Proceedings of the Nova Scotian Institute of Science
Previously known as the Nova Scotian Institute of Natural Science, the NSIS was founded in 1862 as a direct descendant of the Halifax Mechanics’ Institute (1831–1860) and the Halifax Literary and Scientific Society (1839–1862). It is one of the oldest learned societies in Canada. The Nova Scotian Institute of Science publishes a scientific journal entitled The Proceedings of the Nova Scotian Institute of Science.
Current issues of the Proceeding of the NSIS are hosted by the Dalhousie Libraries at ojs.library.dal.ca/nsis
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By-laws of the Nova Scotian Institute of Science (revised 2008)
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NSIS Presidential Address and Reports from Council Officers, Session 2006-2007
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NSIS Presidential Address and Reports from Council Officers, Session 2004-2005
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RATIONAL DRUG DESIGN: A WINDOW INTO THE AMBITIOUS QUEST OF A NEUROLOGIST AND CHEMIST
(Nova Scotian Institute of Science, 2006)In the difficult world of drug discovery, two main courses of action are open: one is to screen extensive libraries of chemical compounds against hundreds of disease models; another is to acquire a detailed understanding ... -
DESIGN STUDY OF NOVEL LIGHT GUIDE GEOMETRY FOR SCINTILLATION COUNTERS
(Nova Scotian Institute of Science, 2006)Two scintillating panels (S1 and S2) have been used as triggers in the high resolution spectrometers in HallAofthe Thomas Jefferson NationalAccelerator Facility. New panels are to be installed in place of S1 and S2 and ... -
GROWTH AND PHENYLALANINE AMMONIA LYASE ACTIVITY OF Rhodotorula g/utinis: OPTIMIZATION OF CONDITIONS FOR THE SYNTHESIS OF L-PHENYLALANINE
(Nova Scotian Institute of Science, 2006)A procedure is described for the synthesis of L-phenylalanine from trans-cinnamic acid and ammonia utilizing the reverse reaction of phenylalanine ammonia lyase (PAL) from Rhodotoru/a glutinis. Optimal conditions determined ... -
A COMPARISON OF METHODS FOR MODIFYING THE PARTIAL SINGULAR VALUE DECOMPOSITION IN LATENT SEMANTIC INDEXING
(Nova Scotian Institute of Science, 2006)The tremendous size of the Internet and modem databases has made efficient searching and information retrieval (IR) important. Latent semantic indexing (LSI) is an IR method that represents a dataset as a term-document ... -
Proceedings of The NSIS Sessions including Presidential addresses and reports from the Council Officers: Seesion 2000-2001; Session 2001-2002; and Session 2002-2003
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The Birds of Brier Island, Nova Scotia
(Nova Scotian Institute of Science, 2011-09)Brier Island, Nova Scotia, Canada, at the southwestern entrance to the Bay of Fundy, has been known for years as a prime birding destination. It combines access to unusually rich gatherings of pelagic birds, the chance of ... -
End Matter
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Editorial Board listing
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Voyage of Discovery: Fifty Years of Marine Research at Canada’s Bedford Institute of Oceanography
(Nova Scotian Institute of Science, 2013)Announcement of the forthcoming publication of Voyage of Discovery Fifty Years of Marine Research at Canada’s Bedford Institute of Oceanography, edited by D.N. Nettleship, D.C. Gordon, C.F.M. Lewis and M.P. Latremouille. -
Changes to the Publication of the PNSIS October 2013
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Council Reports NSIS AGM
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Age-Related Changes in Motor Ability and Motor Learning in Triple Transgenic (3×TG-AD) and Control (B6129SF1/J) Mice on the Accelerating Rotarod
(Nova Scotian Institute of Science, 2013)Mouse models of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) show both cognitive and neuromotor impairments. We measured motor ability and motor learning of male and female triple transgenic (3×Tg-AD) and control (B6129SF1/J) mice on the ... -
First Verified Record for Shortnose Sturgeon, Acipenser brevirostrum LeSueur, 1818, in Minas Basin, Bay of Fundy, Nova Scotia, Canada
(Nova Scotian Institute of Science, 2013)A shortnose sturgeon was caught in fisherman Wayne Linkletter’s intertidal fish weir in Minas Basin near Economy, Nova Scotia, on June 29, 2013. It was an adult, 73.7 cm fork length and weighed ~4.5 kg. Fishers in Minas ... -
The Fishery for Speckled Trout, Salvelinus fontinalis, Over a 28-Year Period in the Tangier Grand Lake Wilderness Area, Nova Scotia
(Nova Scotian Institute of Science, 2013)The Tangier Grand Lake Wilderness Area (16,000 ha) is located about 100km east of Halifax, Nova Scotia, and supports a popular fishery for speckled trout. The purpose of this study was to assess the status of the trout ... -
A Scanning Electron Microscope Analysis of Morphogenesis and Embryos and Juveniles of the Direct Developing Isopod, Cyathura polita (Stimpson, 1855)
(Nova Scotian Institute of Science, 2013)Isopods are a species rich, morphologically diverse group characterised by direct development of young within a marsupium. Collectively, these traits make isopods excellent models for understanding the changes to morphogenesis ... -
Coronilla varia L. (Fabaceae): An Invader of a Coastal Barrier Beach in Nova Scotia, Canada
(Nova Scotian Institute of Science, 2013)Coronilla varia L. (crown vetch) is described as an invasive plant on a coastal sand dune system (Mahoneys Beach) in Nova Scotia facing the southern Gulf of St. Lawrence. This is the first time that C. varia has been shown ... -
Early Spring Flowering in Nova Scotia: An Extreme Spring is Reflected in Advanced Flowering
(Nova Scotian Institute of Science, 2013)Twenty species of herbaceous plants and four non-amentiferous shrubs were found in flower in March-April in Nova Scotia during the spring of 2012. Plants were observed primarily in Kings and Antigonish Counties, with several ...
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