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A Standalone High Frequency Receiver System, Orlando Leone Jr. Jul 2014

A Standalone High Frequency Receiver System, Orlando Leone Jr.

Electrical and Computer Engineering ETDs

The High Frequency Receiver System (HFRS) is a mobile, autonomous, Linux-based RF recording system that is designed to pick up ionosonde sounding signals from 1—10 MHz. Systems are designed for quick deployment and capable of remaining deployed in the field for up to a month. The design motivation was for ionospheric sounding campaigns in New Mexico organized by the Air Force Research Labora- tories (AFRL). The systems are calibrated to selected sites and thus require Radio Frequency Interference (RFI) characterization of the sites. The project includes building and using four standalone systems with associated power, antenna, RF, and remote control …

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Otero County Prescription Trails, University Of New Mexico Prevention Research Center Jul 2014

Otero County Prescription Trails, University Of New Mexico Prevention Research Center

Walking Guides and Reports

The Otero County Prescription Trails Program is designed to give all health care professionals tools to increase walking and wheelchair rolling on suggested routes, targeting and promoting healthy lifestyles for families in our county. This guide will help you find some of the best parks, trails and walking areas in Alamogordo, Tularosa, White Sands National Monument and Lincoln National Forest.

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Abq Free Press, July 2, 2014, Abq Free Press Jul 2014

Abq Free Press, July 2, 2014, Abq Free Press

ABQ Free Press

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Envisioning The Farms Of The Future: In Pursuit Of Sustainable Agriculture In The Rio Grande Valley, Matthew Draper Jul 2014

Envisioning The Farms Of The Future: In Pursuit Of Sustainable Agriculture In The Rio Grande Valley, Matthew Draper

Latin American Studies ETDs

This thesis attempts to define the parameters that characterize sustainable agriculture on the level of an individual farm in the context of the central Rio Grande valley. Using historical sources about New Mexican agriculture, contemporary scientific literature and interviews with practicing farmers in the region, it develops a vision for the shape that farms must take in order to sustain agriculture in the region indefinitely. In doing so, particular attention is paid to how farms can be successful in the present moment and prepare for a future defined by resource scarcity and climate change. It begins with a brief history …

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An Experimental And Petrologic Investigation Of The Source Regions Of Lunar Magmatism In The Context Of The Primordial Differentiation Of The Moon, Stephen Elardo Jul 2014

An Experimental And Petrologic Investigation Of The Source Regions Of Lunar Magmatism In The Context Of The Primordial Differentiation Of The Moon, Stephen Elardo

Earth and Planetary Sciences ETDs

The primordial differentiation of the Moon via a global magma ocean has become the paradigm under which all lunar data are interpreted. The success of this model in explaining multiple geochemical, petrologic, and isotopic characteristics lunar geology has led to magma oceans becoming the preferred model for the differentiation of Earth, Mars, Mercury, Vesta, and other large terrestrial bodies. The goal of this work is to combine petrologic analyses of lunar samples with high pressure, high temperature petrologic experiments to place new and detailed constraints the petrogenetic processes that operated during different stages of lunar magmatism, the processes that have …

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Using Nd Isotopes To Understand Changes In Continental Weathering Flux In Mid-Pennsylvanian (Desmoinesian) Carbonate Cycles, Phil Ragonese Jul 2014

Using Nd Isotopes To Understand Changes In Continental Weathering Flux In Mid-Pennsylvanian (Desmoinesian) Carbonate Cycles, Phil Ragonese

Earth and Planetary Sciences ETDs

Decades of study on Phanerozoic sedimentary deposits indicates that changes in Earth's orbital parameters are one of the main drivers of climate change on the 104-105 yr time scales, however understanding the relationships between climate change on coeval marine and continental deposits is difficult due to post-depositional erosion and tectonic processes. Nd isotopes measured in marine carbonates are a proxy for regional-scale continental weathering flux (CWF) and can help resolve these difficulties because its short residence time (less than ocean mixing times). This study focuses on cyclic Middle Pennsylvanian (Desmoinesian) marine successions from the Pedregosa (Arizona) and Bird Spring (southern …

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Issue No. 100: July 2014, Historical Society Of New Mexico Jul 2014

Issue No. 100: July 2014, Historical Society Of New Mexico

La Crónica de Nuevo México

1 Bernardo de Gálvez (1746-1786), Spanish Hero of the American Revolution
1 Notes on Body Count and other Practices Associated with Campaigns in Spanish and Mexican Period New Mexico
3 Ann Spiess Mills New Mexico Folk Artist
3 In Memoriam
4 Books, Spanish Colonial Lives: Documents from the Spanish Colonial Archives of New Mexico, 1705-1744
4 Books, Edmund G. Ross: Soldier, Senator, Abolitionist
5 2014 Historical Society of New Mexico Awards Ceremony Held on Saturday, May 3, Montezuma Hotel Ballroom, United World College, Montezuma (Las Vegas), New Mexico
6 New Books for Your New Mexico History Bookshelves
6 Historical Society …

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The Quagmire That Nobody In The Federal Government Wants To Talk About: Marijuana, Melanie Reid Jul 2014

The Quagmire That Nobody In The Federal Government Wants To Talk About: Marijuana, Melanie Reid

New Mexico Law Review

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Undermining Checks And Balances: The Fallout Of Maestas V. Hall, Levi A. Monagle Jul 2014

Undermining Checks And Balances: The Fallout Of Maestas V. Hall, Levi A. Monagle

New Mexico Law Review

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Population And Metapopulation Ecology Of Childhood Diseases, Christian E. Gunning Jul 2014

Population And Metapopulation Ecology Of Childhood Diseases, Christian E. Gunning

Biology ETDs

Researchers have long used mathematical models and empirical data to explore the population ecology of childhood diseases such as measles and whooping cough. These diseases have proven ideal model systems for studying population dynamics over space and time. Here we present a novel dataset of weekly measles and whooping cough case reports in pre-vaccine era U.S. cities and states, along with a previously- studied dataset of measles in England & Wales. We first estimate per-population disease reporting probabilities. We find that disease reporting is highly variable over space and between diseases, and correlated with socioeconomic covariates including ethnic composition and …

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The Microbiome Of Rainbow Trout (Oncorhynchus Mykiss), Liam T. Lowrey Jul 2014

The Microbiome Of Rainbow Trout (Oncorhynchus Mykiss), Liam T. Lowrey

Biology ETDs

Commensal organisms are an integral part of all vertebrates, contributing heavily to development, pathogen defense, and metabolism. Commensals reside at different body sites within vertebrate animals creating unique and distinct communities that vary between locations. The human microbiome project has revealed distinct bacterial community compositions at the diverse range of body sites that have been sampled, providing evidence for different functional purposes of each microbiome. Rainbow trout, Oncorhynchus mykiss, serves as a model organism for the study of mucosal physiology and immunology. Teleost fish are evolutionarily important as one of the first jawed vertebrates with a dedicated adaptive mucosal immune …

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Defining The Complexities Of Mef2 Function And Regulation In Drosophila, Tyanna L. Lovato Jul 2014

Defining The Complexities Of Mef2 Function And Regulation In Drosophila, Tyanna L. Lovato

Biology ETDs

The development of cardiac and somatic muscle is coordinated by many factors that are highly conserved across species. Mutations in the coding or regulatory sequences of a gene can alter the structure, function or levels of expression of the protein it encodes. We have identified the genetic mechanism underlying the temperature sensitive mutation in MEF2 (myocyte enhancer factor 2), which is required for the differentiation of all muscle lineages. In addition, we have identified a regulatory element upstream of the Mef2 gene that directs its expression from stage fourteen through the end of embryogenesis which is activated by the NK-homeobox …

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Establishment Of Larrea Tridentata At The Northern Edge Of The Modern Mojave Desert: Insights From Neotoma Paleomiddens, Clare E. Steinberg Jul 2014

Establishment Of Larrea Tridentata At The Northern Edge Of The Modern Mojave Desert: Insights From Neotoma Paleomiddens, Clare E. Steinberg

Biology ETDs

Shifting climates affect the composition of biological communities. If environmental conditions change sufficiently, new species can invade, leading to large-scale community turnover. Understanding how and why such shifts occur is crucial in this era of anthropogenic global change. Paleontological studies provide a valuable long-term perspective of the dynamics of community turnover. Here, we examine changes in the plant community over the past 34 thousand years in what is now the northern Mojave Desert. This time period includes the last glacial maximum as well as numerous smaller climatic fluctuations in the Holocene and the end of the Pleistocene. We quantified plant …

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Implementing An Online Social Network For Health Communication, Christian Shaw Jul 2014

Implementing An Online Social Network For Health Communication, Christian Shaw

Biomedical Sciences ETDs

Through end-user design based research methodology, we developed an interactive online social network that specifically communicates informative and harm reduction strategies for alcohol and illicit drug use to University students. Twenty-four demographically representative University undergraduates were recruited to participate in a two part quantitative/qualitative pilot study intended to assess usability of the website and explore necessary components to optimize website design and interactive experience for its target population. Website usability was assessed by participant completion of the modified Standard Usability Scale. Website design optimization was explored through focus group sessions. Based on the results of this pilot study, it is …

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Can The United States Control Its Natural Gas: International Trade Implications Of Restrictions On Liquefied Natural Gas Exports, Adam Eldean Jul 2014

Can The United States Control Its Natural Gas: International Trade Implications Of Restrictions On Liquefied Natural Gas Exports, Adam Eldean

Natural Resources Journal

This article examines the cross-section between energy, environmental, and international law while exploring the recent developments of liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports to non-free trade agreement countries, and considers how international free trade agreements affect efforts to restrict or limit exports of LNG. The article discusses the environmental and economic impacts of large-scale exports of LNG, but argues that efforts to stifle LNG exports will ultimately fail regardless of potential negative impacts due to conflict with existing international trade agreements, including the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade and the North American Free Trade Agreement. Since approval of export licenses …

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Carnuel & West Tijeras Trail Plan Proposal, James Aranda, Tim Imeokparia, Moises Gonzales Jul 2014

Carnuel & West Tijeras Trail Plan Proposal, James Aranda, Tim Imeokparia, Moises Gonzales

Resource Center for Raza Planning (RCRP)

Bernalillo County Parks and Recreation collaborated with the University of New Mexico, Resource Center for RAZA Planning (RCRP), and the School of Architecture and Planning. The County owns and manages several open space properties in and around Tijeras Canyon. In previous history, the County has acquired land in a reactionary way to protect natural resources or preserve recreational areas. They have also worked with UNM and other entities to purchase properties for co-management, like the UNM golf course. The County is interested in being more proactive and create a true link from the City of Albuquerque to the East Mountains …

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Kiowa-Tanoan: A Synchronic And Diachronic Study, Logan Sutton Jul 2014

Kiowa-Tanoan: A Synchronic And Diachronic Study, Logan Sutton

Linguistics ETDs

This dissertation provides a comparative-historical analysis and reconstruction of the phonological system and of the pronominal system of Proto-Kiowa-Tanoan, the theoretized ancestor of a family of seven languages located in the Pueblo Southwest and Great Plains. The modern constituent members of the family are Kiowa, Rio Grande Tewa, Arizona Tewa, Picuris Northern Tiwa, Taos Northern Tiwa, Southern Tiwa, and Towa. The dissertation is divided into three parts, plus a concluding discussion. Part I is a thorough overview of the of the background of Kiowa-Tanoan language study. This includes a comprehensive review of the literature, published and unpublished, which describes the …

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Brave Christian Soldiers: The New Mexico Territorial Militia In The Civil War, Jerry D. Thompson Jul 2014

Brave Christian Soldiers: The New Mexico Territorial Militia In The Civil War, Jerry D. Thompson

New Mexico Historical Review

No abstract provided.

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Full Issue, New Mexico Historical Review Jul 2014

Full Issue, New Mexico Historical Review

New Mexico Historical Review

No abstract provided.

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Book Reviews Jul 2014

Book Reviews

New Mexico Historical Review

No abstract provided.

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Cold Inducible Rna Binding Protein Is Disrupted In Er+Pr+Her2- Tumors, Grace Anyango Okello Jul 2014

Cold Inducible Rna Binding Protein Is Disrupted In Er+Pr+Her2- Tumors, Grace Anyango Okello

Biomedical Sciences ETDs

RNA binding proteins (RBPs) and microRNAs (miRNAs) control gene expression post-transcriptionally by targeting mRNAs for translational activation, repression, or degradation. To date, aberrant expression of RBPs and miRNAs has been observed in many types of human cancers. We have shown the overexpression of Cold Inducible RNA binding protein (CIRP) in human breast cancer cell lines as compared to nontumorigenic and nontransformed breast epithelial cells. Others have shown cytoplasmic CIRP to be upregulated in a subset of breast tumors. Little is known about CIRP targets or its role in breast cancer. RBP Human antigen R (HuR), whose cytoplasmic localization is associated …

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Women's Roles And The Gender Division Of Labor Within The Local Food System Of The Central New Mexico Regional Foodshed, Tiffany Terry Jul 2014

Women's Roles And The Gender Division Of Labor Within The Local Food System Of The Central New Mexico Regional Foodshed, Tiffany Terry

Architecture and Planning ETDs

Within the Central New Mexico regional foodshed (i.e. within a 300 mile radius of Albuquerque), many women are working within the local food system to help locally grown food go from farm to fork. In certain roles, women predominate. In others, women are less represented. Women participating in the local food system provided their insights and expertise on how gender affects their own participation, as well as their perceptions of the gender division of labor within the local food system. Through this exploration, eleven women co-participants of this study found that regardless of the role, there are challenges based on …

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Analyzing Navajo Discourse: Investigating Form And Function Of Intonational Units In Referential Discourse, Michele Kiser Jul 2014

Analyzing Navajo Discourse: Investigating Form And Function Of Intonational Units In Referential Discourse, Michele Kiser

Linguistics ETDs

Extensive research has been conducted on the Navajo verb complex (prefix morphology) and specific constructions (i.e. relative clause structure, subject-object-inversion), but to date the proposed establishment of a method to analyze actual discourse from a functional or usage based approach has not occurred. The goal of this study is twofold. The first is to establish a method to analyze spoken Navajo using the Intonation Units (IU) as a measure as it occurs in natural, uninterrupted speech, according to the parameters outlined by Chafe (1994), and show the influence of the morphological complexity of Navajo on the size of the IU. …

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Mechanisms Responsible For Decreased Rat Pulmonary Arterial H2o2 Levels In A Model Of Chronic Hypoxia-Induced Pulmonary Hypertension, Danielle Rachel Plomaritas Jul 2014

Mechanisms Responsible For Decreased Rat Pulmonary Arterial H2o2 Levels In A Model Of Chronic Hypoxia-Induced Pulmonary Hypertension, Danielle Rachel Plomaritas

Biomedical Sciences ETDs

Our laboratory has demonstrated an important role for acid-sensing ion channel 1 (ASIC1) in pulmonary hypertension through augmented Ca2+ influx in pulmonary arterial smooth muscle cells (PASMC) following chronic hypoxia (CH). However, this enhanced calcium (Ca2+) influx is not dependent on an increase in ASIC1 protein expression. This suggests other regulatory mechanisms influencing ASIC1 activity are altered following CH. ASIC1 is a redox sensitive ion channel and recent studies from our laboratory have shown that the oxidant hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) inhibits ASIC1-dependent Ca2+ influx in PASMC. Reactive oxygen species are known to be altered in pulmonary hypertension, however the direction …

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Costa Rica- Planning For Climate Change Through Forward- Looking Policy, Rachel Helen Erickson Jul 2014

Costa Rica- Planning For Climate Change Through Forward- Looking Policy, Rachel Helen Erickson

Architecture and Planning ETDs

Using Costa Rica as an example, this paper will address the problem of climate change and analyze the strengths and weaknesses of the climate change planning policies that are utilized in Costa Rica. This study reveals how the Costa Rican government has been proactive in terms of its climate change policies. The Costa Rican government has always been an active participant in international conferences on climate change. Costa Rica aims for carbon neutrality by the year 2021. As Costa Rica is so far ahead in terms of developing effective climate policy, other countries can look to Costa Rica as an …

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Collaborative Community Development Of Rural Places And Local Assets, Susan P. Vigil Jul 2014

Collaborative Community Development Of Rural Places And Local Assets, Susan P. Vigil

Architecture and Planning ETDs

This work is compiled from reflections on community development efforts in a rural New Mexico region invested with shared traditions and livelihoods emerging from a unique location herein referred to as the "Village of Magdalena, City of Socorro Study Area". The possibility that rural communities may leverage place-based resources and networks comprehensively comprises this study's propositional anlage to spark questions as to how leveraging may unfold through initiatives supporting both arts and agricultural activities. How communities identify with their location--its history, economy, resource and communal spaces-defines opportunities both realized and imagined in this scarcely populated New Mexico place. Interviews and …

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Fantasy-Theme Analysis Of Food Documentaries: Contention, Collaboration, And Consultation As Health Promotion Approaches, Vanessa Brandon Jul 2014

Fantasy-Theme Analysis Of Food Documentaries: Contention, Collaboration, And Consultation As Health Promotion Approaches, Vanessa Brandon

Communication ETDs

In this study, the medium of documentary film is explored as a potential health-promotion tool. Food documentaries have become more popular recently, and the public's awareness of food-related health issues is growing. By analyzing different approaches to documentary films about food, I unpack the many functions and social perceptions of food with regard to health. Using fantasy-theme analysis, I explore the visions of the filmmakers of three food documentaries and the health-promotion strategies employed within them. Three different approaches to motivating health-behavior change emerged from the documentaries--contention, collaboration, and consultation. Each documentary employed a different well-established and effective health-behavior change …

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Identity Performance And Space In The Albuquerque Poetry Slam Scene, Edward Hakim Bellamy Jul 2014

Identity Performance And Space In The Albuquerque Poetry Slam Scene, Edward Hakim Bellamy

Communication ETDs

Public spaces where culture is co-constructed and performed by a community of people are rich sites for research on identity formation. This thesis explores the poetry slam as a space where poets and audiences co-construct and perform individual and group identities. From a social constructionist approach to identity formation and through the theories and methods of performance studies, the research design combines participant observation, interviews, and focus groups to elucidate the values and performative acts that define the distinct identity of the local slam community in Albuquerque, NM. The analysis of data identifies five major themes (authenticity, affecting change, building …

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Walk Feminine, Talk Feminine:A Critical Textual Analysis Of Femininities,Performances, And Representations, Reslie Cortes Jul 2014

Walk Feminine, Talk Feminine:A Critical Textual Analysis Of Femininities,Performances, And Representations, Reslie Cortes

Communication ETDs

In this study I examine the multiple ways in which femininity is performed and how those performances intersect with race/ethnicity, class, and sexuality in the anime Bleach and Samurai Champloo. I also interrogate the implications of these performances in relation to hegemonic discourses of Japanese femininity in the U.S. as submissive, deferent, incompetent, and domestic. As I explain in this document many performances of femininity reinforce this Orientalist ideology, however there are also performances that can alter viewers perception of femininity and offer performances of gender identity that do not conform to hegemonic norms. By doing so, anime can shape …

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Assessing The Scope Of The National Environmental Policy Act: Recent Attempts By Environmentalists To Add Climate Change Considerations Into Nepa Review, Maureen O'Dea Brill Jul 2014

Assessing The Scope Of The National Environmental Policy Act: Recent Attempts By Environmentalists To Add Climate Change Considerations Into Nepa Review, Maureen O'Dea Brill

Natural Resources Journal

As the United States continues its roaring ramp up as the world’s leading natural gas producer, the environmental community is trying to force the federal government to account for the aggregate impact of domestic natural gas production from shale, especially in the context of climate change. To achieve this goal, environmental organizations have sought to employ the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), a law aimed at increasing government awareness of the broader environmental consequences of federal action. This article explores the two ways in which environmental organizations have tried to expand federal environmental reviews to include climate change considerations under …

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