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<font color="#333333">Dear </font><font color="#555555" face="Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif">AIS member,</font><div class="im" style="color:rgb(51,51,51)"><br>
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We are happy to announce the new publication of The Journal of Virtual Worlds Research:<br>
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<strong><span style="color:#000;font-size:24px;font-style:normal;font-weight:bold;letter-spacing:2px;line-height:100%">Volume 6, Number 1: The Metaverse Assembled (2013)</span></strong><br>
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The editorial team:</div></div><div class="im" style="color:rgb(51,51,51)">
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<span><strong>Leonel Morgado,</strong> INESC TEC (formerly INESC Porto), UTAD – University of Trás-os-Montes Alto Douro, Portugal</span></li>
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<span><strong>Nelson Zagalo,</strong> University of Minho, Portugal</span></li>
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<span>In this issue you will find selected papers from SLaction 2012 as well as other papers from 2012. These six papers present the diversity of topics and research methods in our field. JVWR will continue to encourage this diverse approach as we explore and expand our field.</span><br>
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<span><span style="color:#666;font-size:18px;font-style:normal;font-weight:lighter;letter-spacing:1px;line-height:100%">Managing Editor Corner</span></span>
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<span><a href="http://jvwresearch.us2.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=de4fa2a435382cb1fa67cb708&id=71b3e82c34&e=1410976b30" style="color:#333;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:underline;font-style:normal;text-transform:underline" target="_blank">Welcome to the First Issue of 2013</a><br>
Yesha Y. Sivan </span></li>
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<span><span style="color:#666;font-size:18px;font-style:normal;font-weight:lighter;letter-spacing:1px;line-height:100%">Research Papers</span></span><br>
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<span><a href="http://jvwresearch.us2.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=de4fa2a435382cb1fa67cb708&id=6a6297a004&e=1410976b30" style="color:#333;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:underline;font-style:normal;text-transform:underline" target="_blank">Language Learning in Virtual Worlds: The Role of Foreign Language and Technical Anxiety</a><br>
Sarah E. Pasfield-Neofitou </span></li>
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<span><a href="http://jvwresearch.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=de4fa2a435382cb1fa67cb708&id=e0a63da09c&e=1410976b30" style="color:#333;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:underline;font-style:normal;text-transform:underline" target="_blank">vManagement: Initial Exploration of Management Practice</a><br>
Susan Wurtz, Dale Cyphert, Leslie K. Duclos </span></li>
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<span><a href="http://jvwresearch.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=de4fa2a435382cb1fa67cb708&id=3a705864e2&e=1410976b30" style="color:#333;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:underline;font-style:normal;text-transform:underline" target="_blank">Virtual Worlds as a Tool to Facilitate Weight Management for Young People</a><br>
Michael James Taylor, Dave Taylor, Myutan Kulendran, Paul Gately, Ara Darzi </span></li>
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<span><a href="http://jvwresearch.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=de4fa2a435382cb1fa67cb708&id=82029d2cf1&e=1410976b30" style="color:#333;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:underline;font-style:normal;text-transform:underline" target="_blank">Do As We Do, Not As You Think: The Effect of Group Influence on Individual Choices in a Virtual Environment</a><br>
Phil Kraemer </span></li>
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<span><a href="http://jvwresearch.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=de4fa2a435382cb1fa67cb708&id=fb039f4ddd&e=1410976b30" style="color:#333;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:underline;font-style:normal;text-transform:underline" target="_blank">Architecting Scalable Academic Virtual World Grids: A Case Utilizing OpenSimulator</a><br>
Charles J. Lesko, Yolanda A. Hollingsworth </span></li>
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<span><a href="http://jvwresearch.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=de4fa2a435382cb1fa67cb708&id=45f4e7f105&e=1410976b30" style="color:#333;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:underline;font-style:normal;text-transform:underline" target="_blank">Virtual Archaeology in Second Life and OpenSimulator</a><br>
Luís Miguel Sequeira, Leonel Caseiro Morgado</span></li>
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<span>We are also happy to let you know of the following:</span><br>
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<span>Check the summary of our ICIS 2012 Orlando workshop on <a href="http://jvwresearch.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=de4fa2a435382cb1fa67cb708&id=c58be10b4b&e=1410976b30" style="color:#333;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:underline;font-style:normal;text-transform:underline" target="_blank">Augmented Reality</a>.</span></li>
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<span>If you are interested in publishing a literature review on a particular area of Virtual Worlds, see our special Lantern issue, due to be published beginning of 2014.<br>
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Enjoy your read.<br>
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Thankfully,</span><br>
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<span><strong>Tzafnat Shpak</strong></span></div>
<span>Coordinating Editor</span><br>
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<span><strong>Prof. Yesha Y. Sivan</strong></span></div>
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