Despite the popularity of virtual teams (VTs), little is known about the decision-making process of VTs collaborating over emergent technologies, such as 3D virtual environments (VEs) with avatars and web-conferencing tools (WCTs) that include audio, text and video. This study explores how these technologies influence the decision-making process of 21 VTs, solving a group task. The group sessio...

Rapid Manufacturing (RM) has the potential to have an impact on a number of industry sectors. This paper presents research into a dynamic business model for the RM industry, where the supply and demand is matched over a Virtual Trading System (VTS). This is necessary because at present, the RM supply chain for many sectors is still in its infancy. In order to exploit the potential benefits of R...

Vessel Traffic Service (VTS) is a shore-side maritime assistance service that supports bridge teams in their safe navigation of port approaches and other areas that present navigational difficulties. The VTS is implemented in national waters and provides vessels with information through transmissions and broadcasts on Very High Frequency (VHF) radio. With a continued growth in the number, size ...

BACKGROUND Patients with ventricular tachycardia (VT) after myocardial infarction often have multiple morphologies of inducible VT, which complicates mapping and is viewed by some as a relative contraindication to ablation. Attempting to identify and target a single "clinical" VT is often limited by inability to obtain 12-lead ECGs of VTs that are terminated emergently or by defibrillators. Thi...

Ventricular tachycardia storm (VTS) is defined as a life-threatening syndrome of three or more separate episodes of ventricular tachycardia (VT) leading to implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) therapy within 24 hours. Patients with VTS have poor outcomes and require immediate medical attention. ICD shocks have been shown to be associated with increased mortality in several studies. Opti...

Virtual teams (VTs) are groups in organizations separated by organizational, spatial and/or temporal distance. Innovative information technology infrastructure coupled with the growing internationalization of commercial activity has augmented the need for VTs. But not all VTs are equally virtual. A VT’s environment, characterized by the pressures the team experiences to collaborate, the inheren...

Both volcano-tectonic (VTs) and deep long-period earthquakes (DLPs) have been documented at Akutan Volcano, Alaska may reflect different active processes helpful for eruption forecasting. In this study, we perform high-resolution earthquake detection, classification, relocation using seismic data from 2005 to 2017 investigate their relationship with underlying magmatic processes. We find that t...

BACKGROUND Comfort with ambiguity, mostly associated with the acceptance of multiple meanings, is a core characteristic of successful clinicians. Yet past studies indicate that medical students and junior physicians feel uncomfortable with ambiguity. Visual Thinking Strategies (VTS) is a pedagogic approach involving discussions of art works and deciphering the different possible meanings entail...