... the five Canadian superheroes chosen--Superman, Johnny Canuck, Nelvana of the Northern Lights, Captain Canuck, and Fleur ... nationalize the superhero icon. Both Johnny Canuck and Nelvana were heroes of the Second World War, and ...
Tópico(s): Comics and Graphic Narratives
2006 - Taylor & Francis | The American Review of Canadian Studies
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Tópico(s): Arctic and Russian Policy Studies
2008 - Taylor & Francis | Canadian Foreign Policy Journal
Nelvana Ramalingum, Mohamad Fawzi Mahomoodally,
Pharmaceutical and nutritional sciences have recently witnessed a bloom in the scientific literature geared towards the use of food plants for their diversified health benefits and potential clinical applications. Health professionals now recognize that a synergism of drug therapy and nutrition might confer optimum outcomes in the fight against diseases. The prophylactic benefits of food plants are being investigated for potential use as novel medicinal remedies due to the presence of pharmacologically ...
Tópico(s): Ethnobotanical and Medicinal Plants Studies
2014 - Hindawi Publishing Corporation | Advances in Pharmacological Sciences
Mohamad Fawzi Mahomoodally, Nelvana Ramalingum,
The use of medicinal food plants (MFP) as herbal remedies is currently undergoing a renewed interest, with increased sales, consumer preference and regulatory interest. Mauritius is a multi-cultural island with a long-standing tradition in the use of herbal remedies. This study has endeavoured to evaluate the consumption pattern, culinary and medicinal uses, attitude and perceptions of Mauritians towards seven common MFP (Amaranthus hybridus (amaranth), Aloe vera (aloe), Momordica charantia (bitter-melon), ...
Tópico(s): Seed and Plant Biochemistry
2015 - Elsevier BV | Journal of Herbal Medicine
Nelvana Ramalingum, Mohamad Fawzi Mahomoodally,
Vangueria madagascariensis (VM), consumed for its sweet-sour fruits, is used as a biomedicine for the management of diabetes and bacterial infections in Africa. The study aims to assess the potential of VM on α -amylase, α -glucosidase, glucose movement, and antimicrobial activity. The antioxidant properties were determined by measuring the FRAP, iron chelating activity, and abilities to scavenge DPPH, HOCl, (∙) OH, and NO radicals. Leaf decoction, leaf methanol, and unripe fruit methanol extracts were ...
Tópico(s): Botanical Research and Applications
2014 - Hindawi Publishing Corporation | BioMed Research International
... by the 1990s he was angry over the Nelvana television productions of Jake and the Kid. Nelvana pursued 'slickness, not authenticity,' preferring pretty farmyards and ...
Tópico(s): Digital Humanities and Scholarship
2007 - University of Toronto Press | University of Toronto Quarterly
... End Page 89] the Toronto-based animation company Nelvana, whose founders were alumni of our school. He ... that the move to conglomeration was, like the Nelvana case, also a chapter in Moviefone's history, ...
Tópico(s): Sport and Mega-Event Impacts
2011 - University of Texas Press | Cinema Journal
... his adventures made by Ellipse (in Paris) and Nelvana (in Toronto), which was distributed in more than ...
Tópico(s): Historical and Political Studies
1999 - Johns Hopkins University Press | Children's Literature Association quarterly
... from Hong Kong and Taiwan), animation companies like Nelvana (television cartoons), and distributors such as Rocco Mastrangelo ( ...
Tópico(s): Cinema and Media Studies
2018 - University of Minnesota Press | The Moving Image The Journal of the Association of Moving Image Archivists