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Over 80% of HIV-1 infected persons are also seropositive for HSV-2. Increasingly, clinical and epidemiologic evidence show the role of HSV in increasing HIV infectiousness. The evidence suggests that HSV is an important co-factor in HIV transmission.
The trial's purpose is to assess the reduction in HIV systemic and mucosal replication associated with valacyclovir for suppression of HSV-2 reactivation.
This randomized, double-blind, placebo controlled crossover trial of 20 HIV/HSV-2 co-infected women assessed the effects of daily valacyclovir on HIV-1 levels in blood and body fluids.
Condition | Intervention | Phase |
HIV Infections Herpes Simplex Sexually Transmitted Diseases |
Drug: Valacyclovir Drug: Matching Placebo |
Phase 3 |
Study Type: | Interventional |
Study Design: | Allocation: Randomized Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study Intervention Model: Crossover Assignment Masking: Double Blind (Subject, Caregiver, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor) Primary Purpose: Prevention |
Official Title: | A Randomized,Double-Blind , Placebo-Controlled Crossover Trial of Antivirals for Suppression of HSV and HIV Shedding in HIV-1, HSV-2 Co-infected Persons |
- Plasma HIV-1 levels and HIV-1 mucosal shedding [ Time Frame: 18 weeks ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
- Mucosal HSV-2 shedding [ Time Frame: 18 weeks ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
- Determine the temporal pattern of HIV shedding with respect to HSV-1 and HSV-2 reactivation; [ Time Frame: 18 weeks ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
Enrollment: | 20 |
Study Start Date: | January 2005 |
Study Completion Date: | December 2007 |
Primary Completion Date: | December 2005 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure) |
Arms | Assigned Interventions |
Experimental: I |
Drug: Valacyclovir
500mg oral twice daily
Other Name: Valtrex
Drug: Matching Placebo
500 mg oral twice daily
Other Name: Placebo for Valacyclovir
Detailed Description:
Conducted in Lima Peru, 20 HIV-1 and HSV-2 seropositive women with CD4 counts greater than 200 and on no antiretroviral therapy were randomly assigned to receive valacyclovir 500 mg bid or placebo for the first 8 weeks of the study. After these 8 weeks, a 2-week washout period followed, which was then followed by the alternative regimen for 8 weeks.
Ages Eligible for Study: | 18 Years and older |
Genders Eligible for Study: | Female |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Inclusion Criteria:
- Greater than 18 years old woman,
- Documented HIV-1 seropositive,
- CD4 count greater than 200,
- Not on HIV antiretroviral therapy,
- HSV-2 seropositive as determined by Focus EIA (IN >3.5)
- Not intending to move out of the area for the duration of study participation.
- Willing and able to:provide independent written informed consent;undergo clinical evaluations;take study drug as directed;adhere to follow-up schedule.
- Bacterial STDs (symptomatic STD syndromes or laboratory-confirmed asymptomatic gonorrhea and syphilis) are treated within two weeks of study enrollment and random assignment.
Exclusion Criteria:
Women who meet any of the following criteria are not eligible for this study:
- Known history of adverse reaction to valacyclovir, acyclovir or famciclovir;
- Planned open label use of acyclovir, valacyclovir, or famciclovir
- Known medical history of seizures
- Known renal failure, serum creatinine >2.0mg/dl
- Hematocrit < 30 %
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00465205
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Asociacion Civil Impacta Salud y Educacion | |
Lima, Peru |
Principal Investigator: | Connie Celum, MD, MPH | University of Washington |
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Responsible Party: | Connie Celum MD MPH, University of Washington |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT00465205 History of Changes |
Other Study ID Numbers: | 21760-A (2), AI277S7;AI38858;AI30731 |
Study First Received: | April 23, 2007 |
Last Updated: | August 21, 2013 |
Health Authority: | United States: Institutional Review Board |
Keywords provided by University of Washington:
HIV infection HIV Shedding HSV suppression Co-infected |
Women Reactivation Valacyclovir Treatment Naive |
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
HIV Infections Herpes Simplex Sexually Transmitted Diseases DNA Virus Infections Genital Diseases, Female Genital Diseases, Male Herpesviridae Infections Immune System Diseases Immunologic Deficiency Syndromes Infection Lentivirus Infections RNA Virus Infections |
Retroviridae Infections Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Viral Skin Diseases Skin Diseases, Infectious Skin Diseases, Viral Virus Diseases Valacyclovir Anti-Infective Agents Antiviral Agents Pharmacologic Actions Therapeutic Uses |
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An electroencephalogram (EEG) is a test to detect problems in the electrical activity of the brain.
Electroencephalogram; Brain wave test
Brain cells communicate with each other by producing tiny electrical impulses. In an EEG, this faint electrical activity is measured by putting electrodes on the scalp.
The test is performed by an EEG technician in your health care provider's office, at a hospital, or at an independent laboratory. You will be asked to lie on your back on a bed or in a reclining chair.
The technician will apply between 16 and 25 flat metal disks (electrodes) in different positions on your scalp. The disks are held in place with a sticky paste. The electrodes are connected by wires to an amplifier and a recording machine.
The recording machine converts the electrical impulses into patterns that can be seen on a computer screen, as well as stored on a computer disk. Before computers, the activity was printed on paper. In either case, the electical activity looks like a series of wavy lines. You will need to lie still with your eyes closed because any movement can alter the results.
You may be asked to do certain things during the recording, such as breathe deeply and rapidly for several minutes or look at a bright flashing light.
You will need to wash your hair the night before the test. Do not use any oils, sprays, or conditioner on your hair before this test.
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This test causes no discomfort. Although having electrodes pasted onto your skin may feel strange, they only record activity and do not produce any sensation. No significant electricity passes from the electrode into your skin.
EEG is used to help diagnose if you're having seizures and if so, what type. An EEG is also used to find the causes of confusion, and to evaluate head injuries, tumors, infections, degenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's disease, and abnormal changes in body chemistry that affect the brain.
It is also used to:
The EEG may be done to show that the brain has no activity, in the case of someone in a deep coma. It can be helpful when trying to decide if someone is brain dead.
EEG cannot be used to measure intelligence.
Brain electrical activity has certain frequencies (the number of waves per second) that are normal for different levels of consciousness. For example, brain waves are faster when you are awake, and slower when you're sleeping. There are also normal patterns to these waves. These frequencies and patterns are what the EEG reader looks for.
Abnormal results on an EEG test may be due to:
Note: A normal EEG does not mean that a seizure did not occur.
The procedure is very safe. However, the flashing lights or fast breathing (hyperventilation) required during the test may trigger seizures in those with seizure disorders. The health care provider performing the EEG is trained to take care of you if this happens.
It may be difficult to get the paste out of your hair, but it should come out after a few washings with regular shampoo.
Trescher WH, Lesser RP. The Epilepsies. In: Bradley WG, Daroff RB, Fenichel GM, Jankovic J, eds. Neurology in Clinical Practice. 5th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Butterworth-Heinemann; 2008:chap 71.
Krumholz A, Wiebe S, Gronseth G, et al. Practice parameter: evaluating an apparent unprovoked first seizure in adults (an evidence-based review): report of the Quality Standards Subcommittee of the American Academy of Neurology and the American Epilepsy Society. Neurology. 2007;69(21):1991-2007.


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text: QAD Warehousing Release Notes September 2012 These release notes include information about QAD Warehousing for QAD 2012.1 Enterprise Edition (EE). These changes may affect the way you implement and use QAD Warehousing. Review this document before installing the new QAD Warehousing release. QAD highly recommends that you implement the latest QAD Warehousing release available. Check the QAD Online Support Center to make sure you have the latest QAD Warehousing release notes, installation guide, and installation media: http://support.qad.com/ Use the following list to find a specific release: Release Notes for Current Release Release Notes for March 2012 EE Release Release Notes for September 2011.1 EE Release Release Notes for March 2011 EE Release Release Notes for September 2010.1 Release Release Notes for March 2010 Release Release Notes for September 2009.1 Release Release Notes for April 2009 Release Release Notes for September 2008.1 Release Release Notes for March 2008 Release Release Notes for Current Release QAD Warehousing Version: QAD Warehousing for QAD 2012.1 Enterprise Edition Release Date: September 2012 Supported languages: US English, Castilian Spanish, Latin Spanish, Czech, Dutch, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese (Brazilian), Simplified Chinese, and Traditional Chinese User Guide: QAD Warehousing, item 70-3185-2012.1EE Installation/Conversion Guide: QAD Warehousing installation information can be found in the installation documentation for QAD Enterprise Applications 2012.1 Enterprise Edition. Note: The QAD Warehousing Enterprise Edition (EE) installation process differs from the QAD Warehousing Standard Edition (SE) installation process. Please review the installation and conversion guide before you begin installation or conversion. Fixes The following improvements were made to QAD Warehousing for this release: • The RF BP Pick SO/DO (3.1) option now displays the cursor correctly in the SO Line, Item, and Lot fields for the selected sales order. Previously, the cursor shifted to the right of the RF screen. • When you use the RF Select Task (1.3) option to select a task created for a PO receipt and you alter the location, lot, or quantity, the system now correctly generates an exception task print operation. Previously, when you altered location, lot, or quantity for a task and set internal routing for exception printing, the system failed to print the exception report. • Also, exception printing now works for bulk- and replenishment-picking tasks performed within batch picking. Previously, the system sent exception reports, but either displayed an incorrect quantity or displayed a zero and unconfirmed quantity with the exception report. • The system now correctly generates a new pallet reference for a next pallet and validates existing pallet references that you enter. Previously, the system did not generate a next pallet reference number when you entered a pallet ID (reference), even though you set system controls to generate a next reference number. Also, previously, the system did not validate when a pallet ID was automatically generated to see if the pallet ID already exists. • Purchase Order Receipts (5.13.1) no longer displays an error message and now properly creates warehouse tasks for a subcontract PO when you set the Multi Entry field to No. Previously, the program displayed a Progress error and failed to create warehouse tasks when you set the Purchase Order Receipts Multi Entry field to No. • Inspection History Maintenance (4.19.17) no longer displays a Progress error and now correctly displays values in the Qty to Insp field. • The RF Inspection (4.) option now maintains focus in the RF screen when you enter values in the Sample ID and Ret Qty fields. Previously, the system displayed the word, insert, and the screen lost focus. • The RF BP Pick SO/DO (3.1) option no longer displays question marks (???) in the Weight field when the weight of an item is more than three digits. Previously, the system displayed the question marks for the weight. • The system now checks for entry of duplicate pallets on different purchase orders during a purchase order receipt. Previously, the receipt program did not correctly check for duplicate pallet IDs when it processed the receipt, so there were no guarantees that the pallet was not previously created by some other transaction. • The RF Select Task (1.2) option now displays an invalid location error and prevents you from confirming a task from the receive location to the stage-in location when you enter an invalid stage-in location and enter an invalid stage-in location in the Loc field. Previously, when you defined a stage-in location in Warehouse Location Maintenance (4.3.13) but entered an invalid location, the system did not display an error message and proceeded with the confirmation. Also, the RF Select Task (1.2) option now displays an invalid location error when you define a stage-out location in Warehouse Location Maintenance (4.3.13) and you enter an invalid or blank location in the Loc(ation) field. Previously, the system displayed the wrong error message, which informed you that inventory or tasks were not available. • Sample Inspection Maintenance (4.19.1) now correctly creates transactions for a partial quantity of stock when the returned quantity is less than the inspection quantity. Previously, the system created a transaction for the entire inspection quantity. • Wave Release Groups Creation (4.15.9) now correctly generates a new release group for a new task when you set the Generate Release Groups field to Yes and the system generates additional picking tasks within an existing task. Previously, in the above scenario, a new release group was not generated. The RF BP Pick SO/DO (3.1) option now correctly prompts you to post-print labels and correctly prints the labels when you perform a partial pick and set the Post-Print Option field to option 2 (Prompt to postprint labels) in Batch Picking Control (4.15.24). Previously, the system did not prompt to post-print labels. • The RF BP Pick SO/DO (3.1) option no longer displays an error message informing you that generalized codes do not exist when you use custom routings in Int Routing Assignment maint (4.2.9). Previously, when you attempted to use a custom routing in the program, the system displayed the error message. • Warehouse Location Maintenance (4.3.13) now displays the correct percent full value for the source location when you confirm a replenishment task and move inventory from the source location to the destination location for a single item pallet. The source location percent full value depends on how you set the Logistics UM Tolerance field in Item-Warehouse Maintenance (4.4.11) and the UM Conversion field in Unit of Measure Maintenance (1.13). Previously, the system incorrectly displayed the percent full value. • Task Maintenance (80.11.1) displays the correct values for the Time and Tasks fields when selection criteria include a site and warehouse. Also, Performance by Task Report (220.127.116.11) now displays the correct value for the following fields: • Time • Average • Tasks • Total • % of Total Previously, the system displayed incorrect values for the fields. • The box picking functions now correctly create tasks when the quantity on hand is greater than the required box quantity. The system correctly creates tasks only when the quantity on hand is equal to or greater than the box quantity plus the picked quantity. • Replenishment-Location Maint (4.16.5) now has improved performance when there is an extremely large number of records for Unit of Measure Maintenance (1.13). • The system now displays data correctly in Warehouse Location Maintenance (4.3.13).


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The last time there was a tie in the NFL, Donovan McNabb made headlines when he admitted he wasn't aware games could end that way.
St. Louis Rams receiver Danny Amendola joined the club on Sunday, after his team's 24-24 tie against the San Francisco 49ers.
He made the admission to Peter King of NBC.
"Amendola just told me he thought there was going to be a second overtime," King tweeted Sunday night. "Didn't know it was over till he heard from an official."
When McNabb made the admission, other players celebrated their lack of knowledge of the rules as well. So the law of averages say there were a few other players on the field Sunday who didn't know how overtimes end either. For now, they are lurking in the shadows, keeping their tie ignorance to themselves and letting Amendola take the brunt of the Internet mocking alone. Good call, dudes. Take that secret to the grave.
If a player doesn't know that there's no such thing as double overtime in the regular season, it makes sense that he wouldn't learn about it during a game. Who would think to mention it? Teammates and coaches just assume everyone knows it. Sam Bradford isn't going over basic rules in the huddle. "Red 42, joker, joker -- Also, we have three downs to get 10 yards. If we don't, we'll be forced to punt. Break!"
For the sake of posterity and hilarity, here are McNabb's quotes from 2008.
"I've never been a part of a tie. I never even knew that was in the rule book. It's part of the rules, and we have to go with it. I was looking forward to getting the opportunity to get out there and try to drive to win the game. But unfortunately, with the rules, we settled with a tie. I guess we're aware of it now. In college, there are multiple overtimes, and in high school and Pop Warner. I never knew in the professional ranks it would end that way. I hate to see what would happen in the Super Bowl and in the playoffs."
Update: San Francisco safety Dashon Golden didn't know either. "I didn't know you could tie," he said, according to Bay Area News group. "When I saw both sides walking onto the field, I was like, 'Where's everybody going?'"
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Stephen P. Halbrook on Guns and Crime Reduction Recorded: Tuesday, October 28, 2008
Originally aired on November 2, 2008. Research Fellow Stephen P. Halbrook on guns and crime reduction at the IntelligenceSquared Debates.
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A Gala for Liberty: The Independent Institutes Gala Reception and Dinner Recorded: Tuesday, September 16, 2008
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Solly didn't give you the image. Actually, in the link I provided he asked you not to use it and you said you would no matter what.
You had no intention of coming here to make friends.
You came here to troll, and said so in the link I provided.
If you honestly what to make friends here, you are going about it the wrong way.
If you want to troll, you are also going about it the wrong way.
Confront me about what? Your "confrontation" made me dislike you, Keke. Your paranoia overcomes you.
Why are people still posting in this thread?
so jellyfish. you know that trolling is a type of fishing for mackerel and other smaller fish, and jelly is generally a term used by cookiecutter trolls out of the encyclopedia dramatica oven in the meme phrase "U jelly"
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I got this signature from a friend named Solly.
sioopdsjsa at people trying to prove to Alph- Jellyfish that he's a troll.
I got this signature from a friend named Solly.
It's not paranoia. I can see your past posts on Cosmo too. Where days ago you said you didn't like me. So. I still don't see why it's laughable for me to try to resolve our differences.
You are the one whose life is so small that they feel the need to gossip like a school girl behind the backs of posters on a forum they profess not to care about.
Now I know who you really are, I won't waste your time with PMs or any other sort of message again.
wtf justin? trollyfish is saying exactly that even though: a) apparently solly didn't give him and b) solly's probably not his friend. he's feigning to be stupid, naive (when i saw his intro thread w/ his sig and stuff i thought he was 12 - but then he started arguing and being a smartass) but he's clearly here for a purpose and that purpose is to stir shit. and look at that, he did.
one day i will learn to express my actual thoughts coherently and then i will be able to convince people of my opinions :/
I got this signature from a friend named Solly.
he hasn't trolled really, he's just been a little sarcastic and you all have fallen for a troll that isn't there xD
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184.108.40.206 Scope
6.16 Requirement statement ignores possibility of needing this core element to differentiate compilations. Is that a problem? - Glennan 11/10/08
22.214.171.124 Sources of information
184.108.40.206 Recording medium of performance
No order provided within categories. This guidance is needed. (Score order? Alphabetical??) My personal preference would be for score order -- but that's been quite a sticking point in the past (due to the problems of defining this term), so I could live with alphabetical. - Glennan 11/10/08
No mention of ensembles here. Can they be incorporated into this hierarchy? If not, include reference out to later instruction (220.127.116.11) - Glennan 11/10/08
I think these are poor examples. Based on the above instructions, wouldn't "piano" also be recorded? Should a reference be made from here (or near here) to the exceptional treatment for songs, Lieder, etc. at 22.214.171.124? - Glennan 11/10/08
18.104.22.168 Instrumental music intended for one performer to a part
22.214.171.124 Standard combinations of instruments
ALA has regularly recommended adding the following clause to the end of this instruction: "when the preferred title includes trio, quartet or quintet (or the plural)" I'm a bit alarmed that we have to keep making this recommendation, since it's really a very important concept to retain. - Glennan 11/10/08
Obvious to the experienced, but not clear in the instruction: does "record the name of the standard combination as given in the left column above" include the parenthetical? Since I'm assuming "no", how should this be rephrased? - Glennan 11/10/08
220.127.116.11 Individual instruments
126.96.36.199.1 "... whenever possible"? I recommend changing this 1st sentence to "When recording an individual instrument, use a term preferred by the agency creating the data." -Glennan 11/10/08
Use a real example. The P.D.Q. Bach work is for viola 4 hands, not viola 3 hands. [LCCN 73298310] - Glennan 11/10/08
Because I provided real examples to the "May Group", I have the LCCNs for the real examples. How can we convey these to the Examples Working Group?
marimba, 4 hands [LCCN 87770460] organ, 6 hands [LCCN 2002317543]
- Glennan 11/10/08
Note omission of the AACR2 instruction to omit "alto" "tenor" & "bass". ALA recommended retaining this the last time we discussed Chapter 6, but the rest of the "May Group" did not agree. Should we put this forward again? If these terms are recorded in an access point (OK, I know that comes up later in Chapter 6, but I think those terms are built from these instructions), this will reflect a change in practice from AACR2. - Glennan 11/10/08
In ALA's previous Chapter 6 comments, we suggested adding the following to the end of this instruction: "..., or its cognate in the language preferred by the agency creating the data." Is this worth proposing again in the interest of internationalization, or should we just skip it? The instruction would certainly work as it stands for American libraries. - Glennan 11/5/08
126.96.36.199 Groups of instruments
126.96.36.199.3 "Large ensembles" is not the correct terminology to refer to the following instruction. Change to "orchestra, string orchestra, or band" - Glennan 11/10/08
184.108.40.206 Instrumental music for large ensembles
Note: Title of instruction varies from table of contents (6.16.0) "Instrumental music for orchestra, string orchestra, or band" The table of contents is correct. Change this title. - Glennan 11/10/08
I'm not sure the exception here is in the right place. 22.214.171.124 is not addressing particular instrumental or vocal ensembles. Perhaps part of this (instrumental ensembles) belongs in 126.96.36.199, while the vocal ensemble piece belongs in 126.96.36.199? - Glennan 11/10/08
18.104.22.168 One or more solo instruments and accompanying ensemble
Decide on terminology: "the name of the accompanying ensemble" (188.8.131.52.1) or "the term for the accompanying ensemble" (188.8.131.52.2) - Glennan 11/10/08
Two instructions in previous version now collapsed into one. That's why the "clarinets (2)" example appears here with no obvious justification. Should these be broken out for clarity? If not, move this particular example under 18.104.22.168.3, with no other change needed. - Glennan 11/10/08
18.104.22.168 Solo voices
22.214.171.124.1 Reads like a closed list, but these don't exist in RDA anymore. What impact will an open list have on consistency in access point construction? (Again, I know those instructions come later in this chapter, but I believe they draw on these instructions for terminology.) - Glennan 11/10/08
184.108.40.206 Choruses
18.104.22.168 Choruses
Should anything be added here about giving numbers for multiple choruses (see example in 18.104.22.168)? - Glennan 11/10/08
188.8.131.52 Accompaniment for songs, Lieder, etc.
Label as exception to 184.108.40.206. - Glennan 11/10/08
Should the final sentence here "If such a work is not accompanied, record unaccompanied." be a separate instruction for clarity? - Glennan 11/10/08


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^^how much IDY did you end up using? (i'm trying to get a feeling for ADY/IDY conversions.) thanks!
I went with roughly 2/3 as much (I don't remember where I heard it, but I'd heard that that is a good ratio of IDY/ADY), and the 2.1% became about 1.7%.
Wow that's great for a rolling pin. Did you fold and roll hard? or did you superimpose 3 thin sheets and roll them together? Also how was the taste of the crust? Did you use Old English or some other malt liquor?
With an actual specific gravity, it might be easier to target a particular concentration.
Some tips with the rolling pin is to either back off on the flour strength (use lower protein flour, like Mondako, etc.) or raise the hydration if using a high gluten flour. All Trumps can be downright impossible to roll at about 43% hydration.
The initial rollout wasn't bad at all, although by the time I got it think enough to fold, it had... I guess it had dried out enough that after I folded it, the distinct layers persisted for a long time. I wonder if the cut-n-stack technique you mentioned would work better than that...


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Sidelined since June 17, Cardinals right-hander Michael Wacha will return to a Major League mound on Thursday night at Miller Park for the first time since going down with a right shoulder stress reaction. He will pitch opposite Brewers righty Wily Peralta in the opener of a four-game series between the National League Central's top two clubs.
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Roenicke was unsure if the right fielder would be with the team Thursday for the series opener.
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Dark UX: The Elements of The Video Gambling Experience
Most of us have played games like poker and blackjack with friends. Up to a point, these games can be great fun. Unlike other forms of play, however, gambling taps into a side of the human mind that encourages damaging behavior, often to the point that many people have stories about friends or relatives who have lost everything to gambling.
Video gambling describes slot machines and the other electronic machines found in most casinos. Vastly profitable— generating up to 70% of casino revenues in the U.S.—these machines are also examples of experiences designed to manipulate user behavior.
The way gambling companies justify their revenue source is intriguing: they promote it as social and fun while also claiming to help people with gambling problems. Behind the scenes, however, they engage in all kinds of "optimizations" that encourage gamblers to spend and play more without stopping or burning out.
How do I know this? I have something to confess.
Early in my career I was one of those "dark side" UX designers at a video gambling company. I'm not proud of it, but I learned a lot about the psychological techniques they use. People often say that gambling companies are the masters of the dark side of UX and gamification, but not many of us know the details. I do, and I'm going to share them with you in this article, which supports a presentation of the same name that I've given on the topic.
From Seduction to Deception
As with many relationships, gambling starts with a seduction phase. The experience of walking into a casino is carefully crafted to deliver the promise of fun, pleasure, and riches using a heady combination of lights, music, and fantasy. It's no accident that the gambling machines are branded with themes from popular culture: they are designed to make you feel comfortable, appeal to you sexually, or provide aspirations to a new, higher social status. You may find it hard to believe but this stuff really works.
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Video gambling machines are designed to be easy to walk-up to and play. The learning curve is minimal. Once they've got you playing then a number of "dark patterns"—user interfaces designed to trick—are applied.
A disparity between perceived and real odds
The user interfaces on many machines hark to the old days with a physical lever that you pull and dials that spin around, alluding to the idea of natural randomness: like rolling dice or picking a card from a shuffled deck. In fact, the machine runs on software that tells the dials exactly how to spin and where to stop.
Although random number generators are used, the bounds of the randomness are predetermined, and the payout rate is set in favor of the house by about 10%. What's fascinating is that many casinos make this fact public on large signs (e.g. "The payout rate on these machines is 90%! Play now!"). Gamblers continue to play, in an attempt to beat or "game" a system that has been specifically designed from the ground-up to game them.
The gambler's reasoning is that although the house takes 90% of the money put in, this figure is an average across the entire population of players and, as an individual, they still stand to win a large amount. Of course, all gambling odds are stacked in favor of the house. What's fascinating about video gambling is the extent to which this is engineered. For example, slot machines are often networked, not just within single casinos but across multiple casinos, allowing payouts to be adjusted between games to meet profit margins.
High bet buttons are prominent, low bet buttons are hidden
All UX designers know that it's important to show a clear and prominent call-to-action to convert your business needs. This is why the "create account" button on a website tends to be big, and the "delete account" button tends to be a small text link tucked away deep in the settings page.
The exact same principle is used in video gambling machines. The big prominent buttons are always the ones that encourage you to spend more and continue gambling. The buttons that allow more sensible behavior tend to be just a little smaller or harder to find. When averaged over millions of players, these small design tweaks have a big impact.
The game's rules are so clear that you do not need to worry about learning curves. The thrill is there and the jackpot is poised to make you rich—why shouldn't you play longer? Deception goes along with dark patterns, unnoticed and exploiting psychological resorts of your mind.
Here are some examples.
- Interface is designed deliberately so you spend longer looking for the low bet button (when it exists) or the cash out button. Conversely, betting buttons and their placement make very easy to keep playing or gamble it all.
- You end up not noticing how many times you've lost because you "win" a few small or medium prizes as you play, but you've still lost more money than what you've won back.
- "Near misses"—one of the better-known tricks that makes you feel like you've just missed out on a win. This excitement causes your brain to release dopamine, creating a natural high. This is similar to the concept of "perceived scarcity"—also used in marketing to convince consumers that an offer is limited and they must buy it as soon as possible.
- Changing the currency from Dollars to credits hides from you the real money you're spending. By giving you control with the bet and the value of the credit, you lose your perception of money. Now it is just time in the machine: more credits equals longer play. Another careful ploy used is when a prize is won the sound of clinking coins is played to make you feel like you've won real money, not just credits.
The Grey Zone Is Not Flow
What started with seduction and a promise of riches has slowly become a relationship based on deception. A gambler's state of mind is far from Csikszentmihalyi's flow, in which an activity produces an experience so gratifying that people are willing to perform it for its own sake. When gambler's play video gambling machines, they want to get in what they call "the zone" because they can forget the rest of the world. This is different from the flow, as they do not experience clarity and do not need a motivation to achieve any goal. It's pure escapism.
Natasha Schull explains "the zone" in her recently published book Addiction By Design. She interviews true gamblers to explain their experiences losing their sense of time in front of the machine: minutes turn into hours, hours into days. The "Auto" button which allows not pressing any buttons at all to keep playing is perfect for this purpose—pushing the user into gambling in a more automatized way.
When gamblers are in the zone they become a money making machine. But these companies and casinos don't just stop with the machines. In the early '00s the Harrah's casino in Las Vegas hired a young PhD in economics named Gary Loveman who applied data mining to the gambling information system and created a loyalty program with massive success. Analyzing the data in real-time allowed seeing which users could play longer and what game and casino floor design changes were more profitable. Other companies copied the method and user research converted gamblers into figures that could be improved by handing out rewards.
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Last year, information architecture and UX guru Louis Rosenfeld asserted in a tweet that "User experience is a strain of 21st century humanism." Think about what UX involves as a discipline: knowing the user needs, coordinating with engineering, and understanding the market. You may not find any other profession with as many inputs from different people and different areas. But an ethical dimension should be fundamental.
The elements of the video gambling experience are like the elements of any other webpage or software: they are designed to match the user needs and they align with the products' strategy. The problem with video gambling is that user needs are swallowed up by a compulsion to continue using the product, a compulsion that the product is designed to deepen and exploit. These elements are continually enhanced with iterated quantitative research to further optimize the experience, sucking the gamblers further in.
Aligning business needs with user needs can be a delicate balance, but video gambling raises the question of whether or not honesty and integrity should always be the overriding principle in any design choice. In my opinion, optimizing a form or payment system is one thing, but tricking a user into spending more money is another. What do you think?
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What is the purpose of UX? To keep the user engaged. Why does the developer seek maximum user engagement? To monetize their application. Whether it's buying things we don't need with encouragement from Amazon or doubling down on a pair of jacks, UX aims to optimize the monetize. When designed to appeal to our self-damaging impulses there is no "dark" or "light" option for determining the ethics of UX design. Gambling is not the issue here: The issue is user manipulation. And when (as with Amazon and many others) the user's transactional history is analyzed for the purpose of presenting them with buying opportunities to which they are most vulnerable, there's no solace in claiming the ethical high ground over gambling. You're down there in the muck with the offshore charlatans by buying into the most cynical determinant of success: Never give a sucker an even break.
I do not like the slot machine gambling, but if I did, the dark UI you describe would be exactly what I wanted. Why should I prefer smaller bets? That would make me feel not a James Bond type playing in a true Casino but a poor miserable guy never free from the necessity to count every hard earned cent. Without near misses, why not just roll dice at home? Do not worry Marc, you did nothing wrong. Profits are naturally higher when you service customers better.
You didn't mention the target group that the gambling and games industry prefer the most: the careful players who consistently play a few hundred per week and who bring in the constant revenue. They don't want the addicted players who, in addition to giving the industry a bad name, are a minority and bring in very sporadic revenue.
The gambling industry must follow fairly strict rules, but the software games industry doesn't. Even though they do the same thing: get players hooked into consistent use. I think the current games and entertainment software industry is worse than gambling; they're allowed to target children.
I would argue that UX practitioners are hired to create deception for the sake of profit on a wide range of industries, not just gambling. I think every project we work on should be inspected through the lens of morality and ethics because we are often the only representative of the customer/user/public while it is being made.
A very interesting and controversial topic, thanks.
Someone much more talented than me once said, "There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so."
Perhaps it's easier on the conscience to believe this to be so - that we're all capable of making our own life choices, and if we want to indulge, then that's our look-out. And hey, we all have a living to make and if you don't optimise the interface, there's plenty of other people who will. Right?
The reality is much murkier of course.
What I would say is that if you've earned your UX spurs by employing dark patterns to 'encourage' people to add that insurance to their flight, or hinder them leaving a service, or indulge in behaviour which is personally destructive - then why not use your UX skills to perform good in the world?!
And there's huge scope for UX (and 'Design' as a whole of course) to deploy Design Thinking to solve many many social and environmental problems.
If you want to know more (and if I know UX people, then I think you will!) then check out Wicked Problems by Jon Kolko: https://www.wickedproblems.com/.
Get involved in design problems WORTH solving! :)
I think it is a matter of choice as designers, like Philip says. We do not relate to people directly but through visuals and technology. And it is through the products we involve in our jobs that we support business goals,...This can be fair. It is how society works. But, what if the business has more information about the user and use it to take advantage of his helpless situation? The exchange between the company and the user becomes totally asymetrical. UX becomes a refinated way to kidnap somebody. But this also exists in "check out" processes in some e-commerces (shopaholics are not different from ludopaths),...Technology amplifies. Users dive into a sea of other people's intentionalities and requests.
No matter what you do for a living you have to ask yourself whether this creates a benefit for others or not.
In respect to your article, UX designers who apply their knowledge to gambling are not much different from ad agencies who create advertising to entice people to buy a product / service. At the end of the day both sell a dream.
When you buy Coke / Levi's / Apple, you don't just buy a product, you buy into a life style that has been crafted for the brand.
When gambling you're buying into the dream that you might become rich. Using dark patterns to lure more people into that dream is just like marketing.
The main difference is that in the product / service world, you at least get something in return for your money.
In gambling, the casino just takes the money and promises you that might make more back than you invest. But that's a dream ...
Ultimately it's up to the individual whether he chooses to indulge in that dream or not. And as UX designers it's our choice whether we want to support an industry like gambling in the same way we choose to work for financial services, tobacco, alcohol, weapons manufacturers or online retailers.
It's all about choice.
As in many other jobs, you can use your skills to make a better world/web or to your own profit.
But I want to be optimistic ; one does not become UX designer in order to manipulate people but to bring them better and richer experiences.
Hi Marc,
thank you very much for this article. I am glad somebody is starting to talk about the dark side of our work.
I strongly believe that we must raise ethical questions about our practice.
When I talk with other people about it, the main argument against my concerns is that people are not robots and even a well designed interface/experience cannot force users to do what they don't want to. Obviously people are not robot ,of course, but we must take into account that each user is different and this is a sensible area and a disease (the ludomania) is involved.
I think that we have responsibility for that since our work is to make the experience seamless, attractive, enjoyable and effortless.
I am curious what other colleagues think about it...


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