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Policy on unreliable game addiction diagnoses puts the cart before the horse [PDF]

, 2019
Internationally, several policies have been designed to prevent pathological or “problematic” gaming issues in youth, commonly referred to simply as “game addiction.” Particularly following the release of the World Health Organization’s “gaming disorder”
Bean, Anthony, Ferguson, Christopher J, Nielsen, Rune Kristian Lundedal, Smyth, Mark P   +3 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, Aaron Drummond, Kristy de Salas, Ian Lewis, Callan Waugh, Breanna Bannister, James D. Sauer   +6 more
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Needs, Passions and Loot Boxes -- Exploring Reasons for Problem Behaviour in Relation to Loot Box Engagement

, 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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Advanced nanotherapeutics for combating ocular infections: Rational design, antimicrobial mechanisms, and therapeutic breakthroughs

BMEMat, EarlyView.
Nanomaterials revolutionize ocular infection treatment by enabling targeted drug delivery and enhanced antimicrobial efficacy against resistant pathogens. This review systematically explores their rational design, multimodal mechanisms, and translational potential for next‐generation anti‐infective therapies.
Yujia Liu, Xuetian Wen, Yue Tan, Rui Zeng, Yijuan Zhang, Tong Lin, Lan Gong, Zichao Luo   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

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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Sustainability‐Oriented Innovation and Circular Economy Transitions: Evidence From the UK Textile and Clothing Industry

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, Narain Gupta, Deniz E. Yoruk, Vikas Kumar   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Hunt for Loot: Proposed Solutions to More Effectively Regulate Addictive Gambling Mechanics in Video Games [PDF]

, 2020
Over the past decade, more and more video game developers have embraced “loot boxes” as a lucrative source of revenue. But recent concerns over the potential harms of loot boxes, particularly to children, have raised questions about their use and ...
Brewer, Andrew
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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
wiley   +1 more source

A content analysis of in-game microtransaction advertisements [PDF]

, 2022
This research analyzed microtransaction advertisements in free-to-play PlayStation 4 video games for the presence of enticement methods found in gambling advertisements and motivation factors previously assigned to the purchase of loot boxes (Abarbanel
Meyer, Nigel
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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, Jiwon Park, Sumi Lee, Jieun You, Sokyum Yoon   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source