The synchronization index model of sensory dissonance and roughness accounts for the degree of phase-locking to a particular frequency that is present in the neural patterns. Sensory dissonance (roughness) is defined as the energy of the relevant beating frequencies in the auditory channels with respect to the total energy. The model takes rate-code patterns at the level of the auditory nerve a...

The absorptive properties of dust aerosols largely determine the magnitude of their radiative impacts on the climate system. Currently, climate models use globally constant values of dust imaginary refractive index (IRI), a parameter describing the dust absorption efficiency of solar radiation, although it is highly variable. Here we show with model experiments that the dust-induced Indian summ...

We examined the physical constitution, serum lipids, fasting serum insulin (IRI), food intake, and physical activity in 1,330 children in three age groups (6-7, 9-10, and 12-13) in Nagao village for the period 1994-1996. Serum total cholesterol (TC) and high-density lipoprotein-cholesterol (HDL-C) levels were positively correlated, and HDL-C and TG were negatively correlated in all age groups. ...

BACKGROUND/AIMS Renal ischemia/reperfusion injury (IRI) is a very common clinical event and usually leads to ischemic acute renal failure (ARF). In the present study, we investigated the protective role of vitamin C in renal function and renal arterial relaxation following ischemic injury. METHODS IRI model in mice was used. Various biochemical parameters including nitric oxide (NO), reduced ...

Relationship between empathic responding and its clinical characteristics in patients with major depressive disorder Objective: To our knowledge, there is no study specifically examining the relation between empathic responding and clinical features in patients with major depressive disorder (MDD). Our aim was to examine cognitive and affective empathic responding in patients with MDD and to ex...

Solar activity during 2008 2009 was extremely low among several recent solar cycles, raising an interesting question regarding the temporal and spatial distribution of the plasma parameters in ionosphere during this time period. This study analyzes the electron density (Ne) data recorded by the DEMETER satellite at the height of 670 km and compares it with the International Reference Ionosphere...

In a recent paper Iri showed that the Iri{Imai method converges in O(nL) iterations to an optimal solution. This is achieved by proving that in each iteration the (multiplicative) barrier function is reduced by (at least) some constant factor (smaller than one). In his paper Iri adopts the 'kernel{index tensor notation with Einstein's summation convention for the coordinate indices'. This notat...

Pavement surface unevenness plays a pivotal role on roughness index of road which affects on riding comfort ability. Comfort ability refers to the degree of protection offered to vehicle occupants from uneven elements in the road surface. So, it is preferable to have a lower roughness index value for a better riding quality of road users. Roughness is generally defined as an expression of irreg...