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Full Issue, New Mexico Historical Review

New Mexico Historical Review

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Sophie Aberle Among The Pueblos, Stephen J. Kunitz

New Mexico Historical Review

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2016 Annual Operating Plan, U.S. Department Of The Interior, Bureau Of Reclamation

Law of the Rio Chama

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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 …

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Federal Judge Issues Ruling Banning Commercial Planting Of Genetically Modified Corn In Mexico, Carlos Navarro

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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 …

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Pinon-Juniper Overstory Density, Cover And Biomass Data From Cerro Montosa, Sevilleta National Wildlife Refuge, New Mexico (2006-2009), Esteban Muldavin

Sevilleta LTER Program Data

In 2006, to obtain a measure of pinon and juniper biomass in the Cerro Montosa area, belt transects were superimposed on transects along which understory net primary producitivy (NPP) is sampled. All trees rooted within 5 m to the north of each belt were tagged, although some shorter belts exist on which all trees within 5 m to either the north or south were tagged. The height of each tagged tree was measured, as was the diameter-at root-crown (DRC). Crown diameters both parallel and perpendicular to the belt transect were also measured.Â Trees were re-measured in 2007, 2008, and 2009.

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Rio Grande River Sonde Data From Bernalillo County, New Mexico (2006-2007), David Van Horn, Clifford Dahm

Sevilleta LTER Program Data

Human populations in Colorado, New Mexico and Texas depend on the Rio Grande for municipal water, agricultural irrigation, and recreation. The Rio Grande and its riparian corridor also support thousands of specie of plants, invertebrates and vertebrates, some of which include over 300 species of migratory birds and the endangered Rio Grande silvery minnow and southwestern willow flycatcher. Eutrophication and salinization are the two most important types of water quality degradation which negatively impact the human and nonhuman biological communities in this water poor region. In spite of their significance, few published studies have investigated anthropogenic and natural sources of …

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Warming-El Nino-Nitrogen Deposition Experiment (Wenndex): Seasonal Biomass And Seasonal And Annual Npp At The Sevilleta National Wildlife Refuge, New Mexico (2006-Present), Scott Collins

Sevilleta LTER Program Data

Begun in winter 2006, this long-term study at the Sevilleta LTER examines how heightened winter precipitation, N addition, and warmer nighttime temperatures affect above-ground biomass production (ANPP) in a mixed desert-grassland. Net primary production is a fundamental ecological variable that quantifies rates of carbon consumption and fixation. Estimates of NPP are important in understanding energy flow at a community level as well as spatial and temporal responses to a range of ecological processes. While measures of both below- and above-ground biomass are important in estimating total NPP, this study focuses on above-ground net primary production (ANPP). Above-ground net primary production …

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Rio Grande Water Chemistry Data From Bernalillo County, New Mexico (2006-2007), David Van Horn, Clifford Dahm

Sevilleta LTER Program Data

Human populations in Colorado, New Mexico and Texas depend on the Rio Grande for municipal water, agricultural irrigation, and recreation. The Rio Grande and its riparian corridor also support thousands of species of plants, invertebrates and vertebrates, some of which include over 300 species of migratory birds and the endangered Rio Grande silvery minnow and southwestern willow flycatcher. Eutrophication and salinization are the two most important types of water quality degradation which negatively impact the human and nonhuman biological communities in this water poor region. In spite of their significance, few published studies have investigated anthropogenic and natural sources of …

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Long-Term Dynamics In Soil Field Available Nitrogen And Potentially Mineralizable Nitrogen In A Chihuahuan Desert Grassland At The Sevilleta National Wildlife Refuge, New Mexico (1989-2014), Carleton White, Douglas I. Moore

Sevilleta LTER Program Data

Associated with a project that was based upon the assumption that nitrogen may limit net primary plant production in desert grasslands, this project began measuring available inorganic soil N and potentially mineralizable N of soils at two desert grassland locations. Both available N and potentially mineralizable N were greatest following a drought period in 1989, declined during wetter periods that followed and remained relatively stable until another extended drought period. After drought in 1995-6, both forms of soil N increased, indicating the potential for greater NPP following drought and lower potential NPP during periods of normal precipitation.

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Small Mammal Exclosure Study (Smes) Leaf Litter Study In The Chihuahuan Desert Grassland And Shrubland At The Sevilleta National Wildlife Refuge, New Mexico, David Lightfoot

Sevilleta LTER Program Data

The purpose of this study is to determine whether or not the activities of small mammals regulate plant community structure, plant species diversity, and spatial vegetation patterns in Chihuahuan Desert shrublands and grasslands. What role if any do indigenous small mammal consumers have in maintaining desertified landscapes in the Chihuahuan Desert? Additionally, how do the effects of small mammals interact with changing climate to affect vegetation patterns over time? This is data for cover of dead plant leaf litter accumulations on soil surfaces measured on each of the SMES study plots. Leaf litter cover was measured from each of the …

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Multi-Temporal Tm-Ndvi Vectors At Rodent Webs From The Sevilleta National Wildlife Refuge, New Mexico (1984-1993), Robert Parmenter, Charly Irland, James Cheeck, Greg Shore

Sevilleta LTER Program Data

This database contains mean NDVI values for 200 m diameter circles encompassing Rodent Webs on the Sevilleta National Wildlife Refuge (NWR), for 21 Landsat TM scene dating from 1984 to 1993. These NDVI vectors were generated as part of cooperative project between the Sevilleta LTER and the Indian Health Service, to study the 1992 Hantavirus outbreak.

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Pino Gate Prairie Dog Study: Mound-Scale Vegetation Plot Data From The Sevilleta National Wildlife Refuge, New Mexico (2000-2002), Ana Davidson, David Lightfoot

Sevilleta LTER Program Data

Prairie dogs (Cynomys spp.) and banner-tailed kangaroo rats (Dipodomys spectabilis) are considered keystone species of grassland ecosystems, and co-occur in the arid grasslands of the southwestern United States and in Mexico. Their keystone status is attributed primarily to the effects of their burrowing and foraging behavior, but they differ ecologically in several important respects. We studied the comparative functional roles of these species where they co-occur at the Sevilleta National Wildlife Refuge, New Mexico, focusing on their impacts on grassland vegetation. We found that vegetation cover, structure, and species richness varied across a gradient extending out from the mound centers, …

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Pino Gate Prairie Dog Study: Landscape-Scale Vegetation Plot Data From The Sevilleta National Wildlife Refuge, New Mexico (1999-2002), Ana Davidson, David Lightfoot

Sevilleta LTER Program Data

Prairie dogs (Cynomys spp.) and banner-tailed kangaroo rats (Dipodomys spectabilis) are considered keystone species of grassland ecosystems, and co-occur in the arid grasslands of the southwestern United States and in Mexico. Their keystone status is attributed primarily to the effects of their burrowing and foraging behavior, but they differ ecologically in several important respects. We studied the comparative functional roles of these species where they co-occur at the Sevilleta National Wildlife Refuge, New Mexico, focusing on their impacts on grassland vegetation. We found that vegetation cover, structure, and species richness varied across a gradient extending out from the mound centers, …

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Pino Gate Prairie Dog Study: Landscape-Scale Ground-Dwelling Arthropod Plot Data From The Sevilleta National Wildlife Refuge, New Mexico (2000-2001), Ana Davidson, David Lightfoot

Sevilleta LTER Program Data

Keystone species have large impacts on community and ecosystem properties, and create important ecological interactions with other species. Prairie dogs (Cynomys spp.), and banner-tailed kangaroo rats (Dipodomys spectabilis) are considered keystone species of grassland ecosystems, and create a mosaic of unique habitats on the landscape. These habitats are known to attract a number of animal species, but little is known about how they affect arthropod communities. Our research evaluated the keystone roles of prairie dogs and kangaroo rats on arthropods at the Sevilleta National Wildlife Refuge in central New Mexico, USA. We evaluated the impacts of these rodents on ground-dwelling …

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Below-Ground Net Primary Production (Bnpp): Root Ingrowth Donuts In Chihuahuan Desert Grassland And Creosote Shrubland At The Sevilleta National Wildlife Refuge, New Mexico (2005-Present), Scott Collins

Sevilleta LTER Program Data

In 2005, annually harvested root ingrowth donut structures were co-located with previously established mini-rhizotron tubes established at four sites on McKenzie Flats located on the east side of Sevilleta NWR: 10 replicate structures in both burned and unburned blue and black grama dominated grassland plots at Deep Well, 10 replicates each on nitrogen fertilization plots and respective control plots on McKenzie Flats(20 total), 10 replicates in creosote dominated shrubland at the Five Points Creosote Core site and in 2011, 13 structures were put in the Monsoon site. Roots and soil are harvested annually in late fall after the growing season, …

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Plant Litter Decomposition At The Sevilleta National Wildlife Refuge, New Mexico (1990-1998), Jim Gosz

Sevilleta LTER Program Data

The long-term goal of the decomposition study was to document the effects of climate variation on decomposition of major plant litter-types. The project began in 1989 and underwent changes of locations and litter types. The long-term litter types included black grama, Indian rice grass, juniper, and creosote. Â Mass loss of the litter types can be compared to precipitation and other meteorological factors obtained at nearby locations.

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Justification For Class 3 Permit Modification, Corrective Action Complete, Solid Waste Management Unit 502, Sandia National Laboratories/Nm

Corrective Action at SWMUs 8, 58, 68, 149, 154 and 502

This technical document contains the Justification for the Class 3 Permit Modification request for Solid Waste Management Unit (SWMU) 502. Contained within this document is the history of the site, descriptions of any investigations and/or remediation completed at the site, the regulatory background, and the rationale for the proposed future land-use of this site.

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Ecological Effects Of Prescribed Fire On Soils In A Chihuahuan Desert Grassland At The Sevilleta National Wildlife Refuge, New Mexico (2003), Lydia Zeglin

Sevilleta LTER Program Data

Fire resulting from natural ignition has become a more common event on the Sevilleta National Wildlife Refuge (NWR) since the exclusion of domesticated livestock. Efforts to return fire to the native landscape has resulted in the use of prescribed fire during periods that meet burn prescriptions. A prescribed fire was performed on the Sevilleta NWR in June 2003. Among the measured site and burn characteristics that were measure, this project sampled soils before and after the fire from 5 previously-sampled locations that were burned in June 2003 and from 5 newly established locations that served as controls. The controls were …

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Middle Rio Grande Watershed Based Municipal Separate Stormwater Sewer System Permit., U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System (MS4) Permit

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Conservation Groups Fight To Halt Development In Environmentally Sensitive Area Near Cancãºn, Carlos Navarro

SourceMex

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The Malleability Of University Students' Beliefs, Values, And Attitudes In The Classroom Setting, Glory Emmanuel

Psychology ETDs

Beliefs, values, and attitudes (BVAs) are central to a persons identity and worldview but can be refined and influenced through the individual's surrounding environment and experience. The academic setting is one environment that impacts BVAs. This study examined if university students' BVAs are influenced over a semester by students' attributes, their professor, and the classroom context by testing three main hypotheses: 1) students demonstrate BVA change over time while professors' BVAs remain relatively stable over time; 2) students' attributes influence BVA change; and 3) students, especially those who have a positive experience in the class, assimilate to their professor's BVAs. …

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Impact Of Meal Frequency On Appetite And Blood Markers Of Health In Obese Women Utilizing An Equi-Hypocaloric Diet During A Behavioral Weight Loss Intervention, Michelle Kulovitz

Health, Exercise, and Sports Sciences ETDs

Background: Obesity prevalence is a global pandemic and a public health concern. Beneficial weight loss strategies are needed for obesity management. Increased daily meal frequency (MF) is often associated with improvements in blood-markers of health and appetite control during weight loss; however, this has not been confirmed using portion-controlled meal products to reduce underreporting error. Objective: The purpose of this study was to determine if increased MF can be a beneficial treatment strategy for weight loss in obese women by determining the changes of total ghrelin, blood glucose, insulin, lipid concentrations, and sensations of hunger and satiety due to an …

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Synthesis And Characterization Of Lanthanide Fluorides For Forensic Neutron Detection, Antonio Rivera

Nanoscience and Microsystems ETDs

Lanthanide fluorides have many uses, and there is a need for high quality nanocrystals to fill this need. Here, the synthesis and characterization of high quality lanthanide fluorides is presented. In particular, this dissertation focuses on dysprosium fluoride doped with ytterbium, to eventually be used as a forensic and clandestine neutron detector material. There is a need for neutron detectors that have no sensitivity to any other type of radiation and can be used as a forensic tool to go back and look at an event. There is the further requirement that such detectors be hard to detect by those …

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Modeling Steric Effects In Antibody Aggregation Using Rule-Based Methods, Brittany Hoard

Nanoscience and Microsystems ETDs

The allergic response is produced by the release of immune mediators by mast cells and basophils. This process, in turn, is initiated by the aggregation of antigens and IgE-FcεRI antibody-receptor complexes. Computational modeling of antibody- antigen aggregate formation as well as the size and structure of these aggregates is an important tool for greater understanding of the allergic response. In addition, the incorporation of molecular geometry into aggregation models can more accurately capture details of the aggregation process, and may lead to insights into how geom- etry affects aggregate formation. However, it is challenging to simulate aggregation due to the …

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Controlling The Structure And Dynamics Of Magnetoresponsive Particle Suspensions For Enhanced Transport Phenomena, Kyle J. Solis

Chemical and Biological Engineering ETDs

The work contained herein describes the use of various magnetic fields to control the structure and dynamics of magnetic particle suspensions, with the practical aim of enhancing momentum, heat, and mass transport. The magnetic fields are often multiaxial and can consist of up to three orthogonal components that may be either static (dc), time-dependent (ac), or some combination thereof. The magnetic particles are composed of a ferromagnetic material—such as iron, nickel, cobalt, or Permalloy—and can exist in a variety of shapes, including spheres, platelets, and rods. The shape of the particles is particularly important, as this can determine the type …

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Balance Of Threat, Balance Of Mind: Nuclear Rivalry And Arms Control, Benjamin Joseph Bonin

Political Science ETDs

Under what conditions will rivals choose to accept mutual constraints, limitations, and even reductions on their capabilities for waging war? Contemporary political science lacks a strong theoretical basis for understanding this behavior, despite the fact that states in the modern era continue to negotiate and enter into arms control arrangements. This study contributes a theoretical framework and empirical analysis identifying the conditions under which nuclear-armed rivals might choose to curb their deadly arsenals. Traditional theories grounded in classical deterrence theory suggest arms control serves to preserve a deterrent status quo and prevent expensive and destabilizing arms competition; it should therefore …

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Cancer Experience Modulates The Relationship Between Child And Parent Hypothalamic Pituiatary Adrenal (Hpa) Axis Functioning, Sarah Dinces

Psychology ETDs

Objective: We examine how parental stress and pediatric cancer might jointly predict child HPA function using a non-invasive method of cortisol assessment (hair samples). Methods: Parents and children from healthy control and pediatric cancer survivor families participated. Multilevel modeling was applied to data from a nested-design study (85 children, 5-18 years old, from 64 families, healthy controls: n=32; cancer survivors: n=32) to determine the relationship between parent salivary and child hair cortisol measures. Results: No main effect of the cancer experience on child cortisol was found. Parental cortisol positively correlated with child cortisol levels within healthy controls, while there was …

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New Mexico Rock Glacier Inventory: Analysis Of Geomorphology And Paleogeography, Bryan Kinworthy

Geography ETDs

Rock glaciers are large masses of rock debris and interstitial ice that flow or have flowed downhill by permafrost creep. The formation and distribution of rock glaciers is restricted to climates conducive to permafrost development and lithology vulnerable to weathering for source rock. Subsurface ice is insulated from solar radiation, allowing rock glacier formation in lower latitudes and elevations than ice glaciers. Thus rock glaciers provide a useful geomorphic indicator of past and present climate change in regions absent of ice glaciers such as the U.S. Southwest. This study inventories 424 rock glaciers covering 18.36km2 in the state of New …

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Full Issue, New Mexico Historical Review

New Mexico Historical Review

Sophie Aberle Among The Pueblos, Stephen J. Kunitz

New Mexico Historical Review

2016 Annual Operating Plan, U.S. Department Of The Interior, Bureau Of Reclamation

Law of the Rio Chama

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

Population Health

Federal Judge Issues Ruling Banning Commercial Planting Of Genetically Modified Corn In Mexico, Carlos Navarro

SourceMex

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

Electrical & Computer Engineering Technical Reports

Pinon-Juniper Overstory Density, Cover And Biomass Data From Cerro Montosa, Sevilleta National Wildlife Refuge, New Mexico (2006-2009), Esteban Muldavin

Sevilleta LTER Program Data

Rio Grande River Sonde Data From Bernalillo County, New Mexico (2006-2007), David Van Horn, Clifford Dahm

Sevilleta LTER Program Data

Warming-El Nino-Nitrogen Deposition Experiment (Wenndex): Seasonal Biomass And Seasonal And Annual Npp At The Sevilleta National Wildlife Refuge, New Mexico (2006-Present), Scott Collins

Sevilleta LTER Program Data

Rio Grande Water Chemistry Data From Bernalillo County, New Mexico (2006-2007), David Van Horn, Clifford Dahm

Sevilleta LTER Program Data

Long-Term Dynamics In Soil Field Available Nitrogen And Potentially Mineralizable Nitrogen In A Chihuahuan Desert Grassland At The Sevilleta National Wildlife Refuge, New Mexico (1989-2014), Carleton White, Douglas I. Moore

Sevilleta LTER Program Data

Small Mammal Exclosure Study (Smes) Leaf Litter Study In The Chihuahuan Desert Grassland And Shrubland At The Sevilleta National Wildlife Refuge, New Mexico, David Lightfoot

Sevilleta LTER Program Data

Multi-Temporal Tm-Ndvi Vectors At Rodent Webs From The Sevilleta National Wildlife Refuge, New Mexico (1984-1993), Robert Parmenter, Charly Irland, James Cheeck, Greg Shore

Sevilleta LTER Program Data

Pino Gate Prairie Dog Study: Mound-Scale Vegetation Plot Data From The Sevilleta National Wildlife Refuge, New Mexico (2000-2002), Ana Davidson, David Lightfoot

Sevilleta LTER Program Data

Pino Gate Prairie Dog Study: Landscape-Scale Vegetation Plot Data From The Sevilleta National Wildlife Refuge, New Mexico (1999-2002), Ana Davidson, David Lightfoot

Sevilleta LTER Program Data

Pino Gate Prairie Dog Study: Landscape-Scale Ground-Dwelling Arthropod Plot Data From The Sevilleta National Wildlife Refuge, New Mexico (2000-2001), Ana Davidson, David Lightfoot

Sevilleta LTER Program Data

Below-Ground Net Primary Production (Bnpp): Root Ingrowth Donuts In Chihuahuan Desert Grassland And Creosote Shrubland At The Sevilleta National Wildlife Refuge, New Mexico (2005-Present), Scott Collins

Sevilleta LTER Program Data

Plant Litter Decomposition At The Sevilleta National Wildlife Refuge, New Mexico (1990-1998), Jim Gosz

Sevilleta LTER Program Data

Justification For Class 3 Permit Modification, Corrective Action Complete, Solid Waste Management Unit 502, Sandia National Laboratories/Nm

Corrective Action at SWMUs 8, 58, 68, 149, 154 and 502

Ecological Effects Of Prescribed Fire On Soils In A Chihuahuan Desert Grassland At The Sevilleta National Wildlife Refuge, New Mexico (2003), Lydia Zeglin

Sevilleta LTER Program Data

Middle Rio Grande Watershed Based Municipal Separate Stormwater Sewer System Permit., U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System (MS4) Permit

Conservation Groups Fight To Halt Development In Environmentally Sensitive Area Near Cancãºn, Carlos Navarro

SourceMex

The Malleability Of University Students' Beliefs, Values, And Attitudes In The Classroom Setting, Glory Emmanuel

Psychology ETDs

Impact Of Meal Frequency On Appetite And Blood Markers Of Health In Obese Women Utilizing An Equi-Hypocaloric Diet During A Behavioral Weight Loss Intervention, Michelle Kulovitz

Health, Exercise, and Sports Sciences ETDs

Synthesis And Characterization Of Lanthanide Fluorides For Forensic Neutron Detection, Antonio Rivera

Nanoscience and Microsystems ETDs

Modeling Steric Effects In Antibody Aggregation Using Rule-Based Methods, Brittany Hoard

Nanoscience and Microsystems ETDs

Controlling The Structure And Dynamics Of Magnetoresponsive Particle Suspensions For Enhanced Transport Phenomena, Kyle J. Solis

Chemical and Biological Engineering ETDs

Balance Of Threat, Balance Of Mind: Nuclear Rivalry And Arms Control, Benjamin Joseph Bonin

Political Science ETDs

Cancer Experience Modulates The Relationship Between Child And Parent Hypothalamic Pituiatary Adrenal (Hpa) Axis Functioning, Sarah Dinces

Psychology ETDs

New Mexico Rock Glacier Inventory: Analysis Of Geomorphology And Paleogeography, Bryan Kinworthy

Geography ETDs