Palynology of late-glacial and postglacial sediments in Georgian Bay, Ontario, Canada, as related to the Great Lakes history /

This investigation comprises three parts: (1) the source, mechanism of transport, and distribution of pollen, spores and other palynomorphs in Georgian Bay bottom sediments and a comparison of these data with the contemporary vegetation, (2) the relative significance of fluvial transportation of pollen and spores, and (3) the late- and postglacial history of vegetational and climatic changes in the Georgicin Bay region. Modem pollen and spore assemblages in Georgian Bay do reflect the surrovinding vegetation when preservation and pollen production by the different species are considered and accounted for. Relative pollen percentage and concentration isopoll patterns indicate that rivers contribute large quantities of pollen and spores to Georgian Bay. This is further substantiated by large amounts of pollen and spores which were caught in traps in the Moon, Muskoka, and Nottawasaga Rivers which flow into Georgian Bay. The majority of pollen and spores caught in these traps were washed into the rivers by surface water runoff and so reflect the vegetation of the watershed in a regional sense. In a 12.9 metre long sediment core from northeastern Georgian Bay the relative percentage and absolute pollen concentrations allow correlation of Georgian Bay Lake phases with climatic and forest history. Four distinct pollen zones are distinguished: zone GB IV which is the oldest, reflects the succession from open spruce woodland to boreal forest; zone GB III represents a period of pine-mixed hardwoods forests from about 10,000 to 7,500 years ago. A pine-maplehemlock association dominated in zone GB II, although during the culmination of postglacial warming about 4,000 to 5,000 years ago the Georgian Bay forests had a more deciduous character. Zone GB I clearly shows European man's disturbance of the forest by logging activities.

Synthesis of Chiral Benzimidazolylidenes from 1,10-Phenathrolines and 1,10-Phenathroline-2,9-dione /

A^-heterocyclic carbenes (NHCs) have become the focus of much interest as ancillary ligands for transition metal catalysts in recent years. Their structural variability and strong cy-donation properties have led to the preparation of demonstrably useful organometallic catalysts. Among the three general structural types of NHCs (imidazolylidenes, imidazolinylidenes, and benzimidazolylidenes), benzimidazolylidenes are the least investigated because of the limitation of current synthetic approaches. The preparation of chiral analogues is even more challenging. Previously, our group has demonstrated an alternative approach to synthesizing benzimidazolylidenes with a tetracyclic framework in three steps from 1,10-phenanthroline. This thesis is focused on approaches to chiral benzimidazolylidenes derived from substituted 1,10-phenanthrolines. A key step in the preparation of these ligands involves a reduction of the pyridyl rings in 1,10-phenanthrolines. Chirality can be introduced to phenanthrolines before, during, or after the reduction as illustrated by three approaches: 1) de novo construction of the phenanthroline from chiral ketones with endo and exo faces to provide a degree of diastereoselectivity during subsequent reduction; 2) introduction of substituents into the 2- and 2,9- position of phenanthroline by nucleophilic aromatic substitution, followed by a reduction-resolution sequence; and 3) use of the protected octahydrophenanthroline as a substrate for chiral induction a to nitrogen.

James VI of Scotland Letter, 1579

This letter authorizes William Hamilton of Portmollart to repair to Edinburgh notwithstanding the acts discharging the Hamiltons from being within six miles of the King’s person. James VI and James I (June 19, 1566 – March 27, 1625) was King of Scots as James VI from July 24th, 1567 and King of England and Ireland as James I from the union of the English and Scottish crowns on March 24, 1603 after the passing of Elizabeth I.

Ictiofauna y recursos ictiofaúnisticos pesqueros actuales en la Laguna Madre, Tamaulipas, México

Tesis (Maestría en Ciencias, Especialidad en Ecología Acuática y Pesca) UANL

Nuevos conductores de ion litio en los sistemas Li2O-AlO3-MO2, M=Si,Ge

Tesis (Maestría en Ciencias con Especialidad en Físicoquímica) UANL

Vida de la beata María de la Encarnación, monja conversa profesa,del orden de Carmelitas Descalzas y su fundadora en Francia

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Santa escuela de Christo

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Historia de la fundación y discurso de la provincia de Santiago de México de la orden de Predicadores, por las vidas de sus varones insignes y casos notables de Nueva España

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Sacrosanctum Oecomenicum Concilium Tridentinum additis declarationibus cardinalium concilii interpretum

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Sainte bible en latin et en francois avec des notes litterales critiques et historiques.

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Sagrada Biblia, en latín y español, con notas literales, críticase históricas, prefacios y dicertaciones, sacadas del comentario de D. Agustín Calmet, abad de Senones, del abad Vence y de los más célebres autores, para facilitar la inteligencia de la sa

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História de la revolución de Inglaterra : desde el advenimiento de Carlos I, hasta su muerte

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Rencontre avec... Danielle Tardif

En rencontrant aujourd’hui Danielle Tardif, responsable de la bibliothèque de la faculté de médecine de Montréal, la rédaction de Pédagogie Médicale ouvre sa rubrique à des acteurs de formation autre que les médecins-enseignants au sens traditionnel du terme. Conscients du rôle d’autres professionnels dans la formation de nos futurs médecins, nous avons voulu mieux les faire connaître et engager un dialogue avec eux. Danielle Tardif a suivi un cursus universitaire de biologie et de bibliothéconomie. Elle a fait un détour de 10 ans en recherche médicale avant de travailler comme bibliothécaire. « Cette expérience m’est aujourd’hui très précieuse » nous précise- t-elle. Elle est chef du service de référence et développement des collections à la Bibliothèque de la santé depuis 10 ans et considère la formation documentaire des usagers comme une priorité de son équipe.

Yesterday’s Games: Contingency Learning and the Growth of Public Spending, 1890-1938

Neither democracy nor globalization can explain the doubling of the peacetime public share in many Western countries between World Wars I and II. Here we examine two other explanations that are consistent with the timing of the observed changes, namely, (1) a shift in the demand for public goods and (2) the effect of war on the willingness to share. We first model each of these approaches as a contingency-learning phenomenon within Schelling’s Multi-Person Dilemma. We then derive verifiable propositions from each hypothesis. National time series of public spending as a share of GNP reveal no unit root but a break in trend, a result shown to favor explanation (2) over (1).