Empirical Prediction of Turnovers in NFL Football by Joel R. Bock

“…Machine learning models are developed to learn the concept: At any point within a football game, what is the likelihood that a turnover will be observed on the next play from scrimmage? NFL play-by-play data for 32 teams spanning seven full seasons were used to train the models. …”
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Toddlers as social actors in early education by Ingrid Maria Engdahl

“…The overall aim is to explore interaction, communication, and the creation of friendship between young children during self-initiated play activities. Play is looked upon as a rich arena for observing toddler interaction. …”
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«Det var egentlig ikke lov, men det var artig!»: Røff lek i generasjoner by Ragnhild Norderhus, Gunilla Eide Isaksen, Maria Øksnes

“…They describe this play on a continuum from dangerous play – scary play – pranks. The nuances of rough play can contribute to an understanding of tensions between generations, continuity, and changes in the participants’ experiences of play from a historical perspective.  …”
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The Anatomy of American Football: Evidence from 7 Years of NFL Game Data. by Konstantinos Pelechrinis, Evangelos Papalexakis

“…In this study, we collected play-by-play data from the past 7 NFL seasons, i.e., 2009-2015, and we build a descriptive model for the probability of winning a game. …”
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Age-appropriate adaptation of creativity tasks for infants aged 12–24 months by Ling Zheng Teo, Victoria Leong

“…The modified creativity battery for infants includes three tasks: Music Play, Object Play and Exploratory Play tasks. The task protocols elaborated in this paper are intended to facilitate studies on the early development of creativity in infants aged between 12 and 24 months. …”
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A Survey on Population-Based Deep Reinforcement Learning by Weifan Long, Taixian Hou, Xiaoyi Wei, Shichao Yan, Peng Zhai, Lihua Zhang

“…We introduce several independent subject areas, including naive self-play, fictitious self-play, population-play, evolution-based training methods, and the policy-space response oracle family. …”
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Theatre Pedagogy: When Drama Becomes a Learning Approach by Irina Lešnik Jeras

“…It originates from an improvised symbolic play/role play, and due to educational goals, it can also be argued that it indicates a learning approach in which the teacher/theatre pedagogue uses a combination of methods and techniques of theatre pedagogy connected in a meaningful dramatic structure. …”
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Children, mothers, and preschool teachers’ perceptions of play: Findings from Turkey and Norway by Asiye İvrendi, Nilgün Cevher-Kalburan, Ellen Beate Hansen Sandseter, Rune Storli, Anne Holla Sivertsen

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Academic Achievement and Social Interactions: A Longitudinal Analysis of Peer Selection Processes in Inclusive Elementary Classrooms by Ariana Garrote

“…Two longitudinal social network models were specified to analyze whether academic achievement level functions as a selection criterion for collaboration (academic context) and play activities (play context). Structural network effects, selection effects, and sex-related effects were included in the models. …”
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Project learn school community: An educational practice meets an educational activity theory by Marjanovic-Shane Ana, Fox Fran, Pollack-Johnson Bruce, Pack-Allender Lisa, Girard Brian, Rothschild Karen

“…The same principle is actualized through the rich use of cultural tools and symbols such as very developed programs in art, music and drama, as well as the frequent use of play and play like activities both to motivate and to create a collaborative learning atmosphere. …”
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Implementation of Independent Teaching and Independent Play in Fostering Religious Feelings in 5-6 Year Old Children by Agustina Dewi Rahayu, Yuli Kurniawati Sugiyo Pranoto

“…Through independent play, children's play rights are fulfilled, and children feel happy. …”
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How to empower the commanders of the army of the I.R. Iran in field of decision making by Mohammadhassan Ahmadzadehfard, Abed Abedzadeh

“…In literature, different methods such as training, role play, war play, and military training have been brought to develop the capability of army commanders in the decision making. …”
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Modelling the NBA to make better predictions by Puranmalka, Keshav

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Shakespeare and a cult of solitude by Dillon, J

“…The thesis considers Shakespeare's sympathies, moral judgements r and ideals through the changing perspectives on the solitary from play to play, Despite his sensitivity to the deepest levels of the contemporary cult of solitude, Shakespeare finally keeps faith with the essentially medieval ideal of the social bond. …”

Virtual teenage talk in game play: the nuances and variants in interactive written discourse by Chan, Swee Heng, Yong, Pui Li

“…In an attempt to add to this body of knowledge, a study was conceptualized to analyse interactive written discourse (IWD) that takes place in game play. Game play attracts teenagers as participants and allows them to express themselves in virtual space that invites reciprocal exchange in a variety of contexts. …”
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Animal Welfare: Could Adult Play be a False Friend? by Catherine Blois-Heulin, Céline Rochais, Sandrine Camus, Carole Fureix, Alban Lemasson, Christophe Lunel, Erwan Bézard, Martine Hausberger

“…There is no consensus regarding the functions of play. As play behavior is a characteristic of young stages of development, it has been suggested that the higher prevalence of adult play observed in domestic animals could be the result of their “neotenic retardation.” …”
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Sexually dimorphic role for vasopressin in the development of social play by Matthew J. Paul, Joseph Ignazio Terranova, Clemens K. Probst, Elaine Kathryn Murray, Nafissa I. Ismail, Geert J. De Vries

“…We first characterize the development of play in male and female Wistar rats and then ask whether the development of AVP mRNA expression correlates with the emergence of play. Unexpectedly, play emerged more rapidly in weanling-aged females than in males, resulting in a sex difference opposite of that typically reported for older, juvenile rats. …”
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Children’s Spatial Play With a Block Building Touchscreen Application by Naomi Polinsky, Breniel Lemley, Rachel M. Flynn, Ellen Wartella, David H. Uttal

“…The present work shows that digital block play supports play behaviors similar to those supported by physical blocks, but whether and how digital block play facilitates spatial learning is still unknown. …”
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The principle of fair play in the aspect of responsibility in the opinion of junior high schools students-supporting sport clubs in Lodz by Jolanta Elżbieta Kowalska

“…The idea of fair play can play an important role in the education process, especially among students of adolescence (middle school age). …”
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Leveraging machine learning to predict playcalling tendencies in the NFL by Goyal, Udgam.

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