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A Matter of Substance, July 2010. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
A publication of the IDPH Division of Behavioral Health to find out what's happening with Substance Abuse Prevention and ...

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Gamblization: The Rise of Sports Gambling and the Need to Repeal PASPA [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
The National Gambling Impact Study Commission, in its final report to Congress, estimated American’s bet as much as $380 billion per year on sports, making it by far the largest form of illegal wagering, and that report was released in 1999.
Lowell, Alex
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CONSULTANCY STATE: Government as (a) Service and the Anti‐politics of Technological Expertise in Indian Cities

open access: yesInternational Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract This article analyses ideas of ‘good governance through technology’ in India that first emerged from the software industry, symbolizing state support for the ‘new middle‐class’ values of liberalized private enterprise. We suggest that the contemporary prominence of consulting firms in government represents a second transformation that embeds ...
Matt Birkinshaw, Sanjay Srivastava
wiley   +1 more source

The neural basis of video gaming [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
Video game playing is a frequent recreational activity. Previous studies have reported an involvement of dopamine-related ventral striatum. However, structural brain correlates of video game playing have not been investigated.
A Barbot   +25 more
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Visual Satire Under German Censorship: The Card Game Pharo in Johann Heinrich Ramberg's Illustrations and in Contemporary Descriptions

open access: yesJournal for Eighteenth-Century Studies, EarlyView.
Abstract This article examines image–text relations in German illustrations of gambling around 1800, specifically focusing on the card game Pharo and the artist Johann Heinrich Ramberg. It shows Ramberg's technique of reuse and variation as well as the degree of satire in the designs and their accompanying descriptive or fictional texts.
Waltraud Maierhofer
wiley   +1 more source

Iowa Health Focus, November 2004 [PDF]

open access: yes, 2004
Monthly newsletter for the Iowa Department of Public ...

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CEO's Early‐life Experience of Disasters and Corporate Environmental Performance

open access: yesAbacus, 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
wiley   +1 more source

Meta-Analytic Evidence for a Reversal Learning Effect on the Iowa Gambling Task in Older Adults

open access: yesFrontiers in Psychology, 2017
Iowa Gambling Task (IGT) is one of the most widely used tools to assess economic decision-making. However, the research tradition on aging and the Iowa Gambling Task (IGT) has been mainly focused on the overall performance of older adults in relation to ...
Rita Pasion   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Slots in the City: A Critical Look at the Balance of Decision-Making Power in Gaming Legislation [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
This Note focuses on the ability of local governmental bodies and local actors to become involved when a state seeks to introduce casino-based gaming or license additional casino properties.
Becker, Eric B.
core   +1 more source

Deciphering reward-based decision-making in schizophrenia: a meta-analysis and behavioral modeling of the Iowa Gambling Task [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
Background: Patients with schizophrenia (SZP) have been reported to exhibit impairments in reward-based decision-making, but results are heterogeneous with multiple potential confounds such as age, intelligence level, clinical symptoms or medication ...
Bayard, Sophie   +25 more
core   +3 more sources

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