We describe a new music keyboard with independent, continuous position sensing capable of communicating gestural nuance available on manual tracker organs, harpsichords and pianos. We explain how the additional functionality can be obtained at a lower cost than existing keyboard controllers and demonstrate a prototype to illustrate this analysis. Our new keyboard uses optical interruption sensi...

This paper uses Transaction Byte Analysis (TBA) to ground sociology in system science. No relationship or organisation can exist without some sort of communication that can be measured in bytes. The transmission or storage of bytes involves physical changes in materials or in energy states subject to scientific laws. Information overload and bounded rationality can be explained by the physiolog...

In the era of Internet-of-everything, learning principles data communications and networking is inevitable for many electrical engineering disciplines. The paper addresses effectiveness teaching fundamentals using a dedicated lab course as co-requisite to classic lecture-based course. introduced course, students are asked do variety tasks real hardware network simulator. introduces quantitative...

The purpose of this paper is to examine whether a variety factors encountered by college students influence choice accounting versus other majors for undergraduate business students. We that include introduction financial accounting, opinions family members and friends the family, mentoring high school teachers on career choice, information obtained from people recruiters. In addition, there so...

The preparation of O-methylimidates from alpha-aminonitriles and their subsequent co-cyclization with primary amines to afford 4-substituted 5-aminoimidazoles was studied. It was found that the mildly acidic pyridinium p-toluenesulfonate efficiently catalyzed each stage of the reaction sequence: (a) the formation of the O-methylimidates, (b) their co-cyclization with a variety of primary amines...

Successful cardiac surgery requires highly skilled individuals to interact effectively in a variety of complex situations. Although cardiac surgery requires individuals to have the requisite medical knowledge and skills, interpersonal competencies are vital to any successful cardiac surgery. Surgeons, anesthesiologists, perfusionists, nurses and residents must communicate effectively in order t...

For organisations to survive and flourish in a changing environment, their business processes need to be flexible. Ashby’s law of requisite variety applied to business processes postulates that a robust process needs to exhibit as much as variety in its responses as there are stimuli in its environment. An essential aspect of the design of a business process is to know to what stimuli it needs ...