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Uap 3430: Catastrophic Leave Program, University Of New Mexico May 2016

Uap 3430: Catastrophic Leave Program, University Of New Mexico

Section 3000: Personnel

Process Owner: Vice President for Human Resources


Abq Free Press, May 18, 2016, Abq Free Press May 2016

Abq Free Press, May 18, 2016, Abq Free Press

ABQ Free Press

No abstract provided.


Women March In 27 States Demanding Action To End Domestic Violence, Femicides, Carlos Navarro May 2016

Women March In 27 States Demanding Action To End Domestic Violence, Femicides, Carlos Navarro

SourceMex

No abstract provided.


Unexpected Accompaniment: Cognitive Mechanisms For Language-Music Mismatch In Time, Hui-Chieh Hsu May 2016

Unexpected Accompaniment: Cognitive Mechanisms For Language-Music Mismatch In Time, Hui-Chieh Hsu

Linguistics ETDs

Extensive research has been carried out for the role played by anticipation in human cognition (Br\xf4ne 2012; Coulson 2005; Huron 2006). Employing the terms 'anticipation' and 'expectation' interchangeably, these studies emphasize only the temporal sequentiality between elements taking place at different points in time, a relation parallel to the progression of time. In modes of communication where simultaneous events are possible, however, there exists a similar but distinct relation between elements simultaneously represented in time. This is expectation, a relation perpendicular to the progression of time. Ubiquitous and indispensable for our understanding of the most ordinary, the relation of expectation …


From The Unexpected To The Unbelievable: Thetics, Miratives And Exclamatives In Conceptual Space, Jose Hugo Garcia Macias May 2016

From The Unexpected To The Unbelievable: Thetics, Miratives And Exclamatives In Conceptual Space, Jose Hugo Garcia Macias

Linguistics ETDs

This study investigates the relationship between three linguistic functions: thetics, miratives and exclamatives. Thetics are an information structure configuration that conveys that the information is new to the addressee. The thetic subtypes selected for this study are the following: existentials (e.g. There are apples in the kitchen); presentatives (e.g. Heres your book); weather statements (e.g. It rains); physical sensation statements (e.g. My HEAD hurts) and hot news (e.g. MIchael JACKson died). Thetics do not perform a predication but present the state of affairs as a whole. Crosslinguistically, they tend to use morphosyntactic strategies that distinguish them from prototypical predications. Similar …


Legacy Mining Metal Exposures Contribute To Circulating Oxidized Low Density Lipoprotein And Serum Inflammatory Potential In A Native Community, Molly E. Harmon May 2016

Legacy Mining Metal Exposures Contribute To Circulating Oxidized Low Density Lipoprotein And Serum Inflammatory Potential In A Native Community, Molly E. Harmon

Biomedical Sciences ETDs

Numerous abandoned uranium mines (AUM) within the Navajo Nation contribute uranium (U), arsenic (As) and other metals to the soil, air and groundwater that continue to pose potential health risks to Navajo residents. The prevalence of inflammatory-related cardiovascular disease (CVD) and type 2 diabetes (T2D) has increased among the Navajo community in recent decades. Environmental exposure to metal contaminants may alter the circulation in ways that are associated with the inflammation-driven process of atherosclerotic plaque formation. Thus, we hypothesize that exposures to AUM metal contaminants are associated with pro-atherogenic changes in the circulation as evidenced by increased low-density lipoprotein (LDL) …


Rauschenberg, Roci, And Cuba's Young Lions, Brett E. Beatty May 2016

Rauschenberg, Roci, And Cuba's Young Lions, Brett E. Beatty

Art & Art History ETDs

During the 1980s Robert Rauschenberg conceived of an art exhibition for which he would travel to different countries and collaboratively create work about the nations he visited. He called the project Rauschenberg Overseas Culture Interchange, or ROCI. He proposed the project as an endeavor to promote peace and understanding by communicating worldly' through art. This research is a case-study of the impact of ROCI at its seventh stop, Havana, Cuba. Following an introduction and a discussion on the mechanics of ROCI, the dissertation moves on to a critical analysis of the ROCI art. The purpose of such an analysis here …


Biomolecular Signatures Of Severe Malarial Anemia, Zachary Shamin Karim May 2016

Biomolecular Signatures Of Severe Malarial Anemia, Zachary Shamin Karim

Biomedical Sciences ETDs

Plasmodium falciparum-associated severe malarial anemia [SMA, hemoglobin (Hb)< 5.0g/dL] is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in African children. Examination of the host immune response and underlying genotypic traits that condition SMA can offer an improved understanding of malaria pathogenesis. Previous investigations have suggested that SMA in high transmission regions is due to impaired erythropoiesis hemolysis and erythrocyte destruction. In the holoendemic transmission region of western Kenya our studies have shown that dyserythropoiesis drives and conditions SMA through poorly understood molecular pathways. Pediatric studies have shown that early erythroid cell populations as well as reticulocyte production is greatly reduced in children with SMA. The driving force of malaria pathogenesis is multifaceted and the mechanisms that promote erythropoietic dysfunction are still being understood. We hypothesize that SMA is conditioned by the immune response through underlying genetic factors that influence erythropoiesis resulting in a exacerbated disease state. To that end the studies described in this manuscript focus on the inflammatory chemokines, monokine induced by gamma (MIG) and interferon gamma-induced protein (IP10) as well as the hemoglobin-coding gene, hemoglobin alpha 2 (HBA2) in the context of SMA and dyserythropoiesis. The first study described herein, identified MIG and IP10 as important mediators associated with SMA. In this study we examined circulating MIG and I10 profiles in non-SMA and SMA children and then genotyped and constructed haplotypes between 5 individual polymorphic variants within the promoter regions for the MIG and IP10 for the entire study cohort (n=1,600). The second study described in this manuscript, utilized a global approach where genome wide association studies as well as whole-genome transcriptomics identified novel molecular pathways between non-SMA and SMA children. These analyses revealed that the expression of the hemoglobin-coding gene, HBA2 is significantly modulated between populations. We then examined these findings closer and genotyped a larger population for 2 promoter variants with the same approach described in the first study. Regression analysis of genotype and haplotype data for both studies revealed significant findings where several variant haplotypes correlated with SMA outcomes and erythropoietic response. Lastly, we used an in vitro model of erythropoiesis to determine if recombinant human MIG and IP10 as well as pediatric study serum (non-SMA and SMA) influence erythroid function. Our results from these studies revealed that pediatric serum from children with SMA influenced cell viability as well as erythroid lineage when we examined cell surface erythroid markers. A similar result was also seen in cell populations that were treated with the inflammatory mediators, MIG, and IP10 which reflected our proposal that serum from children with SMA and inflammatory mediators (MIG and IP10) infringe upon erythroid cell maturation and viability in vivo. Together the results from these studies independently verify the influence of biomolecular markers and mediators on SMA outcomes.


The Lived Experiences Of Counseling Professionals Conducting Suicide Risk Assessments For Youth: A Phenomenological Approach, Christine Abassary May 2016

The Lived Experiences Of Counseling Professionals Conducting Suicide Risk Assessments For Youth: A Phenomenological Approach, Christine Abassary

Individual, Family, and Community Education ETDs

This study explored the lived experiences of counseling professionals conducting suicide risk assessments for youth kindergarten through 12th grade receiving a suicide risk assessment recommendation. A qualitative phenomenological approach was utilized to capture the perceptions of the participants in this study. Fifteen (15) in depth, semi-structured interviews and a focus group with seven (7) returning participants were the primary sources of data for this study. Five (5) themes emerged: Care, Supervisory Relationship, Challenges, Symptoms of Vicarious Trauma and Transcendent Growth Experiences. Implications for the counseling profession may encompass enhanced organizational development, supervision, training and clinical preparation for counseling professionals providing …


Responding To The Storyworld Of The Hunger Games Through A Fan Fiction Fandom, Misty Nichole Horning May 2016

Responding To The Storyworld Of The Hunger Games Through A Fan Fiction Fandom, Misty Nichole Horning

Language, Literacy, and Sociocultural Studies ETDs

Many reader response theorists have researched how readers respond to literature; however, my dissertation addresses the question of what the nature of fan fiction responses is in relation to the storyworld of The Hunger Games, based solely on the responses themselves, independent of the writer. Employing Henry Jenkins's "Ten Ways to Rewrite a Television Show" as a framework for analyzing how these writers enter into the storyworld, I explore fifteen fan fiction stories utilizing a textual analysis methodology. My findings support the argument that these writings are to be valued as tangible examples of what Louise Rosenblatt terms as an …


Critical Discourse Analysis Of Colombian Identities And Humanature In National Geographic Magazine (1903-1952), Mónica Pérez-Marín May 2016

Critical Discourse Analysis Of Colombian Identities And Humanature In National Geographic Magazine (1903-1952), Mónica Pérez-Marín

Communication ETDs

The main purpose of this dissertation is to challenge assumptions of neutrality and objectivity in popular science journalism by investigating how representations of Colombian identities and humanature in National Geographic Magazine between 1903 and 1952 create social knowledge and power in the context of the U.S.-Colombia relations. The investigation is based on the analysis of nine in-depth articles, including 214 pages of written text, 200 photos, and 6 maps. I applied two methods of analysis: critical discourse analysis and visual rhetoric. The discussion of discursive practices, textual structures, and social practices was organized chronologically into three significant periods and related …


Hope As Reclaiming Narrative Agency: The Communication Processes Facilitating Hope At A Community-Based Support Program, Laura L. Burton May 2016

Hope As Reclaiming Narrative Agency: The Communication Processes Facilitating Hope At A Community-Based Support Program, Laura L. Burton

Communication ETDs

This study, using interviews and in situ group observations, explored the communication processes that facilitate the emergence of hope at a community based support program (CBSP). No literature within the communication field focuses on hope and there are no studies that explore the co-construction of hope through communication. Within the extensive studies of hope in other disciplines, the communication lens is absent. Within the literature of wellness, positive and supportive communication, narrative, and mutual aid groups, there are no studies that focus on emergent hope or the communication processes facilitating hope. Hope is widely accepted as critical to life and …


Ecocultural Adjustment: A Peace Corps Sojourn, Melissa Michelle Parks May 2016

Ecocultural Adjustment: A Peace Corps Sojourn, Melissa Michelle Parks

Communication ETDs

This work serves as a case study to extend, expand, and challenge the conventionally anthropocentric framing of cultural adjustment. I examine cultural adjustment through an ecocultural lens, reconceptualizing the process as ecocultural adjustment, which combines both cultural (human-centered) factors with environmental (both human-constructed and greater-than-human) elements in the process of sojourner adaptation. I utilize journal and blog entries along with my own memories through performative autoethnography to explore a 26-month sojourn with the US Peace Corps in Malawi, Africa, as well as the departure, travel, and return to the United States. Over the course of this reflective study, I explore …


Female Gender Role Representation Between 1990 And 2010 In Imported Children's Cartoons And Their Implications For Conservative Yemeni Culture, Fatima Al-Hattami May 2016

Female Gender Role Representation Between 1990 And 2010 In Imported Children's Cartoons And Their Implications For Conservative Yemeni Culture, Fatima Al-Hattami

Communication ETDs

This thesis explores the female gender role representations in imported cartoons across the years 1990 and 2010 and their resonance with the conservative Yemeni Muslim culture. The two selected cartoons are A Little Princess Sara (a Nippon Animation production) and Totally Spies (a Marathon Media production), both of which are imported to the Arab countries, dubbed into the Arabic language, aired on Arab childrens channels and popular among girls. The study is inspired by theories of media and cultural globalization and imperialism, which were developed to explain media policies and flow around the globe. The study also draws on the …


A Cognitive Grammar Analysis Of The Semantics Of The Russian Verbal Prefix Na-, Christopher Hart-Moynihan May 2016

A Cognitive Grammar Analysis Of The Semantics Of The Russian Verbal Prefix Na-, Christopher Hart-Moynihan

Linguistics ETDs

The Russian verbal prefix na- is one of a set of aspectual prefixes that exhibit characteristics of both derivational and inflectional morphemes. In addition to forming aspectual pairs as a grammatical marker of Perfective aspect, na-, in many cases, also carries lexical meaning; in these cases, na-prefixation changes the lexical/semantic meaning of the verbal stem, resulting in a distinct lexical item. I examine a sample of 40 verbs to compare the frequencies of na- as a lexicalized prefix and as a grammaticalized prefix. I then propose a radial category model to account for the polysemous functions of na-, with several …


Right Wing Gains Ground In South America, Andrã©S Gaudã­N Apr 2016

Right Wing Gains Ground In South America, Andrã©S Gaudã­N

NotiSur

No abstract provided.


Applied Science 2016 Los Alamos Self-Study & Documents, University Of New Mexico - Los Alamos Campus Apr 2016

Applied Science 2016 Los Alamos Self-Study & Documents, University Of New Mexico - Los Alamos Campus

UNM Academic Program Review

UNM Los Alamos Applied Science self-study report, review team report, comments from the dean, and response to review report for Spring 2016.


Nursing 2015 Valencia Self-Study & Documents, University Of New Mexico - Valencia County Branch Apr 2016

Nursing 2015 Valencia Self-Study & Documents, University Of New Mexico - Valencia County Branch

UNM Academic Program Review

UNM Valencia Nursing self-study report, review team report, and response to review report for Spring 2016.


Communications 2016 Los Alamos Self-Study & Documents, University Of New Mexico - Los Alamos Campus Apr 2016

Communications 2016 Los Alamos Self-Study & Documents, University Of New Mexico - Los Alamos Campus

UNM Academic Program Review

UNM Los Alamos Communications self-study report, review team report, comments from the dean, and response to review report for Spring 2016.


Psychology 2016 Apr Self-Study & Documents, University Of New Mexico Apr 2016

Psychology 2016 Apr Self-Study & Documents, University Of New Mexico

UNM Academic Program Review

UNM Psychology APR self-study report, review team report, response report, and initial action plan for Spring 2016, fulfilling requirements of the Higher Learning Commission.


Mathematics & Engineering 2016 Los Alamos Self-Study & Documents, University Of New Mexico - Los Alamos Campus Apr 2016

Mathematics & Engineering 2016 Los Alamos Self-Study & Documents, University Of New Mexico - Los Alamos Campus

UNM Academic Program Review

UNM Los Alamos Mathematics & Engineering self-study report, review team report, comments from the dean, and response to review report for Spring 2016.


General Studies 2016 Los Alamos Self-Study & Documents, University Of New Mexico - Los Alamos Campus Apr 2016

General Studies 2016 Los Alamos Self-Study & Documents, University Of New Mexico - Los Alamos Campus

UNM Academic Program Review

UNM Los Alamos General Studies self-study report, review team report, comments from the dean, and response to review report for Spring 2016.


Advancing The Knowledge Of Organic Farming Data In New Mexico: Health And Injury Surveillance Systems, Virginia Sedore Apr 2016

Advancing The Knowledge Of Organic Farming Data In New Mexico: Health And Injury Surveillance Systems, Virginia Sedore

Population Health

While the concept and practice of organic farming has been around since the mid-1800s, there is little data currently being collected on injury, illness, or fatality within the organic farming population, leaving the health risks unknown. This paper intends to look at the surveillance systems currently in place to collect injury and illness data as it relates to organic farmers, and in particular, the New Mexico organic farmer. Evaluations of the current surveillance systems were conducted, and organic farmer demographics were analyzed using rate ratio comparisons of United States(U.S.), Texas, and New Mexico. The results show that the current surveillance …


Child’S Death In Paraguay Spotlights Child Labor Problem, Andrã©S Gaudã­N Apr 2016

Child’S Death In Paraguay Spotlights Child Labor Problem, Andrã©S Gaudã­N

NotiSur

No abstract provided.


Full Issue, New Mexico Historical Review Apr 2016

Full Issue, New Mexico Historical Review

New Mexico Historical Review

No abstract provided.


Sophie Aberle Among The Pueblos, Stephen J. Kunitz Apr 2016

Sophie Aberle Among The Pueblos, Stephen J. Kunitz

New Mexico Historical Review

No abstract provided.


Lessons In Americanization: Educational Attainment And Internal Colonialism In Albuquerque Public Schools, 1879–1942, Carlos Francisco Parra Apr 2016

Lessons In Americanization: Educational Attainment And Internal Colonialism In Albuquerque Public Schools, 1879–1942, Carlos Francisco Parra

New Mexico Historical Review

No abstract provided.


Fine Arts 2016 Los Alamos Self-Study & Documents, University Of New Mexico - Los Alamos Campus Apr 2016

Fine Arts 2016 Los Alamos Self-Study & Documents, University Of New Mexico - Los Alamos Campus

UNM Academic Program Review

UNM Los Alamos Fine Arts self-study report, review team report, comments from the dean, and response to review report for Spring 2016.


The Neural Representation Of Concepts At The Sensor Level, Michael John Healy, Thoms Preston Caudell Mar 2016

The Neural Representation Of Concepts At The Sensor Level, Michael John Healy, Thoms Preston Caudell

Electrical & Computer Engineering Technical Reports

This report presents a mathematical model of the semantics, or meaning, of the connec-tionist structure and stimulus activity of a neural network, whether artificial or biologi-cal. The mathematical model associates concepts about sensed objects with the neuron-like nodes in a neural network and composable concept relationships with the connec-tion pathways in the network. Category-theoretic constructs, specifically colimits, limits, and functors, organize the concept structure and map it to a formal neural network in a structure-preserving manner. Starting with a simple example of a neural vision system, we show that this mathematical model of neural network structure and activity can be …


Car-Hire Company Uber Under Fire In Uruguay, Andrã©S Gaudã­N Mar 2016

Car-Hire Company Uber Under Fire In Uruguay, Andrã©S Gaudã­N

NotiSur

No abstract provided.