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The impact of gambling advertising: Problem gamblers report stronger impacts on involvement, knowledge, and awareness than recreational gamblers. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Although there is a general lack of empirical evidence that advertising influences gambling participation, the regulation of gambling advertising is hotly debated among academic researchers, treatment specialists, lobby groups, regulators, and policy ...
Griffiths, MD   +3 more
core   +1 more source

Predictors of gambling and problem gambling in Victoria, Australia.

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2019
In 2016, the gambling habits of a sample of 3361 adults in the state of Victoria, Australia, were surveyed. It was found that a number of factors that were highly correlated with self-reported gambling frequency and gambling problems were not significant
Piers D L Howe   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Mom, Dad It’s Only a Game! Perceived Gambling and Gaming Behaviors among Adolescents and Young Adults: an Exploratory Study [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
Gambling and gaming are increasingly popular activities among adolescents. Although gambling is illegal in Portugal for youth under the age of 18 years, gambling opportunities are growing, mainly due to similarity between gambling and other technology ...
Alexandre, J, Calado, F, Griffiths, MD
core   +2 more sources

Responsible gambling: a synthesis of the empirical evidence

open access: yes, 2017
Many jurisdictions around the world have implemented Responsible Gambling (RG) programs for the purpose of preventing gambling-related harms. Using a research synthesis strategy, this paper examines the extant peer-reviewed empirical evidence ...
R. Ladouceur   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Functional Porous Graphene Membranes: From Superhydrophobic to Slippery

open access: yesAdvanced Materials Interfaces, EarlyView.
This work highlights a versatile approach for modifying porous graphene surfaces with an aim to control its wettability for challenging membrane applications. Utilizing an efficient silanization process, aided by the defects present on the graphene, the possibility to fabricate graphene‐siloxane hybrid layer that can be either superhydrophobic or ...
Abhijna Das   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

A gambling interpretation of some quantum information-theoretic quantities [PDF]

open access: yesarXiv, 2013
It is known that repeated gambling over the outcomes of independent and identically distributed (i.i.d.) random variables gives rise to alternate operational meaning of entropies in the classical case in terms of the doubling rates. We give a quantum extension of this approach for gambling over the measurement outcomes of tensor product states.
arxiv  

A Force Myography (FMG) Armband Based on Micro‐Structured Textile‐Pressure Sensors for Human‐Machine Interface (HMI)

open access: yesAdvanced Sensor Research, EarlyView.
This study introduces a textile‐based capacitive pressure sensor featuring a triangular prism microstructure, which significantly enhances sensitivity to 5.52% kPa−¹ and supports a wide sensing range up to 330 kPa. The sensor's performance is validated in a 4‐channel capacitive pressure‐based force myography (cFMG) armband for gesture recognition ...
Rayane Tchantchane   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Forms of gambling, gambling involvement and problem gambling: evidence from a Swedish population survey

open access: yes, 2017
The purpose of this study was to explore the association between problem gambling (PG) and participation in different forms of gambling in order to elucidate relationships between PG, gambling involvement and gambling intensity. Using data from the first
Per Binde, U. Romild, R. Volberg
semanticscholar   +1 more source

A Critical Review of the Harm-Minimisation Tools Available for Electronic Gambling

open access: yesJournal of Gambling Studies, 2016
The increasing sophistication of gambling products afforded by electronic technologies facilitates increased accessibility to gambling, as well as encouraging rapid and continuous play.
A. Harris, M. Griffiths
semanticscholar   +1 more source

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