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From Video Gaming to Underage Gambling: Illinois’s Options in Addressing the New Loot Box Monetization Model [PDF]
, 2021 This Comment proposes that loot boxes should be regulated as gambling within the United States, particularly in Illinois. Part I provides a factual background and history on the practice of loot boxes.
Kiefer, Katlin D.
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Loot boxes and problem gambling: Investigating the “gateway hypothesis”
Addictive Behaviors, 2022 Loot boxes are purchasable items in video games with a chance-based outcome. They have attracted substantial attention from academics and legislators over recent years, partly because of associations between loot box engagement and problem gambling. Some researchers have suggested that loot boxes may act as a gateway into subsequent gambling and/or ...
Spicer, Stuart Gordon +5 more
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Advanced Materials, EarlyView.Aggregation‐induced emission strategy is first used to overcome aggregation‐caused quenching in Y‐series acceptors. By integrating tetraphenylethylene, the dTPE exhibits three‐fold PLQY enhancement and significantly suppressed non‐radiative energy loss. An ultra‐low Eloss of 0.130 eV and a record VOC of 0.93 V are achieved, resulting in a PCE over 20.5%
Yingze Zhang +18 more
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International Conference on Entertainment and Media in the Ubiquitous Era, 2023 The article synthesises what we learned from reviewing the player activism of the “Maple refugee” incident and applies the insights to the European video game industry and commercial context.
Solip Park +5 more
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Mobile Privacy and Business-to-Platform Dependencies: An Analysis of SEC Disclosures [PDF]
, 2018 This Article systematically examines the dependence of mobile apps on mobile platforms for the collection and use of personal information through an analysis of Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filings of mobile app companies.
Fathaigh, Ronan Ó +2 more
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Advanced Science, EarlyView.Gli1+ adventitial stem cells (ASCs) have been thought to generate smooth muscle cells (SMCs) in atherosclerosis. Using a dual‐recombinase lineage tracing to exclude ectopic labeling, Wang et al. found that Gli1+ ASCs do not contribute to SMCs in atherosclerotic plaques.
Haixiao Wang +11 more
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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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Trojan Horse Strategy: How Biomimetic Nanomedicine Remodels the Tumor Microenvironment
Advanced Science, EarlyView.This review focuses on biomimetic nanomedicines for tumor microenvironment (TME) remodeling, covering their diverse biomimetic types, design principles, and mechanisms of immune cell reprogramming and reversal of immunosuppressive microenvironments, with particular emphasis on their application in synergistic immunotherapy.
Wanrong Wang +7 more
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A Ruse by Any Other Name: Comparing Loot Boxes and Collectible Card Games Using Magic Arena
Proc. ACM Hum. Comput. Interact., 2023 The convergence of gaming and gambling, known as "gamblification", has been a topic of increasing interest in recent years. Loot boxes, i.e., rewards offering randomized content in exchange for money or time, have been a particular focal point.
Topias Mattinen +2 more
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Regulating Habit-Forming Technology [PDF]
, 2019 Tech developers, like slot machine designers, strive to maximize the user’s “time on device.” They do so by designing habit-forming products— products that draw consciously on the same behavioral design strategies that the casino industry pioneered.
Langvardt, Kyle
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