Social game studies at CHI 2011 Kirman, Ben; Björk, Staffan; Deterding, Sebastian ...
CHI '11 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems,
05/2011
Conference Proceeding
"Social games", defined as games played and distributed on Social Networks, have become a digital gaming phenomenon. The most popular games boast tens of millions of users each month, employing ...simple mechanics to reach a vast new audience that was apparently under-served by traditional digital games. Their enormous success raises important academic questions about game design, interface design, psychology and the social power of online networks. Social Game Studies at CHI 2011 is a one-day workshop at CHI 2011 that will bring together the CHI community with an inter-disciplinary mix of researchers and practitioners to share findings and explore the issues surrounding this emerging area of research into social games, and highlight the key questions, opportunities and challenges for future academic study.
Gamification Deterding, Sebastian
Interactions (New York, N.Y.),
07/2012, Letnik:
19, Številka:
4
Magazine Article
Social Mediator is a forum exploring the ways that HCI research and principles interact---or might interact---with practices in the social media world.
Joe McCarthy, Editor
Background. Natural killer (NK) cells are an integral part of the innate immune system. They have been suggested to play an important role in both defense against viral hepatitis and the pathogenesis ...of other liver diseases. Methods. NK cells from 134 individuals including patients with acute hepatitis B and C as well as chronic hepatitis B, C, and delta (D) patients were studied. Results. Infection with viral hepatitis was associated with increased frequencies of NK cells in the peripheral blood; that NK cells showed a less activated phenotype and were compromised in cytolotytic function and cytokine production in all viral hepatitis infections: Hepatitis virus infections did not alter NK cell differentiation, and the activity and severity of liver disease were reflected by alterations of NK cell surface receptors as demonstrated by principal component analysis. Conclusion. NK cell phenotypic and functional alterations can equally be observed in HBV, HCV, and HDV infections. Instead, patterns of NK cell alterations differ in acute and chronic infections. Thus, our data suggest a common mechanism in the alteration of NK cell phenotype and function with unique variations that depend on disease activity rather than virus-specific factors.
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