Performing the Other: Indigenous Identity and Regional Resistance in Sonoran Literature of the 1980\u27s

During the decade of the 1980’s there occurs a preoccupation, presence and notable change in the representation of the indígena in the cultural production of the State of Sonora. This articulation of a modified ethnic discourse is a product of the economic and social changes that impacted the region during this period. Through a detailed examination of three Sonoran writers we observe how this ethnic discourse leads to a reformulation the traditional images of the indígena and reflects the negotiation between local and national interests to determine the meaning of the region, its identity and its place within the nation

Textiled Narratives: Branding, Consumption, and Mexican American Identity at the Turn of the Twentieth Century

The NaCo apparel company out of Tijuana, Mexico, created a unique line of clothing and accessories in the late 1990s and early 2000s. With its success in Mexico, the brand chose to extend its reach into the lucrative US market. The company\u27s focus on bicultural and binational images seemed a natural fit for a growing Latinx presence in the US. An analysis of the company\u27s successes and failures in the new market highlights the continued importance of borders as separators of visual economies rooted in national histories and imaginations. Additionally, their experience reveals the complexities within Latinx communities that can at once divide and unite them. This pushes back against prevalent discourses that tend toward homogenizing the political and cultural beliefs in these communities

The Human Resource Implications of Plant Shutdowns

Human resource programs that were developed to serve those displaced by plant closings have been fragmented. Participation rates have been low in placement, job search assistance, relocation, and retrain ing programs, and results have not been particularly positive. Great emphasis was placed upon serving those in need when programs did develop. The fragmentation characteristic of previous policy—or nonpolicy— seems to have undergone considerable organization and rationalization with the advent of the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) and the association of several major labor-management displaced worker pro grams with the federal-state program. This change tends to emphasize placement and to focus upon training exclusively. As a result, not only will disadvantaged workers compete with displaced workers for training resources and jobs, but participation in programs for displaced workers will be encouraged for those who are most advantaged, thus consigning a large number of less-advantaged displaced workers to underemployment, permanent unemployment, and eventual dependence upon income main tenance.Peer Reviewedhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/67203/2/10.1177_000271628447500106.pd

Leaving Early: Perspectives and Problems in Current Retirement Practice and Policy

Examines the key issues surrounding the trend in early retirement.https://research.upjohn.org/up_press/1155/thumbnail.jp

Interpretation of Hot‐Atom Data

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Reactions of High‐Energy, Excited I128 Ions with Gaseous Molecules

The manner in which molecular additives inhibit the reaction of (n, γ) activated I128 with CH4 was determined in an effort to observe indirectly reactions of I128 with the additives. The data suggest that (1) O2, N2, and CF4 serve only to remove excess I128 kinetic energy; (2) the ionization potential of O2 is greater than 12.16 ev, the potential energy of I+(1D2); (3) the ionization potential of C2F6 is less than 12.16 ev; (4) CH3I, CF3I, n‐C3H7I, and C6H6 inhibit the reaction principally as a result of I++additive ion‐molecule reactions and/or physical quenching.Peer Reviewedhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/70530/2/JCPSA6-36-2-287-1.pd

C13 and Deuterium Isotope Effects in the Photolysis of Methyl and Ethyl Bromide

Relative rates of formation of isotopic radicals in the photolysis of gaseous methyl and ethyl bromide have been measured. Photolyses (2537 A) were carried out in a large excess of cyclopentane. Methyl (or ethyl) radicals formed in the primary C☒Br bond scission abstract H from cyclopentane to form methane (or ethane). For methyl bromide, the C12/C13 enrichment factor for the first fraction of the methane was 1.039±0.003. The corresponding factor for the α‐carbon—Br rupture in ethyl bromide was 1.041±0.004. In the deuterium experiments, CH3Br—CD3Br mixtures in excess cyclopentane were photolyzed. The H/D fractionation factor (based on CH4/CD3H) was 1.41±0.01.The difference in rates of formation of isotopic radicals is due to the difference in ultraviolet absorption coefficients of the isotopic alkyl bromides. At 2537 A the observed ratio of the extinction coefficient of CH3Br relative to that of CD3Br is 1.38±0.05.Peer Reviewedhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/71079/2/JCPSA6-30-4-973-1.pd

Failure to Bond Rupture and Nuclear Recoil Following (n, γ) Activation

Following the absorption of a thermal neutron by 127I or 79Br, the neutron‐binding energy is frequently released in the form of a gamma‐ray cascade. As a result of partial cancellation of gamma‐ray momenta, a small fraction of the activated halogens will not receive sufficient recoil momentum to rupture from their parent compound. The gas‐phase failures to bond rupture following 127I(n, γ) 128I, and 79Br(n, γ) 80Br activation were found experimentally to be: CH3I—1.09, CD3I—0.68, CF3I—0.12, CH2I2—0.068, C2H5I—0.082, n‐C3H7I—0.66, i‐C3H7I—0.30, CH3Br—0.25, CD3Br—0.20, CH2Br2—0.12, CF3Br—0.11, CF2Br2—0.093, CHClBr2—0.087, CCl3Br—0.066, CHBr3—0.05, CBr4—0.03, C2H5Br—0.33, and 1,1‐C2H4Br2—0.17%. These data are correlated with the calculated recoil energies required for bond rupture (preceding article). Using as a basis the distribution of net gamma‐ray energies calculated by the random‐walk method for the 35Cl(n, γ) 36Cl process, the kinetic‐energy distributions of the dissociated 128I or 80Br are approximated. These data suggest that the extent of hot‐atom reaction of 128I or 80Br with CH4 should not depend upon the parent molecule from which the activated halogen dissociates.Peer Reviewedhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/69788/2/JCPSA6-36-4-954-1.pd

Hot-atom chemistry

Research in the chemical effects of the nuclear transformations during the past 50 years is reviewed.Peer Reviewedhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/43111/1/10967_2005_Article_BF02039469.pd

Plant Closings and Economic Dislocation

Provides a summary of the literature on 20 years\u27 of plant closings, including case studies of 27 plant shutdowns.https://research.upjohn.org/up_press/1150/thumbnail.jp