Mitsuko Uchida is a Japanese-born British classical pianist and conductor whose dynamic and emotional interpretations of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Franz Schubert, and Ludwig van Beethoven made her one of the leading classical musicians of her day. Uchida was raised in the coastal town of Atami,

Mitsuko Uchida is a Japanese-born British classical pianist and conductor whose dynamic and emotional interpretations of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Franz Schubert, and Ludwig van Beethoven made her one of the leading classical musicians of her day. Uchida was raised in the coastal town of Atami,

Uchimura Kanzō was a Japanese Christian who was an important formative influence on many writers and intellectual leaders of modern Japan. Uchimura came from a samurai (warrior) family and studied (1878–81) at the Sapporo Agricultural School (now Hokkaido University), where he was converted to

Naryn River: …reservoirs of the Toktogul and Uchqŭrghon hydroelectric stations help regulate the Naryn’s flow and increase irrigation in the area.

Constituent Assembly, popularly elected body that convened in 1918 in Petrograd (St. Petersburg) to write a constitution and form a government for postrevolutionary Russia. The assembly was dissolved by the Bolshevik government. The election of the Constituent Assembly was held on Nov. 25, 1917

science fiction: Alternate histories and parallel universes: …however, that the notion of uchronia (or “no-times”) offered certain pleasures all its own, such as the ability to deploy actual historical figures as fictional characters. Well-known settings and events could be mutated and distorted at will.

Ukhta, industrial city, Komi republic, northwestern Russia, on the Ukhta River. It was founded as the village of Chibyu in 1931 and became a city in 1943, when it was linked to the Pechora railway. Ukhta lies within the Pechora Basin, a significant oil and natural gas area. Some oil is refined

Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Japanese government agency in charge of research in both aviation and space exploration. Its headquarters are in Tokyo. JAXA is divided into seven bodies: the Space Transportation Mission Directorate, which develops launch vehicles; the Space Applications

cycling: Competition: …is governed overall by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI), which is based in Switzerland, and by each country’s cycling federation. Amateur races are held for both men and women in local, regional, and national competition by age group, ranging upward in age from competitors 12 to 13 years old. In…

Gustav Ucicky was an Austrian film director known for historical and nationalistic German films done during Adolf Hitler’s rise to power. Ucicky began his career as a cameraman with director Michael Curtiz. He moved to Germany in 1928 and became involved in the state-subsidized studio UFA. His

Istria: …4,596 feet (1,401 meters) at Mount Učka. These modest heights slope gradually south and west in undulating terraces toward the Adriatic. Parts of the peninsula have thick forests, and places suffering from the ravages of timber cutting are being reforested. In the waterless karst areas a scrub vegetation prevails. A…

Tommy John surgery: …surgery performed to repair the ulnar collateral ligament (UCL) on the medial side of the elbow by using a graft as a substitute. The surgery is most commonly performed on athletes in throwing sports, especially baseball pitchers. The goals of Tommy John surgery are increasing elbow comfort, stability, and range…

Unified Command Plan (UCP), classified document that provides operational instructions to all branches of the U.S. armed forces. Formed in 1946 in response to friction between branches of the military during World War II, the UCP has unified the command structures of the major U.S. military

brown adipose tissue: …cause a protein known as thermogenin (also called uncoupling protein 1, UCP1) to become active. Thermogenin effectively uncouples electron transport in the mitochondrion from the production of chemical energy in the form of adenosine triphosphate (ATP). The resulting change in the balance of electrons and protons across the mitochondrial membrane…

Radical Civic Union (UCR), major centre-left political party in Argentina. For much of the 20th century, the Radical Civic Union (UCR) was the primary opposition party to the Peronists, who are represented by the Justicialist Party. The UCR draws significant support from Argentina’s urban middle

Radical Civic Union: …the UCR del Pueblo (People’s UCR), which won the 1963 elections following Frondizi’s removal from office in a coup the previous year. However, the party’s tenure in power was cut short when another coup removed its leader, Arturo Umberto Illia, from the presidency.

Radical Civic Union: …president in 1958, forming the Intransigent UCR (UCR Intransigente) and collaborating with the Peronists. In response, opponents of an alliance with the Peronists established the UCR del Pueblo (People’s UCR), which won the 1963 elections following Frondizi’s removal from office in a coup the previous year. However, the party’s tenure…

Ulster Unionist Party: Policy and structure: …a joint ticket as “Ulster Conservatives and Unionists–New Force” (UCUNF).

Lost Cause: …UDC and men through the United Confederate Veterans (UCV) association, which by 1904 claimed 1,565 active local camps, at least one camp in 75 percent of all counties in the 11 former Confederate states—advocated a story not about “loss” at all. Their tales increasingly became a victory narrative about the…

Alan Johnson: …and became active in the Union of Communication Workers (UCW). Johnson remained an active trade unionist over the following years, and by 1987 he was working for the UCW full-time, brokering national contracts for some 100,000 postal workers. In 1992 he was elected general secretary of the UCW, becoming the…

Ulster Defence Association (UDA), loyalist organization founded in Northern Ireland in 1971 to coordinate the efforts of local Protestant vigilante groups in the sectarian conflict in the province. Originally based in the Shankill Road area of Belfast, the UDA was responsible for political murders

Uda was the 59th emperor of Japan, from 887 to 897. The son of the emperor Kōkō, Uda was one of the few rulers during this period whose mother was not a member of the Fujiwara family, which, partly through intermarriage with the imperial line, dominated Japan from 859 to 1160. During the first part

Chuna River, river, east-central Russia. It rises in the Eastern Sayan Mountains, in Irkutsk oblast (region), and flows about 746 miles (1,203 km) north and west through Krasnoyarsk kray (territory) into the Taseyeva River. Its upper course is called the

Uda was the 59th emperor of Japan, from 887 to 897. The son of the emperor Kōkō, Uda was one of the few rulers during this period whose mother was not a member of the Fujiwara family, which, partly through intermarriage with the imperial line, dominated Japan from 859 to 1160. During the first part

Romance languages: Languages of the family: …speaker, one Tuone Udaina (Italian Antonio Udina), having been blown up by a land mine in 1898. He was the main source of knowledge for his parents’ dialect (that of the island of Veglia [modern Krk], though he was hardly an ideal informant. Vegliot Dalmatian was not his native language,…

Udaipur: …of the princely state of Udaipur (Mewar) in 1568 by Maharaja Udai Singh after the sack of Chittaurgarh. A walled city, it stands on a ridge crowned by the maharaja’s City Palace, which was begun in 1570. To the west lies Lake Pichola with its two small islands and marble…

Udaipur, city, southern Rajasthan state, northwestern India. It lies in the hills just east of the Aravalli Range, about 65 miles (100 km) southwest of Chittaurgarh. Udaipur (“City of Sunrise”) was made the capital of the princely state of Udaipur (Mewar) in 1568 by Maharaja Udai Singh after the

Udaipur City Palace, beautiful, white palace complex built over a period of four centuries in Udaipur, Rajasthan, India. Standing majestically on a crest overlooking the Pichola Lake, it was originally built in 1559 by Maharana Udai Singh of the Sisodia Rajput clan and was extended to its present

Cory Gardner: Senate against incumbent Democrat Mark Udall on a conservative agenda, though with concessions on such issues as same-sex marriage, which he opposed but held to be a matter for the courts. Gardner narrowly won the election, and he took office in 2015. The following year he offered tepid support…

Tom Udall: Stewart’s brother, Morris Udall, was a longtime Tucson representative and presidential candidate, and Morris’s son Mark served as a U.S. senator (2009–15) from Colorado. (Mike Lee and Gordon Smith, second cousins of Tom, also served in the U.S. Senate.)

Tom Udall: Stewart’s brother, Morris Udall, was a longtime Tucson representative and presidential candidate, and Morris’s son Mark served as a U.S. senator (2009–15) from Colorado. (Mike Lee and Gordon Smith, second cousins of Tom, also served in the U.S. Senate.)

Nicholas Udall was an English playwright, translator, and schoolmaster who wrote the first known English comedy, Ralph Roister Doister. Udall was educated at the University of Oxford, where he became a lecturer and fellow. He became a schoolmaster in 1529 and was teaching in London in 1533 when he

Tom Udall is an American Democratic politician who served in the U.S. Senate (2009–21), representing New Mexico. He had previously been a member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1999–2009). In 2021, Udall became the ambassador to New Zealand and Samoa. Udall was born into a political family.

Tom Udall is an American Democratic politician who served in the U.S. Senate (2009–21), representing New Mexico. He had previously been a member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1999–2009). In 2021, Udall became the ambassador to New Zealand and Samoa. Udall was born into a political family.

Nadezhda Andreyevna Udaltsova was one of the leading figures of the pre-Revolutionary Russian avant-garde. Of her Russian peers, she was the most influenced by French Cubism. But personal misfortunes and the social conditions of the Stalinist era led her to withdraw to her studio, turning her into

aṅgā: Udāna (“inspired utterance”), special sayings of the Buddha in prose or verse (also the name of a work in the Pāli Khuddaka Nikāya [“Short Collection”]). Itivuttaka (“thus it is said”), sayings of the Buddha introduced by these words; many of them comprise a Khuddaka Nikāya…

Khuddaka Nikaya: Udana (“Inspired Utterances”), 82 sayings of the Buddha, mostly in verse, each accompanied by the story of what occasioned it.

Vitali Klitschko: …became the leader of the Ukrainian Democratic Alliance for Reform (UDAR; its acronym in Ukrainian spelled “punch”) political party. UDAR performed admirably in the 2012 Ukrainian parliamentary elections, winning 40 seats and establishing itself as a significant force in opposition to Pres. Viktor Yanukovych and his ruling Party of Regions.

Udasi, monastic followers of Srichand (1494–1612?), the elder son of Nanak (1469–1539), the first Guru and the founder of Sikhism. The authoritative text of the Udasi movement is the Matra (“Discipline”), a hymn of 78 verses attributed to Srichand. The Matra emphasizes the need for spiritual

South Asian arts: Chant intonation: …pattern: the central syllable, called udatta, receives the main accent; the preceding syllable, anudatta, is a kind of preparation for the accent; and the following syllable, svarita, is a kind of return from accentuation to accentlessness. There is some difference of opinion among scholars as to the nature of the…

Angkor: History: 1000–50); the Baphuon of Udayadityavarman II (reigned 1050–66); and the Buddhist temple of Bayon, which was the central temple built by Jayavarman VII when he gave the city, which was later known as Angkor Thom, or “Great City,” its more or less final form.

Madhya Pradesh: Art and architecture: …to 7th century) are the Udayagiri caves (Brahmanical and Jaina monasteries), near Vidisha, which exhibit artwork and rock-cut architecture similar to those of the well-known Udayagiri caves in the neighbouring state of Orissa.

Udayagiri, archaeological site, south-central Odisha state, eastern India. It is located just southwest of Bhubaneshwar, the state capital. In the vicinity are located several Jaina and Buddhist rock-cut caves. One of these is a double-storied cave (Rani Gumpha, “Queen’s Cave”) with ornate carvings

Udayanacharya was a Hindu logician who attempted to reconcile the views held by the two major schools of logic that were the sources of the Navya Nyaya (“New Nyaya”) school of “right” reasoning, which is still recognized and followed in some regions of India. Of the two schools, the original Nyaya

Udayanacharya was a Hindu logician who attempted to reconcile the views held by the two major schools of logic that were the sources of the Navya Nyaya (“New Nyaya”) school of “right” reasoning, which is still recognized and followed in some regions of India. Of the two schools, the original Nyaya

South Asian arts: Medieval temple architecture: North Indian style of central India: …finest bhūmija temple is the Udayeśvara (1059–82), situated at Udaipur in Madhya Pradesh. The śikhara, based on a stellate plan, is divided into quadrants by four latās, or offsets, each one of which has five rows of aediculae. The large hall has three entrance porches, one to the front and…

South Asian arts: Medieval temple architecture: North Indian style of central India: …finest bhūmija temple is the Udayeśvara (1059–82), situated at Udaipur in Madhya Pradesh. The śikhara, based on a stellate plan, is divided into quadrants by four latās, or offsets, each one of which has five rows of aediculae. The large hall has three entrance porches, one to the front and…

Udaipur, city, southern Rajasthan state, northwestern India. It lies in the hills just east of the Aravalli Range, about 65 miles (100 km) southwest of Chittaurgarh. Udaipur (“City of Sunrise”) was made the capital of the princely state of Udaipur (Mewar) in 1568 by Maharaja Udai Singh after the

Universal Decimal Classification, system of library organization. It is distinguished from the Dewey Decimal Classification by expansions using various symbols in addition to Arabic numerals, resulting in exceedingly long notations. This system grew out of the international subject index of the

United Daughters of the Confederacy (UDC), American women’s patriotic society, founded in Nashville, Tennessee, on September 10, 1894, that draws its members from descendants of those who served in the Confederacy’s armed forces or government or who gave to either their loyal and substantial

Botswana: Botswana since independence: …2014 elections to form the Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC). That organization of the opposition presented an unprecedented challenge to the longtime-ruling BDP, but the BDP was victorious in elections held on October 24, 2014. The BDP, which garnered 37 seats, maintained a majority in the National Assembly, although it…

Swiss People’s Party, conservative Swiss political party. The Swiss People’s Party (SVP) was founded in 1971 by the merger of the Farmers, Artisans, and Citizens’ Party—generally known as the Agrarian Party—with the Democratic Party. It has pursued conservative social and economic policies,

Thailand: Yellow shirts and red shirts: …a populist movement called the United Front for Democracy Against Dictatorship (UDD). The UDD organized protests against this latest change of government, which in April forced the cancellation of an Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) summit meeting outside Bangkok. Security forces were able to disperse the protesters, but antigovernment…

Odantapuri, in ancient times a celebrated Buddhist centre of learning (vihara) in India, identified with modern Bihar Sharif in Bihar state. It was founded in the 7th century ce by Gopala, the first ruler of the Pala dynasty, no doubt in emulation of its neighbour Nalanda, another distinguished

sedimentary rock: Grain size: This millimetre, or Udden-Wentworth, scale is a geometric grain-size scale since there is a constant ratio between class limits. Such a scheme is well suited for the description of sediments because it gives equal significance to size ratios, whether they relate to gravel, sand, silt, or clay. The…

dairying: Milking and bulk handling on the farm: …and are carried to the udder. There the raw materials are collected and changed into milk components. Each time the blood passes through the udder a small fraction of the components is removed to make the milk. Some 400 pounds (50 gallons, or about 200 litres) of blood must pass…

Republic of the Congo: Congo since independence: …Socialiste Africain; MSA) and the Democratic Union for the Defense of African Interests (Union Démocratique pour la Défense des Intérêts Africains; UDDIA). The two parties pitted the north against the south, an opposition that stemmed from the privileged place occupied by the southern Kongo and Vili in the colonial era.…

Indian philosophy: The old school: …Prashastapada (5th century ce) and Uddyotakara (7th century ce) the authors of the Nyaya-Vaisheshika schools used each other’s doctrines and the fusion of the two schools was well on its way, the two schools continued to have different authors and lines of commentators. About the 10th century ce, however, there…

African art: African art in the 20th century and beyond: Nigerian-born Iké Udé, also based in New York City, manipulated the texts of popular culture to examine modes of representation. In Cover Girl, for example, he photographed himself in different disguises, creating from these photographs covers for such magazines as Vogue, Mademoiselle, Glamour, Town and Country,…

Amur River: History: Nivkh (Gilyak), Udegey, and Orok, with various Mongol and Manchu groups south of the river. From this homeland, certain Manchu tribes conquered China and established the Qing (Manchu) dynasty in China (1644–1911/12), which ruled the entire Amur basin. Although Russian explorers and

Mathilde, queen of Belgium is the queen of Belgium, consort of Philippe, king of Belgium, and mother of Princess Elisabeth, the heir to the Belgian throne. Mathilde was the daughter of a judge and a countess, and she completed her education in Bastogne before attending the Institut de la Vierge

Nicaragua: The Somoza years: …Press”) of Managua, called the Democratic Union of Liberation (Unión Democrática de Liberación; UDEL). In December 1974 the Sandinistas staged a successful kidnapping of Somoza elites, for which ransom and the release of political prisoners were obtained. In response, the regime embarked on a two-and-a-half-year counterinsurgency effort that, in addition…

flag of Mozambique: …from Portuguese rule was the Democratic National Union of Mozambique (Udenamo), whose flag was adopted in November 1961. It had a diagonally divided field of green (for the country’s forested mountains and plains) and black (for the majority population). Its white central disk suggested the rivers and the Indian Ocean,…

René Goscinny: In 1957 he met Uderzo, a cartoonist, and collaborated with him on the short-lived “Benjamin et Benjamine” and, a year later, on the somewhat more successful “Oumpah-Pah le Peau-Rouge” (“Oumpah-Pah the Redskin”).

South Asian arts: Medieval temple architecture: North Indian style of central India: …finest bhūmija temple is the Udayeśvara (1059–82), situated at Udaipur in Madhya Pradesh. The śikhara, based on a stellate plan, is divided into quadrants by four latās, or offsets, each one of which has five rows of aediculae. The large hall has three entrance porches, one to the front and…

South Africa: The unraveling of apartheid: …500 community groups formed the United Democratic Front, which became closely identified with the exiled ANC. Strikes, boycotts, and attacks on Black police and urban councillors began escalating, and a state of emergency was declared in many parts of the country in 1985; a year later the government promulgated a…

Malawi: Political process: …parties have emerged, with the United Democratic Front (UDF) quickly becoming one of the most prominent.

Bulgaria: Political process: Despite these reforms, the opposition Union of Democratic Forces (UDF) won leadership of the Bulgarian government by a small margin over the BSP in elections held in 1991 and 1997. The National Movement for Simeon II (NDSV), a new party centred on the former king of Bulgaria (but not seeking…

jet engine: Turboprops, propfans, and unducted fan engines: …engine layout, identified as the unducted fan (or UDF; trademark), provides a set of very high-efficiency counter-rotating propeller blades, each blade mounted on one of either of two sets of counter-rotating low-pressure turbine stages and achieving all the advantages of the arrangement without the use of a gearbox.

Jean-Pierre Raffarin: He rose through the centre-right Union for French Democracy and later became the deputy leader of the Liberal Democratic Party. After the first round of the 2002 presidential election, he was quick to support incumbent president Jacques Chirac’s new Union for the Presidential Majority (later renamed the Union for a…

Udhagamandalam, town, western Tamil Nadu state, southern India. It is situated in the Nilgiri Hills at an elevation of about 7,500 feet (2,300 metres) above sea level and is sheltered by several peaks—including Doda Betta (8,652 feet [2,637 metres]), the highest point in Tamil Nadu. It was founded

Udhampur, town, southwestern Jammu and Kashmir union territory, northern India, in the Kashmir region of the Indian subcontinent. It is situated at an elevation of 2,500 feet (760 metres) in a valley of the Siwalik Range, about 20 miles (32 km) northeast of Jammu, the union territory’s winter

Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), foundational document of international human rights law. It has been referred to as humanity’s Magna Carta by Eleanor Roosevelt, who chaired the United Nations (UN) Commission on Human Rights that was responsible for the drafting of the document. After

Arabic literature: Love poetry: …of love poetry called ʿUdhrī, named for the tribe to which the poet Jamīl, one of its best-known practitioners, belonged. In these poems the lover spends a lifetime of absence and longing, pining for the beloved who is tyrannical and cruel (aiming arrows at the heart and eye) and…

Chile: The second presidency of Michelle Bachelet (2014–18): …campaign contributions to the opposition Independent Democratic Union party that had surfaced in late 2014 exploded in early 2015, and at about the same time there were allegations that President Bachelet’s son had used political influence to obtain a $10 million loan for his wife, Natalia Compagnon. In late January…

Zimbabwe: Rhodesia and the UDI: …independence, Smith’s government announced the Unilateral Declaration of Independence (UDI) on November 11, 1965.

Caucasian languages: The Lezgian languages: …2,000); Khinalug (about 1,500); and Udi (about 3,700). The majority of Lezgi languages are spoken in southern Dagestan, but some of them (Kryz, Budukh, Khinalug, Udi) are spoken chiefly in Azerbaijan; and one village of Udi speakers is located in Georgia. It is important to note that in Azerbaijan, as…

Udi-Nsukka Plateau, pair of plateaus in south-central Nigeria that form a nearly continuous elevated area. The Nsukka Plateau, which forms the main eastward-facing escarpment, extends about 80 miles (130 km) from Nsukka in the north to Enugu in the south. The Udi Plateau continues southward for

Udi-Nsukka Plateau, pair of plateaus in south-central Nigeria that form a nearly continuous elevated area. The Nsukka Plateau, which forms the main eastward-facing escarpment, extends about 80 miles (130 km) from Nsukka in the north to Enugu in the south. The Udi Plateau continues southward for

Romance languages: Languages of the family: …speaker, one Tuone Udaina (Italian Antonio Udina), having been blown up by a land mine in 1898. He was the main source of knowledge for his parents’ dialect (that of the island of Veglia [modern Krk], though he was hardly an ideal informant. Vegliot Dalmatian was not his native language,…

Udine, city, Friuli–Venezia Giulia regione, northeastern Italy. It lies northwest of Trieste, near the border with Slovenia. Possibly the site of a Roman frontier station called Utina, the city was the seat of the Roman Catholic patriarchate of Aquileia from 1238 until 1751, when the patriarchate

Ulan-Ude, city and capital of Buryatia, east-central Russia. It lies at the confluence of the Selenga and Uda rivers and in a deep valley between the Khamar-Daban and Tsagan-Daban mountain ranges. The wintering camp of Udinskoye, established there in 1666, became the town of Verkhne-Udinsk in 1783;

Karnataka Coast: …region, in the vicinity of Udipi, produces rice and pulses (legumes). Industries are mostly located at Mangaluru, an important regional centre and major coffee port of India, and at Udipi. The ports of Karwar, Kumta, Honavar, and Malpe have lost their importance with the development of railways in the interior.…

Wadjet, cobra goddess of ancient Egypt. Depicted as a cobra twined around a papyrus stem, she was the tutelary goddess of Lower Egypt. Wadjet and Nekhbet, the vulture-goddess of Upper Egypt, were the protective goddesses of the king and were sometimes represented together on the king’s diadem,

Ferhat Abbas: …Démocratique du Manifeste Algérien (UDMA; Democratic Union of the Algerian Manifesto), which advocated cooperation with France in the formation of the Algerian state. Abbas’ moderate and conciliatory attempts failed to evoke a sympathetic response from the French colonial officials, however, and in 1956 he escaped to Cairo to join the…

Slavic religion: Communal banquets and related practices: …the 20th century among the Votyaks, the Cheremis, and the Mordvins but especially among the Votyaks. Such wooden buildings also existed sparsely in Slavic territory in the 19th century, in Russia, in Ukraine, and in various locales among the South Slavs.

Udmurtiya, republic in west-central Russia. It lies partly in the basin of the middle Kama River, which flows along part of its southeastern boundary. The larger part of Udmurtiya lies in the drainage area of the Cheptsa and Kilmez rivers, which are tributaries of the Vyatka River. Its capital is

Finno-Ugric languages: Mari, Udmurt, and the Ob-Ugric languages are rich in Turkic loanwords. Hungarian has also borrowed at different times from several Turkic sources, as well as from Iranian, Slavic, German, Latin, and the Romance languages.

Udmurtiya, republic in west-central Russia. It lies partly in the basin of the middle Kama River, which flows along part of its southeastern boundary. The larger part of Udmurtiya lies in the drainage area of the Cheptsa and Kilmez rivers, which are tributaries of the Vyatka River. Its capital is

Udmurtiya, republic in west-central Russia. It lies partly in the basin of the middle Kama River, which flows along part of its southeastern boundary. The larger part of Udmurtiya lies in the drainage area of the Cheptsa and Kilmez rivers, which are tributaries of the Vyatka River. Its capital is

tempura: …also eaten with wheat (udon) or buckwheat (soba) noodles, which are often served cold (zara udon or zara soba) in the hot months of summer.

Udon Thani, town, northeastern Thailand, near the northern (Laotian) border. Udon Thani is the major town of the northern Khorat Plateau and is served by road, rail, and air. The surrounding area produces rice, livestock, timber, and freshwater fish. Pop. (2000)

Ulster Defence Association: …changed its name to the Ulster Democratic Party (UDP). Led by Gary McMichael, son of a murdered UDA man, the UDP won enough electoral support to participate in the multiparty peace talks that led to the Good Friday Agreement (April 1998), but it did not secure any seats in subsequent…

metabolism: Pyrimidine ribonucleotides: …the phosphorylation of UMP to UDP and thence to UTP by interaction with two molecules of ATP. Uridine triphosphate (UTP) can be converted to the other pyrimidine building block of RNA, cytidine triphosphate (CTP). In bacteria, the nitrogen for this in reaction [74] is derived from ammonia; in higher animals,…

Belize: Independence of Belize: In domestic politics the United Democratic Party (UDP), formed in 1973 and led by Manuel Esquivel, won the general election in 1984, but in 1989 the PUP won the election and Price again became prime minister (as the office was now called). The UDP won in a close election…

metabolism: Formation of storage polysaccharides: …animals ([77a]); the products are UDP-glucose and pyrophosphate. In bacteria, fungi, and plants, ATP, CTP, or GTP serves instead of UTP. In all cases the nucleoside diphosphate glucose (NDP-glucose) thus synthesized can donate glucose to the terminal glucose of a polysaccharide chain, thereby increasing the number (n) of glucose molecules…

Mali: Constitutional framework: …enacted in 1979, made the Malian People’s Democratic Union (Union Démocratique du Peuple Malien; UDPM) the country’s sole legal party until 1991. In 1992 a third constitution was approved, providing for the separation of powers into three government branches, including a unicameral National Assembly as the legislative body. It also…

France: The Fifth Republic: The Gaullist Union of Democrats for the Republic (Union des Démocrates pour la République [UDR]; the former UNR), with its allies, emerged with three-fourths of the seats.

the Troubles: Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC), and Ulster Defence Regiment (UDR; from 1992 called the Royal Irish Regiment), and their avowed purpose was to play a peacekeeping role, most prominently between the nationalist Irish Republican Army (IRA), which viewed the conflict as a guerrilla war for national independence, and the unionist paramilitary…

Hindu Kush: Physiography: …Shachaur (23,346 feet [7,116 metres]), Udrem Zom (23,376 feet [7,125 metres]), and Nādīr Shāh Zhāra (23,376 feet [7,125 metres]), leads to the three giant mountains of the Hindu Kush, which are Mounts Noshaq (Nowshāk; 24,557 feet [7,485 metres]), Istoro Nal (24,242 feet [7,389 metres]), and Tirich Mir. Most major glaciers…