J. Foulk, USDA-ARS Cotton Quality Research Station (CQRS), Ravenel Center Room 10, McGregor Road, Clemson, SC 29634;W. Meredith, USDA-ARS Crop Genetics and Production Research Unit (CPGPRU), Cotton Physiology & Genetics, P.O. Box 314, Stoneville, MS 38776; D. McAlister, Uster Technologies, Inc., 456 Troy Circle, Knoxville, TN 37919; D. Luke, Cooper Power Systems, 1520 Emerald Rd, Greenwood, SC ...

Ethiopia has been gaining attention in recent years as an emerging source of high-quality emerald. Ethiopian emerald samples with different colors ranging from dark green to light were selected study the gemological properties, chemical composition, and spectral characteristics. The emeralds examined using conventional instruments, including X-ray fluorescence spectrometry, LA-ICP-MS, UV/Vis/NI...

portal: Libraries and the Academy began life due to many concerns about scholarly journal publication. The following is an invited editorial. The concerns raised by the recent revelations of multiple publication of articles by Emerald/MCB University Press inspired a desire to offer our readership the thoughts of one of our own editorial board members. Mr. Davis’ research uncovered this duplicat...

How do we write a good abstract? Emerald, the academic journal database (www.emeraldinsight.com), offers a set of guidelines for authors on how to write a good abstract. The guidelines advise that an abstract should summarize these key elements of the research paper or study.  Purpose What are the reason(s) for writing the paper or the aims of the research? What concept do you want to present?...

Which comes first: the object or the class? Language designers enjoy the conceptual simplicity of object-based languages (such as Emerald or Self) while many programmers prefer the pragmatic utility of classical inheritance (as in Simula and Java). Programmers in object-based languages have a tendency to build libraries to support traditional inheritance, and language implementations are often ...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to discuss the general failure of management accounting research to be useful for practitioners. Design/methodology/approach – The paper discusses the causes and consequences of the problem, and possible remedies. Findings – The causes of the problem, and hence also the remedies, are related to choice of topics, research design, and writing and disseminati...

Purpose Guided by a life course theoretical perspective, this study aimed to examine associations between providing caregiving for a young or adult son or daughter with special needs and multiple dimensions of physical health status among married midlife and older adults, as well as moderation of these associations by gender and marital quality (i.e., marital strain). Method Regression models w...

LCT-granitic pegmatites as defined by (Cerny, 1991) are anomalously enriched in Li, Rb, Cs, Be, Sn, Ga, Ta>Nb, (B,P,F) and are host to many of the worlds most precious gemstones including emerald, chrysoberyl and topaz (Minas Gerais, Brazil), sapphire and ruby (Afghanistan and Pakistan), and gem tourmaline (Pala District, California). Twelve Minfile (MF) occurrences of LCT-pegmatites are record...