MASSIVELY MULTIPLAYER ONLINE ROLE-PLAYING GAMES: COMPARING CHARACTERISTICS OF ADDICT VS NON-ADDICT ONLINE RECRUITED GAMERS IN A FRENCH ADULT POPULATION

Abstract Background Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Games (MMORPGs) are a very popular and enjoyable leisure activity, and there is a lack of international validated instruments to assess excessive gaming.With the growing number of read more gamers worldwide, adverse effects (isolation, hospitalizations, excessive use, etc.) are observed

The speciation of iodine in atmospheric aerosol is currently poorly understood.Models predict negligible iodide concentrations but accumulation of iodate in aerosol, both of which is not confirmed by recent measurements.We present an updated aqueous phase iodine chemistry scheme for use in atmospheric chemistry models and discuss sensitivity studie

Abstract Background With the emergence of influenza H1N1v the world is facing its first 21st century global pandemic.Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) and avian influenza H5N1 prompted development of pandemic preparedness plans.National systems of public health law are essential for public health stewardship and for the implementation of pub

The article describes the case of a 50-year-old woman diagnosed with radicular cysts in the region of the upper incisors, treated with root canal therapy.Repeat root canal treatments were performed along read more with apical resections and enucleation of the lesions.A two-year post-treatment follow-up revealed complete bone regeneration in the per