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Testimony Re: Fr. Michael O'Brien, Hall & Monagle, Llc

Other Hall & Monagle Files

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“The End Of One Shall Be The End Of All”: Solidarity In 19th Century African American Texts, David Puthoff

English Language and Literature ETDs

This project examines how African American authors imagined solidarity through documents before, during, and after the Civil War. While solidarity as a framework has yet to be elucidated for literary studies, I draw on political theory and especially the works of the authors themselves to examine how solidarity as a strategy operates to facilitate cooperation between people of different or similar races or occupations in the periods of abolitionism, war, Reconstruction, and Redemption. I argue that these authors remember, imagine, and articulate small scale acts such as listening, organizing, making material aid, promoting literacy, and fundraising in the pursuit of …

Comparative Mathematical Model For Predicting Of Financial Loans Default Using Altman Z-Score And Neutrosophic Ahp Methods, Noha Alqorany Ibrahem, Haitham Elghareeb, Farahat Farag Faraha, Ahmed Aboelfotouh

Neutrosophic Sets and Systems

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Estimating Re-Evaluation Of The Risk Report Obtained Using The Altman Z-Score Model In Mergers With Neutrosophic Numbers, Murat Karahan, Mehmet Ali Yüzbaşıoğlu

Neutrosophic Sets and Systems

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Multicriteria Group Decision Making Based On Neutrosophic Analytic Hierarchy Process: Suggested Modifications, Mohamed Abdel-Basset, Mai Mohamed

Neutrosophic Sets and Systems

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Neutrosophic Real Inner Product Spaces, Mohammad Abobala

Neutrosophic Sets and Systems

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Submittal Of Mixed Waste Landfill Annual Long-Term Monitoring & Maintenance Report, April 2020-March 2021 For Sandia National Laboratories/New Mexico, Epa Id Number Nm5890110518, June 2021, Sandia National Laboratories/Nm

Facilities-Units

The Department of Energy/National Nuclear Security Administration (DOE/NNSA) and Sandia National Laboratories /New Mexico (SNL/NM) personnel submitted the Mixed Waste Landfill (MWL) Annual Long-Term Monitoring and Maintenance Report for the April 2020 through March 2021 reporting period to the New Mexico Environment Department (NMED) in accordance with the requirements of Section 4.8.1 of the MWL Long-Term Monitoring and Maintenance Plan (LTMMP). The LTMMP became effective on January 8, 2014.

The MWL is a 2.6-acre Solid Waste Management Unit (SWMU 76) located in the north-central portion of SNL/NM Technical Area III that has undergone corrective action. As of March 13, 2016, …

Effect Of Blood Transfusions On Cognitive Development In Very Low Birth Weight Infants, Priya Shah, Daniel C Cannon, Jean R Lowe, John Phillips, Robert D Christensen, Beena Kamath-Rayne, Adam Rosenberg, Susan Wiedmeier, Shrena Patel, Sarah Winter, Shawna Baker, Robin K Ohls

Pediatrics Research and Scholarship

OBJECTIVE: Preterm infants frequently receive red cell transfusions; however, the effect of transfusions on cognition is unclear. We evaluated the relationship between transfusions and cognitive outcomes in preterm infants enrolled in a randomized trial of erythropoiesis stimulating agents (ESAs).

STUDY DESIGN: Preterm infants were randomized to ESAs or placebo during initial hospitalization, and transfusions recorded. Children were evaluated using standard developmental tests of cognition at 18-22 months (56 ESA, 24 placebo) and 3.5-4 years (39 ESA, 14 placebo).

RESULTS: Cognitive scores at 18-22 months were inversely correlated with transfusion volume (p = 0.02). Among those receiving ≥1 transfusion, cognitive scores …

Darbepoetin As A Neuroprotective Agent In Mild Neonatal Encephalopathy: A Randomized, Placebo-Controlled, Feasibility Trial, Tara L Dupont, Mariana Baserga, Jean Lowe, Tara Zamora, Sandra Beauman, Robin K Ohls

Pediatrics Research and Scholarship

OBJECTIVE: To assess the feasibility and safety of one dose of Darbepoetin alpha (Darbe) administered to neonates ≥34 weeks with mild neonatal encephalopathy (NE).

METHODS: Randomized, masked, placebo-controlled study including neonates ≥34 weeks gestation with mild NE. Neonates were randomized to receive one dose of Darbe (10 μg/kg IV) or placebo. Clinical and laboratory maternal and newborn data were collected. The Bayley Scales of Infant and Toddler Development, third edition (Bayley-III) and a standardized neurological examination at 8-12 months of corrected age were assessed.

RESULTS: There were no differences in baseline characteristics of the 21 infants randomized (9 Darbe, 12 …

Anomalous Anatomies: How The Tsa Should Screen For Transgender People, Karissa J. Kang, John M. Kang

Faculty Scholarship

A transgender person faces obstacles trying to negotiate a gender-binary world. Going through a TSA checkpoint is no different. A substantial number of transgender persons have reported that they were detained and examined because they were transgender.1 Why this situation persists and what policy reforms should be implemented to alleviate it are the subjects of this Essay. This Essay is devoted mainly to the theme of transgender rights, rather than race, a central theme of the symposium in which this Essay appears. Given the relatively small pool of transgender individuals for whom data is available, this Essay is unable to …

Private Actors, Public Records, And New Mexico’S Inspection Of Public Records Act, John Kreienkamp

New Mexico Law Review

In a series of three recent court decisions, New Mexico’s appellate courts have grappled with IPRA’s implications for private entities. In State ex rel. Toomey v. City of Truth or Consequences2 and New Mexico Foundation for Open Government v. Corizon Health, the Court of Appeals held that the records of a private contractor performing services on behalf of a public body were subject to inspection under IPRA to the extent they related to government business.

This article maintains that IPRA requests must be directed to the public body, not a private contractor, and that a private entity is not a …

Downtown Condos For The Rich: Not All Bad, Michael Lewyn

New Mexico Law Review

Through a survey of the academic and popular literature as well as a review of relevant data, this Article suggests that the growth of high-end condominiums is likely to increase supply and hold down costs for local residents. Part I of the Article discusses the background of the debate, including the increased popularity of downtown life, the explosion of urban housing costs in some cities, and the growth of high-cost condos. Part II critiques the claim that the growth of high-end condos will fail to lower housing costs and suggests that this claim is wrong because (1) at least some …

Evaluating Causation In Nmhra Retaliation Claims After Nassar: Why New Mexico Courts Should Adopt A Motivating Factor Causation Standard, Elisa Cibils

New Mexico Law Review

New Mexico courts apply a federal burden-shifting test to decide employment retaliation claims brought under the New Mexico Human Rights Act (NMHRA). In New Mexico courts’ application of this test, it is unclear whether the employee has to initially show whether the protected activity she engaged in—such as filing a discrimination complaint—was the “but-for” cause of the adverse employment action against her, or if it is sufficient for her to show that the protected activity was one motivating factor—among other potentially lawful or non-discriminatory factors—that contributed to the employer’s retaliatory acts against her. In light of the recent United States …

Consumer Welfare: Would Competitive Injury Claims Under The New Mexico Unfair Practices Act Actually Undermine Consumer Protection?, Raquel Koch Pinto

New Mexico Law Review

When the New Mexico Unfair Practices Act (UPA) was enacted in 1967, the language adopted did not clearly state whether the legislature intended to confer standing to competitors to sue for unfair or deceptive trade practices. Before the New Mexico Supreme Court decision in Gandydancer, LLC v. Rock House CGM, LLC,1 the New Mexico Court of Appeals and the U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico—applying state law—had interpreted the statutory term “any person” as an opening for businesses to sue competitors under the UPA in certain circumstances. However, the New Mexico Supreme Court approached the UPA in …

Into The Neotropics: Perspectives On The Evolution Of Neotropical Myotis, Carlos Alberto Carrión Bonilla Mr

Biology ETDs

In my dissertation, I used morphological, sanger sequencing and next-generation sequencing data sets to explore the evolutionary relationships and study cryptic diversity of a extant Neotropical myotine radiation. Using a integrative approach, I described a new species of Myotis from the montane and premontane forest of Panama, Costa Rica and Eastern Ecuador, refining our undestanding of the taxonomy and systematics of the Myotis pilosatibialis complex of bats. Then, using a single locus barcoding approach I explored genetic diversity partitioning across the Myotis radiation with a focus on Neotropical species, ilustrating the phylogenetic relationships of Neotropical species and exploring their species …

“‘Even If You’Re Not Going To Plant, Use Your Water’: Forging Identity Through Cultural Practices”, Rafael A. Martínez, Froilán Orozco, Nancy C. Canales-Navarrete

Chamisa: A Journal of Literary, Performance, and Visual Arts of New Mexico and the Greater Southwest

The Pecos Valley Series is an oral history project developed over two years whose aim was to capture the cultural practices in agriculture and activism that is evident to the cultural identities of the northern New Mexico region. Participants include folks whose family genealogy has been tied to the Valley for hundreds of years, while also including transplant perspectives to demonstrate the complexity of placemaking. The Pecos Valley Series, was produced in what Nuevo Mexicano scholars term Querencia- a deep love for place and its history. These are themes and topics which are prevalent and relevant in defining the Southwest …

Providing High Reliability Care For Picu Patients With Pulmonary Hypertension: A Quality Improvement Project, Anjali Subbaswamy, Nicholas Tan, Iric Guthrie, Kelsey Fath, Cole Linzmeyer, Elizabeth Yakes Jimenez

Quality Improvement/Patient Safety Symposium

Providing High Reliability Care for PICU Patients with Pulmonary Hypertension: A Quality Improvement Project

Anjali Subbaswamy, MD; Nicholas Tan, DO; Iric Guthrie, MD; Kelsey Fath, MD; Cole Linzmeyer, DO; Elizabeth Yakes Jimenez, PhD, RDN, LD

Purpose: Pediatric patients with pulmonary hypertension (PHTN) are a high acuity, low frequency population, and are often admitted to the pediatric intensive care unit (PICU). To mitigate the risk of precipitating a potentially life-threatening pulmonary hypertensive crisis, health care staff need to take specific precautions. This quality improvement (QI) project aims to increase the number of inpatient PHTN patients for whom PHTN precautions are applied …

Improving Pneumococcal Vaccination Adherence In Eligible Candidates Over 65 Years Of Age Per Uspft Guidelines At Westside Clinic, Meredith Keller, Ashley Wildman, Julia Howard, Leland Abrams, Erika Jones

Quality Improvement/Patient Safety Symposium

Background

Pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine (PPSV23) is recommended to all adults 65 years and older, people 2 through 64 years with certain medical conditions and all adults older than 19 years who smoke. This vaccine prevents severe pneumococcal disease, reducing hospital admissions and risk of death. As part of a quality improvement project, a group Internal Medicine resident physicians with continuity clinic at the UNMH Westside Clinic sought to increase our vaccinations rates with PPSV23 in patients older than 65 years.

Methods

A list of 282 patients aged 65 or older receiving primary care at the UNMH Westside Clinic were identified …

A Retrospective Study Tracking Patient Outcomes For The Unmh Pediatric Ed Home Oxygen Pathway For Bronchiolitis Patients, Molly Johnson, Jennifer Thompson, Adinda Demske, Rachel King, Rachel Tuuri, Kjirsten Swenson

Quality Improvement/Patient Safety Symposium

Introduction:

Bronchiolitis, a lower respiratory tract infection that predominantly affects infants and children younger than two years of age during the fall and winter months, has been shown to be a leading cause of hospitalization for children younger than 5 years of age. This disease process takes on both severe and non-severe forms with evidence that outpatient treatment for the non-severe form is optimal and desirable for patients. Factors that predict mild disease without need for high flow nasal cannula, intensive care unit, non-invasive ventilation and intubation include: >2 months old, oxygen saturation ≥ 90%, no nasal flaring, no grunting, …

Critical Communication: Improving Care Transitions For Incarcerated Patients Requiring Palliative And End-Of-Life Care, L. Emily Cotter Md, Mph, Gina Lutz Md, Sara Combs Md, Ao Ferguson Mdiv, Ma, Suzanne Stern-Brant Lmsw, Esme Finlay Md, Erin Fitzgerald Do

Quality Improvement/Patient Safety Symposium

Background:

Incarcerated persons are often sicker than the general population, with high levels of medical comorbidities [1]. Among those incarcerated, the elderly population is increasing at much higher rates than younger inmates, and with it rates of age-related chronic illnesses [2-3]. Care transitions, or movement from patients between healthcare settings, increase risk for adverse events due to potential miscommunication during transfers [4-5]. When hospitalized with life-limiting diagnoses, interdisciplinary palliative medicine teams advocate for appropriate patient care for persons who are incarcerated. However, limited resources and communication challenges often lead to inadequate care transitions upon discharge to correctional facilities.

Methods:

A …

Are Only The Unskilled Overconfident? Deconstructing The Dunning-Kruger Effect Through An Individual Differences Approach, Danielle N. Sanchez

Psychology ETDs

This study sought to determine whether individuals suffering from the Dunning-Kruger effect are prone to misassessing their performance due to underlying personality and cognitive characteristics. To test this hypothesis, we first collected theory-informed measures of cognitive and personality traits. Next, we used three different performance estimate measures to assess the degree to which participants misestimated their abilities across two performance tasks (e.g., English grammar and logical reasoning). We found that some individuals are more prone to misassessing their performance and self-reported general Metacognitive Ability, Openness to Experience from the Big-Five personality Inventory, and an External Locus of Control orientation can …

Exploring The Role Of Core Positive Selves With Men Convicted Of Child Sexual Offenses: A Character Strengths Initiative, Tiffany A. Miner

Individual, Family, and Community Education ETDs

The aim of this study was to help men convicted of child sexual offenses learn to recognize and engage their character strengths over 12 months. Participants were six men convicted of contact and noncontact (internet) child sexual offenses. All participants were members of a community-based reintegration group for registered citizens. In the first weeks of the study, participants received the Values in Action Inventory of Strengths survey. The survey, containing 240 questions—10 items for each of the 24 character strengths outlined—helped participants identify their top character strengths. The study explored (a) how the men could use their character strengths to …

The Impacts Of Disturbance On Submerged Aquatic Macrophytes Populations Of The Jemez Mountains, New Mexico, Virginia Frances Thompson

Biology ETDs

This dissertation investigates the effects of disturbance (a catastrophic forest fire and decadal-level multi-day flood) on populations of submerged aquatic macrophytes (SAMs) in the streams and rivers of the Jemez Mountains of northern New Mexico, USA. Research conducted and reported in this dissertation addresses the following research questions: 1.) What factors influence the presence or absence of SAMs in Jemez Mountain streams? 2.) How does disturbance (catastrophic wildfire and decadal-level flood) change the amount of aboveground SAM biomass? and 3.) How does that disturbance change the nutrient content (%C, %N, %P) and nutrient stoichiometry of SAMs? These disturbance events had …

Hippocampal Functional Activity Following Prenatal Alcohol Exposure, Ryan E. Harvey

Psychology ETDs

Prenatal alcohol exposure (PAE) is among the most common developmental insults to the nervous system and is characterized by spatial memory disruption. There is a pressing need to identify physiological alterations that help explain this memory impairment. The hippocampal (HPC) formation and connected regions are a compelling candidate for this purpose as they are vital for navigation, spatial memory, and memory consolidation. This document is broken up into 3 main parts, a detailed review of the prior literature followed by several experiments. First, It starts out with a comprehensive review on spatial behavioral impairments following PAE and the synaptic & …

Molecular Characterization Of A Unique Population Of Human Cortical Interneurons; Implications For Primate-Specific Development, Crina Peterson

Biomedical Sciences ETDs

The human brain consists of 86 billion neurons compared to rodent brain, which consists of 75 million neurons, and the underlying mechanisms for the increased complexity of the primate cortex are not fully elucidated. However, an increase in specific cell populations, including calretinin-expressing (CALB2/CR) interneurons (INs), has been identified. In my thesis work, I demonstrate that human pluripotent stem cells (hPSCs) differentiated to neurons by default patterning give rise to this CR population in vitro, providing a method to study their development.

Chapter I reviews cortical development and hPSCs as an appropriate proxy for studying human cortical development. Chapter …

Anomaly Detection In Smart Grids Using Multi-Task Gaussian Processes, Aman Karra

Electrical and Computer Engineering ETDs

The availability of data and computing infrastructure in smart grids creates new challenges that invite solutions based on algorithmic techniques. A particular problem of interest in these systems is fault detection. It is difficult to characterize faults because of the number of different ways in which these faults can occur. Moreover, simulating a faulty mode of the system can be expensive. This work addresses fault detection by framing it as the task of detecting anomalies in the sensor data of smart grids. The assumption made is that faults are events of low probability. But no reliance is made on any …

“Don’T Make Fun Of The Residents!” Revisiting The Sunbelt’S Vanishing Communities: Mobility And Suburban Development, 1900-1990, Jerry D. Wallace

History ETDs

“Don’t Make Fun of the Residents” examines home ownership and suburban development over the last one hundred years in the borderlands, American West, and Sunbelt regions. In this dissertation I argue that mobility shaped urban planning, neighborhood design, and architectural identity in the Sunbelt over the course of the twentieth century. “Don’t Make Fun of the Residents” places architectural identity at the center of this dissertation discussion to understand the origins of the Sunbelt as a geographic and intellectual space. I focus in particular on smaller cities in the intermountain West---New Mexico, Texas, Colorado, Arizona, and California---an area that has …

Investigations Of Geochemical Variations With Depth At The First 15 Drill Sites On Mars Analyzed By The Chemcam Instrument Onboard The Curiosity Rover And Supported By Laboratory Studies And Analog Research At The Valle Grande Paleolake, Valles Caldera, New Mexico, Usa, Ryan S. Jackson

Earth and Planetary Sciences ETDs

The ChemCam instrument collected a wealth of data during the first 15 drill campaigns and on the distribution of trace elements at Yellowknife Bay, Mars. The drill sites investigation showed that most sites were geochemically homogenous down the depth of the drill hole. Two sites in the Stimson formation contained a vertical gradient of decreasing silica down > 3 cm. This gradient may be the result of groundwater flow and is likely recent, within 2.3 Ma. The trace element research was grounded with an analog study at the Valle Grande paleolake in New Mexico. We observed progressive alteration in the minerology …

How Bojack Horseman Got Too Real: Audience Engagement And A Critique Of Capitalism, Camille Le Pioufle

Foreign Languages & Literatures ETDs

What can a cartoon tell us about the state of capitalist societies? This study examines the case of Netflix adult animated TV show BoJack Horseman (2014-2020) with the aim of understanding the mechanisms at play in the formation of the critique of capitalism. It investigates the narrative and cinematographic devices employed by the show to construct a realistic portrayal of American capitalist system and its harmful consequences on individuals and society in general.

Through the analysis of realism, self-referentiality and intertextuality, the star system, and processes of subsumption and commodification, this work comes to the conclusion that BoJack Horseman ‘got …

A Practical Methodology To Detect, Quantify And Characterize Experimental Uncertainties In The Dynamic Testing Of Structures, James L. Woodall

Civil Engineering ETDs

This thesis investigates the uncertainty in the experimental context of structural dynamics. This thesis proposes a method to estimate both the effect of boundary conditions, as well as two different methods to detect the location of sensors on a specimen. Firstly, this thesis proposes a technique to predict the dynamic behavior of any point along a cantilever beam with an uncertain transverse elastic restraint. Secondly, this thesis investigates the estimation of the location of a sensor given the output data of a physical experiment with two different methods. Small errors in the sensor location may go unnoticed in the frequency …