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Union of the Armenian Evangelical Churches in the Near East The Union of the Armenian Evangelical Churches in the Near East (UAECNE) (Armenian: Մերձաւոր Արեւելքի Հայ Աւետարանական Եկեղեցիներու Միութիւն, ՄԱՀԱԵՄ) is an autonomous body of churches comprising 25 congregations throughout Syria, Lebanon, Turkey, Greece, Egypt, Iran and Australia. Beginning in the second decade of the l9th century as an indigenous reform movement within the Armenian Apostolic Church, it developed into an independent community in 1846 in Istanbul to become known as the Armenian Evangelical Church and in subsequent decades registered a membership of 60,000 throughout the Ottoman Empire.
Union of the Congolese Socialist Youth The Union of the Congolese Socialist Youth (UJSC), is a subdivision of the Congolese Party of Labour, destined to supervise the young people. From 1969 to 1992, it played a major role in disciplining the young members of the Party and building up their character with Socialist ideas.
Union of the Crowns The Union of the Crowns refers to the accession to the throne of England by James VI, King of Scots, in March 1603, following the death of his unmarried and childless cousin, Queen Elizabeth I of England, the last monarch of the Tudor dynasty. The term itself, though now generally accepted, is misleading; for properly speaking this was merely a personal or dynastic union, the crowns remaining both distinct and separate, despite James' best efforts to create a new "imperial" throne of Great Britain.
Union of the Snake "Union of the Snake" is the ninth single released by British New Wave band Duran Duran and the first single from their third album Seven and the Ragged Tiger. It was released on October 17, 1983 and would peak at #3 on the US and UK singles charts.
Union of the Socialist Youth of the Congo The Union of the Congolese Socialist Youth (UJSC), is a subdivision of the Congolese Labour Party, destined to supervise the young people. From 1969 to 1992, it played a major role in disciplining the young members of the Party and building up their character with Socialist ideas.
Union of Ukrainians in Pridnestrovie The Union of Ukrainians in Pridnestrovie is a non-governmental organization based in Transnistria (official shortform name: Pridnestrovie). It's president is Vladimir Bodnar, an ethnic Ukrainian born in Transnistria.
Union of Utrecht The Union of Utrecht (Dutch: Unie van Utrecht) is a treaty signed on January 23, 1579 in Utrecht, the Netherlands, unifying the northern provinces of the Netherlands, until then under the control of Spain. The Union of Utrecht is regarded as the foundation of the Republic of the Seven United Netherlands, which was not recognized internationally until the Peace of Westphalia in 1648 ended the Eighty Years' War.
Union of Vilnius and Radom The Union of Vilnius and Radom was a set of acts passed in 1401 in Vilnius, Lithuania, and confirmed by the Crown Council in Radom later the same year. The union amended the earlier act of the Krewo Union and granted the Grand Duchy of Lithuania vast internal autonomy.
Union of Wilno The Wilno Pact was an agreement reached on November 28, 1561 between Sigismund II Augustus and the Livonian Brothers of the Sword. The order was secularized, Courland and Semigalia became the Duchy of Courland and were granted to Gotthard Kettler.
Union of Women Teachers The Union of Women Teachers (UWT) was a trade union for female teachers in the United Kingdom. It was founded in 1909 by the merger of the Women Teachers' Franchise Union with the London Mistresses Association.
Union on Demand Union On Demand is the first premium action sports destination that offers the best action sports films and other youth lifestyle content to fans across the country via, multiple cable, satellite, mobile, and broadband providers.
Union Oil Company Building The Santa Paula Hardware Company Building, located in Santa Paula, California and more commonly referred to as the Union Oil Company Building, is significant for its historical importance as the birthplace of the Union Oil Company on October 17, 1890. The building continued to serve as a field division office after the main headquarters moved to Los Angeles in 1900.
Union Pacific 1995 Union Pacific 1995 is a diesel-electric locomotive owned by Union Pacific Railroad (UP). It is the fifth in the railroad's "Heritage Series" of locomotives painted in honor of UP predecessor railroads.
Union Pacific 1996 Union Pacific 1996 is a SD70ACe locomotive owned by Union Pacific Railroad (UP). It is the sixth locomotive to receive a commemorative paint scheme in honor of UP's predecessor railroads as part of UP's "Heritage Series".
Union Pacific 844 Union Pacific 844 is a 4-8-4 steam locomotive owned by Union Pacific Railroad. It was the last steam locomotive delivered (in 1944) to Union Pacific and is unique in that it is the only steam locomotive never retired by a North American Class I railroad.
Union Pacific/North Line The Union Pacific/North (UP-N) is a commuter rail line provided by Metra and operated by the Union Pacific Railroad in Chicago, Illinois and its surrounding suburbs. This line was operated by Chicago & North Western until its merger with UP in 1995.
Union Pacific/Northwest Line The Union Pacific/Northwest (UP-NW) is a commuter rail line provided by Metra and operated by the Union Pacific Railroad in Chicago, Illinois and its surrounding suburbs. While Metra does not specifically refer to any of its lines by a particular color, the timetable accents for the Union Pacific/North line are printed in bright "Viking Yellow".
Union Pacific/West Line The Union Pacific/West (UP-W) is a commuter rail line provided by Metra and operated by the Union Pacific Railroad in Chicago, Illinois and its surrounding suburbs. While Metra does not specifically refer to any of its lines by a particular color, the timetable accents for the Union Pacific/West line are printed in "Kate Shelley Rose" pink.
Union Park Development Union Park is a proposed mixed use development in downtown Las Vegas, Nevada. The city of Las Vegas is undertaking the development of a 61-acre parcel located on land purchased from the Union Pacific Railroad.
Union Party (Faroe) The Union Party or Unionist Party (Sambandsflokkurin) is a conservative liberal political party in the Faroe Islands. The liberal liberal party in the Faroe Islands were unprepared for the usurpation of their name by the conservative liberal party, and a row has ensued over the matter.
Union Philosophical Society The Union Philosophical Society or UPS is the seventh oldest collegiate organization in the United States, and one of the three oldest literary societies. Founded at Dickinson College in 1789, it took the white rose and the Roman goddess Minerva as its primary symbols.
Union Planters Bank Union Planters Bank was a large national bank based in Memphis, Tennessee. In May 2005, Union Planters and the Birmingham, Alabama-based Regions Bank merged to form Regions Financial Corporation, one of the largest banks based in the Central South.
Union Players The Union Players are a group of amateur playwrights which started in 2004 with their play Friday Night at the Union, a satirical piece exposing the goings-on during the downfall of the Melbourne University Student Union.
Union Populaire The Union populaire was a federal political party in Canada that nominated candidates in the 1979 and 1980 federal elections. The party also nominated one candidate in the 4 May 1981 by-election in the riding of Levis, Quebec.
Union Project The Union Project, located in Pittsburgh, PA and founded in 2001 by a group of young Pittsburghers, is a rapidly growing non-profit organization located at the literal intersection of two of Pittsburgh's most diverse and historic neighborhoods -- East Liberty and Highland Park. The Union Project has acted as a national example of creative and innnovative community revitalization.
Union Public Service Commission The "Federal Public Service Commission" or "Union public service commission" which is officially and popularly called as(UPSC) and also a constitutional body in India to conduct examinations for appointment to the services of the Union. The Indian Constitution (Part XIV - Services Under the Union and the states - article no.
Union Railroad The following railroads have been named Union Railroad or Union Railway, usually because they connected or merged several other railroads. See joint railway for the concept of a railroad owned by more than one company.
Union Ridge, Chicago Union Ridge is a neighborhood in the Norwood Park community area, on the northwest side of Chicago, Illinois, bounded by Bryn Mawr, Foster, Nagle, and Harlem Avenues. The median household income is $52,410, and the total population (according to the 2000 U.
Union River (Maine) The Union River is a river that runs through Ellsworth, Maine, being dammed just above the downtown. This dam no longer serves for hydroelectric purposes but is kept in place to maintain the lake, upon which many camps have been built.
Union security Union security is the enactment of various policies in an employer-union agreement to ensure the union's continued survival. "Closed shops," in which the company may only employ union workers, were outlawed in the Taft-Hartley Act over president Truman's veto.
Union shop In the United States of America, a union shop is a place of employment where the employer may hire either labor union members or nonmembers but where nonmembers must become union members within a specified period of time or lose their jobs. Under the National Labor Relations Act, the union may only require that employees either join the union or pay the equivalent of union dues.
Union school district A union school district or union high school district in California (and possibly other) state law is a school district that has been formed by the consolidation of several smaller elementary school or high school districts for reasons of economy, efficiency, or enrollment. Union school districts are distinct from unified school districts in that union districts do not have both primary and secondary components.
Union station A union station or union terminal is a train station where tracks and facilities are shared by two or more railway companies, allowing passengers to connect conveniently between them. Often the station is used by all passenger trains serving the city, but this is not necessarily true; specifically, commuter trains in Chicago, Illinois, for example, still use four different terminals.
Union steward Union Steward (aka Shop Steward) is the title of an official position within the organizational hierarchy of a labor union. Its uniqueness lies in the fact that rank-and-file members of the union hold this position voluntarily (through democratic election by fellow workers or sometimes by appointment of a higher union body) while maintaining their role as an employee of the firm.
Union suit A union suit is a type of one-piece long underwear. It originated as women's wear during the nineteenth-century United States clothing reform efforts as an alternative to constricting garments and soon gained popularity among men as well.
Union Solidarity and Development Association The Union Solidarity and Development Association (; abbreviated USDA) is an organisation formed by State Law and Order Restoration Council (SLORC) on 13 September 1993. USDA is affiliated to the military junta, and serves to rally support for the current rulers of Myanmar.
Union Solingen Union Solingen is a German football club that plays in Solingen, North Rhine-Westphalia. The side can trace its roots back to an earlier Union Soligen club founded in 1897 out of the merger of a number of clubs from the district of Ohligs that would over time include Ohligs FC 06, VfR Ohligs, Walder Ballspielverein, and BV Adler Ohligs.
Union Sportive Monastir Union Sportive Monastirienne (, often referred to as USMo) is a football club from Monastir in Tunisia. Founded in 1923, under the name Ruspina Sports, it was later renamed to Union Sportive Monastirienne, in 1942.
Union Sportive Tyrosse Rugby Côte Sud Union Sportive Tyrossaise Rugby Côte Sud (also known as just US Tyrosse) is a French rugby union club, currently playing in the third division of the French league system, in Fédérale 1. Tyrosse were relegated from the Rugby Pro D2 competition down to Fédérale 1 after the 2005-06 season.
Union Square (New York City) Union Square (also known as Union Square Park) is an important and historic intersection in New York City, located where Broadway and the Bowery came together in the early 19th century. Today it is bounded by 14th Street, Union Square East, 17th Street, and Union Square West.
Union Square (Somerville) Union Square is a neighborhood of Somerville, Massachusetts, located around the intersection of Washington Street and Somerville Avenue, not far from Cambridge's Inman Square. It is the commercial center of a primarily residential neighborhood with many restaurants, bars and neighborhood stores.
Union Square (TV series) Union Square was a 1997 television sitcom that was broadcast on NBC for one season. It followed the story of a lawyer-turned-playwright in New York City, who attempted to gain inspiration from a host of characters populating the fictitious Union Square cafe in Manhattan, obviously inspired by the New York area of the same name.
Union Square Main Streets Union Square Main Streets is a community development organization in Somerville, Massachusetts that aims to enhance the Union Square area's commercial viability through collaborative efforts in design, promotion, economic restructuring, transportation, and organization.
Union Square, San Francisco, California Union Square is the central shopping, hotel and theater district in San Francisco, California. Its name is derived from the one-block park situated between Post, Geary, Powell and Stockton Streets, but its importance as the largest collection of large department stores, swank boutiques, tourist trinket shops and salons in the Western United States continues to make Union Square a major visitor draw and downtown San Francisco a vital, cosmopolitan place.
Union Station (Burlington, Vermont) Union Station in Burlington, Vermont was built in 1915 of buff brick in the Beaux Arts style and is located at the western end of Main Street. Between December 2000 and February 2003 the station was a terminus of the commuter rail route Champlain Flyer.
Union Station (Dallas) Union Station is a DART light rail, commuter rail and Amtrak intercity rail station located in the Reunion district of downtown Dallas, Texas (USA) on Houston Street, between Wood and Young Streets. Amtrak's Texas Eagle also serves the station.
Union Station (Denver) Union Station is Denver, Colorado, USA's historic train station at 17th and Wynkoop in Denver's LoDo district. The station first opened in 1881 After the original structure was destroyed by fire in 1894] it was rebuilt in [[Beaux-Arts architecture|Beaux-Arts style and still serves passenger traffic including:
Union Station (Charlottesville) Union Station was built in the late 1800s and serves Amtrak passengers along the Buckingham Branch Railroad and the Norfolk Southern Railway. It is located along West Main Street, the busy road that connects downtown Charlottesville to the University of Virginia.
Union Station (Chicago) Union Station is a Chicago train station that opened in 1925, replacing an earlier 1881 station, and is now the only intercity rail terminal in Chicago. Union Station was built on the west side of the Chicago River and stands between Adams Street and Jackson Street.
Union Station (Indianapolis) The Indianapolis Union Station was the first union station in the world, opening on September 20, 1853, by the Indianapolis Union Railway within the Wholesale District of Indianapolis, Indiana. A bigger station was constructed in 1888.
Union Station (Nashville) Nashville's Union Station is a former railroad terminal opened in 1900 to serve the passenger operations of the eight railroads then providing passenger service to Nashville, Tennessee. Built just to the west of the downtown area, it was adjacent to a railroad gulch through which most of the tracks of the area were routed which was spanned by a viaduct adjacent to the station.
Union Station (New Haven) Union Station is the main railroad passenger station in New Haven, Connecticut. Opened in 1918 after the first Union Station was destroyed by fire, it fell into decline along with the rest of the railroad industry in North America after World War II, and was shuttered in 1954.
Union Station (Pittsburgh) Union Station or Pennsylvania Station is a historical train station at Grant Street and Liberty Avenue in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Unlike many union stations built in the US to serve the needs of more than one railroad, this facility connected the Pennsylvania Railroad with several subsidiary lines; for that reason it was renamed in 1912 to match other Pennsylvania Stations.
Union Station (San Diego) San Diego's Union Station was built by the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway to replace the existing Victorian-style structure erected in 1887 for the California Southern Railroad Company. The Santa Fe Depot (as it was originally designated) officially opened on March 8, 1915 to accommodate visitors to the Panama-California Exposition.
Union Station (Seattle) Union Station is a train station built in Seattle, Washington, USA from 1910 to 1911 to serve the Union Pacific Railway and the Milwaukee Road. It was originally named Oregon and Washington Station after a subsidiary line of the Union Pacific.
Union Station (Toronto) Union Station is a major railway, subway, and streetcar station at 65 Front Street West between Bay Street and York Street in downtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Currently, the primary function of the railway station is to act as a terminus for commuters on GO Transit, thanks to which it is busier than any other transport facility in the country, including airports.
Union Stock Yard Gate Located on Exchange Avenue at Peoria Street, this entrance to the famous Union Stock Yards was originally designed by John Wellboorn Root of Burnham and Root in around 1875. The work was done on commission by the superintendent of the yards at the time, John B.
Union Stock Yards The Union Stock Yard & Transit Co., or The Yards operated on the south side of Chicago for 106 years, beginning on Christmas Day in 1865 and closing in 1971 after several decades of decline brought on by the decentralization of the meat packing industry.
Union Street (BMT Fourth Avenue Line) Union Street is a station on the BMT Fourth Avenue Line of the New York City Subway, located at the corner of Fourth Avenue and Union Street in Brooklyn, NY. The station us served by the train (all times), the train (rush hours only), and the and trains (late nights).
Union Street, Plymouth Union Street in Plymouth, Devon, is a long street connecting the city centre to Devonport, Plymouth's naval base and docks. Frequented by sailors from all over the world, it once held a dubious distinction as one of the world's most infamous promenades and red-light districts.
Union Switch & Signal George Westinghouse founded Union Switch & Signal, abbreviated (US&S), in 1881, consolidating the assets of companies that had pioneered closed track circuits and interlockings. Operating as an independent company until 1917, US&S became a subsidiary of Westinghouse Air Brake.
Union technique de l'électricité et de la communication The Union Technique de l'Electricité et de la Communication (UTE) is the French national organisation for nomalisation in the domaine of electronics. It is member of the International Electrotechnical Commission and of the CENELEC
Union Tank Car Company Union Tank Car Company or UTLX (their most well known AAR reporting mark) is a railway equipment leasing company (and car maintenance / manufacturing) headquartered in metro Chicago, Illinois. As the name says, they specialise in tank cars, and covered hopper cars.
Union Territory of Goa, Daman, and Diu Union Territory of Goa, Daman, and Diu was the name given to the region on the west coast of India, after the end of Portuguese rule there in 1961. This Union Territory had its administration overlooked by New Delhi (as with other "union territories" in India), and comprised the 3700-square kilometre region of Goa, and the overland territories of Daman and Diu.
Union Theological College Union Theological College is the theological college for the Presbyterian Church in Ireland and is situated in Belfast, Northern Ireland. The college offers ministerial courses for Presbyterians and non-denominational theological courses.
Union Theological Seminary & Presbyterian School of Christian Education Union Theological Seminary & Presbyterian School of Christian Education (Union-PSCE), located on the near north side of the city of Richmond, Virginia is a theological seminary of the Presbyterian Church (USA). With campuses in Richmond, Virginia, and Charlotte, North Carolina, Union-PSCE prepares men and women to serve the church as pastors, educators, scholars, chaplains, and missionaries.
Union Theological Seminary in the City of New York Union Theological Seminary in the City of New York is a preeminent independent graduate school of theology, located in Manhattan between Claremont Avenue and Broadway, 120th to 122nd Streets. The seminary was founded in 1836 under the Presbyterian Church, and is currently affiliated with the nearby Columbia University.
Union Township School District The Union Township School District is a community public school district that serves students in kindergarten through eighth grade from Union Township, in Hunterdon County, New Jersey, United States. The new elementary school, appropriately named "Union Township Elementary School" opened for the 2006-2007 school year.
Union Township, Bergen County, New Jersey (Historical) Union Township was a Township that existed in Bergen County, New Jersey. The Township was formed in 1852 from territory that had been the northwestern portion of Hudson County and was returned to Bergen County.
Union Township, Camden County, New Jersey Union Township is a now dissolved township which existed from 1831 to 1868 and was located in present day Camden County, New Jersey. Union Township was formed by Gloucester County on November 15, 1831 taking territory from Gloucester Township and Gloucestertown Township.
Union Township, Clinton County, Ohio Union Township, one of thirteen in Clinton County, Ohio, is located in the central part of the county and includes the city of Wilmington, the county seat. In 2000, the population was 14,929, up from 13,379 in 1990, and is most populous township in the county.
Union Township, Warren County, Ohio Union Township is one of eleven townships of Warren County, Ohio, located in the central part of the county. It is bounded on the south by the Little Miami River and across the river by Hamilton Township; on the east by Salem Township; on the north by Turtlecreek Township; on the west and south by Deerfield Township.
Union Triad The Union Triad is a term used to refer to three general fraternities all founded at Union College in Schenectady, New York: the Kappa Alpha Society (established 1825), Sigma Phi (1827) and Delta Phi (1827). No formal organization exists.
Union Turnpike Union Turnpike is a thoroughfare stretching across central and eastern Queens in New York City. It runs from Myrtle Avenue in Glendale to Marcus Avenue in North New Hyde Park, a mile pr so into Nassau County, New York.
Union Underwear Union Underwear is an unionized underwear company that makes briefs for boys and men and full cut panties for girls and women. The company is most notable for the Nintendo underwear that was designed during the 1980s.
Union University (New York) Union University is a federation of several graduate and undergraduate institutions which are located in the American State of New York. Its constituent entities include Albany College of Pharmacy, Albany Law School, Albany Medical College, Dudley Observatory, Graduate College of Union University, and Union College.
Union Valley Reservoir Union Valley Reservoir is a reservoir in eastern El Dorado County, California, about 20 miles northeast of Placerville. The 230,000 acre-foot reservoir is in El Dorado National Forest in the Sierra Nevada at an elevation of 4,870 feet.
Union Wars The Union Wars is a fictional war between several human factions and the Killots, a race of near-human Imperialistic warriors, begining in 2283. The war takes place in a ravaged galaxy, Earth a unhospitable planet of molten lava and desolate wastelands due to nuclear warfare.
Union-closed sets conjecture In combinatorial mathematics, the union-closed sets conjecture is an elementary problem, still open as of 2006. It concerns a finite set X, and a set family F of subsets of X, such that F is union-closed in the sense that the union of Y and Z in F is also in F.
Unione Astrofili Italiani The Unione Astrofili Italiani (acronym: UAI; in English Italian Union of Amateur Astronomers) is an Italian organization active in astronomy research and outreach. Its members are both professional and amateur astronomers.
Unione Siciliane The Unione Siciliane (or Unione Siciliana) was a Sicilian-American political organization which eventually controlled much of the Italian-American votes within the United States during the early twentieth century. The organization would be a major source of conflict as underworld figures who, through a series of puppet presidents largely controlled by the Chicago Outfit, fought to control the highly influential organization during Prohibition.
Unionest Party The Unionest Party was a provincial political party in Saskatchewan, Canada, in the early 1980s, that advocated union between the four western provinces of Canada (British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba) and the United States.
UnionFS UnionFS is a Linux filesystem service which implements a union mount for Linux file systems. It allows files and directories of separate file systems, known as branches, to be transparently overlaid, forming a single coherent file system.
Unionism in Ireland Unionism in Ireland, is a belief in the desirability of a full constitutional and institutional relationship between Ireland and the United Kingdom based on the structures of the Act of Union 1800 which had merged both states together in 1801. The term owes its origins to the campaigns by opponents of Irish home rule in the late 19th and early 20th centuries to prevent the creation of an all-Ireland home rule parliament within the United Kingdom.
Unionist Muslim League The Unionist Muslim League, also known simply as the Unionist party was a political party based in the province of Punjab during British Raj in India. The Unionist party mainly represented the interests of the landed gentry and landlords of Punjab, which included Muslims, Hindus and Sikhs.
Unionist Party (South Africa) The Unionist Party was a pre-apartheid South African political party, which contested elections to the Union of South Africa parliament from the 1910 South African general election to its merger into the United Party in the 1930s.
Unionists (Scotland) Unionism in Scotland is the belief in that Scotland should remain in the United Kingdom in its present structure as a union between its main constituent countries. As the predominant force in Scottish politics, there are many strands of political Unionism in Scotland, as well as sympathisers with Unionism in Northern Ireland.
Uniono por la Linguo Internaciona Ido Uniono por la Linguo Internaciona Ido, the Union for the International Language Ido, is the official union of the Ido-language movement. Based in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, its main functions are the propagation of the language, arranging the yearly conferences in which Ido speakers gather, and the publishing of the magazine Progreso (progress), begun in 1908 by Louis Couturat, one of the founders of the movement who died in 1914.
UnionsWA UnionsWA is the peak Trades and Labour Council in Western Australia. Originally known as the Trades & Labor Council, Perth from 1891, the organisation has gone through several name changes including the Western Australian Branch of the Australian Labour Federation in 1907; Australian Labor Party (WA) in 1927; Trade Unions Industrial Council (ALP, WA) in 1947.
Uniontown Mall Uniontown Mall, owned and operated by Pennsylvania Real Estate Investment Trust, is a one-level, enclosed mall located in the far southern suburbs of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It's anchor tenants are Value City, JCPenney, Bon Ton, Carmike Cinemas, and Sears.
Uniontown, Pennsylvania Uniontown is a city in Fayette County, Pennsylvania, 50 miles (80 km) southeast of Pittsburgh and part of the Pittsburgh Metro Area. Population in 1900, 7,344; in 1910, 13,344; in 1920, 15,692; and in 1940, 21,819.
Unionville High School (Ontario) Unionville High School (commonly known as UHS) is a public high school of the York Region District School Board. It is located on Town Centre Boulevard in the community of Unionville in the town of Markham, Ontario, and is situated next to the Markham Theatre and the town's municipal offices.
Unionville Preparatory School Unionville Preparatory School, commonly referred to as Unionville Prep or Unionville, is a high school for boys and girls located in the Philadelphia area. Unionville is a member of the Inter-Academic League which also includes Episcopal Academy, Germantown Academy, Malvern Prep, Penn Charter, Haverford School, and Chestnut Hill Academy.
Unionville, Ontario Unionville is a suburban community that is located within Markham, 33 km NE of downtown Toronto, south of Lake Simcoe and 13 km SE of Richmond Hill. Main Street, which was Kennedy Road in the mid to late 20th century, runs through Unionville while the new Kennedy runs 300 m to the east.
Uniparental disomy Uniparental disomy (UPD) occurs when a person receives two copies of a chromosome, or part of a chromosome, from one parent and no copies from the other parent. UPD can occur as a random event during the formation of egg or sperm cells or may happen in early fetal development.
Unipath Unipath Ltd is a large pharmaceutical company specialising mainly in medical diagnostic kits related to women's reproductive health. Recently, it has been diversifying its product range to include more specialised test kits, primarily for the clinical market, in areas outside of women's reproductive healthcare.
Unipaz Unipaz, also known as the International University for Peace stated aims are to "contribute to UNESCO’s vision for a global culture of peace" through its campuses, programmes in schools and workshops for adults. It started its activities in the city of Brasilia in 1988.
Unipolar motor A unipolar motor is a type of small DC electric motor commonly found in small, portable cassette players. Its name is derived from its construction, which employs a magnetic strip wrapped around the inner wall of the housing such that one of its poles faces the inside, while the other faces outward.
Unipolar neuron A unipolar neuron is a neuron with a single neurite, round body and with different segments that serve as superficial receptors or terminals. Unipolar neurons are more common in the nervous system of the invertebrates, or premature embryos.
Uniprocessor A uniprocessor system is a computer system with a single central processing unit. As more and more computers employ multiprocessing architectures, such as SMP and MPP, the term is used to refer to systems that still have only one CPU.

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