BACKGROUND High level piano performance requires complex integration of perceptual, motor, cognitive and emotive skills. Observations in psychology and neuroscience studies have suggested reciprocal inhibitory modulation of the cognition by emotion and emotion by cognition. However, it is still unclear how cognitive states may influence the pianistic performance. The aim of the present study is...

In order to achieve human-like computer performances, the di erence features between real performances and musical scores must be investigated. It is also important to construct a performance system by taking account of performer's individuality. This paper addresses a method to derive a normative performance data from multiple performances and a strategy to extract performance rules by using e...

This study tests whether the voluntary disclosures in the annual reports concerning information security are credible. It also develops a scale to measure online security performances and identifies influencing factors. Our findings provide insights into the online security performances of financial institutions. Specifically, they manifest the similarity of online security performances within ...

A technique for comparing numerous performances of an identical selection of music is described. The basic methodology is to split a one-dimensional sequence into all possible sequential sub-sequences, perform some operation on these sequences, and then display a summary of the results as a two-dimensional plot; the horizontal axis being time and the vertical axis being sub-sequence length (lon...

Regarding to rapidly changing and highly competitive business environment it will become increasingly important for organizations to measure their performances appropriately. With respect to special characteristics of pharmaceutical industry and lack of reported performance measurement, this study tries to design an integrated performance measurement model for pharmaceutical companies. For gene...

ophiopogon japonicus is a perennial, ornamental foliage plant, whichbelongs to the family liliaceae. it has a high demand in the local andinternational export market due to the presence of glossy white-green stripped lanceolate leaves. improved leaves and plants of o. japonicus will be more popular in the floriculture industry. hence, objective was to investigate the growth responses of o. japo...

Résumé. Dans de nombreux problèmes d’apprentissage automatique la performance des algorithmes est évaluée à l’aide des mesures précision et rappel. Or ces deux mesures peuvent avoir une importance très différente en fonction du contexte. Dans cet article nous étudions le comportement des principaux indices de performance en fonction du couple précision-rappel. Nous proposons un nouvel outil de ...

Linguistic primitives for replica-aware coordination offer suitable solutions to the challenging problems of data distribution and locality in large-scale high performance computing. The data replication mechanisms that had previously been designed to extend Klaim with replicated tuples are now used to experiment with X10, a parallel programming language primarily targeting clusters of multi-co...

Activated carbons (ACs) with controlled microporosity have been prepared and their H2 storage performances have been tested in a gravimetric device. Such adsorbents are natural Chinese anthracites chemically activated with alkaline hydroxides, NaOH or KOH. Outstanding total storage capacities of hydrogen, as high as 6.6wt.% equivalent to excess capacity of 6.2 wt.%, have been obtained at 4MPa f...

Computer Music Journal Computer Music Journal, 24:4, pp. 44–63, Winter 2000 © 2000 Massachusetts Institute of Technology. When interpreting a musical score, performers introduce deviations in time, sound level, and timbre from the values indicated by composers. These deviations depend on the expressive mechanical and acoustical possibilities offered by the instrument they are playing and can va...