the aim of this research was to study those motivations underlying computer sport games in the youth. this study used a survey and cross – sectional method. the population consisted of 302 students of yazd university. the data were collected by the revised scale of computer sport games. results of the empirical test of the scale distributed among the participants in computer sport games showed ...

The study aims to assess current trends in the construction of sports infrastructure, considering development and improvement vectors Olympic movement. Materials methods. utilizes literature analysis, statistical methods, expert assessment method legal analysis. Results. Trends infrastructure facilities for Games have been identified substantiated. currentdifficulties regarding organizing holdi...

We study the fundamental problem of computing an arbitrary Nash equilibrium in bimatrix games. We start by proposing a novel characterization of the set of Nash equilibria, via a bijective map to the solution set of a (parameterized) quadratic program, whose feasible space is the (highly structured) set of correlated equilibria. We then proceed by proposing new subclasses of bimatrix games for ...

OBJECTIVE The study investigates the effect on cooperation in multiplayer games, when the population from which all individuals are drawn is structured-i.e. when a given individual is only competing with a small subset of the entire population. METHOD To optimize the focus on multiplayer effects, a class of games were chosen for which the payoff depends nonlinearly on the number of cooperator...

This paper will analyse the two most popular games within the MOBA genre, DotA 2 and League of Legends, as performance-designed spaces. By analysing MOBAs as performance and using Marc LeBlanc’s (2006) Tools for Creating Dramatic Game Dynamics as an aesthetic framework the aim is to posit a greater understanding of the ways in which e-Sports and MOBAs specifically can be designed in order to cr...

PURPOSE To explore parents' perceptions of using low-cost motion interactive video games as home training for their children with mild/moderate cerebral palsy. METHOD Semi-structured interviews were carried out with parents from 15 families after participation in an intervention where motion interactive games were used daily in home training for their child. A qualitative content analysis app...

Commonsense is a challenge not only for representation and reasoning but also for large scale knowledge engineering required to capture the breadth of our ‘everyday’ world. One approach to knowledge engineering is to ‘outsource’ the effort to the public through games that generate structured commonsense knowledge from user play. To date, such games have focused on symbolic and textual knowledge...

Background: The application of digital educational games in health professions education is on expansion and game-based education usage is increasing. Methods: Diverse databases were searched and the related papers were reviewed. Results: Considering the growing popularity of educational games in medical education, we attempted to classify their benefits, flaws, and engaging factors. Conclus...

background: mesenchymal stem cells (mscs) are ideal cells for cell and gene therapy. however, the low survival of mscs after transplantation has limited their applications. we aimed to evaluate the expression of cytoprotective genes including nqo1, txnrd1, ho-1, gclc following the over expression of nrf2 in umbilical cord-derived mscs (uc-mscs). methods: 3-5 passages of uc-mscs were cultured. r...