The nature of the relationship between immersion and gameplay experience is investigated, focusing primarily on the literature related to flow. In particular, this paper proposes that immersion and gameplay experience are conceptually different, but empirically positively related through mechanisms related to flow. Furthermore, this study examines gamers’ characteristics to determine the influe...

background & aim: eugenia caryophyllata well known as clove is a tree from myrtaceae family that several parts of this plant traditionally used in dental care as an analgesic. this study aimed to assess the chemical composition, anti-inflammatory and anti-nociceptive activities of the essential oil extracted from clove buds. experimental: the essential oil of clove buds (eoc) was extracted ...

This study compared the effect of passive rest (CON) and water immersion at 8.6±0.2°C (CWI9), 14.6±0.3°C (CWI15) and 35.0±0.4°C (thermoneutral water immersion [TWI]) on post-exercise heart rate variability (HRV) indices. In a climate chamber (32.8±0.4°C, 32±5% relative humidity), nine men completed 25 min of cycling at the first ventilatory threshold and repeated 30-second bouts at 90% of peak ...

Multi-photon fluorescence microscopy (MPFM) is a powerful technique for imaging scattering, biological specimens in depth. In addition to the sectioning effect generated by the point-like excitation volume, the near-infrared wavelengths used for multi-photon excitation allow deeper penetration into optically turbid specimens. In physiological specimens, the optical properties such as the scatte...

We examined whether non-enzymatic antioxidant defense systems are disrupted in the brain of rats with water-immersion restraint stress. When rats were exposed to water-immersion restraint stress for 1.5, 3 or 6 h, the brain had decreased ascorbic acid and reduced glutathione contents and increased lipid peroxide and nitric oxide metabolites contents at 3 h and showed further changes in these co...

Problematic playing behaviour in terms of addiction is well known to be associated with specific traits (e.g., self-esteem) and weak social settings (e.g., negative relationships). What remains unclear is the impact of playing motives on addictive tendencies. We investigated how playing motives were related to problematic playing behaviour. Using ratings indicating explicit motives and response...

Focused infrared lasers are widely used for micromanipulation and visualization of biological specimens. An inherent practical problem is that off-the-shelf commercial microscope objectives are designed for use with visible and not infrared wavelengths. Less aberration is introduced by water immersion objectives than by oil immersion ones, however, even water immersion objectives induce signifi...

Using generating functions, we derive a multiple point formula for every generic immersion f : M # N between even dimensional oriented manifolds. This produces explicit formulas for the signature and Pontrjagin numbers of the multiple point manifolds. The formula takes a particular simple form in many special cases, e.g. when f is nullhomotopic we recover Szűcs’s formula in [3]. It also include...

We give three formulas expressing the Smale invariant of an immersion f of a (4k− 1)-sphere into (4k + 1)-space. The terms of the formulas are geometric characteristics of any generic smooth map g of any oriented 4k-dimensional manifold, where g restricted to the boundary is an immersion regularly homotopic to f in (6k − 1)-space. The formulas imply that if f and g are two non-regularly homotop...

Elitism has been an issue in Canadian French immersion since its inception. This study examines how two racially diverse Ontarian school boards and Ontario policy, curricula, other related documents construct support elite student within the program. The who emerged from is a White, middle-class, English, established resident, mirroring current demographics of A middle-class bias due to assumed...