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Latina And Latino Critical Legal Theory: Latcrit Theory, Praxis And Community, Marc-Tizoc Gonzaléz, Sarudzayi Matambanadzo, Sheila I. Vélez Martínez

Faculty Scholarship

LatCrit theory is a relatively recent genre of critical “outsider jurisprudence” – a category of contemporary scholarship including critical legal studies, feminist legal theory, critical race theory, critical race feminism, Asian American legal scholarship and queer theory. This paper overviews LatCrit’s foundational propositions, key contributions, and ongoing efforts to cultivate new generations of ethical advocates who can systemically analyze the sociolegal conditions that engender injustice and intervene strategically to help create enduring sociolegal, and cultural, change. The paper organizes this conversation highlighting Latcrit’s theory, community and praxis.

A teoria LatCrit é um gênero relativamente recente de teoria do direito “outsider” …

The Rise Of Force Majeure Amid Coronavirus Pandemic: Legitimacy And Implications For Energy Laws And Contracts, Cosmos Nike Nwedu

Natural Resources Journal

The global outbreak of coronavirus disease has become one of humanity’s current greatest challenges and may arguably surpass climate change in the short-term. The virus’s rapid dispersion through the transportation sector, its disruption to human health and global economies, has been remarkable. The energy sector has also been impacted, as it has seen episodic low prices of oil, particularly in April 2020. This scenario is due to less demand for oil amid various containment measures and related health policies of governments worldwide. The performance of existing oil and gas contracts, especially time-bound supply contracts, has been rendered impracticable in some …

Neural Network Based Occupancy Prediction Using Patterns Detected In Wifi Occupancy, Krishna Chaitanya Jagadeesh Simma, Thomas P. Caudell, Susan M. Bogus

Civil Engineering Faculty Publications

The role of occupants in building energy management is well established. Occupant information from commercial buildings can function as a metric for the heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) loads. Predicting these loads ahead in time could aid in setting up HVAC protocols to minimize wasteful energy demand and improve occupant comfort. To this extent, several frameworks were proposed that use occupancy data collected from commercial office buildings and graduate student offices to predict occupancy. However, the occupancy data collected in these frameworks are controlled and have limited complexity compared to larger commercial spaces such as airports, libraries, lecture halls, …

More Than Idle Talk: Examining The Effects Of Positive And Negative Team Gossip, Trevor Spoelma, Andrea Hetrick

Faculty and Staff Publications

Gossip is a behavior that has been traditionally viewed as harmful in organizations. However, a more balanced perspective has emerged in recent years that suggests gossip can have important benefits. We propose that one way to uncover potential benefits of gossip in teams is to focus on the valence (positive or negative nature) of the gossip. Drawing on expectancy theory, we propose team gossip indirectly influences team performance through social loafing because it plays a key role in shaping beliefs about effort in team contexts; effects determined by team gossip valence. We hypothesize that positive team gossip decreases social loafing, …

Bubonic Plague: Public Health Warnings From An Ancient Disease, Mikenzie E. Chessman

2022 Award Winners

No abstract provided.

Overlapping Roles Of Nadph Oxidase 4 (Nox4) For Diabetic And Gadolinium-Based Contrast Agent-Induced Systemic Fibrosis-Animal Equivalent Dosing Of Gadolinium-Based Contrast Agents Supplementary Figure 2, Francesca Bruno, Joshua Deaguero, Catherine Do, Doug Yoon Lee, Chunyan Tan, G Patricia Escobar, Brent Wagner

The Kidney Institute of New Mexico

Supplementary figure for the forthcoming publication entitled “Overlapping roles of NADPH Oxidase 4 (Nox4) for diabetic and gadolinium-based contrast agent-induced systemic fibrosis”. Supplementary Figure 2 demonstrates renal changes induced by gadolinium-based contrast agent treatment and experimental diabetes. Photomicrographs analyzed by a blinded veterinary pathologist.

Nature’S Personhood And Property’S Virtues, Laura Spitz, Eduardo M. Peñalver

Faculty Scholarship

This Article evaluates the strategy of claiming personhood for natural objects as a way to advance environmental goals in the United States. Using the Colorado River Ecosystem v. Colorado litigation as the focus, we explore the normative foundation of the claim—elements of nature are legal persons—and the work personhood is being asked to do by the plaintiff and other environmental activists. We identify three possibilities: procedural work, substantive work, and rhetorical work. Of those, we suggest the plaintiff’s strongest case is rhetorical. We say this not only because it will likely be difficult to convince a judge to extend standing …

Bad Apples Or A Rotten Tree: Ameliorating The Double Pandemic Of Covid-19 And Racial Economic Inequality, Nathalie Martin

Faculty Scholarship

Black Lives Matter signs pepper our rural, middle class neighborhood. The lawn signs raise a fundamental question: if Black Lives Matter, what will it take to reverse the longstanding trend that has left many dead and so many others, perhaps all others, suffering? What will it take to create some semblance of equality and equity across racial lines in America?

Part I of this essay discusses race and Covid 19. It reviews and updates statistics on Covid deaths and race, and discusses some of the reasons for the racial disparities in Covid deaths. Part II briefly reviews the stratification of …

Racial Triangulation, Interest-Convergence, And The Double-Consciousness Of Asian Americans, Vinay Harpalani

Faculty Scholarship

This Essay integrates Professor Claire Jean Kim’s racial triangulation framework, Professor Derrick Bell’s interest-convergence theory, and W.E.B. Du Bois’s notion of double-consciousness, all to examine the racial positioning of Asian Americans and the dilemmas we face as a result. To do so, this Essay considers the history of Asian immigration to the United States, the model minority and perpetual foreigner stereotypes, Asian Americans’ positioning in the affirmative action debate, COVID-19-related hate and bias incidents, and Andrew Yang’s 2020 Democratic presidential candidacy. The Essay examines how racial stereotypes of Asian Americans have emerged through historical cycles of valorization and ostracism, as …

Rapid Deployment Of A Statewide Covid-19 Echo Program For Frontline Clinicians: Early Results And Lessons Learned., Anna L. Steeves-Reece, Nancy C Elder, Tuesday A Graham, Miriam L Wolf, Isabel Stock, Melinda M Davis, Ronald D Stock

Project ECHO Bibliography

No abstract provided.

Sex-Specific Anti-Allodynic Mechanisms Of Cav3.3 T-Type Calcium Channels In Trigeminal Neuropathic Pain, Aleyah Goins, Marena Montera, Mitra Afaghpour-Becklund, Sabrina Mcilwrath, Karin Westlund-High, Sascha Alles

Brain & Behavioral Health Research Day

Chronic pain is a serious and debilitating condition that affects one in five people around the world. In order to address this public health problem, we performed studies to elucidate the role of Cav3.3 T-type voltage-gated calcium channels in the FRICT-ION model of trigeminal (TG) neuropathic pain. Western blot and immunohistochemical analyses of TG revealed protein upregulation of Cav3.3 compared to controls. Intraperitoneal injection of a highly selective TAT-based Cav3.3 blocking peptide (TAT-C3P) in FRICT-ION mice elicited a significant reduction of allodynia that correlated with a reduction of TG Cav3.3. These data suggest that a blockade of Cav3.3 may be …

In Sync!® Support Group Leader Program, Andrea Merriam

Brain & Behavioral Health Research Day

A multi-faceted training program to help volunteer support group leaders learn leadership and facilitation skills, and provide them with supportive resources.

Many people impacted by PD rely heavily on support groups and peers for support, socialization, tips and assistance. Most support groups are led by people with movement disorders or their care partners. They dedicate their time and energy over multiple years as volunteer leaders. Yet while they support so many others, they seldom receive the support they need. With limited understanding of how to start, grow and sustain a group, the leaders are often untrained and isolated. To address …

Accuracy Of Spanish Translation Of Alcohol Screening Questionnaires For Use In Brain And Behavioral Health Research, D E. Rodriguez, L Enriquez, L Stacy, R Rai, L N. Bakhireva, J Lowe

Brain & Behavioral Health Research Day

Purpose: Spanish speakers represented 13% of the U.S. population in 2015. Alcohol use in pregnancy, including Spanish-speakers, affects 1 in 10 U.S. women. The rising population of U.S. Spanish-speakers necessitates availability of Spanish-language tools to consistently measure alcohol consumption. This study compares existing Spanish translations of alcohol questionnaires to English questionnaire items and examines dialectal differences.

Methods & Data: Spanish-translations of common alcohol screening questionnaires, including AUDIT (1 translation, validated), CAGE (4 total, 2 validated), and TWEAK (1, unvalidated) were compiled from peer-reviewed articles, government-agencies and universities. Each item was back-translated to English separately (by two bi-lingual English/Spanish speakers with …

Effects Of Neuronal Activation And Psychiatric Treatment On Circhomer1 Biogenesis, Grigorios Papageorgiou, Nikolaos Mellios

Brain & Behavioral Health Research Day

Schizophrenia (SCZ) and Bipolar disorder (BD) are heterogeneous psychiatric disorders that together affect more than 3.5% of the US population. Studies using animal, pharmacological models

and post-mortem data, have revealed abnormalities in the dopaminergic and glutamatergic pathways, however, the pathogenesis remains vague. Non-coding RNAs (ncRNAs) have been shown to play a role in regulating gene expression at the transcriptional and post-transcriptional level and having implications on brain development and psychiatric diseases. Circular RNAs are a category of ncRNAs, formed after back-splicing of exons/introns, covalently linked, enriched in the mammalian brain and derived from genes that are implicated in synaptic plasticity. …

Prenatal Alcohol Exposure Enhances Morphine-Mediated Toll Like Receptor (Tlr)-4 Actions And Paradoxically Prolongs Nerve Injury-Induced Pathological Pain, Shahani Noor, Melody S. Sun, Chaselyn D. Ruffaner-Hanson, Monique V. Nysus, Diane C. Jimenez, Fernando F. Valenzuela, Erin D. Milligan

Brain & Behavioral Health Research Day

Our prior work demonstrates that adult prenatal alcohol exposed (PAE) rats with minimal nerve injury develop allodynia (pathological light touch sensitivity) in concert with aberrant peripheral-spinal glial and immune activation. Nerve-injured PAE rats display heightened proinflammatory cytokine production (IL-1β, TNF-α, CCL2) typically produced following activation of innate immune receptors, TLR4 and Nod-like receptor family pyrin domain containing 3 (NLRP3) inflammasomes. This suggests that PAE-related adaptations prime peripheral macrophages and central nervous system (CNS) glia to over-respond to subtle challenges through exaggerated TLR4 and NLRP3 inflammasome reactivity. Interestingly, morphine, a standard opioid pain therapeutic, binds the μ-opioid receptor and also glial …

Center For Brain Recovery And Repair-Clinical Core, Rick Campbell, Michel Torbey, Darbi Gill, Davin Quinn, Jessica Richardson, Jeremy Hogeveen, Cndrew Carlson, Kevin Wilson, Nick Mertens, Marcus Sterling, Saul Fernandez

Brain & Behavioral Health Research Day

Survivors of brain injuries such as stroke and trauma often endure life-long disabilities, which span a spectrum of deficits and are associated with enormous individual and societal costs. There is an urgent need to develop effective interventions that can improve cognitive and motor outcomes, especially individualized approaches that target specific disruptions of brain physiology or circuits. The Center for Brain Recovery and Repair (CBRR) is a Center of Biomedical Research Excellence (NIH/NIGMS P20 GM109089; PI: Shuttleworth) established as an interdisciplinary community of clinical and preclinical investigators to address these issues. The Clinical Core is an ideally-situated brain injury research hub, …

Effect Of Dexpramipexole In Neuropathic Pain In Prenatal Alcohol Exposed Female Subjects, Andrea A. Pasmay, Justine R. Zimmerly, Shahani Noor, Annette K. Fernandez, Melody S. Sun, Suzy Davies, Daniel D. Savage, C Fernando Valenzuela, Nikolaos Mellios, Rodrigo Escalona, Erin D. Milligan

Brain & Behavioral Health Research Day

Prenatal alcohol exposure (PAE) results in deficiencies of the central nervous system (CNS) and an overactive proinflammatory neuroimmune response. This response is mediated by cytokines secreted from infiltrating peripheral immune cells like T cells that secrete interferon-g (IFNg). Interleukin-10 is a potent anti-inflammatory cytokine that inhibits the production of a variety of proinflammatory cytokines. While IFN is secreted from and further activates T cells, it is also secreted from activated macrophage in response to tissue injury and inflammation and further enhances inflammatory processes. Neuropathic pain results from damage to peripheral nerves and can be experienced as an increased sensitivity to …

11-30-2021 Hsc Committee Meeting Minutes, Hsc Committee

HSC Committee (A subcommittee of the UNM Board of Regents)

No abstract provided.

02-08-2022 Hsc Commitee, Hsc Committee

HSC Committee (A subcommittee of the UNM Board of Regents)

No abstract provided.

Unm Health Sciences Center Data Book 2020-21, University Of New Mexico - Health Sciences Center

Health Sciences Center Databook (1990-ongoing)

No abstract provided.

Unm Hslic Organizational Chart 2021, Sally Bowler-Hill

HSLIC Organizational Charts

No abstract provided.

A Standardized Protocol For The Comprehensive Assessment Of Dental Hygiene Work, Shawn C Roll, Mark E Hardison, Jane L Forrest, Nikki L Colclazier, Joyce Y Sumi, Nancy A Baker

Pediatrics Research and Scholarship

BACKGROUND: Work-related musculoskeletal disorders are prevalent in dental hygienists. Although engineering controls and ergonomic training is available, it is unclear why this intransigent problem continues. One possible barrier is that a comprehensive, standardized protocol for evaluating dental hygiene work does not exist.

OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to generate a valid and reliable observational protocol for the assessment of dental hygiene work.

METHODS: An iterative process was used to establish and refine an ecologically valid video acquisition and observation protocol to assess key activities, tasks, and performance components of dental hygiene work.

RESULTS: Good inter-rater reliability was achieved across all variables …

Amplification Of School-Based Strategies Resulting From The Application Of The Dynamic Adaptation Process To Reduce Sexual And Gender Minority Youth Suicide, Lara M Gunderson, Daniel G Shattuck, Amy E Green, C Ann Vitous, Mary M Ramos, Cathleen E Willging

Pediatrics Research and Scholarship

BACKGROUND: Evidence-informed practices (EIPs) are imperative to increase school safety for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer or questioning (LGBTQ) students and their peers. Recently, the Expert Recommendations for Implementing Change (ERIC), a taxonomy of discrete implementation strategies used in health care settings, was adapted for schools. The School Implementation Strategies, Translating the ERIC Resources (SISTER) resulted in 75 discrete implementation strategies. In this article, we examine which SISTER strategies were used to implement six EIPs to reduce suicidality among LGBTQ high school students. We applied the dynamic adaptation process (DAP), a phased, data-driven implementation planning process, that accounts for …

Move From Surviving To Thriving: The Positive Psychology Workbook For Challenging Times, Bruce W. Smith

Psychology Faculty and Staff Publications

This workbook is freely offered to anyone who wants to use it to create a life of greater joy, happiness, meaning, and fulfillment in spite of the challenges we often face.

You have my permission to use anything in this workbook as long as you use it for increasing human happiness and well-being and make it as freely available as you can.

Santa Clara Pueblo V. Martinez In The Evolution Of Federal Law, Richard B. Collins

Tribal Law Journal

Few Indian law decisions have evoked as much scholarly attention as Santa Clara Pueblo.1 Shepard's pulls up over 1000 law review references, and Google reports almost 3,000,000 hits.2 It is a major case in all Indian law treatises and casebooks and is important in several other books.3 Most analyze the decision as an event and focus on its principal holding, denying a federal cause of action for civil enforcement of the Indian Civil Rights Act.4 Policy discussions parse tribal sovereignty and discrimination against women.

Tribal Justice: Honoring Indigenous Dispute Resolution (Symposium Keynote Address), Deb Haaland

Tribal Law Journal

Tribal Law Journal 20th Anniversary Symposium Keynote Address. I am working to weave our Native voice into a system that is not traditionally our own to make sure these legal fictions do not persist into another detrimental federal policy era. This symposium is highly valuable because it shows our community how important it is to incorporate indigenous traditional values into our legal system—but this is also important to highlight in our political systems and my effort to encourage more Native Americans to run for office and will continue. Native American people need to redefine all aspects of our governance systems …

Acoma 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.

Taos 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.

Neutroalgebra For The Evaluation Of Barriers To Migrants’ Access In Primary Health Care In Chile Based On Prospector Function, Diego Silva Jiménez, Juan Alexis Valenzuela Mayorga, Mara Esther Roja Ubilla, Noel Batista Hernández

Neutrosophic Sets and Systems

No abstract provided.

Neutrosophic Sets And Systems, Vol. 41, 2021, Florentin Smarandache, Mohamed Abdel-Basset, Said Broumi

Neutrosophic Sets and Systems

No abstract provided.