Introduction to the Special Issue on GaLA Conf 2020

This special issue of the International Journal of Serious Games offers very valuable extensions to the best papers of the 2020 edition of the GaLA conference. The local organization committee was composed of computer scientists of Laval (France), affiliated to Le Mans Université. From the 9th to the 10th of December 2020, 500 participants attended to a well-organized conference, through their virtual avatars, and listened to 37 presentations on Serious Games and Gamification. A special session was related to Virtual Reality, in a pedagogical and gaming context. The four extended papers, published in this journal, significantly extend their original work, and were accepted through a regular peer-review process for this special issue.

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Introduction to the GaLA Conf 2019 Special Issue

International Journal of Serious Games ◽

10.17083/ijsg.v7i3.390 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 7 (3) ◽

pp. 59-60

Author(s):

Antonios Liapis ◽

Georgios N. Yannakakis ◽

Manuel Gentile ◽

Manuel Ninaus

Keyword(s):

Peer Review ◽

Serious Games ◽

Review Process ◽

Peer Review Process ◽

Special Issue ◽

Great Pleasure ◽

Learning Alliance ◽

The Rich ◽

Historic City ◽

Conference Papers

It is a great pleasure for us to introduce this issue of the IJSG, which is dedicated to the Games and Learning Alliance Conference (GaLA Conf) that was held in Athens, November 27-29, 2019. Almost 70 participants converged in this beautiful, historic city in order to share knowledge and experiences related to serious games and gamification, their techniques and their application. A number of the best conference papers were selected, and the authors were invited to extend their paper with at least one-third new content, and to submit their paper to IJSG for a regular peer-review process. This issue contains three of the resulting articles, which gives an overview of the rich field of serious games.

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Glycogen: an overview of possible regulatory roles of the proteins associated with the granuleThis paper is one of a selection of papers published in this Special Issue, entitled 14th International Biochemistry of Exercise Conference – Muscles as Molecular and Metabolic Machines, and has undergone the Journal’s usual peer review process.

Applied Physiology Nutrition and Metabolism ◽

10.1139/h09-048 ◽

2009 ◽

Vol 34 (3) ◽

pp. 488-492 ◽

Cited By ~ 12

Author(s):

Terry E. Graham

Keyword(s):

Peer Review ◽

Muscle Glycogen ◽

Review Process ◽

Peer Review Process ◽

Glycogen Granule ◽

Special Issue ◽

Dynamic Regulation ◽

Considerable Evidence ◽

The Past ◽

Selection Of

While scientists have routinely measured muscle glycogen in many metabolic situations for over 4 decades, there is surprisingly little known regarding its regulation. In the past decade, considerable evidence has illustrated that the carbohydrate stores in muscle are not homogeneous, and it is very likely that metabolic pools exist or that each granule has independent regulation. The fundamental aspects appear to be associated with a complex set of proteins that associate with both the granule and each other in a dynamic fashion. Some of the proteins are enzymes and others play scaffolding roles. A number of the proteins can translocate, depending on the metabolic stimulus. These various processes appear to be the mechanisms that give the glycogen granule precise yet dynamic regulation. This may also allow the stores to serve as an important metabolic regulator of other metabolic events.

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Expression of Concern: Al-Baqami, N.M.; Hamza, R.Z. Protective Effect of Resveratrol against Hepatotoxicity of Cadmium in Male Rats: Antioxidant and Histopathological Approaches. Coatings 2021, 11, 594

Coatings ◽

10.3390/coatings11091113 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 11 (9) ◽

pp. 1113

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Keyword(s):

Protective Effect ◽

Peer Review ◽

Guest Editor ◽

Review Process ◽

Peer Review Process ◽

Male Rats ◽

Special Issue

Following acceptance of the Special Issue article by the Guest Editor, El-Sayed Abd El-Aziz, concerns were raised regarding the integrity of the peer review process [...]

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Expression of Concern: Hamza et al. A Potential Role of Apelin-13 against Hepatic Injury and Metabolic Disorders in Preeclampsia Induced by L-NAME. Coatings 2021, 11, 391

Coatings ◽

10.3390/coatings11091117 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 11 (9) ◽

pp. 1117

Author(s):

Keyword(s):

Peer Review ◽

Guest Editor ◽

Metabolic Disorders ◽

Hepatic Injury ◽

Potential Role ◽

Review Process ◽

Peer Review Process ◽

Special Issue

Following acceptance of the Special Issue article by the Guest Editor, El-Sayed Abd El-Aziz, concerns were raised regarding the integrity of the peer review process [...]

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In vitro chromatin self-association and its relevance to genome architectureThis paper is one of a selection of papers published in this Special Issue, entitled 27th International West Coast Chromatin and Chromosome Conference, and has undergone the Journal's usual peer review process.

Biochemistry and Cell Biology ◽

10.1139/o06-068 ◽

2006 ◽

Vol 84 (4) ◽

pp. 411-417 ◽

Cited By ~ 12

Author(s):

Xu Lu ◽

Joshua M. Klonoski ◽

Michael G. Resch ◽

Jeffrey C. Hansen

Keyword(s):

Peer Review ◽

West Coast ◽

Review Process ◽

Peer Review Process ◽

Special Issue ◽

Eukaryotic Nucleus ◽

Self Association ◽

Selection Of

Chromatin in a eukaryotic nucleus is condensed through 3 hierarchies: primary, secondary, and tertiary chromatin structures. In vitro, when induced with cations, chromatin can self-associate and form large oligomers. This self-association process has been proposed to mimic processes involved in the assembly and maintenance of tertiary chromatin structures in vivo. In this article, we review 30 years of studies of chromatin self-association, with an emphasis on the evidence suggesting that this in vitro process is physiologically relevant.

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EDITORIAL FOREWORD

International Journal of Middle East Studies ◽

10.1017/s0020743813000020 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 45 (2) ◽

pp. 203-204

Author(s):

Beth Baron ◽

Sara Pursley

Keyword(s):

Middle East ◽

Peer Review ◽

Review Process ◽

Peer Review Process ◽

Special Issue ◽

Cover Art ◽

Analytical Approaches ◽

Middle East Studies ◽

Final Group ◽

Editorial Foreword

We are thrilled to present this special issue on “Queer Affects,” which explores a range of topics and analytical approaches that have rarely appeared in the pages of IJMES but reflect vital emerging discussions in diverse subfields of Middle East studies. That so many contributors hail from literary disciplines, which have tended to be underrepresented in the journal, also makes this a landmark issue for us. We thank guest editors Hanadi Al-Samman and Tarek El-Ariss for proposing the special issue, gathering the original collection of manuscript submissions, and introducing the final group of six articles we present here, all of which have gone through the standard IJMES peer review process. We also acknowledge the anonymous reviewers, some of whom read more than one article for this issue, for their perceptive evaluations. We are grateful to Huda Lufti for permitting us to use a photograph of her artwork, “Lipstick and Moustache (2010),” as this issue's cover art.

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Expression of Concern: Hamza et al. Therapeutic and Ameliorative Effects of Active Compounds of Combretum molle in the Treatment and Relief fromWounds in a Diabetes Mellitus Experimental Model. Coatings 2021, 11, 324

Coatings ◽

10.3390/coatings11091116 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 11 (9) ◽

pp. 1116

Author(s):

Keyword(s):

Diabetes Mellitus ◽

Peer Review ◽

Experimental Model ◽

Guest Editor ◽

Review Process ◽

Peer Review Process ◽

Special Issue ◽

Active Compounds ◽

Combretum Molle

Following acceptance of the Special Issue article by the Guest Editor, El-Sayed Abd El-Aziz, concerns were raised regarding the integrity of the peer review process [...]

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Expression of Concern: Al-Thubaiti et al. Safety of Commercially Available Beef Burger in Saudi Arabia. Coatings 2021, 11, 686

Coatings ◽

10.3390/coatings11091115 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 11 (9) ◽

pp. 1115

Author(s):

Keyword(s):

Saudi Arabia ◽

Peer Review ◽

Guest Editor ◽

Review Process ◽

Peer Review Process ◽

Special Issue ◽

Beef Burger

Following acceptance of the Special Issue article by the Guest Editor, El-Sayed Abd El-Aziz, concerns were raised regarding the integrity of the peer review process [...]

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Benefit of Blogging for Archaeology

Bulletin for the Study of Religion ◽

10.1558/bsor.v39i3.004 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 39 (3) ◽

pp. 26-36

Author(s):

Robert Cargill

Keyword(s):

Peer Review ◽

Original Work ◽

Review Process ◽

Peer Review Process ◽

Ease Of Use ◽

Multiple Forms ◽

News Organizations ◽

The Impact

Blogging (or “web logging”) has evolved from online journaling to a multi-million dollar enterprise involving over 100 million blogs worldwide. And while journalists and news organizations have been quick to adopt blogging as a publishing tool, the academy has been slow to adopt the technology as a legitimate scholarly enterprise. This article argues that blogging is the next logical step for independent scholars and researchers who seek to publish their original work, and that universities should begin accepting blogging as a legitimate scholarly endeavor. Specifically, archaeologists should embrace blogging because of its ease of use, decreased time to publication, affordability, ability to publish multiple forms of media, and for the increased exposure publishing online brings to a scholar’s work. The article details the impact of blogging on existing publishing models, the peer-review process, and discusses the numerous benefits of blogging for archaeology.

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Vol. 7 No. 4 (2020): December 2020

International Journal of Medical and Surgical Sciences ◽

10.32457/ijmss.v7i4 ◽

2020 ◽

Keyword(s):

Peer Review ◽

Scientific Knowledge ◽

Review Process ◽

Peer Review Process ◽

Special Edition ◽

Special Issue ◽

Letters To The Editor ◽

Medical Specialties ◽

Review Articles ◽

Case Presentations

Laser and photobiomodulation in Dentistry and Medicine Laser and photobiomodulation in Dentistry and Medicine is a special edition for the dissemination of scientific knowledge and clinical developments in laser`s use and phototherapy-photobiomodulation in all medical specialties. The special issue publishes original articles, review articles, case presentations, "how-to" articles, letters to the editor, short communications, and relevant images with short descriptions. The artícles can be submitted in english or spanish. All submitted material is subject to a strict peer review process.

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