While synchronized movement has been shown to increase liking and feelings of togetherness between people, we investigated whether collective speaking in time would change the way that larger groups played a video game together. Anthropologists have speculated that the function of interpersonal coordination in dance, chants, and singing is not just to produce warm, affiliative feelings, but als...

the principles and practice of sustainability have gained momentum in the last 15 years and now form a central part of conversations around social praxis and the future. it has been proposed that the theories driving sustainability science are embedded in indigenous history, and it has been shown that many ancient traditions always concerned themselves with sustainable and ethical living. among...

In recent years the connections between the cognitive centers of neuroscience and the devas, the Vedic gods, of mythology have become clear. This makes it possible for us to revisit early texts and understand them in a new light. Not only are we able to find new meaning in the language of myth, but we can also obtain a deeper understanding of music. Music’s influence on the mind is well known. ...

In India perfumes and scented articles were in use from pre Vedic and Vedic periods for religious practices, social customs, and domestic rituals and later gradually became part and parcel of human life. Perfumes were also used in cosmetics and beauty aids. Medicinal values of many perfumes were well known to ancient Indians and were used in both rituals and to treat diseases. Medicated fumigat...

A rapid and proficient in power requirement multiplier is always vital in electronics industry like DSP, image processing and ALU in microprocessors. Multiplier is such an imperative block w ith respect to power consumption and area occupied in the system. In order to meet the demand for high speed, various parallel array multiplication algorithms have been proposed by a number of authors. The ...