INTRODUCTION Alterations in emotional processing occur during a major depressive episode (MDE), and olfaction and facial expressions have implications in emotional and social interactions. To gain a better understanding of these processes, we characterized the perceptive sensorial biases, potential links, and potential remission after antidepressant treatment of MDE. METHODS We recruited 22 p...

This paper presents a new method to address the problem of handwritten text segmentation into text lines and words. Thus, we propose a method based on the cooperation among points of view that enables the localization of the text lines in a low resolution image, and then to associate the pixels at a higher level of resolution. Thanks to the combination of levels of vision, we can detect overlap...

This paper describes the development of a real-time perceptive user interface. Two cameras are used to detect a user’s head, eyes, hand, fingers and gestures. These cues are interpreted to control a user interface on a large screen. The result is a fully functional integrated system that processes roughly 7.5 frames per second on a Pentium IV system. The calibration of this setup is carried out...

This paper reflects the state of development of multilevel control algorithms for a six-legged mobile robot. The robot has a perceptive ability and can measure distances up to points in the terrain relief to be overcome. The measurement process is coordinated with the robot's motion. DC simulation results and the analysis of the robot's moving image on the display screen make i t possible to ch...

A fundamental obstacle in evolutionary simulations is the necessity of designing more complex simulations to elicit more complex behaviors. We use a combat-based fitness measure to attempt to circumvent this problem. We have designed a simulation that simultaneously evolves the brains and bodies of creatures for one-on-one combat in a threedimensional environment with realistic physics. By givi...

A 15-year-old girl, who had a left-sided Duane's syndrome, was noted to be profoundly deaf with a severe speech defect. The deafness had been detected at the age of 5 years and necessitated her attendance at a special school. A slight facial asymmetry was present and she adopted an abnormal head posture, turning the head to the left side. Some degree of mental retardation was present but no oth...

Investigation of occupant’s indoor environment influences can be identified through perceptive-cognitive aspects. Such an investigation leads to affective responses such as satisfied or dissatisfied, annoyed or not annoyed and hot or cold. This study investigates the perceptive-cognitive aspects of indoor environment among students who are staying in multistorey accommodations in Klang Valley a...

Quality investigations and design of interior car sounds constitute an important challenge for the car industry. Such sounds are complex and time-varying, inducing considerable timbre variations depending on the driving conditions. An interior car sound is indeed a mixture between several sound sources, with two main contributions, i.e. the engine noise, the aerodynamic and tire-road noise. Tha...

BACKGROUND the voice of choir conductors. AIM to evaluate the vocal quality of choir conductors based on the production of a sustained vowel during singing and when speaking in order to observe auditory and acoustic differences. METHOD participants of this study were 100 choir conductors, with an equal distribution between genders. Participants were asked to produce the sustained vowel "é" ...

BACKGROUND The use of cochlear implant results in the optimization of speech perception, and, as a consequence in the development of oral language, speech and voice of its users, demonstrating to be one of the most effective and promising technologies to remedy hearing loss. However, little has been studied about the relationship between auditory skills and the voice of children using cochlear ...