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Postcolonial Management Of The Transboundary Guaraní Aquifer System: Indigenous Input As A Guide For Environmental Sustainability, Melissa Leonard Jan 2016

Postcolonial Management Of The Transboundary Guaraní Aquifer System: Indigenous Input As A Guide For Environmental Sustainability, Melissa Leonard

Tribal Law Journal

This article discusses the Guaraní Aquifer System, which is a vast groundwater source that spans across Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay, and Brazil. The Guaraní Aquifer System is located beneath the ancestral homelands of the Guaraní indigenous peoples, yet it is exclusively managed by nation states. The Guaraní indigenous peoples have been deprived of their ancestral land and have no say in the utilization or management of the Aquifer. This article discusses social and legal theory relating to water management and governance, as well as Guaraní social organization, belief systems, and customary environmental law in the context of “postcolonial” water management. This …

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Triangular Dense Fuzzy Neutrosophic Sets, Sujit Kumar, Ismat Beg Jan 2016

Triangular Dense Fuzzy Neutrosophic Sets, Sujit Kumar, Ismat Beg

Neutrosophic Sets and Systems

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Final Report: Predicting Effects Of Climate Change On Riparian Obligate Species In The Southwestern United States, Jacek Tomasz Giermakowski, James R. Hatten, Matthew J. Johnson, Jennifer A. Holmes, Erika M. Nowak, Michael Peters Dec 2015

Final Report: Predicting Effects Of Climate Change On Riparian Obligate Species In The Southwestern United States, Jacek Tomasz Giermakowski, James R. Hatten, Matthew J. Johnson, Jennifer A. Holmes, Erika M. Nowak, Michael Peters

Faculty and Staff Publications

The Lower Colorado River and Rio Grande Basins are home to many riparian vertebrate species with different degrees of rarity. In our study, we focused on two species of birds and two species of gartersnakes that are associated with riparian areas: the Yellow-breasted Chat (Icteria virens), the Yellow Warbler (Setophaga petechia), the Northern Mexican Gartersnake (Thamnophis eques megalops) and the Narrow-headed Gartersnake (T. rufipunctatus). While the extent of distributions of these species is relatively large, they are often patchily distributed in populations that are small; in addition, both gartersnake species are listed as threatened under the Endangered Species Act. Aside …

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Abq Free Press, December 30, 2015, Abq Free Press Dec 2015

Abq Free Press, December 30, 2015, Abq Free Press

ABQ Free Press

No abstract provided.

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Uap 6150: Casualty And Liability Insurance And Claims, University Of New Mexico Dec 2015

Uap 6150: Casualty And Liability Insurance And Claims, University Of New Mexico

Section 6000: Business Management

Process Owner: Director, Safety and Risk Services

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Abq Free Press, December 16, 2015, Abq Free Press Dec 2015

Abq Free Press, December 16, 2015, Abq Free Press

ABQ Free Press

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Systematic Literature Search For Mscr Thesis: Intrathecal Pain Pumps For The Treatment Of Neuropathic Pain, Kathleen L. Reyes, Karen R. Mcelfresh, Jonathan D. Eldredge Dec 2015

Systematic Literature Search For Mscr Thesis: Intrathecal Pain Pumps For The Treatment Of Neuropathic Pain, Kathleen L. Reyes, Karen R. Mcelfresh, Jonathan D. Eldredge

Clinical and Translational Science Center Scholarly Output

This search strategy sought to construct an evidence-based position on the use of intrathecal pumps. We identified literature pertaining to the safety and efficacy of intrathecal pumps for the treatment of neuropathic pain. Articles obtained using this search strategy provided the background information for our thesis manuscript, which sought to determine if delivering opioids via the secure, non-tamperable intrathecal pain pump, in combination with other synergistic medications, would show improved pain scores and reduced side effects in patients with chronic neuropathic pain.

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Brief For New Mexico Trial Lawyers Association, Montaño V. Frezza As Amicus Curiae, George Bach Dec 2015

Brief For New Mexico Trial Lawyers Association, Montaño V. Frezza As Amicus Curiae, George Bach

Faculty Scholarship

This brief is on whether to extend sovereign immunity to out-of-state doctor in medical malpractice action.

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Mens Life History, Testosterone, And Health, Louis Calistro Alvarado Dec 2015

Mens Life History, Testosterone, And Health, Louis Calistro Alvarado

Anthropology ETDs

Testosterone is hypothesized to mediate life history trade-offs between reproduction and survival in men, promoting mating effort over other forms of investment, which entails energetic and mortality costs. Sexually dimorphic musculature represents one form of somatic investment in mating. Favorable energy availability is posited to promote preferential investment in mating effort through upregulated testosterone production and augmented musculature, whereas nutritional constraint is predicted to downregulate testosterone to facilitate a diminished, thriftier phenotype. Furthermore, life history trajectories influencing mens testosterone levels have important health implications for androgen-sensitive disease. Here, I examine broad features of men's life history and health, and their …

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The Effects Of Ketorolac And Its Enantiomers On Breast Cancer Proliferation And Metastasis, Amanda Sheree Peretti Dec 2015

The Effects Of Ketorolac And Its Enantiomers On Breast Cancer Proliferation And Metastasis, Amanda Sheree Peretti

Biomedical Sciences ETDs

Breast cancer is the second leading cause of cancer related deaths in women. Advanced breast cancer can metastasize to the lungs, liver, bones and brain becoming fatal conditions for many patients. There is a dire need for metastasis preventing medications, however the process required for a medication to become FDA approved for clinical use is long and arduous. Studies have found promising benefits for breast cancer patients given ToradolTM, or racemic ketorolac, as an NSAID during resection surgery. However, long-term use of racemic ketorolac is not recommended. Currently FDA-approved for use in the racemic form, ketorolac has the potential to …

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Transcriptional Regulation Of Muscle Development In Drosophila Melanogaster, Tonya M. Brunetti Dec 2015

Transcriptional Regulation Of Muscle Development In Drosophila Melanogaster, Tonya M. Brunetti

Biology ETDs

The transcriptional regulation of muscle development involves several complex processes that must work together in order to form functional, syncytial muscle cells. However, when transcription is mis-regulated, muscle development is often times negatively affected and can lead to muscle diseases such as muscular dystrophy and cardiac myopathies. In order to gain more insight into how transcription is regulated, I use Drosophila melanogaster as a model for understanding muscle development. In chapter one, I use a traditional genetic screen to phenotypically and molecularly identify two Hox co-factors, extradenticle and homothorax, that have the ability to change muscle identity. Additionally, in chapter …

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Flight Muscle Progenitor Populations In Drosophila Melanogaster, Elizabeth Carvosso Clarke Dec 2015

Flight Muscle Progenitor Populations In Drosophila Melanogaster, Elizabeth Carvosso Clarke

Biology ETDs

We use the Drosophila system to define how genes control muscle development and function. Many of the genes in the fruit fly, Drosophila melanogaster, are conserved with higher animals, and so our results can be important in understanding mechanisms of vertebrate muscle development and disease. Study of the flight muscle progenitor populations in Drosophila gives clearer understanding of the genetic regulatory networks that lead to the development of flight muscle. The direct flight muscles (DFMs) and indirect flight muscles (IFMs) arise from the myoblast population of the notal region of the Drosophila wing imaginal disc. Within the myoblast population, there …

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Neal Ambrose-Smith: The Artistic Modernity Of Indianness, Erik Parker Dec 2015

Neal Ambrose-Smith: The Artistic Modernity Of Indianness, Erik Parker

Art & Art History ETDs

Neal Ambrose-Smith is an artist of Cree, Metis, and Salish heritage who is at the forefront of contemporary Native American art. A thorough examination of Ambrose-Smiths body of work will reveal that the majority of his art can be viewed as having overwhelming intentions toward a dissolution of boundaries separating the ideas of 'Native,' 'contemporary,' and 'Western art.' It also will show that through the utilization of popular culture and its icons, Ambrose-Smith is able to build a rapport with audiences, while also using images and themes in his art to help break down barriers that contemporary Native artists face …

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Intrathecal Pain Pumps For The Treatment Of Neuropathic Pain: A Retrospective Review Of The Electronic Medical Record, Kathleen Lopez Reyes Dec 2015

Intrathecal Pain Pumps For The Treatment Of Neuropathic Pain: A Retrospective Review Of The Electronic Medical Record, Kathleen Lopez Reyes

Biomedical Sciences ETDs

Most patients suffering from neuropathic pain will not obtain sufficient pain relief from current recommended therapy. The present study sought to compare patients with neuropathic pain treated with intrathecal drug delivery systems (IDDS) to those with oral opioid treatment alone via a retrospective analysis of electronic medical records. Pain scores and number and amount of adverse events were the primary endpoints of analysis. The most important finding of our study was that significantly fewer adverse events were found among patients treated with IDDS compared to patients treated with traditional oral medications. We examined the differences in recorded pain scores over …

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Evolving Efficient Foraging Behavior In Biologically-Inspired Robot Swarms, Joshua Peter Hecker Dec 2015

Evolving Efficient Foraging Behavior In Biologically-Inspired Robot Swarms, Joshua Peter Hecker

Computer Science ETDs

Human beings are driven to explore distant new worlds as we seek to better understand our place in the Universe. Because of the inherent dangers of human spaceflight, we often send robots as surrogate explorers, controlled from millions of miles away by teams of capable rover drivers here on Earth. As technology continues to advance, scientists and engineers aspire to build low-cost, durable, fully autonomous rovers to succeed today's tele-operated extraplanetary explorers. Here we aim to advance this goal by designing and programming robots that can successfully navigate unknown and variable environments. We present a swarm robotics system that mimics …

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Apolipoprotein B Containing Lipoproteins Contribute To Host Innate Immune Pulmonary Defense Against Staphylococcus Aureus, Brett Manifold-Wheeler Dec 2015

Apolipoprotein B Containing Lipoproteins Contribute To Host Innate Immune Pulmonary Defense Against Staphylococcus Aureus, Brett Manifold-Wheeler

Biomedical Sciences ETDs

Circulating lipoproteins are increasingly recognized as innate immune effector molecules. Severe hypolipidemia, which may occur with trauma or critical illness, is clinically associated with bacterial pneumonia. Importantly, pneumonia caused by Staphylococcus aureus is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in both hospital- and community-acquired pneumonia cases. Here we report that lipoprotein deficiency impairs early pulmonary innate defense against S. aureus quorum-sensing dependent pathogenesis. Specifically, apoB levels in the lung early post-infection are significantly reduced with lipoprotein deficiency, coinciding with impaired host control of S. aureus agr-signaling and increased agr-dependent morbidity and inflammation. Given that lipoproteins also inhibit LTA- and …

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R-Ketorolac Targets Cdc42 And Rac1 And Alters Ovarian Cancer Behaviors Critical For Invasion And Metastasis, Yuna Guo Dec 2015

R-Ketorolac Targets Cdc42 And Rac1 And Alters Ovarian Cancer Behaviors Critical For Invasion And Metastasis, Yuna Guo

Biomedical Sciences ETDs

Cdc42 (cell division control protein 42) and Rac1 (Ras-related C3 botulinum) are attractive therapeutic targets in ovarian cancer based on their established importance in tumor cell migration, adhesion and invasion. Despite a predicted benefit, targeting GTPases has not yet been translated to clinical practice. Based on lead identification through high-throughput screening and computational shape homology approaches, R-ketorolac is identified as a Cdc42 and Rac1 regulator, an activity that is distinct from the anti-inflammatory, cyclooxygenase inhibitory activity of S-ketorolac. In this dissertation, R-ketorolac is established as an allosteric inhibitor of Cdc42 and Rac1. Studies on immortalized human ovarian adenocarcinoma cells (SKOV3ip), …

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Exposure Of Neonatal Rats To Alcohol Has Differential Effects On Cytokine Levels In The Cerebellum And Hippocampus: Potential Role Of Microglia And Astrocytes, Lauren Topper Dec 2015

Exposure Of Neonatal Rats To Alcohol Has Differential Effects On Cytokine Levels In The Cerebellum And Hippocampus: Potential Role Of Microglia And Astrocytes, Lauren Topper

Biomedical Sciences ETDs

Drinking during pregnancy can result in fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD), an umbrella term that encompasses a wide array of symptoms ranging from neurocognitive deficits to physical malformations. The mechanism for FASD is not yet fully understood, however recently, activation of the neuroimmune system has been suggested to play a role. Neuroinflammation, characterized by increased pro-inflammatory cytokine production and glial cell activation, has been observed following exposure to alcohol during the neonatal period. Furthermore, neuroimmune activation has been implicated in alcohol-induced neuronal death and/or damage. The studies herein investigate several components of the relationship between neuronal damage following developmental alcohol …

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Mechanisms Of Innate Immune Regulation Of Dermonecrosis During Staphylococcus Aureus Skin Infections, Moriah J. Castleman Dec 2015

Mechanisms Of Innate Immune Regulation Of Dermonecrosis During Staphylococcus Aureus Skin Infections, Moriah J. Castleman

Biomedical Sciences ETDs

S. aureus is the dominant cause of skin and soft tissue infections (SSTIs) in humans. The importance of S. aureus as the primary cause of skin infections has increased exponentially over the last few decades since the emergence of resistance to β-lactam antibiotics. Furthermore, the rise of methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA) strains has led to hospitals stays, increased financial burden and increased mortality. A significant proportion of MRSA infections have been attributed to community-acquired strains (CA-MRSA), specifically the USA300 isolates, which can cause deadly disease in otherwise healthy individuals. Due to the increase in antibiotic resistance and the lack of …

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Designing For Immersive Technology: Integrating Art And Stem Learning, Jane Elizabeth Crayton Dec 2015

Designing For Immersive Technology: Integrating Art And Stem Learning, Jane Elizabeth Crayton

Art & Art History ETDs

Students struggle to learn STEM concepts. The arts have been proposed as a means to engage students in STEM education, resulting in the idea of STEAM. However, STEAM approaches do not always result in learning. A collaboration between a major research university and a small Native arts college in the southwestern United States provided an opportunity for studying the potential for arts to engage students in STEM learning. This study investigates how participating art students (N = 4) solved technological and design production problems when working with immersive technologies in a paid summer internship program. The internship program lasted six …

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Abq Free Press, November 18, 2015, Abq Free Press Nov 2015

Abq Free Press, November 18, 2015, Abq Free Press

ABQ Free Press

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Supreme Court Ruling Reverses Government Decision To Allow Permits For Gmo Soy In Yucatã¡N, Campeche States, Carlos Navarro Nov 2015

Supreme Court Ruling Reverses Government Decision To Allow Permits For Gmo Soy In Yucatã¡N, Campeche States, Carlos Navarro

SourceMex

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Mol-Pcr For Snp Based Detection And Characterization Of Stec Non-O157 Strains, Heather M. Mendez Nov 2015

Mol-Pcr For Snp Based Detection And Characterization Of Stec Non-O157 Strains, Heather M. Mendez

Biomedical Engineering ETDs

Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) strains are important food-borne pathogens that have been linked to human illness. In the United States, STEC O157:H7 strains have been attributed to the majority of disease and outbreaks; however, the frequency of disease associated with STEC non-O157 strains have also increased and is often under recognized due to diagnostic limitations. In 2012, the Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) implemented mandatory testing for non-O157 STEC serogroups O26, O45, O103, O111, O121, and O145. Single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) have been identified in the O-antigen gene cluster for each of the non-O157 STEC serogroups that can …

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Abq Free Press, November 4, 2015, Abq Free Press Nov 2015

Abq Free Press, November 4, 2015, Abq Free Press

ABQ Free Press

No abstract provided.

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Querencia: Placemaking In The Heart Of Northern New Mexico, Estacia Huddleston Nov 2015

Querencia: Placemaking In The Heart Of Northern New Mexico, Estacia Huddleston

The Rio Chama Basin: Land, Water and Community

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Land Conflict Takes Deadly Turn In Northeastern Nicaragua, Benjamin Witte-Lebhar Oct 2015

Land Conflict Takes Deadly Turn In Northeastern Nicaragua, Benjamin Witte-Lebhar

NotiCen

No abstract provided.

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Full Proceedings, Vijaya R. Sharma, Soumi Chouwdhury Oct 2015

Full Proceedings, Vijaya R. Sharma, Soumi Chouwdhury

Himalayan Policy Research Conference

No abstract provided.

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Institutional And Organizational Capacities For Adapting To Climate Change In The Least Developing Countries, Sunil Tankha Oct 2015

Institutional And Organizational Capacities For Adapting To Climate Change In The Least Developing Countries, Sunil Tankha

Himalayan Policy Research Conference

In our research, we focus on three action arenas: village development, agriculture and forestry. The reason for this is that adaptation capacity is a function of both the intensity of the impacts caused by climate change and the resources to which a community has access and entitlement. Local development therefore is a key issue in increasing adaptive capacities, and in this area the relevant government organizations are the Village Development Committee (VDC), the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) and the Ministry of Forests and Soil Conservation (MFSC). In each of these ministries and departments, we conducted several key …

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Disaster Management In Mountain Economy: A Case Of Uttarakhand State Of India, Ishwar Chandra Awasthi Oct 2015

Disaster Management In Mountain Economy: A Case Of Uttarakhand State Of India, Ishwar Chandra Awasthi

Himalayan Policy Research Conference

After a brief discussion of mountain economies in general and their disaster proneness in the first section, the second section deals with the mountain regions in the Indian Himalayan regions that are vulnerable to various disasters. The third section, in particular, deals with one of the mountain states of India namely, Uttarakhand that has witnessed many disasters and the worst disaster occurred in June 2013, entailing enormous loss of human and animal lives and devastation of property and infrastructures. The fourth section examines the damage and need assessment of June 2013 disaster and fifth section describes the pain and sufferings …

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Abq Free Press, October 7, 2015, Abq Free Press Oct 2015

Abq Free Press, October 7, 2015, Abq Free Press

ABQ Free Press

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