according to the changing business, nowadays teams are cornerstones of successful organizations, in addition, with the developments and technological innovations in communication and information, virtual teams are playing more critical role in today's business. on this basis, determining factors which affect virtual team's performance are important to both scholars and practitioners. ...

A concept of complex objects, being artifacts that have one real physical part and several virtual parts representing certain aspects of the object, is introduced. These parts are coupled by bi-directional double links of control and view, enabling a synchronous update of all part, if one of them is changed by user action or internal events. With a construction kit, being a set of compatible co...

In this paper, we propose to build an Aadhaar-Based Unified Payment Solution. The key idea is that a virtual wallet will be linked to the Aadhaar card number of the customer. After that, any identification unique to the person and linked with the Aadhaar card, be it something the person knows like secret Internet-banking password, be it something s/he carries like debit card/ credit card, somet...

although there are many potential benefits associated with the use of virtual product development teams, exploiting these benefits requires an appropriate management. managing virtual product development team is a critical issue as many of these teams fail to accomplish their goals. review of previous literature shows that body of knowledge in managing virtual product development teams is fragm...

PURPOSE The increase in tablet usage allows people to perform computer work in non-traditional office environments. The aim of this study was to assess the effects of changes in tablet keyboard design on postures of the upper extremities and neck, discomfort, and usability under different usage positions during prolonged touch-typing. METHODS Eighteen healthy participants familiar with touch-...

In Voice Trunking over ATM (VTOA) technology, the tandem is replaced by three components: Trunk Inter-Working Function (TIWF), Control and Signaling Inter-Working Function (CS-IWF), and ATM Network. This new architecture calls for re-examination of the signaling channel delay issues, which are well-studied and well-specified for TDM networks. In VTOA, the ATM network together with the inter-wor...

The serotonin (5-HT) and neuropeptide S (NPS) systems are discussed as important genetic modulators of fear and sustained anxiety contributing to the etiology of anxiety disorders. Sustained anxiety is a crucial characteristic of most anxiety disorders which likely develops through contextual fear conditioning. This study investigated if and how genetic alterations of the 5-HT and the NPS syste...