Recent research has shown that the difficulty of convincing top management of the potential strategic impact of information systems impedes information systems planning. Interviews with 20 top information systems executives revealed reasons for this difficulty and techniques that they use in attempting to overcome it. The results suggest the importance of information systems executives’ skills ...

In this paper, we describe the human ear creation in a system for 3-D photorealistic face modeling from frontal and profile images taken by an uncalibrated handheld digital camera. The ear part is segmented in profile facial image with a boundary detection algorithm, and then mapped to the created face model. Our ear modeling procedure has several advantages. (1) A highly automatic detection al...

How do individuals change their minds as a result of argumentation? It is generally assumed the speech act argumentation can trigger mind in other party—the perlocutionary convincing. This means that discussant changes her commitment relative to proposition under scrutiny when party presents some way convincing or persuasive. I challenge this received view by showing cannot scholars commonly as...

The second part of the review on casomorphins is devoted to role these biologically active peptides — products phosphoprotein hydrolysis. Convincing data eff ect immune system, anti-oncogenic effect, motility and tone smooth muscle fibers, ability control other aspects gastrointestinal tract activity—the transport function intestinal epithelium, water absorption, etc. effect β-casomorphins endo...

Abstract Dutch Golden Age painters could convincingly depict all sorts of materials. How did they do it and how we perceive them as such, are questions that only recently have started to be addressed by art historians vision scientists, respectively. This paper aims discuss a booklet pictorial recipes written the painter Willem Beurs in 1692 constitutes an index key image features for material ...

Writing a research proposal for funding is crucial skill researchers seeking to secure financial support their projects. A well-drafted can convince agencies about scientific, commercial and social impact of the project also researcher's competence skill. However, crafting persuasive always challenging, many struggle with where start how structure proposal. This manuscript aims provide comprehe...

In August 1969, the music documentary series Workshop (1964–78) focused on electronic in a 55-minute-long film titled ‘The Same Trade as Mozart’. Produced and directed by David Buckton, included interviews with composers Karlheinz Stockhausen, Tristram Cary Justin Connolly; BBC Radiophonic staff Desmond Briscoe, Cain John Baker, Workshop’s founder, Daphne Oram; Peter Zinovieff, director of EMS ...