We explore the potential for and implications of musical (or proto-musical) social interaction and collaboration using currently available technologies embedded into mobile phones. The dynamics of this particular brand of social intercourse and the emergence of an associated aesthetic is described. The clichéd concept of a global village is made a vibrant reality by introducing instruments with...

The Internet revolution has made long-distance communication dramatically faster, easier, and cheaper than ever before. This, it has been argued, has decreased the importance of geographic proximity in social interactions, transforming our world into a “global village” with a "borderless society". We argue for the opposite: while technology has undoubtedly increased the overall level of communi...

Purpose – This paper seeks to examine whether cultural context facilitates the emergence of different leadership styles. The key objective of the paper is to consider whether leadership styles are culturally-linked and/or culturally-biased. Design/methodology/approach – A multifactor leadership questionnaire was utilised to measure differences in leadership styles and to offer explanations as t...

Nowadays, the globalisation complex and confused scenarios show that the industrialism cycle has arrived to an impasse; sustainable and long-lasting progress requests strong changeovers. The technology challenge needs solving the overpollution and over-consumption figures of the current industrialism: to that purpose the world ought to radically modify the political set-up moving to global vill...

Zooarchaeologists have long recognized that the use of different sizes of screen in excavation can result in varying degrees of bias in faunal samples. This paper presents a graphical, mathematical representation of the ways in which screen size choice can affect measures of taxonomic relative abundance. Data from the site of Mogollon Village in southwestern New Mexico show that the rank order ...

The above core services will provide the basis of an electronic business system that will be available throughout Australia. As the system is developed, further services will be provided to ensure that Transigo remains current with the latest drvelopments in technology and business practice. A limited version of the scheme is alrcady in operation, and a public launch has been scheduled for earl...

Development of village chicken production can be a sustainable way of helping to meet the welfare needs of rural populations and raise their living standards. There is a dearth of information on research conducted to characterize, understand and develop the village chicken production systems in Zimbabwe. This review focuses on constraints, opportunities and research needs for the improvement of...

BACKGROUND This study evaluates the extent of village doctors' knowledge of lead poisoning in children in rural China and assesses the characteristics associated with possessing accurate knowledge. METHODS A cross-sectional, questionnaire-based survey of 297 village doctors in Fenghuang County, Hunan Province, China was conducted. All village doctors were interviewed face-to-face using a "Wha...

Geographic region % (no. positive/no. tested) IgG IgM Total 10.4 (27/260) 4.6 (12/260) Chikan district 2.7 (3/113) 1.0 (1/113 Mazhang district 16.3 (24/147) 7.5 (11/147) Huangwai village 13.3 (2/15) 0 (0/15) Houyang village 71.4 (5/7) 28.6 (2/7) Nanpan village 23.8 (5/21) 9.5 (2/21) Chiling village 8.3 (1/12) 0 (0/12) Beigou village 16.7 (1/6) 16.7 (1/6) Chaofa village 9.5 (6/63) 7.9 (5/63) Pig...

In the global village ecosystem, enterprises need collaborating using Information Technology (IT) and other tools to succeed in this dynamic and heterogeneous business environment. The Global Village Services Reference Model (GVSRM) is a reference model based on SOSA (Service Oriented Strategies and Architectures) ontology for global village services Realization. In this model, three architectu...