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Abq Free Press, October 26, 2016, Abq Free Press Oct 2016

Abq Free Press, October 26, 2016, Abq Free Press

ABQ Free Press

No abstract provided.


October 26, 2016, The Daily Mississippian Oct 2016

October 26, 2016, The Daily Mississippian

Daily Mississippian (all digitized issues)

No abstract provided.


Respondent Rated Importance Versus Calculated Significance: Which Is More Valid?, Asli D.A. Tasci Oct 2016

Respondent Rated Importance Versus Calculated Significance: Which Is More Valid?, Asli D.A. Tasci

Journal of Tourism Insights

Importance rating scales are utilized to define the importance of factors for certain behavior of different study populations including consumers. However, the findings on important factors are usually not checked for validity by comparing with different methods. The current study compares a direct measure with an indirect measure: 1) respondents’ importance ratings of consumer based brand equity (CBBE) components on their choosing a destination for their next vacation (an indicator of loyalty); 2) calculated significance of the same CBBE components on affecting their likelihood to visit a destination (an indicator of loyalty). Results show that the direct measures, or respondents’ …


Applying The Holistic Conceptual Conservation Framework For Sustainable Tourism, George Alexakis, Larry Rice Oct 2016

Applying The Holistic Conceptual Conservation Framework For Sustainable Tourism, George Alexakis, Larry Rice

Journal of Tourism Insights

The tourism and hospitality industry has not always followed sound environmental stewardship. Increased awareness among tourists worldwide has prompted sustainabilit­y discourse encouraging long-term systemic approaches to planning and development. The research article proposes a holistic conceptual conservation framework that shows how a united tourism and hospitality industry can curtail the processes of environmental destruction and collectively offer authentic touristic experiences. Visitors can fully experience tourist destinations through integrated ecotourism, ethnotourism, and other related tangential offerings alongside those of larger tourism and hospitality providers. The conservation framework hypothetically strengthens the customer loyalty of tourists towards all industry operators and related practitioners, …


Fix Me Baby One More Time: A Permanent Solution For Day Cares, Angela C. Oldham Oct 2016

Fix Me Baby One More Time: A Permanent Solution For Day Cares, Angela C. Oldham

DePaul Law Review

No abstract provided.


The False Promise Of Custody In Domestic Violence Protection Orders, Laurie S. Kohn Oct 2016

The False Promise Of Custody In Domestic Violence Protection Orders, Laurie S. Kohn

DePaul Law Review

No abstract provided.


An Empirical Critique Of Jcar And The Legislative Veto In Illinois, Marc D. Falkoff Oct 2016

An Empirical Critique Of Jcar And The Legislative Veto In Illinois, Marc D. Falkoff

DePaul Law Review

No abstract provided.


Lgbt Rights And The Mini Rfra: A Return To Separate But Equal, Terri R. Day, Danielle Weatherby Oct 2016

Lgbt Rights And The Mini Rfra: A Return To Separate But Equal, Terri R. Day, Danielle Weatherby

DePaul Law Review

No abstract provided.


The Common Carrier Barrier: An Analysis Of Standard Of Care Requirements, Insurance Policies, And Liability Regulations For Ride-Sharing Companies, Riebana Sachs Oct 2016

The Common Carrier Barrier: An Analysis Of Standard Of Care Requirements, Insurance Policies, And Liability Regulations For Ride-Sharing Companies, Riebana Sachs

DePaul Law Review

No abstract provided.


My Name Is Not "Beautiful," And, No, I Do Not Want To Smile: Paving The Path For Street Harassment Legislation In Illinois, Amanda Roenius Oct 2016

My Name Is Not "Beautiful," And, No, I Do Not Want To Smile: Paving The Path For Street Harassment Legislation In Illinois, Amanda Roenius

DePaul Law Review

No abstract provided.


You Cannot Protect Elders Unless You Protect The Institutions That Care For Them: How Streamlining The Definition Of Elder Abuse Will Positively Impact The Long-Term Care Industry, Meagan Pagels Oct 2016

You Cannot Protect Elders Unless You Protect The Institutions That Care For Them: How Streamlining The Definition Of Elder Abuse Will Positively Impact The Long-Term Care Industry, Meagan Pagels

DePaul Law Review

No abstract provided.


The Unwritten Federal Arbitration Act, Anthony J. Sebok Oct 2016

The Unwritten Federal Arbitration Act, Anthony J. Sebok

DePaul Law Review

No abstract provided.


Does Emperical Evidence On The Civil Justice System Produce Or Resolve Conflict?, Jeffrey J. Rachlinksi Oct 2016

Does Emperical Evidence On The Civil Justice System Produce Or Resolve Conflict?, Jeffrey J. Rachlinksi

DePaul Law Review

No abstract provided.


Line Drawing In Corporate Rights Determinations, Elizabeth Pollman Oct 2016

Line Drawing In Corporate Rights Determinations, Elizabeth Pollman

DePaul Law Review

No abstract provided.


Theorizing The Firm: Organizational Ontology In The Supreme Court, Eric W. Orts Oct 2016

Theorizing The Firm: Organizational Ontology In The Supreme Court, Eric W. Orts

DePaul Law Review

No abstract provided.


Hobby Lobby And The Corporate Personhood: Taking The U.S. Supreme Court's Reasoning At Face Value, Gregory A. Mark Oct 2016

Hobby Lobby And The Corporate Personhood: Taking The U.S. Supreme Court's Reasoning At Face Value, Gregory A. Mark

DePaul Law Review

No abstract provided.


Bending In The Breeze: American Class Actions In The Twenty-First Century, Richard Marcus Oct 2016

Bending In The Breeze: American Class Actions In The Twenty-First Century, Richard Marcus

DePaul Law Review

No abstract provided.


Employment Arbitration After The Revolution, David Horton, Andrea Cann Chandrasekher Oct 2016

Employment Arbitration After The Revolution, David Horton, Andrea Cann Chandrasekher

DePaul Law Review

No abstract provided.


The Supreme Court's Stealth Return To The Common Law Of Torts, John C.P. Goldberg, Benjamin C. Zipursky Oct 2016

The Supreme Court's Stealth Return To The Common Law Of Torts, John C.P. Goldberg, Benjamin C. Zipursky

DePaul Law Review

No abstract provided.


The Contractually Based Economic Loss Rule In Tort Law: Endangered Consumers And The Error Of East River Steamship, Mark A. Geistfeld Oct 2016

The Contractually Based Economic Loss Rule In Tort Law: Endangered Consumers And The Error Of East River Steamship, Mark A. Geistfeld

DePaul Law Review

No abstract provided.


The Subterranean Counterrevolution: The Supreme Court, The Media, And Litigation Retrenchment, Stephen B. Burbank, Sean Farhang Oct 2016

The Subterranean Counterrevolution: The Supreme Court, The Media, And Litigation Retrenchment, Stephen B. Burbank, Sean Farhang

DePaul Law Review

No abstract provided.


Corporations And Expressive Rights: How The Lines Should Be Drawn, Margaret M. Blair Oct 2016

Corporations And Expressive Rights: How The Lines Should Be Drawn, Margaret M. Blair

DePaul Law Review

No abstract provided.


Soothing The Lobster, Julia Van Der Ryn Oct 2016

Soothing The Lobster, Julia Van Der Ryn

The Tuxedo Archives

No abstract provided.


The Social Worker's Role In The Context Of Forced Migration: A Global Perspective, Mioara Diaconu, Laura Racovita-Szilagyi, Brittni A. Bryan Oct 2016

The Social Worker's Role In The Context Of Forced Migration: A Global Perspective, Mioara Diaconu, Laura Racovita-Szilagyi, Brittni A. Bryan

Interdisciplinary Journal of Best Practices in Global Development

It has become increasingly more difficult to encounter news of today’s events and not become aware of the people who are suffering behind the scenes unfolding on our television sets, radio newscasts, screens and newspapers. Due to the multitude of media reports, we are more aware of what is happening in the remote corners of our world than we were only a few years ago. This awareness includes the fates of the people suffering from displacement due to conflict and violence. This paper seeks to explore available professional literature and present an exploratory study of the issues faced by today’s …


2016 Annual Report On Unlv Research Activity Oct 2016

2016 Annual Report On Unlv Research Activity

UNLV Innovation

An annual accounting of research and economic development productivity over the previous fiscal year.

The UNLV Division of Research and Economic Development reports annual data characterizing institutional research activity in order to evaluate campus research productivity and to facilitate benchmarking to promote future growth.

Data on sponsored programs expenditures, awards, and proposals, as well as technology transfer activity, doctoral conferrals, and more.


Brain Power, Sue Dibella, Raegen Pietrucha, Shane Bevell, Kevin Dunegan Oct 2016

Brain Power, Sue Dibella, Raegen Pietrucha, Shane Bevell, Kevin Dunegan

UNLV Innovation

In 2007, UNLV began building its neuroscience program. Today, those efforts have paid off in the form of research that brings us closer to addressing neurological disorders and diseases.


Checking Into Research, Angela Ramsey Oct 2016

Checking Into Research, Angela Ramsey

UNLV Innovation

Four hospitality researchers, like the industry they study, have put the customer first. In the process, they’ve uncovered some of the mysteries behind consumer behavior.


Brutality In Our Bones, Charles E. Reineke Oct 2016

Brutality In Our Bones, Charles E. Reineke

UNLV Innovation

Debra Martin, winner of the 2015 Harry Reid Silver State Research Award, uses the remains of the dead to uncover the roots of human violence.


Research Briefs Oct 2016

Research Briefs

UNLV Innovation

  • A new bacterial phylum
  • Battling underage trafficking
  • A program to boost campus entrepreneurship
  • Digging up the dirt on Mars
  • Fighting HIV in Nigeria
  • New ‘Innovation Corps’
  • Music-oriented video games
  • Walker Recieve Top NSHE Research Award
  • The Rise And Fall Of An Ancient ‘Super-Earth’
  • National Archives Grant Funds
  • By the Numbers
  • Nevada Regents’ Rising Researcher Award
  • Researchers’ Health-Tracker Technology
  • Gaming Research MOU
  • Research Is Ours


No Debating Unlv’S Bright Future Oct 2016

No Debating Unlv’S Bright Future

UNLV Innovation

EVEN AS THE UNIVERSITY is poised to capture the world’s attention in a new way—as host of the final U.S. Presidential Debate on October 19—the achievements of UNLV scientists and scholars will continue to keep our university in the spotlight long after the candidates move on. -- Dr. Len Jessup, UNLV President