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A Comparison of Clustered and Isolated Casino Performance in Missouri

significant boost to states’ tax revenues (Walker & Jackson, 2011) . This is interesting, given that tax revenue is likely the most important political motivation for legalizing casinos. As the casino ... Missouri, all of which legalized casinos between 1989 and 1993. These states may have limited casino games to riverboats as a political strategy to placate casino opponents who did not want casino gambling

NeuroEPO plus (NeuralCIM®) in mild-to-moderate Alzheimer’s clinical syndrome: the ATHENEA randomized clinical trial

incidence of dementia and interaction between genetic admixture, apoe genotype, lipids and dementia in an admixed Cuban population . Degree of Doctor of Philosophy . Institute of Psychiatry, King's College

Nipped in the Budd? Assessing the wisdom of the Gambling Review Body’s recommendations in relation to problem gambling

laws are under review once more. The Labour Party (at the date of writing, the principal political party of Opposition) has set out plans for “a new Gambling Act that is fit for the digital age” ; while ... ‘2005 Act’), which sought to adapt Britain’s gambling legislation to changing political and societal views and to accommodate new modes of gambling (such as the internet). To date there have been no

Indian Gaming: Issues and Prospects

This article explains the evolution of Indian gaming from economic and social perspectives. Many of the political opportunities and threats to Indian gaming are examined, and current and future ... Indian gaming. First, the economic and social importance of gaming to Native Americans will be examined. Second, many of the political opportu­ nities and threats to Indian gaming and their possible

Political Culture and Gambling Policy: A Cross-National Study

This paper seeks to find relationships between political culture and policy making on gambling in four jurisdictions, including Nevada and California, two adjacent U.S. States, and also in Great ... unresolved. The concept of political culture was ingrained in classical works of political philosophy. However, as an explicit concept to orient understandings of politics, political culture came to the fore

Political Culture and Gambling Policy: A Cross-National Study

This paper seeks to find relationships between political culture and policy making on gambling in four jurisdictions, including Nevada and California, two adjacent U.S. States, and also in Great ... unresolved. The concept of political culture was ingrained in classical works of political philosophy. However, as an explicit concept to orient understandings of politics, political culture came to the fore

Purpose in life promotes resilience to age-related brain burden in middle-aged adults

meaning and direction and that one’s goals and potential are being achieved or are attainable [ 23 ]. Modern conceptions of PiL stem from the philosophical writings of existential philosophy, which has

Erving Goffman, Fateful Action, and the Las Vegas Gambling Scene

Action Is” remains a potent if underutilized theoretical, methodological, and political resource. The paper concludes with reflections on the commodification of risk and the role of chance in distribution

Erving Goffman, Fateful Action, and the Las Vegas Gambling Scene

Action Is” remains a potent if underutilized theoretical, methodological, and political resource. The paper concludes with reflections on the commodification of risk and the role of chance in distribution

Gender and Public Apology

feminist work on the topic. See Iris Marion Young, “Responsibility and Global Labor Justice,” Journal of Political Philosophy 12.4 (2004): 365-388; Tracy Isaacs, Moral Responsibility in Collective Contexts ... See, for example, Michael Cunningham, “Saying Sorry: The Politics of Apology,” The Political Quarterly 70.3 (1999): 285–293, doi:10.1111/1467-923X.00231; John Borneman, “Public Apologies as Performative

Understanding Involuntary Illegal Online Gamblers in the U.S.: Framing in Misleading Information by Online Casino Reviews

leading theoretical framework not only in communication studies but also in other disciplines, ranging from psychology, behavioral economics, political science, sociology to criminology and criminal justice

Unveiling Macau Gaming Inspectors: Functions, Conditions and Operations

“routine tasks” , and the on-site inspection duties have thus become less effective in deterring the violations at casinos. Inspection work disrupted by external political pressure and culture Gaming ... culture of complaints is often assisted by the labor and interest groups representing various segments of the gaming industry. The DICJ and its inspectors cannot avoid such external political pressure

Dementia trials and dementia tribulations: methodological and analytical challenges in dementia research

research. The recent G8 summit on dementia and subsequent establishment of the World Dementia Council are examples of initiatives that reflect societal and political will to increase research efforts in

The EVF Model: A Novel Framework for Understanding Gambling and, by Extension, Poker

political philosophy. it is worth noting that those who argue most passionately against the spread of institutionalized gambling often ground their arguments in either theology and/or conservative political ... background, specific models of morality and political considerations. These issues were first whether an activity gets assigned recognized in the legal world where this kind of ambiguity of usage to it or to

Would you want to know? Public attitudes on early diagnostic testing for Alzheimer's disease

the disease. Potential demand for early medical testing for AD could be high. A predictive test could not only advance medical research, it could transform political and legal landscapes by creating a ... and demand matches global interest, millions of people in each of the studied countries will become members of a new population and political advocacy group: asymptomatic adults living with a diagnosis

Would you want to know? Public attitudes on early diagnostic testing for Alzheimer's disease

immediate blood relative with the disease. Conclusions Potential demand for early medical testing for AD could be high. A predictive test could not only advance medical research, it could transform political ... demand matches global interest, millions of people in each of the studied countries will become members of a new population and political advocacy group: asymptomatic adults living with a diagnosis of

Aducanumab produced a clinically meaningful benefit in association with amyloid lowering

. The battle over an Alzheimer's treatment; Biogen's promising drug is caught in the FDA's political and bureaucratic limbo . Wall Street J . 2021 .

No Justice without Narratives:Transition, Justice and the Khmer Rouge Trials

, ADHOC, January 2013). 9 Nadine Kirchenbauer et al., Victims’ Participation Before the Extraordinary Chambers; Claire Moon, Narrating Political Reconciliation: South Africa’s Truth and Reconciliation ... , 2006), 17; Laura McGrew, “Reestablishing Legitimacy Through the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia,” in Beyond Democracy in Cambodia: Political Reconstruction in a Post-Conflict Society

CRM In Gaming: It's No Crapshoot!

CRM's success. CRM projects in casinos will have a higher chance of success if CRM is viewed as a business philosophy and becomes a part of the corporate culture. Appropriate customer strategy ... , part of the CRM puzzle. A sound customer strategy, executive commitment across the board to CRM philosophy, customer-centric processes, appropriate metrics, dedicated internal marketing, and a thorough