Auditoria de resultados no Ministério da Defesa Nacional, ramo Exército

Trabalho de Projeto apresentado ao Instituto de Contabilidade e Administração do Porto para a obtenção do grau de Mestre em Auditoria, sob orientação do Dr. Rodrigo Carvalho e co-orientação do Major de Artilharia António Rabaço

Are there two species of Pygmy Shrews (Sorex)? Revisiting the question using DNA sequence data

Pygmy Shrews in North America have variously been considered to be one species (Sorex hoyi) or two species (S. hoyi and S. thompsoni). Currently, only S. hoyi is recognized. In this study, we examine mitochondrial DNA sequence data for the cytochrome b gene to evaluate the level of differentiation and phylogeographic relationships among eleven samples of Pygmy Shrews from across Canada. Pygmy Shrews from eastern Canada (i.e., Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward Island) are distinct from Pygmy Shrews from western Canada (Alberta, Yukon) and Alaska. The average level of sequence divergence between these clades (3.3%) falls within the range of values for other recognized pairs of sister species of shrews. A molecular clock based on third position transversion substitutions suggests that these two lineages diverged between 0.44 and 1.67 million years ago. These molecular phylogenetic data. combined with a reinterpretation of previously published morphological data, are suggestive of separate species status for S. hoyi and S. thompsoni as has been previously argued by others. Further analysis of specimens from geographically intermediate areas (e.g., Manitoba. northern Ontario) is required to determine if there is secondary contact and/or introgression between these two putative species.

Pediatric drug-related problems: a multicenter study in four French-speaking countries.

BACKGROUND: Pediatric intensive care patients represent a population at high risk for drug-related problems. There are few studies that compare the activity of clinical pharmacists between countries. OBJECTIVE: To describe the drug-related problems identified and interventions by four pharmacists in a pediatric cardiac and intensive care unit. SETTING: Four pediatric centers in France, Quebec, Switzerland and Belgium. METHOD: This was a six-month multicenter, descriptive and prospective study conducted from August 1, 2009 to January 31, 2010. Drug-related problems and clinical interventions were compiled from four pediatric centers in France, Quebec, Switzerland and Belgium. Data on patients, drugs, intervention, documentation, approval and estimated impact were compiled. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE: Number and type of drug-related problems encountered in a large pediatric inpatient population. RESULTS: A total of 996 interventions were recorded: 238 (24 %) in France, 278 (28 %) in Quebec, 351 (35 %) in Switzerland and 129 (13 %) in Belgium. These interventions targeted 270 patients (median 21 months old, 53 % male): 88 (33 %) in France, 56 (21 %) in Quebec, 57 (21 %) in Switzerland and 69 (26 %) in Belgium. The main drug-related problems were inappropriate administration technique (29 %), untreated indication (25 %) and supra-therapeutic dose (11 %). The pharmacists' interventions were mostly optimizing the mode of administration (22 %), dose adjustment (20 %) and therapeutic monitoring (16 %). The two major drug classes that led to interventions were anti-infectives for systemic use (23 %) and digestive system and metabolism drugs (22 %). Interventions mainly involved residents and all clinical staff (21 %). Among the 878 (88 %) proposed interventions requiring physician approval, 860 (98 %) were accepted. CONCLUSION: This descriptive study illustrates drug-related problems and the ability of clinical pharmacists to identify and resolve them in pediatric intensive care units in four French-speaking countries.

Recueil sur la marine et les colonies, de 1643 à 1769.

Contient : 1 « Decouverte de la terre australe par Abel Tasman » ; 2 Acte de LOUIS XIV, par lequel il règle les conditions dans lesquelles les « chefs d'escadre et capitaines de la marine qui seront nommez et choisis par » le « duc de Vandome » pour « courre sur les ennemis de l'Estat, nettoyer la mer des pirattes de Tunis et d'Alger et les prendre pour renforcer la chiourme de ses galleres », exerceront leur commission. « Donné à Vincennes, le XVIIIe jour d'octobre 1656 » ; 3 « Instruction au sieur de Fricambaud, en execution de l'ordonnance du roy, dont copie est cy dessus transcripte... Faict à Annet, le XXIIIIe jour d'octobre 1656. Signé : CESAR DE VANDOSME. Et, à costé, est escrit, de la main de S. A. : Instruction pour le sieur de Fricambaud, chef d'escadre allant en course pour le service du roy avec le vaisseau le Soleil, qui est à S. M. Et, plus bas : Par monseigneur Chappellain, et scellé du seau des armes de Sad. Altesse » ; 4 « Pensées d'un zelé François pour le bien de sa patrie, sur le project mis en lumière touchant le commerce des Indes orientales » ; 5 « Memoire de M. CLAUDE BLOT touchant la navigation et commerce, du 3e de may 1664. Pour monseigneur Du Fresne » ; 6 « Memoire sur les offres faittes de la part des Espagnols pour composer une compagnie de commerce pour les Indes, avec divers princes d'Allemagne » ; 7 « Memoire general de l'estat et scituation de l'isle St-Domingue, sa grandeur, le nombre de familles que la partie françoise de ceste isle peut entretenir, la bonté de ses portz, les differentes cultures qu'on y peut faire, et celles qui sont les plus necessaires ou utilles à l'Estat, les bestiaux qu'on y peut eslever, les differentes sortes de bois qui y croissent, et ce qu'il convient de faire pour les conserver et les perpetuer... A Paris, le 2e Xbre 1717 ». Signé : « DE LA BOULAYE ». — Au dos on lit : « Mss. venant de Mr Fevret de Fontette, conseiller au parlement de Dijon, mon parent et ami, sur l'ille de Saint-Domingue ». Original ; 8 Supplique adressée « à monseigneur de Pontchartrain » par « la femme du Sr Du Casse, gouverneur de Saint-Domingue », pour se plaindre des procédés de « Mr de Pointis » ; 9 Récit du siège et de la prise de Carthagène, en Colombie, par « Mr de Pointis » et « Mr Du Casse », gouverneur de S. Domingue, en 1697 ; 10 « Proposition pour la descouverte des terres australles... inconneues » et l'établissement d'une « mission chrestienne » en ces contrées, adressée à « Messieurs de la compagnie françoise des Indes Orientales » par « quelques particuliers ecclesiastiques et autres » ; 11 « Notes sur une partie des côtes de l'isle de Madagascar, depuis la pointe d'Itapere jusqu'à la baye d'Andrahomenu » ; 12 « Memoire touchant ce que l'on a fait esperer de la part du roy pour la formation d'une compagnie des terres australles, pour en faire la descouverte, y passer des colonies françoises et y annoncer l'Evangile » ; 13 « Copie d'un edit de creation d'un conseil souverain en la Nouvelle France, à Quebec ». Acte de LOUIS XIV. 1662 ; 14 « Monnoyes des Yndes » qui ont « cours dans tous les pays de la domination du Mogol... Diverses espèces de monnoye ayant cours dans tout le royaume de Perse » ; 15 « Bibliothèque de Mr le marquis de Quincye. Lettre mss. ecritte à M. Rollin, ancien recteur de l'Université de Paris, professeur d'eloquence au Collège royal, sur le lac Moeris d'Egipte... A Paris, le 30 juillet 1736 » ; 16 Lettre non signée d'un gentilhomme, qui semble être officier dans un régiment de l'Ile de France, dont le gouverneur était alors « Mr Des Roches ». Cette lettre, marquée « Duplicata », est adressée par ledit gentilhomme à sa femme. Il semble engagé à l'Ile de France dans une entreprise de mines de fer et de forges, et sa femme, restée à Paris, est en relation avec le Palais-Royal et les princesses de la maison d'Orléans. La lettre, en partie chiffrée, est datée « De Mondesir, à l'Isle de France, le 20 novembre 1769 ». Il y est fait allusion plusieurs fois à des passages du Voyage autour du monde de Bougainville ; 17 « Observations concernant la terre australe, tirées des ordres que la compagnie hollandaise des Indes Orientales donne aux capitaines et pilotes qu'elle envoye annuellement aux Grandes Indes et à leur fameuse Batavia » ; 18 « Memoire pour adjouster à l'instruction de S. M. envoyée le 22e decembre dernier au Sr commandeur de Neuchèses, intendant general de la navigation et commerce de France, commandant l'armée navalle de S. M... Faict à Paris, le 7e jour de febvrier 1662 »

Recueil de pièces, mss. et imprimées, sur l'histoire d'Amérique, formé par le P. Léonard de Ste-Catherine de Sienne, Augustin déchaussé.

Contient : Mémoire adressé au Roy par le sr Champlain. Impr. in-4° ; Notes sur le Canada et l'évêché de Quebec ; « Information concernant l'affaire de Darien en 1699 ; » copie de l'imprimé ; « Les costes aux environs de la rivière de Misisipi, découvertes par Mr de la Salle en 1683,... par N. de Fer. 1701. » Carte et texte gravés ; Pièces diverses sur le fleuve Mississipi, parmi lesquelles une copie de la « lettre de M. d'Iberville, ou relation de son voyage... à l'embouchure du fleuve de Mississipi... 1699 ; » — fol. 49 : « Journal du voyage fait [à l'embouchure de la rivière de Mississipi] par... M. d'Iberville et le chevalier de Surgères... » (1698-1699) ; — fol. 107 : « Croquis du Mississipy..., par le sr Tonty... 1700 ; » — fol. 108 : « Campagne du vaisseau de la Renommée, en 1699 et 1700, sur la rivière de Mississipi » ; — fol. 119 : « Extrait de la relation des avantures et voyages de Mathieu Sàgean, 1701 ; » — fol. 127 : « Letre historique touchant le Mississipi, écrite à Paris, le 6 aoust 1702, par M. de Remonville » ; « Relation du voyage du sr de Beauchesne au Chilli, dans la mer du sud de l'Amérique, par le destroit de Magellan... » (1698-1701) ; Autre relation du même ; « Mémoire pour la découverte et la conqueste des pays de Quivira et de Thequaye dans l'Amérique septentrionale » ; Copie d'une lettré anonyme sur un voyage de Porto-Rico à Carthagène et sur les combats livrés à la flotte anglaise (1702)

Gender bias in the Trends in Mathematics and Science Study 2003 (TIMMS) for Canadian students /

This study is a secondary data analysis of the Trends in Mathematics and Science Study 2003 (TIMSS) to determine if there is a gender bias, unbalanced number of items suited to the cognitive skill of one gender, and to compare performance by location. Results of the Grade 8, math portion of the test were examined. Items were coded as verbal, spatial, verbal /spatial or neither and as conventional or unconventional. A Kruskal- Wallis was completed for each category, comparing performance of students from Ontario, Quebec, and Singapore. A Factor Analysis was completed to determine if there were item categories with similar characteristics. Gender differences favouring males were found in the verbal conventional category for Canadian students and in the spatial conventional category for students in Quebec. The greatest differences were by location, as students in Singapore outperformed students from Canada in all areas except for the spatial unconventional category. Finally, whether an item is conventional or unconventional is more important than whether the item is verbal or spatial. Results show the importance of fair assessment for the genders in both the classroom and on standardized tests.

The Battle of Queenston Heights, Oct. 13, 1812

Inscribed on title page, below the author's name: Champlain 8th N.Y. H. Artillery + 10th N.Y. S. Infantry.

Fifth series of historical documents : [All relating to the War of 1812].

Published under the auspices of "The Literary and Historical Society of Quebec".

Eastham-Leinour Indenture, 1830

Fonds consists of one indenture, the sale of part of lot 94 in Niagara Township, to Thomas Eastham, by James Leinour. Thomas Eastham was a driver in the Her Majesty’s Royal Artillery and was General Brock’s trumpeter at the Battle of Queenston Heights. Eastham owned a hotel on the corner of Queen and Highland streets in Queenston. A watercolour of the hotel forms part of the J. Ross Robertson Art collection at the Metropolitan Toronto Reference Library. Eastham also served as pound keeper in the Village of Queenston. Thomas Eastham died in 1839 and an inscribed monument marks his grave in the cemetery of St. Mark’s Church, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ont. No additional information is known about James Leinour.

Grantham Township Records Collection

Item one is a minute book for Grantham Township, Ontario. It records the proceedings of meetings from 1818-1854 and the names of parish and town officers from 1818 to 1842. Names include: Chisholm, Ball, Steele, TenBroeck, Shipman, Laraway, McKerney, Adams, Pawling, Merritt, Rolls, Robertson, Lampman, Phelps, Darling. Also notes the laws agreed upon for the period - mainly dealing with livestock. Item two is a report and evidence of boundary line disputes in the Township of Grantham. Includes affidavits from witnesses to the boundary dispute and a report to the Honourable the Commissioner of Crown Lands Quebec. The affadavits were recorded in 1844, and transcribed into the folio in 1852. Lewis A. Ball was the commissioner before whom the affadavits were sworn and duly recorded. Includes field notes by Frederic F. Passmore, Provincial land surveyor. The boundary lines in dispute were 1. between the 2nd and 3rd Concessions, from Lot no. 1 to Lot no. 5, 2. between the 4th and 5th concessions, from lot no. 4 to lot no. 5 and 3. between lots 14 in the 9th and 10th concession of the Township of Grantham.

Walker Brothers Quarries Limited fonds, 1975, 1980-1981, 1984, 1987-1989

Serving the Niagara and surrounding areas for over 120 years, Walker Industries has made its impact not only commercially, but also culturally. Beginning in 1875 with the erection of a stone sawing mill on a property John Walker purchased from the Welland Canal Loan Company. One of the first projects Walker cut stone for was the Merritton Town Hall. In 1882 the business expanded to include Walkers children, changing the name to Walker & Sons. Eventually in 1887 the two eldest sons took control of the business operation and their partnership changed the company’s name to Walker Brothers, the same year the company began operating its first quarry. The quarry was conveniently located alongside the 3rd Welland canal, offering easy access to Toronto and Hamilton. It was also close to the railway system which allowed immediate access to Thorold and Niagara Falls and later access to parts of Ontario and Quebec. The quarry supplied stone to build numerous halls and armouries across Ontario. A use was also found for the ‘waste products’ of cutting the limestone. Leftover stone chips were sent to paper mills, where stone was needed as part of the sulphite pulp process for making paper. Beginning to supply the Ontario Paper Company with stone in 1913, meant not only long, hard, work, but also more profit for the company. Before mechanization, most of the loading and unloading of the stone was done by hand, taking 19 man-hours to load an 18 yard railway car. Mechanization followed in 1947 when the plant became fully mechanized making the work easier and increasing production rates. In 1957 the company moved from its original location and opened the St. Catharines Crushed Stone Plant.

Plan of the river from Niagara to Fort Schlosser

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The Bombardier, and Pocket Gunner, 7th Edition- 1813

A practical military manual for officers in the Royal Regiment of Artillery. It combines training and field service manuals with lists of equipment, weights, dimensions, and equipment accuracy and performance.

The Columbian Newspaper vol. IV no. 1105- June 12, 1813

The "Columbian" was established by Mr. Holt in 1808 as an "organ of the Clintonians" (Journalism in the United States, from 1690-1872 By Frederic Hudson) and a replacement to the "Citizen". It was a passionate Democratic paper that supported both Jefferson and Madison. Holt later sold the "Columbian" to Alden Spooner, who published the Long Island "Star". The Columbian ceased in 1821. This issue includes the following War of 1812 topics: Page 2: copies of letters from U.S. Gen. H. Dearborn describing the U.S. attack on Ft. George 27 May 1813; letter from Gen. H. Dearborn describing U.S. pursuit of British troops at Beaver Dams and the U.S. capture of Fort Erie; list of U.S. killed and wounded in Commodore Isaac Chauncey's squadron in attack on York 27 April, 1813; list of killed and wounded in Commodore Isaac Chauncey's squadron in attack on Ft. George 27 May 1813; abstract of the cartel for the exchange of prisoners of war between Great Britain and the United States; mention of troop movements through New York on their way to the battle front; list of persons killed or lost on the privateer Saratoga; Page 3: account of the loss of the U.S. war ships the Growler and Eagle to the British; news from Quebec and Kingston of troop movements; U.S. ship Syren unsuccessfully pursues British ship Herald; account of a U.S. cargo ship being captured by a British military ship; account of U.S. ship Siro capturing British ship Loyal Sam; report from Halifax of recent British troop and ship movements; list of recent troop enrollments in various states; report of British troop build up in Kingston;