Courtyard Sound Field Characteristics by Bell Sounds in Han Chinese Buddhist Temples

From Sound to Sounds

This chapter addresses machine audition and natural audition by carefully analyzing the difficulties and roles of audition in real-world conditions. The reason for this focus is my experience with the development of a verbal aggression detection system (van Hengel and Andringa, 2007). This system was first deployed in 2004 and 2005 in the inner city of Groningen (the Netherlands), by the abStract

Sound Localization in a Sound Field Represented by Spherical Harmonics

Sound localization is an important aspect in human hearing, with interaural time difference (ITD) and interaural level difference (ILD) as two binaural cues that complement each other in this goal. Head related transfer functions (HRTFs) can be used to estimate and analyze these cues, where an HRTF representation in the spherical harmonics domain has recently been suggested for analysis. The ai...

NEPHROPATHY CAUSED BY CHINESE HERBS IN IRAN

Morphologic characteristics of optic disc in normal population with physiologic large cup in Chinese Han people

Background: The early diagnosis of glaucoma is a global problem. Physiologic large cup (PLC) with an abnormally high cup/disc ratio may be confused with changes of the optic disc in early glaucoma. However, fewer reports are available regarding PLC in normal population. Heidelberg Retina Tomograph (HRT) can provide quantitative topographic parameters of the optic discs and be used widely. Conse...

Eye on religion: miracles in the Chinese Buddhist tradition.

Books on Buddhism for general readers rarely mention miracles. Instead, the emphasis is usually on the life of the Buddha, his teachings, and the monastic order, the so-called “Three Treasures.” This is a heritage left by the European scholars who first became interested in Buddhism in the 19 century. Take the example of T.W. Rhys Davids, who founded the Pali Text Society in 1886 in England, an...