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Proceedings of the Nova Scotian Institute of Science

Halifax, Nova Scotia
ISSN 0078-2521
Vol 43 2006 Part 2 Completion of Vol 43
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CONTENTS

General Introduction: Marine Science Essays

James E Stewart

 
75

Marine Geology in Atlantic Canada—A Government Perspective

Richard A Pickrill and David JW Piper

 
91

Physical Oceanography in Atlantic Canada

R Allyn Clarke

 
111

Biological Oceanography in Canada (with Special Reference to Federal Government Science)

WG Harrison

 
129

A History of Marine Fisheries Science in Atlantic Canada and its Role in the Management of Fisheries

RG Halliday and LP Fanning

 
159

Marine Ecosystem Assessment: Past, Present and Future Attempts with Emphasis on the Eastern Scotian Shelf

Kenneth T Frank, Jae S Choi and Brian Petrie

 
185

NSIS Student Science Awards 2005

Prize Winning papers

 
199

Clear as Mud: The Type I/Type II Model for Death Receptor-Induced Apoptosis

David Michael Conrad

 
201

A Comparison of Methods for Modifying the Partial Singular Value Decomposition in Latent Semantic Indexing

Jane E Tougas

 
211

Growth and Phenylalanine Ammonia Lyase Activity of Rhodotorula glutinis: Optimization of Conditions for the Synthesis of L-Phenylalanine

Mark Wall and Godwin D'Cunha

 
219

Design Study of Novel Light Guide Geometry for Scintillation Counters

Jackie Glister and Adam J Sarty

 
227

Rational Drug Design: A Window into the Ambitious Quest of a Neurologist and Chemist

Jennifer Paterson

 
235

Presidential addresses and reports from Council Officers

Session 2004-2005

 
245

Editorial Board: RG Ackman, M Dadswell, S Payne, B Petrie, DJW Piper, A Taylor,

M Willison

 

Editor: James E Stewart

 

NOVA SCOTIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE, 2006

Layout by Gail LeBlanc; Printing by Kinko's Canada

Date of Publication: August 2006


Copies of the Proceedings may be purchased at cost from Sharon Longard, Killam Library, Dalhousie University. E-mail: sharon.longard@dal.ca

 

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