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College Students' Perceptions Of Learner-Centeredness In Their Undergraduate Courses, Jerome Gomez

Individual, Family, and Community Education ETDs

ABSTRACT This study investigated college students perceptions of leaner-centeredness in their undergraduate courses. The goal of this study was to examine what those perceptions were in order to inform future instructional practices that better serve the needs of college students. A demographic questionnaire and the Learner-centered Battery Student Survey (LCBSS) consisting of Total Score, 2 subscale and 11 subscale scores, were used to examine 196 students' perceptions of learner-centered instructional practice. Descriptive statistics were presented, and data were analyzed using t tests, repeated measures ANOVAs, and one-way ANOVAs to examine the relationship and extent to which students perceived their instructors' …

Order-Constrained Reference Priors With Implications For Bayesian Isotonic Regression, Analysis Of Covariance And Spatial Models, Maozhen Gong

Mathematics & Statistics ETDs

Selecting an appropriate prior distribution is a fundamental issue in Bayesian Statistics. In this dissertation, under the framework provided by Berger and Bernardo, I derive the reference priors for several models which include: Analysis of Variance (ANOVA)/Analysis of Covariance (ANCOVA) models with a categorical variable under common ordering constraints, the conditionally autoregressive (CAR) models and the simultaneous autoregressive (SAR) models with a spatial autoregression parameter considered. The performances of reference priors for ANOVA/ANCOVA models are evaluated by simulation studies with comparisons to Jeffreys' prior and Least Squares Estimation (LSE). The priors are then illustrated in a Bayesian model of the …

Theory, Multiscale Simulations, And Experiments On Mesoscale Multifunctional Systems, Lance Edward Edens

Chemistry and Chemical Biology ETDs

Computational simulations use theoretical models to reproduce, as accurately as possible, the observed real-world behavior of complex structures. Guided by experimental observations, many multiscale/coarse-grained simulations seek to explore increasingly complicated systems. Here, a multiscale/coarse-grained simulation program (called TM2) is developed with applications to 1) properties and mechanisms of DNA and DNA polymerases, and 2) adhesion between whole bacterial cells and patterned surfaces. Results from the bacterial adhesion application form a part of a larger collaborative effort aimed at creating multifunctional, controllable surfaces to capture and kill pathogenic bacteria. The application of TM2 is first demonstrated by a coarse-grained model for …

To What Extent Is The Safety Of College Football Student-Athletes Compromised By Playing Guarantee Games Against Superior Opponents?, Daniel Ballou

Health, Exercise, and Sports Sciences ETDs

Powerhouse college football teams have a history of scheduling lesser opponents to start a new season. The revenues generated in college football due to television and post-season bowl games have made these games more common. Universities competing at the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) make up the top level of collegiate football. FBS schools have more scholarships to give and belong to conferences with television contracts worth millions of dollars. Schools at the FBS level compete in season-ending bowl games, and the top four teams compete in the College Football Playoff (CFP). The Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) is the division made …

Spectroscopic And Computational Studies Of Molybdenum Enzymes And Models, Chao Dong

Chemistry and Chemical Biology ETDs

In this dissertation spectroscopic methods such as electronic absorption (EAS), resonance Raman (rRaman), electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR), and MCD spectroscopies have been used in combination with DFT calculations for the interpretation of experimental results. These methods have been used to investigate the molybdenum coordination environment in enzymes and model complexes. Xanthine oxidase (XO), one of the canonical molybdenum enzyme families, hydroxylizes heterocyclic substrates by inserting an oxygen atom from molybdenum-activated water into a substrate C-H bond. This generates reducing equivalents that pass through two iron sulfur clusters and then to FAD, where oxidation of the FAD takes place. In this …

Effects Of The Student Success Skill Program On Feelings Of Connectedness, Parent-Child Relationship, And Success Skill Engagement In Middle School Students, Phyllis Hannah Bowers

Individual, Family, and Community Education ETDs

The author of the current study examined the effects of the Student Success Skills (SSS) program on middle school students' perceptions of connectedness, parent-child relationship, and engagement in success skills. The sample included 41 predominantly Hispanic seventh grade students from an impoverished community in the rural southwest. The author used a paired-samples t-test to determine the effects of the SSS program on connectedness, parent-child relationship, and success skill engagement. Overall, students reported significantly decreased perceptions of connectedness and success skill engagement. A rationale for the students' results reflects the context of current educational climate, sex factors, and ethnic considerations. Based …

Fanaticos, Exiles And The Mexico-U.S. Border: Episodes Of Mexican State Reconstruction, 1923-1929, Julian Dodson

History ETDs

Fanaticos, Exiles and the Mexico-United States Border: Episodes of Mexican State Reconstruction, 1923-1929,' examines the major challenges to state reconstruction in Mexico in the wake of its decade of revolutionary violence, 1910-1920. The Mexican state, since the beginning of the revolution, found that the best way to deal with political dissent was to exile its malcontents. By the 1920s, this practice had conjured the necessity for an expanding external surveillance apparatus, as it also created the conditions by which dangerous alliances could be made between Catholic dissidents, and the more politically ambitious exiles from both before and after the revolution. …

A Computationally Efficient Moment-Preserving Monte Carlo Electron Transport Method With Implementation In Geant4, David Dixon

Nuclear Engineering ETDs

The subject of this dissertation is a moment-preserving Monte Carlo electron transport method that is more efficient than analog or detailed Monte Carlo simulations, yet provides accuracy that is statistically indistinguishable from the detailed simulation. Moreover, the Moment-Preserving (MP) method is formulated such that it is distinctly different than Condensed History (CH) methods making the MP method free of the limitations inherent to CH and proving a viable alternative for transporting electrons. Analog, or detailed, Monte Carlo simulations of charged particle transport is computationally intensive; thus, it is impractical for routine calculations. The computational cost of analog Monte Carlo is …

A Comprehensive Method For Coordinating Distributed Energy Resources In A Power Distribution System, Shahin Abdollahy

Electrical and Computer Engineering ETDs

Utilities, faced with increasingly limited resources, strive to maintain high levels of reliability in energy delivery by adopting improved methodologies in planning, operation, construction and maintenance. On the other hand, driven by steady research and development and increase in sales volume, the cost of deploying PV systems has been in constant decline since their first introduction to the market. The increased level of penetration of distributed energy resources in power distribution infrastructure presents various benefits such as loss reduction, resilience against cascading failures and access to more diversified resources. However, serious challenges and risks must be addressed to ensure continuity …

Abq Free Press, June 17, 2015, Abq Free Press

ABQ Free Press

No abstract provided.

Health Sciences Library And Informatics Center 50th Anniversary Timeline, Laura J. Hall

Posters and Presentations

The Health Sciences Library and Informatics Center 50th Anniversary Timelineposter, designed by Laura J. Hall, MFA, commemorated the 50th anniversary of the University of New Mexico School of Medicine. The poster showcased key milestones in the history of the Health Sciences Library and Informatics Center (HSLIC), tracing its origins from the Bernalillo County Medical Society’s library to its role as a critical resource for the UNM Health Sciences Center and the state of New Mexico. Displayed during the UNM School of Medicine’s 50th-anniversary celebrations, the timeline illustrated the library’s growth and impact on education, research, and healthcare. A special …

Education, Health And Inequality: Schooling Infrastructure And Educational Outcomes In Nepal, Vinish Shrestha

Himalayan Research Papers Archive

We estimate the impact of an increase in the number of schools on educational outcomes in Nepal. We combine the between-district differences in number of new schools with variation in exposure to these schools created by the virtue of individuals being of school-age. Our results and back-of-the-envelope calculations suggest that on average the increase in the number of schools can explain about a third of the total differences in the reading and writing abilities for the treated and control groups of women. These results underscore the continued importance of increasing access to schooling in developing countries like Nepal.

June 9, 2015 Finance & Facilities (F&F) Committee Meeting, Evp For Administration

Finance and Facilities Committee

Documents related to the June 9, 2015 Board of Regents' Finance and Facilities Committee Meeting. (Agenda, Minutes, eBook, Notice)

Mixed Waste Landfill Annual Long-Term Monitoring & Maintenance Report, April 2014-March 2015 For Sandia National Laboratories/New Mexico, Epa Id Number Nm5890110518 June 2015, Sandia National Laboratories/Nm, U.S. Department Of Energy

Facilities-Units

The Department of Energy/National Nuclear Security Administration (DOE/NNSA) and Sandia Corporation submitted the Mixed Waste Landfill (MWL) Annual Long-Term Monitoring and Maintenance Report for the April 2014 through March 2015 reporting period to the New Mexico Environment Department (NMED). This report satisfies the requirements of Section 4.8.1 of the MWL Long-Term Monitoring and Maintenance Plan (LTMMP) for documentation of all monitoring, inspection, and maintenance/repair activities conducted during each reporting period. The annual reporting periods run from April 1 to March 31. The MWL is a 2.6-acre Solid Waste Management Unit (SWMU 76) which has undergone corrective action. The MWL is …

Claims That Hsbc Cost Latin America Billions In Lost Tax Revenue, Andrã©S Gaudã­N

NotiSur

No abstract provided.

Abq Free Press, June 3, 2015, Abq Free Press

ABQ Free Press

No abstract provided.

Mind The Gap: A Novel Care Transitions Curriculum For Hospitalists And Residents, Anita Vanka, Grace Farris, Jonathan Bortinger, Grace Huang, Melissa L P Mattison

Project ECHO Bibliography

No abstract provided.

Students With Disabilities June 2015, University Of New Mexico Prevention Research Center, New Mexico Department Of Health And The Public Education Department (Nm Ped)

Youth Risk and Resiliency Survey (YRRS) Briefs/Fact Sheets

No abstract provided.

Volume Iv (2015), Unm Department Of Orthopaedic Surgery

UNM Orthopaedic Research Journal

No abstract provided.

The Transformation Of Ambulatory Orthopedic Surgical Anesthesia: A Mixed Methods Study Of Diffusion Of Innovation In Healthcare, Kyle Leggott, Matthew Martin, David Sklar, Deborah Helitzer, Cameron Crandall, Randy Rosett, Firoz Vagh, Deana Mercer

Collaborative works

To provide insight into how an innovation in healthcare is implemented and diffuses into the system. Specifically studying the innovation of transitioning from the routine use of general anesthesia (GA) to peripheral nerve blocks (PNB) for anesthesia during ambulatory orthopaedic procedures on the upper and lower extremities.

Issue No. 102: Summer 2015, Historical Society Of New Mexico

La Crónica de Nuevo México

1 The New Guy on the Block
1 Call for Papers, Historical Society of New Mexico, 2016 New Mexico History Conference, April 14-16, 2016, Farmington Civic Center, Farmington, New Mexico
2 Book Reviews, The Pastor of New Mexico: Peter Küppers’s Memoirs
2 Book Reviews, The Heart of Las Cruces: History of St. Genevieve's Church
2 The Peace Corps in New Mexico
2 Travels with the HSNM President: Janet Saiers Visits Western Socorro County
4 From La Crónica, Issue No. 1, a New Mexico Vignette
5 Saga of the Tularosa Basin Historical Society and the Plaza Building in Alamagordo, New …

The Ipe Insight. Volume 2015, No. 2. June-July, 2015., The Unm Hsc Inter-Professional Education Team

The IPE Newsletters

Health System Innovation for a Healthier New Mexico

Transaction Cost Analysis Of In-Clinic Versus Telehealth Consultations For Chronic Pain: Preliminary Evidence For Rapid And Affordable Access To Interdisciplinary Collaborative Consultation, Brian R. Theodore, Jan Whittington, Cara Towle, David J. Tauben, Barbara Endicott-Popovsky, Alex Cahana, Ardith Z. Doorenbos

Project ECHO Bibliography

OBJECTIVES: With ever increasing mandates to reduce costs and increase the quality of pain management, health care institutions are faced with the challenge of adopting innovative technologies and shifting workflows to provide value-based care. Transaction cost economic analysis can provide comparative evaluation of the consequences of these changes in the delivery of care. The aim of this study was to establish proof-of-concept using transaction cost analysis to examine chronic pain management in-clinic and through telehealth.

METHODS: Participating health care providers were asked to identify and describe two comparable completed transactions for patients with chronic pain: one consultation between patient and …

Corruption Scandals Prompt Extreme Cabinet Makeover In Chile, Benjamin Witte-Lebhar

NotiSur

No abstract provided.

Others Join Ecuador’S Workers In Labor Day Protest, Luis ÁNgel Saavedra

NotiSur

No abstract provided.

A Comparison Of Four Journal Reading Apps, Karen R. Mcelfresh

Posters and Presentations

OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this poster is to compare four journal reading apps currently available for tablets and smartphones. The four apps are BrowZine, Docphin, DocNews, and Read by QxMD. These apps allow users to read journal articles on their mobile device and have features to help keep users current on publications in a particular journal or specialty area. METHODS: The four apps were compared on the following points: ease of use, cost, number and scope of journals available for reading in the app, platforms and devices supported, and sharing features. Any bonus features unique to a particular app were …

Uap 4030: Travel, University Of New Mexico

Section 4000: Procurement

Process Owners: University Controller and HSC Executive Officer for Finance and Administration

A Phenomenological Study Of Farmers Or Ranchers' Quality Of Life Perceptions Who Have Conditions Of Aging, Chronic Health Issues, Or Disability', Myra Peel, Geneva Nolan, Carla Wilhite

Occupational Therapy

Background/Purpose: A person's perception of their health and how it impacts participation in chosen occupations may shape their perceptions of quality of life (QoL). Healthcare providers may make recommendations relating to participation in occupations with the intention of promoting health or preventing decline. Therefore, it is important for healthcare providers to understand the lifestyle, beliefs, and values of the people they treat. The purpose of this study is to collect data from farmers and ranchers who have conditions of aging, chronic health issues, or disabilities regarding their perceived QoL. The data will be used to describe the phenomenological perceptions of …

Agriculture For Life: A Guide For Health Promotion And Participation For Farmers With Health Challenges, Cynthia Chavez, Celicia Perez, Carla Wilhite

Occupational Therapy

Background/Purpose: A growing number of people are using the Internet to access health information, including rural and agricultural community members. Reliable health information content promotes self-management of health and self-advocacy. Many farmers in the United States now have computers and Internet access, with those having online access expanding annually. Agricultural producers and their families are more likely to experience occupational injury and fatality, compared to most other work sectors in the country, as well as being susceptible to the same major health issues as their non-rural counterparts including skin cancer, arthritis, diabetes, and depression. Farming families also need health information …

Uap 3210: Recruitment And Hiring, University Of New Mexico

Section 3000: Personnel

Process Owner: Vice President for Human Resources