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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CEO's Early‐life Experience of Disasters and Corporate Environmental Performance
Abacus, EarlyView.We investigate the nexus between the early‐life disaster experiences of chief executive officers (CEOs) and their firms’ environmental performance metrics. We hypothesize that first‐hand experience of the adversities of natural disasters in the formative years of a CEO can catalyze a transformation in their environmental cognizance and perspective ...
Shushu Liao +2 more
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Global Warming and Mass Extinctions Associated With Large Igneous Province Volcanism
Geophysical Monograph Series, Page 83-102., 2021 Exploring the links between Large Igneous Provinces and dramatic environmental impact
An emerging consensus suggests that Large Igneous Provinces (LIPs) and Silicic LIPs (SLIPs) are a significant driver of dramatic global environmental and biological changes, including mass extinctions.
David P. G. Bond, Yadong Sun
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Addiction‐related problems in Japan: A regional perspective
Addiction, EarlyView.Abstract Japan's addiction landscape appears paradoxical. The lifetime use of illicit drugs is among the lowest in Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development countries, but harm from alcohol, tobacco, and gambling ranks among the world's highest.
Soichiro Ide +19 more
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GLHF: A Brief Overview of Gaming Cafes [PDF]
, 2017 My paper is on the history of internet and gaming cafes, focusing on how they are seen today, the problems they face and some potential solutions. Although my focus is on gaming cafes in America, because they are so popular overseas in Asian countries ...
Sun, John
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Addiction, EarlyView.Abstract Background and aims Recreational ketamine use has increased globally and is associated with psychiatric and cognitive concerns. The hippocampus in preclinical models shows damage and working‐memory disruption with repeated dosing. However, whether specific hippocampal subregions may differ in people with chronic ketamine use remains unclear ...
Yi‐Hsuan Liu +8 more
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Practising Politics in a Disorderly Democracy
Australian Journal of Politics &History, EarlyView.Taking as its starting point Ron May's scholarship on Papua New Guinea as a “disorderly democracy,” this article examines how politics is practised in the PNG Parliament. Using a case study of the events of late 2020, when a vote of no confidence against the Marape government was mooted but eventually failed to materialise, it adopts a practice theory ...
Kerryn Baker
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Internet Addiction Disorder and Internet Gaming Disorder are Not the Same [PDF]
Journal of Addiction Research & Therapy, 2014 Pontes, HM, Griffiths, MD
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Education matters: the emergence of social media and scepticism towards science
Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics, EarlyView.Abstract This paper analyses General Social Survey (United States) data and provides evidence that the advent of Facebook and other social media platforms has widened the gap in scepticism towards science between low‐educated Americans and their more highly educated counterparts.
Gianluca Cerruti
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Journal of Education and Health PromotionBACKGROUND: Internet gaming disorder (IGD) is a global problem associated with several psychological complications, such as insomnia, poor academic performance, and aggression.
Abhishek Kumar +3 more
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