Previous studies have shown that listeners' perceptions of tones within a musical context are influenced by a hierarchy of tonal functions. This study investigated the influence of this hierarchy on the perception of microtones finer than the chromatic tones. Following the probe tone method introduced by Krumhansl and Shepard (1979), listeners rated each of the 48 eighth tones that occur within...

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of hands-on activities incorporating a cooperative learning approach on eighth grade students’ science process skills and attitudes toward science. The sample of this study consisted of 55 students, from two different eighth grade classrooms in an elementary school, which were instructed by the same science teacher. The classrooms were as...

In this paper, we construct two new families of eighth-order methods for solving simple roots of nonlinear equations by using weight function and interpolation methods. Per iteration in the present methods require three evaluations of the function and one evaluation of its first derivative, which implies that the efficiency indexes are 1.682. Kung and Traub conjectured that an iteration method ...

S OF PAPERS Eighth Annual Albert L. Tester Memorial Symposium

background & aim: breastfeeding self-efficacy is an important factor affecting the success and duration of breastfeeding. self-efficacy of people is influenced by four sources including performance accomplishments, vicarious experiences, verbal persuasion and the physiological responses which seem to be modified by breastfeeding intervention.  this study was conducted to compare the effect of p...

OBJECTIVE The aim of this report is to evaluate whether cortexin provides any protective activity against ototoxicity of cisplatin. MATERIALS AND METHODS The study was performed on 30 healthy adult Wistar Albino rats, and rats were randomly divided into three groups of ten. Group I (Control group) was given intraperitoneal (ip) saline solution 1 mL/day. Group II (Cisplatin group) was given ip...

The standard anatomy textbooks of today agree that the brachial plexus in man is derived from the anterior rami of the fifth, sixth, seventh, and eighth cervical and first thoracic nerves (Fig. 1). The anterior rami of the fifth and sixth cervical nerves are described as uniting at the outer border of the scalenus medius to form the cephalic trunk, the anterior rami of the eighth cervical and f...

The prediction of students’ achievement in algebra in eighth and ninth grades has become a research interest for practical issues of placement. A group of simple, easily accessible variables was used to predict student performance in algebra after completion of eighth grade. The three variables of school type, grade level, and previous year mathematics performance explained 54% of the variance ...

Mathews Journal of Case Reports Endoscopic Hemoclipping of Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding Secondary to Intramural Gastric Hematoma Following Endoscopic Mucosal Resection. Two Case Reports and Review of the Literature Lei Shi1, Fu-Jian Liu1 1Department of Gastroenterology, Eighth Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Guigang 537100, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China. Correspo...

Study 1 retrospectively analyzed neuropsychological and psychoeducational tests given to N=220 first graders, with follow-up assessments in third and eighth grade. Four predictor constructs were derived: (1) Phonemic Awareness, (2) Picture Vocabulary, (3) Rapid Naming, and (4) Single Word Reading. Together, these accounted for 88%, 76%, 69%, and 69% of the variance, respectively, in first, thir...