Tempo variations in classical music are an important means of artistic expression. Fluctuations in tempo can be large and sudden, making applications like automated score following a challenging task. Some of the fluctuations may be predicted from (tempo annotations in) the score, but prediction based only on the score is unlikely to capture the internal coherence of a performance. On the other...

There are manyMIR applications for which we would like to be able to determine the perceived tempo of a song automatically. However, automatic tempo extraction itself is still an open problem. In general there are two tempo extraction methods, either based on the estimation of interonset intervals or based on self similarity computations. To predict a tempo the most significant time-lag or the ...

titanium dioxide (tio2) nanoparticles, with an average size of about 45 nm, were encapsulated by polystyrene using in situ nitroxide mediated radical polymerization   in the presence of 3-aminopropyl triethoxy silane (aptes) as a coupling agent and 2, 2, 6, 6-tetramethylpiperidinyl-1-oxy  as a initiator. first, the initiator for nmrp was covalently bonded onto the surface of titanium dioxide na...

We estimate the relationship between unmet need for contraception and coital frequency using data from the most recent Standard Demographic and Health Surveys conducted from 2005 to 2015. Individual-level analyses include 55 countries (n=245,732 women). The dependent variable is women's report of any sex in the last four weeks; the independent variable is current unmet need. Bivariate ecologica...

This paper addresses the problem of determining tempo and timing data from a list of beat annotations. Whilst an approximation to the tempo can be calculated from the inter-beat interval, the annotations also include timing variations due to expressively timed events, phase shifts and errors in the annotation times. These deviations tend to propagate into the tempo graph and so tempo analysis m...

BACKGROUND Since accumulating evidence suggests that step rate is strongly associated with running-related injuries, it is important for runners to exercise at an appropriate running cadence. As music tempo has been shown to be capable of impacting exercise performance of repetitive endurance activities, it might also serve as a means to (re)shape running cadence. The aim of this study was to v...

Is there such a thing as an internal representation of a “steady tempo” and is this representation itself free from tempo drift? To investigate this we propose a new method for studying detection of continuous tempo drift.

New TEMPO-functionalized Ru(ii) polypyridyl complexes were synthesized as efficient theranostic photosensitizers for cancer treatment. Interestingly, due to the presence of a redox sensitive TEMPO moiety, an enhancement in the intracellular fluorescence of TEMPO-functionalized Ru(ii) complexes was observed during photodynamic treatment in both confocal microscopy and flow cytometry. This can be...

A reversible nerve-blocking spin label, 2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidine-1-oxyl (TEMPO) was used to study the nature of anesthetic-binding sites in nerve membranes as a function of pressure. The nerve-blocking effect of TEMPO is enhanced under pressure. At atmospheric pressure, TEMPO blocks nerve conduction by solubilizing in the apolar region of the nerve membrane. However, the nerve-conduction-b...