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A Global Analysis into Loot Boxes: Is It Virtually Gambling? [PDF]
, 2019 The video game industry has expanded rapidly in recent years by implementing a microtransaction business model and expanding to a new market of mobile gaming. However, the introduction of loot boxes has been controversial; similar to gambling, gamers pay
Liu, Kevin
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Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The transition to a circular economy (CE) in the textile and clothing (TC) industry is frequently attributed to sustainability‐oriented innovation (SOI), yet empirical understanding of the systemic conditions under which SOI enables CE remains underdeveloped.
Krishnendu Saha +3 more
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Carbon Energy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Biochar has emerged as a useful and adaptable source of carbon for supercapacitor electrodes. Its value comes from the way biomass chemistry, thermal conversion, and activation conditions shape the resulting pore network, surface groups, and degree of carbon ordering.
Soumen Mandal +6 more
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No effect of short term exposure to gambling like reward systems on post game risk taking
Scientific Reports, 2022 Is engaging with gambling-like video game rewards a risk factor for future gambling? Despite speculation, there are no direct experimental tests of this “gateway hypothesis”.
Nicholas J. D’Amico +6 more
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, 2023 Research on the convergence of gaming and gambling has been around since the 1990s. The emergence of loot boxes in video games in the mid 2010s, a game mechanic with a chance-based outcome that shares structural and psychological similarities to gambling, caused public controversy and lead to the inception of a new field of study, loot box research ...
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Machine Learning Paradigm for Advanced Battery Electrolyte Development
Carbon Energy, EarlyView.Electrolyte materials determine ion transport kinetics within the bulk and interphases, ultimately influencing the performance of battery systems. As data‐driven paradigms increasingly reshape materials discovery, this review provides an application‐oriented exploration of the intersection between machine learning and electrolyte science. By evaluating
Chang Su +4 more
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LOOT BOX EKONOMİSİ VE DİJİTAL KARABORSALAR: FIFA ÖRNEĞİ
The Journal of Social Science, 2022 Rastgele ödül mekanizmasına dayanan ganimet kutuları/paketleri (loot box) sistemi bugün pek çok dijital oyunun içerisinde yer almakta ve oyun ekonomisinde oluşan güncel gelir modelleri, oyun içi pazarlama stratejileri, karaborsaların doğuşu ve oyuncu deneyimi gibi çeşitli bağlamlarda yankı bulmaktadır.
Serra SEZGİN, Sarphan UZUNOĞLU
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Droplet microfluidics: Enabling the tailored fabrication of hydrogel particles
Droplet, EarlyView.Droplet microfluidics enables precise, versatile fabrication of hydrogel particles with controlled size, composition, and structure. This review summarizes fundamental principles, engineering strategies, and emerging applications, providing a framework for advancing microfluidic hydrogel technologies.
Zhongqiao Gan, Xu Hou
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Flexible Direct‐Conversion X‐Ray Detectors: From Emerging Materials to Conformal Imaging
ENERGY &ENVIRONMENTAL MATERIALS, EarlyView.This comprehensive review analyzed the performance, challenges, and future directions of four emerging material systems for next‐generation flexible direct‐conversion X‐ray detectors: organic semiconductors, perovskites, metal–organic frameworks, and inorganic metal compounds.
Haipeng Di +11 more
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Developing a Typology of Korean Women Leaders' Resistance to Their Token Status in the Workplace
Human Resource Development Quarterly, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Despite remarkable economic development in South Korea (Korea), there are only a few women leaders, and they face challenges in the gendered workplace where organizational constraints and traditional values coexist. In a reanalysis of narratives of Korean women leaders (KWLs), using an ideal‐type analysis as a novel qualitative research method,
Yonjoo Cho +4 more
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