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Autism Spectrum Disorders (Asd): Knowledge, Teaching Skills, Preparation, And Needed Knowledge Of Saudi Arabian Special Educators To Meet The Needs Of Their Students With Asd, Suliman Saleh Alothaim Nov 2017

Autism Spectrum Disorders (Asd): Knowledge, Teaching Skills, Preparation, And Needed Knowledge Of Saudi Arabian Special Educators To Meet The Needs Of Their Students With Asd, Suliman Saleh Alothaim

Special Education ETDs

The Saudi government pays much attention to improving the quality of teachers who teach students with disabilities, including those identified with ASD. The purpose of this study was to explore the beliefs and perceptions of teachers of students with ASD in Al Qassim about their knowledge, teaching skills, and preparation to teach students with ASD. This study addressed two questions. The first question was what teachers in Al Qassim believe they know about ASD and how to teach students with ASD. The second was what teachers of students with ASD believe they need to be successful teachers of students with …

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Proposed Method For Measuring The Let Of Radiotherapeutic Particle Beams, Stephen D. Bello Nov 2017

Proposed Method For Measuring The Let Of Radiotherapeutic Particle Beams, Stephen D. Bello

Physics & Astronomy ETDs

The Bragg peak geometry of the depth dose distributions for hadrons allows for precise and effective dose delivery to tumors while sparing neighboring healthy tissue. Further, compared against other forms of radiotherapeutic treatments, such as electron beam therapy (EBT) or photons (x and \(\gamma\)-rays), hadrons create denser ionization events along the particle track, which induces irreparable damage to DNA, and thus are more effective at inactivating cancerous cells. The measurement of radiation's ability to inactivate cellular reproduction is the relative biological effectiveness (RBE). A quality related to the RBE that is a measurable physical property is the linear energy transfer …

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Volume 1, Issue 1 Full Issue Nov 2017

Volume 1, Issue 1 Full Issue

Intersections: Critical Issues in Education

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Arresting Narratives: Incommensurability, Policing, And Settler Security, Darcy H. Brazen Nov 2017

Arresting Narratives: Incommensurability, Policing, And Settler Security, Darcy H. Brazen

American Studies ETDs

Settler colonialism is interrogated through the practice of arrest. Case studies of arrests at Standing Rock validate the historical salience of settler colonialism as a structure enabling Indigenous elimination and settler replacement that is dependent upon arrest to maintain and enhance settler lives and the settler project through unfettered access to Native land and resources for capital accumulation. Arrest is analyzed in relationship to statehood initiatives, the procuring of settler security, frontier feminism, and road signage in the masculine zones of travel in 1930s North Dakota. Contemporaneous reports from Standing Rock, the memoirs of Elaine Goodale Eastman and newspaper articles …

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Suppurative Complications Of Acute Hematogenous Osteomyelitis In Children, Jennifer J. Johnston, Cristina Murray-Krezan, Walter N. Dehority Nov 2017

Suppurative Complications Of Acute Hematogenous Osteomyelitis In Children, Jennifer J. Johnston, Cristina Murray-Krezan, Walter N. Dehority

Pediatrics Research and Scholarship

We carried out a case-control study in children with acute hematogenous osteomyelitis (AHO) with and without suppurative complications discharged from our institution over an 11-year period to test the hypothesis that abscess formation was associated with a delayed presentation to care. Of 102 children with AHO, 54 abscesses were documented in 46 patients (25 bone, 29 muscle). A delay in presentation was not associated with abscess formation (6.5 vs. 5.0 days, P=0.26). Overall, 78% of all bone abscesses were visible on initial MRI. Consistent use of MRI at presentation may identify children with suppurative complications of AHO.

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Incorporation Of Catalytic Modalities For Forming Of A Catalytic Cascade, Albert T. Perry Iii Nov 2017

Incorporation Of Catalytic Modalities For Forming Of A Catalytic Cascade, Albert T. Perry Iii

Nanoscience and Microsystems ETDs

This dissertation investigates the novel incorporation of inorganic and enzymatic catalysts. There is little literature on inorganic catalysts operating at biologically relevant pHs and as such a significant amount of this dissertation focuses on determination of catalyst activity. Mn amino-anitpyrene (MnAAPyr), Pt, Pt alloys, Mn-N-C and Pd catalysts on 3D graphene supports(3D-GNS), were explored for activity towards glycerol intermediates: oxalic acid, mesoxalic acid, glyoxalic acid, and formic acid. MnAAPyr was designed to mimic the reaction center of oxalate decarboxylase and oxalate oxidaze, the natural catalyst towards oxalic acid. It showed high activity towards oxalic acid, with onset potentials of 0.714±0.002V …

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Investigation Of Physical And Chemical Characteristics Of Soils From High, Moderate, Low And Unburned Severity Areas Following The 2011 Las Conchas Fire, Amanda A. Otieno Nov 2017

Investigation Of Physical And Chemical Characteristics Of Soils From High, Moderate, Low And Unburned Severity Areas Following The 2011 Las Conchas Fire, Amanda A. Otieno

Water Resources Professional Project Reports

Soils play an essential role in ecosystem health as they are the medium for terrestrial and aquatic life. Soils can be drastically altered by wildfire as seen in the Jemez River watershed following the 2011 Las Conchas fire which burned over 31,800 acres. The aim of this research is twofold: 1) to characterize the effects of fire on the cation and anion composition in soil by burn severity following the 2011 Las Conchas wildfire and 2) to assess the leaching capacity of nitrate (NO3-), phosphate (PO43-), sulfate (SO42-), aluminum …

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Deep Understandings And Thick Descriptions: Tackling Questions About Race, Gertrude Tinker Sachs, Rachel Grant, Shelley Wong Oct 2017

Deep Understandings And Thick Descriptions: Tackling Questions About Race, Gertrude Tinker Sachs, Rachel Grant, Shelley Wong

Intersections: Critical Issues in Education

In this article, three professors of color speak out in response to the continuation of White police killings of Black people in the United States. We contend that there is a strong need for everyone, professors and educators in particular, to be proactive in confronting racism by tackling not avoiding, difficult questions and conversations. We propose that through the enactment of deep understandings and thick descriptions in our classrooms at all levels we may encourage a critical humanitarian response to the challenges of not knowing the diverse “Other.” We present real experiences from our teaching to illustrate the kinds of …

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Bodies Of Water: Politics, Ethics, And Relationships Along New Mexico's Acequias, Elise Trott Oct 2017

Bodies Of Water: Politics, Ethics, And Relationships Along New Mexico's Acequias, Elise Trott

Anthropology ETDs

Growing public attention to global economic and environmental instability and collapse have brought new urgency to a classic activity of anthropology: looking for alternative economic and environmental models in other ways of life. This dissertation is a case study of the complex and sometimes contradictory ways in which New Mexico’s acequias (communally-managed irrigation ditches) are produced, experienced, and contested as an alternative form of living, creating community, and relating ethically to the environment. Drawing on over six years of participant observation and in-depth interviews with Nuevomexicano (Spanish- and Mexican-descendant), indigenous, and non-indigenous acequia users and organizers in North-Central New Mexico …

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A Socio-Ecological Analysis Of Childhood Obesity And School Nutrition Policies And Practices In Select Elementary And Middle Schools On The Navajo Reservation, Regina S. Eddie Oct 2017

A Socio-Ecological Analysis Of Childhood Obesity And School Nutrition Policies And Practices In Select Elementary And Middle Schools On The Navajo Reservation, Regina S. Eddie

Nursing ETDs

Navajo and other American Indian children are most affected by overweight and obesity in comparison to their US counterparts, and schools have become a focal setting for prevention interventions. The study applied an ecological and a cultural framework to analyze the various factors that influence the food choices available to students and the impact of these choices on childhood obesity. The overall purpose of this descriptive study was to examine and describe how schools that participate in the National School Lunch Program (NSLP) are contributing to the diets of Navajo students since the passage of the Healthy Hunger Free Kids …

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Marine Reserves Announced For Rapa Nui And Other Chilean Islands, Benjamin Witte-Lebhar Oct 2017

Marine Reserves Announced For Rapa Nui And Other Chilean Islands, Benjamin Witte-Lebhar

NotiSur

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Environmental Scan Volume 1, Garrett E. Morgan, Caroline M. Snyder, Rebecca F. Noftsinger, Joshua K. Noda Oct 2017

Environmental Scan Volume 1, Garrett E. Morgan, Caroline M. Snyder, Rebecca F. Noftsinger, Joshua K. Noda

Project ECHO Bibliography

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Elementary Education 2017 Los Alamos Self-Study & Documents, University Of New Mexico - Los Alamos Campus Oct 2017

Elementary Education 2017 Los Alamos Self-Study & Documents, University Of New Mexico - Los Alamos Campus

UNM Academic Program Review

UNM Los Alamos Elementary Education self-study report, comments from the dean, and response to review report for Fall 2017.

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Mph Principles Of Public Health: Fall 2017 Syllabus, Nina Wallerstein, Jonathan Eldredge, Anthony Fleg Oct 2017

Mph Principles Of Public Health: Fall 2017 Syllabus, Nina Wallerstein, Jonathan Eldredge, Anthony Fleg

Principles of Public Health 2010-2017

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Diatom Communities Of Travertine-Precipitating Springs On A Gradient Of Anthropogenic Disturbance In The Sandia Mountains, New Mexico, Kathryn E. Mendoza Oct 2017

Diatom Communities Of Travertine-Precipitating Springs On A Gradient Of Anthropogenic Disturbance In The Sandia Mountains, New Mexico, Kathryn E. Mendoza

Water Resources Professional Project Reports

Carbonate-rich waters of travertine-precipitating springs facilitate unique physiochemical environments that support distinct diatom species assemblages adapted to the environmental stress of constant carbonate precipitation. Diatom communities in spring systems may be further limited by the impacts of historical and ongoing anthropogenic disturbance, which includes recreational activity and hydrologic modification of springs using spring boxes and wells. This study focused on impacts of water chemistry and anthropogenic disturbance on diatom assemblages found in travertine-precipitating springs. Data were collected in the fall of 2016 and spring of 2017 at eight spring sites, including six known to precipitate travertine, in the Sandia Mountains …

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Mathematical Modeling For Predicting Chemotherapy And Nanoparticle Treatment Efficacy In Breast Cancer, Terisse Arielle Brocato Oct 2017

Mathematical Modeling For Predicting Chemotherapy And Nanoparticle Treatment Efficacy In Breast Cancer, Terisse Arielle Brocato

Biomedical Engineering ETDs

Breast cancer treatment response varies by subtype, treatment regiment, and additionally by vasculature characteristics. For this reason, breast cancer is a model disease for the development of both targeted therapy and prognostic and predictive biomarkers. Mathematical modeling allows for personalized patient specific prediction of treatment outcome based on parameters found to be important to the cancer type. Mathematical modeling is beneficial in providing insight into why cancer treatment fails and in what cases, additionally determining what characteristics result in a successful treatment. Presented in Chapter 1 is a scientific introduction and discussion focusing on representative modeling works specified towards breast …

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Exploring Biological Heterogeneity And Its Consequences At Tissue And Cellular Scales Through Mathematical And Computational Modeling, Romica Kerketta Sep 2017

Exploring Biological Heterogeneity And Its Consequences At Tissue And Cellular Scales Through Mathematical And Computational Modeling, Romica Kerketta

Biomedical Sciences ETDs

This dissertation explores the effects of heterogeneity across different biological scales in cancer as well as normal cells. At the tissue scale, we investigated the variability present in the tumor microenvironment and its effect on patient chemotherapeutic outcomes using a mathematical model of drug transport. We found that parameters such as tumor blood perfusion and radius of blood vessel had an impact on the tumor cytotoxicity. This indicated that the physical microenvironment of the tumor is an important regulator of the tumor response to chemotherapy. At the cellular scale, we investigated the heterogeneity present on the membrane landscape of ErbB2 …

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Stem Gateway Peer Learning Facilitators Professional Development Curriculum, Janeth Pena Sep 2017

Stem Gateway Peer Learning Facilitators Professional Development Curriculum, Janeth Pena

STEM Gateway

The learning object is a collection of professional development presentations and resources for guiding staff and faculty in training and implementing a Peer Learning Facilitators program, as developed by the STEM Gateway Program, intended for use within an Active Learning classroom environment. The materials were designed and implemented during the University of New Mexico STEM Gateway Project, funded by the U.S. Department of Education Title V program during 2012-2016.

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Photography And Catalogue Of Cutaneous Vascular Malformations Of Patients With Ccm1-Chm Cerebral Cavernous Malformations, Athanasios K. Manole Sep 2017

Photography And Catalogue Of Cutaneous Vascular Malformations Of Patients With Ccm1-Chm Cerebral Cavernous Malformations, Athanasios K. Manole

Biomedical Sciences ETDs

Due to a genetic mutation, a rare and potentially fatal disease has spread throughout New Mexico. This disease, Familial Cerebral Cavernous Malformation (FCCM1-CHM), is due to a mutation that affects peoples of Hispanic heritage in New Mexico. The FCCM disease is characterized by the development of dilated, thin walled, leaky vessels that occur in the brain and spinal cord. As a result of this genetic mutation, the lesions in the blood vessels of the brain and spinal cord are highly susceptible to hemorrhaging into surrounding tissue. This can lead to headaches, seizure, and possibly death. Researchers at the University of …

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The Past In The Present: Federal Implementation Of The Native American Graves Protection And Repatriation Act, Erin J. Hudson Aug 2017

The Past In The Present: Federal Implementation Of The Native American Graves Protection And Repatriation Act, Erin J. Hudson

Anthropology ETDs

This dissertation examines the implementation of the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act by federal agencies. Specifically, it examines the processes that archaeologists, working in different geographic regions and for different federal agencies, use to complete NAGPRA actions and determine cultural affiliation. A total of nine case studies from two regions (US Southwest and Pacific Northwest) and three federal agencies (USDA Forest Service, National Park Service, and US Army Corps of Engineer) were used to document the complete NAGPRA process as it occurs in real situations, to identify the processes and lines of evidence used to complete those actions, …

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Wagon Tracks. Volume 6, Issue 1 (November, 1991), Santa Fe Trail Association Aug 2017

Wagon Tracks. Volume 6, Issue 1 (November, 1991), Santa Fe Trail Association

Wagon Tracks

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Costa Rica’S Trans Population Wants Right To Choose Names, George Rodrã­Guez Aug 2017

Costa Rica’S Trans Population Wants Right To Choose Names, George Rodrã­Guez

NotiCen

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Wagon Tracks. Volume 13, Issue 3 (May, 1999), Santa Fe Trail Association Aug 2017

Wagon Tracks. Volume 13, Issue 3 (May, 1999), Santa Fe Trail Association

Wagon Tracks

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Wagon Tracks. Volume 17, Issue 4 (August, 2003), Santa Fe Trail Association Aug 2017

Wagon Tracks. Volume 17, Issue 4 (August, 2003), Santa Fe Trail Association

Wagon Tracks

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Wagon Tracks. Volume 22, Issue 2 (February, 2008), Santa Fe Trail Association Aug 2017

Wagon Tracks. Volume 22, Issue 2 (February, 2008), Santa Fe Trail Association

Wagon Tracks

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Episodic Memory Via Spans And Cospans: A Hierarchy Of Spatiotemporal Colimits, Michael John Healy Ms, Thomas Preston Caudell Phd Aug 2017

Episodic Memory Via Spans And Cospans: A Hierarchy Of Spatiotemporal Colimits, Michael John Healy Ms, Thomas Preston Caudell Phd

Electrical & Computer Engineering Technical Reports

We introduce a category-theoretic account of episodic memory as an outgrowth of an existing mathematical theory of the semantics of neural networks. We propose that neu- ral systems which can be said to have episodic memory represent sequences of events and their associated information within a hierarchy of concepts, represented in their neu- ral networks. In the categorical model presented here, the hierarchy is based upon col- imits. Colimits “put everything together” mathematically, and appear throughout many categories. The event-sequence colimits can be visualized as assemblies of categorical structures known as spans and cospans. A string of cospans formalizes a …

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Hydrogen Sulfide Regulation Of Mesenteric Vascular Resistance, Adelaeda Barrera, Laura Gonzalez Bosc, Jay Naik, Perenkita Mendiola, Nancy L. Kanagy Jul 2017

Hydrogen Sulfide Regulation Of Mesenteric Vascular Resistance, Adelaeda Barrera, Laura Gonzalez Bosc, Jay Naik, Perenkita Mendiola, Nancy L. Kanagy

Biomedical Sciences ETDs

Sleep apnea, recurrent obstruction of the upper airway leads to sleep fragmentation and intermittent hypoxia (IH). In animal studies, IH causes wake-time hypertension by elevating vascular resistance due in part to decreased production of the vasodilator, hydrogen sulfide (H2S). However, much is unknown about where and how H2S acts. Inhibiting cystathionine γ-lyase (CSE) to prevent H2S synthesis augments constriction in isolated mesenteric arteries, but H2S regulation of resistance in this vascular bed in vivo is unknown. The goal of this study was to evaluate CSE regulation of blood flow and resistance in …

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Novel Design Strategies For Platinum-Containing Conjugated Polymers And Small Molecules For Organic Solar Cells, Wenhan He Jul 2017

Novel Design Strategies For Platinum-Containing Conjugated Polymers And Small Molecules For Organic Solar Cells, Wenhan He

Chemistry and Chemical Biology ETDs

Current state-of-the-art organic solar cells (OSCs) adopt the strategy of using conjugated polymers or small molecules as donors and fullerene derivatives as acceptors in their active layers. Regarding to the donors of interest, the conjugated polymers and small molecules coupled with heavy metals have been less explored compared to their counterparts. Among various transition metal complexes applied, Pt(II) complexes are unique because of their intrinsic square planar geometries and ability to serve as building blocks for conjugated systems. Furthermore, the heavy metal Pt facilitates the formation of triplet excitons with longer life times through spin-orbital coupling which are of benefit …

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Male Teachers And The Ethic Of Care: How Male Primary Teachers Demonstrate Caring, Terry L. Morris Jul 2017

Male Teachers And The Ethic Of Care: How Male Primary Teachers Demonstrate Caring, Terry L. Morris

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

ABSTRACT In this study I investigated the relationships between male primary teachers who have adopted the ethic of care as an organizing principle in their work with children, and the ways in which caring reveals itself through their behaviors, words, and general relationships with their students. Case study methodology was used with two veteran teachers working in primary grade classrooms. Case study theory was used to analyze interviews, classroom observations, and student verbal and behavioral interactions with their teacher and each other. Case study analysis revealed six significant findings.

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Seeking An Operational Definition Of Dieting: A Daily Diary Study, Elizabeth Anne Mclaughlin Jul 2017

Seeking An Operational Definition Of Dieting: A Daily Diary Study, Elizabeth Anne Mclaughlin

Psychology ETDs

Dieting is commonly considered a weight loss technique, but research consistently shows that it does not result in weight loss. Thirty to fifty percent of women report that they are dieting at any given time, typically by responding to a single “yes/no” item asking whether they are dieting. To explain why dieting may not result in weight loss, a detailed picture was needed as to people’s behavior when they report that they are dieting, including weight loss strategies and dietary intake. Other constructs previously studied as similar to dieting were “watching what I eat” and “eating healthy.” More information was …

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