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Comprehensive Silica Removal With Ferric Compounds For Industrial Wastewater Reuse, Ehren D. Baca

Civil Engineering ETDs

Cooling towers, integrated circuit (IC) manufacture and reverse osmosis (RO) generate copious amounts of wastewater high in colloidal and reactive silica inhibiting on-site or synergistic reuse. Silica present in cooling water can reach solubility limits via evaporation and form impervious scale on heat transfer surfaces that decreases efficiency. When water is treated by RO operating at high rejection, silica forms difficult-to-remove scale on the membrane feed side in the form of glassy patches and communities of aggregate particles, inhibiting aspirations for zero liquid discharge. Current methods for silica scale mitigation include abundant dosing with chemical antiscalents or complex operating schemes. …

Thinking Differently, Feeling Differently: Nietzsche On Nihilism And Radical Openness, Kaitlyn N. Creasy

Philosophy ETDs

This dissertation seeks to offer a comprehensive account of the problem of nihilism in Friedrich Nietzsche, both as a cognitive phenomenon involving a set of beliefs about one’s world (as “European nihilism”) and as a feeling-based phenomenon (as affective nihilism). After introducing these two varieties of nihilism, I look to potential resources in Nietzsche’s thought for overcoming them. First, I argue that the European nihilist can think truth, purpose, and value in new and life-affirming ways by coming to understand Nietzsche’s account of the drives — as wills to power with affective, and therefore evaluative, orientations — and by applying …

Eat Smart To Play Hard @Home, Issue 3, Revised 2019 (English & Spanish), Glenda Canaca, Jennifer Johnston

Newsletters

No abstract provided.

Volume Vi (2017), Unm Department Of Orthopaedic Surgery

UNM Orthopaedic Research Journal

No abstract provided.

Middle Rio Grande Surface And Well Water Quality And The Health Implications To Humans, Juan Carlos Peña-Philippides

Water Resources Professional Project Reports

This professional project reviews the water quality along The Middle Rio Grande in New Mexico from the Cochiti Dam to the town of Bernalillo to San Acacia. This project focuses on the quality of the surface and well water and its implications to human health. The State of New Mexico Environment Department provided historical data of the well water quality in Albuquerque and the surrounding area. This project focuses on the analysis of chemical and microbiological testing in the areas of the North Valley, South Valley and Albuquerque Acres. The Bosque Ecosystem Monitoring Program (BMEP) provided historical data that identifies …

The Health And Well-Being Of Lesbian, Gay, And Bisexual Youth In New Mexico, Laura Tomedi, Scott Oglesbee, James Padilla, Dan Green, Linda Penaloza, Danielle Reed

Reports & Documents

Ensuring a safe and healthy environment for youth is critical for them to thrive, both academically and physically. However, a safe and healthy environment is not always available to many lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and questioning (LGBTQ) students. In order to better understand and address the health inequities that LGBTQ students face, this report describes health status data from the New Mexico Youth Risk and Resiliency Survey (NM-YRRS) by sexual orientation.

06-06-2017 Hsc Committee Agenda, Patrice Martin, Patrice Martin

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

No abstract provided.

Individual And Household-Level Effects Of Energy Poverty On Human Development, Brandon Bridge

Economics ETDs

This study investigates some of the predictors of energy poverty, the interrelationships between different expressions of energy poverty, and the human development impacts of energy poverty on primarily rural individuals and households in an underdeveloped country. It uses data from four rounds of Nicaragua's Living Standards Measurement Survey, and examines the effects of energy poverty on income, education, and health.

Chapter 1 provides background information on energy poverty in general, as well as the specific situation that has developed in Nicaragua. It also provides a modeling framework, both conceptual and mathematical, for the ways in which energy poverty impacts human …

National Senior Health And Fitness Day, University Of New Mexico Prevention Research Center

Events

No abstract provided.

Cortico-Striatal Coordination Disrupted In Behaviorally Inflexible Moderate Prenatal Alcohol Exposed Mice, Kristin L. Marquardt

Biomedical Sciences ETDs

Up to 61% of adolescent school aged children with fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD) have been suspended or expelled. Executive function deficits, like dis-inhibition and cognitive inflexibility, have been proposed to be better predictors of behavioral problems then IQ score, which qualifies these individuals for developmental disability and special school programs. Reversal learning, a widely used behavioral paradigm for assessing cognitive flexibility across species, has been shown to be impaired in rodent models of prenatal alcohol exposure (PAE). Here we show that a mouse model with daily maternal drinking, resulting in a BAC of 85 mg/dl throughout gestation, results in …

Global Health Outreach: Organizing A Book Drive For Malawi, Karen R. Mcelfresh, Laura J. Hall, Patricia Repar

Posters and Presentations

This presentation describes the organization of a book drive for the Malawi College of Health Sciences in Blantyre, Malawi. The College’s library serves about 700 students, as well as healthcare professionals from a neighboring hospital. However, the library lacks sufficient resources, with most of their books being outdated or in poor condition, diminishing health care quality in Malawi.

Deposition Of Fr. John Cannon Exhibit 2: Permanent Review Board Minutes, Hall & Monagle, Llc

Deposition Materials related to Fr. John Cannon

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Deposition Of Fr. John Cannon Exhibit 5: Fr. Maes' File, Hall & Monagle, Llc

Deposition Materials related to Fr. John Cannon

No abstract provided.

Deposition Of Fr. John Cannon Exhibit 6: [Redacted] Letter, Hall & Monagle, Llc

Deposition Materials related to Fr. John Cannon

No abstract provided.

Deposition Of Fr. John Cannon Exhibit 3: St. Luke Report, Hall & Monagle, Llc

Deposition Materials related to Fr. John Cannon

No abstract provided.

Deposition Of Fr. John Cannon Exhibit 1: Notes From Fr. Imbarrato File, Hall & Monagle, Llc

Deposition Materials related to Fr. John Cannon

No abstract provided.

Deposition Of Fr. John Cannon, Hall & Monagle, Llc

Deposition Materials related to Fr. John Cannon

No abstract provided.

Deposition Of Fr. John Cannon Exhibit 4: Archbishop Sheehan Letter, Hall & Monagle, Llc

Deposition Materials related to Fr. John Cannon

No abstract provided.

Tulie Trails Assessment, University Of New Mexico Prevention Research Center

Walking Guides and Reports

On May 23, 2017, staff members from the UNM PRC met with members of Tulie Trails in Tularosa for a site visit. The goal was to view first-hand the sites members of the coalition were planning to focus on for enhancement of places to be physically active including walking paths, trails, or other places in the community. The site visit provided an opportunity for participants to learn from each other and discuss project plans, ideas, and facilitators and barriers for project implementation.

Tulie Trails Assessment, S M. Davis, J M. Hess, J Debellis, A Cummings

Reports & Documents

The agencies and coalitions listed below collaborated to organize the focusing assessment site visit to Tularosa on May 23, 2017. We would like to thank all the Tulie Trails members who participated and provided their valuable input into the process of assessing access and enhancement to places to be physically active in Tularosa. This report was compiled by Julia Meredith Hess, Jeff DeBellis, Ashley Cummings, and Sally Davis of the University of New Mexico Prevention Research Center (PRC) in consultation with members of Tulie Trails, including Maureen Schmittle, (and others). It is designed as a dynamic document and the process …

Brazil’S Largest Trash Dump A Symbol Of Struggles To Follow Environmental Laws, Gregory Scruggs

NotiSur

No abstract provided.

El Salvador Considers Changes To Hyper-Strict Abortion Policy, Benjamin Witte-Lebhar

NotiCen

No abstract provided.

Synthetic Drugs: Costa Rica’S New Nightmare, George Rodrã­Guez

NotiCen

No abstract provided.

Subjectivity Of Solar Power: Using Q Methodology To Evaluate Perceptions Of Solar Energy Projects In The San Luis Valley, Aaron D. Russell

Geography ETDs

Renewable energy is on the verge of becoming a significant source of power generation and for many Americans, that will mean thinking and talking about energy technologies in new ways. Land intensive energies such as solar and green will compete more and more with aspects of our social world. This project focuses on the perception, acceptance, and discourse of renewable energy projects by examining the solar energy conversation in the San Luis Valley of Southern Colorado. This vast high-desert valley holds the excellent geographic conditions needed for the siting of large solar energy installations, but such projects continue to run …

Detection Of Healthcare-Associated Infectious Disease Outbreaks With A Special Look At Clostridium Difficile Infection In Long-Term Care Facilities, Almea Matanock

Biomedical Sciences ETDs

Healthcare-associated infections (HAI) are a major cause of morbidity and mortality and a public health priority. However, standard procedures and comprehensive guidelines for HAI outbreak detection and response are still needed. This hybrid thesis describes what is known about HAI outbreaks in the introduction, reviews the HAI outbreaks reported to New Mexico Department of Health (NMDOH), in the first paper, and then in the second paper examines how established methods for detecting infectious disease outbreaks perform in identifying Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) outbreaks in long-term care facilities (LTCF) in Bernalillo County, New Mexico, and finally, it closes with our overall …

Negotiating Identity, Home, And Belonging: Understanding The Experiences Of African Women Refugees Resettled In The United States, Consolata Nthemba Mutua

Communication ETDs

The purpose of this study is to examine how former African women refugees negotiate their identity, sense of belonging, and home in the context of transnational displacement. To explore this topic, I conducted in-depth interviews, participant observation, and focus group interviews with African women who came to the United States as refugees and who now live in two cities in the Southwestern and Midwestern United States. The resulting data was analyzed using both thematic and narrative analysis.

For this study, I recruited through a snowball/network sampling strategy a total of 20 former African women refugees and conducted 15 in-depth interviews, …

06-06-2017 Hsc Committee Meeting Notice, Patrice Martin

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

No abstract provided.

Comparing The Effectiveness Of Using Educational Booklet Or Brief Video On Patients’ Knowledge, Perceptions And Willingness To Participate In Placebo-Controlled Clinical Trials, Khalid F. Almoaikel, Dennis Raisch, Matthew Borrego, Mike Sather, Mark Holdsworth

Pharmaceutical Sciences ETDs

Background and Objectives: Limited knowledge about clinical trials can influence a patient’s willingness to participate in medical research. For placebo-controlled clinical trials, it is more difficult to recruit patients compared to clinical trials without a placebo arm. Thus, educating individuals about clinical trials and placebos can potentially improve their perceptions about clinical trials and might increase their willingness to enroll in them. The study objectives include:

1) To design educational interventions (a booklet and a video) to improve a patient’s knowledge of placebo controlled clinical trials.

2) To compare the impact of the educational interventions (booklet, video or both) on …

Immunology Of The Gray Short-Tailed Opossum During Pregnancy And Prenatal Development, Victoria L. Hansen

Biology ETDs

Vertebrate species that bear live young have overcome the evolutionary challenge of maintaining both a functional adaptive immune system and viviparous life cycle. In normal pregnancy, viviparous mothers are able sustain and nourish a fetus that is genetically half non-self without mounting an immunological attack. In 1953 Sir Peter Medawar brought attention to the “enigma of the fetal graft” and immunologists have been puzzling out the intricacies of fetal tolerance ever since. Although viviparity has evolved in all jawed vertebrate lineages aside from Aves, the vast majority of reproductive immunology research has been limited to eutherian mammals. There are insights …

Multidataset Independent Subspace Analysis: A Framework For Analysis Of Multimodal, Multi-Subject Brain Imaging Data, Rogers F. Silva

Electrical and Computer Engineering ETDs

Mental illnesses are serious disorders of the brain that have devastating effects on individuals and society. In addition to their disabling and impairing effects, mental illnesses have deep social and economical implications, accounting for an estimated loss of 12 billion working days and a care cost surge to $6 trillion a year by 2030. For diseases such as depression and anxiety, enhancing preventive programs and treatment accessibility, in combination with accurate early diagnosis and personalized treatments, are projected to result in a four-fold return on every dollar invested, a strategy that can drastically help curtail those losses. Notably, within the …