Golden weapons and golden fetters: From the gold standard to the new geopolitics
The Economic History Review, EarlyView.Abstract This paper explores the historical relationship between monetary regimes, security concerns, and geopolitical tensions, particularly focusing on the role of gold. Throughout history, monetary systems have been deeply intertwined with international state systems and security provisions.
Harold James
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The impact of prior online gaming experience on the migration of offline gamblers to online gambling platforms. [PDF]
PLoS OneKo YH, Kim H.
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European Journal of Dental Education, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Introduction The objectives were to design an online rubric for fourth‐year Dentistry students in the subject of Clinical Oral Surgery and Implantology and to compare the results with the grades of the written exam. Material and Methods A general rubric (PIETA) was designed and started in the academic year 2022–2023, and was tested in 2023 ...
Cristina de la Rosa‐Gay +4 more
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The Role of Videogame Micro-Transactions in the Relationship Between Motivations, Problem Gaming, and Problem Gambling. [PDF]
J Gambl StudGibson E +3 more
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May I pick your brain? Local minds as living cadastres in a Portuguese eleventh‐century lawsuit
Early Medieval Europe, EarlyView.In the context of a dispute with the monastery of Lorvão, in the late eleventh century, the monks of Vacariça, near Coimbra (modern Portugal), carried out a field enquiry in the village of Recardães. This was part of a failed attempt to repossess a number of land plots that they claimed were theirs, but had lost control of.
Julio Escalona
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Internet gaming disorder and risky behaviours among Czech adolescents: A nationally representative study. [PDF]
J Behav AddictSuchá J +4 more
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Does an optimistic tone in annual reports predict better financial and non‐financial performance?
European Management Review, EarlyView.Abstract In the current paper, we investigate whether management adopts an optimistic disclosure tone to impress the corporate audience or to provide incremental information (II) by anticipating positive corporate performance. Specifically, we test whether an optimistic tone in annual reports (ARs) is a positive predictor of better financial and non ...
Francesco Gangi +3 more
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Lock, relax, load, and shoot: a molecular perspective on Nedd4 regulation
The FEBS Journal, EarlyView.Structural basis of inactive and active states of the Nedd4 HECT E3 ligase subfamily, following a ‘lock, relax, load, and shoot’ mechanism. In the locked, autoinhibited state, intramolecular domain interactions restrain the HECT domain. Relaxation releases these restraints, allowing loading of ubiquitin onto the catalytic cysteine, followed by the ...
Masa Janosev +2 more
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The relationship of game genres, in-game purchases, and playing duration with probable gaming disorder in two independent, large-scale online surveys of Japanese adults. [PDF]
J Behav AddictOka T, Kubo T, Murakami M, Kobayashi N.
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Regulation of loot boxes - How lottery-like mechanisms in video games are and should be regulated
, 2019 Ada Ellen Korhonen
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