Evaluating the Impact of a New Resort Amenity on Gaming Business Volumes

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 key gaming volumes has been a guessing game to date. Thus, this paper offers a way to substantially improve return-on-investment calculations for new nongaming amenities. Although constructed with gaming in mind, the core model could be easily adapted to a variety of leisure service businesses

Thermodynamic Evidence for Internal Bonding in Serum Albumin

Much of the fascination of protein chemistry lies in the individuality of members of the protein family. All proteins consist of chains of amino-acid residues, held together by peptide bonds. Protein molecules, however, are frequently rigid compact units, rather than extended chains. Such a structure must be maintained by secondary bonding, and it is probable that at least a part of the individuality of proteins is due to the nature of this secondary bonding. (Fibrous proteins, which do exist as extended chains of helices, and which do not show as much individuality as globular proteins, are excluded from the present discussion.

Interaction Between Proteins and Chloride Ion

It has become increasingly clear in recent years that some proteins are capable of binding most common anions, and many studies with organic dye anions, detergent anions, and with some inorganic anions have been reported. On the basis of some of these studies Klotz and Urquhart4 have suggested that a binding index exists, which can be computed from the amino acid composition of a protein, and which will predict the relative affinity of different proteins for any anion. It would be desirable to test this hypothesis for chloride ion, since this is the most abundant anion in physiological systems. Unfortunately, chloride binding has been measured for only one protein, human serum albumin. The results obtained with this protein were, however, especially interesting in that they showed that an indirect method of computing chloride binding from the effect of chlorides upon the pH of an isoionic protein solution gives results in good agreement with direct determination. Since data on pH changes resulting from salt addition are available in the literature for a few proteins, it becomes possible to compute the extent of chloride binding for these proteins, and this has been done in this paper for egg albumin, beta lactoglobulin, and horse carboxyhemoglobin

The Law and Psychology of Jury Instructions

I. Introduction II. Types of Jury Instructions ... A. Charging Instructions ... B. Admonitions III. The Psychology of Jury Instructions ... A. Empirical Research about Charging Instructions ... 1. General Comprehensibility ... 2. Timing and Repetition ... 3. Cautionary Instructions ... B. Empirical Research about Admonitions IV. Sense and Nonsense in the Courtroom ... A. The Supreme Court ... B. Jury Instruction Practices Generally ... 1. Charging Instructions ... 2. Admonitions ... a. Instructions to Disregard ... b. Limiting Instructions ... c. Procedural Default Doctrine ... d. Ineffective Assistance of Counsel Rule ... V. Suggestions for Law Reform ... A. Rewritten Pattern Instructions ... B. Abandoning Admonitions ... 1. In the Trial Court ... 2. On Appeal ... 3. The Problem That Won\u27t Go Away: The Defendant\u27s Criminal Record VI. Conclusio

Evidence: Survey of Recent Developments in Indiana Law

With rare exceptions, Indiana evidence law progresses slowly and holds closely to the traditional concepts of the common law. This Survey Article collects the several important cases decided during the past year that continue this development of Indiana\u27s common law of evidence. A general word of caution is in order concerning the Indiana appellate courts\u27 evidence cases. Most evidence issues arise in criminal cases, in which convicted defendants allege error in the admission of evidence against them or in the exclusion of evidence offered in their defense. A ruling in favor of the defendant could result in the reversal of the conviction and the release of the accused, something the courts seem loath to allow. Thus, many rulings on points of evidence, particularly those where the court disposes of the issue in a paragraph or two, should probably be interpreted as harmless error cases-cases in which the evidence against the defendant is so strong that the effect of the disputed evidence is negligible. Although the court does not treat these as harmless error cases, many seemingly contradictory opinions, upholding both trial courts that allow the state to introduce disputed evidence and those that prevent the defendant from introducing such evidence, can only be explained rationally in this way