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Issue No. 96: July 2013, Historical Society Of New Mexico Jul 2013

Issue No. 96: July 2013, Historical Society Of New Mexico

La Crónica de Nuevo México

1 Las Cruces Inundated by Flash Flooding, September 1875
1 "The Chosen People"
2 Membership Benefits Historical Society of New Mexico
3 Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge
4 New Mexico Boys State 1953
4 Longtime Curator Receives State Award
4 Book Review, New Mexico Art through Time: Prehistory to the Present
4 In Memoriam
5 2013 Historical Society of New Mexico Awards Ceremony Held on Saturday, April 20, Las Cruces Convention Center
5 Arizona History Convention 2013 Awards Ceremony Held on Saturday, April 20, Las Cruces Convention Center
7 Sunnyslope, Arizona, Images of America Series
7 About the Author …

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Scaling Of Crop Diversity And Optimal Allocation Of Foodshed Infrastructure, Michael Chang Jul 2013

Scaling Of Crop Diversity And Optimal Allocation Of Foodshed Infrastructure, Michael Chang

Biology ETDs

Food hubs are organizations that manage the aggregation and distribution of local products, and are a small, but growing means to satisfy high demand for diverse, healthy diets. However, economic barriers inhibit small producers and distributors from developing mainstream, local consumer alternatives to industrial-scale products. To build foodshed, distribution hubs could help overcome these challenges by reducing costs through shared refrigeration, processing, and transportation infrastructure. However, there is no theory to help plan them. I present and test theory to allocate foodshed infrastructure based on insight by Dunn, et al. (2011) that Shannon diversity measured relative to a whole set …

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Sympatric Speciation Is Reinforced By Predation, Parasite Load, Reproductive Character Displacement, And Sexual Selection In Two Species Flocks Of Pupfish (Cyprinodon Spp), Rhiannon J. D. West Jul 2013

Sympatric Speciation Is Reinforced By Predation, Parasite Load, Reproductive Character Displacement, And Sexual Selection In Two Species Flocks Of Pupfish (Cyprinodon Spp), Rhiannon J. D. West

Biology ETDs

Sympatric speciation, the divergence of one lineage into two or more lineages within one geographic range, is often driven by disruptive selection on niche utilization. While niche specialization is found in sympatrically speciated groups, it is often reinforced by other strong selective pressure. This dissertation examines the role of predation, morphology, mate choice, and parasite load in maintaining reproductive isolation in two sympatrically speciated species flocks of pupfish (Cyprinodon). The role that predation, morphology and male and female mate choice play in reproductive isolation is examined in the Bahamian species flock. To examine the role of predation, we focus on …

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So You Want To Do Research: We Can Fix That, Timothy Petersen Jul 2013

So You Want To Do Research: We Can Fix That, Timothy Petersen

Anesthesiology Research and Scholarship

Presentation for medical residents about the goals/methods of scientific research, resources available, and regulatory considerations

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Changing Hearts And Minds: The Politics Of Sentimentality And The Cultural Production Of The Gay Family In New Mexico's Same-Sex Marriage Debate, Lavinia Magdalena Nicolae Jul 2013

Changing Hearts And Minds: The Politics Of Sentimentality And The Cultural Production Of The Gay Family In New Mexico's Same-Sex Marriage Debate, Lavinia Magdalena Nicolae

Anthropology ETDs

Starting in February 2004, in the aftermath of San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsoms authorization of city clerks to issue marriage licenses to gay and lesbian couples, same-sex marriage and LGBT families moved to the center of American politics. In the same month New Mexico succeeded in making its own mark on the national debate over same-sex marriage as Victoria Dunlap, the Sandoval County clerk, issued marriage licenses to gay and lesbian couples. The resulting sixty-four same-sex marriages incited New Mexico gay and lesbian activism around the issue of marriage and launched civil rights and moral debates that dominated the New …

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Colombia's Peace Process Makes Significant Headway, Andrã©S Gaudã­N Jun 2013

Colombia's Peace Process Makes Significant Headway, Andrã©S Gaudã­N

NotiSur

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The Rebirth Of Catholic Collective Action In Central America: A New Model Of Church-Based Political Participation, Stacy Keogh, Richard L. Wood Jun 2013

The Rebirth Of Catholic Collective Action In Central America: A New Model Of Church-Based Political Participation, Stacy Keogh, Richard L. Wood

Sociology Faculty and Staff Publications

We analyze a new effort at collective political mobilization, sponsored by the Catholic Church in Central America following the demobilization of church-linked liberationist movements since the early 1990s. The current effort strives to re-project social Catholicism into the public arena by drawing on traditional Catholic structures, the cultural legacy of liberationist Catholicism, and a model of democratic organizing promoted by the PICO National Network in the United States. Drawing primarily on ethnographic and interview data, we explain the initial success of the effort in the light of the literature on resource mobilization, mobilizing structures, and the cultural dynamics of social …

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Despite Elite's Opposition, Kirchnerismo Still Has Wide Popular Support In Argentina, Andrã©S Gaudã­N May 2013

Despite Elite's Opposition, Kirchnerismo Still Has Wide Popular Support In Argentina, Andrã©S Gaudã­N

NotiSur

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El Centro Strategic Plan 2012-17, El Centro De La Raza May 2013

El Centro Strategic Plan 2012-17, El Centro De La Raza

El Centro Collective Impact and Outlook Reports

The rationale for the El Centros strategic plan is to be able to meet the challenges set forth by the President under the UNM2020 vision, as well as to set an strategic direction that will incorporate the challenges that the population of students we serve is undergoing. El Centro's Strategic Plan provides for greater involvement in retention, graduation and outreach. It also incorporates the connection that El Centro has with the communities from where UNM Raza and Latino students come from. El Centro is, and has been, essential for the overall goal of retaining UNM Raza/Latino students through the strengthening …

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Lessons On Terrorism And "Mistaken Identity" From Oak Creek, With A Coda On The Boston Marathon Bombings, Dawinder S. Sidhu May 2013

Lessons On Terrorism And "Mistaken Identity" From Oak Creek, With A Coda On The Boston Marathon Bombings, Dawinder S. Sidhu

Faculty Scholarship

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Narrative Medicine And Traditional Medical Interviewing Approaches In Women With Breast Cancer, Wendy L. Hine May 2013

Narrative Medicine And Traditional Medical Interviewing Approaches In Women With Breast Cancer, Wendy L. Hine

Communication ETDs

Interactions between early-stage breast cancer patients and their medical providers were analyzed, focusing on the content of the medical encounter and the patients' subsequent recall of that information. Traditional biomedical interviewing, narrative medicine approaches, and emerging types of dialogue were coded within these encounters. Observations of patient-provider interactions, structured and semi-structured patient interviews, and document analysis enriched this investigation. No "pure type" of patient-provider interaction was found. In order to relate the complex information about diagnoses and treatment options to women with breast cancer, narrative interactions included considerable biomedical information. Similarly, biomedical interactions often included narrative elements. A continuum was …

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Trust As An Ethical Construct In Community Based Participatory Research Partnerships., Julie Ermalinda Lucero May 2013

Trust As An Ethical Construct In Community Based Participatory Research Partnerships., Julie Ermalinda Lucero

Communication ETDs

This study addressed the lack of attention to trust in Community Based Participatory Research (CBPR) partnerships. CBPR is a promising research orientation to reduce health inequities in communities of color. This research orientation has been deemed an ethical and trust building approach to health research. However, this claim has not been empirically investigated. Specifically this investigation explored trust development as a process of ethical communication. Trust is important to all relationships and more attention to how trust develops is needed. In research relationships mistrust, which impacts CBPR, stems from historic events and institutional histories of collaboration. Trust and mistrust can …

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Social Networking Sites: Social Support, Motivation, And Influences On Chinese International Students' Intercultural Communication Competence, Zhibin Hong May 2013

Social Networking Sites: Social Support, Motivation, And Influences On Chinese International Students' Intercultural Communication Competence, Zhibin Hong

Communication ETDs

The purposes of this study were 1) to examine the status quo and differences in intercultural communication competence and social networking sites use motivation between Chinese international students and U.S. students, 2) to explore the relationship between social networking sites use motivation and intercultural communication, 3) to understand the factors comprising intercultural communication competence, and 4) to develop a model to predict intercultural communication competence. Quantitative survey research was conducted to address these research objectives. The survey research showed that compared with U.S. students, Chinese international students differ in social networking sites use time, frequency, and certain patterns. Also, Chinese …

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A Program Of Attraction Rather Than Promotion: Encouraging Newcomers To Keep Coming Back, Miwa Kimura May 2013

A Program Of Attraction Rather Than Promotion: Encouraging Newcomers To Keep Coming Back, Miwa Kimura

Communication ETDs

Studies regarding persuasion in Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) have addressed what potentially increases newcomers early engagement with AA. This research regarding what seems persuasive to newcomers, however, reports researchers' rather than newcomers' perspective and standpoints. AA-related research from various fields suggests that AA is an effectiveness path for treating alcoholism, which untreated can have deadly outcomes. Understanding how early interactions and initial messages in AA persuade newly sober people to continue attending meetings may provide life-saving information to counseling staff, allied professionals, and members of AA. Given the importance of new-member persuasion to long-term recovery, this thesis explores newcomers' early experience …

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Life History And Morphometric Variation Of Gambusia Nobilis At Bitter Lake National Wildlife Refuge, Alyssa Renee Hopkins May 2013

Life History And Morphometric Variation Of Gambusia Nobilis At Bitter Lake National Wildlife Refuge, Alyssa Renee Hopkins

Biology ETDs

The Pecos Gambusia, Gambusia nobilis, is an endangered, live bearing fish inhabiting sinkholes in a restricted range of the Pecos River Watershed in New Mexico and Texas. The sink holes at Bitter Lake National Wildlife Refuge (BLNWR), Roswell, NM create isolated habitats with varying ecological conditions (habitat size, community composition, dissolved oxygen, salinity and pH). This ecological variation imposes unique selective pressures that may shape differences in life history characteristics and morphology between populations. The goals of this research were to characterize seasonal and population variation in 1) life history characteristics, 2) embryo development patterns, 3) morphology and 4) explore …

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Major Stumbling Block To Improving Security In Honduras, Cleaning Out Police, Difficult At Best, George Rodrã­Guez Apr 2013

Major Stumbling Block To Improving Security In Honduras, Cleaning Out Police, Difficult At Best, George Rodrã­Guez

NotiCen

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Educational Psychology 2013 Apr Self-Study & Documents, University Of New Mexico Apr 2013

Educational Psychology 2013 Apr Self-Study & Documents, University Of New Mexico

UNM Academic Program Review

UNM Educational Psychology APR self-study report, review team report, response to review report, and initial action plan for Spring 2013, fulfilling requirements of the Higher Learning Commission.

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Deposition Of Annette Klimka 2013, Catholic Church. Archdiocese Of Santa Fe (N.M.) Mar 2013

Deposition Of Annette Klimka 2013, Catholic Church. Archdiocese Of Santa Fe (N.M.)

Depositions

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Deposition Of Sarah Brennan, Hall & Monagle, Llc Mar 2013

Deposition Of Sarah Brennan, Hall & Monagle, Llc

Expert Depositions

No abstract provided.

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President's Weekly Perspective, 3/4/2013, Robert G. Frank Mar 2013

President's Weekly Perspective, 3/4/2013, Robert G. Frank

President Frank's Administration

Earlier this year, Moodys released a report, titled U.S. Higher Education Outlook Negative in 2013, in which it is stated that the senior leadership teams of universities need to be able to 'produce competitive strategies, transparent policies, and effective oversight as well as decisive action on important subjects or in times of crisis.' Competitive, transparent, effective, decisive\u2026a powerful combination of variables that drive success in an administration tuned to the processes they must routinely monitor to lead a complex university. This week I would like to focus on the latter, being decisive, as being critical to changing that outlook on …

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Peruvian Women Say No To Violence Against Women, Elsa Chanduvã­ Jaã±A Mar 2013

Peruvian Women Say No To Violence Against Women, Elsa Chanduvã­ Jaã±A

NotiSur

No abstract provided.

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Nicaragua’S Eight-Month-Old Femicide Law Slow To Deliver Results, Benjamin Witte-Lebhar Feb 2013

Nicaragua’S Eight-Month-Old Femicide Law Slow To Deliver Results, Benjamin Witte-Lebhar

NotiCen

No abstract provided.

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Gpsa Council Meeting, 2/23/2013, Graduate And Professional Student Association Feb 2013

Gpsa Council Meeting, 2/23/2013, Graduate And Professional Student Association

GPSA Meeting Agendas and Minutes

No abstract provided.

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Mentoring Unfolded: The Evolution Of An Emerging Discipline, Nora Dominguez Jan 2013

Mentoring Unfolded: The Evolution Of An Emerging Discipline, Nora Dominguez

Organization, Information and Learning Sciences ETDs

The purpose of this study was to outline the development of mentoring in the fields of business, education, and psychology over the past three decades. With the aim of revealing an organized framework of the theory and practice of adult mentoring in academic and workplace contexts, a systematic review of 25 books and 80 articles published in peer-reviewed journals between 1978 and 2012 was analyzed using two methodological approaches: qualitative meta-summary and qualitative meta-synthesis. Through the analysis of published literature, this study provides a taxonomy of evidence-based mentoring best practices for the creation and maintenance of exemplary formal adult mentoring …

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A Preliminary Exploration Of The Relationship Between Gray And White Matter Neurometabolites, Neuropsychological Function, And Functional Impairment In Young Adults With Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Erica Quinn Montague Jan 2013

A Preliminary Exploration Of The Relationship Between Gray And White Matter Neurometabolites, Neuropsychological Function, And Functional Impairment In Young Adults With Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Erica Quinn Montague

Psychology ETDs

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) has gained acceptance as a neurobiological disorder, supported by a growing body of literature that documents differences in brain structure and function in individuals diagnosed with ADHD. There is growing interest in exploring patterns of neurometabolite concentrations through the methods of proton spectroscopy (1H-MRS). Previous studies have employed single voxel techniques, examining neurometabolite concentrations in small, localized regions of brain tissue. This study is the first to employ Spectroscopic Imaging (SI), which allows for acquisition of neurometabolite spectra from a larger sample of brain tissue, in the cerebral cortex of individuals diagnosed with ADHD. Nine …

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Topological Dynamics Of Spike-Timing Dependent Plastic Neural Networks, David Stone Jan 2013

Topological Dynamics Of Spike-Timing Dependent Plastic Neural Networks, David Stone

Psychology ETDs

The effects of continual spike-timing dependent plasticity (STDP) on the topology of evolving neural networks were assessed. After a period of stabilization, a number of topological features were monitored periodically throughout simulations of network activity to quantify changes in network structure. Under a range of different input regimes and initial network configurations, each network maintained a robust and highly stable global structure. At the same time, a substantial set of small three-neuron subgraphs (triads) continued to undergo an array of changes and revealed a dynamic local topology. These findings suggest that on-going STDP provides an efficient means of selecting and …

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Knowledge, Attitudes, And Beliefs Regarding Cervical Cancer And Screening And Perceived Barriers To Cervical Cancer Screening Programs Among Thai Immigrant Women Living In Germany, Unchalee Ice Jan 2013

Knowledge, Attitudes, And Beliefs Regarding Cervical Cancer And Screening And Perceived Barriers To Cervical Cancer Screening Programs Among Thai Immigrant Women Living In Germany, Unchalee Ice

Nursing ETDs

Since the introduction of national cervical cancer screening in the 1960s, the mortality rates for cervical cancer have decreased significantly in most Western European nations. The countries of the European Union (EU) employ both opportunistic and organized screening programs for cervical cancer using Papanicolaou (Pap) smears as the method of screening. However, data from 2000 showed that Germany, an EU member, had a considerably higher incidence of cervical cancer mortality than did the EU. Study findings in the United States, Australia, and Thailand indicated that participation of Thai women was suboptimal. The extent to which those findings apply to Thai …

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Exploring The Phenomenon Of Self-Mutilation Among Adult Males In A Correctional Setting: A Quantitative And Qualitative Inquiry, Yolanda Morales Jan 2013

Exploring The Phenomenon Of Self-Mutilation Among Adult Males In A Correctional Setting: A Quantitative And Qualitative Inquiry, Yolanda Morales

Nursing ETDs

The overall aim of this mixed method inquiry was to increase understanding of self-mutilation by adult males in a correctional setting. This study explored the self-mutilating attributes such as type and motivational factors, to identify factors associated with self-mutilation among adult males in a correctional setting. Self-mutilation has classically been associated with adolescents and females; however, behind the walls of many correctional institutions, adult males are engaging in self-mutilating behavior. Self-mutilation by this population can have serious health consequences, impact the safety of the institution, and also have fiscal consequences. While this remains a serious forensic issue, there is a …

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Career Decision Self-Efficacy Of Pre-Service Teachers, Lori Miller Jan 2013

Career Decision Self-Efficacy Of Pre-Service Teachers, Lori Miller

Individual, Family, and Community Education ETDs

This study investigated the level of confidence that pre-service teachers have in regards to Career Decision Self-Efficacy. Career Decision Self-Efficacy is a persons belief and personal judgment of one's capability to perform career decision-making and career development tasks. The goal of this study was to discover the Career Decision Self-Efficacy needs of the pre-service teacher population in order to identify possible interventions. A demographic questionnaire and the Career Decision Self-Efficacy Scale (CDSE) consisting of Total Score, and five subscales: Self-Appraisal, Occupational Information, Goal Selection, Planning, and Problem Solving were used to assess 195 students in two junior level college classes …

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Japanese Public Middle School Teachers Perceptions Of Japanese As Second Language (Jsl) Learners: Dynamics Of Racialization, Kelly King Jan 2013

Japanese Public Middle School Teachers Perceptions Of Japanese As Second Language (Jsl) Learners: Dynamics Of Racialization, Kelly King

Language, Literacy, and Sociocultural Studies ETDs

The purpose of this study has been to apply the lens of Critical Race Theory (CRT) as a means for understanding how Japanese as second language (JSL) learners are racialized in Japanese public schools and the degree to which Japanese public middle school teachers support or interrupt these processes. The approach taken in this study was qualitative; data was collected between December 2008 and September 2009. The data includes an initial survey to middle school teachers, two semi-structured interviews with 16 middle schools teachers, participant-observations in JSL and other subject area classes at four schools— a total of twenty eight …

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