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Summary Of Aspen Financial Services Inc. V. Dist. Ct., 128 Nev. Adv. Op. 57, Oscar Peralta Dec 2012

Summary Of Aspen Financial Services Inc. V. Dist. Ct., 128 Nev. Adv. Op. 57, Oscar Peralta

Nevada Supreme Court Summaries

The Court considered a petition for a writ of prohibition or mandamus in response to a district court’s denial of a motion to stay certain testimonial discovery in a civil proceeding occurring simultaneously to a criminal investigation.


Summary Of Holcomb V. Georgia Pacific, 128 Nev. Adv. Op. 56`, Miriam C. Meyer Dec 2012

Summary Of Holcomb V. Georgia Pacific, 128 Nev. Adv. Op. 56`, Miriam C. Meyer

Nevada Supreme Court Summaries

An appeal from a district court’s grant of summary judgment for manufacturers of asbestos-containing products.


Summary Of Jackson V. State, 128 Nev. Adv. Op. 55, Sarah Mead Dec 2012

Summary Of Jackson V. State, 128 Nev. Adv. Op. 55, Sarah Mead

Nevada Supreme Court Summaries

Appeals from district court judgments of conviction based on similar questions regarding double jeopardy and redundancy. The Court considered whether a criminal defendant who is charged with both attempted murder and battery or aggravated battery through a single act can be so charged, or whether such a charge constitutes double jeopardy, or violates Nevada’s common law redundancy theory.


The Dust Bowl As A Failure Of American Agriculture, Mitchell Cole Bellomy Dec 2012

The Dust Bowl As A Failure Of American Agriculture, Mitchell Cole Bellomy

Honors Capstone Projects and Theses

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A Lexicographic Product Cancellation Property For Digraphs, Kendall Manion Dec 2012

A Lexicographic Product Cancellation Property For Digraphs, Kendall Manion

Theses and Dissertations

There are four prominent product graphs in graph theory: Cartesian, strong, direct, and lexicographic. Of these four product graphs, the lexicographic product graph is the least studied. Lexicographic products are not commutative but still have some interesting properties. This paper begins with basic definitions of graph theory, including the definition of a graph, that are needed to understand theorems and proofs that come later. The paper then discusses the lexicographic product of digraphs, denoted $G \circ H$, for some digraphs $G$ and $H$. The paper concludes by proving a cancellation property for the lexicographic product of digraphs $G$, $H$, $A$, …


Uab Study: Spiritual Coping A Predictor Of Mental Health, Jim Bakken Dec 2012

Uab Study: Spiritual Coping A Predictor Of Mental Health, Jim Bakken

Browse All News

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Book Reviews, Betty Mcneil Dec 2012

Book Reviews, Betty Mcneil

UNLV Gaming Research & Review Journal

No abstract provided.


This Audience Is Weird: Reflections On What We Know Now In Gambling Research, Bo J. Bernhard Dec 2012

This Audience Is Weird: Reflections On What We Know Now In Gambling Research, Bo J. Bernhard

UNLV Gaming Research & Review Journal

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Sport Tourists In A Gaming Destination: Predicting Gaming And Non-Gaming Expenditures, Chris Brown, James A. Busser, Seyhmus Baloglu Dec 2012

Sport Tourists In A Gaming Destination: Predicting Gaming And Non-Gaming Expenditures, Chris Brown, James A. Busser, Seyhmus Baloglu

UNLV Gaming Research & Review Journal

Sport tourism is the fastest growing segment of the tourism industry. Although there are a number of benefits to cities as a result of sport tourism, the most desired aspect of hosting contests is economic impact. This study examined the gaming and non-gaming impact of six major sporting events held in Las Vegas over a ten-year period. The results indicate that length of stay is a significant contributor to economic impact and that sport tourism has an important role to play in the economy of Las Vegas.


Analyzing The Relationship Between Systematic Risk And Financial Variables In The Casino Industry, Toni Repetti, Jungsun Kim Dec 2012

Analyzing The Relationship Between Systematic Risk And Financial Variables In The Casino Industry, Toni Repetti, Jungsun Kim

UNLV Gaming Research & Review Journal

The gaming industry, previous to 2007, had experienced a continued increase in revenues and stock prices, but in late 2007, the industry started to be affected by a recession. To have a better understanding of the relationship between this external economic factor (recession) and a gaming company's systematic risk (beta), this study analyzed which financial ratios are significant predictors of beta and evaluated if these financial ratios better predict beta before or during the recession. The financial ratios examined in this study include return on assets, liabilities as a percentage of assets, asset turnover, quick ratio, EBIT growth rate, and …


Estimating The Impact Of California Tribal Gaming On Demand For Casino Gaming In Nevada, William R. Eadington, Richard H. Wells, Derek Gossi Dec 2012

Estimating The Impact Of California Tribal Gaming On Demand For Casino Gaming In Nevada, William R. Eadington, Richard H. Wells, Derek Gossi

UNLV Gaming Research & Review Journal

Since 1990, the California tribal casino industry has grown from a very small and insignificant industry to one with annual gross gaming revenues of about $7.5 billion per annum by 2009. Over this same period, Nevada's gaming revenues grew from approximately $5.0 billion in 1990 to $10.4 billion in 2009, having declined from a peak of $12.8 billion in 2007. Much of the recent decline in Nevada and especially Las Vegas can be attributed to the severity of the economic recession of 2007-2009. However, the major Northern Nevada destination resorts of Reno and South Lake Tahoe had experienced substantial slowdowns …


''Shots From The Pulpit:'' An Ethnographic Content Analysis Of United States Anti-Gambling Social Movement Documents From 1816-2010, Bo J. Bernhard, Robert Futrell, Andrew Harper Dec 2012

''Shots From The Pulpit:'' An Ethnographic Content Analysis Of United States Anti-Gambling Social Movement Documents From 1816-2010, Bo J. Bernhard, Robert Futrell, Andrew Harper

UNLV Gaming Research & Review Journal

The history of anti-gambling impulses is perhaps as old as the gambling impulse itself, but academic research has thus far neglected the topic of anti-gambling social movements. Using social movement literature as a theoretical guide and ethnographic content analysis as a methodological tool, this paper examines anti-gambling documents produced in the United States over nearly two hundred years. During this period, three distinct periods emerge: first, an early ( 1816-1915) period framed the gambling act on strict religious grounds as an individual sin. This religious framing was then challenged by the rise of more rational and scientifically-based medical discourses on …


Evaluating The Impact Of A New Resort Amenity On Gaming Business Volumes, Anthony F. Lucas, Sarah Tanford Dec 2012

Evaluating The Impact Of A New Resort Amenity On Gaming Business Volumes, Anthony F. Lucas, Sarah Tanford

UNLV Gaming Research & Review Journal

Using performance data from an Atlantic City hotel-casino, theoretical models are advanced to estimate the effects of a new indoor pool/nightclub on both daily coin-in and table game drop. This study represents the first attempt to estimate the indirect gaming contributions of a new nongaming amenity. The pool/nightclub variable was found to significantly increase table game drop at a rate of $150,500 per day, but it failed to produce a significant effect in the coin-in model. The core model, design, and results described herein are critical to operators and developers alike, as estimating the impacts of new nongaming amenities on …


A Lack Of Willpower May Influence A Leader’S Ability To Act Morally, Tom Karp Dec 2012

A Lack Of Willpower May Influence A Leader’S Ability To Act Morally, Tom Karp

The Journal of Values-Based Leadership

Acts of moral leadership do not come without risks of loss of employment, a lessening of personal stature, and compromised mental and physical wellbeing. Thus, the quest to act as a values-based leader necessarily commands the exercise of unfettered willpower and a tenacious willingness to assume such risks.


Secrets Of Your Leadership Success: The 11 Indispensable E’S Of A Leader, M. S. Rao Dec 2012

Secrets Of Your Leadership Success: The 11 Indispensable E’S Of A Leader, M. S. Rao

The Journal of Values-Based Leadership

Professor Rao has used his experiences in organizational systems to produce a “recipe” for true leadership. In developing the 11 E’s — from Enthusiasm to Ethics —this author attempts to identify the traits characteristically and uniformly found in great leaders. While each component may be descriptive of a recognized head of a particular organization, successful principled leadership mandates the amalgamation of all of these enumerated traits.


Appalachian Farmers: Building Value From Values, Natalie Shubert, Amy Taylor-Blanco, Ana L. Rosado Feger Dec 2012

Appalachian Farmers: Building Value From Values, Natalie Shubert, Amy Taylor-Blanco, Ana L. Rosado Feger

The Journal of Values-Based Leadership

This trio of authors has presented a microcosm of values-based shared business practices, involving local food production and distribution in a small, rural Appalachian region in the United States. They focus upon the collective activities of a group committed to advancing local business practices while eliminating unnecessary transportation costs, boosting the region’s economic infrastructure, and most importantly, bringing people together to share experiences and pass along knowledge designed to benefit their communities and generate a sustainable agricultural-based economy.


Ethical Governance In The Indian Construction Industry: A Case Study Of Larsen & Toubro Ltd., Shashank Shah Dec 2012

Ethical Governance In The Indian Construction Industry: A Case Study Of Larsen & Toubro Ltd., Shashank Shah

The Journal of Values-Based Leadership

Governance has moved beyond mere fulfilment of legal requirements. The corporate debacles of the last decade and more have indicated how very respectable corporate organisations across the globe succumbed to greed and compromised on ethics and organisational value systems. Corporate Governance is mainly concerned with the intrinsic nature, purpose, integrity, and identity of an organisation. It encompasses the entire gamut of organisational stakeholders. While a lot of literature is available in the field of Corporate Governance, an analysis of corporate organisations in terms of their stakeholder-related initiatives has hitherto not been attempted. In this paper, the author has used the …


Value Shifts: Redefining “Leadership” A Narrative, Joseph Hester Dec 2012

Value Shifts: Redefining “Leadership” A Narrative, Joseph Hester

The Journal of Values-Based Leadership

This article provides a historical narrative documenting the major rifts and shifts in the concept of “value” in the 20th and 21st centuries. It is the author’s contention that these shifts have confused the conceptualization of value, making it a rather broad and meaningless term. Thus, to define “leadership” as “values- or ethically-based,” one must first provide a substantial defense of a particular moral view upon which leadership is want to be situated. This task is made arduous because “value” and “morals” have become confused in the morass of postmodernism and its political correlate, political correctness.


Applying The Doctrine Of Work For Hire And Joint Works To Website Development, Han Sheng Beh Dec 2012

Applying The Doctrine Of Work For Hire And Joint Works To Website Development, Han Sheng Beh

Touro Law Review

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Re-Shaping Library Service Programming: New Strategies For The New Millennium, Daryl C. Youngman Dec 2012

Re-Shaping Library Service Programming: New Strategies For The New Millennium, Daryl C. Youngman

Proceedings of the IATUL Conferences

No abstract provided.


Over-Engineering The Science And Technology Library Web Environment: Planned Redundancies So "All Roads Lead To Rome", Gay A. Woods Dec 2012

Over-Engineering The Science And Technology Library Web Environment: Planned Redundancies So "All Roads Lead To Rome", Gay A. Woods

Proceedings of the IATUL Conferences

No abstract provided.


Easy - 'Equitable Access To Scientific Yield'©, Leo Waaijers Dec 2012

Easy - 'Equitable Access To Scientific Yield'©, Leo Waaijers

Proceedings of the IATUL Conferences

No abstract provided.


Consortial Support For Digital Library Initiatives And Information Technology Manpower Development In Latin America, Johann Van Reenen Dec 2012

Consortial Support For Digital Library Initiatives And Information Technology Manpower Development In Latin America, Johann Van Reenen

Proceedings of the IATUL Conferences

No abstract provided.


Real Time Virtual Reference: From Pilot Project To Reality?, Beth Turtle, Marcia Stockham Dec 2012

Real Time Virtual Reference: From Pilot Project To Reality?, Beth Turtle, Marcia Stockham

Proceedings of the IATUL Conferences

No abstract provided.


Development Strategy Of A Technological University Library Management Information System (Mis): A Case Of Moi University, Kenya, George Gundu Shibanda Dec 2012

Development Strategy Of A Technological University Library Management Information System (Mis): A Case Of Moi University, Kenya, George Gundu Shibanda

Proceedings of the IATUL Conferences

No abstract provided.


How To Create Your Own Scholarly Journal In Partnership With Your Campus Faculty, Eulália Roël Dec 2012

How To Create Your Own Scholarly Journal In Partnership With Your Campus Faculty, Eulália Roël

Proceedings of the IATUL Conferences

No abstract provided.


Supporting Research Needs In The 21st Century: Some Thoughts On Information Service Evolution, Alasdair Paterson Dec 2012

Supporting Research Needs In The 21st Century: Some Thoughts On Information Service Evolution, Alasdair Paterson

Proceedings of the IATUL Conferences

No abstract provided.


Consortia And The Big Deals: A New Way Of Doing Business Or The End Of The Technical Library?, Nestor L. Osorio Dec 2012

Consortia And The Big Deals: A New Way Of Doing Business Or The End Of The Technical Library?, Nestor L. Osorio

Proceedings of the IATUL Conferences

No abstract provided.


The Integration Of Digital Library Services In An Academic Environment, Ursula Nielsen, Per Eriksson Dec 2012

The Integration Of Digital Library Services In An Academic Environment, Ursula Nielsen, Per Eriksson

Proceedings of the IATUL Conferences

No abstract provided.


Reinventing A Sci-Tech Library: Eth Libraries As Focus Point For Scientific And Technical Information In Switzerland, Wolfram Neubauer Dec 2012

Reinventing A Sci-Tech Library: Eth Libraries As Focus Point For Scientific And Technical Information In Switzerland, Wolfram Neubauer

Proceedings of the IATUL Conferences

No abstract provided.