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Serious gaming for better cooperation in flood defence asset management

Journal of Flood Risk Management, 2023
Flood defences are often situated in public spaces and are mostly multi‐functional, multi‐financed and multi‐managed. Cooperation in flood defence asset management is important because roles and responsibilities are fragmented within and between ...
Frank denHeijer, Maarten Podt, Marian Bosch‐Rekveldt, Annemargreet deLeeuw, Jeroen Rijke   +4 more
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A Machine Vision‐Guided Microphysiological Platform With Automated Microfluidics Enables Longitudinal Biomarker Monitoring and Emulation of Translationally Relevant Exposure Scenarios

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
A pneumatically actuated multi‐tissue microphysiological system is integrated with AI‐based machine vision and automatic sampling and replenishment systems. The platform allows for the emulation of translationally relevant long‐term pharmacokinetic exposure scenarios for multiple weeks while enabling longitudinal monitoring of response biomarkers ...
Jibbe Keulen, Yi Zhong, Laura Dangel, Sonia Youhanna, Reza Zandi Shafagh, Jinhye Ryu, Domnica‐Gabriela Gurau, Mathias Haag, Thomas E. Mürdter, Yingxin Liang, Iro Beligiani, Nicole Ziegler, Sabine Willems, Nayere Taebnia, Wouter van der Wijngaart, Volker M. Lauschke   +15 more
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Serious Gaming for Improvised Explosive Device Neutralization Training

MATEC Web of Conferences, 2016
An improvised explosive device (IED) is a “homemade” bomb intended to cause great harm when it explodes. The public safety task of identifying and neutralizing IEDs falls to military and police services often called explosive disposal units (EDU) who act
Chan Christopher C.K., Ferworn Alexander, Young Const. Matthew   +2 more
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Shapley Additive Explanation for Local Class Differentiation: Local Explainability for Class Differentiation in Classification Models

Advanced Intelligent Systems, EarlyView.
An instance‐level, model‐agnostic explanation of class differentiation is introduced through SHAP‐LCD, linking probability shifts to feature‐wise Shapley contributions. The method operates on tabular and image data and is released in a fully reproducible implementation, offering a transparent way to examine, at each instance, why predictive models ...
Roxana M. Romero Luna, Hugo A. Ordoñez Erazo, Carlos A. Cobos Lozada   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Serious game evaluation as a meta‐game [PDF]

Interactive Technology and Smart Education, 2013
PurposeThis paper aims to briefly outline the seamless evaluation approach and its application during an evaluation of ORIENT, a serious game aimed at young adults.Design/methodology/approachIn this paper, the authors detail a unobtrusive, embedded evaluation approach that occurs within the game context, adding value and entertainment to the player ...
Hall, Lynne, Jones, Susan, Aylett, R, Hall, Marc, Tazzyman, Sarah, Paiva, A, Humphries, Lynne   +6 more
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How cold is too cold? A theoretical analysis of the optimal trigger for index insurance for frost damage to crops

American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract Crop insurance is undoubtedly an extremely valuable element in protecting agricultural businesses, but in many cases standard indemnity‐based products have had very low uptake due to high transaction costs elevating premiums to unaffordable levels.
Amogh Prakasha Kumar, Laura Meriluoto, Richard Watt   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Serious Refactoring Games [PDF]

Proceedings of the Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, 2019
Software design issues can severely impede software development and maintenance. Thus, it is important for the success of software projects that developers are aware of bad smells in code artifacts and improve their skills to reduce these issues via refactoring. However, software refactoring is a complex activity and involves multiple tasks and aspects.
Haendler, Thorsten, Neumann, Gustaf
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Serious Games in Higher Distance Education

Canadian Journal of Learning and Technology, 2021
Games have been socially entrenched throughout history as a form of entertainment. Current rapidly changing technological advances have permitted an increasingly prominent means of utilizing these sources of entertainment in an instructional capacity for
Ann Celestini
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The psychosocial toll of Dublin III on asylum seekers in the Netherlands

American Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract The Dublin III Regulation determines which EU Member State is responsible for examining asylum claims, but its implementation carries significant consequences for those subjected to it. This study examines how Dublin III, as implemented in the Netherlands, affects asylum seekers' psychosocial wellbeing using Silove′s Adaptation and Development
Imen El Amouri
wiley   +1 more source

Virtual Communication Training for the Law Enforcement Domain

EAI Endorsed Transactions on Creative Technologies, 2018
Serious games are increasingly being used for training of social skills. The main idea is to create a virtual environment in which a trainee can interact with graphically embodied virtual characters.
Charlotte Gerritsen, Tibor Bosse
doaj   +1 more source