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An Examination of University Student Gambling Practices
, 2012 Concerns about student gambling behavior are often based on the popular opinion that students gamble all the time, that students spend too much money gambling, and that students readily become addicted to gambling.
Janes, Patricia +2 more
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Materials Advances in Devices for Heart Disease Interventions
Advanced Materials, EarlyView.This review examines the crucial role of materials in heart disease interventions, focusing on strategies for monitoring, managing, and repairing heart conditions. It discusses the material requirements for medical devices, highlighting recent innovations and their impact on cardiovascular health.
Gagan K. Jalandhra +11 more
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A new axiomatization for likelihood gambles [PDF]
arXiv, 2012 This paper studies a new and more general axiomatization than one presented previously for preference on likelihood gambles. Likelihood gambles describe actions in a situation where a decision maker knows multiple probabilistic models and a random sample generated from one of those models but does not know prior probability of models.
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Internet Gambling: An Overview of Psychosocial Impacts
, 2012 Technological innovation has always played a role in the development of gambling behaviour, primarily through providing new market opportunities. Early prevalence studies of Internet gambling in the UK, Canada and the US have shown that Internet gambling
Griffiths, Mark D +3 more
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Unperceivable Designs of Wearable Electronics
Advanced Materials, EarlyView.Unperceivable wearable technologies seamlessly integrate into everyone's daily life, for healthcare and Internet‐of‐Things applications. By remaining completely unnoticed both visually and tactilely, by the user and others, they ensure medical privacy and allow natural social interactions.
Yijun Liu +2 more
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Gambling symptoms, behaviors, and cognitive distortions in Japanese university students
Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy, 2019 Background This study was conducted to investigate the relationship between symptoms of gambling problems, gambling behaviours, and cognitive distortions among a university student population in Japan ages 20 to 29 years.
Kengo Yokomitsu +13 more
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Gambling and social gambling: an exploratory study of young people's perceptions and behavior [PDF]
, 2015 Background and aims: Gambling-type games that do not involve the spending of money (e.g., social and (demo) [demonstration] gambling games, gambling-like activities within video games) have been accused in both the legal and psychological literature of ...
Carran, M, Griffiths, MD
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Optimization of Core–Shell Ternary Electrodes for High‐Performance Ionic Actuator in Soft Gripper
Advanced Materials, EarlyView.A core–shell ternary electrode (Opt‐SWCNTs/PEDOT:PSS/IL) is developed via a simple two‐step dispersion and vacuum filtration process, with component ratios optimized to achieve excellent mechanical toughness and electrical conductivity based on simulation results.
Yufei Zhang +8 more
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Frontiers in Psychology, 2017 Since its introduction in 1977, self-efficacy has proven to be a fundamental predictor of positive adjustment and achievement in many domains. In problem gambling studies, self-efficacy has been defined mainly as an individual's ability to avoid gambling
Claudio Barbaranelli +5 more
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Betting shops and crime: is there a relationship? [PDF]
, 2011 Gambling and its link with criminal activity is an area of growing research interest. Studies from various regions worldwide have suggested an association between criminal activity and easily accessible gambling, yet, despite growth in the commercial ...
Griffiths, MD
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