Sharp spatial selectivity is critical to auditory performance, particularly in pitch-related tasks. Most contemporary cochlear implants have employed monopolar stimulation that produces broad electric fields, which presumably contribute to poor pitch and pitch-related performance by implant users. Bipolar or tripolar stimulation can generate focused electric fields but requires higher current t...

The general idea that a Delaunay TIN (DT) is more appropriate than non-Delaunay TINs, due to ‘better’ shaped triangles, might be true for many applications, but not for height dependent analytical queries. This is because the distribution of the triangle tessellation is defined in the two-dimensional XY-plane, by ignoring the Z-value in the Delaunay empty circum circle criterion. Alternatively,...

93 Received August 19, 2013; revised and accepted September 18, 2013. Published online October 5, 2013; doi: 10.1620/tjem.231.93. *These authors are equally contributed to this study. Correspondence: Hwi-young Cho, Department of Physical Therapy, College of Health Science, Gachon University, 191, Hambangmoero, Yeonsu-gu, Incheon 406-799, South Korea. e-mail address: [email protected] Task-R...

Nonlinear equations governing the characteristics of tripolar vortices (TPVs) are investigated in an inhomogeneous magnetoplasma having inertialess non-Maxwellian electrons that obey Cairns, kappa, and (r, q)-distributions. Analytical numerical solutions nonlinear presented for various possible cases. In this regard, dispersion relation drift ion-acoustic waves (IAWs) is derived, condition desc...

BACKGROUND Research in animal models suggests that transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) and conditioned pain modulation (CPM) produce analgesia via two different supraspinal pathways. No known studies have examined whether TENS and CPM applied simultaneously in human subjects will enhance the analgesic effect of either treatment alone. The purpose of the current study was to inves...