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Taxonomic Revision And Phylogenetic Analysis Of The Genus Elytroleptus (Dugés) (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Cerambycinae: Trachyderini), Traci Lee Grzymala Jul 2009

Taxonomic Revision And Phylogenetic Analysis Of The Genus Elytroleptus (Dugés) (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Cerambycinae: Trachyderini), Traci Lee Grzymala

Biology ETDs

The longhorned beetle genus Elytroleptus (Dugés) (Cerambycidae:Cerambycinae: Trachyderini) is revised to include fifteen species. One new species is described: E. quadricostatus sp.n. (Grzymala & Miller). Three new synonymies are proposed: E. dichromaticus (Linsley, 1961) = E. divisus (LeConte, 1884) syn. n.; E. luteicollis (Skiles & Chemsak, 1982) = E. ignitus (LeConte, 1884) syn. n.; E. peninsularis (Hovore, 1988) = E. immaculipennis (Knull, 1935) syn. n. The genus is generally distributed throughout the southwestern United States, Mexico, and Central America (Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua) with one species extending the range to the north and southeastern United States. The genus is of …

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U.S.-Mexico Environmental Treaty Impediments To Tactical Security Infrastructure Along The International Boundary, Stephen P. Mumme, Oscar Ibanez Jul 2009

U.S.-Mexico Environmental Treaty Impediments To Tactical Security Infrastructure Along The International Boundary, Stephen P. Mumme, Oscar Ibanez

Natural Resources Journal

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Indian Treaty Fishing Rights And Habitat Protection: The Martinez Decision Supplies A Resounding Judicial Reaffirmation, Michael C. Blumm, Jane G. Steadman Jul 2009

Indian Treaty Fishing Rights And Habitat Protection: The Martinez Decision Supplies A Resounding Judicial Reaffirmation, Michael C. Blumm, Jane G. Steadman

Natural Resources Journal

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The Role Of Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor In Blood Pressure Regulation And Vascular Homeostasis, Nan Zhang Jul 2009

The Role Of Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor In Blood Pressure Regulation And Vascular Homeostasis, Nan Zhang

Biomedical Sciences ETDs

High blood pressure and endothelial dysfunction are two systemic abnormalities of the cardiovascular system that extensively contribute to the etiology of cardiovascular diseases, which represent the number one killer in the United States for decades and become more severe in developing countries. Previous studies have indicated that aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AHR), a transcription factor primarily mediating xenobiotic metabolism, plays an important role in cardiovascular development and physiology. AHR deficient mice have been demonstrated to develop hypotension at sea level and oxygen-dependent, endothelin-1 (ET-1) mediated hypertension at mild altitude. However, after generations at mild altitude, AHR deficient mice appear to acclimate …

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Dynamics Of Cell-Cell Junctions In Keratinocytes, Miquella G. Chavez Jul 2009

Dynamics Of Cell-Cell Junctions In Keratinocytes, Miquella G. Chavez

Biomedical Sciences ETDs

Poor wound healing is a serious medical issue of particular concern in the elderly and people with diabetes. One major obstacle for these patients to achieve complete wound healing is incomplete reepithelialization which is necessary for restoration of barrier function. One molecule that has promising therapeutic value for promoting reepithelialization is epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR). Using a squamous cell carcinoma cell line (SCC 12F) that expresses moderate levels of EGFR, we investigated the contributions of EGFR activation to reepithelialization, and specifically its roles in modulation of cell-cell junctions. Decreased cell-cell adhesion mediated by adherens junctions and desmosomes is necessary …

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Transcriptional Networks Of Lung Airway Epithelial Ciliogenesis, Xiaobo Sun Jul 2009

Transcriptional Networks Of Lung Airway Epithelial Ciliogenesis, Xiaobo Sun

Biomedical Sciences ETDs

Motile cilia of the mammalian airway play an essential role in innate defense. The coordinated transcriptional regulation of cilial axoneme genes remains to be elucidated. Transcription factor FOXJ1 has been shown to be important in ciliogenesis; however, direct transactivation of cilia genes by FOXJ1 has not been reported. Using a combined bioinformatics and experimental approach, here, we show a transcriptional network for cilia gene expression. FOXJ1 can directly transactivate endogenous cilia genes such as ENKURIN, EFHC2, IFT57, RIBC2 and ROPN1L in human bronchial epithelial cells (HBEC). FOXJ1 transactivation is localized to the proximal end of the 5 flanking region of …

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Defining Best Practices In Electronic Thesis And Dissertation Metadata, Rebecca L. Lubas Jul 2009

Defining Best Practices In Electronic Thesis And Dissertation Metadata, Rebecca L. Lubas

University Libraries & Learning Sciences Faculty and Staff Publications

The University of New Mexico will mandate in 2009 that theses and dissertations be submitted in electronic form as the copy of record. These documents will reside in the universitys digital repository, operated on a DSpace platform. This article reviews practices for thesis and dissertation metadata creation with a focus on DSpace instances, best practice recommendations for authorsubmitted metadata, recommendations for subject analysis, and training for metadata practitioners. The article recommends processes for author submission, metadata quality control and enhancement, and crosswalking of the metadata to the library's catalog to maximize discovery.'

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Annual Report Of The University, 2008-2009, Volumes 1-6, University Of New Mexico Jun 2009

Annual Report Of The University, 2008-2009, Volumes 1-6, University Of New Mexico

UNM Annual Reports

Division of Enrollment Management 2008-2009 Goals and Accomplishments • Enrollment Results: Broke the funding formula 3% "enrollment band" in 2009. This had not been done since 2003. Increased Fall 2008 new freshmen by 10.8%. Increased Spring 2009 transfer students by 12.6%. Increased National Scholars from 14 in 2007 to 39 in 2008 and 73 in 2009 (92% increase). Overall enrollment for Fall 2009 increased 5.75% including 5.7% for new freshmen, 30% for new transfers with large growth in non-residents. • Expanded our communication capacity by purchasing Hobson\'s EMT E-Mail software that allows us to communicate more frequently and effectively with …

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2009-06-25 Unm News Minute, University Of New Mexico Communication And Marketing Department Jun 2009

2009-06-25 Unm News Minute, University Of New Mexico Communication And Marketing Department

UNM News Minute 2009

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2009-06-18 Unm News Minute, University Of New Mexico Communication And Marketing Department Jun 2009

2009-06-18 Unm News Minute, University Of New Mexico Communication And Marketing Department

UNM News Minute 2009

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Contract And Grant Awards Fiscal Year 2009, Office Of The Vice President For Research Jun 2009

Contract And Grant Awards Fiscal Year 2009, Office Of The Vice President For Research

Office of the Vice President for Research

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2009-05-28 Unm News Minute, University Of New Mexico Communication And Marketing Department May 2009

2009-05-28 Unm News Minute, University Of New Mexico Communication And Marketing Department

UNM News Minute 2009

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2009-05-21 Unm News Minute, University Of New Mexico Communication And Marketing Department May 2009

2009-05-21 Unm News Minute, University Of New Mexico Communication And Marketing Department

UNM News Minute 2009

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University Of New Mexico Board Of Regents Minutes For May 12, 2009, University Of New Mexico Board Of Regents May 2009

University Of New Mexico Board Of Regents Minutes For May 12, 2009, University Of New Mexico Board Of Regents

Board of Regents Meeting Minutes

Minutes from the May 12, 2009 Board of Regents Meeting

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Nutrient Criteria Recommendations For Eutrophication Management Of New Mexico Reservoirs, Heidi R. Henderson May 2009

Nutrient Criteria Recommendations For Eutrophication Management Of New Mexico Reservoirs, Heidi R. Henderson

Water Resources Professional Project Reports

Many of the lakes and reservoirs in the world are adversely affected by eutrophication. In order to counter this trend, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (USEP A) had developed numeric nutrient criteria for use by the States and Tribes. The USEP A has based their criteria on Level III ecoregions and their aggregated ecoregions. This project seeks to determine the validity of using these USEP A recommendations in the State of New Mexico to replace the State's current narrative nutrient criteria. This project will also offer nutrient criteria recommendations for four criteria variables: total nitrogen, total phosphorus, Secchi depth, and …

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Designing A Village Water Supply System In Papua New Guinea: A Case Study In Third World Delopment, Barak Bruerd May 2009

Designing A Village Water Supply System In Papua New Guinea: A Case Study In Third World Delopment, Barak Bruerd

Water Resources Professional Project Reports

Papua New Guinea (PNG) is the second largest island in the world and one of the most biologically and culturally diverse nations on the planet. One of the last true stone age people, they are struggling with the delicate balance of entering the 21st century without losing their unique cultural heritage or devastating the fragile ecosystem they have lived in harmony with for thousands of years. Slow, careful steps are needed in order to ensure sustainable development; however the hardships of living close to nature - disease, drought, malnutrition, and lack of access to healthcare services, are causing Papua New …

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From Bomb Zone To Boom Town: Real Estate Trends And Community Based Practice In Vieques, Puerto Rico, Ivis Garcia Zambrana May 2009

From Bomb Zone To Boom Town: Real Estate Trends And Community Based Practice In Vieques, Puerto Rico, Ivis Garcia Zambrana

Latin American Studies ETDs

The departure of the Navy in 2003, paired with extensive media coverage throughout the U.S., resulted in increased demand for real estate in Vieques. Most properties were bought by land speculators and baby-boomers from the U.S. The increase in demand caused prices to skyrocket, quadrupling prices in just four years. Activists, residents and government officials are now concerned that low-to-middle income Viequense families, who account for the majority of the population, are unable to afford property in their own community. The aim of this thesis is to document the real estate market trends in Vieques, demonstrate how rising prices and …

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The Pragmatics Of Allocating Water For Stream Flows, Steve Harris May 2009

The Pragmatics Of Allocating Water For Stream Flows, Steve Harris

Publications

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Ecological Flows In New Mexico - It Has Been Done, Adrian Oglesby May 2009

Ecological Flows In New Mexico - It Has Been Done, Adrian Oglesby

Publications

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New Mexico Wildlife Conservation Act: Cooperative Action For Native Species Recovery, Stephanie Carman, David Propst May 2009

New Mexico Wildlife Conservation Act: Cooperative Action For Native Species Recovery, Stephanie Carman, David Propst

Publications

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The Effects Of Stream Discharge And Channelization On The Macroinvertebrate Community In A Semi-Arid Landscape, Thomas L. Kennedy May 2009

The Effects Of Stream Discharge And Channelization On The Macroinvertebrate Community In A Semi-Arid Landscape, Thomas L. Kennedy

Biology ETDs

The Middle Rio Grande is the second largest watershed in the southwestern United States and is a vitally important component for the biodiversity in the region. Similar to many other rivers, the MRG is a temporally dynamic system that unfortunately, has been subjected to river regulation. As a result, the river has become channelised in many reaches disconnecting it from the surrounding floodplain. The effects of river regulation on the MRG and its surrounding riparian zone were largely unknown. I tested three main hypothesis with regards to the macroinvertebrates in the MRG: 1) Does flow variability structure the aquatic macroinvertebrate …

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Controls On Microbial Community Structure In Thermal Environments: Exploring Bacterial Diversity And The Relative Influence Of Geochemistry And Geography, Kendra Renee Mitchell May 2009

Controls On Microbial Community Structure In Thermal Environments: Exploring Bacterial Diversity And The Relative Influence Of Geochemistry And Geography, Kendra Renee Mitchell

Biology ETDs

Community wide molecular surveys have revealed incredible hidden phylogenetic and metabolic diversity in microbial habitats. We have conducted the first microbial survey of Yellowstone National Park thermal environments, sampling 103 communities from across the park and across the range of conditions found. Yellowstone is particularly suited for this type of research because of the large number and wide variety of thermal springs, which are naturally occurring chemostats enabling examination of the factors that control microbes and drive community structure. In addition to samples for molecular microbial analysis, we collected water for extensive geochemical analysis in order to begin to deduce …

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Ecological Constraints And Life History Tradeoffs Among Human Foragers And Their Prey, Oskar Burger May 2009

Ecological Constraints And Life History Tradeoffs Among Human Foragers And Their Prey, Oskar Burger

Anthropology ETDs

This dissertation attempts to identify ecological relationships useful for understanding large-scale patterns in human-environment interaction that can be applied to archaeological studies. It uses three established bodies of theory to understand ecological constraints and life history tradeoffs, applying the same basic framework to human adaptations and the demographic trends of other mammals. First, a model from optimal foraging theory (the marginal value theorem), which posits a tradeoff between resource availability and resource processing, is applied to zooarchaeology to understand human butchery patterns. Humans tend to butcher prey according to the predictions of the model in both ethnographic and archaeological settings: …

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The Biological Evidence Of The San-Pau-Chu People And Their Affinities, Hsiu-Man Lin May 2009

The Biological Evidence Of The San-Pau-Chu People And Their Affinities, Hsiu-Man Lin

Anthropology ETDs

Austronesian is one of the major language groups spoken. It is believed that Taiwan, Indonesian (east of Wallace line), or Bismarck Archipelago is the starting point for Austronesian migrations. It is also suggested that prehistoric cultures of Taiwan were established by the ancestors of the modern Taiwanese indigenous populations, who are also Austronesian speakers. The goals of this project are to estimate biological relationships of the San-Pau-Chu (SPC) to other Asian populations (especially Polynesians) and to evaluate if Taiwan indeed plays a major role in the history of Austronesian migrations by using both dental morphological data (metric and nonmetric dental …

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The Role Of Metnase In Dna Replication Fork Stress Response And Dna Damage, Leyma Pérez De Haro May 2009

The Role Of Metnase In Dna Replication Fork Stress Response And Dna Damage, Leyma Pérez De Haro

Biomedical Sciences ETDs

Metnase is a recently evolved human protein with methylase (SET) and nuclease domains that is widely expressed, especially in proliferating tissues. Metnase promotes plasmid and viral DNA integration, and through an interaction with topoisomerase IIα (TopoIIα) it promotes chromosome decatenation. Metnase interacts with DNA ligase IV, promotes non-homologous end-joining (NHEJ), and repression causes mild hypersensitivity to ionizing radiation. TopoIIα has a proposed role in relaxing positive supercoils in front of replication forks. NHEJ factors have been implicated in the replication stress response. Here we show that Metnase promotes cell proliferation, but does not affect replication fork elongation as measured by …

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Role Of Spatial Organization In Erbb Receptor Family Signaling And Identification Of Erbb3 As A Potential Anticancer Target, Shujie Yang May 2009

Role Of Spatial Organization In Erbb Receptor Family Signaling And Identification Of Erbb3 As A Potential Anticancer Target, Shujie Yang

Biomedical Sciences ETDs

The ErbB family of receptor tyrosine kinases plays an important role in the development and pathogenesis of many cancers and two of its members, ErbB1 and ErbB2, are already important cancer therapeutic targets. The first goal of this project was to evaluate novel aspects of ErbB signaling complexity, by studying fine-scale membrane organization of three ErbB receptors (ErbB1, ErbB2 and ErbB3) under conditions of receptor overexpression and ligand-induced signaling in breast cancer cells. We used innovative immunoelectron microscopy techniques to map the relative proximity of ErbB family members on SKBR3 breast cancer cell membrane sheets, before and after introduction of …

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Role Of Mmps And Timp-3 In Neuronal Death And White Matter Injury Following Transient Global Ischemia, Espen Jacob Walker May 2009

Role Of Mmps And Timp-3 In Neuronal Death And White Matter Injury Following Transient Global Ischemia, Espen Jacob Walker

Biomedical Sciences ETDs

Transient global ischemia to the mouse results in hypoxic hypoperfusion to the brain and can lead to regional vulnerability, inflammation, and cell death. Characterization of this model with varying occlusion and reperfusion times allowed us to provide evidence for a consistent injury to the hippocampus and white matter regions of the brain. Following 30 minutes of bilateral carotid artery occlusion (BCAO) and 7 days of reperfusion, hippocampal injury to the CA2 region was consistently identified with neuronal loss and fluorojade positive cells. Three days following reperfusion, white matter injury was demonstrated by increased astrocyte reactivity and oligodendrocyte loss. With a …

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Adobe Medicus 2009 3 May-June, Health Sciences Library And Informatics Center May 2009

Adobe Medicus 2009 3 May-June, Health Sciences Library And Informatics Center

adobe medicus

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Regulation Of N-Formyl Peptide Receptor Trafficking And Signaling By Arrestins, Brant Michael Wagener May 2009

Regulation Of N-Formyl Peptide Receptor Trafficking And Signaling By Arrestins, Brant Michael Wagener

Biomedical Sciences ETDs

This work focuses on how arrestin regulates trafficking and signaling of the N-formyl peptide receptor (FPR), a G protein-coupled receptor (GPCR). GPCRs are involved in almost all physiologic processes and numerous pathologic processes. There is an intimate relationship between GPCR trafficking and signaling that controls many cellular processes. However, the protein-protein interactions that control post-endocytic trafficking and signaling of GPCRs are poorly understood. Our previous reports demonstrated that three events take place upon FPR activation in the absence of arrestins: accumulation of FPR in the perinuclear recycling endosome, lack of FPR recycling and apoptosis. All of these phenotypes were rescued …

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2009-04-30 Unm News Minute, University Of New Mexico Communication And Marketing Department Apr 2009

2009-04-30 Unm News Minute, University Of New Mexico Communication And Marketing Department

UNM News Minute 2009

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