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Swine Flu: A Preliminary Study Of The Planning And Policies Of Nepal To Deal With H1n1., Rojee Rajbanshi, William S. Carter Oct 2010

Swine Flu: A Preliminary Study Of The Planning And Policies Of Nepal To Deal With H1n1., Rojee Rajbanshi, William S. Carter

Himalayan Policy Research Conference

To predict the proper measures to be taken in harmonizing the global health with the emergence of the new influenza virus subtype capable of uncertain pandemic threat, WHO has developed guidelines regarding the preparedness and preventive measures and requires every country to follow the guidelines in formulating national pandemic and response plans plus implementing the measures effectively with regular monitoring. With the emergence of H1N1 infection worldwide, the Government of Nepal has considered the “National Avian Influenza and Influenza Pandemic Preparedness and Response Plan” (NAIIPPRP), the plan developed in 2005 to deal with the Avian Influenza. The main objective of …


Mexico Concerned Spike In Wheat Prices Could Affect Domestic Food Costs, Carlos Navarro Oct 2010

Mexico Concerned Spike In Wheat Prices Could Affect Domestic Food Costs, Carlos Navarro

SourceMex

No abstract provided.


Protection And Comparative Advantage Of Rice Production In Bangladesh: A Policy Analysis Matrix, Abu Hayat Md. Saiful Islam, Dieter Kirschke Oct 2010

Protection And Comparative Advantage Of Rice Production In Bangladesh: A Policy Analysis Matrix, Abu Hayat Md. Saiful Islam, Dieter Kirschke

Himalayan Research Papers Archive

The study determines the policy incentive in terms of protection and efficiency of production through comparative advantages in the rice sector by using policy analysis matrix (PAM) for the period of 2003 to 2005 nominal average on the basis of secondary data from different published and unpublished sources. From policy analysis matrix in-line with private/financial profit, social/economic profit and policy divergences/transfers various protection coefficients such as NPCO, NPCI, EPC and PC and competiveness coefficients such as DRC, SCB, SNRL and PNRL were derived to measure the level of protection and comparative advantage in the rice sector of Bangladesh.The results of …


Impact Of Industrial Environment On Socio-Economic Conditions Of Mine Workers: A Study Of Coal Industries In Odisha, Abhaya K. Naik, Krupasindh Pradhan Sep 2010

Impact Of Industrial Environment On Socio-Economic Conditions Of Mine Workers: A Study Of Coal Industries In Odisha, Abhaya K. Naik, Krupasindh Pradhan

Himalayan Research Papers Archive

Mining in India has an ancient origin and mining industry occupies a special position in the countrys economy. The development of this industry is undoubtedly a milestone in the field of industrial development of the country. The mining industry has special features: the work is hazardous and the mining community living in relatively isolation from the rest of the population. First steps in the mining of coal in modern India may be said to have been taken during the thirties of 18th century. Among the minerals, coal-' the black diamond', as a generator of 80% of the steam and thermal …


Swine Flu: A Preliminary Study Of The Planning And Policy Of Nepal To Combat The H1n1 Pandemic, Rojee Rajbanshi Sep 2010

Swine Flu: A Preliminary Study Of The Planning And Policy Of Nepal To Combat The H1n1 Pandemic, Rojee Rajbanshi

Himalayan Research Papers Archive

The research was conducted to analyze the activities implemented by the Government of Nepal to deal with the 2009 H1N1 pandemic. The basis of the analysis was the National Avian Influenza Pandemic Preparedness and Response Plan (NAIPPRP). This plan was compared to World Health Organization (WHO) recommendations and the United States preparation plans. The H1N1 situation in Nepal, between 2009 April to 2010 March, was analyzed considering the countrys profile on the basis of data available online and document provided by WHO-Nepal. The first reported outbreak of H1N1 occurred in Mexico in early April 2009 and soon spread to the …


Moving Out Of Chronic Poverty: Community Level Study On Poverty Over The Time, S.A.N.C. Samaraweera, N.R. Abeynayake Sep 2010

Moving Out Of Chronic Poverty: Community Level Study On Poverty Over The Time, S.A.N.C. Samaraweera, N.R. Abeynayake

Himalayan Research Papers Archive

Chronically poor people are those who experience deprivation over many years, often over their entire lives, and who sometimes pass poverty on to their children. In this study poverty is measured as the low level of satisfaction of the ten basic needs and the underutilization of material and non material resources. The ten basic needs considered in this study are; clean and pleasant environment, water, clothing, food, dwellings, health, transport and communication, fuel, education, spiritual and cultural needs. The economic factors which are studied in this research include financial capital (income indebtedness and savings), human capital (educational, skill and health …


2010-09-23 Unm News Minute, University Of New Mexico Communication And Marketing Department Sep 2010

2010-09-23 Unm News Minute, University Of New Mexico Communication And Marketing Department

UNM News Minute 2010

No abstract provided.


Appropriate Erosion Control Techniques For The Rural Hillsides Of Honduras, Meaghan O'Rourke Sep 2010

Appropriate Erosion Control Techniques For The Rural Hillsides Of Honduras, Meaghan O'Rourke

Water Resources Professional Project Reports

The rural hillside farmers of Honduras live extremely rudimentary lifestyles with little to no outside income. They choose available parcels of land for their cultivation needs and clear the land using slash and burn techniques. The combination of the steep slopes and the lack of erosion control equates to significant soil loss. The agricultural production determines to the quality of life for the hillside families. Typical erosion control measures, such as terraces, are exceedingly labor intensive for the rural hillside farmers. The average family lives on a section of land until the soil is no longer productive (between two and …


Effect Of Habitat Restoration On Native Bee Communities At The Bosque Del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, New Mexico (2008-2010), Karen Wright Sep 2010

Effect Of Habitat Restoration On Native Bee Communities At The Bosque Del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, New Mexico (2008-2010), Karen Wright

Sevilleta LTER Program Data

Native bees interact closely with their host plants and therefore, can be good indicators of habitat diversity and health. Due to the physical aspects of tamarisk removal, reintroduction of native vegetation (through seeding or natural recolonization) is a process that can take years to stabilize. The soil has been greatly disturbed and the recruitment of reproductively mature plants and therefore, the creation of a healthy seed bank takes time. Many types of adult insects, such as bees, wasps, flies, and beetles, use nectar as a source of energy. However bees dont just drink nectar, they also use the pollen as …


Fluctuating Asymmetry, Facial Masculinity, And Offspring Sex Ratio, Melissa Heap Sep 2010

Fluctuating Asymmetry, Facial Masculinity, And Offspring Sex Ratio, Melissa Heap

Psychology ETDs

Research on offspring sex ratios and parental condition indicate that parents in better condition may benefit from biasing their offspring toward sons. While measures of phenotypic quality and offspring sex ratio have been examined in other animals, the current study was designed to look at this relationship within human families. I investigated the relationship between fluctuating asymmetry and facial masculinity, both possible measures of phenotype, and offspring sex ratio within families. The results were mixed. The fluctuating asymmetry of one sibling covaried negatively with the overall offspring sex ratio within their family. The significant negative correlation between the two provides …


Human Development In Poor Countries: Bangladesh In Comparative Perspective, Nafisa Halim Sep 2010

Human Development In Poor Countries: Bangladesh In Comparative Perspective, Nafisa Halim

Sociology ETDs

My dissertation addresses the developmental paradox' of rapid gains in human development in Bangladesh against the backdrop of a social scientific literature that portrays two of the country's endemic features—Islam and illiberal politics—as inveterate obstacles to their achievement. I use data from household surveys conducted by the Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies in collaboration with the World Bank in 1991-2 and 1998-9, and identify the distal determinants of the Bangladeshi mortality decline. I find female education has a linear effect and household income has a curvilinear effect on infant and child mortality. Why is the relationship between income and child …


Validity Of Self-Report With Respect To Prescription Medications Among Pregnant Women, Pallavi Jaiswal Sep 2010

Validity Of Self-Report With Respect To Prescription Medications Among Pregnant Women, Pallavi Jaiswal

Pharmaceutical Sciences ETDs

Objectives: Accuracy of self-report regarding prescription medication use among pregnant women is largely unknown. Accurate self-reported information is needed for medication reconciliation purposes, clinical management, clinical teratology research, and monitoring of adherence. This study examined the accuracy of self-reported medication use by pregnant women for medications used chronically and episodically or intermittently during pregnancy. Further, predictors of inaccurate reporting regarding prescription medication use were also estimated. Methods: A cross-sectional analysis of data collected through the University of New Mexico (UNM) cohort study, Safety of Medication and Perception of Teratogenicity' (SMART) was conducted. Pregnant women were recruited from UNM prenatal care …


Sex Differences In Heat Shock Protein 72 Expression And Inflammatory Response To Acute Exercise In The Heat., Trevor Gillum Sep 2010

Sex Differences In Heat Shock Protein 72 Expression And Inflammatory Response To Acute Exercise In The Heat., Trevor Gillum

Health, Exercise, and Sports Sciences ETDs

This study evaluated possible sex differences in intracellular heat shock protein 72 (Hsp72), intracellular cytokines, and extracellular Hsp72 (eHsp72) before and after exercise in the heat. Nine non-heat acclimated women (W) (age 23 ± 3, BF 21 ± 2%, VO2max 58 ± 5 ml/kgFFM/min) and nine non-heat acclimated men (M) (age 25 ± 5, BF 12 ± 5%, VO2max 60 ± 7 ml/kgFFM/min) completed 2 treadmill bouts at 60% VO2max for 60 min in a 42°C, 20% RH environment. The W had normal menstrual cycles and were tested in counterbalanced order during follicular (fol) and luteal (lut) phases. M and …


Are Thermotolerance And Heat Acclimation Related Through The Heat Shock Response?, Matthew Kuennen Sep 2010

Are Thermotolerance And Heat Acclimation Related Through The Heat Shock Response?, Matthew Kuennen

Health, Exercise, and Sports Sciences ETDs

Thermotolerance (cellular adaptations that allow survival after an acute, severe heat exposure) and heat acclimation (systemic adaptations that improve heat dissipation following chronic heat exposure) have traditionally been considered separate phenomena. However, recent studies in animals suggest these adaptations may be related through the heat shock response. METHODS: We evaluated the effects of a standard laboratory heat shock response-inhibitor (QUERCETIN) on established markers of thermotolerance [gastrointestinal barrier permeability, plasma TNF-a, Il-6, and Il-10 concentrations; leukocyte HSP70 content(HSP70)] and heat acclimation [reduced body temperatures, heart rate, and physiologic strain in response to exercise/heat stress] in male subjects (n=8) completing a 7-day …


Do Social Isolation And Depression Affect Rates Of Hospital Readmission For Patients With Heart Failure?, Irma Samaniego Sep 2010

Do Social Isolation And Depression Affect Rates Of Hospital Readmission For Patients With Heart Failure?, Irma Samaniego

Nursing ETDs

Heart failure (HF) is a syndrome that primarily affects the aged and is the most common hospital discharge diagnosis for adults in the United States. Readmission is common following discharge from an acute hospital stay for HF. Patients with HF suffer more depressive morbidity than other patients with cardiovascular disease, and many age 65 or older experience social isolation. This prospective exploratory study examined whether readmission within 30 to 60 days of discharge from an index hospitalization for HF was associated with depressive symptoms or social isolation. A convenience sample of 101 patients participated during an index hospitalization for HF. …


Region: Poverty Continues To Hit Children, Youth, Andrã©S Gaudã­N Sep 2010

Region: Poverty Continues To Hit Children, Youth, Andrã©S Gaudã­N

NotiSur

No abstract provided.


An Ethnographic Exploration Of Parental Beliefs Of Migrant Farm Worker Parents, Alexis Marie Newton Sep 2010

An Ethnographic Exploration Of Parental Beliefs Of Migrant Farm Worker Parents, Alexis Marie Newton

Nursing ETDs

The purpose of this study was to explore and describe the health beliefs of migrant farm worker parents in their own words. The concepts of health beliefs were explored using the qualitative research design of ethnography. A purposive sample consisted of twenty migrant farm worker parents ranging in age from 19 to 50 working in Weld County in north central Colorado. Data collection took place over a 2 month period during growing season. Data were generated using the following techniques: interviews, field notes, and journaling. Ethnographic analysis yielded themes and sub-themes from the data. The overarching theme is the migrant …


September 1, 2010 Finance & Facilities (F&F) Committee Meeting, Evp For Administration Sep 2010

September 1, 2010 Finance & Facilities (F&F) Committee Meeting, Evp For Administration

Finance and Facilities Committee

Documents related to the September 1, 2010 Board of Regents' Finance and Facilities Committee Meeting. (Agenda, Minutes, eBook, Notice)


Adobe Medicus 2010 5 September-October, Health Sciences Library And Informatics Center Sep 2010

Adobe Medicus 2010 5 September-October, Health Sciences Library And Informatics Center

adobe medicus

No abstract provided.


Expanding Access To Hepatitis C Virus Treatment--Extension For Community Healthcare Outcomes (Echo) Project: Disruptive Innovation In Specialty Care, Sanjeev Arora, Summers Kalishman, Karla Thornton, Denise Dion, Glen Murata, Paulina Deming, Brooke Parish, John Brown, Miriam Komaromy, Kathleen Colleran, Arthur Bankhurst, Joanna Katzman, Michelle Harkins, Luis Curet, Ellen Cosgrove, Wesley Pak Sep 2010

Expanding Access To Hepatitis C Virus Treatment--Extension For Community Healthcare Outcomes (Echo) Project: Disruptive Innovation In Specialty Care, Sanjeev Arora, Summers Kalishman, Karla Thornton, Denise Dion, Glen Murata, Paulina Deming, Brooke Parish, John Brown, Miriam Komaromy, Kathleen Colleran, Arthur Bankhurst, Joanna Katzman, Michelle Harkins, Luis Curet, Ellen Cosgrove, Wesley Pak

Project ECHO Bibliography

The Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes (ECHO) Model was developed by the University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center as a platform to deliver complex specialty medical care to underserved populations through an innovative educational model of team-based interdisciplinary development. Using state-of-the-art telehealth technology, best practice protocols, and case-based learning, ECHO trains and supports primary care providers to develop knowledge and self-efficacy on a variety of diseases. As a result, they can deliver best practice care for complex health conditions in communities where specialty care is unavailable. ECHO was first developed for the management of hepatitis C virus (HCV), optimal …


The Connection, Volume 7, Issue 01, Fall 2010, Sally Davis, Linda Beltran, Susan Defrancesco, Josala Fetherolf, Mary Hanrahan, Lakhana Peou, Emily Piltch Sep 2010

The Connection, Volume 7, Issue 01, Fall 2010, Sally Davis, Linda Beltran, Susan Defrancesco, Josala Fetherolf, Mary Hanrahan, Lakhana Peou, Emily Piltch

Newsletters

The Connection is published by the Prevention Research Center (PRC), Prevention & Population Sciences, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque. The purpose of The Connection is to provide reports and updates on programs of the PRC and those of its Community Advisory Council and other partners.


Evidence For A Change In The Rate Of Aging Of Osteological Indicators In American Documented Skeletal Samples, Wendy Elizabeth Potter Jul 2010

Evidence For A Change In The Rate Of Aging Of Osteological Indicators In American Documented Skeletal Samples, Wendy Elizabeth Potter

Anthropology ETDs

The question of uniformity in skeletal age changes across populations is fundamental to all comparative work in skeletal biology. Whether an aging standard will work on target groups that differ in time, space, and background from the reference sample is essential for reliable, accurate age estimation. This research addressed whether a difference in skeletal senescence exists between older American documented collections and more recent ones. The pubic symphysis, auricular surface, sternal rib end, and suture obliteration were scored for a sample of American Blacks and Whites drawn from the Terry, Hamann-Todd, Bass Documented, Maxwell Museum, and Maricopa County Forensic Science …


An Examination Of Communicative Dialectical Tensions And Paradoxes Encountered By Native American Researchers In The Field And In The Academy, Lorenda Belone Jul 2010

An Examination Of Communicative Dialectical Tensions And Paradoxes Encountered By Native American Researchers In The Field And In The Academy, Lorenda Belone

Communication ETDs

This study investigated the communicative dialectical tensions and paradoxical situations faced by Native researchers in the academy and in research with their own communities or with other Native communities. Thematic analysis was conducted on narratives from 12 semi-structured interviews from participants across the country. Three major themes emerged regarding communicative struggles for the participants when conducting research with Native communities: a dialectic of insider/outsider; challenge of developing positive communication; and concerns of appropriate and inappropriate behavior. Four major themes emerged with regards to communication challenges for the participants while working in the academy: insider-outsider dialectic, paradox of walking the talk, …


Training The Trainer: Disabilities And Dental Hygiene, Elmer E. Gonzalez Jun 2010

Training The Trainer: Disabilities And Dental Hygiene, Elmer E. Gonzalez

Dental Hygiene ETDs

This study was intended to measure knowledge change of direct care staff upon administration of an oral health education completed by lecture materials and/or hands on training. The study was an experimental design which included 30 participants from a local agency dedicated to provide services to people with disabilities. The sample consisted originally of two groups of 15 participants each. However, the actual number of participating subjects was 14 in the experimental group and 10 in the control group. Each group was randomly assigned to either a control or an experimental group. No specific criterion was set as to which …


The Effect Of A 36-Session Cardiac Rehabilitation Program On The Framingham Risk Score, Veronica Gonzales Jun 2010

The Effect Of A 36-Session Cardiac Rehabilitation Program On The Framingham Risk Score, Veronica Gonzales

Health, Exercise, and Sports Sciences ETDs

Cardiac Rehabilitation is widely used in the United States to help individuals who have had a cardiac event that is approved by insurance companies. Factors that lead to the development of cardiovascular disease are lack of exercise, tobacco use, obesity, high blood pressure, high cholesterol levels, and diet comprised of high consumption of saturated fats, salt, refined carbohydrates, and low levels of fruits and vegetables (World Health Organization, 2008). The purpose of this study is to examine the effectiveness of a cardiac rehabilitation program in modifying the patients Framingham risk score after 36 sessions of cardiac rehabilitation. This is a …


2010-06-03 Unm News Minute, University Of New Mexico Communication And Marketing Department Jun 2010

2010-06-03 Unm News Minute, University Of New Mexico Communication And Marketing Department

UNM News Minute 2010

No abstract provided.


Staff Council Meeting, 5/18/2010, Unm Staff Council May 2010

Staff Council Meeting, 5/18/2010, Unm Staff Council

UNM Staff Council

No abstract provided.


Ecuador: Chevron Squanders Money As Lawsuit Nears End, Luis Ángel Saavedra May 2010

Ecuador: Chevron Squanders Money As Lawsuit Nears End, Luis Ángel Saavedra

NotiEn: An Analytical Digest About Energy Issues in Latin America

Chevron (formerly ChevronTexaco) wasted millions of dollars to delay the trial brought against it by Ecuador's Amazonian Indians and campesinos for the environmental disaster caused by 20 years of oil exploitation. The verdict is expected to go against the company and to be handed down within the next two months. In 2001, Texaco Petroleum Company was bought by Chevron, which then became ChevronTexaco until 2005 when Chevron dropped Texaco from its name. Texaco extracted petroleum in the Ecuadoran Amazon from 1967 to 1990 in a joint venture with state-owned Petroecuador. As part of its operations, the company built an oil …


Ecuador: Chevron Squanders Money As Lawsuit Nears End, Ladb Staff May 2010

Ecuador: Chevron Squanders Money As Lawsuit Nears End, Ladb Staff

NotiSur

No abstract provided.


A Sample Of Rural And Global Health Issues, Carol J. Bett, Barbara Cechanowicz, Demetrius Chapman, Stephen Hernandez, Hannelore Kriegor, Melanie Mayo, Loyce Phoenix, Conrad Rios, Teresa Sellstrom, Max Veltman May 2010

A Sample Of Rural And Global Health Issues, Carol J. Bett, Barbara Cechanowicz, Demetrius Chapman, Stephen Hernandez, Hannelore Kriegor, Melanie Mayo, Loyce Phoenix, Conrad Rios, Teresa Sellstrom, Max Veltman

Global, Rural, & Cultural Health Book Series

The challenges faced by local, national, and global communities in an ever-changing world have continued to grow as we complete the first decade of the 21st century. The doctoral students writing this book undertook the effort with advocacy for disenfranchised populations in mind. This compilation illuminates the challenges and gaps in access to health care confronted by a wide range of people, from overweight children, lesbians, and Native Americans to individuals in rural communities in Papua New Guinea. As the reader can readily see, we are a group of students with wide-ranging experiences and interests.