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Preliminary Incidence And Trends Of Infections Caused By Pathogens Transmitted Commonly Through Food - Foodborne Diseases Active Surveillance Network, 10 U.S. Sites, 2022, Miranda J. Delahoy, Hazel J. Shah, Daniel Lowell Weller, Logan C. Ray, Kirk Smith, Suzanne Mcguire, Rosalie T. Trevejo, Elaine Scallan Walter, Katie Wymore, Tamara Rissman, Marcy Mcmillian, Sarah Lathrop, Bethany Laclair, Michelle M. Boyle, Stic Harris, Joanna Zablotsky-Kufel, Kennedy Houck, Carey J. Devine, Carey E. Lau, Robert V. Tauxe, Beau B. Bruce, Patricia M. Griffin, Daniel C. Payne

Pathology Research and Scholarship

Each year, infections from major foodborne pathogens are responsible for an estimated 9.4 million illnesses, 56,000 hospitalizations, and 1,350 deaths in the United States (1). To evaluate progress toward prevention of enteric infections in the United States, the Foodborne Diseases Active Surveillance Network (FoodNet) conducts surveillance for laboratory-diagnosed infections caused by eight pathogens transmitted commonly through food at 10 U.S. sites. During 2020-2021, FoodNet detected decreases in many infections that were due to behavioral modifications, public health interventions, and changes in health care-seeking and testing practices during the COVID-19 pandemic. This report presents preliminary estimates of pathogen-specific annual incidences during …

20230629_What Is The Hslic Biomedical Informatics Seminar Series (Biomiss), Brandon Carroll

HSLIC Blog Post

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Hsc Connects Newsletter - June 29, 2023, Unm Hsc Communications

HSC Connects Newsletters

Weekly newsletter of the UNM Health Sciences Center.

Canada's Indigenous Health Information: Creating Collaborative Space For Archives And Community In The Native Health Database, Jonathan M. Pringle

Posters and Presentations

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Gold Thin Film Electrodes For High Sensitivity & Selectivity Electrochemical Detection Of Arsenite In Water, Tybur Q. Casuse Driovínto

Civil Engineering ETDs

This is partial fulfillment of a dissertation defense on electrochemical detection of Arsenic (As) in water using gold (Au) nanofilms as sensing electrodes. The maximum contaminant level of Arsenic in drinking water is set at 10 g L^-1 by the WHO and USEPA. Electrochemical detection by linear stripping voltammetry has comparable detection limits to more expensive laboratory-based methods but with added benefits of being portable and manufacturable. The work has developed sputtered and crystallographically oriented nanofilms for detection of trace As (III). Ultraflat Au(111) oriented thin films, Au(UTF), were compared to single crystal model electrodes to identify the impacts …

20230627_Take The Test & Take The Next Step – National Hiv Testing Day, Brandon Carroll

HSLIC Blog Post

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Associations Between Nonsuicidal Self-Injury And School-Based Health-Promotive Factors For Sexual And Gender Minority Youth And Their Peers, Alena Kuhlemeier, Daniel Shattuck, Cathleen Willging, Mary M. Ramos

Pediatrics Research and Scholarship

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Methods Of Magneto-Optical Spectroscopy And Analysis For Porphyrins And Polymer Thin-Films, Emigdio E. Turner

Chemistry and Chemical Biology ETDs

This dissertation describes the construction of two high precision magneto-polarimeters for performing Faraday rotation and Magnetic Circular Dichroism (MCD) measurements of polymer thin-films. There is a focus in materials science on the development of thin-film magneto-optically active materials. These materials could allow for the construction of a thin-film optical diode, an important device for next-generation photonic technology. Upon completion of the Faraday rotation spectrometer, two publications were generated from Faraday rotation measurements of novel polymer thin-film materials.

With growing interest by materials scientists in magneto-optically active transition-metal containing materials, an MCD spectrometer was constructed to study these materials. This spectrometer …

Beyond Broca's And Wernicke's: Functional Mapping Of Ancillary Language Centers Prior To Brain Tumor Surgery, Ashley Lawrence, Michael Carvajal, Jacob Ormsby

Radiology Research and Scholarship

Functional MRI is a well-established tool used for pre-surgical planning to help the neurosurgeon have a roadmap of critical functional areas that should be avoided, if possible, during surgery to minimize morbidity for patients with brain tumors (though this also has applications for surgical resection of epileptogenic tissue and vascular lesions). This article reviews the locations of secondary language centers within the brain along with imaging findings to help improve our confidence in our knowledge on language lateralization. Brief overviews of these language centers and their contributions to the language networks will be discussed. These language centers include primary language …

Eat, Sleep, Console Approach Or Usual Care For Neonatal Opioid Withdrawal, Leslie W. Young, Songthip T. Ounpraseuth, Stephanie L. Merhar, Zhuopei Hu, Alan E. Simon, Andrew A. Bremer, Jeannette Y. Lee, Abhik Das, Margaret M. Crawford, Rachel G. Greenberg, P Brian Smith, Brenda B. Poindexter, Rosemary D. Higgins, Michele C. Walsh, Ward Rice, David A. Paul, Jessie R. Maxwell, Sucheta Telang, Camille M. Fung, Tanner Wright, Anne Marie Reynolds, Devon W. Hahn, Julie Ross, Jennifer M. Mcallister, Moira Crowley, Sophie K. Shaikh, Karen M. Puopolo, Lori Christ, Jaime Brown, Julie Riccio, Kara Wong Ramsey, Akshatha Akshatha, Erica F. Braswell, Lauren Tucker, Karen R. Mcalmon, Krishna Dummula, Julie Weiner, Jessica R. White, Meghan P. Howell, Sarah Newman, Jessica N. Snowden, Lori A. Devlin, Act Now Collaborative

Pediatrics Research and Scholarship

BACKGROUND: Although clinicians have traditionally used the Finnegan Neonatal Abstinence Scoring Tool to assess the severity of neonatal opioid withdrawal, a newer function-based approach - the Eat, Sleep, Console care approach - is increasing in use. Whether the new approach can safely reduce the time until infants are medically ready for discharge when it is applied broadly across diverse sites is unknown.

METHODS: In this cluster-randomized, controlled trial at 26 U.S. hospitals, we enrolled infants with neonatal opioid withdrawal syndrome who had been born at 36 weeks' gestation or more. At a randomly assigned time, hospitals transitioned from usual care …

Hsc Connects Newsletter - June 22, 2023, Unm Hsc Communications

HSC Connects Newsletters

Weekly newsletter of the UNM Health Sciences Center.

Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations, Environmental Quality And Public Health, Suraj Ghimire

Economics ETDs

Using dairy farm data, this dissertation investigates the environmental and health implications of concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs) in New Mexico. It seeks to answer three primary research questions: (1) the relationship between environmental justice indicators and proximity to dairy farms; (2) the overall health consequences of dairy air pollutants; and (3) the viability of implementing an anaerobic digester (AD) system as a potential solution to externality concerns while maintaining dairy farm economic sustainability.

The first study demonstrates that foreign-born populations and Hispanics disproportionately experience emissions from CAFOs, with living near dairy farms or in areas with elevated ammonia levels …

Short-Term Fasting Lowers Glucagon Levels Under Euglycemic And Hypoglycemic Conditions In Healthy Humans, Shana O. Warner, Yufei Dai, Nicole Sheanon, Michael V. Yao, Rebecca L. Cason, Shahriar Arbabi, Shailendra B. Patel, Diana Lindquist, Jason J. Winnick

Pediatrics Research and Scholarship

Fasting is associated with increased susceptibility to hypoglycemia in people with type 1 diabetes, thereby making it a significant health risk. To date, the relationship between fasting and insulin-induced hypoglycemia has not been well characterized, so our objective was to determine whether insulin-independent factors, such as counterregulatory hormone responses, are adversely impacted by fasting in healthy control individuals. Counterregulatory responses to insulin-induced hypoglycemia were measured in 12 healthy people during 2 metabolic studies. During one study, participants ate breakfast and lunch, after which they underwent a 2-hour bout of insulin-induced hypoglycemia (FED). During the other study, participants remained fasted prior …

Parents' Perspectives On The Utility Of Genomic Sequencing In The Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Amy A Lemke, Michelle L Thompson, Emily C Gimpel, Katelyn C Mcnamara, Carla A Rich, Candice R Finnila, Meagan E Cochran, James M J Lawlor, Kelly M East, Kevin M Bowling, Donald R Latner, Susan M Hiatt, Michelle D Amaral, Whitley V Kelley, Veronica Greve, David E Gray, Stephanie A Felker, Hannah Meddaugh, Ashley Cannon, Amanda Luedecke, Kelly E Jackson, Laura G Hendon, Hillary M Janani, Marla Johnston, Lee Ann Merin, Sarah L Deans, Carly Tuura, Trent Hughes, Heather Williams, Kelly Laborde, Matthew B Neu, Jessica Patrick-Esteve, Anna C E Hurst, Brian M Kirmse, Renate Savich, Steven B Spedale, Sara J Knight, Gregory S Barsh, Bruce R Korf, Gregory M Cooper, Kyle B Brothers

Pediatrics Research and Scholarship

BACKGROUND: It is critical to understand the wide-ranging clinical and non-clinical effects of genome sequencing (GS) for parents in the NICU context. We assessed parents' experiences with GS as a first-line diagnostic tool for infants with suspected genetic conditions in the NICU.

METHODS: Parents of newborns (N = 62) suspected of having a genetic condition were recruited across five hospitals in the southeast United States as part of the SouthSeq study. Semi-structured interviews (N = 78) were conducted after parents received their child's sequencing result (positive, negative, or variants of unknown significance). Thematic analysis was performed on all interviews.

RESULTS: …

20230620_The Lactation Room Gets Remodeled, Brandon Carroll

HSLIC Blog Post

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First In Time: The Place Of Tribes In Governing The Colorado River System, Matthew Mckinney, Jay Weiner, Daryl Vigil

Natural Resources Journal

Native Americans are the first inhabitants of the Colorado River Basin and have relied on its water and other resources since time immemorial. However, tribes were not involved in the shaping the Colorado River Compact and its governing institutions, and they have faced uphill battles to secure, protect, and develop their water rights—including the ability to acquire access to clean water for their members. This article begins by explaining the historic role of tribes in governing the Colorado River system. It then reviews ongoing efforts to better integrate tribal needs, interests, and priorities into management decisions, and to support opportunities …

From Austin To Santa Fe: Exploring The Prosecution Of Environmental Crimes Within Epa Region 6, Dr. Joshua Ozymy, Dr. Melissa Jarrell Ozymy

Natural Resources Journal

Criminal violations of environmental law are prosecuted by EPA and DOJ. Despite decades of such prosecutions, there has been relatively little analysis done towards understanding existing patterns in criminal prosecution of environmental crimes, especially on a regional basis. This article analyzes the 287 prosecutions which occurred in EPA Region 6 between 1983–2022, out of the 2,807 total environmental crimes prosecuted by all of EPA during that period. In the selected cases, defendants were cumulatively assessed with over $908 million in monetary penalties, 225 years of incarceration, and 1,032 years of probation. At 43 percent of the selected prosecutions, water pollution …

Case Note: Up In The Air: Environment Texas And The New Violation-Based Approach To Determining Standing In Environmental Citizen Suits, Noah T. Allaire

Natural Resources Journal

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Case Note: Mind The (Federal) Gap: Nuisance Claims In The Tenth Circuit To Address Climate Change, Serafina Seluja

Natural Resources Journal

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20230616_Juneteenth Holiday Hours, Brandon Carroll

HSLIC Blog Post

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20230616_Learn More About Orcid Id At Unm, Jonathan M. Pringle

HSLIC Blog Post

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Group Decision-Making Model Using The Exponential Similarity Measure Of Confidence Neutrosophic Number Cubic Sets In A Fuzzy Multi-Valued Circumstance, Sumin Zhang, Jun Ye

Neutrosophic Sets and Systems

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An Application Of Neutrosophic Sets To Decision Making, Michael Gr. Voskoglou

Neutrosophic Sets and Systems

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Topological Structures Via Mbj-Neutrosophic Sets, Jong-Il Baek, Da-Li Sh, Young Mo Kwon, Sang Hyeon Han, Kul Hur

Neutrosophic Sets and Systems

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An Efficient Framework For Evaluating The Usability Of Academic Websites: Calibration, Validation, Analysis, And Methods, Basma K. Eldrandaly, Ahmed A. Al, Ripon K. Chakrabortty, Mohamed Abdel-Basset

Neutrosophic Sets and Systems

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Fundamentals Of Picture Fuzzy Hypersoft Set With Application, Muhammad Saeed, Muhammad Imran Harl

Neutrosophic Sets and Systems

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Introduction To The Symbolic Plithogenic Algebraic Structures (Revisited), Florentin Smarandache

Neutrosophic Sets and Systems

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Neutrosophic Statistical Analysis Of Temperature Of Different Cities Of Pakistan, Ishmal Shahzadi

Neutrosophic Sets and Systems

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An Intelligent Fuzzy Parameterized Madm-Approach To Optimal Selection Of Electronic Appliances Based On Neutrosophic Hypersoft Expert Set, Muhammad Ihsan, Muhammad Saeed, Atiqe Ur Rahman

Neutrosophic Sets and Systems

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Pythagorean M-Polar Fuzzy Neutrosophic Metric Spaces, Atiqa Siraj, Khalid Naeem, Broumi Said

Neutrosophic Sets and Systems

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