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The Las Vegas phenomenon
This thesis supposes that people gambling in Las Vegas are engaged in religious-like and transformative experiences, ideas, and behaviors. Those which are religious-like are categorized into separate groups. These separate groups are Magic, Charms and Jinxes, Ritual, Altered-States of …
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Stress management in Las Vegas Municipal Court
An analysis of the effectiveness of Las Vegas Municipal Court's stress management workshop was conducted. The State-Trait Anxiety Inventory was given to fifty one volunteers prior to and after a stress management workshop. Of the 51, seven participated in a four hour workshop given in two sessions. …
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College radio curricula: Las Vegas general manager views
… curriculum would seem to include: the specific classes that professionals believe would help students prepare for the radio industry; the theory/practical blend of course work; and the outside internship and professional programs available for students prior to entering the full-time radio job …
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Urban public space on the Las Vegas Strip
… of randomly selected urban public spaces on the Las Vegas Strip. This study uses criterion gleaned from studies of traditional as well as contemporary urban public spaces throughout the world but predominately major cities in the United States such as New York, Los Angeles and San Francisco. …
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Monoaromatic hydrocarbons and aldehydes in Las Vegas air
The observed concentrations of the monoaromatic hydrocarbons and aldehydes show significant correlations within the various monoaromatic hydrocarbons, and within the various aldehydes as well as between the two groups of compounds. Moderate or good correlations between observed concentrations of …
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Standard penetration test correlations for Las Vegas soils
… of cemented sands, gravel and clay in the Las Vegas Valley, the generally accepted SPT correlations vary from actual local conditions. The following discussion will present SPT correlations, based on field test data, for consistency, cohesion and the internal angle of friction, specifically …
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Wastewater treatment in Las Vegas, Santa Barbara, Honduras
The Municipality of Las Vegas, Honduras is located immediately to the west of Lake Yojoa, the largest inland lake in Honduras. Beginning in 2005, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) began working with stakeholders around the lake to assess anthropogenic environmental impacts on the …
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Estimation of leakage between the shallow and principal aquifers in the Las Vegas Valley Water District's main well field, Las Vegas, Nevada
Under natural conditions in Las Vegas Valley the shallow aquifer was recharged by upward leakage of ground water from the principal aquifer. Presently recharge to the shallow aquifer is infiltration from over-irrigation which poses a potential threat to the quality of the principal aquifer. To …
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Quality of life amidst the lights of Las Vegas
Recent literature on quality of life indicators and sustainability has focused on quantifiable measurements, not qualitative. In actuality, the whole concept of quality of life is a subjective valuation of a myriad of issues by individuals. The purpose of this thesis, based on the testing of a …
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The optimal room inventory of Las Vegas casino hotels
Room oversupply is a recent concern for Las Vegas gaming industry. The purpose of this research is to quantify this problem and try to determine whether room oversupply exists and if it does, how serious the problem is in the lodging market of Las Vegas casino hotels (the subject market). A room …
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Metaphorically speaking: Putting Las Vegas on the cultural map
Las Vegas has art galleries, an art museum, a Cultural and Community Affairs Division. It also supports the Allied Arts Council of Southern Nevada and a southern branch of the Nevada Arts Council. Clearly, art and art advocates are present in Las Vegas. Yet, Las Vegas is traditionally viewed as a …
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Determination of soluble mineral content in Las Vegas soils
Lower basin areas in the Las Vegas Valley contain soils with large amounts of soluble minerals. Dissolving and leaching processes due to water intrusion into foundation soils containing soluble minerals can cause a volume reduction of the soil which in turn causes structural stress. Soil …
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History and analysis of the Las Vegas housing market
Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Architecture, 1997.
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Lights, audience, profit: The evolution of the Las Vegas spectacle
Las Vegas is known as a post-modern city; its development in the later half of the twenty-first century is an explosion of tourism, spectacle and gambling. Especially with the transitions of the past two years and the great variety in the new shows, no one has asked the question how did Las Vegas …
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The problem gambler in Las Vegas: Quantitative and qualitative explorations
… among the adult population in the city of Las Vegas, Nevada are analyzed using both quantitative and qualitative methodologies. Responses to problem gambling questions from 1992 and 1995 telephone surveys are examined. On the 1992 survey, which focused on lifetime problem gambling …
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Changing images: The end of legalized prostitution in Las Vegas
Legalized prostitution in Las Vegas began with the town's founding in 1905 and lasted until World War II. By researching legalized prostitution in Las Vegas from an economic and social standpoint as opposed to just a moral perspective, a broader picture emerged to show the changes that occurred. …
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An analysis of smoking and gambling among Las Vegas visitors
This research surveyed 414 Las Vegas visitors and obtained information on smoking status, gambling behavior, opinions of a smoking ban in casinos, and the effect a smoking ban would have on casino patronage. This information was analyzed to determine if there is an association between smoking and …
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Stratigraphic evolution of Las Vegas Bay, Lake Mead, Nevada: 1935--2002
Las Vegas Bay in Lake Mead, NV provides a unique mid-scale natural laboratory to study the effects changes in lake level, sediment supply, fluvial discharge and basin physiography have had on stratigraphy of the basin. Mapping, seismic, sidescan sonar and bathymetry surveys, in conjunction with …
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Cultivation of fear of Blacks in Las Vegas television news media
This study was a content analysis of Las Vegas television news ( N = 1,145) and was designed to determine whether the potential exists for media consumers in the Las Vegas market to become fearful due to the overrepresentation of crime committed by Black offenders. One research question and two …
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Transport of perchlorate in the Las Vegas Wash and Lake Mead
… investigates the fate of perchlorate in the Las Vegas Wash and Lake Mead resulting from the long-term contamination by the manufacturing of rocket fuels in Henderson, Nevada. The changes in perchlorate concentrations for the Las Vegas Wash and Lake Mead were investigated for the last 10 years …
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