McGill University Thèses et mémoires publiés en 1979

Arnold, Dr. Armin  Read more

Neims, Dr. Allen H.  Read more

Wallerstein, Immanuel  Read more

Proteins were isolated from acidic extracts and alkaline extracts of white kidney beans (Phaseolus vulgaris), navy beans (Phaseolus vulgaris) and baby lima beans (Phaseolus lunatus). The proteins were examined under a light microscope and a Scanning Electron Microscope. The isolated proteins had different microscopic structures; the structures depended on the conditions (pH and normality of extractant) of extraction. The various protein preparations were analysed for phytic acid, carbohydrates and citric acid. The nature of the protein-phytic acid reaction which takes place during the isolation of the proteins was investigated. The proteins that were isolated from the citric acid extracts and …  Read more

Horrobin, D. F. (Supervisor)  Read more

This thesis is concerned with the study of pollutant effluents discharged from a side channel into rivers or coastal cross currents. Experiments were carried out to study the reattachment of the jet effluent and the entrapment of pollutant in the recirculating eddy immediately downstream of the discharge channel. The flow was simulated in the laboratory by discharging dyed water from a side channel perpendicularly into an open channel crossflow. Geometric characteristics of the reattachment eddy were obtained from flow visualization. The transient variation of dye concentration in the eddy was determined from a series of light absorption probes, which were …  Read more

DeVoe, Dr. I.W.  Read more

This study is concerned with the relative importance of government and private pensions in Canada. The examination of data on retirement income of older persons shows that government pension payments are their most important source of income. These figures indicate the serious limitations of private pension plans as sources of retirement income for a significant proportion of the population. These limitations are due to the nature of these plans - their lack of universality, restrictions on the vesting of benefits and the inability of plans based on savings to guarantee pensions in real terms in a economy subject to varying …  Read more

Johnstone, Rose M. (Supervisor)  Read more

The animal metaphors of Germinal represent a well enough distinct framework to be considered as a global and significant entity. A concise survey of the history of rhetoric does establish the present importance of the metaphor which far from being a simple ornament of the speech has extended its meaning into new perspectives. Applied to other areas of knowledge, as semiotic, sociology, mythology and speech subconscious processes, the metaphor represents newer ways of thinking and assists in grasping the soul of the written word. The present work aims at being an analysis of the text and not of the style.In …  Read more

Cette étude traite du problème de l'estimation du paramètre des rendements dans certaines industries manufacturières au Canada. Dans la première partie nous utilisons deux méthodes qui sont indépendantes de la forme de la fonction de production: la loi des effets proportionnels et la technique du survivant. Il est à souligner que les résultats obtenus à partir de ces méthodes ne servent généralement que comme préliminaire à une étude plus poussée sur les économies d'échelle. Dans la deuxième partie, le paramètre des rendements est estimé à partir d'un modèle économétrique lui-même dérivé d'une fonction de production qui est homogène de degré …  Read more

Huit cultures bactériennes d'origine océanique ayant la propriété d'hydrolyser l'extrait polyosidique de 1 'algue rouge Eucheuma spinosum (carraghénane iota) ont été isolées. 11 s'est avéré qu'une seule de ces souches {culture #1) synthétise une enzyme montrant une spécificité marquée pour le carraghénane iota, la carraghénase iota. Les autres souches ont une faible activité de carraghénase iota et dégradent préférentiellement le carraghénane kappa présent dans le polyoside d'E. spinosum, prouvant le caractère hybride de l'extrait polyosidique. La carraghénase iota (souche #l) et la carragnénase kappa synthétisée par Pseudomonas carrageenovora ont été utilisées pour étudier les caractères hybrides de plusieurs extraits d'algues …  Read more

Fukada, Professor M.  Read more

Cette thèse soutient que les explications dans l’histoire, quand elles prétendent établir les causes qui produisent certains phénomènes ou les particularités de phénomènes, doivent, ainsi: .que celles dans les sciences plus exactes, être évaluées en tant que conclusions d’arguments déductifs dont les prémisses ont été confirmées. Nous examinons trois types principaux d'argument contre ce point de vue: (1) que la forme narrative de plusieurs compte rendus historiques indiquent au mode d’explication alternatif, propre à l'histoire; (2) que l'analyse des explications causales indique que les considérations d'ordre pragmatique devraient avoir la préséance sur le critère déductif dans l'évaluation de telles explications; …  Read more

Oliver, M. (Supervisor)  Read more

During the· evolution of diapsids, the tarsus underwent considerable structural change. An analysis of the mechanics of each kind of tarsus based on x-ray studies of locomotion and studies of the structure of the pelvic limb in extant diapsids indicates that the early structural changes are related to the development of an intratarsal joint and consolidation of the metatarsus. Primitively, warping of the distal tarsal row was an integral part of the functioning of the tarsus. Key changes in the origin of the lizard tarsus were changes in the joints that eliminated the need for this movement of the distal …  Read more

Corballis, Dr. Mike  Read more

Seely, J. F. (Supervisor)  Read more

Ramsay, Dr. James O.  Read more

Hogan, James J. (Supervisor)  Read more

This work deals with the relationship between the Canadian Federal Government and the Government of Quebec from January 1967 - February 1968. It treats both governments as members of a dyad but differs from other studies of dyadic conflict in a number of important ways. Whereas other investigations have examined the dyadic behavior of sovereign states, this work explores the relationship between a federal and a provincial government within an ethnically-divided federation. In so doing, concepts and methods normally reserved to the field of international relations are applied to this particular type of domestic conflict. Second, rather than examining only …  Read more