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U-series Disequilibria in Guatemalan Lavas, Crustal Contamination, and Implications for Magma Genesis Along the Central American Subduction Zone

Walker, James A.; Mickelson, J. Erik; Thomas, Rebecca B.; Patino, Lina C.; Cameron, Barry; Carr, Michael J.; Feigenson, Mark D.; Edwards, R. Lawrence (American Geophysical Union, 2007)

New U-series results indicate that Guatemalan volcanic rocks display both 238U and 230Th excesses. 230Th excess is restricted to volcanoes in central Guatemala, both along and behind the front. 230Th excess correlates ...

Understanding and Improving Outcomes for Students in an Underserved Secondary School in Kenya: A School-Community-University Partnership

Wasonga, Teresa A.; Burgin, Ximena D.; Daniel, Mayra C. (Kenya Scholars and Studies Association, 2021)

Although universities are positioned to lead change, specifically by improving educational systems, there is no evidence of universities in Kenya engaging with schools. Concurrently, the quality of education in Kenya is ...

Understanding internal, external, and relational attributions for abusive supervision.

Burton, James P.; Taylor, Shannon G.; Barber, Larissa K. (Journal of Organizational Behavior, 2014)

Despite abundant research on the consequences of perceived abusive supervision, less is known about how employees develop perceptions of supervisory abuse. Across two studies, we integrate classic and recent theoretical ...

Understanding Prostitutes and Prostitution in Democratic Burma, 1942–62 State Jewels or Victims of Modernity?

Than, Tharaphi (IP Publishing Ltd, 2011)

Prostitution in Burmese society, as in many South East Asian countries, is a taboo subject. Unlike prostitution in countries such as Thailand, however, prostitution in Burma does not attract strong media or scholarly ...

Unemployment, Labor Force Participation and the Illinois Work Force

Walzer, Norman; Harger, Brian (Northern Illinois University Center for Government Studies, 2016)

The relatively slow economic recovery in Illinois following the 2009 recession has been a frequent topic of debate among policymakers, business leaders, and the news media, with each group judging the state’s performance ...

United States Copper Companies, the State, and Labour Conflict in Mexico, 1900-1910

Gonzales, Michael J. (Cambridge University Press, 1994-10)

Article explores worker strikes in the Mexican copper industry, incorporating elemetns of both traditional interpretations, emphasizing the activities as precursor to the Mexican Revolution, and revisionist interpretations ...

Universal reading processes are modulated by language and writing system

Perfetti, Charles A.; Harris, Lindsay N., 1979-- (2013)

The connections among language, writing system, and reading are part of what confronts a child in learning to read. We examine these connections in addressing how reading processes adapt to the variety of written language ...

Unnatural Voluntary Parentage Acknowledgments Under the 2017 Uniform Parentage Act

Parness, Jeffrey A. (2018-10)

The 2017 Uniform Parentage Act expands the opportunities for formal parentage establishments via voluntary acknowledgements (VAPs) by intended parents with no natural ties to their acknowledged children. This constitutes ...

Unseen Influence: Lucretia Blankenburg and the Rise of Philadelphia Reform Politics in 1911

VandeCreek, Drew (University of New Mexico Press, 1999)

Lucretia Blankenburg successfully made women a crucial element of her husband Rudolph's successful campaign to become Mayor of Philadelphia in 1911. Although the reform candidate did not enjoy the use of the type of political ...

Unsettling Questions Regarding Lawyer Civil Claim Settlement Authority

Parness, Jeffrey A.; Bartlett, Austin (1999)

While often presumed or declared to be quite settled, many of the guidelines on lawyer civil claim settlement authority are unsettled, leaving unresolved questions for lawyers, clients, and the courts. The upcoming publication ...

USA: Regulating Non-Lawyers to Close the Access to Justice Gap

Rigertas, Laurel A. (Legal Ethics, 2014)

Despite the fact that many new lawyers are struggling today to find employment, there are a few regulators of the legal profession willing to consider how non-lawyers can help to close the gap in consumer access to legal ...

The Use of the Talmudic Format for the Presentation of Qualitative Work

Rodgers, Diane (Society for the Study of Symbolic Interaction, 2009)

In this article, I propose to adapt the Talmud, a Jewish religious text, for the written representation of qualitative research. The form and the style of argumentation in and engendered by the Talmud can be adapted to ...

Using climatology to predict the first major summer corn earworm (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) catch in north central Illinois

Changnon, David; Sandstrom, Michael; Astolfi, Joseph; Kopczyk, Jonathan; Sich, Matias (Royal Meteorological Society, 2010)

One of the largest food production companies in the United States, with sales in the billions of dollars, must closely monitor anything that may affect their vegetable crops. This includes harmful insects, such as the ...