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2020-06-10/11 Daily Unm Global Health Covid-19 Briefing, Christophe G. Lambert, Shawn Stoicu, Lori D. Sloane, Mari Anixter, Anastasiya Nestsiarovich, Praveen Kumar, Nicolas Lauve, Natalie Adolphi, Morgan Edwards-Fligner, Melissa Cossé, Alexandra Yingling, Perez Olewe, Cristian Bologa, Kristine Tollestrup, Orrin Myers, Douglas J. Perkins

HSC Covid 19 Briefings

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NM Highlights: Governer’s update on COVID-19 efforts. NM case count. Testing for food industry workers. Testing for lawmakers and staffers. Face coverings mandatory in Santa Fe. Lawmakers prepare to $2.4B budget hole. Learning loss due to lockdown. US Highlights: EPA orders unsafe products removed. Cases on the rise after roll back. Economics, Workforce, Supply Chain, PPE: Governments need more money. Study on masks. Hearing impaired masks. Fast spread in Africa. Kenya’s economic slowdown. Epidemiology Highlights: White House Task Force warns of spikes. Mortality risk factors. Higher mortality in cancer patients. UV-C disinfection of mobile phones. Practice Guidelines: Benefits …

2020-06-8/9 Daily Unm Global Health Covid-19 Briefing, Christophe G. Lambert, Shawn Stoicu, Ingrid Hendrix, Lori D. Sloane, Mari Anixter, Anastasiya Nestsiarovich, Praveen Kumar, Nicolas Lauve, Karen Armitage, Jenny Situ, Morgan Edwards-Fligner, Clinton Onyango, Perez Olewe, Cristian Bologa, Kristine Tollestrup, Douglas J. Perkins

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NM Highlights: Governor’s interview. NM case count. Longer furlough for Santa Fe city employees. ABQ playgrounds reopening. Mask madness tournament. COVID-19 spending receipts. Zagster closes operations in ABQ. US Highlights: Shutdowns prevented deaths. Foster care delays. International Highlights: Scientist strike for anti-racism. New Zealand lifts lockdowns. Economics, Workforce, Supply Chain, PPE: WHO updates mask guidance. Software to manage PPE distribution. Centrifugation testing of masks. Sustain and preserve early career investigators. Epidemiology Highlights: WHO walks back statement on asymptomatic spread. Non-pharmaceutical interventions successful. Increased risk to intellectually and developmentally disabled. Epidemiologist risk tolerance surveyed. Healthcare Policy Recommendations: Public health …

20200608_White Coats. Die In For Black & Indigenous Lives, Jonathan M. Pringle

HSLIC Blog Post

No abstract provided.

Association Between Self-Reported Dyspnea And Depressive Symptoms In New Mexico Uranium Workers, Shiva Sharma

Biomedical Sciences ETDs

BACKGROUND: Uranium workers risk experiencing dyspnea, a lung disease symptom. Previous studies found associations between dyspnea and depressive symptoms in lung disease, but this requires further study in occupational cohorts.

METHODS: This study evaluated the association between dyspnea and depressive symptoms in former uranium workers screened by New Mexico Radiation Exposure Screening & Education Program. Dyspnea and depressive symptoms were evaluated through questionnaires, Modified Medical Research Council Dyspnea Scale and a modified Patient Health Questionnaire-2, respectively. Logistic regression models were applied to cross-sectional analyses. Generalized linear models were applied to longitudinal analyses.

RESULTS: Cross-sectional analyses demonstrated higher dyspnea scores were …

2020-06-5/6/7 Daily Unm Global Health Covid-19 Briefing, Christophe G. Lambert, Shawn Stoicu, Ingrid Hendrix, Lori D. Sloane, Anastasiya Nestsiarovich, Praveen Kumar, Nicolas Lauve, Mala Htun, Ariel Hurwitz, Morgan Edwards-Fligner, Alexendra Yingling, Perez Olewe, Cristian Bologa, Orrin Myers, Douglas J. Perkins

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NM Highlights: HSD Secretary presented coronavirus updates. NM case count. Otero County Prison cases surge. PPE deal scam. Cases rise among health care workers. Navajo Nation paused weekend lockdown. Veterans helping NM. NM allows maximum SNAP benefits. City of Roswell budget cut. Carlsbad cancels 4th July fireworks. Navajo Nation casino closure extended. City grant for nonprofits. Die-in protest at UNMH. Tenure and promotion after pandemic. US Highlights: ER visits declined. Nursing homes hit hardest. Economics, Workforce, Supply Chain, PPE: FDA reissues emergency use authorization. FFP3 masks reusable after decontamination. Epidemiology Highlights: SEIRA model informs on COVID-19 spread. High …

Job Loss, Gabriella Herrera

Climate Change and Public Health Preparedness

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2020-06-03/04 Daily Unm Global Health Covid-19 Briefing, Christophe G. Lambert, Shawn Stoicu, Lori D. Sloane, Anastasiya Nestsiarovich, Praveen Kumar, Nicolas Lauve, Jenny Situ, Ariel Hurwitz, Morgan Edwards-Fligner, Clinton Onyango, Kristine Tollestrup, Orrin Myers, Douglas J. Perkins

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NM Highlights: Navajo Nation to end weekend curfew. NM case count. Navajo Nation case updates. Food distribution by PepsiCo. APS to get funding. US Highlights: 5 vaccine candidates. Arizona’s increased cases. Some states postpone primaries. Pork plant infections. Economics, Workforce, Supply Chain, PPE: Impact on global supply chains. Residency selection process disrupted. Facemask filtration efficiency. Resources for underserved countries. Epidemiology Highlights: Morbidity and mortality in Africa. Healthcare Policy Recommendations: Need for social distancing. Psychological support guide. Return to work guidelines. Practice Guidelines: Anesthesia recommendations for ECT. Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation outcomes. Testing: Roche Elecsys IL-6 test is authorized by …

Early Isotopic Evidence For Maize As A Staple Grain In The Americas, Douglas J. Kennett, Keith M. Prufer, Brendan J. Culleton, Richard J. George, Mark Robinson, Willa R. Trask, Gina M. Buckley, Emily Moes, Emily J. Kate, Thomas K. Harper, Lexi O'Donnell, Erin E. Ray, Ethan C. Hill, Asia Alsgaard, Christopher Merriman, Clayton Meredith, Heather J H Edgar, Jaime J. Awe, Said M. Gutierrez

Pathology Research and Scholarship

Maize is a cultigen of global economic importance, but when it first became a staple grain in the Americas, was unknown and contested. Here, we report direct isotopic dietary evidence from 52 radiocarbon-dated human skeletons from two remarkably well-preserved rock-shelter contexts in the Maya Mountains of Belize spanning the past 10,000 years. Individuals dating before ~4700 calendar years before present (cal B.P.) show no clear evidence for the consumption of maize. Evidence for substantial maize consumption (~30% of total diet) appears in some individuals between 4700 and 4000 cal B.P. Isotopic evidence after 4000 cal B.P. indicates that maize became …

2020-06-01/02 Daily Unm Global Health Covid-19 Briefing, Christophe G. Lambert, Shawn Stoicu, Ingrid Hendrix, Lori D. Sloane, Mari Anixter, Anastasiya Nestsiarovich, Praveen Kumar, Nicolas Lauve, Jenny Situ, Alexandra Yingling, Kristine Tollestrup, Orrin Myers, Douglas J. Perkins

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NM Highlights: New public health order. First coronavirus death in state prison. NM case count. ABQ black lives matter protest. Santa Fe Fiesta canceled. U2 drummer donated to Navajo. US Highlights: Americans’ COVID-19 survey. Immunity for essential businesses in 4 states. International Highlights: Tiananmen Square closed to vigil. Shared approaches helpful for Africa. Economics, Workforce, Supply Chain, PPE: Face masks effective. Distance and Mask combined key to success. Economic effect on dental practice. Dow predicted to fall before new high. Epidemiology Highlights: Other causes of death increase. Virus not losing potency. Protests may spread virus. Wastewater surveillance. Healthcare …

Age-Adjusted D-Dimer Cutoffs: A Warning From The Laboratory, Marian A. Rollins-Raval, Richard A. Marlar, Andrew J. Goodwin

Pathology Research and Scholarship

D-dimer assays have been Food and Drug Administration (FDA)–approved or cleared for results below a manufacturer-defined cutoff in conjunction with low or intermediate pretest clinical probability to rule out venous thromboembolism.¹ Given apparent overall increase of D-dimer level with age, clinical guidelines have recommended application of an age-adjusted D-dimer–level cutoff to exclude suspected pulmonary embolus specifically in patients with low or intermediate pretest clinical probability.^2,3 Despite additional studies and literature availble, these guidelines themselves rest solely on the Age-Adjusted D-Dimer Cutoff Levels to Rule Out Pulmonary Embolism: The ADJUST-PE Study,⁴ applying an age-adjusted D-dimer–level …

Relationships Of P16 Immunohistochemistry And Other Biomarkers With Diagnoses Of Cervical Abnormalities: Implications For Last Terminology, Philip E. Castle, Rachael Adcock, Jack Cuzick, Nicolas Wentzensen, Norah E. Torrez-Martinez, Salina M. Torres, Mark H. Stoler, Brigitte M. Ronnett, Nancy E. Joste, Teresa M. Darragh, Patti E. Gravitt, Mark Schiffman, William C. Hunt, Walter K. Kinney, Cosette M. Wheeler

Pathology Research and Scholarship

CONTEXT.—: Lower Anogenital Squamous Terminology (LAST) standardization recommended p16

OBJECTIVE.—: To describe the relationships of p16 IHC and other biomarkers associated with cervical cancer risk with biopsy diagnoses.

DESIGN.—: A statewide, stratified sample of cervical biopsies diagnosed by community pathologists (CPs), including 1512 CIN2, underwent a consensus, expert pathologist panel (EP) review (without p16 IHC results), p16 IHC interpretation by a third pathology group, and human papillomavirus (HPV) genotyping, results of which were grouped hierarchically according to cancer risk. Antecedent cytologic interpretations were also available.

RESULTS.—: Biopsies were more likely to test p16 IHC positive with increasing severity of CP …

Consistent Accuracy: A Goal For Thrombosis And Hemostasis Testing Is Accomplished Using An External Quality Assurance Program, Richard A. Marlar, Piet Meijer, Ian Jennings

Pathology Research and Scholarship

ccuracy of laboratory testing used in the diagnosis and management of thrombotic and hemostatic disorders can be very troublesome. Hemostatic testing has many pitfalls that are common to all sections of the laboratory, as well as a number of issues unique to hemostasis testing that are not seen in other laboratory disciplines (1,2). All aspects of laboratory testing have issues associated with analytical and post-analytical variables but hemostasis has many more issues pertaining to the preanalytical aspects of sample procurement and processing. Another major complexity is in the actual measurement of the end-product (a fibrin clot) …

The Mesilla Guard Race And Violence In Nineteenth-Century New Mexico, Ian Anson Lee

New Mexico Historical Review

No abstract provided.

Priorization Of Educational Strategies On Nutrition And Its Correlation In Anthropometry In Children From 2 To 5 Years With Neutrosophic Topsis, Clara Elisa Pozo-Hernández, Edid Tatiana Mejía-Álvarez, Manuel Jaramillo Burgos, Fanny Jara Vaca

Neutrosophic Sets and Systems

The study carried out at the Tajamar Health Center allows the evaluation of the educational strategies to be followed by the mothers of children aged from 2 to 5 years, leading to the definition of a correct nutrition pattern and its correlation with the value of anthropometry by applying the TOPSIS Neutrosophic method. A descriptive, qualitative, quantitative and field study was conducted. In order to determine the level of knowledge of the children's mothers, we used the survey as a technique; which allowed to identify the status of nutrition in which they are and whether the growth and development of …

Proposal Of A Neutrosophic Index To Evaluate The Management Of Internal Control, Nixon Patricio Lastra Calderón, Dayana Lizeth Villarruel Delgado, Danny Sandoval Malquín, Eddy Araujo Guerrón, Eddy Araujo Guerrón

Neutrosophic Sets and Systems

Corporate auditing is part of the necessary mechanisms to evaluate and monitor the practices being carried out in enterprises. It also allows for the timely correction of future trends that will damage the company. Internal control is part of these audits, where the company is internally analyzed, and is a highly recommended practice for both state and private companies. Evaluation of internal control presents some challenges, such as the presence of incomplete or contradictory information, as well as the importance of properly understanding and communicating what it is wished to study. This is why in this paper we propose an …

Neutrosophic Iadov Tecnique For Assessing The Proposal Of Standardization Of The Beef Cutting For Roasting In Patate Canton, Ecuador, Ana Isabel Utrera Velázquez, David Alberto García Coello, Esdras Real Garlobo, Cristian Escobar Vinueza

Neutrosophic Sets and Systems

Meat is an important food for human consumption. Its consumption is associated with economic development, so that the more meat consumed, the higher the level of quality of life or index of wealth attributed to a population. This consideration has led, during the second half of the 20th century, to a greater consumption of meat. To prepare different dishes requires an adequate knowledge of cutting meat, so ignoring this aspect would be contradictory with gastronomy. In Ecuador, and particularly in the Patate canton, there is a lack of knowledge about the types of cuts that can be made with meat, …

The Transformational Leadership, Sustainable Key For The Development Of Ecuadorian Companies. A Neutrosophic Psychology Approach, Lisenia Karina Baque Villanueva, María Azucena Mendoza, Rosanna Salcedo, Margarita Izquierdo Morán

Neutrosophic Sets and Systems

The study of leadership is a fairly recurring topic in the scientific literature in recent years. Some approaches concern with the relationship between leadership and some personality traits of leaders. One field where leadership is of great importance is the business world, where leaders are needed to direct the company's progress because they inspire the other members of the organization. This paper aims to propose a mathematical method for measuring the transformational leadership degree in the company. Transformational leadership is the most complete of leaderships; the transformational leader is versatile, charismatic, communicative, empathic, and produces positive changes in the company. …

A Neutrosophic Linguistic Model For Internal Control Evaluation To An Ecuadorian Company, Víctor Martin Parrales Carvajal, Mishelly Teresa Macías Valverde, Roberto Aguas Pután

Neutrosophic Sets and Systems

The internal control of a company is essential to evaluate the performance of the institution during a certain period of time, which allows taking the necessary measures to correct in advance the mistakes that are being made or to enhance the positive practices within the company. In this paper we propose to evaluate the Commercial Company Manolo's located in the city of Babahoyo, Ecuador, regarding the aspects measured in the internal control. For this, we use the neutrosophic 2-tuples method. This method is a part of the Computing with Word (CWW) that is distinguished by performing calculations on words rather …

Full Issue, Florentin Smarandache

Neutrosophic Sets and Systems

No abstract provided.

A Neutrosophic Model For The Evaluation Of The Formative Development Of Investigative Competences, Manuel Ricardo Velázquez, Marco Rodrigo Mena Peralta, Leanys Ricardo Domínguez, Danilo Andrade Santamaría

Neutrosophic Sets and Systems

This paper presents a multicriteria method, solved by means of a method which is based on the ideal distance using neutrosophic numbers, which is convenient to evaluate the development of the investigative competencies of graduates in the UNIANDES Ibarra Law School, their competences and functions, for which we used theoretical samples that address the follow-up programs for higher education graduates, the analysis of their competencies and their impact on labor markets. The descriptive field research with a quantitative approach was applied. The sample covered a total of 122 Law professionals. The results obtained showed a similarity in the decisions obtained …

Neutrosophic Interrelationship Of Key Performance Indicators In An Accounting Process, Angélica Dora Rodríguez Lara, Cristhina Pamela Rendón Tello, Jorge Almeida Blacio, Richard Hurtado Guevara

Neutrosophic Sets and Systems

This paper is an investigation on the interrelationship among some financial performance indicators of the company "Zambrano Loor Naira Narcisa" located in the city of Santo Domingo, Ecuador. The study is conducted because this company presents some difficulties in this regard. In order to guarantee the profundity of the analysis, we apply the technique of dynamic study of Neutrosophic Cognitive Maps, where the cause-effect relationship among the indicators is described and established; in addition it is provided the causal connecting weights between each pair of indicators. Four experts have made the evaluations. The advantage of neutrosophic cognitive maps over fuzzy …

Von Willebrand Factor As A Thrombotic And Inflammatory Mediator In Critical Illness, William E. Plautz, Zachary A. Matthay, Marian A. Rollins-Raval, Jay S. Raval, Lucy Z. Kornblith, Matthew D. Neal

Pathology Research and Scholarship

The endothelial exocytosis of high-molecular-weight multimeric von Willebrand factor (vWF) may occur in critical illness states, including trauma and sepsis, leading to the sustained elevation and altered composition of plasma vWF. These critical illnesses involve the common process of sympathoadrenal activation and loss of the endothelial glycocalyx. As a prothrombotic and proinflammatory molecule that interacts with the endothelium, the alterations exhibited by vWF in critical illness have been implicated in the development and damaging effects of downstream pathologies, such as disseminated intravascular coagulation and systemic inflammatory response syndrome. Given the role of vWF in these pathologies, there has been a …

Coalition For Prisoners' Rights Newsletter, Vol 45-B, No. 6, Coalition For Prisoners' Rights

Coalition for Prisoners' Rights Newsletters

Resources re Covid-19 and Imprisonment

Levantamiento y Abolicion

Una Zona Autonoma

Action in New Mexico

Submittal Of Mixed Waste Landfill Annual Long-Term Monitoring & Maintenance Report, April 2019-March 2020 For Sandia National Laboratories/New Mexico, Epa Id Number Nm5890110518, June 2020, 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 2019 through March 2020 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, …

Not So Fast, Mr. Jefferson How A Mexican Priest And The Ghost Of Bernardo De Miera Saved Texas And New Mexico For Spain, John L. Kessel

New Mexico Historical Review

No abstract provided.

Book Reviews Summer 2020

New Mexico Historical Review

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High-Speed Single Molecule Imaging Datasets Of Membrane Proteins In Rat Basophilic Leukemia Cells, Hanieh Mazloom-Farsibaf, William K. Kanagy, Diane S. Lidke, Keith A. Lidke

Pathology Research and Scholarship

A high-speed fluorescence microscope operating at a 490 Hz frame rate was used to image two different membrane proteins- the high-affinity IgE receptor FcɛRI, a transmembrane protein, and an outer-leaflet GPI-anchored protein. The IgE receptor was imaged via IgE labeled with Janelia Fluor 646 and the GPI-anchored protein was imaged using a GPI-GFP fusion protein and an ATTO 647 N labeled anti-GFP nanobody. Data was collected for both proteins in untreated cells and cells that had actin stabilized by phalloidin. This dataset can be used for development and testing of single-particle tracking methods on experimental data and to explore the …

2020-05-29/30/31 Daily Unm Global Health Covid-19 Briefing, Christophe G. Lambert, Shawn Stoicu, Ingrid Hendrix, Lori D. Sloane, Anastasiya Nestsiarovich, Praveen Kumar, Nicolas Lauve, Jenny Situ, Alexandra Yingling, Orrin Myers, Douglas J. Perkins

HSC Covid 19 Briefings

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NM Highlights: NM case count. Navajo Nation case update. Largest COVID-19 surge in Taos. ABQ BioPark to reopen. NM public schools reopening plan. NM unemployment claims. Rise in domestic and sexual abuse. US Highlights: Protests inspire fear of surge. Trump withdraws from WHO. Last aid bill. No new NY patients. ICE detainees sick. International Highlights: South Korea schools close. Undercounting in Russia. South African overburdened health care system. Economics, Workforce, Supply Chain, PPE: Reusable protection system. Protective household products. Longterm economic challenges. Epidemiology Highlights: Estimate virus reproduction numbers. Hypertension & cardiovascular disease impact on mortality. Gastrointestinal manifestations. Healthcare …

Extracting And Standardizing Medical Examiner Data To Improve Health, Shamsi Daneshvari Berry, Heather J H Edgar

Pathology Research and Scholarship

Data from medical examiner offices are not commonly used in informatics but may contain information not in medical records. However, the vast majority of data is not standardized and is available only in large free text fields. We sought to extract information from the medical examiner database using Canary, a natural language processing tool. The text was then standardized to fit the selected normative answer list for each field. Multiple terminology and vocabulary standards from a variety of settings were utilized as data came from the medical examiner and interviews with next of kin. Thirty-seven percent of the metadata fields …

2020-05-27/28 Daily Unm Global Health Covid-19 Briefing, Christophe G. Lambert, Shawn Stoicu, Ingrid Hendrix, Lori D. Sloane, Mari Anixter, Anastasiya Nestsiarovich, Praveen Kumar, Nicolas Lauve, Jenny Situ, Ariel Hurwitz, Elly Munde, Perez Olewe, Kristine Tollestrup, Orrin Myers, Douglas J. Perkins

HSC Covid 19 Briefings

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NM Highlights: NM governor’s press briefing. NM restaurants reopening. Navajo Nation updates. NM case count. CVS new testing sites. Mask Madness competition updates. Limited campus will return at UNM. US Highlights: CA becomes fourth state with 100,000 known infections. Model shows relationship between COVID-19 and crime. International Highlights: E.U. countries ban hydroxychloroquine. Will E.U. economic collapse create an historic centralized government? Economics, Workforce, Supply Chain, PPE: Mental health impact. Face mask itch. Remote postdoctoral fellowships. Epidemiology Highlights: Black vs. white hospitalization and mortality. African infection rates limited. Characteristics of COVID patients. Healthcare Policy Recommendations: South Korea focuses on …