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Social Verbs: A Force-Dynamic Analysis, Pavlina Kalm

Linguistics ETDs

This dissertation provides a semantic analysis of verbs that describe social events, i.e., events in which participants interact with each other on a social level. The following broad semantic categories of verbs are discussed: verbs of communication (e.g., tell, say, advise), transfer of possession verbs (e.g., own, give, buy), social role verbs (e.g., work, hire, imprison), verbs of interpersonal interactions (e.g., fight, meet, bully), and verbs that denote conceptual relations between entities (e.g., differ, symbolize, indicate). Despite their prominent status in the lexicon and frequent use in everyday situations, linguistic accounts of social verbs are …

Distance Estimates To Evolved Stars Using Infrared Emission And Verification And Validation Of The Plasma Code Empire, Brandon M. Medina

Physics & Astronomy ETDs

Gaining insight into the structure and dynamics of the Milky Way is important for understanding the universe on a large scale. Evolved stars on the Asymptotic Giant Branch are useful for studying the Milky Way because their emission is peaked in the infrared, where interstellar extinction effects are not as dominant. To further understand the physical properties of these objects like luminosity and investigate the Galaxy's structure, we need distance estimates. Obtaining distance estimates for these evolved stars via trigonometric parallax measurements is time-consuming, so infrared surveys studying Asymptotic Giant Branch stars can benefit from other distance estimate methods. In …

An Application Of Tajfel’S Social Identity Theory To Understand Gamer As A Social Identity Among Saudi College-Level Students, Mohammad M. Assiri

Language, Literacy, and Sociocultural Studies ETDs

Understanding the social identity construction of Saudi college-level students who self-identify as gamers in Saudi Arabia is essential when designing a student-centered education. Although support exists within the literature for exploring what it means to be a gamer from the perspective of gamers, a review of the literature revealed a gap in this regard in the context of Saudi Arabia. Therefore, this grounded theory study explored self-identification as a gamer in Saudi Arabia using Tajfel's (1981) three tenets of self-identification with a group. A social identity framework was used to understand the characteristics of Saudi gamers, their positive or negative …

The Native Health Database - A Tool To Support Nlm's Associate Fellows, Jonathan M. Pringle, Allison B. Cruise

Posters and Presentations

An introduction to the Native Health Database presented to the 2022-2023 National Library of Medicine Associate Fellows. Discusses the NHD’s history, the NNLM-funded transition to Mukurtu, and how content is created, contributed and shared through the NHD.

Grand Canyon National Park's Water Corridor: Water Supply, Water Quality, And Recharge Along The Bright Angel Fault, Brionna O'Connor

Earth and Planetary Sciences ETDs

Grand Canyon’s ‘water corridor’ includes the Transcanyon Pipeline that conveys water from Roaring Springs near the North Rim to Grand Canyon Village on the South Rim to provide water for the park’s 6.5 million annual visitors. Roaring Springs water has been used at the park and reclaimed at the South Rim Water Reclamation Plant since the 1970s. Our hypothesis is that the pipeline water infiltrates through faults and intermingles with the South Rim groundwater system. We use geochemical tracers to develop mixing models for these waters. Tracers considered are major ions, water isotopologues, radiogenic strontium, and pharmaceuticals. This study has …

Mla Lindberg Fellowship Evidence Based Practice: A Practical Guide For Health Information Professionals, Jonathan Eldredge

Posters and Presentations

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Hern - Health Experience Research Network, Lisa M. Acuff, Allison B. Cruise

Posters and Presentations

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Building Unproblematic Searches For Indian/Alaska Native Topics, Alexis Ellsworth-Kopkowski

Posters and Presentations

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Reconciliation Framework: Response To The Report Of The Truth And Reconciliation Commission Taskforce, Jonathan M. Pringle

Publications

Released in February 2022, the Reconciliation Framework is designed for non-Indigenous archivists in Canada who manage Indigenous holdings in their repositories, from acquisitions to outreach and all processes in-between. The document positions itself well amongst other related international standards that advocate for a reciprocal, ongoing relationship between archival institutions and the Indigenous communities they purport to represent and serve. The journey to final publication reaches back not only years and decades but also centuries, considering it was borne out of the aftermath of the terrible history of residential schools in North America. Recent formal calls to action demanded redress through …

Creating A Web Archive Of The Hsc Newsroom, Jonathan M. Pringle, Lori D. Sloane

Posters and Presentations

Seed funding from HSLIC provided an opportunity to investigate how we could preserve dynamic web pages within the UNM Digital Repository while maintaining the look and feel of the original material. With our funding, we purchased a 1-year subscription to Archive-IT Pro (with technical support). This subscription allowed us to preserve the context and content of the HSC Newsroom, The Pulse, and other digital-born objects, meeting the creators where they were rather than conforming to the Repository's current structure.

Hslic Wellness Room, Varina A. Kosovich, Kelleen Maluski

Posters and Presentations

In January 2022 we had the exciting opportunity to create a Wellness Room at HSLIC. First discussed in the library’s Justice, Equity, and Inclusion committee, the project received seed funding from HSLIC and the Wellness Room became fully operational in March 2022. With our funding, we purchased comfortable furniture, lighting and sound options, art supplies, sensory tools, a yoga mat, art by Chicanx and Indigenous creators, and a prayer rug. The target audience includes people with neurodiversities, students suffering from anxiety or stress, and anyone in need of a place to pray. We track student engagement with a simple survey …

Adult Prevotella Denticola Digital Abscess With Citrobacter Freundii And Enterococcus Faecalis Superinfection: A Case Report, Austin Fagerberg, Dean W. Smith

Western Journal of Orthopaedics

Secondary to penetrating injuries, bacterial infections in the hand are well-reported and most frequently caused by gram-positive organisms. Although Staphylococcus and Streptococcus strains are the most common bacteria to infect the hand after an open injury, the musculoskeletal healthcare provider must be familiar with other potential infecting organisms when determining antibiotic coverage and management for the infected, traumatized hand. Prevotella denticola is a known colonizer of the gingiva and has been previously reported in oral and other systemic infections. Prevotella denticola may also present as a solitary pathogen or a participant in a mixed aerobic and anaerobic polymicrobial abscess. In …

Trampoline Associated Non-Contact Fractures Of The Proximal Tibial Metaphysis In Children: A Systematic Review, Brad Bergin, Taylor Woolnough, Gwendolyn Lovsted Barch, Devin Peterson

Western Journal of Orthopaedics

Background: Pediatric injuries of the proximal tibial metaphysis associated with trampoline use are concerning, as they have been reported to spontaneously progress into valgus deformity. The aim of this study was to perform a systematic review of outcomes following fractures of the proximal tibial metaphysis that occur as the result of jumping, particularly on trampolines or inflatable structures, and to assess the incidence of progression to valgus deformity of the proximal tibia. It is hypothesized that this specific mechanism of injury does not result in any future deformity of the tibia. Methods: A duplicate, independent, and systematic search of Embase, …

Does Postoperative Antibiotic Administration Affffect The Infection Rate For Outpatient Orthopaedic Sports Procedures?, Ian E. Fletcher, Allicia O. Imada, Nathan Huff, Travis Hughes

Western Journal of Orthopaedics

Purpose: Perioperative antibiotic administration is a topic of debate, and a varied practice among orthopaedic surgeons. The objective of this study is to compare infection rates after outpatient sports procedures in patients treated with a single preoperative dose of antibiotics versus those given additional postoperative doses. Methods: This article shows a retrospective chart review of 961 patients undergoing orthopaedic sports medicine surgeries over a 2-year period. A control group of patients that only received preoperative antibiotics was compared to those with additional postoperative antibiotics in the post-anesthesia care unit (PACU) or at discharge (D/C). The primary outcome was the development …

Demolishing Systemic Ableism: Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (Adhd) In Adults, Jessica L. Belisle

Theoretical Foundation in Advanced Practice Nursing

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Promoting Culturally Congruent Care On The Navajo Reservation, Shidawn T. Crank

Theoretical Foundation in Advanced Practice Nursing

No abstract provided.

Nursing Burnout In Perspective: Conservation Of Resources Theory And The Nurse Worklife Model, Anna Trujillo

Theoretical Foundation in Advanced Practice Nursing

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The Body Articulated: Gender Violence And The Performative Turn In Mexico, Kylee Aragon

Museum Studies Theses

The Body Articulated: Gender Violence and the Performative Turn in Mexico explores the role of performance art in raising awareness for gender-based crimes. My thesis investigates the performative response to gender-based violence in contemporary art in Mexico during the 1970’s and then again in the post-NAFTA era, with the aim of examining the use of the artists body, the voices of women as substitution for the body, and the bodies of others as means of creating a greater awareness to the feminicidal epidemic. Artists like Mónica Mayer and Lorena Wolffer use their body and the voices of woman, as opposed …

Building On Historical Chicana And Chicano Movement Pedagogies To Teach New Mexican Manita And Manito Epistemologies To Knowledge And Power Curators, Keith E. Sanchez

Chicana and Chicano Studies ETDs

ABSTRACT

Through the examination of historical place-based, culturally relevant, and responsive Chicana/o pedagogies, as exemplified in the formative 1969 El Plan de Santa Barbara, The Crusade for Justice, and la Academia de la Nueva Raza, the purpose of this project is to create a curricular sketch considering contemporary environmental and economic challenges facing Manita/o/Hispanic/Chicana/o student populations of New Mexico. If its ideals are to be generationally galvanized and sustained, every social movement must establish a semblance of Paideia, a space of grassroots educational initiative, where a marginalized community’s epistemologies are exhumed, reinvigorated, and passed to the next generation. This …

Optical And Computational Methods For Detection And Quantification Of Protein-Protein Interactions Using Single-Molecule Localization Microscopy, David James Schodt

Physics & Astronomy ETDs

Interactions between proteins residing on or near the membranes of biological cells trigger many of the signaling cascades that facilitate the transmission of information between the exterior and the interior of the cell. Normal function of these protein-protein interactions (PPIs) is required for the healthy functioning of complex single- and multi-cellular organisms. Abnormalities involving these interactions are implicated in several diseases, such as the progression and treatment resistance of many forms of cancer. Understanding both the normal and abnormal behaviors of these interactions is necessary to improve our understanding of such diseases, which in turn can drive drug development for …

Integrated Grating Couplers On-A-Chip: Characterizations And Applications, Xuemei Wang

Optical Science and Engineering ETDs

We demonstrate two applications based on grating coupled phase matching to a slab waveguide: lab-on-a-chip spectrometer using a transversely chirped grating and indoor lidar plenoptic sensor array for Time of flight (ToF) position mapping system. In the first application, a chirped grating waveguide coupler serves as a spatially dependent narrow-band filter. The transversely-chirped-input grating is fabricated on a SiO₂-Si₃N₄-SiO₂ waveguide atop a Si substrate by interferometric lithography. Light with wavelength from 400- nm to 700 nm couples into Si₃N₄ waveguide through transversely chirped grating incident at a 33.5⁰ angle and …

Robust Uncertainty Quantification With Analysis Of Error In Standard And Non-Standard Quantities Of Interest, Zachary Stevens

Mathematics & Statistics ETDs

This thesis derives two Uncertainty Quantification (UQ) methods for differential equations that depend on random parameters: (\textbf{i}) error bounds for a computed cumulative distribution function (\textbf{ii}) a multi-level Monte Carlo (MLMC) algorithm with adaptively refined meshes and accurately computed stopping-criteria. Both UQ approaches utilize adjoint-based \textit{a posteriori} error analysis in order to accurately estimate the error in samples of numerically approximated quantities of interest. The adaptive MLMC algorithm developed in this thesis relies on the adjoint-based error analysis to adaptively create meshes and accurately monitor a stopping criteria. This is in contrast to classical MLMC algorithms which employ either a …

Machine Learning Model Comparison And Arma Simulation Of Exhaled Breath Signals Classifying Covid-19 Patients, Aaron Christopher Segura

Mathematics & Statistics ETDs

This study compared the performance of machine learning models in classifying COVID-19 patients using exhaled breath signals and simulated datasets. Ground truth classification was determined by the gold standard Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) test results. A residual bootstrapped method generated the simulated datasets by fitting signal data to Autoregressive Moving Average (ARMA) models. Classification models included neural networks, k-nearest neighbors, naïve Bayes, random forest, and support vector machines. A Recursive Feature Elimination (RFE) study was performed to determine if reducing signal features would improve the classification models performance using Gini Importance scoring for the two classes. The top 25% of …

Exploratory Analysis Of Machine Learning For Images: Methods And Applications, Meenu Ajith

Electrical and Computer Engineering ETDs

This research focuses on implementing four different applications of machine learning on images. The various categories of digital images considered for these applications are grayscale, RGB, and infra-red images. The first framework uses an unsupervised learning strategy for detecting fire and smoke from an infra-red image dataset. This problem was solved using a classical machine learning algorithm since the dataset was small and unlabeled. Next, a semi-supervised deep learning model was used for facial expression recognition. Here we detect emotions from a moderately large dataset containing labeled and unlabeled grayscale images. The third application focused on single image superresolution, which …

Modeling And Performance Analysis Of Deb Based Hydrogen Getters, John A. Matteson

Chemical and Biological Engineering ETDs

Hydrogen getter materials are used to irreversibly absorb hydrogen gas in sealed environments. The DEB based getter system, despite finding widespread use in this application, still posses challenges with respect to experimental performance analysis and fundamental understanding of reaction mechanism. The second chapter of this report addresses the experimental challenges of this getter system by demonstrating the utility and experimental strengths of a custom magnetic suspension balance (MSB) based gravimetric sorption system. This apparatus enables performance evaluation in process relevant conditions including dilute mixed gas environments which our results indicate is necessary for accurate performance evaluation of getter systems. Chapter …

Gp-K: A Probabilistic Method For Hourly Day-Ahead Power Load Forecasting, Miguel A. Hombrados-Herrera

Electrical and Computer Engineering ETDs

The elevated costs that incur power grid stakeholders due to forecasting errors in power load demand have created the need for forecasting methods that provide accurate predictions and allow for assessing the reliability of their predictions. This thesis proposes a probabilistic forecasting method for multi-step ahead forecasting.

In particular, it presents a probabilistic method to perform a 24-hours-ahead power load forecasting that arises as the combination of Gaussian Process regressors with NMF (nonnegative matrix factorization) and integrates the advantages of both methods. Instead of training 24 independent processes for each hour of the predicted day, this work proposes to factorize …

"The Ghost Of Freire Is In My Kitchen Now": Dominant Ideology And Critical Possibility In Teachers' Dialogue On Pedagogy Of The Oppressed, Hope A. Kitts

Language, Literacy, and Sociocultural Studies ETDs

Critical scholars in sociology, philosophy and cultural studies have long said what is wrong with schools, insofar as they function to perpetuate inequality rather than social uplift, generally. Despite this well-researched state of affairs, schooling—of the State-sponsored, public education kind—remains beholden to the economic interests of the dominant classes. Judging from current retention and attrition rates, proficiency levels, and college entrance numbers, schooling has continued to disproportionately benefit White people, especially in relation to their social class. Moreover teachers continue to be disproportionately White and female when compared with their students. Through a critical analysis of teachers’ discourse on Freire, …

Computational Methods, Investigations, And Codes To Support Corrosion Experiments In Molten Lead And Transfer To Reactor Conditions, Khaled A. Talaat

Nuclear Engineering ETDs

Lead cooled fast reactors have many potential economic advantages over other Generation IV reactor designs due to the high boiling point of lead (~1750 °C) at atmospheric pressure and excellent neutronic properties which have made them attractive to the commercial energy sector in the recent years. They, however, remain hampered by challenges in cladding material compatibility with the heavy liquid metal coolant. A forced circulation loop was established at the University of New Mexico (“Lobo Lead Loop”) to prequalify materials for Versatile Test Reactor (VTR) testing and to improve the understanding of flow accelerated corrosion in molten lead environment. Corrosion …

Ultrashort Pulse Laser Filamentation Electrical And Optical Diagnostic Comparison, James E. Wymer

Optical Science and Engineering ETDs

Results presented here examine the effect of changing gas pressure on the radio frequency (RF) emissions of an ultrashort pulse laser filament plasma and how those emissions vary longitudinally in the laser focal region. We use a WR284 rectangular waveguide with a 1.5 cm hole that allows the beam through. A 3.2 GHz microwave signal is emitted in the waveguide, and signals are received through a waveguide-to-coax antenna connected to an HP8470B Schottky diode. By enabling and disabling the 3.2 GHz signal, we measure both the self-emitted RF from a USPL filament and subsequently the degree of attenuation a filament …

Design, Microfabrication And Characterization Of Vibrating Mesh Atomizer For Viscous Fluids, Pallavi Sharma

Mechanical Engineering ETDs

This research focuses on a new piezoelectrically driven Micro Electromechanical Systems based vibrating mesh atomizer that generates the pressure differential required for droplet ejection or spray production using frequency resonances in the 100 kHz range. This study involves device construction and experimental characterization to comprehend the device's operation and the influence of various factors on its performance and determine the limitations of a range of working fluids to atomize.

A novel approach to integrating polymer-based micro heaters with a vibrating mesh atomizer as a monolithic component is presented to expand the range of working liquids for the MEMS device. The …