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Hydrogen Sulfide Regulation Of Mesenteric Vascular Resistance, Adelaeda Barrera, Laura Gonzalez Bosc, Jay Naik, Perenkita Mendiola, Nancy L. Kanagy

Biomedical Sciences ETDs

Sleep apnea, recurrent obstruction of the upper airway leads to sleep fragmentation and intermittent hypoxia (IH). In animal studies, IH causes wake-time hypertension by elevating vascular resistance due in part to decreased production of the vasodilator, hydrogen sulfide (H₂S). However, much is unknown about where and how H₂S acts. Inhibiting cystathionine γ-lyase (CSE) to prevent H₂S synthesis augments constriction in isolated mesenteric arteries, but H₂S regulation of resistance in this vascular bed in vivo is unknown. The goal of this study was to evaluate CSE regulation of blood flow and resistance in …

Reproducing The Ghanaian/African Subject: Ideological Tensions And Queer Subjectivities In Postcolonial Ghana, Godfried A. Asante

Communication ETDs

Same-Sex sexual relationship continues to be a criminal offence in Ghana under the carnal knowledge clause instituted by the British during colonization. Although the law does not specifically mention same-sex sexual relations, carnal knowledge criminalizes all forms of non- heterosexual sexual activities. The criminalization of same-sex sexual relations has sparked an intense debate about African subjectivity. On the one hand, many African nationalists and most Christian organizations argue that same-sex sexual relations is unAfrican; this enables them to both subjugate queers while not having to defend their views more explicitly. Others (typically academics) have explored the existence of diverse sexual …

Male Teachers And The Ethic Of Care: How Male Primary Teachers Demonstrate Caring, Terry L. Morris

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

ABSTRACT In this study I investigated the relationships between male primary teachers who have adopted the ethic of care as an organizing principle in their work with children, and the ways in which caring reveals itself through their behaviors, words, and general relationships with their students. Case study methodology was used with two veteran teachers working in primary grade classrooms. Case study theory was used to analyze interviews, classroom observations, and student verbal and behavioral interactions with their teacher and each other. Case study analysis revealed six significant findings.

Albuquerque Street Paper Value Chain Development, Jeffrey C. Hertz

Architecture and Planning ETDs

Rationale for conducting this research project was based upon prior experiences with the street paper community. The first objective of this study was to work cooperatively with local experts in the fields of social entrepreneurship, workforce development, social service provisioning, city planning, and journalism to identify barriers and strategies for developing a street paper value chain for Albuquerque. The second objective of this study was to support these experts in selfidentifying their involvement as potential actors and/or value chain coordinators in developing a street paper operation in Albuquerque. While a comprehensive list of barriers to upward mobility for low-income and …

Wagon Tracks. Volume 27, Issue 3 (May, 2013), Santa Fe Trail Association

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1 Symposium1 Board Election2 President’s Column3 Joanne’s Jottings4 News 8 Letters to Editor9 In Memoriam: Waggoner32 Chapter Reports. 35 Membership Renewal36 Events10 Bent’s Old Fort Ice House: Leonard25 Santa Fe’s Revenue Plan of 1836: Tórrez26 Merchandise List Created: Boyle27 Jesus Gil Abreu: Daves31 Becknell’s Gravesite Restored: Wheeler6 The Trail Today: Preservation13 Youth on the Trail: History Projects14 Cyber Ruts: Journal and Magazine Articles: Olsen 32 Books: A Misplaced Massacre: Struggling over the Memory of Sand Creek: Pelikan

Wagon Tracks. Volume 27, Issue 2 (February, 2013), Santa Fe Trail Association

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1 Symposium
2 President's Column
3 Joanne's Jottings
4 News
9 Morgan Award
17 Hall of Fame: Hawn, Hickock
19 Hall of Fame: Wynkoop, Black Kettle
24 In Memoriam: Harris
25 Chapter Reports
27 Membership Renewal
28 Events

Wagon Tracks. Volume 27, Issue 1 (November, 2012), Santa Fe Trail Association

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1 2012 Awards 1 Pinon Canyon Site 2 President's Column 3 Joanne's Jottings 4 News 5 Research Grant Deadline 7 Preservation Committee; Cell Towers 9 Rendezvous Photos 9 Trail Research Forum: NPS 10 Cyber Ruts: Library of Congress 11 Hall of Fame: Holmes 12 Geocaching: Podszus 13 Young People on the Trail 14 Santa Fe Road in the Lost Township: Bonnewitz 21 Pedro Sandoval, Presidio of Santa Fe: Sandoval 24 Books: Boone's Lick Road 25 Chapter Reports 27 Membership Renewal 28 Events

Wagon Tracks. Volume 28, Issue 2 (February, 2014), Santa Fe Trail Association

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Board Meeting . 1
Rendezvous 2014 . 1
President’s Message . 2
Joanne’s Jottings . 3
News . 4-6
Time to Renew . . 7
Mallinson Eagle Scout . . 7
Dodge City Point of Rocks Photos . 24
Chapter Reports . 25
Membership Renewal . 27
Events . 28

Articles
National Register: Loughlin . 8
A Hunting We Will Go: Clapsaddle . 10
Negro Slaves on the SFT: Clapsaddle . 10
SFT Media Tour: Clark . 12
James Josiah Webb: Maine . 14
/>Wagon Bed Spring: French . 16

Columns
Book: Peacekeepers and Conquerers: Ball. 23

Wagon Tracks. Volume 28, Issue 1 (November, 2013), Santa Fe Trail Association

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Awards and Symposium . 1
President’s Message. 2
Joanne’s Jottings . 3
News .4 - 6
Symposium Photos . 9, 27, 28
Hall of Fame . 7, 15, 24
Chapter Reports . 24
Membership Renewal . 27
Events . 28

Articles
Plan to Rob Wethered and Brevort Foiled . 7
An Estranjero’s Proposal: Tórrez . 8
Surviving Disease on the Plains: Chambers . 10
Low-Level Aerial Photography: Aber. 16

Columns
Cyber Ruts: Maps: Olsen . 14
Book: Comanche Empire: Sears . 23

Wagon Tracks. Volume 28, Issue 3 (May, 2014), Santa Fe Trail Association

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1 Point of Rocks Preserved
2 President’s Message
3 Joanne’s Jottings
4 News
6 PNTS Report
6 Mapping Workshop
7 Concert
7 Committee Restructure
8 Rendezvous
9 Chapter Presidents Meetings
13 Independence Tour and Meeting Photos
18 Hall of Fame: Sumner
24 Chapter Reports
27 Membership Renewal
28 Events

10 Junior Wagon Master: Clark
12 Archives and Collections: Olsen and Peters
19 A. H. Boyd: Clapsaddle
14 Wagon Bed Spring: French

23 Book: Warrior Nations: Stafford

Wagon Tracks. Volume 29, Issue 4 (August, 2015), Santa Fe Trail Association

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2 On the Cover: Fur Trader at Bent’s Fort
4 President’s Corner
5 Joanne’s Jottings
6 Southern Fur Trade Symposium
7 Three Trails Conference
8 Photo of Ceran St. Vrain
9 Surveyor Joseph C. Brown Monument
10 The Pepperbox Revolving Pistol and Its Use in the West by Michael Schaubs
11 Becknell Desendants Photo
12 Bent, St. Vrain & Company, and Bent’s Fort by John Carson
15 The Mexican Connection by Dr. James A. Hanson
23 Military Impotent Against Indian Tribes
24 Books: Revisiting Four Classic Accounts of the Western Fur Trade and the Santa Fe Trail by Mike Olsen …

Wagon Tracks. Volume 29, Issue 2 (February, 2015), Santa Fe Trail Association

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10 The Kanza in the Civil War
15 Three Trails Conference Schedule and Registration
19 Documenting the Santa Fe Trail in Kansas
23 The American Invasion of New Mexico and Mexican Merchants

Mexican Money/American Commerce, David Clapsaddle

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No abstract provided.

Mosquitos And Buffalo Gnats On The Santa Fe Trail, Phyllis Morgan

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No abstract provided.

Without A Trace: The Becknell Five, Craig Crease

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No abstract provided.

Wagon Tracks. Volume 28, Issue 4 (August, 2014), Santa Fe Trail Association

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2 On the Cover: Ranch at Cimarron Crossing
4 President’s Corner
5 Joanne’s Jottings
6 Rendezvous 2014
8 News Along the Trail
10 Seen on the SFTA Facebook Page
15 Not Yet, But Plan Now: Membership
25 Pilgrim on the Santa Fe Trail
26 Books: Merchants of Independence by William Patrick O'Brien, reviewed by Dr. Leo Oliva
27 Books: That Broad and Beckoning Highway, by Michael L. Olsen, reviewed by Steve Schmidt; Citizen Explorer: The Life of Zebulon Pike by Jared Orsi, reviewed by Tom Pelikan
28 Activities Along the Trail
28 Chapter Reports

Wagon Tracks. Volume 30, Issue 3 (May, 2016), Santa Fe Trail Association

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2 On the Cover: On the Cimarron Route
4 President’s Corner
5 Joanne’s Jottings
7-8 Trail News
9 PNTS Report and Workshop
17 Annotated SFT Bibliography
25 Books: Over the Santa Fe Trail to Mexico: The Travel Diaries and Autobiography of Dr. Rowland Willard, Joy L. Poole, reviewed by Timothy Zwink Battles and Massacres on the Southwestern Frontier: Historical and Archaeological Perspectives, Ed. Ronald Wetherington and Frances Levine, reviewed by Larry L. JusticeMary Donoho: New First Lady of the Santa Fe Trail, 25th Anniversary Edition, Marian Meyer, updated by Joni Stodt and George Donoho Bayless.
28 Chapter Reports

Wagon Tracks. Volume 30, Issue 2 (February, 2016), Santa Fe Trail Association

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2 On the Cover: Oh, Give Me a Home
4 President's Corner
5 Joanne's Jottings
6 Trail News
9 PNTS Report, SFTA Memebership
10 Entangled Transactions: General Kearny's Mill Site
14 Exhibits Preserve SFT Mural
17 High Tech Converges with Trail History
18 The Secret of the Gage d'Amour
22 Cimarron Heritage Center: Dust Bowl Exhibit
23 Bet's Old Fort: The Fur Press-Essential Tool fo the Fur Trade
26 Books
28 In Memoriam: James Bohart, Emery Murray
29 Chapter Reports
32 Calendar

Wagon Tracks. Volume 30, Issue 1 (November, 2015), Santa Fe Trail Association

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2 On the Cover: Swales in New Mexico
4 President's Corner
5 Joanne's Jottings
5-8 Trail News
9 SFTA Awards, Hall of Fame
14 Crossing the Ocean: Conservation on the Santa Fe Trail
16 Three Trails Conference Report
18 William Becknell, "Mr M'Laughlin," and an Unexpected Road to Santa Fe
21 Colorado DAR Markers Located
22 Crossroad at the Edge of Empire: Economy and Livelihood in Santa Fe during the Spanish Colonial Period
25 Planned Giving: Josiah Gregg Society
26 Books: Youth on the Santa Fe Trail, Camilla Kattell, reviewed by Rachel C. Penner, and The Santa Fe Trail: A …

Diet Specialization Does Not Explain Occupancy Or Abundance In A Test Of The Resource Breadth Hypothesis In A Small Mammal Community, Deborah R. Boro

Biology ETDs

The abundance-occupancy relationship (AOR) is a recurrent pattern in ecology and biogeography, in which species with expansive distributions are locally common while those with restricted distributions are locally rare. Despite occurring across a wide variety of taxa and spatial scales, the mechanisms underlying AORs are not well understood. I tested two such mechanisms regarding dietary generalism in a guild of 8 small, herbivorous African mammals: (1) the degree to which diet was explained by food availability, and (2) population-level diet breadth. I expected that food availability would better predict diet for abundant, widespread species than rare, restricted species. Additionally, I …

Buried History: Reclaiming Native Diplomats In Congressional Cemetery, Rachael Cassidy

History ETDs

ABSTRACT: The Congressional Cemetery in Washington D.C., the first national cemetery in United States, holds the remains of thirty six Native Diplomats who died in capital city while negotiating treaties for their nations. The diplomats faced discrimination in Washington D.C. because they were perceived as racially inferior. Myths, such as Manifest Destiny and the vanishing Indian, justified the displacement of Indigenous people from their homelands and attempted to erase them as America’s first people. Although Native diplomats faced intense racial stereotypes and intentional deception during treaty negotiations, they skillfully negotiated to protect their nations and their sovereignty. The stories of …

Wagon Tracks. Volume 31, Issue 2 (February, 2017), Santa Fe Trail Association

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2 On the Cover: Winter at Bent's Old Fort
4 President: As I See It
5 Joanne's Jottings
7 Trail News
9 How the DAR Marked the Santa Fe Trail
12 Santa Fe Trail Hall of Fame
15 PNTS Report
16 Francisca Lopez Kimball: Across the Santa Fe Trail to Missouri
20 Book Reviews
23 Research Grant Report
24 Padilla Monument May Be Ancient Indian Landmark
28 Chapter Reports
32 Calendar

Mexico Enacts Permanent Ban On Gillnets In Habitat Of Endangered Porpoise, Carlos Navarro

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Another Mexican Governor Under Investigation For Corruption, Carlos Navarro

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Assessing The Utility Of Phenylene Ethynylenes Against Candida Species Pathogens, Rina Sylejmani

Biomedical Engineering ETDs

Candida species are the cause of many bloodstream infections through contamination of indwelling medical devices. These infections account for a 40% mortality rate, posing a significant risk to immunocompromised patients. Traditional treatments against Candida infections include amphotericin B and various azole treatments. Unfortunately, these treatments are associated with high toxicity, and resistant strains have become more prevalent. As a new frontier, light-activated phenylene ethynylenes have shown promising biocidal activity against Gram-positive and -negative bacterial pathogens, as well as the environmental yeast, Saccharomyces cerevisiae. In this thesis, we monitored the viability of Candida species after treatment with a cationic conjugated …

High Order Hermite And Sobolev Discontinuous Galerkin Methods For Hyperbolic Partial Differential Equations, Adeline Kornelus

Mathematics & Statistics ETDs

Many real-world problems involving dynamics of solid or fluid bodies can be modeled by hyperbolic partial differential equations (PDEs). Up to this point, only solutions to selected PDEs are available. Many PDEs are physically or geometrically complex, resulting in difficulties computing the analytical solutions. In this thesis, we focus on numerical methods for approximating solutions to hyperbolic PDEs. Long-term simulation for the motion of the body described by the PDE requires a method that is not only robust and efficient, but also produces small error because the error will be propagated and accumulated over the course of the simulation. Therefore, …

Didn't See That Coming: An Analysis Of Unexpressed Subjects In English Discourse, Amy Marie Lindstrom

Linguistics ETDs

Research on variable subject expression in null subject languages is robust; however, the factors that condition subject expression in English are underexplored, primarily because it is generally assumed that overt subjects accompany inflected verbs. This dissertation addresses this gap by investigating cross-linguistic constraints that influence subject (un)expression in English, focusing on third person human and inanimate referents. Data for this study come from two discursive corpora, representing the genres of conversation and narrative. Analysis reveals that discourse/pragmatic factors, such as accessibility, are operative notwithstanding the typological divide commonly known as pro/non-pro-drop. This dissertation presents an original approach to measuring discourse …

Medicine Through Comics: Wheels Are Turning On The Road To Healing. Native Americans Through The Lens Of Francophone Graphic Novels., Nathalie C. Bléser

Foreign Languages & Literatures ETDs

This work analyzes the evolution of the depiction of Native Americans in Francophone graphic novels from Belgium, Switzerland and France, from the 1930s to our present era. The axis around which the comics are organized is the Lakota Medicine Wheel, which, along with works by N.A. scholars, constitutes the basis of the theoretical framework. In this way, the work is guided by a truly multicultural and interethnic approach. The deliberate choice of a span of more than 80 years wishes to show how such depiction evolved and how its observation can bring healing from the mistreatment and misrepresentation experienced by …

Characterization Of Methods For Surface Charge Removal For The Reduction Of Electrostatic Discharge Events, Khandakar Nusrat Islam

Electrical and Computer Engineering ETDs

Electrostatic discharge (ESD) from charged dielectric materials used in explosive environments presents a significant hazard. In order to investigate dielectric surface charging and methods of removing this charge in a controlled manner, a test stand has been built to study the behavior of several common dielectric materials used in such environments. A corona discharge source of the type used in electrostatic printing technology has been employed at normal laboratory temperatures and at low and high relative humidity in a controlled manner.

Dielectrics tested included black/semi-black/yellow Kapton, Lexan, Delrin, and red Adiprene with surface potentials (V_diel) ranging from -1 …

Reactions To Market Failure And Approaches To Reduce Market Failure, Yingzhe Cheng

Economics ETDs

Market failure can have serious negative consequences on human welfare, including various health risks to people. How to best correct market failure becomes an important question. Different approaches may reduce market failure, such as direct government regulation, or market based approaches. This research explores consumers’ or societies’ reactions to market failure and approaches to reduce market failure.

The first study uses a random utility model and a choice experiment method to estimate Chinese parents’ marginal willingness-to-pay for potential policy changes that target overall food safety. Results suggest that a policy that provides both direct government regulation and information to create …