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What Drives Economic Growth? A Look Into Structural Transformation And Export Diversification, Dany Bahar

Brookings Scholar Lecture Series

As part of the Brookings Scholar Lecture Series, Brookings Mountain West invites you to a lecture titled "What drives economic growth? A look into structural transformation and export diversification" by Brookings Fellow in Global Economy and Development, Dany Bahar.

About 60 percent of cross-country income differences can be explained by productivity differences. In the long-run, productivity is what best explains economic growth and welfare. This lecture seeks to understand the drivers of economic and productivity growth for countries, and in particular, the role of structural transformation and diversification. The lecture will draw on work by other scholars as well as …

2016-2017 Use And Reach Of College Of Hospitality Publications In Digital Scholarship@Unlv, Scholarly Communication Initiatives

Scholarly Communication Initiatives Department Reports

The College of Hospitality Digital Scholarship Collection contains faculty publications and theses, dissertations, and professional papers.

This report contains data for the 2016-2017 Academic Year (August 2016-July 2017) downloads (how many and where from-“reach”) of fulltext materials in Digital Scholarship@UNLV. Records that only contain metadata do not generate downloads and therefore are not reflected in the maps and show as 0 in the download report attached at the end.

2016-2017 Use And Reach Of College Of Liberal Arts Publications In Digital Scholarship@Unlv, Scholarly Communication Initiatives

Scholarly Communication Initiatives Department Reports

The College of Liberal Arts Digital Scholarship Collection contains faculty publications, theses and dissertations, volumes 1-8 of Psi Sigma Siren, undergraduate posters, documents from the Center for Democratic Culture, and the recently added Women’s Research Institute of Nevada Newsletters (added September 2017).

This report contains data for the 2016-2017 Academic Year (August 2016-July 2017) downloads (how many and where from-“reach”) of fulltext materials in Digital Scholarship@UNLV. Records that only contain metadata do not generate downloads and therefore are not reflected in the maps and show as 0 in the download report attached at the end.

2016-2017 Use And Reach Of Lee Business School Publications In Digital Scholarship@Unlv, Scholarly Communication Initiatives

Scholarly Communication Initiatives Department Reports

The Lee Business School Digital Scholarship Collection contains faculty publications and graduate student works.

This report contains data for the 2016-2017 Academic Year (August 2016-July 2017) downloads (how many and where from-“reach”) of fulltext materials in Digital Scholarship@UNLV. Records that only contain metadata do not generate downloads and therefore are not reflected in the maps and show as 0 in the download report attached at the end.

2016-2017 Use And Reach Of College Of Urban Affairs Publications In Digital Scholarship@Unlv, Scholarly Communication Initiatives

Scholarly Communication Initiatives Department Reports

The College of Urban Affairs Digital Scholarship Collection contains faculty publications, theses, dissertations and MPA capstone projects, and the 2016 UNLV Presidential Debate Lecture Series.

This report contains data for the 2016-2017 Academic Year (August 2016-July 2017) downloads (how many and where from-“reach”) of fulltext materials in Digital Scholarship@UNLV. Records that only contain metadata do not generate downloads and therefore are not reflected in the maps and show as 0 in the download report attached at the end.

2016-2017 Use And Reach Of Community Health Sciences Publications In Digital Scholarship@Unlv, Scholarly Communication Initiatives

Scholarly Communication Initiatives Department Reports

The School of Community Health Sciences Digital Scholarship Collection contains faculty publications, theses and dissertations, and Nevada Institute for Children's Research and Policy reports.

This report contains data for the 2016-2017 Academic Year (August 2016-July 2017) downloads (how many and where from-“reach”) of fulltext materials in Digital Scholarship@UNLV. Records that only contain metadata do not generate downloads and therefore are not reflected in the maps and show as 0 in the download report attached at the end.

2016-2017 Use And Reach Of College Of Fine Arts Publications In Digital Scholarship@Unlv, Scholarly Communication Initiatives

Scholarly Communication Initiatives Department Reports

The College of Fine Arts Digital Scholarship Collection contains faculty publications, graduate works, and Music Programs.

This report contains data for the 2016-2017 Academic Year (August 2016-July 2017) downloads (how many and where from-“reach”) of fulltext materials in Digital Scholarship@UNLV. Records that only contain metadata do not generate downloads and therefore are not reflected in the maps and show as 0 in the download report attached at the end.

2016-2017 Use And Reach Of College Of Engineering Publications In Digital Scholarship@Unlv, Scholarly Communication Initiatives

Scholarly Communication Initiatives Department Reports

The College of Engineering Digital Scholarship Collection contains faculty publications, theses and dissertations, and undergraduate senior thesis projects.

This report contains downloads (how many and where from-“reach”) for the 2016-2017 Academic Year (August 2016-July 2017) of fulltext materials in Digital Scholarship@UNLV. Records that only contain metadata do not generate downloads and therefore are not reflected in the maps and show as 0 in the download report attached at the end.

2016-2017 Use And Reach Of College Of Sciences Publications In Digital Scholarship@Unlv, Scholarly Communication Initiatives

Scholarly Communication Initiatives Department Reports

The College of Sciences Digital Scholarship Collection contains faculty publications, theses and dissertations, and undergraduate research.

This report contains data for the 2016-2017 Academic Year (August 2016-July 2017) downloads (how many and where from-“reach”) of fulltext materials in Digital Scholarship@UNLV. Records that only contain metadata do not generate downloads and therefore are not reflected in the maps and show as 0 in the download report attached at the end.

2016-2017 Use And Reach Of Dental Medicine Publications In Digital Scholarship@Unlv, Scholarly Communication Initiatives

Scholarly Communication Initiatives Department Reports

The Dental Medicine Digital Scholarship Collection contains faculty publications and theses and dissertations.

This report contains data for the 2016-2017 Academic Year (August 2016-July 2017) downloads (how many and where from-“reach”) of fulltext materials in Digital Scholarship@UNLV. Records that only contain metadata do not generate downloads and therefore are not reflected in the maps and show as 0 in the download report attached at the end.

2016-2017 Use And Reach Of Allied Health Sciences Publications In Digital Scholarship@Unlv, Scholarly Communication Initiatives

Scholarly Communication Initiatives Department Reports

The Allied Health Sciences Digital Scholarship@UNLV Collection contains faculty publications and graduate student works.

This report contains data for the 2016-2017 Academic Year (August 2016-July 2017) downloads (how many and where from-“reach”) of fulltext materials in Digital Scholarship@UNLV. Records that only contain metadata do not generate downloads and therefore are not reflected in the maps and show as 0 in the download report attached at the end

2016-2017 Use And Reach Of School Of Nursing Publications In Digital Scholarship@Unlv, Scholarly Communication Initiatives

Scholarly Communication Initiatives Department Reports

The School of Nursing Digital Scholarship Collection contains faculty publications, theses and dissertations, and the Asian Pacific/Island Nursing Journal.

This report contains data for the 2016-2017 Academic Year (August 2016-July 2017) downloads (how many and where from-“reach”) of fulltext materials in Digital Scholarship@UNLV. Records that only contain metadata do not generate downloads and therefore are not reflected in the maps and show as 0 in the download report attached at the end.

String Manipulations For The Non-Programmer: Transforming Metadata For Cleanup And Migration (2017-11-09), Darnelle O. Melvin

Library Faculty Presentations

This presentation will introduce to the non-programmer tools and techniques intended to clean, re-purpose, or transforms legacy metadata in anticipation of a metadata cleanup project or metadata migration. The presenter will cover string manipulations using Excel functions, pattern matching basics using regular expressions, and will share a variety of open source tools to aid the remediation process.

2016-2017 Use And Reach Of College Of Education Publications In Digital Scholarship@Unlv, Scholarly Communication Initiatives

Scholarly Communication Initiatives Department Reports

The College of Education Digital Scholarship Collection contains faculty publications, theses and dissertations, three journals including the newly launched Journal of Research in Technical Careers, and the college series Policy Issues in Nevada Education (added Sept 2017).

This report contains downloads (how many and where from-“reach”) for the 2016-2017 Academic Year (August 2016-July 2017) of fulltext materials in Digital Scholarship@UNLV. Records that only contain metadata do not generate downloads and therefore are not reflected in the maps and show as 0 in the download report attached at the end.

Best Practices For Cataloging Dvd-Video And Blu-Ray Discs Using Rda And Marc21 Version 1.1, William Anderson, Lloyd Chittenden, Cyrus Ford Zarganj, Mary Huismann, Douglas King, John Lavalie, Peter Lisius, Nancy Lorimer, Julie Renee Moore, Lori Murphy, Laurie Neuerburg, Anchalee “Joy” Panigabutra-Roberts, Scott Piepenburg, Diane Robson, Walter Walker, Iris Wolley

Library Faculty Publications

Purpose

Best Practices for Cataloging DVD-video and Blu-ray Discs Using RDA and MARC21 builds upon the work of the 2008 Guide to Cataloging DVD and Blu-ray Discs Using AACR2r and MARC21, which in turn updated the 2002 Guide to Cataloging DVDs Using AACR2r Chapters 7 and 9 created by the DVD Cataloging Task Force of OLAC.

The focus of this new document is to provide a set of “best practice” recommendations rather than a step-by-step instruction manual for cataloging DVD-video and Blu-ray Discs. One reason for this shift is that RDA cataloging practice is far from settled, particularly in regard …

Developmentalism: Learning As The Basis For Evaluating Information, Mark Lenker

Library Faculty Publications

The developmentalist conception of information’s value makes learning the central consideration for evaluating information. Following philosopher Richard Kraut, this article argues that developmentalism provides an important complement to prevalent methods of teaching the evaluation of information. These methods emphasize (a) trustworthiness—for example, CRAAP (currency, relevance, authority, accuracy, and purpose) and CARS (credibility, accuracy, reasonableness, and support) and (b) the use of information in an argument—for example, Joseph Bizup’s BEAM (background, exhibit, argument, method). The neglected link between evaluation and learning is crucial for early college researchers; otherwise, students can easily just find sources to “back up” their existing opinions. Learning-centered …

Evaluating The Term ‘Disorders Of Sex Development’: A Multidisciplinary Debate, Natalie Delimata Phd, Margaret Simmonds Phd, Michelle O'Brien Msc, Georgiann Davis Phd, Richard Auchus Md, Phd, Karen Lin-Su Md

Sociology Faculty Research

In 2014, almost 10 years after the 2005 International Consensus Conference on Intersex in Chicago,1 one of the conference co-organisers, under the auspices of a number of international paediatric endocrinology societies, launched the Global DSD Update to assess progress. A consortium of fourteen work groups conducted online/email discussions to explore each of the fourteen key topics, one of which was use of the controversial medical umbrella term ‘Disorders of Sex Development (DSD)’. The initial key question for Work Group 1 (referred to hereafter as WG1) was to reconsider the nomenclature. Nineteen individuals from a variety of professional backgrounds, including medical …

Research Information Management: How The Library Can Contribute To The Campus Conversation, Annette P. Day

Library Faculty Publications

This article describes a project undertaken as part of a cross-campus strategic planning effort. The project documented current campus practices and systems in use for collecting, analyzing and reporting key research metrics. The project identified organizational issues around siloed data collection and lack of clarity on data stewards, data stakeholders, and data reporting schedules. The work highlighted to University Administration the need and importance of effective research information management (RIM) and the key role that the University Libraries can play in this area.

Creating A Virtuous Circle Of Student Engagement With The Tech Corner, Brian R. Shuck, Susan B. Wainscott, Jennifer Church-Duran, Darcy C. Del Bosque

Library Faculty Publications

While many academic libraries have followed the public library lead in developing maker-spaces, not all libraries have the money or space to dedicate to such large-scale operations. This case study explores a different approach to engaging users with new technology and investigates how to support their creativity without a costly investment in space and staffing. It demonstrates not only how students can be provided a virtual space to explore technology equipment, but also how their opinions can be leveraged for growing the collection and creating training materials.

Reusing Description: Dacs To Dublin Core, Emily Lapworth

Library Faculty Presentations

This presentation discusses reusing archival description for a
large-scale digitization project. The process described involves re-purposing
file-level description from a DACS (Describing Archives: A Content
Standard)-compliant finding aid to create Dublin Core descriptive metadata
for groups of digitized photographs.

The Impact Of Education And R&D Investment On Regional Economic Growth, Youngjin Woo, Euijune Kim, Jaewon Lim

Public Policy and Leadership Faculty Publications

The purpose of this paper is to examine the impact of education and R&D investment on regional economic growth in South Korea. We develop a simultaneous model of production, human capital accumulation, migration, population and physical capital investment of two regions: the Seoul Metropolitan Area and the rest of Korea. We decompose the regional growth path into a quality path and a quantity path to identify how regional economies grow and run simulations to evaluate alternative policies in terms of effectiveness and adaptability. The impact of education and R&D investment on regional growth in the rest of Korea is only …

Integrating Spatial Working Memory And Remote Memory: Interactions Between The Medial Prefrontal Cortex And Hippocampus, Ryan A. Wirt, James M. Hyman

Psychology Faculty Research

In recent years, two separate research streams have focused on information sharing between the medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC) and hippocampus (HC). Research into spatial working memory has shown that successful execution of many types of behaviors requires synchronous activity in the theta range between the mPFC and HC, whereas studies of memory consolidation have shown that shifts in area dependency may be temporally modulated. While the nature of information that is being communicated is still unclear, spatial working memory and remote memory recall is reliant on interactions between these two areas. This review will present recent evidence that shows that …

Changing The Focus Of Urban Transport From Congestion To Access, Jeffrey Gutman

Brookings Scholar Lecture Series

The traditional approach of urban transport planners has been to focus on the reduction of traffic congestion. More recently, with the growth of cities worldwide and the ever-present challenge of congestion, transport and urban planners have started to focus on the concept of access as the ultimate goal. How can we ensure and enhance access to jobs, education, commerce, and other services by all segments of the population? This requires a more complementary effort by transport planners and urban planners as well as finance and fiscal experts. The lecture will follow this shift in emphasis, the opportunities it poses, and …

The Relationship Of Education And Acculturation With Vigorous Intensity Leisure Time Physical Activity By Gender In Latinos, Erick B. Lopez, Takashi Yamashita

Sociology Faculty Research

Objectives: Latinos have poorer health outcomes among certain conditions (e.g. diabetes, obesity, mental health) compared to non-Latino Whites in the U.S., in part due to difference in the amount of physical activity, which are heavily influenced by sociocultural factors such as educational attainment and acculturation. Vigorous-intensity leisure time physical activity (VLTPA) may provide health benefits with a shorter amount of time than moderate-to-light physical activity. However, VLTPA has been significantly understudied compared to LTPA in general. The purpose of this study is to examine the associations between educational attainment, acculturation, and VLTPA by gender among Latino adults in the U.S. …

Dream Hoarders: The Dangerous Separation Of The American Upper Middle Class, Richard Reeves

Brookings Scholar Lecture Series

This lecture blends economics, philosophy and policy analysis to examine the growing gap between the upper middle class (broadly the top 20 percent) and the majority of Americans. In terms of dollars, but also education and skills, social capital, health, lifestyle and leisure attitude and zip code - not just by standard of living, but a way of life. The inheritance of upper middle class status in the next generation results from a growing gap in human capital formation, or ‘market merit’, and from a degree of ‘opportunity hoarding’. What changes are required to ensure that the American Dream is …

Unlv Title Iii Aanapisi & Mcnair Scholars Institute Research Journal, Nir Herscovici, Joyce Hsu, Matthew Khumnark, Joy Lamug, Jeong Lim Lee, Kendall Lyons, Andrea Mandril, Niroshini Moodley, Eric Ng, Timothy Ogburn, Andrew A. Ortiz, Emily Khanh Pham, Nha Trang Vivian Sam, Devlynn Scarpati, Olivia Tsang, Termaine Antonio Turner Ii, Pang Kou Vang, Kanisha Wilson, Shannon Zayas, Claudia Chiang-Lopez, Victoria Copeland, Andrea Darby, Bridgett Giordmaina, Briceida Hernandez-Toledo, Mark Larubio, Ana Lesquives, Yessenia Madrigal, Summer Millwood, Angel Mims, Blaine Pennock, Katie Randolph, Amber K. Stephens, Sarah Werman, Eben-Ezer Arias-Garcia, Ernesto H. Bedoy, Royale Cannon, Irma De Santiago, Lorraine Louise K. Francisco, Imani A. Gayden, Jeffrey Gonzalez, Isaiah Shornell Henry, Ashley C. Lee, Marielle Leo, Elizabeth Ochoa, Bernajane Palisoc, Sean Tanzey, Howard Yanxon

McNair Journal

Journal articles based on research conducted by undergraduate students in the AANAPISI and McNair Scholars Programs

Table of Contents

About AANAPISI

Biography of Dr. Ronald E. McNair

Statements

Dr. Len Jessup, UNLV President

Dr. Juanita P. Fain, Vice President for Student Affairs

Dr. William W. Sullivan, Associate Vice President for Retention and Outreach

Mr. Keith Rogers, Deputy Executive Director of the Center for Academic Enrichment and Outreach

Title III AANAPISI and McNair Scholars Institute Staff

Ms. Terri Bernstein, Director for College Programs

Dr. Matthew Della Sala, Assistant Director for Undergraduate Research

Pk11195 Increases Anxiety Like Behaviors In The Open Field, Audrey Donald, Dustin Hines

AANAPISI Poster Presentations

Anxiety is one of the most common mental illnesses in the US. Signaling between regions of the brain can be corrupted causing stress related behaviors. Medications that help treat these behaviors target GABA receptors in an inhibitory manner. However, these medications only work for a period of time. The likelihood of being free of these medications becomes uncertain. Another approach is a protein called translocator protein. TSPO, once known as peripheral benzodiazepine receptor is known to mediate anxiety related behaviors through the synthesis of neurosteriods. While TSPO may mediate these behaviors, its mechanism is not well known. Ligand PK11195 was …

Prescribing Change For Minority Students: Diagnosing Inequalities In Science Education In The Clark County School District, Brianna K. Cotter

Calvert Undergraduate Research Awards

Promoting entry of underrepresented minority groups into the allied health professions is paramount to developing a balanced workforce that reflects the needs of an evolving populace. Currently, significant underrepresentation of racial minority groups in health and science related fields correlates with data showing an overrepresentation of black and Latino students in Title 1 (at-risk and low-income) schools. Data suggest that students who are exposed to “higher quality” science education, such as “hands on” experiences, have increased interest in pursuing a health or science related career. These findings prompt the hypothesis that Title 1 schools face inequalities in their science education …

Barbie Doesn't Have Bruises: Gendered Images Of Anxiety And Avoidant Attachment Relationships In Film, Claudia G. Chiang-Lopez

Calvert Undergraduate Research Awards

Viewers’ interpretations of romantic relationships portrayed between those with anxious and avoidant attachments can affect their opinions on what constitutes appropriate relationship behavior. I conducted a literature review on media impacts and offer an interpretation of the implications of the language used to describe characters, relationships and characters’ ends. The films studied - Sunset Boulevard, Sid and Nancy, and The Hustler - showed a pattern where in a relationship between an anxious and an avoidant character, the anxious character was punished, absorbed by their relationship, abandoned, trapped in their life, and cut off from the world. Viewers watch films to …

The Hall Memorial Lectures, Lewis Karstensson

Economics Faculty Publications

This publication is a record of the Hall Memorial Lectures in Economics delivered at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, in the 1980s.

Contents include:

Wallace C. Peterson, "Contemporary Macroeconomics: A House Divided" (Dec. 1, 1983)

Wallace C. Peterson, "Economic Stabilization and Inflation" (May 8, 1984)

Murray N. Rothbard, "The Five Faces of Reaganomics" (Nov. 27, 1984)

Murray N. Rothbard, "The Terrible Simplifiers: The Case Against the Flat Tax" (May 7, 1985)

Larry D. Singell, "Youth Unemployment: An American Crisis" (May 14, 1986)

Murray N. Rothbard, "Is There Life After Reaganomics?" (Oct. 22, 1987)

Murray N. Rothbard, "Deficits and Taxes: …