BACKGROUND This study explores effects of instrumental music on the hormonal system (as indicated by serum cortisol and adrenocorticotropic hormone), the immune system (as indicated by immunoglobulin A) and sedative drug requirements during surgery (elective total hip joint replacement under spinal anesthesia with light sedation). This is the first study investigating this issue with a double-b...

This thesis studies the music industry as a whole, and delves more specifically into how new technologies have disrupted the old business model. Advances in technology such as the Internet, MP3s, and file-sharing software have made it possible to bypass the traditional role of record labels, thus creating a closer link between artists and consumers. As the music industry transformed over time, ...

Music consumption habits as well as the Music market have changed dramatically due to the increasing popularity of digital audio and streaming services. Today, users are closer than ever to a vast number of songs, albums, artists and bands. However, the challenge remains in how to make sense of all the data available in the Music domain, and how current state of the art in Natural Language Proc...

Contextual information of the listener is only slowly being integrated into music retrieval and recommendation systems. Given the enormous rise in mobile music consumption and the many sensors integrated into today’s smart-phones, at the same time, an unprecedented source for user context data of different kinds is becoming available. Equipped with a smart-phone application, which had been deve...

Digital compression and distribution technologies influence the music industry in various ways. This paper investigates how consumer behavior is affected by the free music products on the Internet. Survey methodology was used to determine the respondents’ perceived likelihood of purchasing legitimate CDs depending on the free availability of the same music via a streaming service or downloading...

Abstract: Party music is an important contextual factor for decisions to partake in risky alcohol consumption, yet few studies have examined its role in this decision-making process. Recent dual-process models of decision-making emphasize the critical influence of context and associations on behavior. In the current study, we exploit the ability of party music to capture social context and alco...

patients and methods this blinded clinical trial was performed on 60 patients admitted to icu following cabg. patients intubated and those under mechanical ventilation were unable to report their pain. the study population was randomly divided into two groups of control and music intervention groups (preferred music listening). in the intervention group, preferred music (including classical, in...