La réforme du régime matrimonial au Nouveau-Brunswick et un coup d'oeil sur la réforme ontarienne

This essay seeks to examine the nature of the new Marital Property Act of New Brunswick and to make comparisons between it and other reforming legislation such as that of Ontario. The article analyses the conditions in which the new law applies together with the rules governing matrimonial property, non-matrimonial assets and the matrimonial home.Le présent article fait l'analyse du nouveau régime matrimonial établi par la Loi sur les biens matrimoniaux du Nouveau-Brunswick en la comparant avec les réformes des autres provinces. Le but de cette étude est de cerner les conditions d'application du nouveau régime, et c'est ce que l'auteur analyse du régime affectant les biens matrimoniaux, les biens autres que les biens matrimoniaux et le foyer matrimonial

Droit a l\u27Aide Juridique des Personnes Confrontees a une Demande de Tutelle d\u27Enfants ou de Personnes Agees

The refusal of the New Brunswick McKenna government to continue financing civil legal aid may be a signal of what is coming in other Canadian provinces. It also questions the basis on which civil legal aid rests. The author examines the basis of civil legal aid in the context of orders of guardianship of children or elderly persons. Three bases of legal aid are examined. The obligation of the legal profession to offer free services is first examined, followed by the utilitarian philosophy applied in our democratic western societies. Finally, international documents and the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms are canvassed as a basis for the right to legal aid. Through a systematic analysis of the Charter, the author shows that it is difficult to establish the right to legal aid in the abstract Following the method prescribed by recent Supreme Court of Canada decisions, it must first be established that one of the interests protected in the Charter bas been violated. Only then, could a judge decide that the person subjected to a guardianship order has a right to legal aid if a just trial could not be held without legal advice because of the nature of the procedure, the complexity of the case and the consequences to the individual if the guardianship order is granted. Once this has been established, then recourse can be had to s. 24(1) of the Charter to ask the judge to order legal aid to provide legal services, to refuse to make the guardianship order or to make a lesser order

Droit a l\u27Aide Juridique des Personnes Confrontees a une Demande de Tutelle d\u27Enfants ou de Personnes Agees

The refusal of the New Brunswick McKenna government to continue financing civil legal aid may be a signal of what is coming in other Canadian provinces. It also questions the basis on which civil legal aid rests. The author examines the basis of civil legal aid in the context of orders of guardianship of children or elderly persons. Three bases of legal aid are examined. The obligation of the legal profession to offer free services is first examined, followed by the utilitarian philosophy applied in our democratic western societies. Finally, international documents and the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms are canvassed as a basis for the right to legal aid. Through a systematic analysis of the Charter, the author shows that it is difficult to establish the right to legal aid in the abstract Following the method prescribed by recent Supreme Court of Canada decisions, it must first be established that one of the interests protected in the Charter bas been violated. Only then, could a judge decide that the person subjected to a guardianship order has a right to legal aid if a just trial could not be held without legal advice because of the nature of the procedure, the complexity of the case and the consequences to the individual if the guardianship order is granted. Once this has been established, then recourse can be had to s. 24(1) of the Charter to ask the judge to order legal aid to provide legal services, to refuse to make the guardianship order or to make a lesser order

A SEQUENTIAL DUAL CLEAVAGE OF THE ARYLSULFAMATE LINKER TO PROVIDE BOTH SULFAMATE AND PHENOL DERIVATIVES

Abstract. Tyramine sulfamate was linked to the trityl chloride resin and this polymeric solid support used to introduce two levels of molecular diversity by formation of peptide bonds. A dual cleavage strategy next generated in a sequential way (without resin split) two different types of compounds (phenol and arylsulfamate derivatives), which are therapeutically attractive types of compounds. Here, we used tyramine as a general scaffold, but other arylsulfamate derivatives could be judiciously used to extend the nature of synthesized compounds

17β-HSD type 2 activity and localization in human adipose tissue

Testosterone can be converted into androstenedione (4-dione) by 17β-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase (HSD) activity likely performed by 17β-HSD type 2. Our objective was to evaluate the rate of testosterone conversion to 4-dione as well as expression and localization of 17β-HSD type 2 in omental (OM) vs. subcutaneous (SC) adipose tissues of men. Formation of 4-dione from testosterone was significantly higher in homogenates (p ≤ 0.001) and explants (p ≤ 0.01) of OM than SC tissue. Microscopy analyses and biochemical assays in cell fractions localized the enzyme in the vasculature/endothelial cells of adipose tissues. Conversion of testosterone to 4-dione was weakly detected in most OM and/or SC preadipocyte cultures. Positive correlations were found between 17β-HSD type 2 activity in whole tissue and BMI or SC adipocyte diameter. We conclude that conversion of testosterone to 4-dione detected in abdominal adipose tissue is caused by 17β-HSD type 2 which is localized in the vasculature of the adipose compartment

REMOVING SLUDGE HEELS FROM SAVANNAH RIVER SITE WASTE TANKS BY OXALIC ACID DISSOLUTION

The Savannah River Site (SRS) will remove sludge as part of waste tank closure operations. Typically the bulk sludge is removed by mixing it with supernate to produce a slurry, and transporting the slurry to a downstream tank for processing. Experience shows that a residual heel may remain in the tank that cannot be removed by this conventional technique. In the past, SRS used oxalic acid solutions to disperse or dissolve the sludge heel to complete the waste removal. To better understand the actual conditions of oxalic acid cleaning of waste from carbon steel tanks, the authors developed and conducted an experimental program to determine its effectiveness in dissolving sludge, the hydrogen generation rate, the generation rate of other gases, the carbon steel corrosion rate, the impact of mixing on chemical cleaning, the impact of temperature, and the types of precipitates formed during the neutralization process. The test samples included actual SRS sludge and simulated SRS sludge. The authors performed the simulated waste tests at 25, 50, and 75 C by adding 8 wt % oxalic acid to the sludge over seven days. They conducted the actual waste tests at 50 and 75 C by adding 8 wt % oxalic acid to the sludge as a single batch. Following the testing, SRS conducted chemical cleaning with oxalic acid in two waste tanks. In Tank 5F, the oxalic acid (8 wt %) addition occurred over seven days, followed by inhibited water to ensure the tank contained enough liquid to operate the mixer pumps. The tank temperature during oxalic acid addition and dissolution was approximately 45 C. The authors analyzed samples from the chemical cleaning process and compared it with test data. The conclusions from the work are: (1) Oxalic acid addition proved effective in dissolving sludge heels in the simulant demonstration, the actual waste demonstration, and in SRS Tank 5F. (2) The oxalic acid dissolved {approx} 100% of the uranium, {approx} 100% of the iron, and {approx} 40% of the manganese during a single contact in the simulant demonstration. (The iron dissolution may be high due to corrosion of carbon steel coupons.) (3) The oxalic acid dissolved {approx} 80% of the uranium, {approx} 70% of the iron, {approx} 50% of the manganese, and {approx} 90% of the aluminum in the actual waste demonstration for a single contact. (4) The oxalic acid dissolved {approx} 100% of the uranium, {approx} 15% of the iron, {approx} 40% of the manganese, and {approx} 80% of the aluminum in Tank 5F during the first contact cycle. Except for the iron, these results agree well with the demonstrations. The data suggest that a much larger fraction of the iron in the sludge dissolved, but it re-precipitated with the oxalate added to Tank 5F. (5) The demonstrations produced large volumes (i.e., 2-14 gallons of gas/gallon of oxalic acid) of gas (primarily carbon dioxide) by the reaction of oxalic acid with sludge and carbon steel. (6) The reaction of oxalic acid with carbon steel produced hydrogen in the simulant and actual waste demonstrations. The volume produced varied from 0.00002-0.00100 ft{sup 3} hydrogen/ft{sup 2} carbon steel. The hydrogen production proved higher in unmixed tanks than in mixed tanks