3,506 research outputs found
Exploring the effects of Gamblification on Esports Betting
Abstract: There is a growing trend of gambling/betting organisations attempting to secure a position in the fast-growing and profitable sector of Esports by becoming an inherent part of the sports culture and its community of fans. This alignment is raising concerns due to the community lifestyle and consumption of experience intrinsic in sports/Esports (Gordon, Gurrieri, & Chapman, 2015). Diffusion of gambling in society is triggered by digital/technological disruption on gambling and changing consumer behaviour and cultural trends. This environment offers innovative opportunities to experience gambling and âgambling-likeâ experiences online (King et al., 2010) with the extra incentive of ease of access and sophistication of audio-visual environments (Dean et al., 2016). The co-evolution sports/gambling is blurring the borders between sports, gaming, and gambling, triggering a âgamblificationâ process (Lopez-Gonzalez and Griffiths, 2018) which is widening the areas of sports where gambling activities/products have been introduced (Gainsbury et al. 2012). In the case of Esports, there are different forms associated with gambling/betting that relate to analogue practices such as sportsbook betting products and services or fantasy sports and new virtual items such as skins and loot boxes where the definition of gambling is blurred and obscure (Macey et al 2019, Gainsbury et al. 2014). Research Implications: This research argues Esports carries associated risks to gambling harm as individuals that participate in Esports gambling display higher gambling involvement than sports bettors (Macey et al. 2020). Furthermore, there is a wider range of gambling products available via multi-channels including loot boxes, skins, and virtual currency (Macey 2019)
Use of covariances between predicted breeding values to assess the genetic correlation between expressions of a trait in 2 environments
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Use of covariances between predicted breeding values to assess the genetic correlation between expressions of a trait in 2 environments
Castro\u27s Cuba: Quo Vadis?
The United States, particularly the Army, has a long history of involvement with Cuba. It has included, among others, the Spanish-American War of 1898, military interventions in 1906 and 1912, the 1961 Bay of Pigs Invasion, the 1962 Missile Crisis, counterinsurgency, and low intensity warfare in Latin America and Africa against Cuban supported guerrilla movements. After almost 5 decades of authoritarian one-man rule, Fidel Castro remains firmly in power. On July 31, his brother, Raul Castro, assumed provisional presidential power after an official announcement that Fidel was ill and would undergo surgery. What would be the strategic and political implications attendant to Castroâs eventual demise or incapacitation? The author suggests some possible transition or succession scenarios and examines the consequences that might follow and the role that the United States might be called to play.https://press.armywarcollege.edu/monographs/1363/thumbnail.jp
Rethinking Global Distributive Justice: Legal and Economic Norms Addressing Crises of Global Health, Hunger, and Sustainability
The increasingly global nature of the events impacting society globally call for a reconsideration of global distributive justice. Distributive justice, a matter of domestic concern, has a long history spanning millennia. It has become a particular concern with the advent of wide-spread private property and capitalism. While a concerted focus on distributive justice commenced in the mid-twentieth century, it is urgent that global distributive justice garners increased attention due to recent events spanning the past decade along with modern political ideologies and jurisprudence.
This Article contests purist theoretical positions by taking pragmatic approaches in reviewing legal and economic governance norms. We first review the dominant liberal and conservative political philosophies that drive the discussion with attention to the balance of individual and society. We then connect these philosophies with legal theories concerning the nature and role of property, including norms and pragmatic approaches. Conversation proceeds to consider the theories of economics, a major policy driver. This Article argues that economic approaches to distributive justice are needed to address the collective action challenges faced by the current and future generationsâ namely health, hunger, and sustainability. Unlike economics, with its focus on wealth creation and efficiency, a central value of law and justice requires weighing all human beings fairly, regardless of location geographically or in time. This Article contributes to overarching legal discussion on property by placing a focus on three emerging and increasingly important global issues that remain inadequately addressed by current economic and legal approaches to distributions. We argue that a rebalancing of internationally-focused legal norms and economics is overdue and that a shift favoring justice foundations over economic wealth and efficiency as the normative foundations is required. Our argument proceeds by drawing on emerging ideas of global distributive justice, non-market institutional economics, and new pragmatic theories of property law to contribute to realizing global distributive justice at this specific, critical juncture in history
Anesthetic Management of Patients with Post COVID-19 Syndrome: A Quality Improvement Project
Background: Millions of people have been infected with the novel Coronavirus 2019, creating a global pandemic. Despite the high mortality rate of this viral infection, millions of people have recovered, and are now presenting for surgical procedures with a history of COVID-19 infection. Residual effects of COVID-19 infection have been observed for several after diagnosis and are referred to as post COVID-19 syndrome. Post COVID-19 sequela can alter multisystem physiological processes that may alter anesthetic care throughout the perioperative period.
Objectives: The purpose of this quality improvement project is to improve anesthesia provider knowledge on the management of patients who have post COVID-19 syndrome.
Methods: The primary methodology of the proposed quality improvement project is to administer an educational intervention to anesthesia providers which discusses the management of patients undergoing elective surgery and have a history of COVID-19 infection. Pre- and post- assessment surveys will be used to measure the effectiveness of the educational intervention.
Results: Overall, there was an improvement in anesthesia provider knowledge following the educational intervention. Participants also answered they would âalwaysâ or âoftenâ consider additional pre-operative testing compared to âsometimesâ prior to the educational intervention
Penghapusan Pertanggungjawaban Pidana Terhadap Pengemudi Dalam Kecelakaan Lalu Lintas (Studi Implementasi Undang-Undang No. 22 Tahun 2009 Tentang Lalu Lintas dan Angkutan Jalan di Polres Sragen)
Traffic accidents in Indonesia each year has proven to cause various damages to the parties, especially the driver. Handling traffic accidents it self is regulated by Law Number 22 Year 2009 regarding Traffic and Road Transportation. Can not be denied also that there was some kind of accident that could stop the legal process because it does not meet the elements of a criminal offense. Prove it to do so in the juridical empirical research in order to synchronize the Act with the fact that field. Among the many areas in Indonesia, Sragen in this case has a number of times to apply the termination of the investigation against the driver because there is an element that is capable of removing criminal liability for the driver, characterized by the issuance of Warrant Termination of Investigation. As for the legal process stops at the stage of investigation, either through examination of fast events, short, and plain
Lavender Aromatherapy Compared to Midazolam For Quality Improvement Of Preoperative Anxiety In Elderly Surgical Patients: An Educational Module
Impact: Investigation into the anxiolytic effects of lavender aromatherapy across several patient populations, application types, and outcome measures establish that lavender oil relieves anxiety, reduces mental stress, provides sedation, and promotes good sleep.
Background: Studies have investigated the link between age and the occurrence of undesired responses to premedication with agents of the benzodiazepine drug class. This link is explained by age-related pathophysiologic changes that occur as a function of aging. Despite numerous knowledge-based concerns, benzodiazepines prevail among the top psychotropic medications prescribed in elderly patients aged between 65 and 80 years.
Objective: This quality improvement project aims to enhance anesthesia providers\u27 knowledge, beliefs, and attitude regarding the value of aromatherapy with lavender oil as an affordable, safe, and effective alternative to midazolam administration for preoperative anxiolysis in elderly surgical patients.
Methods: An extensive literature search was conducted to synthesize studies relevant to the PICO question and create an evidence-based educational module for virtual presentation. An anonymous online platform was used to distribute the projectâs intervention and survey components to a sample of anesthesia providers working at a South Florida level-1 trauma center and to record and statistically analyze data.
Results: Collectively, the evidence-based literature presented by this project positively impacts the perioperative care of older adults, as it demonstrates lavender aromatherapy as a beneficial alternative to midazolam administration for improved management of preoperative anxiety in elderly surgical patients.
Discussion: Analysis of the pre-and post-survey results reveals that this quality improvement project met the objective of expanding anesthesia providersâ knowledge and understanding of the use of lavender oil aromatherapy to optimize preoperative anxiety and care outcomes in elderly surgical patients. As a result, they will be more competent and effective in helping elderly patient populations achieve relief from anxiety before surgery and improved perioperative care outcomes. The small sample size, short project duration, and online delivery platform were limitations of this project
Pola Komunikasi Karyawan Baru terhadap Karyawan Lama (Studi Deskriptif Kualitatif di RS PKU Muhammadiyah Kartasura Dilihat dari Sudut Pandang Teori Pengurangan Ketidakpastian)
As social beings, humans are inevitable from interacting with others. The process of interaction or communication usually starts between two people who meet each other or know each other. There are several contexts where someone meets others firstly, such as family, friendship, marriage, and organization. To start an interaction with a newly encountered person, there will be a sense of anxiety or uncertainty in a person. The sense of uncertainty often makes it difficult for a person to decide what to do when dealing with a new person. As the response, that person will try to reduce that sense of uncertainty. That situation also occurs to the new employees at the Hospital of PKU Muhammadiyah Kartasura who have just met with old or senior employees. They will
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feel the uncertainty in them. To overcome uncertainty, there are three strategies: (1) passive strategy. (2) active strategies, and (3) interactive strategies. The method used in this study is descriptive qualitative with 5 resource persons who are still categorized as new employees in RS PKU Muhammadiyah Kartasura. The results of this study indicate that the strategies employed by new employees to overcome uncertainty vary widely, but the uncertainty experienced by new employees in the hospital is a type of cognitive uncertainty, ie they are not sure how to behave, and they are not sure what they think about senior employees and vice versa
Analisis Penerimaan Daerah Dari Sektor Pariwisata Di Kabupaten Pacitan Dan Faktor - Faktor Yang Mempengaruhinya
Tourism sector is a sector that plays an important role especially in the
formation of regional economic growth, this study aims to analyze the factors that
affect the regional income tourism sector Pacitan Regency, based on literature and
previous research note that the variable number of attractions, the number of
tourists, and the number of hotel rooms are the factors that affect the regional
income of the tourism sector. The data used in this study is secondary data in the
form of time series data with the observation period 1997- 2013 taken from
literature study of Central Bureau of Statistics (BPS), Journal and previous
research. The analysis method used in this research is descriptive analysis and
multiple liniear regression analysis with Ordinary Least Squares (OLS) method.
The results showed that the variable number of tourist objects, the number of
tourists, the number of hotel rooms significantly influenced the regional income of
tourism sector in Pacitan regency at the level of 0.05 significance
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