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disposal caffeine-containing
energy drinks yielded
positive, but more
varied, benefits,
which were likely due
to the diverse nature
of the studies
performed, the highly
variable composition
of the beverages
consumed, and the
range of caffeine
doses administered.
Conversely, analyses
of studies
administering caffeine
prior to either an oral
glucose tolerance test
or insulin clamp
showed a decline in
whole-body glucose
disposal of ~30%. The
consequences of this
 resistance are
unknown, but there
may be implications
for the development
of a number of
chronic diseases.
Both caffeine-induced
performance
enhancement and
insulin resistance
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primary actions of
caffeine on skeletal
muscle.
Measuring Chun-Ying January Nagoya, The experiment Chun-Ying Huang, Yu-Ling Huang, Yu-Hsuan Chi, Kuan-
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and energy Yu-Ling are of interests to Proceedings of the 2nd Workshop on Mobile Gaming,
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in mobile Kuan-Ta developers, and
cloud gaming Chen ; gamers. First,
Cheng-Hsin compared to mobile
Hsu native games, mobile
cloud games save
energy by up to 30%.
Second, the frame
rate, bit rate, and
resolution all affect
the decoders'
resource
consumption, while
frame rate imposes
the highest impact.
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 some light on the
further
enhancements of the
emerging mobile
cloud gaming
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Directions in Madison early 2000s, including
the Scientific Madison the rise of various
Study of USA “hybrid” genres, the
Video Game emergence of distinct
Play and new genres, and the
Cognitive increasing push
Performance toward online/open-
world games, and (2)
how video game
players have changed
since the early 2000s,
including shifts in
demographics, the
decreasing
specialization of
gamers, and the fact
that gamers today
now have a long
gaming history. In all
cases, we discuss
possible changes in
the methods used to
study the impact of
video games on
cognitive
performance that
these shifts in the
gaming landscape
necessitate.