THE GEOGRAPHIC BOARD OF CANADA

Geographic Board Games

Geographic Board Games feature maps. As board games developed during the Early Modern Period, 1450 to 1750/1850, the maps that were utilised reflected the contemporary knowledge of the Earth and the cartography and surveying technologies at their time of manufacture and sale. As ephemera of family life, many board games have not survived, but those that do reveal an entertaining way of learning...

The Pharmacy Examining Board of Canada.

Since 2001, the PEBC Qualifying Examination for pharmacists has consisted of two components: Part I, the multiple-choice question examination given in two half-day sessions; and Part II, a performance assessment, approximately 3 hours in length, given on a third day. Part II is known as an Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE). It is designed to assess communications/interpersonal sk...

Geographic variation in the rate of carotid endarterectomy in Canada.

UNLABELLED Background and Purpose-- Carotid endarterectomy (CEA) is an important method of stroke prevention, but its usage in Canada is not well known. The indications for CEA have been well informed by the recent clinical trials, but the impact of this information on the rate and regional variation in the rate of CEA is unknown. This study sought to determine the rate and the regional variati...

The Viewpoint of IJMS New Editorial Board

the effect of taftan pozzolan on the compressive strength of concrete in the environmental conditions of oman sea (chabahar port)

cement is an essential ingredient in the concrete buildings. for production of cement considerable amount of fossil fuel and electrical energy is consumed. on the other hand for generating one tone of portland cement, nearly one ton of carbon dioxide is released. it shows that 7 percent of the total released carbon dioxide in the world relates to the cement industry. considering ecological issu...