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Contracts Of The Dead: When Should They Haunt The Living?, William A. Drennan

New Mexico Law Review

Contracting parties can negotiate death and expressly deal with it in their written contracts. They seldom do, perhaps because of social taboos about discussing death. When the agreement fails to directly say whether the contract lives or dies upon an obligor’s death, two bedrock principles of contract law conflict. On the one hand, serious agreements should be enforced; on the other hand, you should not be forced into a contract with a stranger. An English court in the days of Shakespeare established rules, and many courts still use those rules and require a decedent’s children or other successors to fulfill …

Informativeness Of Dental Morphology In Ancestry Estimation In African Americans, Jessica M. Gross, Heather J H Edgar

Pathology Research and Scholarship

OBJECTIVES: Our objective is to assess the informativeness of dental morphology in estimating biogeographic ancestry in African Americans.

MATERIALS AND METHODS: The data are 62 dental morphological traits scored as nondichotomized and dichotomized in 797 individuals, 992,601 SNPs from 271 individuals, and 645 STRs from 177 individuals. Each dataset consists of Africans, Europeans, and African Americans. For each dataset, we summed Fisher Information (FI), then used STRUCTURE to estimate ancestry.

RESULTS: Total FI was highest for SNPs, followed by STRs, nondichotomized dental traits, and dichotomized dental traits. For both genetic datasets, Africans and Europeans fell into two distinctive clusters with …

From Big Science To “Deep Science”, Florentin Smarandache, Victor Christianto

Branch Mathematics and Statistics Faculty and Staff Publications

The Standard Model of particle physics has accomplished a great deal including the discovery of Higgs boson in 2012. However, since the supersymmetric extension of the Standard Model has not been successful so far, some physicists are asking what alternative deeper theory could be beyond the Standard Model? This article discusses the relationship between mathematics and physical reality and explores the ways to go from Big Science to “Deep Science”.

Army And Navy Echo Pain Telementoring Improves Clinician Opioid Prescribing For Military Patients: An Observational Cohort Study., Joanna G. Katzman, Clifford R. Qualls, William A. Satterfield, Martin Kistin, Keith Hofmann, Nina Greenberg, Robin Swift, George D. Comerci, Rebecca Fowler, Sanjeev Arora

Project ECHO Bibliography

BACKGROUND: Opioid overdose deaths occur in civilian and military populations and are the leading cause of accidental death in the USA.

OBJECTIVE: To determine whether ECHO Pain telementoring regarding best practices in pain management and safe opioid prescribing yielded significant declines in opioid prescribing.

DESIGN: A 4-year observational cohort study at military medical treatment facilities worldwide.

PARTICIPANTS: Patients included 54.6% females and 46.4% males whose primary care clinicians (PCCs) opted to participate in ECHO Pain; the comparison group included 39.9% females and 60.1% males whose PCCs opted not to participate in ECHO Pain.

INTERVENTION: PCCs attended 2-h weekly Chronic Pain …

Coalition For Prisoners' Rights Newsletter, Vol 44-A, No. 3, Coalition For Prisoners' Rights

Coalition for Prisoners' Rights Newsletters

And Still We Rise

Primero

Update on Florida Info Request

Clarification

No surprise: Better Food is Better

Enhancing Community Health Outcomes (Project Echo): Developing A Community Of Practice For Paramedics In End Of Life Care (Eolc), Laura Mctague, Andrew Hodge, Clare Williams, Paul Taylor, Sam Kyeremateng

Project ECHO Bibliography

Abstract Background Paramedics report unique challenges when delivering EOLC, including accessing education and having low confidence. Yorkshire Ambulance Service (YAS) covers a large geographical area and education is typically centralised. Project ECHO uses a tele-mentoring network to share best practice, enable case-based learning to manage complexity, develop communities of practice and build capacity in logistically and geographically challenged services. Prior implementations demonstrated improved knowledge, confidence and self-efficacy in participants. We piloted the ECHO model to develop EOLC amongst YAS clinicians. Method This project began in October 2018 and is planned to run until March 2019; it recruited to capacity (30 …

03-05-2019 Hsc Committee Agenda, Hsc Committee

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

No abstract provided.

Silver City Residents Improving Boston Hill Signage, University Of New Mexico Prevention Research Center

Events

In 2018, Silver City was one of two communities awarded a VIVA Connects Community Grant.

20190228_Interlibrary Loan System Upgrade - Delays Possible, Sally Bowler-Hill

HSLIC Blog Post

No abstract provided.

Ms-Squared Survey Instrument V 2.0, Philip J. Kroth

MS-Squared

This survey tool, with questions drawn from multiple sources, is part of the Minimizing Stress, Maximizing Success of Clinicians’ Use of the Electronic Health Record (EHR) Study (MS‐Squared). MS-Squared was funded by a grant from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ). The survey is free to use; however, we respectfully ask you to cite the MS‐Squared study when using the survey (see below option). We would also like to know your thoughts about the tool; please contact us with your comments, edits, and survey findings. This survey tool has not yet been fully validated. If you would like …

Report To Congress: Current State Of Technology-Enabled Collaborative Learning And Capacity Building Models, Office Of Health Policy, Office Of The Assistant Secretary For Planning And Evaluation (Aspe)

Project ECHO Bibliography

No abstract provided.

20190227_Why Wellness Matters In An Academic Library, Unknown User

HSLIC Blog Post

No abstract provided.

03-05-2019 Hsc Committee Meeting Notice, Hsc Committee

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

No abstract provided.

20190221_Welcome Kelleen Maluski, Mlis, Sally Bowler-Hill

HSLIC Blog Post

No abstract provided.

The Expression Of Modality In Iranian Sign Language (Zei), Sara Siyavoshi

Linguistics ETDs

This dissertation uses data from Zaban Eshareh Irani, Iranian Sign Language, to investigate the linguistic strategies for the expression of modality in this language. Manual and facial markers of modality are recognized and analyzed based on their form and the semantic domain each covers. Vander Auwera and Plungian (1998) offered a semantic map for categorization of different modals across languages. According to their framework, modality can be classified into two vast domains of possibility and necessity. Based on the source of the modal force then, each modality domain is categorized into three groups of participant-external, participant-internal and epistemic. In this …

5th Annual Public Health Day At The Legislature, University Of New Mexico Prevention Research Center

Events

Come visit us at the Roundhouse in Santa Fe for the fifth annual Public Health Day at the Legislature!

2019 Revised Hsc Committee Executive Calendar, Hsc Committee

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

No abstract provided.

Physics Beyond Catching A Mouse In The Dark: From Big Science To Deep Science, Victor Christianto, Florentin Smarandache

Branch Mathematics and Statistics Faculty and Staff Publications

The Higgs particle has been detected a few years ago, that is what newspapers tell us. For many physicists, the Standard Model of particle physics has accomplished all the jobs. Or to put it simply: The game is over. Is it true? Then some physicists began to ask: can go beyond the Standard Model? Because the supersymmetric extension of the Standard Model has failed. If you feel that theoretical physics is becoming boring, you are not alone. Fortunately, there is good news: a new generation of physicists are doing table-top experiments in their basements. Can we expect new results later?2 …

20190201_Biomedical Informatics Seminar Series Presents Thomas East, Phd, Brandon Carroll, Tamara Wheeler

HSLIC Blog Post

No abstract provided.

Genetic Associations Of Hemoglobin In Children With Chronic Kidney Disease In The Pedigfr Consortium, Meredith A Atkinson, Rui Xiao, Anna Köttgen, Elke Wühl, Craig S Wong, Matthias Wuttke, Aysun K Bayazit, Salim Çalişkan, Bradley A Warady, Franz Schaefer, Susan L Furth

Pediatrics Research and Scholarship

BACKGROUND: Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) in healthy populations have identified variants associated with erythrocyte traits, but genetic causes of hemoglobin variation in children with CKD are incompletely understood.

METHODS: The Pediatric Investigation of Genetic Factors Linked with Renal Progression (PediGFR) Consortium comprises three pediatric CKD cohorts: Chronic Kidney Disease in Children (CKiD), Effect of Strict Blood Pressure Control and ACE Inhibition on the Progression of CRF in Pediatric Patients (ESCAPE), and Cardiovascular Comorbidity in Children with CKD (4C). We performed cross-sectional and longitudinal association studies of single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in 1125 patients.

RESULTS: Children of European (n = 725) or …

02-05-19 Hsc Committee Meeting Agenda (Revised), Hsc Committee

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

No abstract provided.

02-05-2019 Hsc Committee Meeting Notice, Hsc Committee

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

No abstract provided.

20190115_New Material At Hslic, Robyn Gleasner

HSLIC Blog Post

No abstract provided.

20190114_Biomedical Informatics Seminar Series Presents Dr. Stuart Nelson, Tamara Wheeler

HSLIC Blog Post

No abstract provided.

20190110_Biomedical Informatics Research Fellowship Award, 2019 - 2022, Tamara Wheeler

HSLIC Blog Post

No abstract provided.

12-04-18 Hsc Committee Meeting Minutes, Hsc Committee

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

No abstract provided.

Biomedical Informatics Research Fellowship Award 2019-2022, Philip J. Kroth

Biomedical Informatics Seminar Series (BioMISS)

The University of New Mexico Health Sciences Library and Informatics Center (UNM HSLIC) invites applications for a three-year research fellowship award in Biomedical Informatics (BMI), which will begin in July 2019.

Submittal Of The Mixed Waste Landfill Five-Year Report, Sandia National Laboratories/New Mexico, Epa Id Number Nm5890110518, January 2019, Sandia National Laboratories/Nm Snl

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) Five-Year Report for the January 2014 through December 2017 reporting period to the New Mexico Environment Department (NMED) in accordance with the requirements of Section 4.8.2 of the MWL Long-Term Monitoring and Maintenance Plan (LTMMP). The LTMMP became effective on January 8, 2014 and the first Five-Year Report was due January 8, 2019.

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 …

01-08-2019 Hsc Committee Meeting Agenda, Hsc Committee

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

No abstract provided.

Enrollment Task Force, Office Of The President

UNM HLC 2018-19 Assurance Argument Evidence

An overview of the Enrollment Task Force, available on the president’s website, president.unm.edu.