Vertical motions of the Puerto Rico Trench and Puerto Rico and their cause [PDF]
Journal of Geophysical Research, 2005 The Puerto Rico trench exhibits great water depth, an extremely low gravity anomaly, and a tilted carbonate platform between (reconstructed) elevations of +1300 m and −4000 m. I argue that these features are manifestations of large vertical movements of a segment of the Puerto Rico trench, its forearc, and the island of Puerto Rico that took place 3.3 ...
Uri S Ten Brink
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Puerto Rico and the Netherworld of Sovereign Debt Restructuring [PDF]
, 2017 Puerto Rico has incurred debt well beyond its ability to repay. It attempted to address its fiscal woes through legislation allowing the restructuring of some its debt.
Gulati, Mitu, Rasmussen, Robert K.
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Complex of primary and secondary parasitoids (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae and Signiphoridae) of Hypogeococcus spp. Mealybugs (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) in the New World [PDF]
, 2018 Se informan los resultados de los relevamientos de los parasitoides primarios y secundarios (hiperparasitoides) de Hypogeococcus spp. (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) realizados en el Nuevo Mundo durante el período 2009 para 2017 para obtener enemigos ...
Aguirre, María Belén +6 more
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Intra-country study of global competitiveness from the double diamond approach for Puerto Rico, Costa Rica and Singapore [PDF]
, 2014 Muchos investigadores y economistas han argumentado que los estudios de competitividad del WEF e IMD muestran limitaciones en pequeñas economías, más aún cuando estas tienen características distintas.
Agosin +48 more
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"Catholicism and Fertility in Puerto Rico" [PDF]
Studies in Family Planning, 1989 This paper examines the association between fertility and religious affiliation among Puerto Ricans. Bongaarts' proximate determinants framework is used to compare religious categories on behaviors that directly affect fertility. We found no difference in recent fertility between Catholics and non-Catholics in Puerto Rico (total fertility rate = 2.5).
Judith Seltzer +3 more
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Reporte de nuevos ejemplares de la emisión del papel moneda en Puerto Rico (1781) [PDF]
, 2014 In our paper we present and make a brief discussion of the issuing of paper money (1781) in Puerto Rico under the reign of Charles III (Carlos III), in response to the lack of the “Situado Mexicano” and the war between Spain and England.
Navarro Zayas, Ángel O.
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Puerto Rico v. Franklin California Tax-Free Trust: Congressional Intent Interpreted Through a Plain Reading of the Federal Bankruptcy Code [PDF]
, 2017 In Puerto Rico v. Franklin California Tax-Free Trust, the Supreme Court held that Puerto Rico’s Recovery Act was pre-empted by federal law. While the Majority’s method of interpreting the plain language of the Bankruptcy Code was the correct course of ...
Powell, Timothy R
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TRYING TO FIT AN OVAL SHAPED ISLAND INTO A SQUARE CONSTITUTION: ARGUMENTS FOR PUERTO RICAN STATEHOOD [PDF]
, 2002 This Comment focuses on the limits placed on Puerto Rico under the United States Constitution and concludes that Puerto Rico must become the 51st state to improve its status under the Constitution.
Roman, Jose D.
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Vespidae (Insecta: Hymenoptera) of Puerto Rico, West Indies [PDF]
, 2011 The vespid fauna of Greater Puerto Rico is reviewed (Hymenoptera: Vespidae). Three new species are described, Ancistrocerus isla Carpenter, Euodynerus jeitita Carpenter and Genaro, and Omicron aridum Carpenter and Genaro.
Carpenter, James M., Genaro, Julio A.
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Puerto Rico Pandemonium: The Commonwealth Constitution and the Compact-Colony Conundrum [PDF]
, 2003 This Note will consider the historical background of the compact-colony conundrum and examine the development of self-determination in international law and democracy in the Americas in order to bring to light a new forum for this question.
Otaño, Jason Adolfo
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