It is likely that most people can communicate mathematics to a computer more effectively (rapidly and accurately) by speaking than they can by using a stylus on a computer tablet. This may seem surprising, but is our speculation based on trying various alternative input methods. An even better setup may be to speak and simultaneously use pointing or handwriting. Unfortunately, building a proper...

Collaboration-intensive Agile practices are dependent on the development team understanding the customer’s perspective and requirements. Through a Grounded Theory study of Agile teams in New Zealand and India, we discovered that a gap between the teams’ technical language and the customers’ business language poses a threat to effective team-customer collaboration. We describe this language gap ...

Pericentromeres are essential structural components of the chromosome that function to ensure proper sister chromatid segregation during cell division. These chromosomal domains are composed of major satellite DNA repeats whose constitutively heterochromatic structure facilitates kinetochore formation (1). Characteristically demarcated by the silencing histone mark trimethyl-histone-3lysine-9, ...