Canadian Information Processing

Gitte Lindgaard (Secretary) Canadian Information Processing Society... 

K. Shoemake, Graphics lnterface 92 , Canadian Information Processing Society (CIPS), Toronto, 1992, pp. 151-156. A reprint of this paper and a sample implementation are available at ftp //ftp.cis.upenn.edu/pub/graphics/arcball/... 

Interest now is centered on the thorium cycle (23) and laboratory studies have continued to investigate both an adaptation of the Thorex process to CANDU fuel and the application of the amine process to recovering uranium-233 from irradiated thorium. The program to develop and fully demonstrate the thorium fuel cycle has been outlined, and would require about 25 years to complete. However, the current research level will not be expanded until a decision can be taken by the Canadian Government when the information from the current International Nuclear Fuel Cycle Evaluation has been assessed. 

Harmonizing with international standards is a particularly timely effort as the Canadian Standards Association (CSA) undergoes the revision process for its CSA Z94.1 standard. As a companion to the product-performance standard, the ISEA Head Protection Group intends to create a companion user s guide that will covers topics such as proper product selection, service-life, care and other guidance information. 

Computers have been defined as systems of machines that process information in the form of letters, numbers, and other symbols, and that are self directing within predetermined limits . Webster s New International Dictionary defines a computer as a mechanical or electronic apparatus capable of carrying out repetitious and highly complex mathematical operations at high speeds . Computers are used in business for the maintenance of inventories, the calculation and preparation of payrolls, etc. in industry for the automatic operation of machinery, the control of refinery operations, etc. and in research for the determination of flight characteristics of missiles and spacecraft, the prediction of the behaviour of substances acted upon by a number of variables, etc. These definitions were cited by the Canadian Supreme Court in R. v. McLaughlin [1980] 2 SCR 331 at 339. 

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