden.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Fluid flow has been measured through almost every type of porous material. A considerable portion of these permeability studies has been directed towards the flow of gases through a bed of charcoal grains. The interest in gas flow through charcoal…
Fecha:	1948.
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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393.

The living anatomy of the abdominal alimentary tract.
Friedman, Sydney Murray.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Despite rapid advances in medical knowledge, the alimentary tract still presents a clinical problem. Complaints referable to this system are, it is recognized, among the most common of clinical symptoms, and frequently the most baffling. Thus, while the pathologist recognizes…
Fecha:	1946.
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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394.

Transformation of the steroid molecule to permit the inclusion of isotopic carbon.
Jamieson, J.R.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	The biochemist has been aided greatly in recent years in developing his knowledge of the metabolism of organic and inorganic substances in biological systems through the use of isotopes as tracers. Since the chemical properties of an element are determined…
Fecha:	1947.
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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395.

Settlement and abandonment of land in The Rouge Valley, Laurentides, Quebec: an historical geography
Gibson, P. M.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	The aim of Historical Geography is essentially twofold - the elucidation of the present geographical reality of an area by the fuller understanding of its past development, and the attainment of some knowledge of the processes of geographical change. Most…
Fecha:	1966.
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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396.

Mechanical properties of excised human lungs
Hogg, James C.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	To date a very large body of knowledge has accumulated on both lung function and morphology. The correlation of human data collected in these separate fields is, for obvious reasons, either difficult or impossible. Although the study of the mechanical…
Fecha:	1967.
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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397.

Quantitative studies on the larvae of Trichinella Spiralis.
Marchant, Edwin Howard James.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	It would appear, from a review of the literature on trichinosis, that the majority of the experiments, concerning the effects of chemical and physica~ agents on larvae of Trichinella spiralis, have been carried out, in vivo. On the other hand,…
Fecha:	1947.
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL

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398.

Glycolysis in rat muscle homogenates
Garcia-Arocha, Olga L.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	The study of glycolysis is a broad and extensive subject. The amount of published data dealing with glycolysis in different tissues and systems, as well as referring to special aspects of the process, are abundant and most of them of…
Fecha:	1968.
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399.

Direct transfer of skin flaps by microvascular anastomoses
Daniel, Rollin K.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	Plastic Surgery coalesced as a specialty during time of war when the need for reconstructive surgery was of a pressing magnitude. Empirical rules governing the design, indication, and execution of kin flaps evolved from clinical utilization. These general principles were…
Fecha:	1974
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400.

The development of a new periodontal index for longitudinal epidemiological studies of periodontal disease
Kuo, Hsien C.

Formato:	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Enlaces:	To develop a new periodontal index for longitudinal studies of the periodontal disease was decided following a critical review of existing knowledge. As the first phase of index development, this study was to determine the inter- and intra- observer variation…
Fecha:	1975
Recurso:	McGill University - MCGILL