University of New Mexico

International best practice in the cessation of vaping and non-combustible nicotine use, and barriers, facilitators and treatment preferences: A rapid review

Introduction: Increasing use of e-cigarettes and forms of non-combustible nicotine consumption, especially among children and young people who do not smoke, is an emerging challenge for traditional services oriented to stop smoking care. However, as services struggle to manage th...

Global origins of tuna and billfish fisheries reveal the transition from coastal access to oceanic exploitation

Ocean ecosystems have played a crucial role in people’s lives around the world for millennia. However, questions persist about when, why, and how people first began removing biomass from offshore habitats and established fisheries in distant, oceanic environments. We explore the...

Rare Event Simulation of Quantum Error-Correcting Circuits

We describe a practical approach for accessing the logical failure rates of quantum error-correcting (QEC) circuits under low physical (component) failure rate regimes. Standard Monte Carlo is often the de facto approach for studying the failure rates of quantum circuits. However...

"Trumping" Affirmative Action

This Essay examines the Trump administration’s actions to eliminate affirmative action, along with the broader ramifications of these actions. While former-President Trump’s judicial appointments have garnered much attention, the Essay focuses on the actions of his Department of...

Morphology and Ion Transport in Zwitterionic Polysiloxanes

Abstract The recent discovery of superionic conductivity in doped polyzwitterions (PZIs) has opened a new direction for polymer electrolytes (PEs). Solid-state battery research is currently dominated by inorganic electrolytes due to their rigidity and high conductivity, but they...

Causal Relationship Network of Risk Factors Impacting Workday Loss in Underground Coal Mines

Purpose: To explore relationships with post-event workday loss in U.S. underground coal mines using Grouped Greedy Equivalence Search (GGES), a prior-knowledge-constrained extension of GES. Methods: The analysis utilizes data obtained from the National Institute for Occupational...

Sex work or male-with-male sexual activity and the risks of HIV and hepatitis C acquisition among people who inject drugs: a global systematic review and meta-analysis

Background People who inject drugs (PWID) may engage in sexual behaviours that increase their HIV and hepatitis C virus (HCV) risk, including sex work and male-with-male sexual activity. We undertook a global systematic review to assess whether PWID who engage in these behaviours...

Experiences and perspectives of Ayurvedic practitioners on non-communicable disease management in the UK: A qualitative study

Introduction Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) are a major public health challenge in the United Kingdom (UK), placing strain on the National Health Service (NHS). While Western medicine dominates NCD care, the use of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM), such as Ayurveda,...

Return to Baseball Following Hip Arthroscopy for Femoroacetabular Impingement is a Home Run

Objectives: Because of the focus on throwing in baseball, a high volume of research has been dedicated to upper extremity injuries; however, research has suggested that approximately 30% of all injuries in professional baseball involve the lower extremity. Within that cohort, pla...

Quantifying the contribution of vegetation layer uncertainty to simulated forest fuels treatment placement

Background Western US forests face rising high-severity fire risk motivating increased investment in forest management. The high cost of treatments and vast areas needing work require efficient resource allocation. Forest landscape models can help scale up analysis and support ma...

Pediatric and Adolescent Cancers Among American Indian and Alaska Native Peoples

OBJECTIVES To understand the burden of cancer in American Indian and Alaska Native (AIAN) children (0–14 y) and adolescents (15–19 y), and determine relative burden of cancer compared with other racial and ethnic groups. METHODS We used the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Res...

Impact of Neighborhood Socioeconomic Status on Presentation and Treatment of Thyroid Cancer

Abstract Objective We examined associations between multilevel sociodemographic factors and extent of disease at presentation and time to treatment in patients with differentiated thyroid cancer (DTC). Study Design Population‐based study. Setting California Cancer Registry (CCR)....

Trophic position structures physiological trade-offs between metabolic and detoxification pathways in sympatric passerines

Abstract Resource use links ecological context to organismal performance, yet whether dietary breadth or trophic position is more closely associated with physiological state in wild birds remains unclear. We used a natural trophic gradient in a sympatric passerine assemblage to t...

Temporally Validated Models for Target “Tclin-likeness”

Abstract Identifying which human proteins are likely to become validated drug targets remains a challenge in drug discovery. We build on the “Tclin” concept, which encompasses proteins for which at least one approved drug exerts its mode of action (MoA); these comprise only ∼3% o...

Disseminated intravascular coagulation after second trimester procedural abortion: a review

Purpose of review Disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC) after second trimester abortion is a rare but potentially catastrophic complication that is increasingly relevant as abortion care in the US becomes more restricted and concentrated in referral centers. This review su...

We don’t talk about it (Except when we do): Elite Barbadian adolescent athletes’ conversations on performance-enhancement and doping

Introduction Doping prevention increasingly emphasizes early intervention with education directed toward youth, parents, and coaches. Although adolescent athletes are a central focus of prevention efforts, little is known about how they learn about performance-enhancing drugs (PE...

Spatial surveillance of Plasmodium falciparum Kelch 13 mutations reveals High-Frequency A675V and the First Molecular Evidence of Suspected Partial Artemisinin Resistance in Baringo in Kenya

Abstract Background This surveillance study evaluated the polymorphisms of Pfk13 gene in samples from symptomatic individuals from eight geographically distinct locations in Kenya to determine the prevalence of mutations associated with partial artemisinin resistance. Methods Bet...

Aridity regulates scale-dependent effects of multiple resource additions on productivity stability in Eurasian grasslands

Increasing the supply of multiple limiting resources generally reduces biodiversity and community stability in grasslands. Aridity is known to modify biodiversity-stability relationships, yet it remains unclear whether the effects of multiple resource supply on biodiversity and s...

Southern Portugal hydroclimate of the last millennium from near‐annually resolved speleothem records

ABSTRACT Hydroclimate in Portugal is influenced by the North Atlantic subtropical high‐pressure system (the Azores High) and by internal climate modes, most prominently the North Atlantic Oscillation, which may shift in position and/or intensity due to anthropogenic climate chang...

Human Recreation and Fire History Shape Landscape Connectivity for an Endangered Forest Carnivore

ABSTRACT Habitat connectivity is critical for long‐term wildlife population persistence, yet the permeability of landscape features can vary with human activity and disturbance history. Characterizing landscape features influencing permeability is critical for landscape planning...