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The Physiological And Perceptual Responses To Continuous- And Interval-Based High-Intensity Functional Training, Jessica Smith

Health, Exercise, and Sports Sciences ETDs

The purpose of this study was to compare the acute physiological and perceptual responses to rest intervals during high-intensity functional training (HIFT) using a “rounds for time” (RFT) and an “every minute on the minute” (EMOM) design. Two studies were conducted in twelve trained and nine untrained individuals who performed two HIFT trials (EMOM and RFT). Blood lactate, oxygen consumption, heart rate, and rating of perceived exertion were significantly higher for the RFT compared to the EMOM. There was no difference between the EMOM and RFT for muscle damage responses. Lastly, there was no difference between the EMOM and RFT …

Hsc Connects Newsletter - March 28, 2024, Unm Hsc Communications

HSC Connects Newsletters

Weekly newsletter of the UNM Health Sciences Center.

Oral History Interview With Ella Anagick Education History, Holly Guise

Oral Histories HIST 300, Fall 2024

Holly Miowak Guise's Survey of Native American History interviews Ella Anagick (Inupiaq) about her education with the Mt. Edgecumbe High School Native boarding school in Alaska, and other topics in Alaska history.

The Phenomenology Of Awe And Self-Transcendence In Psychedelic Virtual Reality, Jacob Spinks, Kailie Kentopp, Grace Petro, Mia Madrid, David Witherington

Brain & Behavioral Health Research Day

This study explores how a virtual reality (VR) program inspired by psychedelics induces emotions related to awe and self-transcendence. Through interviews with fifteen participants after a VR session, three themes emerged, encompassing participants’ various emotional experiences, non-reflective engagements such as awe and meditative-type experience, and reflective engagements including wonder and curiosity. Findings demonstrate how psychedelic VR can induce a range of emotional and self-transcendent experiences, along with insight into the nature of these experiences.

Processes And Mechanisms Of Change In Mindfulness-Based Interventions For Substance Use Disorders: A Contextually Sensitive Systematic Review, David I.K Moniz-Lewis, Katie Witkiewitz

Brain & Behavioral Health Research Day

This review investigates the core processes that make mindfulness-based treatments for substance use disorders effective. It specifically investigates the rigor of the methods used to investigate these processes, as well as how these studies contextualized processes within the sociocultural contexts of participants. The review identified various processes that make mindfulness treatments effective. Further, it highlights that most studies employed rigorous methods but very few accounted for sociocultural context.

Funding: DML is supported via the National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism T32 Predoctoral Fellowship (5T32AA018108) and the National Institute on Drug Abuse POSITIVE Research Study (UG3/UH3DA051441). KW is supported by …

Economic Cost To Society Due To Community Nonacceptance Of Lgbtq Youth In Florida Based On Fatal And Non-Fatal Suicide Attempts, Seiji Imai

Brain & Behavioral Health Research Day

The LGBTQ youth suicide rate is higher in communities with higher community nonacceptance. This research examines the economic cost to society of the difference in suicide rates attributed to community nonacceptance. In Florida, a state with recent increases in hostility towards the LGBTQ community and LGBTQ rights, the annual cost of community nonacceptance of LGBTQ youth was found to be $309.43 million.

Multidisciplinary Clinical Care At Unm For Ultra-Rare Muscular Dystrophy Mimicking Facioscapulohumeral Muscular Dystrophy Type 1, Bret J. Gardner, Cynthia Olivas, Meeta Cardon

Brain & Behavioral Health Research Day

Muscular dystrophies are rare, degenerative disorders resulting in physical disability of varying severity. Differentiating types is often challenging given similar clinical presentations. This difficulty is apparent in the case of diagnosing one ultra-rare type: Muscular Dystrophy, Hearing Loss, and Ovarian Insufficiency (MDHLO). At UNM, we diagnose and care for our patients with muscular dystrophy through a multidisciplinary clinic at Carrie Tingley Hospital Outpatient Center, partially funded by a grant from the Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA).

Traumatic Brain Injury And Psychopathic Traits In Justice-Involved Adult Males, Michaela M. Milillo, Tessa Cappelle, Gerard J.B Clarke, Craig S. Neumann, J Michael Maurer, Nathaniel Anderson, Carla L. Harenski, David Arciniegas, Jean Decety, Michael Koenigs, Kent A. Kiehl

Brain & Behavioral Health Research Day

This is an original study that investigates correlates of traumatic brain injury (TBI; i.e., severity, total number of TBIs, age at first TBI) and psychopathic traits (i.e., antisocial or interpersonal qualities) in justice-involved adult males who were incarcerated at the time of their participation. Our results show higher levels of psychopathic traits in individuals with TBI versus those without, which suggests a greater need to target TBI in the treatment of justice-involved populations.

FUNDING This work was supported by grants from the National Institutes of Health (R01MH109329 R01DA026964, R01DA026505, R01MH071896, R01DA020870, R01MH070539; PI: Kent A. Kiehl, Ph.D.).

A Review On The Diagnostic Utility Of Artificial Intelligence In Psychology, Serena Smith, Eunice Kim

Brain & Behavioral Health Research Day

Artificial Intelligence (AI) has been increasingly integrated into clinical and neuroscientific research methods over the last decade, expanding on methods and results while raising ethical concerns. Concerns about patient privacy, scientific and clinical validity, neuro-discrimination, and anthropomorphism have been evaluated in the literature (Salles, et al., 2020, Ienca and Ignatiadis, 2020, Timmons, et al., 2022). A literature review was conducted to evaluate the potential benefits as well as the potential concerns associated with recent AI developments over the last 5 years in the fields of neuroscience and psychology. 30 articles were reviewed using Google Scholar and PubMed. Search terms included …

Gut Microbiome Underpinnings Of Anxiety And Depression In Long Covid-19, Haley E. Prather, Kimberly Barnhart, Stephanie Nitschke, Kayla Julio, Nicholas Shaff, Aleksandr Birg, Henry C. Lin, Sephira G. Ryman, Andrei A. Vakhtin

Brain & Behavioral Health Research Day

Non-expert summary:

COVID-19 has been identified as having a negative effect on the psychological well-being of those affected. The purpose of this investigation is to elucidate the prevalence of depression and anxiety in long COVID-19, as well as explore whether gut-based processes underlie such psychiatric consequences of COVID-19. By investigating the connection between the gut and anxiety as well as depression in long COVID-19, we can better understand and treat this debilitating condition.

Funding: NIGMS Grant P20GM109089 and NINDS Grant R01NS129407

Eeg Acquisition Methods During The First Year Of Life: Unm Pilot Of Healthy Brain And Child Development Study (Hbcd), Alexandria Wiesel, Lidia Enriquez Marquez, Lawrence Leeman, Ludmila N. Bakhireva, James F. Cavanagh

Brain & Behavioral Health Research Day

Background:

The HEALthy Brain and Child Development (HBCD) is the largest multi-site longitudinal prospective study in the US. The national cohort is composed of local pregnant persons and children who continue with HBCD for 5+ years. HBCD seeks to examine brain and child development amongst substance and environmental exposures, social, cultural, and genetic influences.

Methods:

Repeated electroencephalography (EEG) assessments are performed throughout HBCD, starting at Visit 3 (3-9 months). EEG signals and corresponding stimuli are analyzed to measure event-related potentials (ERPs). EEG acquisition includes 4 age-adjusted tasks recorded via MagstimEGI 128 channel net, EKG lead, and Net Station Acquisition. Video …

Little Brain, Big Rewards: A Meta-Analysis Of The Cerebellum And Reward Processing In Youth, Teagan S. Mullins, Lynette Abrams-Silva, Jeremy Hogeveen

Brain & Behavioral Health Research Day

The cerebellum is a late-developing area of the brain that shows promise in regulation of reward related processes. Since reward plays a role in a number of disorders, finding out how reward works and how to alter this is critical. Since both the cerebellum and the reward are changing in adolescence, does this region show cerebellar activation with reward? A search of the literature shows that it does.

Russians Fleeing Putin’S Country: Trauma, Daily Stressors, Anxiety, Depression, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, Maria Mccready, David Witherington, Steven Verney, Dmitry Boltyanskiy

Brain & Behavioral Health Research Day

The turmoil unleashed by the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 triggered a mass migration of individuals from Russia to nearby countries like Armenia and Georgia. Amidst this upheaval, concerns have arisen regarding the mental well-being of Russian emigrants and their experiences during this turbulent period. To bridge this gap in knowledge, our study aims to examine the mental health status of adult Russian emigrants who departed from their homeland after the beginning of the conflict.

Drawing from a sample of 67 participants, comprising 30 females and 3 non-binary individuals, our research focuses on communities in Armenia and Georgia, …

The Effects Of Moderate Prenatal Alcohol Exposure On Performance In Hippocampal-Dependent Spatial Memory And Anxiety Tasks By Adult Male And Female Rats, Gabriela Acosta, Jack Madden, Ariyana Lacour, Suzy Davies, Jeremy Hogeveen, Daniel D. Savage, Nathan Pentkowski, Benjamin Clark

Brain & Behavioral Health Research Day

Moderate prenatal alcohol exposure (mPAE; ~60-80 mg/dL) has been found to result in structural alterations to the hippocampus. Although many studies have shown that mPAE impairs performance on hippocampal-dependent tasks, few studies have compared behavior across male and female mPAE rats. Thus, the present study was aimed at comparing performance by male and female mPAE rats in tests of spatial memory and anxiety. Overall, mPAE didn't significantly affect spatial tasks but decreased anxiety-like behaviors.

This research was supported by R01 AA029700 and P50 AA022534.

Neuroplasticity In The Dentate Gyrus: A Multimethod Investigation On Hippocampal Ltp Following Prenatal Alcohol Exposure, Monica Goncalves-Garcia

Psychology ETDs

Studies have demonstrated alcohol-related deficits in LTP associated with histaminergic and glutamatergic impairments. The histaminergic H3R inverse agonist ABT-239 has shown promise in reversing these deficits. The present study focuses on another H3R inverse agonist, SAR-152594, and its impact on LTP deficits following moderate PAE. The findings reveal that systemic administration of 1 mg/kg of SAR-152594 reverses deficits in potentiation fEPSPs in adult male rats exposed to moderate PAE. Time-frequency analyses of evoked responses indicate PAE-related reductions in power during the fEPSP and increased power during later components of evoked responses, both reversed by SAR-152594. These results provide further evidence …

Neutrosophy Transcends Binary Oppositions In Mythology And Folklore, Florentin Smarandache

Neutrosophic Sets and Systems

This article is a brief foray into the intricate realm of mythological and folkloric composite entities. Our analysis posits that these hybrid and superhybrid creatures serve as compelling evidence that the human psyche consistently transcends binary oppositions as in neutrosophy. Across diverse cultures and epochs, the human mind exhibits a propensity for nuanced and neutrosophic vantage points, defying simplistic categorizations. Additionally, we make some remarks pertaining to the subject matter, and open up a few less conventional questions.

The Effects Of Moderate Prenatal Alcohol Exposure On Navigation In A Delayed Non- Match-To-Place Spatial Alternation Task By Adult Male And Female Rats, Gabriela Acosta

Psychology ETDs

Prenatal alcohol exposure has been found to alter brain regions involved in spatial memory. Previous studies have shown that moderate PAE (mPAE; ~30-120 mg/dL) impairs spatial memory in male rats and damages the limbic-thalamus and hippocampus. Recent work has shown that visual discrimination memory is impaired after mPAE in a sex-specific manner such that female mice exhibit greater deficits after 15sec delay. It is unclear whether similar-sex-specific deficits would be observed in a spatial memory task or in a rat model of mPAE. Thus, the present study tests the hypothesis that mPAE would produce sex-specific deficits in a delayed non-match-to-place …

Front Matter, New Mexico Law Review

New Mexico Law Review

No abstract provided.

Environmental Justice Is A Civil Rights Issue, Secretary Deb Haaland

New Mexico Law Review

No abstract provided.

Stochastic Terrorism, Speech Incantations And Federal Tax Exemption, Darryll K. Jones

New Mexico Law Review

No abstract provided.

A Primary Purpose Problem: State V. Tsosie, Lana Elledge

New Mexico Law Review

In Crawford v. Washington, the United States Supreme Court held that if statements “were made under circumstances which would lead an objective witness reasonably to believe that the statements would be available for use at a later trial,” then a defendant has the right to confront and cross examine the witness. However, the Court’s subsequent retreat from this ruling and introduction of the primary purpose test in a later decision, created a flawed federal analysis, as seen in State v. Tsosie. In Tsosie, the New Mexico Supreme Court applied the primary purpose test to determine whether statements of the declarant, …

Determination Of The Degree Of Relationship Between Activity Cost And Financial Management In Beef Cattle Production In A Region Of Peru, Based On Indeterminate Likert Scale And Neutrosophic Similarity, Michael Raiser Vásquez-Ramírez, Ketty Marilú Moscoso-Paucarchuco

Neutrosophic Sets and Systems

Activity Cost and Financial Management are two variables of vital importance in livestock production. This paper aims to measure the relationship existing between these two variables within the production of beef cattle in the Coto-Coto Chilca Livestock Fair in Peru. To do this, we selected 141 ranchers from the area to give their opinions regarding the behavior of these two variables. The data were represented with the help of an Indeterminate Likert Scale, to capture the uncertainty and indeter minacy of the respondents' opinion. Survey results were compared for the two variables using a measure of neutrosophic simi larities. Neutrosophic …

Essays On Cancer Patients, Quality Of Life, And Social Support: Evidence From Nepal, Muhammad Adnan Shahid

Economics ETDs

This dissertation is organized in five chapters. The first chapter provides a summary of the three research articles that are combined in this dissertation. It highlights the goals of each research paper, and outlines their contribution to the existing literature and the field of economics. Chapters 2 and 3 are based on a field study that I conducted on cancer and non-cancer patients in various cancer hospitals in Nepal. Chapter 4 uses data from field survey conducted by scholars of the Nepal Study Center, UNM, including me, in Sindhupalchok district of Nepal after the devastating earthquake of 2015. The final …

2024 Brain & Behavioral Health Poster, Faith Brandt

Brain & Behavioral Health Research Day

No abstract provided.

Lessons Learned From The Design And Implementation Of A Learner And Location Focused Deij Curriculum For A Psychiatry Residency Program, Wayles Haynes, Samira Khalil, Lindsay Smart

HSC Education Days

The 2022 ACGME survey found that learners perceived a residency-wide lack of DEIJ (Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Justice) education reflecting the program’s historic de-prioritization for DEIJ education. This gap in conjunction with increasing concern about the effects of DEIJ issues on clinical care and the learning environment inspired a new curriculum. An interprofessional and inter-hierarchical team created a learner and location focused resident DEIJ curriculum. A year-long investigation of learner specific needs was conducted through a series of zoom meetings discussing content, organization, and teaching methods. Learners reviewed asynchronous material (podcasts, videos, and articles) then provided feedback through in-class discussion …

What's Right With You? Using Strength-Based Approaches To Empower Patients, Communities, And Learners, Luke Sanchez, Derek Lin, Anthony Fleg

HSC Education Days

A deficits model is the cornerstone for the health professions education, practice and scholarship. With a focus on diseases, deficits, addictions, social risk factors, this approach has a risk of disempowering patients, communities, and learners. A strength-based approach instead focuses on what people and communities do well – resources, skills, strengths, resilience, etc. – with intention of building upon these to improve health. Strength-based approaches are critical for decolonization and for undoing racism. This session, led by HSC students, presents a mixture of data and personal experience to elucidate the importance of strength-based approaches to health, with guidance on how …

Comparison Of Vipassana Meditation With Other Mindfulness Traditions In The Response To Experimentally Induced Pain, Timothy Ian Vandiver

Psychology ETDs

This study compared various mindfulness meditators with a meditation-naïve control group on various measures of pain tolerance and response. My primary hypothesis was that meditators would show greater pain tolerance than non-meditators and that they would also show greater parasympathetic nervous system activation in response to experimentally induced pain. The results were mixed, with meditators showing no greater increase in pain tolerance post-baseline. Differences in nervous system function between the two groups were also difficult to interpret.

Another component of the study was to explore the phenomenological reports and to compare and contrast those of the meditators and non-meditators using …

The Phenomenology Of Abstract Awe: A Qualitative Study Of Lived Experiences In Psychedelic Virtual Reality, Jacob Spinks

Psychology ETDs

This thesis investigates individuals' experiences with SoundSelf, a virtual reality (VR) program inspired by psychedelic experience, focusing on its capacity to evoke awe and other self-transcendent experiences. Conducted with fifteen participants, the study involved a single VR session followed by in-depth phenomenological interviews. Through a thematic analysis, three primary themes were constructed: (a) emotions and feelings, the good and the bad; (b) non-reflective engagements, directly living experience; and (c) reflective engagements, exploring curiosity and wonder. The findings indicate that while SoundSelf can elicit a wide array of emotions and self-transcendent experiences, it does not consistently induce awe. This research contributes …

Ranking Of Neutrosophic Number Based On Values And Ambiguities And Its Application To Linear Programming Problem, Manas Karak, Pramodh Bharati, Animesh Mahata

Neutrosophic Sets and Systems

No abstract provided.

Measuring Culturally And Contextually Specific Distress Among Afghan, Iraqi, And Great Lakes African Refugees, Ryeora Choe, David T Lardier, Julia Meredith Hess, Meredith A Blackwell, Suha Amer, Martin Ndayisenga, Sara Deewa, Brian Isakson, Jessica R Goodkind

Pediatrics Research and Scholarship

Culturally and contextually valid measurement of psychological distress is critical, given the increasing numbers of forcibly displaced people and transnational migration. This study replicates an inductive process that elicited culturally specific expressions, understandings, and idioms of distress among Afghans to develop culturally specific measures of distress for Great Lakes Africans and Iraqis and expands this methodology to include a focus on the contexts of refugees resettled in the United States. To create the measures, we adapted Miller et al.'s (2006) model for the