Natural History

Natural history is a domain of inquiry involving organisms, including animals, fungi, and plants, in their natural environment, leaning more towards observational than experimental methods of study. A person who studies natural history is called a naturalist or natural historian. Natural history encompasses scientific research but is not limited to it. It involves the systematic study of any category of natural objects or organisms. So while it dates from studies in the ancient Greco-Roman world and the mediaeval Arabic world, through to European Renaissance naturalists working in near isolation, today's natural history is a cross-discipline umbrella of many specialty sciences; …

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PICES: North Pacific Marine Science Organization · 22 September 2024 English

All names, views and claims expressed in this report are solely those of the authors and do not represent those of the PICES Organization, nor those of their affiliated organizations, …

synergies between different bundles of CES: natural history, recreation, sense of place, safari experiences


CIHI: Canadian Institute for Health Information · 12 September 2024 English

This report highlights some key considerations to support those using CIHI data for analyses of drugs for rare diseases and explores opportunities to improve data to support these analyses.

which to track patients (e.g., to explore the natural history of a rare disease). A proxy for disease onset


MQUP: McGill-Queen's University Press · 10 September 2024

In Louis XIV’s New France, colonial authorities attempted to reproduce French regal authority in novel ways, often by performing typical metropolitan political rituals. When these practices were transposed into the …

Through a study of censuses, cartography, and natural history, it also shows how the monarch was implicitly


MQUP: McGill-Queen's University Press · 3 September 2024 English

Lake Ontario has profoundly influenced the historical evolution of North America. For centuries it has enabled and enriched the societies that crowd¬ed its edges, from fertile agricultural landscapes to energy …

tectonics. This chapter first offers a selective natural history that covers, in broad sketches, the geological and very short time scales. Following this natural history, I turn to the early human inhabit- ants of


Environmental Defence · 1 August 2024 English

Inside, you’ll find a list of the best spots to visit along the southern stretch of the Humber River as well as information on threats to the river and how …

plaques on the history of the area including natural history, Indigenous history and early settler history


IFA: International Federation on Ageing · 21 June 2024 English

• Dementia is a major public health concern of the 21st century and one of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality in aging population • Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is …

world- class contributions to understanding the natural history of Alzheimer’s disease progression. The AIBL


MQUP: McGill-Queen's University Press · 18 June 2024 English

The word "pharmacopoeia" has come to have many meanings, although it is commonly understood to be a book describing approved compositions and standards for drugs. In 1813 the Royal College …

also presented as their own in medical and natural history texts published in European centres.36 From plants had become the hallmark of European natural history.46 It was important not only for trade but great developments in chemistry, pharmacy, and natural history ‘so as to render a complete reform absolutely wherever the Dutch engaged in trade. Medicine and natural history were fundamental aspects of this new science Innovative works of scholarship – cov- ering natural history, ethnography, theology, linguistics, agriculture


CHA: Canadian Historical Association · 5 June 2024 French

The current state of historical societies in Canada [English version] A collaborative approach The idea of launching a conversation between historical societies in Canada as part of the centenary of …

illustrative of the civil, religious, literary and natural history of the country. --- [Traduction] La Historical prospective founding members. The Victoria-based Natural History Society of British Columbia was also a moving invitations aux membres fondateurs potentiels. La Natural History Society of British Columbia, basée à Victoria George Dawson’s report on the Geological and Natural History Survey of Canada’s 1887 Yukon Expedition) 115


MQUP: McGill-Queen's University Press · 21 May 2024 English

When he first hiked the Don Valley trails / all he heard was river as he strode / beside its glitter of smashing glass Grounded in the local and immediate …

Tales of the Don (Toronto: Natural Heritage/Natural History, 1984).107 Some of these poems have appeared


CADTH: Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health · 10 May 2024 English

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data into a large database to investigate the natural history of PFIC.12,13 The OvEC study used inverse probability (9%) in the odevixibat from a retrospective natural history cohort experienced an EFS event vs. 44 study a retrospective database investigating the natural history of PFIC.12,13 Study Design and Objectives The Gonzales E, et al. Genotype correlates with the natural history of severe bile salt export pump deficiency Key data sources PEDFIC 1, PEDFIC 2, NAPPED natural history study Submitted results ICER = $2,000,828 per


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