Publications by authors named "N G Valdez"

The - form of di-amino-dibenzo-cyclo-octane (DADBCO, CHN) is of inter-est as a negative coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE) material. The crystal structure was determined through single-crystal X-ray diffraction at 100 K and is presented herein.

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Anti-gender campaigns in the United States and globally have promoted policies and legislation that significantly limit bodily autonomy for women, transgender, and nonbinary people. This attack on the human rights of women and gender-diverse communities not only reflects implicit and explicit bias but also detrimentally impacts population health and well-being. We outline the domestic and global rise of anti-gender campaigns and their deep historical connections to broader forms of discrimination and inequality to argue that there is an ethical, democratic, and scientific imperative to more critically center and contextualize gender in health research.

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Producing soft magnetic alloys by additive manufacturing has the potential to overcome cracking and brittle fracture issues associated with conventional thermomechanical processing. Fe-Co alloys exhibit high magnetic saturation but low ductility that makes them difficult to process by commercial methods. Ni-Fe alloys have good ductility and high permeability in comparison to Fe-Co, but they suffer from low magnetic saturation.

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This article examines the citational politics of teaching, learning, and doing ethnographic projects that study up in medical anthropology by examining the references that are often cited, the ones that exist but are not widely circulated, and the gaps in between. I take a reflexive approach to understanding how my positionality shaped my path toward studying up. In so doing, I reveal the complex tensions of implementing ethnographic methods in spaces that are (intentionally) challenging to access while simultaneously being embedded within academic and social environments that are plagued by hierarchical power relations.

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Two novel LiCl·DMSO polymer structures were created by combining dry LiCl salt with dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO), namely, -poly[[chlorido-lithium(I)]-μ-(dimethyl sulfoxide)-κ :-[chlorido-lithium(I)]-di-μ-(dimethyl sulfoxide)-κ :], [LiCl(CHOS)] , and -poly[lithium(I)-μ-chlorido-μ-(dimethyl sulfoxide)-κ :], [LiCl(CHOS)] . The initial synthesized phase had very small block-shaped crystals (<0.08 mm) with monoclinic symmetry and a 2 LiCl: 3 DMSO ratio.

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