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The Role-Space Of Italian Sign Language Educational Interpreters: An Ethnographic Case Study Of Interpreters At The Istituto Comprensivo Di Cossato, Martin A. Crudo

Language, Literacy, and Sociocultural Studies ETDs

This dissertation explores the role-space of educational interpreters at IC Cossato, an Italian public school known for its Bilingualism Project promoting LIS-Italian bilingualism and biliteracy (Rivisto, 2016; Teruggi, 2003). Role-space theory (Lee, 2023; Llewellyn-Jones & Lee, 2013, 2014) conceptualizes interpreters’ roles as dynamic and co-constructed with interlocutors along three axes: Presentation of Self, Interaction Management, and Participant Alignment. Through ethnographic interviews (Spradley, 2016), observations and field notes (Emerson et al. 2011; Glesne, 2016), and policy artifacts (Hornberger & Johnson, 2011), I investigate how three interpreters in IC Cossato’s elementary school perceive and enact their roles, often diverging from their …

Peripheral Neuroimmune Mechanisms Of Chronic Back Pain, Aleyah Esther Goins

Biomedical Sciences ETDs

Chronic back pain (CBP) affects 1 in 10 people worldwide, reducing mobility, productivity, and quality of life. Despite its prevalence, non-addictive treatments remain limited due to an incomplete understanding of chronic pain mechanisms. This dissertation examines peripheral neuroimmune interactions in CBP using a urokinase-type plasminogen activator (uPA)-induced mouse model (uPA-CBP). uPA, a pro-inflammatory serine protease, was injected into the L2/L3 lumbar spinous ligament, inducing prolonged mechanical and cold hypersensitivity. Flow cytometry of dorsal root ganglia (DRG) showed increased CD45+CD11b+ myeloid cells in males and CD45+CD3+CD4+ lymphocytes in females. DRG neurons from male uPA-CBP mice exhibited heightened action potential firing. Pharmacological …

Exercise And Its Regulation Of Toll-Like Receptor 4 Expression And Intracellular Signaling, Jeremy B. Ducharme

Health, Exercise, and Sports Sciences ETDs

Toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4) activation increases pro-inflammatory cytokine production and upregulation of muscle atrophy signaling pathways. Exercise is recommended to reduce TLR4 expression and intracellular signaling, but the mechanisms for how this occurs are unknown, and even less is known regarding the effect of exercise on TLR4 expressed in skeletal muscle. Activation of TLR4 expressed on skeletal muscle can elicit local metabolic and atrophic effects in addition to systemic inflammation from TLR4 activation on immune cells. Therefore, the purpose of this dissertation project is to better uncover the nature and mechanisms by which exercise affects TLR4 expression and intracellular signaling …

05-20-25 Board Of Regents Notice Of Meeting, Patricia Serna

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

Publish 05-20-25 Board of Regents Notice of Meeting

Perceptions Of Bullying In A Public Charter School, Ana I. Perea

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

ABSTRACT

Bullying is perceived in different ways according to the experience or training of individuals. In my practice, adults often misidentify disputes or incidents as bullying due to a lack of evidence or varying perceptions. This problem must be a theme of reflection for all stakeholders in traditional or charter schools. My study aimed to understand how teachers and parents perceive bullying in terms of social implications, cultural factors, and professional training. In my research, I provided insight into how the stakeholders in a public charter school perceive this phenomenon. The participants highlighted their perceptions and topics of communication, exclusion, …

Neurodevelopmental And Environmental Mechanisms Of Invasion, Proliferation, And Tumor Cell Fate Specification In Glioblastoma, Bianca Lynn Myers

Biomedical Sciences ETDs

Glioblastomas (GBMs) are the most aggressive primary brain tumors, and despite over 50 years of research efforts, the median survival remains at 14 months post-diagnosis. The current standard of care consists of maximal surgical resection radiotherapy with concurrent chemotherapy using temozolomide. However, the highly proliferative and invasive nature of GBM cells renders total resection nearly impossible as tumor cells invade the surrounding healthy tissue. The molecular and environmental drivers of these tumorigenic phenotypes are largely unknown. Here, we demonstrate that the neurodevelopmental transcription factor ASCL1 enhances tumor cell proliferation and invasion while activating the expression of a neural stem cell …

Pathways To Physical Education Teacher Education: Understanding Pete Faculty Careers And Lives, Alexander Eugene Kurtzman

Health, Exercise, and Sports Sciences ETDs

Physical Education Teacher Education (PETE) faculty play a critical role in shaping the future of physical education through teaching, research, and service. However, their career trajectories and professional experiences remain underexamined in the PETE literature. This dissertation combines two studies, one is a mixed-methods study and the second is a qualitative study which explore the complex pathways and socialization processes of PETE faculty. Study 1 investigated PETE faculty members’ perceptions of how prior K–12 physical education teaching experience influences their work in higher education. Drawing on Occupational Socialization Theory (OST) and the Faculty Role Socialization Model (FRSM), data from 53 …

Integrating Zotero With Your Writing: From Research To Publication, Evelyn Wang

HSLIC Faculty and Staff Instructional Resources

This workshop presentation offers a comprehensive guide to using Zotero for research and academic writing. It covers installation and configuration, efficient reference collection, organization through collections and tags, citation insertion, bibliography generation in word processors, PDF management (including annotation and full-text search), and advanced features such as collaboration tools, custom citation styles, and ZoteroBib. The session is designed to enhance researchers’ and writers’ efficiency in managing references throughout the research and publication process.

Empowering Guideline Searching With Guidelines Resources, Evelyn Wang

HSLIC Faculty and Staff Instructional Resources

This workshop presentation, "Empowering Guideline Searching with Guidelines Resources," provides a comprehensive overview of major resources and effective strategies for locating clinical practice guidelines. The session introduces key platforms-including ECRI Guidelines Trust, Guideline Central, PubMed, and CINAHL-and demonstrates how to leverage professional society websites and Google search techniques to access authoritative, evidence-based guidelines. Attendees learn to compare resource features, apply advanced search filters, and ensure access to the most current recommendations for clinical decision-making. The presentation also highlights integration with HSLIC resources and support for point-of-care use.

Eviction Sealing: A Lifeline In The Fight For Housing Justice, Allison Freedman

Faculty Scholarship

In January 2023, the White House released a Blueprint for a Renters Bill of Rights. The Blueprint called for immediate sealing of eviction case filings to reduce the likelihood that tenants would be locked out of future housing opportunities without the chance to defend themselves. Shortly thereafter, the Federal Trade Commission and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau issued a request for public comment on how the use of eviction records and screening algorithms may affect tenant housing opportunities and drive discriminatory outcomes. The eviction crisis, its discriminatory effects, and the idea that sealing eviction records may provide a solution to …

Functional Analysis Of Chromatin Remodeler Csb In Parp1/2- Mediated Oxidative Dna Lesion Repair, Rabeya Bilkis

Biomedical Sciences ETDs

The ATP-dependent chromatin remodeler Cockayne syndrome protein B (CSB) is essential for maintaining genome integrity. Mutations in CSB are the primary cause of Cockayne syndrome (CS), a premature aging disorder with severe sun sensitivity and neurodevelopmental symptoms. However, the precise mechanisms underlying the disease etiology remain poorly understood. Given the critical roles of oxidative stress in aging and neurodegenerative disorders, this research sought to determine the mechanisms of CSB’s functions in oxidative DNA damage repair.

In the first aim, we investigated how CSB participates in PARP1/2-mediated oxidative DNA repair. We showed that PARP1 and PARP2 recruit CSB to oxidized chromatin …

Neutrosophic Wald Distribution With Applications To Reliability Analysis, Afrah Al Bossly, Adnan Amin

Neutrosophic Sets and Systems

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Neutrosophic Inverse Gaussian Distribution In Economic Policy Design Under Indeterminacy, Ahmedia Musa M. Ibrahim, Zahid Khan

Neutrosophic Sets and Systems

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Estimating The Prevalence Of Delay In Comprehensive And Expressive Language Development In Preschool Children In Pichincha, Ecuador Based On Plithogenic Statistics, Andino-Acosta María Soledad, Guerrero-Olalla Mercy Paulina, Lima-Rosero Patricia Elizabeth, Moreno-Pramatárova Mila, Ruales-Paredes Salomé Shayana, Tapia-Tapia Sylvia Ibeth, Unda-Vargas Ivonne Cristina

Neutrosophic Sets and Systems

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05-20-25 Bor Hsc Committee Meeting Minutes, Patricia Serna

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

05-20-25 BOR HSC Committee Meeting Minutes

Collaborating With One Tribal Community, Theresa H. Cruz, Mahtab Soleimani, Belinda E. Vicuna

Reports & Documents

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Using The Miso Survey At An Academic Health Sciences Library, Deirdre Caparoso, Leah Everitt, Alexander Leon Cupe, Sally Bowler-Hill, Ingrid Hendrix, Jonathan Eldredge, Melissa L. Rethlefsen

Projects

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Prediction Of Sleep Disorders Using Novel Decision Support Neutrosophic Based Machine Learning Models, Nihar Ranjan Panda, Surapati Paramanik, Prasanta Kumar Raut, Ruchi Bhuyan

Neutrosophic Sets and Systems

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What We Talk About When We Talk About First-Generation Students: Exploring Definitions In Use On College And University Websites, Danielle E. Maurici-Pollock, Rebecca Stallworth, Sasha Khan

Publications

First-generation students (FGS) are a population that has received increasing attention, but the term has been inconsistently defined. Such inconsistency creates challenges not only for research, but for students themselves, many of whom may find they meet the FGS definition in one institutional context, but not another. In this study, we analyze how the term first-generation student is defined on the public websites of colleges and universities in the United States and Canada and discuss implications for students and academic libraries.

Safety Analysis Of Natural Medicines Strategies Based On Superhypersoft Set: Case Study And Analysis Of Results, Jiaqi Sun, Xuhan Li

Neutrosophic Sets and Systems

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Bridging Ancient Wisdom And Modern Logic: Neutrosophic Perspectives On Body, Mind, Soul And Spirit, Maikel Y. Leyva Vázquez, Florentin Smarandache

Neutrosophic Sets and Systems

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Enhancing Strategies For Improving Safety Risk Management In Fabricated Residential Construction: A Neutrosophic Approach To Minimize Hazards And Ensure Efficiency, Lijie Yang

Neutrosophic Sets and Systems

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A New Sdimsim Methods With Optimized Region Of Stability And Sustainable Development With Applications On Neutrosophic Data, A. Y. J. Almasoodi, Mohammed Kadhim Mohsin, Sarah A.Al-Ameedee, Mohammed Amer Shanyoor

Neutrosophic Sets and Systems

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Advanced Combined Multi-Criteria Decision-Making Methodology With Indetermsoft Set For Comprehensive Analysis Of Blended Physical Education Teaching In Colleges Framework, Xueda Yang

Neutrosophic Sets and Systems

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Neutrosophic Quasi-Xlindley Distribution With Applications Of Covid-19 Data, Rehab Alsultan, Amer Ibrahim Al-Omari

Neutrosophic Sets and Systems

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Forest Hypersoft Sets For Quality Measurement Of Preschool Education In The New Era Utilizing Mcdm Approach And Data Analytics, Yanzi Zhang, Leqiang Zou

Neutrosophic Sets and Systems

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Uncertainty-Driven Entrepreneurial Career Education Decision-Making In College Incubators: A Neutrosophic Vague N-Soft Set Approach, Bingquan Yin, Yali Hou, Rui Zhao, Xiangge Liu

Neutrosophic Sets and Systems

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Statistical Characterization Of The Neutrosophic Moyal Distribution, Mansour F.Yassen, Adnan Amin

Neutrosophic Sets and Systems

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Early Parkinson's Disease Detection And Classification Using Machine Learning And Neutrosophic Sets, Hasan H. Oudah, Ahmed A. Metwaly, Mohamed Eassa, Ahmed Abdelhafeez, Ahmad M. Nagm, Ahmed S. Salama

Neutrosophic Sets and Systems

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Intelligent Crowdsourcing Based On Online Social Networks, Adedamola Adesokan

Electrical and Computer Engineering ETDs

The prevalence of Online Social Networks has completely changed how individuals communicate and cooperate. This dissertation explores the integration of intelligent crowdsourcing mechanisms into OSNs, focusing on game theory, reinforcement learn- ing, and social network dynamics to enhance the allocation of tasks, participation by users, and distribution of rewards. It proposes several models that utilize trust- based models, hedonic coalition games, and influencer dynamics for optimization of crowdsourcing. The major challenges to be addressed include task selection, reward distribution, and incentivizing participation, taking into consideration aspects re- lated to social influence, trust, and user engagement. The models so proposed have …