This paper presents a framework for analysis of how IT systems add business value by causally affecting the structuring of organizations. To aid our understanding of IT benefits related to organizational structure, we put the well established theory of organizational behavior developed by Mintzberg to use. Combining Mintzberg with more recent research on the business value of IT, the result is ...

The American Chemistry Council (ACC) 1 is pleased to provide the following comments on the EC’s Public Consultation on “Defining criteria for identifying Endocrine Disruptors in the context of the implementation of the Plant Protection Product Regulation and Biocidal Products Regulation” (the “Consultation”). While the Consultation addresses defining the criteria for identifying endocrine disru...

The area of Optical Music Recognition (OMR) has long been plagued by an inability to provide a definitive method for locating and identifying musical objects superimposed on musical stave lines. The first step in the process of recognising musical symbols in OMR has previously been to either remove the stave lines, or ignore them. Removing stave lines leads to many problems of fragmented and de...

based on their own specific social requirements, all societies have made use of music on numerous and various occasions. music has played a role in a wide range of social activities, including at prestigious events such as governmental receptions, court ceremonies and martial music, as well as during national and religious celebrations. the aim of this article is to examine martial musical inst...

abstract       this study shows that how each composer creates a colorful choral folksong picture, gives an individual  interpretation and new life to a folk melody, and also makes an independent musical work. the present article studies the choral arrangement of the iranian folk songs as a creative musical genre of the modern iranian music. the importance of this genre involves in several chal...

concerns regarding the trans-pacific partnership (tpp) have raised awareness about the negative public health impacts of trade and investment agreements. in the past decade, we have learned much about the implications of trade agreements for public health: reduced equity in access to health services; increased flows of unhealthy commodities; limits on access to medicines; and constrained policy...

Identifying the issues and challenges faced by different parties, departments, agencies throughout process can help find solutions to solve these challenges. Then, achieving article's goal of sustaining Gambus Johor musical instruments music for future generations. The purpose this article is list out discuss instrument radio stations, television government especially Ministry Tourism, Arts, Cu...

The current article, the most recent in this collection, was selected because it is the first to explicitly analyze NIME community. The authors base their analysis on the theoretical frameworks of ‘situated learning’ (SL) and ‘communities of practice’ (CoP), which have long enjoyed broad influence in fields related to the sociology of learning, knowledge, and innovation. It may be helpful to re...