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Post-Secondary Students Enjoy and Need Distance Education Nutrition Course
(Journal of the American Dietetic Association, 2004-10-03) -
Postmortem on a Distance Education Course: Successes and Failures
(American Journal of Distance Education, 1992)Athabasca University (AU) is an open university committed to delivering courses via distance education technology. In 1973, AU started work on "World Ecology: The Scientific Context" as its first home study course. This ... -
Prairie spiders of Alberta and Saskatchewan
(Arthropods of Canadian Grasslands, 2002)In the prairie ecozone of Alberta and Saskatchewan, 356 species of spiders in 2 I families have been collected. The 10 families with the most species were Linyphiidae (30%), Gnaphosidae (13%), Salticidae (8%), Theridiidae ... -
Pravention von Karzinomerkrankungen durch Beta-Karotin
(Vitamine Mineralstoffe Spurenelemente, 1988)Die magliche Rollevon Beta-Karotin als krebsverhiitendem Nahrungsbestandteil wird erortert. Prospektive und retrospektive Studien am Menschen deuten sehr stark daraufhin. daB Beta-Karotin eine krebsverhiitende Wirkung ... -
A preliminary biological survey of Athabasca University lands
(Athabasca University, 1986) -
A Preliminary Report On An Environmental Health Program By Home Study
(Environmental Health Review, 1986-12) -
Progress on Low-Cost Pulse-Counting Magnetometers for Geomagnetic Studies
(2007-11-28)"what the world needs now is a good $500 magnetometer" -
Protective effect of beta carotene against colon tumors in mice.
(Journal of the National Cancer Institute, 1987)The effect of dietary beta carotene on colon carcinogenesis Induced by 1,2-dimethylhydrazine «DMH) CAS: 540-73-81 was studied in female inbred Swiss Webster (ICR) mice. At age 10 weeks and continuing throughout the ... -
Pulp and Paper Mill References
(Friends of the Athabasca Environmental Association, 1989-02-26)This is an annotated list of books and other materials related to the development and operation of pulp and paper mills in the Athabasca River basin. The purpose of the list is to encourage members of the public to learn ... -
Pulp mills and the environment: an annotated bibliography for northern Alberta
(Canadian Circumpolar Institute, and Environmental Research and Study Centre, 1992) -
Quiet Reflections: my 100+ best photographs
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Rats’ Nest Cave.
(2007-10-31) -
Re-description of Togwoteeus biceps (Arachnida, Opiliones, Sclerosomatidae) with notes on its morphology, karyology and phenology.
(Journal of Arachnology, 1997)The harvestman genus Togwoteeus Roewer 1952 is monotypic. Its only species, T. biceps (Thorell 1877), is known from throughout western Canada and USA and is newly recorded from California, Nebraska, Nevada, Oregon, South ... -
READ: Logarithm Definition, Properties and Examples
(2007-03-27)This is a document explaining the definition of logarithm to different bases and the properties of the logarithm function. Numerous examples of evaluating logarithms are included. -
Refined carbohydrates - a cause of suboptimal nutrient intake.
(Medical Hypotheses, 1983)During the refining of carbohydrate foods there is a sharp drop in the concentration of dietary fiber and of various vitamins and minerals. Estimates were made of the effect of refining on the total diet intake of ... -
Relating feeding rates to sex and size in six species of grasshoppers (Orthoptera: Acrididae).
(Canadian Entomologist, 1984)Nymphs and adults of both sexes of six species of grasshoppers. Camnula pellucida, Dissosleira carolina, Melanoplus infantilis. M. sanguinipes, M. packardii and M. bivillalus, were fed wheat seedlings to determine daily ... -
Reminiscences about Bert Turnbull
(Canadian Arachnologist, 2007) -
Remote Access to Instrumental Analysis for Distance Education in Science
(International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, 2005-11-01)Remote access to experiments offers distance educators another tool to integrate a strong laboratory component within a science course. Since virtually all modern chemical instrumental analysis in industry now use devices ... -
Resurrecting Napier's Bones
(2008-01-30)This is a demonstration of a set of rods which John Napier invented in the early seventeenth century to make multiplication easier and faster, annotated with short historical commentaries. -
Role of selenium and cabbage in colon carcinogenesis in mice.
(Journal of the National Cancer Institute, 1987)The influence of dietary selenium and cabbage on the formation of colon tumors in female Swiss mice treated with 1,2.dimethylhydrazine [(DMH) CAS: 540-73-8] was reported. Mice received a control diet (laboratory chow), ...