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Analyzing The Income-Education Nexus In Ecuador: A Neutrosophic Statistical Approach, Guido Macas-Acosta, Juan-Antonio Jimber-Del-Río, Fidel Márquez-Sánchez, Arnaldo Vergara-Romero

Neutrosophic Sets and Systems

This study examines the relationship between education and entrepreneur income in Ecuador, a prototypical small economy grappling with employment challenges. Utilizing quantile regression and neutrosophic statistical methods, the research uncovers varied impacts of education on earnings across different income levels. The findings reveal a decrease in indeterminacy as individuals ascend income quintiles, indicating that higher education levels yield more predictable and substantial economic returns at the upper end of the income spectrum. These insights are vital for policymakers to develop targeted educational interventions. The study’s methodological novelty lies in its adoption of neutrosophic statistics, which embraces the indeterminacy intrinsic to …

An Efficient Neutrosophic Type-2 Model For Selecting Optimal Internet Of Things (Iot) Service Provider: Analysis And Applications, Ibrahim Alrashdi

Neutrosophic Sets and Systems

The Internet of Things, or IoT, is a rapidly expanding technology, and one of its most important application areas is sustainable transportation. Choosing the right IoT service provider is a complex process that is considered a multi-criteria decision issue. The multi-criteria decision-making (MCDM) methodology deals with massive criteria. This study proposed an MCDM methodology for selecting the best IoT service provider under different sustainable criteria. The Multi-Objective Optimization Ratio Analysis (MOORA) method is an MCDM methodology used to rank the alternatives. The MOORA method is integrated with a type 2 neutrosophic set to deal with uncertain information. The proposed MCDM …

Inhaled Microbiomics: Targeted Delivery Of Prebiotics And Antibiotics In Patients With Cystic Fibrosis, David Arran Mcchesney, Seth M. Daly, Patricia Marshik, Pavan Muttil

Pharmaceutical Sciences ETDs

Adults with Cystic Fibrosis (CF) are a unique and expanding patient population in the context of massive progress in disease screening and treatment. However, exacerbations remain a significant complication of the disease associated with its decline. CF pathophysiology promotes chronic respiratory bacterial infections, which are implicated in exacerbations. An important finding in research surrounding the respiratory microbiome has correlated the loss of diversity being with a worse prognosis in chronic lung diseases. We developed an aerosol formulation towards supporting the existing, diverse respiratory microbiome. Our formulation of prebiotics with and without antibiotics was designed to fit within the complex, multistep, …

Newark To Navajo: An Autoethnography Of A Cultural Outsider, Vincent Lloyd Mays

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

This study aims to explore the experiences of an African American Male leader in the Bureau of Indian Education. The focus of the study is to understand how I experienced inequitable workplace opportunities that may prohibit me from attaining and advancing into executive leadership roles. A qualitative Autoethnographic approach explores how my lived experiences may help the human resources division recruit and retain “Cultural Outsiders.” It denoted the career trajectory for an African American Male in the Bureau of Indian Education sector to capture the essence of their experiences navigating inequities along the leadership pipeline. To examine my experiences, adaptative …

5th Symposium On Amazonian Languages, Department Of Linguistics, Unm, Latin American And Iberian Institute

LAII Events

The Department of Linguistics is presenting the 5th Symposium on Amazonian Languages. Starting at 9am on March 29 and 30. The Symposium on Amazonian Languages (SAL) emerged as an effort to bring together colleagues working with Amazonian indigenous communities and who are affiliated with different institutions, mainly throughout the US and Canada. This Symposium highlights especially collaborative research projects in the Amazon, the framework towards which linguistics as a field has been moving in the last decades. Starting in 2013, SAL has been organized four consecutive times by the Department of Linguistics at the University of California, Berkeley, this is …

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

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Chamisa: A Journal of Literary, Performance, and Visual Arts of New Mexico and the Greater Southwest

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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 Impact Of Maternal Alcohol Consumption Patterns On Behavioral Outcomes In Offspring, Abbey Rose Myrick, Diane Jimenez, Belkis Jaquez, C Fernando Valenzuela, David N. Linsenbardt

Brain & Behavioral Health Research Day

Alcohol is a known teratogen, a substance capable of changing the neurodevelopmental outcomes of a fetus. We demonstrate an interaction between the rate, timing, and quantity of maternal alcohol consumption on the behavior of offspring in mice. Specifically, we found a correlation between these maternal drinking patterns and sex-specific changes in motor function and body weight gain. This study provides a precise tracking and analysis method for rodent maternal drinking characteristics and fetal neurodevelopmental outcomes.

Repeated Mild Traumatic Brain Injuries Are Associated With Exacerbated Deficits In Behavior, Cerebral Blood Flow, And Pathology, Z Matthew Situ, Taha F. Abdeljawad, Natalie J. Pinkowski, Adrienne N. Swindle, Raycarlo Laboy-Ramirez, Carissa J. Mehos, Johann Pacheco, Brandi R. Hess, Devon Hatcher, Betty Fish, Andrew R. Mayer, Russell A. Morton

Brain & Behavioral Health Research Day

Have you ever hit your head really hard? You might have had a concussion! Concussions are now considered a mild traumatic brain injury. Usually, when someone gets a concussion, they feel a lot of dizziness and pain in their head. However, having multiple concussions could lead to long-term damage. It may take you longer to recover, and you might not be able to move as swiftly as you once did.

Impact Of Moderate Prenatal Ethanol Exposure On Hilar Interneuron Subpopulations In The Dorsal Dentate Gyrus Of Adult Long-Evans Rat Offspring, Suzy Davies, Chloe H. Puglisi, Jennifer L. Wagner, Jessie R. Maxwell, Daniel D. Savage

Brain & Behavioral Health Research Day

Prenatal alcohol exposure (PAE) impairs the migration of interneurons during brain development. As interneurons are involved in dentate gyrus synaptic plasticity and learning, we measured three different subtypes of interneurons in dentate gyrus and found a significant decrease in the density of parvalbumin-positive (PV+) neurons in both sexes of PAE rats. These results suggest that PV+ interneurons are particularly sensitive to moderate PAE and could contribute to differential physiological and behavioral responses in PAE rats.

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Supported by P50 AA022534 and P20 GM109089.

Selectively Targeting S1pr1 Restores Bbb Integrity And Attenuates Svd-Related Neuropathological Progression In A Rat Model Of Chronic Hypoxic Hypoperfusion, Jeffrey Thompson, Yirong Yang, Kelsey Duval, Karen Santacruz, Michael Griego, Haojie Chen, Haoran Deng, Carlos Perez, Sean Maez, Sasha Hobson, Theodore Li, Halima Akter, Michel Torbey, Yi Yang

Brain & Behavioral Health Research Day

Cerebral Small Vessel Disease (SVD) contributes to 50% of human dementias world-wide. Human studies indicate a causative role of microvascular endothelial dysfunction, including blood-brain barrier (BBB) dysfunction in SVD. A potential link between BBB dysfunction and tissue hypoxic hypoperfusion underlying the essentials of SVD has been postulated; however, the mechanism(s) remains an open question. This study proposes the reversal of BBB disruption through pharmacological intervention of S1PR1 signaling as a novel therapeutic target for SVD.

Funding: This study is supported by a NIH/NINDS grant (1RF1NS110724) and a UNM MOS RAC grant to Dr. Yi Yang.

Molecular Mechanism Regulating The Fate And Function Of The Drosophila Sleep-Wake Circuit, Ethan Cato Wilson, Mubarak Hussain Syed

Brain & Behavioral Health Research Day

Post-bachelor research showing the evaluation of IGF2 mRNA-binding protein expression in adult Drosophila type II neural stem cells in the development of the sleep-wake circuit within the dorsal fan shape body. The genetic silencing of Imp on Chromosome III is sufficient to reduce the amount of sleep-wake neurons expression.

Funding: This research was supported by the National Science Foundation, the Sloan Foundation, and the Brain & Behavior Research Foundation

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.

Hsc Connects Newsletter - March 22, 2024, Unm Hsc Communications

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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 …

Third Trimester Equivalent Prenatal Alcohol Exposure Leads To Impaired Contextual Conditioning Paralleled By Blunted Activity Of The Anteroventral Thalamus, Mitchell Morningstar, David Linsenbardt, Katalina Lopez, Fernando Valenzuela

Brain & Behavioral Health Research Day

Fetal alcohol spectrum disorders result in a variety of learning and memory deficits. In this original study, we examined learning deficits between a third trimester equivalent alcohol exposure (TTAE) mouse model and their saline control counterparts. Additionally, we assessed the functional connectivity between 100+ brain regions using a marker of neural activity, cFOS. Overall, TTAE mice showed deficits in learning and differential network activation.

Identifying Barriers And Pathways To Care Among College Students With Early Psychosis, Natasha Dark, Annette S. Crisanti, Perla M. Romero, Justine L. Saavedra, Bess R. Friedman, Sam Barans, David Lardier, Juan Bustillo, Mauricio Tohen, Rhoshel Lenroot, Dawn Halperin

Brain & Behavioral Health Research Day

In this study, young college students in New Mexico, under 25yo, were asked for how they seek mental health care. It was found that those who first sought non-psychiatric help faced more delays in getting specialized treatment for their first signs of psychosis. Trust issues and fear of being judged were common barriers to seeking care, unaffected by ethnicity or gender, suggesting a need for better psychiatric care access and support systems.

Cannabis Use And Psychotic-Like Experiences, Ethan Campbell, Jeremy Hogeveen

Brain & Behavioral Health Research Day

This work preliminarily assesses the relationship between regular cannabis use and psychotic-like experiences (PLEs) in adolescents and young adults. Prior findings are replicated showing that broadly reported PLEs and associated distress are elevated in regular cannabis users, while also showing that acute PLE responses in cannabis-exposed individuals are related to individual differences in cannabis-related problems, trauma, and use frequency.

Project Aware Third Year Successes: Improvements In Everyday Life, Social Connectedness, And Overall Mental Health, Haely Katt, Carolina Verdezoto, Abigail Thompson, Sondra Samaniego, Ariel Homer, Tyler Kincaid, Thomas Chavez, Cynthia Melugin, David Lardier

Brain & Behavioral Health Research Day

Project AWARE (Advancing Wellness and Resiliency in Education) is a collaborative initiative led by New Mexico’s Public Education Department to enhance the mental health support system for school-aged youth. Specifically, AWARE focuses on raising mental health awareness, training adults to identify and respond to concerns, and connecting youth with needed services. Recent evaluation shows significant improvements in enhancing students’ ability to deal with everyday life, social connectedness, and overall mental health.

Is Thrombus Shell Composition Linked To Stroke Etiology?, Mehdi Abbasi, Sepideh Yadollahi, Setareh Yadollahi

Brain & Behavioral Health Research Day

This is an original work aimed at comparing the thrombus shell content across different stroke etiologies. Our results suggested that thrombi from cardioembolic (CE) and embolic stroke of undetermined source (ESUS) had similar shell content, while those from large artery atherosclerosis (LAA) showed differences, particularly in fibrin and platelet content.

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.

Long-Term Potentiation Disruption Underlying Cognitive Impairment In Electroconvulsive Therapy, Danielle Farrar, Karen Luo, Jude Chavez, Bibh Nguyen, Kevin Wilson, Sarah Ward, Christopher Abbott

Brain & Behavioral Health Research Day

Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is a highly effective treatment for major depressive disorder (MDD) yet many candidates for ECT treatment are reluctant due to the risk of cognitive side effects. It’s not currently known what underlies this cognitive impairment, but it has been proposed that long-term potentiation (LTP), which is a strengthening of neuronal connections underlying learning and memory, is disrupted during ECT treatment. We are measuring changes in LTP during ECT using electroencephalography (EEG).

Bacteriophage Virus-Like Particle-Based Vaccines Against Opioids, Isabella G. Romano, Brandi Johnson-Weaver, Herman Staats, William Wetstel, Yumei Huang, Bruce Blough, Susan B. Core, Bryce Chackerian, Kathryn M. Frietze

Brain & Behavioral Health Research Day

The opioid crisis is an increasing issue globally, and particularly in the United States. Recent advancements have shown that vaccines targeting opioid drugs are a promising new therapeutic option to combat opioid use disorder and overdose. Our group has developed a novel opioid vaccine using a virus-like particle based design. Here we demonstrate its efficacy in targeting multiple opioid drugs.

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.

An Example Of A Multidisciplinary Approach To The Expansion Of Consciousness, April Vihilidal

Brain & Behavioral Health Research Day

Using a multidisciplinary research approach, researchers can explore the role of the brain, mind, and consciousness to experience altered states of consciousness through deep and undisturbed concentration efforts. They can approach the decision-making process during a research event by using a quantitative theory of consciousness as manifested in information processing. An integrated framework combining data from various disciplines can help develop a broader theory of consciousness that is impossible from any single field alone.

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).

Nm Start: Serving The Needs Of Individuals With Developmental Disabilities And Mental Health Needs, Tiffany L. Otero, Felicia Nevarez, Pat Osbourn, Michelle Lafont, Collin Massey, Cynthia King, Mohammad Murtuza, Heather Krapf

Brain & Behavioral Health Research Day

The NM START Program, housed at the UNM Center for Development and Disability, launched in August 2023, as an initiative to address the issues experienced by individuals with disabilities in the State of New Mexico. The START (Systemic-Therapeutic-Assessment-Resources-Treatment) model is an evidence-informed model of integrated community crisis prevention & intervention services for individuals ages 6 and older with intellectual and developmental disabilities and mental health needs. START was first developed in 1988 by Dr. Joan B. Beasley and was cited as a best practice in the 2002 US Surgeon General’s report and by the National Academy of Sciences in 2016. …

Ctsc Clinical And Translational Research Experience (Ct-Rex) Program, Regis Lacher, Annette Crisanti

Brain & Behavioral Health Research Day

There is a workforce shortage in Clinical Research Professionals (CRPs. e.g., study coordinators, data management specialists) with a widening gap between supply and demand. The “great resignation” has exacerbated this problem with current resignation rates among CRPs 60% higher than in 2020. Research on this workforce shows that for every one qualified Clinical Research Coordinator, there are seven job postings. The ratio for Clinical Research Nurses is 1:10 and the ratio for Regulatory Affairs Professionals is 1:35. Furthermore, the US job market for CRPs is predicted to grow by 10% between 2016 and 2026. In terms of consequences, the CRPs …