We respond to commentaries on our 2020 article ‘Automation, algorithms, and beyond: Why work design matters more than ever in a digital world’ report research the topic since that publication. A top-down perspective technologies appears even important yet still neglected, as suggested by recent studies. The opportunities challenges of new have been addressed somewhat successfully through bottom...

The development of a "global village" strongly demands the ability of intercultural sensitivity between people for survival in the 21st century. Due to current lack of study on the subject, this paper aims to: (1) provide a conceptualization of intercultural sensitivity; (2) specify the role intercultural sensitivity plays in intercultural training programs; (3) delineate the components of inte...

In fact students have already received almost totally grammatical rules during their several years study, but they often lack of the ability to actually use English and to understand the use in normal intercultural communication. Misunderstandings caused by cultural differences have involved them frequently in intercultural miscommunication. The purpose of this paper is to present the concept o...

Many of today’s chips demand more embedded memory than ever before. SoCs and FPGAs are also moving from logic-dominant to memory-dominant chips. The addition of memory, while it creates a more powerful chip, increases die size and results in poor yield. As the percentage of embedded memory continues to increase, so does the chip’s complexity, density, speed and of course, the probability of fai...