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The Virtue Of Profit (California), C. William Pollard Dec 2012

The Virtue Of Profit (California), C. William Pollard

C. William Pollard Papers

This particular version of the "Virtue of Profit" speech was prepared by Pollard for a meeting with a Chinese business associate. In it he contends that profit can be considered virtuous when it allows servant leaders to invest in employees, thereby contributing to the moral and spiritual formation of human beings.



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Uab's Marchase, Sicking Named Nai Charter Fellows For Inventing, Jim Bakken Dec 2012

Uab's Marchase, Sicking Named Nai Charter Fellows For Inventing, Jim Bakken

Browse All News

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Genomic Impact Of Eukaryotic Transposable Elements, Irina R. Arkhipova, Mark A. Batzer, Juergen Brosius, Cédric Feschotte, John V. Moran, Jürgen Schmitz, Jerzy Jurka Dec 2012

Genomic Impact Of Eukaryotic Transposable Elements, Irina R. Arkhipova, Mark A. Batzer, Juergen Brosius, Cédric Feschotte, John V. Moran, Jürgen Schmitz, Jerzy Jurka

Faculty Publications

The third international conference on the genomic impact of eukaryotic transposable elements (TEs) was held 24 to 28 February 2012 at the Asilomar Conference Center, Pacific Grove, CA, USA. Sponsored in part by the National Institutes of Health grant 5 P41 LM006252, the goal of the conference was to bring together researchers from around the world who study the impact and mechanisms of TEs using multiple computational and experimental approaches. The meeting drew close to 170 attendees and included invited floor presentations on the biology of TEs and their genomic impact, as well as numerous talks contributed by young scientists. …

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New Technology - Old Law: Autonomous Vehicles And California's Insurance Framework, Robert W. Peterson Dec 2012

New Technology - Old Law: Autonomous Vehicles And California's Insurance Framework, Robert W. Peterson

Santa Clara Law Review

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Relating Nanoparticle Properties To Biological Outcomes In Exposure Escalation Experiments, Trina Patel, Cecile Low-Kam, Zhaoxia Ji, Haiyuan Zhang, Tian Xia, Andre E. Nel, Jeffrey I. Zinc, Donatello Telesca Dec 2012

Relating Nanoparticle Properties To Biological Outcomes In Exposure Escalation Experiments, Trina Patel, Cecile Low-Kam, Zhaoxia Ji, Haiyuan Zhang, Tian Xia, Andre E. Nel, Jeffrey I. Zinc, Donatello Telesca

COBRA Preprint Series

A fundamental goal in nano-toxicology is that of identifying particle physical and chemical properties, which are likely to explain biological hazard. The first line of screening for potentially adverse outcomes often consists of exposure escalation experiments, involving the exposure of micro-organisms or cell lines to a battery of nanomaterials. We discuss a modeling strategy, that relates the outcome of an exposure escalation experiment to nanoparticle properties. Our approach makes use of a hierarchical decision process, where we jointly identify particles that initiate adverse biological outcomes and explain the probability of this event in terms of the particle physico-chemical descriptors. The …

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Recreation Management Majors Enjoy Thriving Job Market, Rebecca Lauck Cleary Dec 2012

Recreation Management Majors Enjoy Thriving Job Market, Rebecca Lauck Cleary

University of Mississippi News

Versatile UM major attracts variety of student, provides array of options for graduates

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Modeling The Effects Of The Local Environment On A Received Gnss Signal, Marshall E. Haker Dec 2012

Modeling The Effects Of The Local Environment On A Received Gnss Signal, Marshall E. Haker

Theses and Dissertations

There is an ongoing need in the GNSS community for the development of high-fidelity simulators which generate data that replicates what can truly be expected from a challenging environment such as an urban canyon or an indoor environment. The algorithm developed for use in the research in this dissertation, the Signal Decomposition and Parameterization Algorithm (SDPA), is presented in order to respond to this need. This algorithm is designed to decompose a signal received using a GNSS recording and playback system and output parameters that can be used to reconstruct the effects on the signal of the environment local to …

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Game Theory Approach To Transportation Network Vulnerability Measurement, Qixing Wang Dec 2012

Game Theory Approach To Transportation Network Vulnerability Measurement, Qixing Wang

Master's Theses

The vulnerability of a transportation network is strongly correlated with the ability of the network to withstand shocks and disruptions. A robust network with strategic redundancy allows for the redistribution or reassignment of traffic without unduly compromising system performance. As such, high-volume edges with limited alternative paths represent system vulnerabilities – a feature of transportation networks that has been exploited in the past to identify critical components. In this thesis, a mixed-strategy, two opponents, non-zero sum, combinatorial game theoretical framework are presented for measuring network vulnerability. Two solution approaches (Shortest Path Algorithm with Entropy function (SPE) & User Equilibrium Assignment …

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Biohydrogen Production From Palm Oil Mill Effluent (Pome) In An Anaerobic Hybrid Bioreactor / Parviz Mohammadi, Mohammadi Parviz Dec 2012

Biohydrogen Production From Palm Oil Mill Effluent (Pome) In An Anaerobic Hybrid Bioreactor / Parviz Mohammadi, Mohammadi Parviz

Student Works (2010-2019)

The effects of various pretreatment methods on the enrichment of H2 evolving bacterial population and their hydrogen production efficiency using palm oil mill effluent (POME) as substrate were studied. Heat shock pretreatment was shown to be the most effective in enhancing the biological H2 production. Up-flow anaerobic sludge blanket fixed film (UASB-FF) bioreactor is a modern bioreactor and was used to generate of biological hydrogen with the help of granulated microbial aggregates. A lab scale UASB-FF bioreactor (2.55 lit) with an external settling tank was successfully designed and operated for biohydrogen production from POME. The use of packing media in …

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Moving Beyond Cameras In The Courtroom: Technology, The Media, And The Supreme Court, Mary-Rose Papandrea Dec 2012

Moving Beyond Cameras In The Courtroom: Technology, The Media, And The Supreme Court, Mary-Rose Papandrea

BYU Law Review

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Internet Gambling: An Overview Of Psychosocial Impacts, Mark D. Griffiths, Adrian Parke, Richard Wood, Jonathan Parke Dec 2012

Internet Gambling: An Overview Of Psychosocial Impacts, Mark D. Griffiths, Adrian Parke, Richard Wood, Jonathan Parke

UNLV Gaming Research & Review Journal

Technological innovation has always played a role in the development of gambling behaviour, primarily through providing new market opportunities. Early prevalence studies of Internet gambling in the UK, Canada and the US have shown that Internet gambling is not a cause for concern at present However, this seems likely to change as more people start to use the Internet for leisure activities. After a brief overview of gambling technologies and deregulation issues, this paper examines the impact of technology on gambling by highlighting salient factors in the rise of Internet gambling (i.e., accessibility, affordability, anonymity, convenience, escape immersion/dissociation, disinhibition, event …

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Change Management: Antecedents And Consequences In Casino Crm, Sudhir H. Kale Dec 2012

Change Management: Antecedents And Consequences In Casino Crm, Sudhir H. Kale

UNLV Gaming Research & Review Journal

Customer Relationship Management (CRM) continues to attract increasing attention within the casino industry. While the vital role of change management in making CRM projects successful has been acknowledged for quite some time, there is little in extant literature to explain the nature and conduct of change management in the CRM context. This article posits that relevant change management is a prerequisite for successful implementation of a casino's CRM. Change management involves five key initiatives: selling change internally, creating an appropriate infrastructure for change management, CRM-relevant training, a reconfiguration of the organization structure and performance assessment measures, and recasting existing incentive …

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Profile Of Internet Gamblers: Betting On The Future, Christopher Woodruff, Susan R. Gregory Dec 2012

Profile Of Internet Gamblers: Betting On The Future, Christopher Woodruff, Susan R. Gregory

UNLV Gaming Research & Review Journal

The commercial casino industry in 2002 provided more jobs, higher wages, and more tax revenues to states and local communities than ever before. At the same time Internet gambling sites operated by offshore companies have seen explosive growth since the introduction of the World Wide Web in 1995 (Rose, 2003). This research developed profiles of current land based casino patrons who have gambled on the Internet, those who have not but are willing to try, and those who have not and would not in the future consider Internet gambling. Two hundred surveys were collected at two Detroit, Michigan casinos, asking …

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Casino Technology: Player Tracking And Slot Accounting Systems, Z. Wang, H. Aquino Dec 2012

Casino Technology: Player Tracking And Slot Accounting Systems, Z. Wang, H. Aquino

UNLV Gaming Research & Review Journal

The objective of this research is to provide the casino industry with an unbiased, independent study on the available technologies in its business. Both the software manufacturers and the casinos recognize that tracking systems are far from being anything close to perfect. Thus, gaming companies are continually trying to improve the systems that they have on the market. In this paper the authors analyze player tracking and slot accounting systems based on their costs, functions, sizes, hardware requirements, and software requirements respectively, which may help casino executives better understand the technologies available to them and make more prudent and cost-effective …

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Wages In Las Vegas And Reno: How Much Difference Do Unions Make In The Hotel, Gaming, And Recreation Industry?, C. Jeffrey Waddoups Dec 2012

Wages In Las Vegas And Reno: How Much Difference Do Unions Make In The Hotel, Gaming, And Recreation Industry?, C. Jeffrey Waddoups

UNLV Gaming Research & Review Journal

A significant union presence in the Las Vegas, Nevada Hotel, Gaming, and Recreation (HGR) industry juxtaposed to the near absence of unions in the Reno, Nevada segment of the same industry is used to study how unions affect wages both within the industry and in a much less unionized sector, the Wholesale and Retail Trade (WRT) industry. The results indicate that median wages of highly unionized occupations in the Las Vegas HGR industry are significantly higher than wages of identical occupations in Reno. Little difference in wages is observed in the WRT industries of the two regions. In light of …

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Kentucky Parimutuel Revenue Policy Simulator, J. Shannon Neibergs Dec 2012

Kentucky Parimutuel Revenue Policy Simulator, J. Shannon Neibergs

UNLV Gaming Research & Review Journal

Since Kentucky introduced inter-track wagering in 1988, and inter-state wagering in 1994, there has been an ongoing substitution of declining live handle with increasing simulcasting handle. Also, since 1995 there has been a marked increase in competition from alternative gaming. At issue is the net effect on parimutuel stakeholder revenue relative to changes in the distribution of parimutuel handle and increased competition. This paper presents a parimutuel revenue budget that can be used to evaluate the marginal revenue of changes in policies, or of actions taken in response to increased competition from alternative gaming.

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The Gaming Industry And The Millennium Bug, Michael L . Kasavana, Kathleen P. Brewer Dec 2012

The Gaming Industry And The Millennium Bug, Michael L . Kasavana, Kathleen P. Brewer

UNLV Gaming Research & Review Journal

While much has been written about the Y2K bug in general, the gaming industry is among those slow to address the issue. As we quickly face the dawn of the new millennium, there are urgent issues to be addressed. This article examines the problem, major issues, potential solutions, and the impact of time constraints on the casino industry.

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A Global Market Analysis Of Casino Gaming On The Internet, Lawrence Dandurand Dec 2012

A Global Market Analysis Of Casino Gaming On The Internet, Lawrence Dandurand

UNLV Gaming Research & Review Journal

Technology can provide gaming to any household in the world. The market potential of casino gaming on the Internet is substantial. This article summarizes an analysis of the global Internet casino gaming market. It indicates: (1) the nature of Internet casino gaming; (2) the competitive environment; (3) market opportunities; (4) environmental constraints; (5) marketing strategies; (6) market demand; (7) market potential; and (8) a flexible diffusion of innovation model for forecasting market demand.

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The Case For Casino Gaming, Christian Marfels Dec 2012

The Case For Casino Gaming, Christian Marfels

UNLV Gaming Research & Review Journal

Casino gaming in the United States is the fastest growing segment of the expanding entertainment industry. Nevertheless, gaming opponents continue to spread arguments against gaming which are based on their moral-ethical beliefs. In contrast, this paper makes the case for gaming by looking at the economic reality. In the real world, casino operators provide the best products in highly competitive markets, gaming contributes net economic benefits to society, and the alleged substitution effect of gaming does not exist.

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Labor Law--Union Coercion Of General Contractor Causing Him To Discriminate Against Subcontractor Employees Held Not To Be An Unfair Labor Practice Since The Employees Were Not His Own (Local 447, United Association Of Journeymen And Apprentices Of The Plumbing And Pipefitting Industry (Malbaff), N.L.R.B. 1968), St. John's Law Review Dec 2012

Labor Law--Union Coercion Of General Contractor Causing Him To Discriminate Against Subcontractor Employees Held Not To Be An Unfair Labor Practice Since The Employees Were Not His Own (Local 447, United Association Of Journeymen And Apprentices Of The Plumbing And Pipefitting Industry (Malbaff), N.L.R.B. 1968), St. John's Law Review

St. John's Law Review

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Texas Gulf Sulphur: Expanding Concepts Of Corporate Disclosure Under Sec Rule 10b-5 (Part I), St. John's Law Review Dec 2012

Texas Gulf Sulphur: Expanding Concepts Of Corporate Disclosure Under Sec Rule 10b-5 (Part I), St. John's Law Review

St. John's Law Review

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Injunctive Relief And The Nlrb, Marvin Roth Dec 2012

Injunctive Relief And The Nlrb, Marvin Roth

St. John's Law Review

No abstract provided.

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Mentorship Modes: Strategies For Influencing Interactive Learners, Brad Gyori Dec 2012

Mentorship Modes: Strategies For Influencing Interactive Learners, Brad Gyori

Interdisciplinary Journal of Problem-Based Learning

In the age of the Internet, students are clamoring for immersive and participatory learning experiences, but how can teachers share autonomy without losing control of their classrooms? In an effort to address this important question, this article suggests three mentorship modes that educators can employ in order to effectively engage with today’s interactive learners. Lecture-based instruction is a single mode form of teaching in which information is disseminated by a lone authority-figure. In contrast, learning-centered mentorship is a three-mode process in which autonomy is shared and authority flows in multiple directions at once: bottom-up (modeling), laterally (collaborating), and top-down (organizing …

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Gurus On Leadership: A Book Review, M. S. Rao Dec 2012

Gurus On Leadership: A Book Review, M. S. Rao

The Journal of Values-Based Leadership

Author Mark A. Thomas examines in his best seller Gurus on Leadership the many styles and contributions associated with noted leaders and experts on leadership throughout history. Rao’s review points out the salient features of each style and reasserts the author’s desire for the principled leader to choose the best characteristics and managerial traits offered from this vast repertoire of experiences and philosophies.

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Guidelines Established For Attorney's Fees Recoverable When Indemnitor "Leaves" Indemnitee, St. John's Law Review Dec 2012

Guidelines Established For Attorney's Fees Recoverable When Indemnitor "Leaves" Indemnitee, St. John's Law Review

St. John's Law Review

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Splitting A Cause Of Action: All Installments Due On A Lease Must Be Sought In One Action, St. John's Law Review Dec 2012

Splitting A Cause Of Action: All Installments Due On A Lease Must Be Sought In One Action, St. John's Law Review

St. John's Law Review

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An Evolutionary View Of The Critical Functions Of Slot Machine Technology, Leslie E. Cummings, Kathleen P. Brewer Dec 2012

An Evolutionary View Of The Critical Functions Of Slot Machine Technology, Leslie E. Cummings, Kathleen P. Brewer

UNLV Gaming Research & Review Journal

The U.S. gaming industry has grown from its infancy in the early 1930s to a maturing giant in the 1990s. With this growth has come an evolution in management functions associated with one of the major components of casino operations, the slot department. These functions; counting, analysis, security, maintenance, and marketing, have evolved through an iterative process of technology; applying science to enhance functionality. This paper traces the expanding applications of gaming technologies, and provides a framework for understanding the past, present and future uses of technology in casino slot operations

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State Tax Planning Can Reduce Cost Of Expanding Gaming Operations Outside Nevada, Bryan J. Dziedziak, Lisa E. Moses Dec 2012

State Tax Planning Can Reduce Cost Of Expanding Gaming Operations Outside Nevada, Bryan J. Dziedziak, Lisa E. Moses

UNLV Gaming Research & Review Journal

No abstract provided.

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Power, Responsibility & Wisdom: Exploring The Issues At The Core Of Ethical Decision-Making And Leadership, Bruce Lloyd Dec 2012

Power, Responsibility & Wisdom: Exploring The Issues At The Core Of Ethical Decision-Making And Leadership, Bruce Lloyd

The Journal of Values-Based Leadership

Decision-making ostensibly requires the exercise of Power. But that use of Power must be counterbalanced with Responsibility in order to make good decisions. Infusing Wisdom into the decision-making process necessarily incorporates an ethical component and involves both the identification and evaluation of relationships. Wise decision-making, therefore, requires the application of Wisdom which transcends simple, short-lived factual proficiency. It is this careful weighing of Wisdom, Power, Knowledge, and Responsibility which must guide our business leaders and be taught to our business students.

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Values-Based Leadership And Happiness: Enlightened Leadership Improves The Return On People, Charles A. Millick Dec 2012

Values-Based Leadership And Happiness: Enlightened Leadership Improves The Return On People, Charles A. Millick

The Journal of Values-Based Leadership

As employees assert a greater role in corporate management and decision-making, the successful institution recognizes and rewards these values while decentralizing the traditional workforce hierarchy.

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