Nowadays, globalisation is driving us to a process of transformation in economic performance, in shaping institutions and in the definition of economic policy. Globalisation is associated to positive aspects but also to mayor risks. Technology development, markets integration and international trade bring along with and increasing flow of commerce in terms of goods and services, capitals, techn...

The effect of water on the stability and vibrational states of a hydroxy-isoprene adduct is probed through the introduction of 1-15 water molecules. It is found that when a static nuclear harmonic approximation is invoked there is a substantial red-shift of the alcohol O-H stretch (of the order of 800 cm(-1)) as a result of introduction of water. When potential energy surface sampling and assoc...

A Relationship Marketing (RM) model has been developed through the analysis of web-enhanced RM focused promotional strategies of five grown sporting cases. Based on the encouragement and consequent approval of Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB), the potential implementation of the model on BCB has been justified to enable their sustainable growth. A focus group study has been undertaken to justify ...

The *congruence class of a least square solution for the following matrix equations AX = B, AXA = D, AXB = D and (AX XB) = (E F) is presented. Also, we derive necessary and sufficient conditions for the existence of a least square solution and present a general form of such solutions using the Singular Value Decomposition (SVD) and Generalized Singular Value Decomposition (GSVD). Crown Copyrigh...

Low-income older adults are at risk of poor health outcomes due to rising healthcare costs. When designed to reflect their needs, technologies can provide a cost-effective solution to this problem. We investigated the issues and strategies low-income people encounter in managing their health by conducting interviews and focus groups with fifty older adults. The qualitative analysis revealed eig...

The increasingly social nature of gaming suggests the importance of understanding its associated experiences and potential outcomes. This study examined the influence of social processes in gameplay and different gaming contexts on the experience of individual and group flow when engaged in the activity. It also examined the affective experiences associated with different types of social gaming...

Ionization dynamics of acetone and its dimer in supersonic jets is investigated by a combination of experimental and theoretical techniques, both of which have recently been developed. In experiments, the neutral and the cationic structures are explored by infrared predissociation spectroscopy with the vacuum-ultraviolet photoionization detection schemes. Reaction paths following the one-photon...

The paper discusses how a human-robot team can remain “cohesive” while performing under stress. By cohesive the paper understands the ability of the team to operate effectively, with individual members being interdependent-yet-autonomous in carrying out tasks. For a human-robot team, we argue that this requires robots to (1) have an adequate sense of that interdependency in terms of the social ...