About the Authors

Nicholas E. Pingitore Jr.

nick@geo.utep.edu

Affiliations Department of Geological Sciences, The University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, Texas, United States of America, School of Nursing, The University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, Texas, United States of America

Juan W. Clague

Affiliation Department of Geological Sciences, The University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, Texas, United States of America

Maria A. Amaya

Affiliation School of Nursing, The University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, Texas, United States of America

Beata Maciejewska

Affiliation Department of Geological Sciences, The University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, Texas, United States of America

Jesús J. Reynoso

Affiliation El Paso, Texas, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: NEPJ MAA JJR. Performed the experiments: NEPJ JC MAA BM. Analyzed the data: NEPJ JC MAA BM JJR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: NEPJ JC MAA BM JJR. Wrote the paper: NEPJ. Reviewed paper: JC MAA BM JJR.