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Corporate law, pension law and the transformative potential of pension fund investment activism
(2002-07)
Pension funds, the funds held in trust to support occupational pension plans, represent significant funds of capital. Together with other institutional investors such as mutual funds and hedge funds they have become important ...
French-Canadian newspapers and imperial defence 1809-1914
(York University, 1967)
The significance of corporeal factors and choreographic rhythms in Jamaican popular music between 1957--1981 (Ska, Rocksteady, Reggae), with an historical and critical survey of all relevant literature dealing with Jamaican folk, religious and popular musics and dance
(York University, 2007)
Most studies of Jamaican Popular Music (JPM)--Ska, Rocksteady, Reggae--only discuss sonic structures as isolated phenomena, with little consideration of correlationships between JPM sonic patterns and those of indigenous ...
A Collection and Re-creation of Bahamian Traditional Dances
(1992-10-01)
This research project provides a collection and re-creation of eleven traditional Bahamian dances. Since the early eighteenth century,Bahamian folk dancing has been an integral part of the native's social life and culture ...
The stylistic diversity of the concert saxophone
(York University, 2007-07)
This thesis examines the sonic parameters and musical versatility of the concert
saxophone. Invented in 1840, the instrument failed to become a regular member of the
symphony orchestra, and is thus underrepresented in ...
Cuban Piano Music: Contradanza
(2009-10-21)
This work is based on research, analysis, studies and performance of Cuban
concert piano music. The aim of the paper is to illustrate the historical development of
this music from the 19th Century repertoire of contradanzas. ...
A Close Look at the Hydrolytic Mechanism of OXA-58, a Class D β-Lactamase from Acinetobacter baumannii
(2012-04-25)
OXA-58 enzyme from Acinetobacter baumannii is a carbepenm-hydrolyzing class-D β-lactamase which uses a carbamylated lysine to activate the nucleophilic serine used for β-lactam hydrolysis. The deacylating water molecule ...