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Showing 1 to 20 of 20 for “"Atlantic City"”.
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Media relations between the hotel casino industry of Atlantic City, New Jersey and The Press of Atlantic City
… practitioners, specifically those in the Atlantic City hotel casino industry, from the point of view of media representatives. Secondly, how do public relations practitioners view the relationship between their organizations and similar organizations with local media? Next, what can an …
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Impossible Terrain: An Ethnography Of Policing In Atlantic City, New Jersey
… Terrain: An Ethnography of Policing in Atlantic City, New Jersey, I develop a novel conceptualization of the “productivity of policing” in Racial Capitalism. My analysis is in part structured by a problematization of the common tendency within Police Studies scholarship to pose social …
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Geochemistry of the Precambrian Iron Formation Near Atlantic City, Fremont County, Wyoming
Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-09T20:34:40Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 7013450.pdf: 2869166 bytes, checksum: 7a53d89444d766eaf6304f277b0fbeaa (MD5) Previous issue date: 1969
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Comparative analysis of casino operations on the Las Vegas Strip and in Atlantic City
… casino industry within the respective markets of Atlantic City and the Las Vegas Strip, based on recent changes in their financial performances. It attempts to identify trends in revenue, cost, and profit margin of the Las Vegas Strip and Atlantic City casinos since 1995, when the gaming market …
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The impact of legalized casino gambling on regional economic development: The case of Atlantic City
In 1976, Atlantic City was facing a situation whereby, as the city was experiencing economic decline, casino gambling became an option that could help the city become revitalized. Even though many questions accompanied this option, Atlantic City did pass a referendum to legalize casino gambling; …
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UNEXPECTED TRANSITION FROM VFR TO IMC: AN EXAMINATION OF TRAINING PROTOCOLS TO MITIGATE PILOT GAPS IN KNOWLEDGE AND PERFORMANCE
… Center (FAA Technical Center) located in Atlantic City, New Jersey and Purdue University located in West Lafayette, Indiana. Participants were recruited from the surrounding areas of each location.
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Good citizens: how student council impacts socialization norms at Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. School Complex
… Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. School Complex in Atlantic City, New Jersey. The school had undergone several reconfigurations to the student body in prior years. Since then it has been difficult to maintain a student body culture that was both stable and suitable for substantial academic …
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The impact of the closed circuit television program on the communication process at the Chelsea Heights School
… was conducted at the Chelsea Heights School in Atlantic City, New Jersey. The study required implementing a closed circuit television program for the Chelsea Heights School. The purpose of this study was to understand and measure the effectiveness of a closed circuit television program on the …
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Self-Authorship: a teaching approach during the after-school community program
… after-school program at the Boys & Girls Club in Atlantic City, Chelsea Unit. Using a participatory action research methodology, this research followed mixed method, qualitative and quantitative data collection procedures. Four research cycles were employed in the study. Findings revealed an …
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Laboratory studies of the biodegradation of chemically dispersed oil: effect of droplet size and nutrient amendment
… distribution. Using water from the shorelines of Atlantic City, we placed the water with oil and dispersant inside EPA Baffled Flasks and placed them on rotatory shakers. We selected two speeds: high (250 rpm) and low (125 rpm). We also added excess nutrient for some of the flasks to evaluate the …
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Evaluation of interlayer bonding in hot mix asphalt pavements
… Airport Pavement Test Facility located in Atlantic City, New Jersey. In this test facility, a section of the pavement had encountered a loss of bond between lifts of the surface hot mix asphalt (HMA) layer. FWD tests had been performed at locations throughout the pavement, on a monthly …
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Understanding student engagement: Insights from an all-girls urban neighborhood public high school
Students in a large mid-Atlantic city graduate from the public district high schools at an average annual rate of fifty-six percent. This low rate of high school completion predicts future financial and social instability for not only those individuals who drop out of school, but also for their …
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Modeling daily electricity load curve using cubic splines and functional principal components
"Forecasting electricity load is very important to the electric utilities as well as producers of power because accurate predictions can cut down costs by avoiding power shortages or surpluses. Of specific interest is the 24-hour daily electricity load profile, which provides insight into periods …
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Atomic Clock Augmentation For Receivers Using the Global Positioning System
… Aviation Administration (FAA) Tech Center in Atlantic City, during which external rubidium oscillators were used by airborne (Boeing 757-B) and ground station GPS receivers. A new method of clock modeling is introduced, and this clock model is used to demonstrate the improvement in vertical …
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AFTER SCHOOL ACTIVITIES, PEER AFFILIATION, AND ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT: A STUDY OF PEER CLUSTER THEORY
… the greater metropolitan area of a mid-sized Mid-Atlantic city and a surrounding rural community. Participants completed a questionnaire with several measures. Academic achievement was measured by a one-item self report school of grades. School commitment was measured by the Commitment to School …
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Exercising Social Class Privilege: Examining the Practices and Processes Defining Upper-Middle Class Swimming Club Culture
… suburban town on the outskirts of a major mid-Atlantic city. Through four years of ethnographic engagement, including participatory lived experience, observations, and interviews with mothers and children who belong to the pool, this project examines the way in which membership at Valley View …
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With Teeth
In this novel, after Tiana, an au pair from El Salvador, living in New Jersey now, witnesses Beth Boyle stage her husband's death, she decides to blackmail her.
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Assessing the effectiveness of crisis management for the staff of the Uptown School Complex
<p>The Uptown School Complex has a crisis management plan that needs to be reviewed, updated, and practiced by staff members. In the past year, our country has gone through radical changes with security and crisis management that also need to be addressed in our schools. The focus of this study is …