Synchrosqueezing transform: Application in the analysis of the K-complex pattern

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zahra Ghanbari ◽  
Mohammad Hassan Moradi
Keyword(s):  
Complex Pattern ◽  
Synchrosqueezing Transform

Only problem gamblers spend less money when loot boxes are removed from a game: A before and after study of Heroes of the Storm

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Zendle
Keyword(s):  
Video Games ◽  
Problem Gambling ◽  
Video Game ◽  
Real World ◽  
Complex Pattern ◽  
Problem Gamblers ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Gambling Severity ◽  
Reliable Correlation ◽  
Before And After Study

Loot boxes are items in video games that may be paid for with real-world money, but which contain randomised contents. There is a reliable correlation between loot box spending and problem gambling severity: The more money gamers spend on loot boxes, the more severe their problem gambling tends to be. However, it is unclear whether this link represents a case in which loot box spending causes problem gambling; a case in which the gambling-like nature of loot boxes cause problem gamblers to spend more money; or whether it simply represents a case in which there is a general dysregulation in in-game spending amongst problem gamblers, nonspecific to loot boxes.The multiplayer video game Heroes of the Storm recently removed loot boxes. In order to better understand links between loot boxes and problem gambling, we conducted an analysis of players of Heroes of the Storm (n=112) both before and after the removal of loot boxes.There were a complex pattern of results. In general, when loot boxes were removed from Heroes of the Storm, problem gamblers appeared to spend significantly less money in-game in contrast to other groups. These results suggest that the presence of loot boxes in a game may lead to problem gamblers spending more money in-game. It therefore seems possible that links between loot box spending and problem gambling are not due to a general dysregulation in in-game spending amongst problem gamblers, but rather are to do with specific features of loot boxes themselves.

scholarly journals More Than DNA Methylation: Does Pleiotropy Drive the Complex Pattern of Evolution of Dnmt1?

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ashley U. Amukamara ◽  
Joshua T. Washington ◽  
Zachary Sanchez ◽  
Elizabeth C. McKinney ◽  
Allen J. Moore ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Dna Methylation ◽  
Complex Pattern

scholarly journals A CLASS OF GENES AFFECTING B FACTOR-REGULATED DEVELOPMENT IN SCHIZOPHYLLUM COMMUNE

Genetics ◽  
1976 ◽  
Vol 82 (3) ◽  
pp. 423-428
Author(s):  
Celia Dubovoy
Keyword(s):  
Genetic Factor ◽  
Schizophyllum Commune ◽  
Nuclear Migration ◽  
Complex Pattern ◽  
Developmental Phase ◽  
Linear Map ◽  
Incompatibility Factor ◽  
Complementation Groups ◽  
Cluster A ◽  
Specific Phase

ABSTRACT Twelve mutations affecting nuclear migration, a major developmental phase in Schizophyllum commune, display a complex pattern of complementation and recombination. They are expressed only when a genetic factor controlling this phase of development, the B incompatibility factor, is operative. All twelve mutations are linked to the B factor, nine in a cluster and three in distinct loci outside the cluster. A linear map cannot be constructed from the frequency of recombination. Complementation maps are not linear. There is little correlation between the complementation groups and the groups based on recombination. Many pairs of mutations that do not complement recombine with frequencies of 1.1% to 26.9%. The genes represented by the twelve mutations are located in a linked group of about 18 known genes involved in the specific phase of development controlled by the B factor.

scholarly journals Interpretation of Pseudocontinua in the Spectra of Highly Ionized Atoms from Tm To W in Laser Produced Plasmas

1984 ◽  
Vol 86 ◽  
pp. 215-218
Author(s):  
P. Mandelbaum ◽  
M. Klapisch ◽  
A. Krasnitz ◽  
A. Zigler
Keyword(s):  
Spectral Range ◽  
Simple Structure ◽  
Complex Pattern ◽  
X Ray ◽  
Long Wavelength ◽  
Line Identification ◽  
Laser Produced Plasma ◽  
Resonant Transitions ◽  
Wavelength Side

X-ray spectra of highly ionized atoms (Tm to Pt) emitted from Laser produced plasma are characterized by the simple structure given by resonant transitions of the Nil-like ions, accompanied by the more complex pattern of satellite transitions emitted by ions in the neighbouring states of ionization. An analysis of these structures has been given recently for the satellites of the 3d10 − 3d94p[l] and of the 3p63dl0 − 3p53d104s, 4d[2] transitions of the Nil-like inns. However, most of the radiation emitted in this spectral range [4–10Å] concentrate in a wide, rather structureless satellite feature in the long wavelength side of the 3d10 −3d94f Ni-I like transition, on which some lines are superimposed. Line identification has been achieved successfully with the methods of [1], [2] and will be published separately. In this communication, we deal only with the pseudocontinuum.

Starch Granules in Tomato Fruit Show a Complex Pattern of Degradation

2009 ◽  
Vol 57 (18) ◽  
pp. 8480-8487 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kietsuda Luengwilai ◽  
Diane M. Beckles
Keyword(s):  
Tomato Fruit ◽  
Complex Pattern ◽  
Starch Granules
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