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Academic Program Review Process And Procedures, Office Of Assessment And The Academic Program Review Office Jan 2016

Academic Program Review Process And Procedures, Office Of Assessment And The Academic Program Review Office

UNM HLC 2018-19 Assurance Argument Evidence

This is the seventh edition of the APR manual, efficacious since August 2016. This comprehensively details the APR process of UNM, including documenting its Guiding Principles (p. 6), and the format for a program's "Plan of Action" (p.11).


Book Reviews Jan 2016

Book Reviews

New Mexico Historical Review

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Nidus Idearum. Scilogs, Ii: De Rerum Consectatione, Florentin Smarandache Jan 2016

Nidus Idearum. Scilogs, Ii: De Rerum Consectatione, Florentin Smarandache

Branch Mathematics and Statistics Faculty and Staff Publications

Welcome into my scientific lab! My lab[oratory] is a virtual facility with noncontrolled conditions in which I mostly perform scientific meditation and chats: a nest of ideas (nidus idearum, in Latin). I called the jottings herein scilogs (truncations of the words scientific, and gr. Λόγος – appealing rather to its original meanings "ground", "opinion", "expectation"), combining the welly of both science and informal (via internet) talks (in English, French, and Romanian). In this second book of scilogs collected from my nest of ideas, one may find new and old questions and solutions, some of them already put at work, others …


The Judicial Expansion Of An Old Tool To Combat Predatory Lending In New Mexico, Adriel D. Orozco Jan 2016

The Judicial Expansion Of An Old Tool To Combat Predatory Lending In New Mexico, Adriel D. Orozco

New Mexico Law Review

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Mapping Causes And Implications Of India’S Skewed Sex Ratio And Poverty Problem Using Fuzzy & Neutrosophic Relational Maps, Megha Kumar Gaurav, Kanika Bhutani, Swati Aggarwal Jan 2016

Mapping Causes And Implications Of India’S Skewed Sex Ratio And Poverty Problem Using Fuzzy & Neutrosophic Relational Maps, Megha Kumar Gaurav, Kanika Bhutani, Swati Aggarwal

Neutrosophic Sets and Systems

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Triangular Dense Fuzzy Neutrosophic Sets, Sujit Kumar, Ismat Beg Jan 2016

Triangular Dense Fuzzy Neutrosophic Sets, Sujit Kumar, Ismat Beg

Neutrosophic Sets and Systems

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Marketing Skills As Determinants That Underpin The Competitiveness Of The Rice Industry In Yaguachi Canton. Application Of Svn Numbers To The Prioritization Of Strategies, Pablo Jose Menendez Vera, Cristhian Fabian Menendez Delgado, Miriam Pena Gonzalez, Maikel Y. Leyva Vazquez Jan 2016

Marketing Skills As Determinants That Underpin The Competitiveness Of The Rice Industry In Yaguachi Canton. Application Of Svn Numbers To The Prioritization Of Strategies, Pablo Jose Menendez Vera, Cristhian Fabian Menendez Delgado, Miriam Pena Gonzalez, Maikel Y. Leyva Vazquez

Neutrosophic Sets and Systems

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Neutrosophic Logic Approach For Evaluating Learning Management Systems, Nouran Radwan, M. Badr Senousy, Alaa El Din M. Riad Jan 2016

Neutrosophic Logic Approach For Evaluating Learning Management Systems, Nouran Radwan, M. Badr Senousy, Alaa El Din M. Riad

Neutrosophic Sets and Systems

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Full Issue, Neutrosophic Sets And Systems Jan 2016

Full Issue, Neutrosophic Sets And Systems

Neutrosophic Sets and Systems

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Final Report: Predicting Effects Of Climate Change On Riparian Obligate Species In The Southwestern United States, Jacek Tomasz Giermakowski, James R. Hatten, Matthew J. Johnson, Jennifer A. Holmes, Erika M. Nowak, Michael Peters Dec 2015

Final Report: Predicting Effects Of Climate Change On Riparian Obligate Species In The Southwestern United States, Jacek Tomasz Giermakowski, James R. Hatten, Matthew J. Johnson, Jennifer A. Holmes, Erika M. Nowak, Michael Peters

Faculty and Staff Publications

The Lower Colorado River and Rio Grande Basins are home to many riparian vertebrate species with different degrees of rarity. In our study, we focused on two species of birds and two species of gartersnakes that are associated with riparian areas: the Yellow-breasted Chat (Icteria virens), the Yellow Warbler (Setophaga petechia), the Northern Mexican Gartersnake (Thamnophis eques megalops) and the Narrow-headed Gartersnake (T. rufipunctatus). While the extent of distributions of these species is relatively large, they are often patchily distributed in populations that are small; in addition, both gartersnake species are listed as threatened under the Endangered Species Act. Aside …


Abq Free Press, December 30, 2015, Abq Free Press Dec 2015

Abq Free Press, December 30, 2015, Abq Free Press

ABQ Free Press

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Costa Rica’S Uphill Battle For A Solution To The Cuban Migrant Crisis, George Rodrã­Guez Dec 2015

Costa Rica’S Uphill Battle For A Solution To The Cuban Migrant Crisis, George Rodrã­Guez

NotiCen

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Abq Free Press, December 16, 2015, Abq Free Press Dec 2015

Abq Free Press, December 16, 2015, Abq Free Press

ABQ Free Press

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Governing Party Loses Ground (And Asunciã³N) In Paraguayan Municipal Elections, Andrã©S Gaudã­N Dec 2015

Governing Party Loses Ground (And Asunciã³N) In Paraguayan Municipal Elections, Andrã©S Gaudã­N

NotiSur

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More Delays For Nicaragua’S Us$50-Billion Canal Project, Benjamin Witte-Lebhar Dec 2015

More Delays For Nicaragua’S Us$50-Billion Canal Project, Benjamin Witte-Lebhar

NotiCen

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Neoliberals Replace Kirchner’S Rule In Argentina, Andrã©S Gaudã­N Dec 2015

Neoliberals Replace Kirchner’S Rule In Argentina, Andrã©S Gaudã­N

NotiSur

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Dean Barrow Wins Third Consecutive Term In Belize General Elections, Louisa Reynolds Dec 2015

Dean Barrow Wins Third Consecutive Term In Belize General Elections, Louisa Reynolds

NotiCen

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Three Members Of Powerful Honduras Family Charged With Money Laundering, George Rodrã­Guez Dec 2015

Three Members Of Powerful Honduras Family Charged With Money Laundering, George Rodrã­Guez

NotiCen

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Abq Free Press, December 2, 2015, Abq Free Press Dec 2015

Abq Free Press, December 2, 2015, Abq Free Press

ABQ Free Press

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Three-Dimensional Constraints On Human Cognition As Expressed In Human Language, Christopher Adam Dec 2015

Three-Dimensional Constraints On Human Cognition As Expressed In Human Language, Christopher Adam

Linguistics ETDs

Those advocating the existence of a distinct language instinct generally claim that human language is not reliant on general human cognition. However, limitations on recursive patterns in human language are universally attested, from the micro-level elements of phonology, throughout the mid-level elements of morphology and syntax, and up to the macro-level elements of reference in discourse. What these limitations appear to reveal is a pattern seen in other areas of human cognition, namely the human inability to actively recall and balance more than three interdependent variables at a time. Building upon these data patterns and an array of typological postulates, …


The Effects Of Ketorolac And Its Enantiomers On Breast Cancer Proliferation And Metastasis, Amanda Sheree Peretti Dec 2015

The Effects Of Ketorolac And Its Enantiomers On Breast Cancer Proliferation And Metastasis, Amanda Sheree Peretti

Biomedical Sciences ETDs

Breast cancer is the second leading cause of cancer related deaths in women. Advanced breast cancer can metastasize to the lungs, liver, bones and brain becoming fatal conditions for many patients. There is a dire need for metastasis preventing medications, however the process required for a medication to become FDA approved for clinical use is long and arduous. Studies have found promising benefits for breast cancer patients given ToradolTM, or racemic ketorolac, as an NSAID during resection surgery. However, long-term use of racemic ketorolac is not recommended. Currently FDA-approved for use in the racemic form, ketorolac has the potential to …


Festivals Of Art, Carnivals Of Representation: On Contemporary Art And Neoliberalism, Tijen Tunali Dec 2015

Festivals Of Art, Carnivals Of Representation: On Contemporary Art And Neoliberalism, Tijen Tunali

Art & Art History ETDs

In this dissertation, I look at the changing praxes of contemporary art and culture vis-á-vis neoliberalism. With examples from the Americas, the Middle East, and Eastern Europe, I acknowledge, but trespass the visible effects and outcomes of globalization with regard to art and culture. In current literature they often are interpreted as straightforward and homogeneous developments, but in this dissertation, I show the complexity, heterogeneity and inequality of new social, political, and cultural relationships wrought by and against the neoliberal ideology and processes that affect all corners of the world. My main focus is on the dialectics of contemporary art …


Neal Ambrose-Smith: The Artistic Modernity Of Indianness, Erik Parker Dec 2015

Neal Ambrose-Smith: The Artistic Modernity Of Indianness, Erik Parker

Art & Art History ETDs

Neal Ambrose-Smith is an artist of Cree, Metis, and Salish heritage who is at the forefront of contemporary Native American art. A thorough examination of Ambrose-Smiths body of work will reveal that the majority of his art can be viewed as having overwhelming intentions toward a dissolution of boundaries separating the ideas of 'Native,' 'contemporary,' and 'Western art.' It also will show that through the utilization of popular culture and its icons, Ambrose-Smith is able to build a rapport with audiences, while also using images and themes in his art to help break down barriers that contemporary Native artists face …


Designing For Immersive Technology: Integrating Art And Stem Learning, Jane Elizabeth Crayton Dec 2015

Designing For Immersive Technology: Integrating Art And Stem Learning, Jane Elizabeth Crayton

Art & Art History ETDs

Students struggle to learn STEM concepts. The arts have been proposed as a means to engage students in STEM education, resulting in the idea of STEAM. However, STEAM approaches do not always result in learning. A collaboration between a major research university and a small Native arts college in the southwestern United States provided an opportunity for studying the potential for arts to engage students in STEM learning. This study investigates how participating art students (N = 4) solved technological and design production problems when working with immersive technologies in a paid summer internship program. The internship program lasted six …


Exposure Of Neonatal Rats To Alcohol Has Differential Effects On Cytokine Levels In The Cerebellum And Hippocampus: Potential Role Of Microglia And Astrocytes, Lauren Topper Dec 2015

Exposure Of Neonatal Rats To Alcohol Has Differential Effects On Cytokine Levels In The Cerebellum And Hippocampus: Potential Role Of Microglia And Astrocytes, Lauren Topper

Biomedical Sciences ETDs

Drinking during pregnancy can result in fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD), an umbrella term that encompasses a wide array of symptoms ranging from neurocognitive deficits to physical malformations. The mechanism for FASD is not yet fully understood, however recently, activation of the neuroimmune system has been suggested to play a role. Neuroinflammation, characterized by increased pro-inflammatory cytokine production and glial cell activation, has been observed following exposure to alcohol during the neonatal period. Furthermore, neuroimmune activation has been implicated in alcohol-induced neuronal death and/or damage. The studies herein investigate several components of the relationship between neuronal damage following developmental alcohol …


Evolving Efficient Foraging Behavior In Biologically-Inspired Robot Swarms, Joshua Peter Hecker Dec 2015

Evolving Efficient Foraging Behavior In Biologically-Inspired Robot Swarms, Joshua Peter Hecker

Computer Science ETDs

Human beings are driven to explore distant new worlds as we seek to better understand our place in the Universe. Because of the inherent dangers of human spaceflight, we often send robots as surrogate explorers, controlled from millions of miles away by teams of capable rover drivers here on Earth. As technology continues to advance, scientists and engineers aspire to build low-cost, durable, fully autonomous rovers to succeed today's tele-operated extraplanetary explorers. Here we aim to advance this goal by designing and programming robots that can successfully navigate unknown and variable environments. We present a swarm robotics system that mimics …


Cycles Of Life, Henry Jake Foreman Dec 2015

Cycles Of Life, Henry Jake Foreman

Architecture and Planning ETDs

Engaging storytelling is both the means and medium of Cycles of Life(COL). This thesis project consists of a video documentary and curriculum magazine that highlights the visioning process, implementation, and cyclical design of this transformative learning model. Throughout the COL co-creative process, students collectively utilize Indigenous research methodologies to examine innovations in planning, design and education from diverse sources including guest speakers, social media, and contextual multi-sensory experiences. Incorporated into the COL curriculum is a regenerative process where students vision their own curriculum model that impacts health, education, planning and design. It is my hope that these seed projects will …


Paratransgenic Control Of Pierce's Disease, Arinder K. Arora Dec 2015

Paratransgenic Control Of Pierce's Disease, Arinder K. Arora

Biology ETDs

Pierce's Disease (PD) is a deadly grapevine disease, which is caused by a Gram negative bacterium, Xylella fastidiosa and transmitted by leafhoppers commonly known as sharpshooters, including the glassy-winged sharpshooter (GWSS, Homalodisca vitripennis). We developed paratransgenic control of PD using a commensal bacterium Pantoea agglomerans E325. The GWSSs acquired enhanced green fluorescent (EGFP)-expressing P. agglomerans from an artificial feeding system and the bacteria persisted within the insect foregut for two weeks. P. agglomerans was selected as the paratransgenic control agent based on its persistence within the sharpshooter foregut, a niche also inhabited by X. fastidiosa. P. agglomerans lines secreting two …


The Impact Of Temperature, Ph And Environmental Heterogeneity On Prokaryotic Diversity In Yellowstone National Park Thermal Springs, Xiaoben Jiang Dec 2015

The Impact Of Temperature, Ph And Environmental Heterogeneity On Prokaryotic Diversity In Yellowstone National Park Thermal Springs, Xiaoben Jiang

Biology ETDs

Yellowstone National Park (YNP) is one of the largest and most diverse hydrothermal areas on Earth. Extensive culture-independent studies in YNP thermal springs have shown dramatic taxonomic and metabolic diversity in microbial communities. We conducted a survey of bacterial communities along temperature gradients in three alkaline springs with similar geochemistries at the local scale. With these data, we investigated the influence of environmental variables on bacterial community diversity and assemblages along a broad temperature range using high throughput 454 pyrosequencing. Previous studies have suggested that pH is the driver of microbial diversity in thermal springs among geographical regions or at …


R-Ketorolac Targets Cdc42 And Rac1 And Alters Ovarian Cancer Behaviors Critical For Invasion And Metastasis, Yuna Guo Dec 2015

R-Ketorolac Targets Cdc42 And Rac1 And Alters Ovarian Cancer Behaviors Critical For Invasion And Metastasis, Yuna Guo

Biomedical Sciences ETDs

Cdc42 (cell division control protein 42) and Rac1 (Ras-related C3 botulinum) are attractive therapeutic targets in ovarian cancer based on their established importance in tumor cell migration, adhesion and invasion. Despite a predicted benefit, targeting GTPases has not yet been translated to clinical practice. Based on lead identification through high-throughput screening and computational shape homology approaches, R-ketorolac is identified as a Cdc42 and Rac1 regulator, an activity that is distinct from the anti-inflammatory, cyclooxygenase inhibitory activity of S-ketorolac. In this dissertation, R-ketorolac is established as an allosteric inhibitor of Cdc42 and Rac1. Studies on immortalized human ovarian adenocarcinoma cells (SKOV3ip), …