Head movements of groups of participants moving to music allowing for both duple and triple subdivisions were analysed using Recurrence Quantification Analysis. As expected the maximum recurrence rate varied between participant, position in the music, ...

Abstract Despite decades of research into developing abstract security advice and improving interfaces, users still struggle to make passwords. Users frequently create passwords that are predictable for attackers [1, 9] or make other decisions (e.g., ...

Surveys have been used as main tool of data collection in many areas of research and for many years. However, the environment is changing increasingly quickly, creating new challenges and opportunities. This article argues that, in this new context, ...

Despite their ubiquity, many password meters provide inaccurate strength estimates. Furthermore, they do not explain to users what is wrong with their password or how to improve it. We describe the development and evaluation of a data-driven password ...

This paper presents an overview of a theory of motor organization in the performance of music, the theory of focal impulses, and it draws out implications for use in modeling expressive performance. According to the theory of focal impulses, motor ...

Electrical energy metering is investigated due to the demand for energy efficiency. The scope was digital DC metering (AC later), in a cost effective and accurate manner. Accurate voltage, current and time values were necessary. Detailed algorithms were ...

We present a set of mobile prepayment solution in which the prepayment meter (PM) system is implemented without smart card and user need not go to agency by oneself for prepayment. For the purpose of solving the difficult problem of utility meter ...

This paper seeks to clarify differences and similarities among impressive array of radio access technologies which can be used in utility prepayment, analyzes the requirements of wireless prepayment utility meter system. It present a set of mobile ...

A home where every major appliance can be monitored for energy consumption and individually controlled wirelessly has long been a dream of gadgeteers and the green-conscious alike. Research has shown that real-time, per-appliance electricity usage ...

We present SPOT, a scalable power observation tool that enables in situ measurement of nodal power and energy over a dynamic range exceeding four decades or a temporal resolution of microseconds. Using SPOT, every node in a sensor network can now be ...