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A cautious approach to public policy and loot box regulation

Addictive Behaviors, 2020
Researchers are making progress toward determining some of the psychological implications of video game loot boxes, yet the literature still has a long way to go before it can provide a sound basis for policy recommendations. Despite this limitation, however, early studies of loot boxes and addictive behavior frequently suggest some form of loot box ...
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Why Are Consumers Ambivalent About AI‐Generated Images? The Moderating Role of Commercial Versus Noncommercial Content Type

Journal of Consumer Behaviour, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Grounded in ambivalence theories, this research examined factors shaping consumer ambivalence toward AI‐generated content and investigated differences between commercial and noncommercial contexts. As a preliminary study, sentiment analysis of Reddit data using a support vector machine (SVM) revealed that most consumer sentiment toward AI ...
Garim Lee, Jinsu Park, Hye‐Young Kim, Divya Manoj   +3 more
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Validation of the yRAFFLE: an implementation of the RAFFLE inventory for loot box engagement in a youth cohort

BMC Digital Health
Background Play is pivotal in human development, and as such the human experience. In young people, play is increasingly taking the form of video gaming—capturing a large share of the entertainment sector and potentially exposing young people to new ...
Ryan Statton, James Close, Joanne Lloyd, Laura Louise Nicklin, Stuart Gordon Spicer, Helen Lloyd   +5 more
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An Experimental Test of Criminal Behavior Among Juveniles and Young Adults [PDF]

We report results from economic experiments that provide a direct test of the hypothesis that criminal behavior responds rationally to changes in the possible rewards and in the probability and severity of punishment.
Michael S. Visser, Naci H. Mocan, William T. Harbaugh   +2 more
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Dynamic Adaptive Point Cloud Streaming

, 2019
High-quality point clouds have recently gained interest as an emerging form of representing immersive 3D graphics. Unfortunately, these 3D media are bulky and severely bandwidth intensive, which makes it difficult for streaming to resource-limited and ...
Hosseini, Mohammad, Timmerer, Christian
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Engineering Lipid Nanoparticles for Precision RNA Delivery: Design Principles, Targeting Strategies, and Clinical Prospects

Cancer Nexus, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Lipid nanoparticles (LNPs) represent the most clinically advanced platform for RNA delivery and have enabled major breakthroughs in vaccines and gene therapies. However, their broader application is still limited by inefficient extrahepatic delivery, immunogenicity, and insufficient control over tissue‐ and cell‐specific targeting. This review
Yu Han, Ying Wang, Xintao Gao, Yan Lei, Yantao Li, Zhiyong Tang   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Who Knows Best What the Next Year Will Hold for You? The Validity of Direct and Personality‐based Predictions of Future Life Experiences Across Different Perceivers

European Journal of Personality, EarlyView., 2020
Abstract This study explored the validity of person judgements by targets and their acquaintances (‘informants’) in longitudinally predicting a broad range of psychologically meaningful life experiences. Judgements were gathered from four sources (targets, N = 189; and three types of informants, N = 1352), and their relative predictive validity was ...
Nele M. Wessels, Johannes Zimmermann, Daniel Leising, Jan‐Erik Lönnqvist   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Advancing Pharmacometrics in Africa: Insights and Perspectives From the 2025 Pharmacometrics Africa Conference

Clinical Pharmacology &Therapeutics, EarlyView.
Pharmacometrics (PMX) in Africa has transitioned from foundational capacity‐building to job creation, scientific leadership, regulatory influence, and health innovation. To accelerate this progress, the 2025 Pharmacometrics Africa Conference (PMXAC‐2025) convened key stakeholders to consolidate the continental PMX community, review progress in local ...
Babatunde Ayodeji Adeagbo, Innocent Gerald Asiimwe, Linda Chaba, Aida N. Kawuma, Francis Williams Ojara, Ochuko Maureen Orherhe, Simon Peter Asiimwe, Veshni Pillay‐Fuentes Lorente, Sharon Sawe, Cassius M. Phogole, Catriona Waitt, Samer Mouksassi, Goonaseelan (Colin) Pillai   +12 more
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Two‐Dimensional Piezoelectric Nanomaterials for Nanoelectronics and Energy Harvesting

ENERGY &ENVIRONMENTAL MATERIALS, EarlyView.
Two‐Dimensional Piezoelectric Nanomaterials from properties to applications. Smart materials, especially piezoelectric materials, have gained popularity over the last two decades. Two‐dimensional (2D) piezoelectric materials exhibit attributes including great flexibility, ease of workability, extensive surface area, and many active sites, indicating ...
Yujun Cao, Sikandar Aftab, Zeeshan Ali, Muhammad Farooq Khan, Ghazanfar Nazir, Awais Khalid, Hosameldin Helmy Hegazy, Ibrahim S. Yahia, Altaf Hussain Rajpar, Burragoni Sravanthi Goud, Jae Hong Kim, Erdi Akman, Xin Li   +12 more
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Experience of Legal Regulation of Lootboxes in Different Countries: a Comparative Analysis

Journal of Digital Technologies and Law
Objective: to show how the use of a new business model called Loot boxes, on which modern video games are based, has become a legal problem for jurisdictions in different countries.Methods: drawing on existing literature and contemporary sources, the ...
S. Pour
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