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Muscle Fatigue At The End Of A Maximal Oxygen Consumption Test, Gustavo Sierra Jun 2015

Muscle Fatigue At The End Of A Maximal Oxygen Consumption Test, Gustavo Sierra

Health, Exercise, and Sports Sciences ETDs

Fatigue is a task dependent multifactorial phenomenon, and the most common tool to analyze it is the VO2max test. The purpose of this study was to investigate if muscle is exhaustively taxed at the end of a VO2max test. This was based on data from sEMG, heart rate, and force applied to the pedals during and immediately after a VO2max test compared to an intense anaerobic test. Methods. 12 male participants (mean ± SD age = 28.09 ± 6.55 years, height = 176.7 ± 2.97 cm, weight = 73.31 ± 8.44 kg, and VO2max = 60.93 ± 9.75 mL/kg/min) were …

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Assessment Of The Nutritional Content Of Foods Offered To Preschool-Aged Children Aged 2-5 Years Old Who Attend Licensed Day Care Centers In Albuquerque In Comparison To The Cacfp Nutritional Guidelines., Houry Babahekian Jun 2015

Assessment Of The Nutritional Content Of Foods Offered To Preschool-Aged Children Aged 2-5 Years Old Who Attend Licensed Day Care Centers In Albuquerque In Comparison To The Cacfp Nutritional Guidelines., Houry Babahekian

Individual, Family, and Community Education ETDs

Child care settings may have a role in shaping childrens dietary habits. Foods and beverages served in many child care centers do not meet the nutrition recommendations. A sample of 10 child care centers participated in the study. Data was collected through an online survey and centers provided a copy of their menus. Food groups were compared to the Child and Adult Care Food Program meal pattern recommendations and nutrient contents were compared to half and two thirds of the DRIs for children 2-5 years. In general, child care centers are serving required food components and portion sizes, although there …

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Impact And Reach Of A Peer-Led Health Education Intervention Utilizing Harm Reduction Strategies In An Incarcerated Population, Miranda Leah Sedillo Jun 2015

Impact And Reach Of A Peer-Led Health Education Intervention Utilizing Harm Reduction Strategies In An Incarcerated Population, Miranda Leah Sedillo

Health, Exercise, and Sports Sciences ETDs

Prisons are high-risk environments for communicable disease transmission. The majority of incarcerated individuals return to their communities, many with untreated disease, creating a need for disease control, prevention and treatment within the prison population. Prisoner Health is Community Health: The New Mexico Peer Education Project (NMPEP) was developed by Project ECHO® (Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes) to address the epidemic of Hepatitis C transmission in the New Mexico state prison system. NMPEP is a low-cost, peer-led health education intervention aimed to increase knowledge and harm reduction techniques among incarcerated individuals prior to returning to their communities. The model is innovative …

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Ethno-Racial Disparities In Health Outcomes: Evidence From The Aging Population, Olufolake Odufuwa Jun 2015

Ethno-Racial Disparities In Health Outcomes: Evidence From The Aging Population, Olufolake Odufuwa

Economics ETDs

This dissertation assesses racial and ethnic disparities in health outcomes of the aging population, with focus on improving functional health, health status and quality of life at both individual and community levels. Chapter 2 examines racial and ethnic disparities in willingness to pay (WTP) for improved health among an aging population sample while also examining the impact of health status and risky health behaviors. Results indicate that racial and ethnic minorities are more likely to have a positive WTP for improved health than non-Hispanic Whites. However, WTP for minorities is found to be significantly lower than for non-Hispanic Whites. However, …

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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 Jun 2015

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 …

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

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

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May 5, 2015 Finance & Facilities (F&F) Committee Meeting, Evp For Administration May 2015

May 5, 2015 Finance & Facilities (F&F) Committee Meeting, Evp For Administration

Finance and Facilities Committee

Documents related to the May 5, 2015 Board of Regents' Finance and Facilities Committee Meeting. (Agenda, Minutes, eBook, Notice)

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A Tropical Flour: Manioc In The Afro-Brazilian World, 1500-1800, Joseph Leestma May 2015

A Tropical Flour: Manioc In The Afro-Brazilian World, 1500-1800, Joseph Leestma

Latin American Studies ETDs

This research follows the movement of the American tropical root crop manioc [Manihot esulenta] throughout the Afro-Portuguese world between ca. 1500 to ca.1800. In addition to tracing the spatial movement of the plant, this thesis will also show how manioc was culturally redefined as an African crop and how this effected its reception and meaning upon returning to the New World from Africa. In tracking the geographical diffusion of the plant from the Americas to Africa, this research relies upon primary sources on the exploration of Brazil and Africa by European travelers and accounts of the early era of the …

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From Garbage To Gardens: Urban Agriculture In Mexico City, Edwina Dubois May 2015

From Garbage To Gardens: Urban Agriculture In Mexico City, Edwina Dubois

Latin American Studies ETDs

The main objectives of this study are to describe the food system of Mexico City; identify how the urban poor access food on an everyday basis; determine who participates in urban agriculture projects, and for what purpose; determine the nutritional, economic, physical and ecological impact urban agriculture has had on participants; and observe the impact community urban gardens have on the surrounding community (multipliers). Many governments, including Mexico City's, are introducing institutional and other policy changes that recognize, manage and promote urban agriculture. This study looked at urban agriculture projects, mostly in marginalized communities, within the 16 boroughs of Mexico …

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Gcn5l1 Functions As A Mitochondrial Acetyltransferase That Regulates Mitophagy, Bradley Roy Webster May 2015

Gcn5l1 Functions As A Mitochondrial Acetyltransferase That Regulates Mitophagy, Bradley Roy Webster

Biomedical Sciences ETDs

Caloric restriction (CR) increases lifespan and promotes both longevity and €˜healthy-aging. CR's benefits are dependent in part on NAD-dependent deacetylases known as sirtuins. NAD levels increase with CR promoting sirtuin-mediated deacetylation of lysine residues. Humans express seven sirtuin isoforms that localize to specific sub-cellular compartments. Sirtuins and acetylation affect numerous cellular processes including mitochondrial function. Sirt3 is the major mitochondrial deacetylase and regulates mitochondrial function namely ATP levels, oxidative stress and metabolism. Given the importance of mitochondrial acetylation and Sirt3, we hypothesized the existence of a mitochondrial-localized acetyltransferase that 1) localizes to the mitochondria; 2) has an acetyltransferase domain; and …

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Creating An Immersive And Entertaining Game For Raising Internet Privacy Awareness, April Suknot May 2015

Creating An Immersive And Entertaining Game For Raising Internet Privacy Awareness, April Suknot

Computer Science ETDs

The continuous evolution in the pervasiveness and connectedness of technology is a subject of growing concern. Databases, smartphones, tablets, laptops, wearables are all united through a single global network—the Internet. This growth has resulted in social networks and other data-collecting applications becoming a major part of life for many people. To address emerging threats and growing concerns, our goal is to present internet users with a simulation that helps them consider the actions that they take when online. To do so, we have created a narrative game, Immaculacy, which is intended to raise awareness in common privacy issues that many …

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The Relationship Between Parks, Health, Income, And Education In Albuquerque, New Mexico, Jessica Sebring Small May 2015

The Relationship Between Parks, Health, Income, And Education In Albuquerque, New Mexico, Jessica Sebring Small

Architecture and Planning ETDs

As resources are becoming scarcer, Southwestern cities are looking for ways to expend less water and money, leading to removal of green spaces. This is happening alongside the current health crisis occurring throughout the United States, which is unfortunate since urban green spaces have been found to improve human health. The purpose of this study, focusing on Albuquerque, New Mexico, is to determine: (1) if those benefits appear to exist in a desert city, and (2) how additional variables, such as income and education, compare with parks regarding impact on community health. A GIS analysis was conducted using park, health, …

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Through Their Own Eyes: Exploring New Mexico High School Students' Perceptions Of The Influences On Their Food Practices, Lynn Marie Walters May 2015

Through Their Own Eyes: Exploring New Mexico High School Students' Perceptions Of The Influences On Their Food Practices, Lynn Marie Walters

Communication ETDs

This project explores New Mexico high school students' perceptions of the influences on their food practices, with a particular focus on how family, culture, interpersonal communication, and cooking influence dietary habits. In light of changes in food practices that have led to unhealthy dietary habits, this research aims to contribute to the understanding of the interplay between food, culture, and communication in order to inform health communication and nutrition education interventions and public policy strategies to promote healthy eating behavior among young people. The theoretical framework of this research is grounded in health communication theoyr--with the socio-ecological model as a …

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Poverty Reduction In Mexico Has Stagnated Over Two Decades, Carlos Navarro Apr 2015

Poverty Reduction In Mexico Has Stagnated Over Two Decades, Carlos Navarro

SourceMex

No abstract provided.

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Culturally Situating A Childhood Obesity Prevention Coalition In A Tribal Context., J Page-Reeves, T H. Cruz, S M. Davis Apr 2015

Culturally Situating A Childhood Obesity Prevention Coalition In A Tribal Context., J Page-Reeves, T H. Cruz, S M. Davis

Posters and Presentations

Presented at: Conference on Cultural-Based Nutrition and Fitness for Native American Youth; April 28-29; Farmington, NM.

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Spilt Milk: An Unusual Cause Of Bilateral Chylothorax, Sara Matani, J Rush Pierce Jr Apr 2015

Spilt Milk: An Unusual Cause Of Bilateral Chylothorax, Sara Matani, J Rush Pierce Jr

Hospital Medicine

We report a case of bilateral chylothorax without evidence of chylous fistula in a 62-year-old man following total laryngectomy and bilateral selective neck dissection for laryngeal cancer. Chylous fistulae, a well-known complication of neck dissection, occurs following 1% to 2% of these surgeries. On rare occasions, the chyle leak may communicate with the pleural space, resulting in chylothorax. This is a rare but potentially life-threatening complication. Bilateral chylothorax following neck dissection is even rarer, with less than 25 cases reported in the literature. Early diagnosis is essential to prevent complications. Physicians should have a high index of suspicion, especially when …

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Otras Perspectivas (Other Perspectives), Volume 15, Issue 01, April 2015, Occupational Therapy Graduate Program Apr 2015

Otras Perspectivas (Other Perspectives), Volume 15, Issue 01, April 2015, Occupational Therapy Graduate Program

OTras Perspectivas: UNM Occupational Therapy Program Newsletter

Acknowledging that the success of the Occupational Therapy Program hinges on the mutual investment of community and friends beyond the local community, the UNM Occupational Therapy Program faculty and staff have initiated this newsletter. The goal is to provide an additional forum for communication, and provide updates about the program's development, faculty, students, alumni, and friends.

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Nursing 2015 Hsc Self-Study & Documents, University Of New Mexico - Health Sciences Center Apr 2015

Nursing 2015 Hsc Self-Study & Documents, University Of New Mexico - Health Sciences Center

UNM Academic Program Review

UNM-HSC College of Nursing self-study report, review team report, letters of accreditation, and annual updates for Spring 2015.

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Earned Income Tax Credit Portability: Respecting The Autonomy Of American Families, Mary Leto Pareja Feb 2015

Earned Income Tax Credit Portability: Respecting The Autonomy Of American Families, Mary Leto Pareja

Faculty Scholarship

The Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) was a key component of the welfare reform movement that began in the 1970s and expanded in the 1990s. Politicians and the public saw the EITC as a helping hand to working families -- a way to make work pay.' The EITC today is the single largest federal anti-poverty program in the United States. Although the EITC clearly is targeted at families with children, it is not optimally structured to improve child welfare. The current rules limit EITC eligibility to a taxpayer who lives with a child more than six months of the year, …

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The Ipe Insight. Volume 2015, No. 1. February-March, 2015., The Unm Hsc Inter-Professional Education Team Feb 2015

The Ipe Insight. Volume 2015, No. 1. February-March, 2015., The Unm Hsc Inter-Professional Education Team

The IPE Newsletters

The Road to Cambra. New Interprofessional Frontiers: Putting the Mouth Back into the Body

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Minutes Of 01/30/2015 Hsc Board Of Directors Mtg, Patrice Martin Jan 2015

Minutes Of 01/30/2015 Hsc Board Of Directors Mtg, Patrice Martin

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

No abstract provided.

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Perceived Social Support And Loneliness As Predictors Of Cardiac Rehabilitation Outcomes, Elizabeth Stein Jan 2015

Perceived Social Support And Loneliness As Predictors Of Cardiac Rehabilitation Outcomes, Elizabeth Stein

Psychology ETDs

Cardiac rehabilitation (CR) is the most common means of targeting risk factors related to cardiovascular disease, but there are still uncertainties regarding what components of CR are most essential to successful rehabilitation. The current research focuses on perceived social support and loneliness and how these psychosocial factors influence health directly or indirectly by moderating perceived stress. Patients (n= 122) who completed a 12 week CR program agreed to participate, and they completed measures at both baseline and program completion. Multiple regression was used to determine if the direct or indirect moderation model best accounts for changes in days spend exercising, …

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Using Worked Examples For Training Nutrition Professionals To Diagnose Nutrition Problems And Use International Dietetics And Nutrition Terminology, Kirsten Bennett Jan 2015

Using Worked Examples For Training Nutrition Professionals To Diagnose Nutrition Problems And Use International Dietetics And Nutrition Terminology, Kirsten Bennett

Individual, Family, and Community Education ETDs

This study investigated two types of modular worked examples; process-oriented (PSWE) and product-oriented (PDWE), for performance, cognitive load, and efficiency for nutrition diagnosis. One hundred and four students (104) from a 200-level course in human nutrition participated in the main study. Participants studied the worked examples and completed the practice phase during one regularly scheduled class period. Two weeks later the participants completed the maintenance phase during half a regularly scheduled class period. Both the practice and maintenance phases involved making nutrition diagnoses, using the correct International Dietetics and Nutrition Terminology (IDNT) and writing a diagnostic statement for two cases. …

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Structural Influences On The Photochemistry And Photophysical Properties Of P-Phenylene Ethynylenes: Aggregation Effects And Solvent Interactions, Eric Harris Hill Jan 2015

Structural Influences On The Photochemistry And Photophysical Properties Of P-Phenylene Ethynylenes: Aggregation Effects And Solvent Interactions, Eric Harris Hill

Nanoscience and Microsystems ETDs

Compounds based on the p-phenylene ethynylene backbone with pendant charged groups, known as conjugated polyelectrolytes, have been of particular interest in recent years due to their solubility in water, sensing properties, and biocidal activity against bacteria, viruses, and fungi. A series of oligomers based on these polymers were synthesized (OPEs), and several interesting questions about their photophysical and biocidal properties were raised by earlier experimental observations, which are addressed by this dissertation. The study initially focuses on the influence of the backbone length and presence of carboxyester substituents on the photophysical properties of the OPEs. Next, the photochemistry of the …

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Cost-Effectiveness Analysis Of Elective Cesarean Deliveries And Trial Of Labor, Elisa Patterson Jan 2015

Cost-Effectiveness Analysis Of Elective Cesarean Deliveries And Trial Of Labor, Elisa Patterson

Nursing ETDs

Every year, one-third of the 4 million child-bearing women in the United States have a cesarean delivery. Of these, 91% have a repeat cesarean delivery with the birth of subsequent children. Cesarean deliveries account for more than half of childbirth-related hospitalization expenses totaling approximately $8 billion every year. A repeat cesarean delivery has a 40% greater hospital cost than a vaginal delivery. Yet, the cost of the delivery for the health-care payer is rarely addressed in the published peer-reviewed literature. The purpose of this research was to determine the cost-effectiveness of elective repeat cesarean deliveries (ERCD) compared with trials of …

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The Science Around Us: Partnerships To Foster Interest And Competency In Science Among Middle School Students In Rural Nm, Sally Davis, Shiraz Mishra, Alejandro Ortega, Kathryn Peters Jan 2015

The Science Around Us: Partnerships To Foster Interest And Competency In Science Among Middle School Students In Rural Nm, Sally Davis, Shiraz Mishra, Alejandro Ortega, Kathryn Peters

Posters and Presentations

The New Mexico SEPA project engages rural Hispanic and American Indian middle school students in the science around us, through curricula, summer camp, field trips, career days, school gardens, nature hikes and other learning opportunities in and out of the classroom. Emphasis is placed on role models, health careers, healthy living, and natural history. Learning activities are inquiry based, culturally appropriate and educationally sound. Frequent “think tanks” ensure teacher input and guidance. Professional development is aligned with the program objectives and needs of the teachers.

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Beyond The Affordable Care Act's Premium Tax Credit: Ensuring Access To Safety Net Programs, Mary Leto Pareja Jan 2015

Beyond The Affordable Care Act's Premium Tax Credit: Ensuring Access To Safety Net Programs, Mary Leto Pareja

Faculty Scholarship

The United States took a gigantic step toward universal health care with the passage of the Affordable Care Act (ACA'). Under the ACA, nearly everyone is required to have coverage, and correspondingly, no one can be turned away. To ease the financial burden of the individual mandate, the ACA subsidizes coverage for lower-income people. The primary subsidy is a refundable tax credit called the Premium Tax Credit, first available in 2014. To claim the credit, a person must file a tax return--but not just any return. The ACA requires married individuals to file jointly. For many, this is problematic if …

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Game Time, Unm Prevention Research Center Jan 2015

Game Time, Unm Prevention Research Center

Game Time

Game Time lessons are comprised of 4 parts: Warm-Up, Activity 1, Activity 2, and Cool Down. Game time lessons require teachers to lead games that have rules children must follow. Most Game Time activities require more space than an average classroom provides, so teachers are encouraged to teach Game Time lessons outside or in a large room such as a gymnasium or meeting room.

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Elements That Integrate The World Vision Of The Otomí Tribe: The Trinitarian Within The Otomí Tribes, Luis Perez-Lugo Jan 2015

Elements That Integrate The World Vision Of The Otomí Tribe: The Trinitarian Within The Otomí Tribes, Luis Perez-Lugo

Community Research Education and Academic Retention Initiative

The pretext when approaching this subject is to present new elements that show the otomí world vision based in field data and the revision of what has been written. Mythology and the language itself contributed elements to demonstrate the otomíes are guided by a trinity notion which is present within their universe; it is a new way to approach the indigenous world (above all the otomí tribes) in a scientific manner. This work has the intention of presenting new elements of understanding the vision of the otomí world; the reflections are based on camp dates and specialists, who have written …

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Prevalence Of Child Malnutrition In North Kivu, Drc: Evidence From Bunyuka Parish, Sky Barlow, Zike Chen, Gavin Finnegan, Blaise Pascal Furaha, Brandon Pichanick, Cait Stadler, Julie Swensen, Leslie E. Ruyle, Kishore Gawande Jan 2015

Prevalence Of Child Malnutrition In North Kivu, Drc: Evidence From Bunyuka Parish, Sky Barlow, Zike Chen, Gavin Finnegan, Blaise Pascal Furaha, Brandon Pichanick, Cait Stadler, Julie Swensen, Leslie E. Ruyle, Kishore Gawande

Development Journal of the South

Sub-Saharan Africa is the second most undernourished region in the world, with an estimated 265 million people in 2009. The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has the highest percentage of undernourished people in the region, 75% from 2004 to 2006. The Kivu region in Eastern DRC, in particular, has suffered through decades of conflict and lack of security and infrastructure obstruct data collection in this region. The main contribution of this paper is to present primary survey evidence on the prevalence of malnutrition in the village of Bunyuka in North Kivu. From a sample of over 700 mothers and …

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