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Ohkay Owingeh Pueblo Tribal Court Handbook (2021), Tribal Law Journal Staff

Tribal Law Journal

This handbook helps take some of the mystery out of practicing in tribal courts. Without the necessary information to learn new rules and protocols many attorneys are understandably reluctant to practice in a new jurisdiction. As a result, tribal courts are underused or misused. This handbook is intended to help attorneys and advocates become more aware of the various individual tribal court systems and to learn their rules and protocol.

Sustainable Energy Production’S Spatial Determination Framework, Based On Multi Criteria Decision Making And Geographic Information System Under Neutrosophic Environment: A Case Study In Egypt, Amany Mohamed El-Hosiny, Haitham El-Ghareeb, Bahaa Taher Shabana, Ahmed Abouelfetouh

Neutrosophic Sets and Systems

No abstract provided.

Analysis Of Covid-19 Via Fuzzy Cognitive Maps And Neutrosophic Cognitive Maps, Sujatha Ramalingam, Kuppuswami Govindan, Said Broum

Neutrosophic Sets and Systems

No abstract provided.

Medical Diagnosis Based On Single-Valued Neutrosophic Information, Shaista Habib, Ather Ashraf, Muhammad Arif Butt, Maria Ahmad

Neutrosophic Sets and Systems

No abstract provided.

Saudi Efl Female Teachers' Beliefs: A Single Case Study, Eman Saleh Bosaad

Language, Literacy, and Sociocultural Studies ETDs

SAUDI EFL FEMALE TEACHERS’ BELIEFS: A SINGLE CASE STUDY

By

Eman Bosaad

B.S., in Biology, King Faisal University, 2005

B.S., Linguistics, University of New Mexico, 2014

M.A. in Language Literacy and Sociocultural Studies, University of New Mexico, 2016

PhD in Language Literacy and Sociocultural Studies, University of New Mexico, 2021

ABSTRACT

We are facing a huge linguistic and cultural change as a result of the spread of English language in KSA. It has been an important criterion to succeed in education or to obtain an opportunity in the Saudi job market (Al- Jarf, 2008; Al-Seghayer, 2014a; Al-Seghayer, 2014b; Rahman, 2013). …

Civil Procedure Update 2021 (Handout And Slide Deck), Verónica C. Gonzales, Julio C. Romero

Faculty Scholarship

This presentation aims to 1) review recent amendments to the state and federal rules of civil procedure; 2) help you understand the impact of recent federal and state published opinions interpreting and applying the rules of civil procedure; and 3) assess your understanding of the updates.

Studies Of The Rectification Behavior Of The Pdt Ligand And The Active Site Of Msrp, Laura J. Ingersol

Chemistry and Chemical Biology ETDs

Molybdenum (Mo) is an essential element that plays an important role in global nitrogen, carbon, and sulfur cycles with a critical role in human metabolism and ecological balance. It becomes catalytically active when complexed with the pyranopterin dithiolene ligand (PDT), forming the nearly ubiquitous molybdenum cofactor (Moco). The complex biosynthetic pathway of Moco, its presence in all three domains of life, and its role as a constituent cofactor in the last universal common ancestor (LUCA) all point toward the importance of the PDT in the development of life on Earth. Molybdoenzymes catalyze the two-electron oxidation or reduction of substrates that …

Heidegger And The Second Nature Of Entities: Sense, Ontology, And Normativity, Graham C. Bounds

Philosophy ETDs

This dissertation is concerned with the meaning or content of empirical thought and its relationship to the natural world. More specifically, I seek to develop a response to a problem influentially posed by John McDowell in Mind and World, and elaborated in various forms throughout his work, according to which our understanding of such content is positioned between two competing demands about how it is determined: by the way the world is, and by the trappings of a human form of life, in particular, language.

That response is worked out primarily by appeal to the early work of Martin …

The Distribution Trends Of Labor Cost In A Government Organization, Robert Carlos

Public Administration ETDs

This study will research growth in the cost of support personnel in a government organization. It will provide a comprehensive, six-year comparison of costs from Fiscal Year (FY) 2014 to 2020. Furthermore, the study will analyze trends, and provide recommendations for best practices and optimum resource allocation.

Significant management concern has arisen due to the recent trend in rising indirect labor costs. A comparison of indirect and overhead to direct labor costs details a growth trend illustrating the uneven development and inefficiencies in the distribution of labor cost in the directorate.

The cost of labor is rising faster than the …

Early Hydrocortisone Administration For Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia Prevention, Jessica Wilcken, Dawn Novak, Conra Lacy, Cheng Chen

2021 Pediatric Research Forum Session

Objective: To assess changes in the incidence of bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) in extremely preterm infants at UNMH after implementation of routine use of prophylactic hydrocortisone. The secondary objective is to assess for possible complications that can occur with the treatment of steroids, including the presence of spontaneous gastrointestinal perforation, late onset sepsis, significant hyperglycemia, and significant hypertension.

Background: BPD is the leading cause of morbidity and mortality in preterm infants and has been found to be an independent risk factor for poor neurodevelopmental outcomes in extremely premature infants. Hydrocortisone has been shown to be effective in improving survival and decreasing …

A Search For New Physics In B(S) To Mu+Mu- Decays Using Multivariate Data Analysis, And Development Of Particle Detection Technology With Silicon Pixel Detectors, Aidan Grummer

Physics & Astronomy ETDs

A suite of linked research projects is undertaken, combining a search for phenomena beyond the Standard Model of particle physics, development of new instruments for greater precision in detecting fundamental particles, and tracking and understanding the effect upon the detectors of the radiation that is an indelible element of their operating environment. Data recorded by the ATLAS Detector at CERN are employed in a search for evidence of undiscovered particles contributing to the rate of decays of B⁰ and B⁰_s mesons to dimuon final states. New applications of machine learning techniques are implemented to separate this signal …

Nighttime Pedestrian Fatalities Across The United States And Their Relationship With Built Environment And Socioeconomic Factors: Gis-Based Analysis And Assessment, Amir Tarighi

Civil Engineering ETDs

Fatalities from motor vehicle collisions are the fifth leading cause of years of lost life worldwide (Foreman et al., 2018) and are a great concern for all communities. This road safety crisis has been especially pronounced for U.S. pedestrians over the last decade. National records show that between 2010 and 2019, pedestrian fatalities in the U.S. increased 44% while all other traffic fatalities increased only 4% and more than fifty percent of pedestrian fatalities occurred in dark lighting conditions. This study analyzed the relationship between pedestrian fatality locations at night and five demographic characteristics of those locations including population density, …

Avid Graduates' Transition To College, Kathryn Cybele Leverett

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

Graduates of the Advancement Via Individual Determination (AVID) program have higher college-going and persistence rates, even in New Mexico where they face serious educational barriers as first generation, low income, students of color. In this exploratory, phenomenological study, a mixed methods approach was employed to answer Research Question 1, What is the lived experience of AVID graduates as they transition to college?

In consideration of Research Question 2, What are the graduates’ perceptions of the AVID College & Career Readiness Framework (Rigorous Academic Preparedness, Opportunity Knowledge, and Student Agency)? Tinto’s Conceptual Schema for Dropout from College is aligned to AVID’s …

Sundiata Keita's Invention Of Latin Purgatory: The West African Gold Trade's Influence On Western European Society (Ca. 1050-1350), Graham Abney

History ETDs

Following the advent of the North African Almoravids into West Africa during the late eleventh century, the region experienced a prolonged period of political instability, resolved only after the legendary victory at the battle of Kirina in 1235 by Sundiata Keita (r. 1235-55), ruler of Mali. Despite this turmoil, West Africa—the premodern world’s major supplier of gold—is still largely imagined in historiography as producing and exporting gold into the global market during this time at or above pre-conquest levels. Concurrent to these developments, however, Western Europe experienced a prolonged gold famine. By utilizing world systems theory and synthesizing high medieval …

1990'S Archdiocese Of Santa Fe Sex Abuse, Edgar Romero Ramos

Oral Histories HIST300, Spring 2021

In light of the sexual abuse allegations posed against Cardinal Theodore McCarrick in 2018; it seemed appropriate to delve into a deeper historical narrative regarding the first wave of sexual abuse allegations posed against the Archdiocese of Santa Fe.

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

2021 Pediatric Research Forum Session

Purpose: Pediatric patients with pulmonary hypertension (PHTN) are a high acuity, low frequency population. 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 to 100% by September 2021.

Methods: The QI project uses the Model for Improvement methodology. The primary outcome measure will be application of PHTN precautions for patients with PHTN, based on chart audit. A series of Plan-Do-Study-Act (PDSA) cycles were conducted to test ways to increase …

Pediatric Research Forum 2021 – Research Forum Resident School Speakers, Gloria Lopez Hernandez, Sofia M. Markee, Joe Lopez, Iric Guthrie

2021 Pediatric Research Forum Session

Using the Model for Improvement to Refine and Improve Resident PICU Rotation orientation

Improving Electrolyte and Mineral Homeostasis in Extremely Premature Infants

Refining a working definition of sepsis for non-neonatal pediatric inpatients

Providing high reliability care for PICU patients with pulmonary hypertension: a quality improvement project

Development Of A Low-Cost Efficient Wireless Intelligent Sensor For Strain (Lewis-S) And Applications In Measuring Nonlinear Dynamics, Eric Robbins

Civil Engineering ETDs

Nonlinearities exist in all real-life systems and can be caused by behaviors such as large deformations, yielding, contact, etc. which can result in phenomena not found in linear testing. Considering nonlinear behavior in dynamic analyses can be beneficial to increase model predictability and can accurately characterize system responses. Generally, accelerometers are commonly used in linear and nonlinear vibration testing to obtain the acceleration response of a system. However, some systems may render the use of accelerometers problematic, or accelerometers may introduce limitations to measurement capabilities such that it can be beneficial to obtain experimental data using different sensors. In the …

A Reconfigurable Stretchable Liquid Metal Antenna, Phase Shifter, And Array For Wideband Applications, David M. Hensley

Electrical and Computer Engineering ETDs

While liquid metals, such as mercury, have been used in electronics for quite some time, the non-toxic gallium based liquid metals have caused an increase in research for liquid metal applications. Some of the potential applications that have been previously presented range from reconfigurable antennas, strain and pressure sensors, and speakers and microphones to name a few. The focus of this work is to provide further research into the use of gallium based liquid metals as a reconfigurable antenna, a phase shifter, and an array. This is done by designing, constructing, and characterizing each of these reconfigurable liquid metal (LM) …

Feasibility Study Of A Structural Electrolyte Containment Ring For Use In Thermal Batteries, Teal Harbour

Mechanical Engineering ETDs

The feasibility of a new thermal battery separator design utilizing a structural machined MACOR® ceramic is explored. The cylindrical ceramic “separator ring” maintains separation of cell electrodes while containing a LiCl-KCl molten salt electrolyte. Finite element analysis (FEA) results show the separator ring can withstand mechanical and thermal loading conditions representative of a thermal battery environment. Electrical Impedance Spectroscopy (EIS) was used to characterize impedance mechanisms. EIS data was also used to calculate and show conductivities of the experimental separators are comparable to a traditional pellet. Although discharge testing resulted in high current-pulse resistivities and low delivered capacity, the work …

Printing Parameter Determination And Characterization Of Additively Manufactured Kovar Steel, Will Macgreggor Davidson

Mechanical Engineering ETDs

Kovar (ASTM F15, UNS K94610) steel has many applications across Sandia National Laboratories but is best known within academia and industry for its glass-to-metal and glass-to-ceramic hermetic sealing capabilities. Successful printing parameters for a Renishaw AM400 to additively manufacture artifacts from Kovar steel powder have been determined. The printed test artifacts have been studied for ultimate tensile strength, density, surface roughness, hardness, bulk composition, and impact toughness. Longer throughput measurements such as porosity, coefficient of thermal expansion, and grain structure studies have been established for future delivery to the research team. Yet another delivery from this thesis research is a …

Probing The Galactic Agb Population Through Infrared And Sio Maser Emission, Megan O. Lewis

Physics & Astronomy ETDs

Stars on the Asymptotic Giant Branch (AGB) are of low to intermediate mass and have reached the end stages of stellar evolution. The mass-loss that stars undergo at this phase enshrouds the central star in a circumstellar envelope (CSE) that redistributes most of the stellar light into the infrared (IR) regime of the spectrum. In the CSEs of oxygen-rich AGB stars molecules including SiO form, and under certain conditions maser emission from SiO can make AGB stars bright beacons at radio frequencies (e.g., 43 and 86 GHz). SiO masers are ideal observational probes of AGB sources, providing data on their …

Language Co-Activation In Novice And Intermediate L2 Learners, Nicholas Sulier

Linguistics ETDs

One of the most intriguing aspects of bilingual speakers and signers is their ability to access both languages simultaneously. Though much research has been dedicated to understanding how two languages interact, or co-activate, within proficient bilinguals, less is understood about how and when novice and intermediate learners develop similar cross-language interactions. Thus, the current study aimed to uncover at what stages during novice and intermediate L2 development co-activation can be detected. It also investigated possible mechanisms behind co-activation. Specifically, the study attempted to clarify if any detected co-activation amongst L2 learners is dependent on associations between lexical and conceptual representations, …

Monte Carlo Perturbation Analysis Of Fuel Temperature Variations In The Mcnp Model Of The Annular Core Research Reactor, Melissa Andrea Moreno

Nuclear Engineering ETDs

The Annular Core Research Reactor (ACRR) Monte Carlo N-Particle (MCNP) model is used for a variety of computational calculations ranging from reactor kinetics metrics to safety analyses. To understand the dominant source of uncertainty within the model, perturbations in temperature were applied to individual ACRR MCNP fuel rods. Assigning random temperatures, selected uniformly, from the operational temperature ranges of the fuel enables a study of uncertainty effects based on temperature variations. Stochastic mixing was used to blend the cross-sections of the desired temperatures using the MCNP continuous and Thermal Neutron Scattering Treatment (S(α,β)) libraries in ENDF/B-VII.1. The uncertainty quantification process …

Experimental Validation Of A 3d-Printed Millimeter Wave/Thz Power Combiner, Jacob C. Giese

Electrical and Computer Engineering ETDs

The terahertz band (THz) in the electromagnetic spectrum is an untapped resource that possesses unique features for nondestructive methods of material imaging and detection. However, little advancements have been made in regard to a practical long range portable THz device. The solution proposed is an oversized cylindrical waveguide termed Power Combiner, designed to combine 12 azimuthally aligned rectangular waveguides to produce power levels suitable for threat detection at secure distances. This paper explores the physical parameters of the power combiner and the power distribution network and creates the 12 signals that allow for modification at the input of the power …

Side Channel Attack Counter Measure Using A Moving Target Architecture, Jithin Joseph

Electrical and Computer Engineering ETDs

A novel countermeasure to side-channel power analysis attacks called Side-channel Power analysis Resistance for Encryption Algorithms using DPR or SPREAD is investigated in this thesis. The countermeasure leverages a strategy that is best characterized as a moving target architecture. Modern field programmable gate arrays (FPGA) architectures provide support for dynamic partial reconfiguration (DPR), a feature that allows real-time reconfiguration of the programmable logic (PL). The moving target architecture proposed in this work leverages DPR to implement a power analysis countermeasure to side-channel attacks, the most common of which are referred to as differential power analysis (DPA) and correlation power analysis …

William Blake's Satan As A Hermaphrodite, Genevieve E. Hartsock

Art & Art History ETDs

Depictions of Satan had started off with a grotesque and monstrous figure, but depictions of and attitudes towards the character shifted with the publication of John Milton’s Paradise Lost. However, although the aesthetics of the figure shifted, I argue that William Blake’s renderings of Satan continue the tradition of rendering them as monstrous and grotesque in a new way, in that Blake renders Satan as a hermaphrodite. Attitudes towards hermaphrodites has shifted over time, but the attitude of regarding them as unnatural or monstrous harkens back to ancient Greece, and these attitudes were only furthered with time and the advent …

Identification Of Variables For Hemoglobin A1c Prediction, Erica A. Richards

Doctor of Nursing Practice Scholarly Projects

An evolution in healthcare is taking place throughout our country. Healthcare providers are required to achieve an ever-growing number of regulatory and metric-driven standards. This transformation aims to improve both the quality and cost of healthcare in the United States. Diabetes mellitus (DM) is one of the most costly chronic diseases in the United States. Since DM has high mortality, high morbidity, and low quality of life rates, it is no wonder that DM is one of the focuses of the National Committee for Quality Assurance performance improvement tools known as the Healthcare Effectiveness Data and Information Set (HEDIS). In …

Fundamental Dislocation Solutions For Infinite And Semi-Infinite Media, Luo Li Mr

Mechanical Engineering ETDs

Much research has gone into determining stress fields of dislocation, as the understanding of dislocations is fundamental to understanding metal or crystal plasticity. In this thesis, the stress field of a rectangular dislocation loop in an infinite isotropic solid is developed for a Volterra-type dislocation with three non-zero Burgers vector components. Also, the stress and strain fields of a rectangular dislocation loop in an isotropic solid, which is a semi-infinite medium, are obtained here for a Volterra-type dislocation. Moreover, analytical and numerical verifications of the developed stress/strain fields are performed. This is done by ensuring the satisfaction of the equilibrium …

Extension Of The Two-Step Approach For Informative Dropout In Survival Analysis, Cristina Murray-Krezan

Mathematics & Statistics ETDs

Chronic kidney disease (CKD) in children is known to result in poor growth and quality of life, and frequently results in kidney failure. The Chronic Kidney Disease in Children study (CKiD) is a prospective cohort study enrolling children ages 1 to 16 to assess health outcomes in children with CKD including the effects of declining glomerular filtration rate and the resulting consequences of growth failure on morbidity. Quantification of the magnitude of the risk for decreased kidney function and, ultimately, failure has been achieved through a variety of studies, often including cohort studies such as the CKiD study. Longitudinal studies …