Cognitive biases are associated with the beginning and maintenance of addictive behaviours.While these biases have been studied in gambling, they have yet to be thoroughly investigated in the context of loot boxes (LBs), largely because of the relatively recent emergence of this phenomenon.This study compared cognitive biases in problematic gambler
Circadian clocks are biological timekeepers that allow living cells to time their activity in anticipation of predictable daily changes in light and other environmental factors.The complexity of the circadian clock in higher plants makes it difficult to understand the role of individual genes or molecular interactions, and mathematical modelling ha
Data processing systems have been traditionally optimized for I/O, mainly because, until pretty recently, disk storage has been the most affordable type of storage and the most prevalent one.This is not necessarily the case today, particularly in the world of big data analytics.As the problems posed by data analytics become more Cutting Board commo
Palsa peats are unique northern ecosystems formed under an arctic climate and characterized by a high biodiversity and sensitive ecology.The stability of the palsas are seriously threatened by climate warming which will change the permafrost dynamic and induce a degradation of the mires.<br><br> We used stable carbon isotope depth profi
Excess choice has previously been shown to have detrimental effects on decisions about consumer products.As the number of options increases, people are more likely to put off making an active choice (i.e., defer) and show less satisfaction with any purchase actually made.We extend this line of enquiry Baby Bottle to choosing a charitable organisati