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20230417_Society Of Southwest Archivists Meeting - April 26-29 In Albuquerque And Virtually, Jonathan M. Pringle

HSLIC Blog Post

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Revolutionize Respiratory Disease Treatment Using A Smart Dry Powder Inhaler, Mohammad Razmjoo, Taylor Gatten, Chad Sherwood, Jorell Phillips, Wilson Ramirez, Joshua Nguyen, Steven Santillan, Bryce Roberts, Amelia Bierle, Christian Slough, Dominic Thompson, Nathan Jackson, Pavan Muttil

Annual Research & Scholarship Day

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Overcoming Barriers Of Vaccination Against Malaria Using Microneedles And Trio, Aidan L. Leyba, Mohammad Razmjoo, Alexandra Francian, Amelia Bierle, Bryce Roberts, Lucie Jelinkova, David A. Mcchesney, Shintaro Fumoto, Bryce Chackerian, Pavan Muttil

Annual Research & Scholarship Day

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Inhaled Microbiomics, Pharmaceutical Formulation And Disease Considerations In Patients With Cystic Fibrosis, David A. Mcchesney, Aidan Leyba, Mohammad Razmjoo, Pavan Muttil

Annual Research & Scholarship Day

No abstract provided.

Mental Health In Transnational Contexts: Reconsidering Conceptualizations, Coping Strategies, And Racism Through The Narratives Of Refugees Resettled In The United States, Ryeora Choe, Ryeora Choe

Sociology ETDs

This dissertation examines refugees’ mental health conceptualizations in their resettled contexts, their views on Western mental health services, and their perspectives on how changing experiences related to discrimination affect their mental health. Despite refugees’ social and cultural contexts changing multiple times, little is known about their views on and interactions with the dominant biomedical model of mental health in their country of resettlement and how their hybrid identities and experiences embedded in multiple locations affect their understanding of mental health and healing practices. A transnational framework emphasizing continuity between various locations and “in-between the designations of identity” across borders, and …

"Azat, Ankakh, Artsakh": Music, Memory, And The Second Nagorno-Karabakh War, Sasha Linn Arteaga

Music ETDs

In this thesis, I examine a selection of music videos, from those created in 2015 at the centenary of the Armenian Genocide, to those created in response to the Second Nagorno-Karabakh War, considered by Armenians to be a continuation of the Armenian Genocide. To the Armenian people, Nagorno-Karabakh is part of their ethnic homeland and has maintained a majority-Armenian population and separatist government backed by the Republic of Armenia since the First Nagorno-Karabakh War. I apply a music-as-text approach in this thesis, examining these music videos through examination of the visual, musical, and lyrical elements. I then analyze these videos …

A Medieval Pirate's Life: The Role Of Piracy In Medieval Life Versus Its Role In Modern Historiography, Leah Lam

History ETDs

Medieval piracy is a mysterious phenomenon that is interwoven within the politics, culture, economic histories of the Middle Ages. Its presence throughout the Middle Ages is not questioned, yet it is rarely researched thoroughly. The subject of medieval piracy falls prey to the biases and assumptions that modern historians carry towards piracy as a whole, making the subject be under researched and improperly utilized. In this thesis, I will be highlighting the role that piracy played in medieval life and the way that modern historiography has neglected it. To do so thoroughly, I have pulled examples from different times, regions, …

Of A Different Mind: The Early Schelling And Problems In The Philosophy Of Mind, Marcel Lebow

Philosophy ETDs

This dissertation concerns the intersection between the early thinking of the 19^th century German idealist F.W.J. Schelling and some of the problems within the contemporary philosophy of mind. I aim to show that a study of Schelling’s work illuminates research paths still left open to us today when confronting the problems surrounding the mind’s place in the world. I provide an overview of the trajectory of Schelling’s early thought. I argue that while Schelling’s philosophy changes during the course of his career, each of his positions is concerned with establishing a foundationalist monism. I criticize versions of his view …

Ecological Impacts Of Invasive Crayfish In A Naïve Riparian System, Gregor L. Hamilton

Biology ETDs

Aquatic and riparian food webs are inextricably linked. In deserts, they provide critical energy subsidies to surrounding terrestrial food webs, but these vital subsidies are not guaranteed; streams in arid lands are especially sensitive to perturbations. In this dissertation, I investigated the role of an oft-cited threat to stream communities in the lower Colorado River basin: non-native crayfish. I contributed to methodologies in passive integrated transponder use and length-weight relationships in crayfish to aid future research. I leveraged stable isotope analysis of δ¹⁵N, δ¹³C, and δ²H to understand crayfish role in the food webs. …

Transcriptional Silencing Of Cdk18 And Its Role In Lung Carcinogenesis Of Brg1-Mutant Lung Cancers, Loryn M. Phillips

Biology ETDs

BRG1 is mutated in 10% of lung cancers, making this mutation clinically relevant. The downstream effects of BRG1 included significantly affecting the cell cycle control and chromosomal replication pathway. CDK18, a cyclin-dependent kinase, was determined to be the gene with significantly decreased expression (p < 0.0001) in the cell cycle control and chromosomal replication pathway. CDK18 is active during the S-phase of the cell cycle and required for genomic stability. Studies were conducted to determine the epigenetic mechanisms that contributed to the repression of CDK18. Histone methylation contributes to the repression of CDK18, and histone deacetylation globally regulates expression of CDK18, while cytosine methylation was found to not contribute to CDK18 expression. Studies were performed to elucidate CDK18 functional role lung carcinogenesis and the genome-wide impact of CDK18 repression. Repression of CDK18 affects cell migration, proliferation, cell-cell signaling, and anchorage-independent growth that contribute to cancer initiation and progression.

Was Ist (Nicht) Deutsch? Historische Und Aktuelle Versuche "Deutsch" Ex Negativo Zu Definieren, Mark Mckinney Smith

Foreign Languages & Literatures ETDs

In this thesis I explore the question of how a xenophobic ideology could find a receptive audience in 21st Century Germany. Given extensive postwar efforts in Germany to address the Nazi Period, this question is of particular interest. I analyze and compare racist and xenophobic ideologies in four time periods: the Napoleonic Period, the Wilhelmine Period, the National Socialist Period and the contemporary period. Historically, xenophobic ideology is deeply tied to particular social and economic conditions which leads to the following questions: What are the similarities and differences between contemporary xenophobic messaging and that of the three other time periods …

Femtotesla Magnetometry And Nanoscale Imaging With Color Centers In Diamond, Yaser Silani

Optical Science and Engineering ETDs

Intriguing photophysical properties of color centers in diamond make them ideal candidates for many applications from imaging and sensing to quantum networking. In the first part of this work, we have studied the silicon vacancy (SiV) centers in diamond for nanoscale imaging applications. We showed that these centers are promising fluorophores for Stimulated Emission Depletion (STED) microscopy, owing to their photostable, near-infrared emission and favorable photophysical properties. In the second part, we built a femtotesla Radio-Frequency (RF) magnetometer based on the diamond nitrogen vacancy (NV) centers and magnetic flux concentrators. We used this sensor to remotely detect Nuclear Quadrupole Resonance …

Disrupted Ambitions And Unmasked Identities: An Analysis Of Doubleness In Sylvia Plath’S The Bell Jar And Ralph Ellison’S Invisible Man In Cold War America, Laura Anderson

English Language and Literature ETDs

This thesis conducts a literary analysis on Ralph Ellison’s Invisible Man (1952) and Sylvia Plath’s The Bell Jar (1963) with a primary investigation on the protagonists and their convergence of identity in Cold War America. One of the critical discourses evaluated throughout the project’s literary analysis includes the protagonists’ complications of doubleness. This essay argues that since these two texts sit between W.E.B DuBois’s “Double Consciousness” and Kimberlé Crenshaw’s 1988 theory on intersectionality, these protagonists are forced to contend with an identity crossroads. Secondary to the context of this analysis is the use of “post-war” and “Cold War,”; neither are …

Impacts Of Urban Renewal On Community Identity And Sense Of Place In Las Cruces, New Mexico, Savannah Lorraine Quintana-Eddins

Geography ETDs

Las Cruces is the second largest city in New Mexico which has experienced exponential growth in the last three decades. The city has been cultivated by a rich history of Native populations, Spanish colonialism, and American democratic government. The culmination of these influences on Las Cruces had much influence on the Mesquite Historic District, the original townsite of Las Cruces. This area is home to many generational families and is adjacent to the downtown Main Street corridor. Downtown was built from the destruction of the Mesquite Historic District caused by waves of urban renewal projects. Through organizing, legislative action and …

Coaching Student Clinicians And Parents To Use Naturalistic Communication Techniques For Children With Signs Of Autism, Erin M. Gallegos

Speech and Hearing Sciences ETDs

In this study, researchers implemented a short-term cascading coaching program focusing on naturalistic developmental behavioral interventions (NDBIs) with three participant triads consisting of a graduate student clinician, a minimally verbal child with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) or signs of ASD, and the child’s parent. The efficacy of several short-term instruction sessions, in-session coaching, and student clinician parent coaching was evaluated using a multiple baseline across interventionists design. The primary dependent variables were clinician and parent use of elicitation techniques, including creating communication temptations and prompting, and response techniques, including reinforcing child communication and using vocal models. Following targeting coaching, all …

To Seek Or Not To Seek? An Inquiry Into Feedback-Seeking Behavior Among Non-Clinical Healthcare Workers, Abigail R. Ortiz

Organization, Information and Learning Sciences ETDs

Understanding what motivates non-clinical healthcare workers to seek feedback in the workplace is critical in supporting such behavior within organizations. This study aims to answer the following research question “Why do non-clinical healthcare workers seek feedback in the workplace?” To conduct this study, I analyzed 13 semi-structured interviews with non-clinical healthcare workers. Findings confirmed the presence of four self-motives (self-assessment, self-improvement, self-enhancement, and self-verification). Additionally, study findings highlighted the presence of other-oriented motives, when individuals seek feedback due to their concern or care for others (i.e., patients, teams, and supervisors). The research also illustrated the interplay of self- and other-oriented …

20230414_April Is National Minority Health Month, Jonathan M. Pringle

HSLIC Blog Post

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Trait Sadism In Bdsm Practitioners And Non-Practitioners, Marley Russell

Psychology ETDs

Sadism is an elusive construct within psychology. Multiple types are studied without clear psychometric or theoretical distinctions, and operationalizations of these respective sub-constructs lack validity. This study explores the empirical distinction between two sadism types: consensual sexual sadism (i.e. in the context of BDSM) and trait sadism. Trait sadism is widely synonymized with “everyday sadism”, but here conceptualized as a higher-order construct encompassing both everyday and a novel “prosocial sadism”. I develop and pilot the BDSM Identities and Behaviors (BIB) checklist in a sample of BDSM practitioners. I then compare those practitioners to non-practitioners on trait sadism and dark triad …

Zur Ästhetik Des Widerstands Im Afrodeutschen Theater: Am Beispiel Von Olumide Popoolas Also By Mail, Bertrand Collins Ngong M.A.

Foreign Languages & Literatures ETDs

This research is titled On the Aesthetics of Resistance in Afro-German Theater: A Case Study of Olumide Popoola's Also by mail. The main purpose of this research is to show how Afro-German theater resists through creative processes on a symbolic and aesthetic level to address crucial challenges faced by the black minority in Germany. The play Also by mail by Nigerian-German playwright Olumide Popoola is an interesting example of this, as it is situated at the intersection of gender, race, and identity. Popoola’s engagement with the aesthetics of resistance provides a way to understand how Afro-German activism today uses …

Understanding The Behavior Of Upper Subcritical Limit Calculations, Bobbi Riedel

Nuclear Engineering ETDs

This research consists of two comparison studies: the first study employed standard practices to characterize Upper Subcritical Limit (USL) estimation methods. A series of 33 neutronic systems that used standardized nuclear data and benchmark libraries were studied to compare the Whisper, TSURFER, and USLSTATS methods relative to a stochastic USL. USLs were also estimated for these 20 systems using the Whisper 1.1 code. Sensitivity data files were produced using MCNP6.2 and then used with the ORNL TSURFER and USLSTATS methods to estimate USLs for a cross-method USL comparison. The results show that USLs for each of the loosely coupled system …

3d Speaker Geometry Inference From Digital Video Using 2d Projective Geometry, Sebastian Alonso Janampa Rojas

Electrical and Computer Engineering ETDs

The thesis discusses the need for a 3D world model reconstruction from raw video frames using 2D projective geometry. We propose a computer-aided approach to reconstructing a 3D speaker geometry from classroom videos of students learning Python.

The proposed method uses a transformer model to detect line candidates. Once the users identify lines corresponding to three orthogonal directions, the method computes the three vanishing points and the camera matrix. The method identifies the student’s mouths based on face landmark detection. After the estimates of the projections of the students’ mouths on the table are verified by the users, the proposed …

Cooking Together To Support Children With Feeding Difficulties, Joleysa Anne S Manese, Osana Abich-Oliva, Catherine Lin

2023 Pediatric Research Forum Session

Feeding problems are estimated to occur in 20-45% of typically developing children worldwide, where 80-90% of children and adults with developmental disorders will have feeding and swallowing problems at some point in their life. In the United Sates, more than one in 37 American children under the age of five annually receive a diagnosis of, and currently have, a pediatric feeding disorder (PFD). Some conditions that contribute to this statistic are Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), sensory processing disorder, and behavior difficulties. To support children with PFD, the University of New Mexico Hospital started the SAFE (Supports and Assessment for Feeding …

Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Support For A Young Child With Covid 19 Related Respiratory Illness, Senan Hadid, Justin Hessinger

2023 Pediatric Research Forum Session

No abstract provided.

The Use Of Tubular Reabsorption Of Phosphorus Versus Intact Parathyroid Hormone To Screen For Metabolic Bone Disease Of Preterm Infants With Very Low Birthweight Or Extremely Low Birthweight, Kelsey Soppet, Megan Garrido, Ann-Marie Yaroslaski, Rachel Leung, Sarah Laurenzano, Dawn Novak

2023 Pediatric Research Forum Session

Background: Metabolic bone disease (MBD) is a significant comorbidity in preterm infants, occurring in as many as 23% of very low birth weight (VLBW) infants and 55% of extremely low birthweight infants. There is a lack of consensus in diagnostic and screening criteria for MBD, which makes the true incidence of MBD difficult to determine.

Methods: In August 2020, a new protocol was implemented at UNMH using screening labs to calculate tubular reabsorption of phosphorus (TRP) in VLBW preterm infants less than 28 weeks gestational age or considered at risk for MBD. A retrospective chart review was conducted to evaluate …

Otitis Media With Intracranial Extension; Case Report, Ryan W. Grammens, Marlina Ponce De Leon, Emily Funsten, Veronica Hutchison, Parvathi Kumar

2023 Pediatric Research Forum Session

Extracranial and intracranial complications of acute otitis media range from 0.69% to 5% and the mortality rate from intracranial complications can be as high as 8%. We present the case of a 7 year old with morbid obesity and well controlled asthma who presented with severe headache, tactile fevers, chills and neck stiffness. A CT of the neck showed right middle ear cavity and mastoid air cell effusion. Lab work was notable for left shifted leukocytosis and elevated inflammatory markers. Given his well appearance and complete response to ibuprofen, in a shared decision made with parents the lumbar puncture (LP) …

Effect Of Stewardship On Inhaled Nitric Oxide Use In A Preterm Infant Population, Netanya Mullen, Samuel Thompson, Jessica Gross, Jon Love, Jessie Maxwell

2023 Pediatric Research Forum Session

Background: Though inhaled nitric oxide (iNO) is the “gold standard” treatment for persistent pulmonary hypertension in term and near-term infants, its use in the preterm population varies among providers and across institutions. Continuation of this therapy when not indicated can be harmful to the patient and generate unnecessary medical expense. The objective of this study is to evaluate whether tighter regulation of iNO utilization leads to practice changes in both initiation and duration of iNO, specifically in treating the preterm population.

Purpose: Using a unit-wide “iNO Use in Preterm Infants” guideline to promote evidence based management and improve standard …

Neonatal Opiate Withdrawal Syndrome In Covid 19: Are Hospitalized Infants With Nows Experiencing More Severe Clinical Illness Associated With Covid 19 Related Changes In Hospital Infection Control Policies And Practices?, Dane G. Winter, Sofia Chavez, Lorena Galvan, Peggy Maclean, Jessie Maxwell, Chelsea Wilhite, Heather Pratt-Chavez

2023 Pediatric Research Forum Session

Background: The SARS-COVID-19 pandemic requires hospitals to increase infection control practices and implement policies calling for universal face masks. These policies dramatically changed the hospital milieu for newborns as visitors were either limited or entirely restricted. For newborns experiencing neonatal opiate withdrawal syndrome (NOWS) due to exposure to opioids during pregnancy, hospitalization is often prolonged. Protocols for care for infants with NOWS emphasize the importance of non-pharmacologic care as first-line treatment, recommending holding infants, swaddling, and rooming-in caregivers. With changes to infection control policies, providers are concerned infants with NOWS are experiencing complications including longer stays and more complex clinical …

The Moveup Trial: Evaluating The Efficacy Of A Mobile Health App On Covid 19 Vaccine Uptake In Children, Dane G. Winter, Sarah Sanders, Eve Gronert, Sandra Beauman, Nicole Salazar, Elizabeth Kuan, Jessie Maxwell, Hengameh Raissy, Walter Dehority

2023 Pediatric Research Forum Session

Background: COVID-19 vaccines demonstrate excellent effectiveness against infection and symptomatic disease due to SARS-CoV-2. Vaccination in children is vital to lessen public health burden. While effectiveness of COVID vaccination is known, many families are hesitant to vaccinate their children. This can be attributed to multiple factors, one of which is trust in presented information. Vaccine hesitancy is seen more commonly in rural communities than in their urban counterparts. The Idea States Pediatric Clinical Trials Network (ISPCTN) established a mobile health app with information provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) to …

The Breathe Study: Bronchiolitis Recovery And The Use Of High-Efficiency Particulate Air (Hepa) Filters, Dane G. Winter, Sarah Sanders, Sandra Beauman, Elizabeth Kuan, Nicole Salazar, Hengameh Raissy, Kristin Raschke

2023 Pediatric Research Forum Session

Background: Acute viral bronchiolitis is the most common reason for hospitalization of infants less than 2 years of age in the United States with ~130,000 admissions per year. Numerous treatments have been evaluated to prevent symptoms and long-term respiratory effects in infants hospitalized for bronchiolitis, but no effective strategies have been identified to date. Air pollution is associated with respiratory symptoms and disease, most notably in sensitive populations, and is a key intervention target. Portable air cleaners utilizing HEPA filters are proven to reduce fine particulate matter and other air pollutants and have been associated with improvement in respiratory outcomes …

Investigating The Impact Of Skin To Skin Care On Preterm Infant Heart Rate Variability, Erin Swieter, Jessica M. Gross, Julia Stephen, Kristi Watterberg, Jessie Maxwell

2023 Pediatric Research Forum Session

Background: Kangaroo mother care (KMC), the act of placing a diaper-clad infant on his/her mother’s chest for continuous skin-to-skin contact, has been shown to be effective for thermal control, breastfeeding, and bonding in newborns. Skin-to-skin care, while similar to KMC, typically lasts for short periods of time and enhances breastfeeding, attachment and parental self-esteem; it has also been shown to be safe for both non-intubated and intubated preterm infants. Heart rate variability (HRV), a measurement of maturation of parasympathetic versus sympathetic activity, increases with gestational age and may be useful in capturing clinically relevant dynamic changes in autonomic regulation in …