Fumarate-Based Polymers: Oligo(Poly(Ethylene Glycol) Fumarate) And Poly(Butylene Fumarate) For Tissue Engineering Heart Valve And Bone Tissue, Christian T. Denny

Biomedical Engineering ETDs

Tissue engineering is an emerging field that came from the fields of medicine, materials science, and engineering. The foundation of tissue engineering uses a paradigm that incorporates cells, biomaterials, and exogenous factors to create living tissues for medical, pharmaceutical, and research purposes. Within the last 100 years, biomaterials have been developed to solve many medical and research problems. As biomaterials have developed throughout the years new materials have been developed to have specific properties appropriate for medical applications. Fumarate is a naturally derived molecule in the body and has been found useful for developing polyesters that can be crosslinked into …

Ensemble Classifiers For Acute Leukemia Classification Using Microarray Gene Expression Data Under Uncertainty, Mona Gamal, Abdel Nasser H. Zaied, Ehab Rushdy

Neutrosophic Sets and Systems

No abstract provided.

The 5th Humor, Stella Maria Perry

Theatre & Dance ETDs

I will be using a self-interview as a method of investigating both the origins of myself, the artist, and the work produced I have produced in and out of the MFA Dramatic Writing program with a special focus on my dissertation play, The Blood Vessel.

The intention is to investigate how my plays have come into existence and how they inform each other. This is done through a series of questions I ask myself under the pseudonym Penelope Hawkins. Penelope guides me through the investigation as a character, thus becoming part of the work of the self-interview and still …

Regulation Of Refining And Marketing (The "Downstream" Sector), Joseph A. Schremmer

Faculty Book Display Case

The table of contents, indices, and list of authorities is available for this treatise.

NEW: Chapter 29: Oil and Gas – Regulation of the oil and gas industry under federal, state, tribal, and local law, including intersections with the major environmental statutes

A Framework For Promoting Diversity, Equity, And Inclusion In Genetics And Genomics Research, Timothy R. Rebbeck, John F P Bridges, Jennifer W. Mack, Stacy W. Gray, Jeffrey M. Trent, Suzanne George, Norah L. Crossnohere, Electra D. Paskett, Corrie A. Painter, Nikhil Wagle, Miria Kano, Patricia Nez Henderson, Jeffrey A. Henderson, Shiraz I. Mishra, Cheryl L. Willman, Andrew L. Sussman

Pediatrics Research and Scholarship

IMPORTANCE: Research into the genetic and genomic ("genomics") foundations of disease is central to our understanding of disease prevention, early detection, diagnostic accuracy, and therapeutic intervention. Inequitable participation in genomics research by historically excluded populations limits the ability to translate genomic knowledge to achieve health equity and ensure that findings are generalizable to diverse populations.

OBSERVATIONS: We propose a novel framework for promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion in genomics research. Building on principles of community-based participatory research and collective impact frameworks, the framework can guide our understanding of the social, cultural, health system, policy, community, and individual contexts in which …

Creating Lightbulb Moments: Developing Higher-Order Thinking In Family Law Classrooms Through Court Observations, Sonia Gipson Rankin

Faculty Scholarship

This article fills a critical gap in the family law literature by arguing that teaching doctrinal family law in conjunction with the application of established learning theory and pedagogy yields a deeper engagement with the subject matter and leads to more practice-ready lawyers. ABA Standards 301, 303, and 304 do not clearly articulate the distinction between experiential education and experiential learning; doctrinal law classrooms are often bereft of experiential learning activities. By incorporating active learning and inclusive pedagogy in the doctrinal classroom and following recommendations from the MacCrate Report and Family Law Education Reform Project, students will be better prepared …

Against Political Speech, John M. Kang

Faculty Scholarship

The Supreme Court has dedicated itself to the proposition that political speech, more than any other category of speech, is deserving of the highest protection. A succession of cases amply supports this proposition. In Virginia v. Black, the Court announced that "lawful political speech [is] at the core of what the First Amendment is designed to protect." The Court similarly declared in Monitor Patriot Co. v. Roy that the First Amendment "has its fullest and most urgent application" to political speech. In McIntyre v. Ohio Elections Commission, the Court held that "handing out leaflets in the advocacy of …

U.S. Muslim College Students' Spatialization Of Their Muslimness: An Exploration Of Muslim Linguistic And Cultural Identities Across Social Spaces, Ibrahim Demir

Language, Literacy, and Sociocultural Studies ETDs

ABSTRACT

The purpose of this multiple-case study was to explore how four US-born Muslim college students spatialized their linguistic and cultural identities within and across their social, academic, and religious spaces. The data were collected through detailed and in-depth data collection methods involving multiple sources of information: observations in the above-mentioned spaces, focus group interviews, autobiographies, drawings, images, and narratives. The data were analyzed through spatial analytical perspectives.

This study was drawn on Lefebvre's (1991) Spatial triad of perceived, conceived, and lived spaces, Soja's (1996) interpretation of spatiality and Thirdspace, and Bhabha's (2004) concept of Hybridity. This study presented how …

“We Are So Much Alike, But Nobody Wants To Admit It”: Reactions To A Critical Bernalillo Nuevomexicano Language And Culture Curriculum, Joseph Moreno

Language, Literacy, and Sociocultural Studies ETDs

This study gauges how adult Bernalillo Nuevomexicanos reacted to a critical curriculum that addresses how race, class, power, and identity influence Nuevomexicano language use, and an understanding of history and culture, with emphasis on the Bernalillo Matachines Dance, Las Fiestas de San Lorenzo and associated customs. In addition, the study aims to discover what elements they find positive, negative, and what they would revise about the curriculum. This study is an attempt to create agency through the creation of a critical curriculum unit by a community researcher, teaching the pilot unit to a group of community members, and gauging their …

The Critical Issue Of Air Pollution In India, Sarah Criscuolo

Climate Change and Public Health Preparedness

No abstract provided.

Facilitators And Barriers To Pediatric Clinical Trial Recruitment And Retention In Rural And Community Settings: A Scoping Review Of The Literature, Sara E. Watson, Paul Smith, Jessica Snowden, Vida Vaughn, Lesley Cottrell, Christi A. Madden, Alberta S. Kong, Russell Mcculloh, Crystal Stack Lim, Megan Bledsoe, Karen Kowal, Mary Mcnally, Lisa Knight, Kelly Cowan, Elizabeth Yakes Jimenez

Pediatrics Research and Scholarship

Children in rural settings are under-represented in clinical trials, potentially contributing to rural health disparities. We performed a scoping review describing available literature on barriers and facilitators impacting participation in pediatric clinical trials in rural and community-based (nonclinical) settings. Articles identified via PubMed, CINAHL, Embase, and Web of Science were independently double-screened at title/abstract and full-text levels to identify articles meeting eligibility criteria. Included articles reported on recruitment or retention activities for US-based pediatric clinical studies conducted in rural or community-based settings and were published in English through January 2021. Twenty-seven articles describing 31 studies met inclusion criteria. Most articles …

Theatre & Dance 2022 Apr Self-Study & Documents, Unm

UNM Academic Program Review

UNM Theatre & Dance APR self-study report, review team report, response to review report, and initial action plan for Spring 2022, fulfilling requirements of the Higher Learning Commission.

A Whole New World: Relating To Research, Jonathan Eldredge

Posters and Presentations

No abstract provided.

Gathering Around A New Fire: The Bemo Family, Interracial Marriage, Race, And Power In The Mvskoke Nation, 1870-1897, Michelle M. Martin

History ETDs

“Gathering Around a New Fire: The Bemo Family, Interracial Marriage, Race, and Power in the Mvskoke Nation, 1870-1897” explores from an Indigenous and gendered perspective the lived experiences of the interracial Bemo family in the Mvskoke Nation located in the Indian Territory (now Oklahoma). The marriage of Douglas Bemo, a Mvskoke/Semvnole student at Tullahassee Mission, to Katie Edwards, his white teacher, is the primary focus of this dissertation. My research seeks to restore Indigenous cultural agency to the complex Bemo family history. I merge Katie’s myopic narrative, federal Indian policy documents, missionary records, and nineteenth-century newspapers with Mvskoke/Semvnole oral histories, …

Exploring Physical Educators' Efficacy Beliefs, Perceptions Of Importance And Openness For Social And Emotional Learning, Caitlin Olive, Karen Lux Gaudreault, Kelly Simonton, Michael Hemphill, Yu Yu Hsiao

Health, Exercise, and Sports Sciences ETDs

In response to changes in student performance and behavior, social and emotional learning (SEL) has received increasing attention and interest in education (Bartlett, 2019). Physical education (PE) has also given increased attention to implementing SEL in physical activity spaces (Richards et al., 2019). Thus, it is important to evaluate teachers’ beliefs about SEL in order to understand their willingness to implement this curriculum effectively. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the relationships of several environmental and personal perceptions about teaching on PE teachers’ beliefs for implementing SEL. Physical educators (N = 157; 49.7% male) from the United States …

The Shoe Interview, Ta'xavion Jay Smith

Making History Oral Histories

No abstract provided.

Myoepithelial Carcinoma Ex-Pleomorphic Adenoma: A Rare Pathology Misdiagnosed As Pleomorphic Adenoma; With A Novel Tert Promoter Mutation And High Pd-L1 Expression, Christopher Cormier, Shweta Agarwal

Pathology Research and Scholarship

Myoepithelial carcinoma (MECA) is a rare salivary gland (SG) neoplasm (0.1-0.45% of all SG tumors) that often presents with bland cytomorphology and can be misclassified as cellular pleomorphic adenoma (PA) or myoepithelioma. This is particularly challenging in MECA ex-PA cases, especially if tumor shows minimal to no capsular invasion. We report a rare case of a 76-year-old female; history of left superficial parotidectomy with diagnosis (outside hospital) of cellular PA, who re-presented 9 months post surgery with enlarging left parotid mass, neck lymphadenopathy and facial nerve deficits. FNAB of parotid and neck lymph node revealed cellular aspirates with loosely cohesive …

Protease-Anti-Protease Compartmentalization In Sars-Cov-2 Ards: Therapeutic Implications, Oisin Mcelvaney, Takanori Asakura, Suzanne L. Meinig, Jose L. Torres-Castillo, Robert S. Hagan, Claudie Gabillard-Lefort, Mark P. Murphy, Leigh B. Thorne, Alain Borczuk, Ross E. Zumwalt, Yu Mikami, Tomas P. Carroll, Kenichi Okuda, Grace Hogan, Oliver J. Mcelvaney, Jennifer Clarke, Natalie L. Mcevoy, Patrick W. Mallon, Cormac Mccarthy, Ger Curley, Matthew C. Wolfgang, Richard C. Boucher, Noel G. Mcelvaney, Emer P. Reeves

Pathology Research and Scholarship

BACKGROUND: Interleukin-6 (IL-6) is elevated in SARS-CoV-2 infection. IL-6 regulates acute-phase proteins, such as alpha-1 antitrypsin (AAT), a key lung anti-protease. We investigated the protease-anti-protease balance in the circulation and pulmonary compartments in SARS-CoV-2 acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) compared to non-SARS-CoV-2 ARDS (nsARDS) and the effects of tocilizumab (IL-6 receptor antagonist) on anti-protease defence in SARS-CoV-2 infection.

METHODS: Levels and activity of AAT and neutrophil elastase (NE) were measured in plasma, airway tissue and tracheal secretions (TA) of people with SARS-CoV-2 ARDS or nsARDS. AAT and IL-6 levels were evaluated in people with moderate SARS-CoV-2 infection who received standard …

Wagon Tracks Volume 36, Issue 2 (January 2022)

Wagon Tracks

Contents

2 On the Cover: The Trail to Santa Fe by Ron Kil Logo Design by Sultan Sultan

4 Introduction

5 Beyond New Mexico and Missouri: Diverse People and Places of the SFT by Guy McClellan

6 What Can the Trail Teach Us? by Steve Schmidt

7 International Connections of the Santa Fe Trail Map by Dr. Susan Calafate Boyle

8-16 The Santa Fe Trail and National Expansion: Commerce, Conquest, and Commemoration by Dr. Leo Oliva

17-23 Business, Politics, and Power: The Transcontinental World of Bent, St. Vrain and Company 1829-1849 by Dr. David C. Beyreis

23 Media Coverage of …

Long-Term Monitoring And Maintenance Plan For The Mixed Waste Landfill - March 2012, Revision I February 16, 2022, Sandia National Laboratories/Nm

Facilities-Units

This Revision I_February 16, 2022 version of the Long-term Monitoring and Maintenance Plan for the Mixed Waste Landfill replaces the original March, 2012 MWL LTMMP.

An Intelligent Model To Rank Risks Of Cloud Computing Based On Firm’S Ambidexterity Performance Under Neutrosophic Environment, Mahmoud Ismail, Nayef Alrashidi, Nabil Moustafa

Neutrosophic Sets and Systems

No abstract provided.

Interval-Valued Intuitionistic Hypersoft Sets And Their Algorithmic Approach In Multi-Criteria Decision Making, Somen Debnath

Neutrosophic Sets and Systems

No abstract provided.

Classicalbalanced, Antibalanced And Neutrobalanced Functions, Vadiraja Bhatta G. R., Shashi Kant Pandey, P. R. Mishra, Prasanna Poojary

Neutrosophic Sets and Systems

No abstract provided.

A Comprehensive Covid-19 Daily News And Medical Literature Briefing To Inform Healthcare And Policy In New Mexico: Implementation Research, Lynnmarie Jarratt, Jenny Situ, Rachel D. King, Estefania Montanez, Hannah Groves, Ryen Ormesher, Melissa Cossé, Alyse Raboff, Avanika Mahajan, Jennifer Thompson, Randy F. Ko, Samantha Paltrow-Krulwich, Allison M. Price, Ariel May-Ling Hurwitz, Timothy Campbell, Lauren T. Epler, Fiona Nguyen, Emma Wolinsky, Morgan Edwards-Fligner, Jolene Lobo, Danielle Rivera, Jens Langsjoen, Lori D. Sloane, Ingrid C. Hendrix, Elly O. Munde, Clinton O. Onyango, Perez K. Olewe, Samuel B. Anyona, Alexandra V. Yingling, Nicolas R. Lauve, Praveen Kumar, Shawn P. Stoicu, Anastasiya Nestsiarovich, Cristian G. Bologa, Tudor I. Oprea, Kristine Tollestrup, Orrin B. Myers, Mari Anixter, Douglas J. Perkins, Christophe G. Lambert

HSC Covid 19 Briefings

Background: On March 11, 2020, the New Mexico (NM) Governor declared a Public Health Emergency in response to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. The NM Medical Advisory Team (MAT) contacted University of New Mexico (UNM) faculty to form a team to consolidate growing information on severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) and its disease to facilitate NM's pandemic management. Thus, faculty, physicians, staff, graduate students, and medical students created the "UNM Global Health COVID-19 Intelligence Briefing."

Objective: We seek to: (1) share how to create an informative briefing to guide public policy and medical practice and manage information …

The Role Of The Accessory Gene Regulator Operon In Biofilm Formation By Staphylococcus Aureus, Sarah C. Jordan

Pharmaceutical Sciences ETDs

Staphylococcus aureus is a pathogenic bacteria that causes significant morbidity and mortality. As antibiotic resistance by S. aureus continues to be a serious concern, developing novel drug therapies to combat these infections is vital. Quorum sensing inhibitors (QSI) dampen S. aureus virulence and facilitate clearance by the host immune system by blocking quorum sensing signaling that promotes upregulation of the accessory gene regulator (agr) operon. While QSIs have shown therapeutic promise in mouse models of S. aureus infection, their further development has been hampered by the suggestion that agr inhibition promotes biofilm formation. In these studies, we investigated the relationship …

01/25/2022 Meeting, Kelleen Maluski

Meeting Minutes

No abstract provided.

Boston Globe Interviews Vinay Harpalani: Supreme Court Agrees To Hear Harvard Affirmative Action Case, Could Cause ‘Huge Ripple Effect’ In College Admissions, Vinay Harpalani, Laura Krantz, Deirdre Fernandes

Faculty Scholarship

EXCERPT

Harvard has already said that if it abandoned race-conscious admissions, African-American and Hispanic representation would decline by nearly half.

Still, the Supreme Court could surprise the country, said Vinay Harpalani, an associate law professor at the University of New Mexico School of Law, possibly curbing the use of affirmative action rather than ending it altogether.

“Even if Harvard and UNC’s policies are ruled unconstitutional, it will be interesting to see the justices’ opinions and how much they limit affirmative action,” Harpalani said in an e-mail. “The question is just how far will they go?”

Nature Of Health Insurance Demand In India, Brijesh C. Purohit Ph.D

Himalayan Research Papers Archive

In this study an attempt is made to explore elasticity of health insurance demand in India. It is important to note that both the Central and state governments have been trying to help people through their budgetary policies. Keeping in view their efforts and rural urban disparities in the country, we have tried to make an attempt to evaluate whether the people have been provided appropriate information about these governmental policies and how other socio economic factors are influencing the individual household choices to adopt a particular type of health insurance scheme.

This is based on latest National Family Health …

A Review Of Environmental Vulnerabilities Related To Nepal’S Graduation Process From Least Developed To A Developing Country Status, Ambika P. Adhikari, Keshav Bhattarai, Basu Sharma

Himalayan Research Papers Archive

Nepal has long aspired to graduate from the Least Development Country (LDC) to Developing Country category as defined by the United Nations system. Nepal had met two of the three graduating criteria and could have technically graduated from the LDC status in 2015. However, based on the Nepal government’s request to defer the review, the new 2021 assessment by the United Nations Committee for Development Policy (CDP) recommended that the country should graduate from the LDC status by 2026. The graduation requires not only meeting pre-defined development-related thresholds, but also maintaining sustained improvements in at least two consecutive assessments in …

Reaching The "Hard-To-Reach" Sexual And Gender Diverse Communities For Population-Based Research In Cancer Prevention And Control: Methods For Online Survey Data Collection And Management, Katie J. Myers, Talya Jaffe, Deborah A. Kanda, V Shane Pankratz, Bernard Tawfik, Emily Wu, Molly E. Mcclain, Shiraz I. Mishra, Miria Kano, Purnima Madhivanan, Prajakta Adsul

Pediatrics Research and Scholarship

Purpose: Around 5% of United States (U.S.) population identifies as Sexual and Gender Diverse (SGD), yet there is limited research around cancer prevention among these populations. We present multi-pronged, low-cost, and systematic recruitment strategies used to reach SGD communities in New Mexico (NM), a state that is both largely rural and racially/ethnically classified as a "majority-minority" state.

Methods: Our recruitment focused on using: (1) Every Door Direct Mail (EDDM) program, by the United States Postal Services (USPS); (2) Google and Facebook advertisements; (3) Organizational outreach

Results: A total of 27,369 flyers were distributed through the EDDM program and 436,177 impressions …