Gelotophobia (the fear of being laughed at) was studied in a sample of N = 1,322 Danish adolescents aged 11 to 16. When using a measure of coping humour in three different respects (using humour (1) to overcome uncertainty and stress, (2) in relation to aggression and sexuality, and (3) to get cheered up), it was indicated that the fear of being laughed at existed independently from the use of ...

IN the intriguingproblem of thedynamics ofaqueous humour there has recently been a shift in emphasis from what one might call the strictly biochemical approach, to a consideration of the bulk flow of aqueous humour utilizing electronic devices and tracer substances. This study is based on direct observation of the rate of flow of aqueous humour on 88 glaucomatous and normal patients. Since the ...

KNOWLEDGE of the means by which substances enter and leave the eye, usually referred to as " aqueous-humour dynamics ", is essential for an understanding of the factors contributing to the control of the intra-ocular pressure. In non-living systems, when a membrane separates two concentrations of a substance in a solution to which the membrane is permeable, this substance travels across the mem...

We explore the use of the Spiral Array spatial visualization of tonal evolution through time for the visual analysis of P.D.Q. Bach’s The ShortTempered Clavier. In particular, we analyze situations in which we can see some of the humour devices abstracted in an earlier study by David Huron. We conclude that although we can see a good number of Schickele’s humour devices − such as incongruent st...

When it comes to computational language generation systems, humour is a relatively unexplored domain, especially more so for Hindi (or rather, for most languages other than English). Most researchers agree that a joke consists of two main parts the setup and the punchline, with humour being encoded in the incongruity between the two. In this paper, we look at Dur se Dekha jokes, a restricted do...

Both intraocular pressure and aqueous humour turnover rate were determined at intervals over three months in three females in order to investigate whether a correlation existed between these variables and the menstrual cycle. Not only was there a lack of correlation between intraocular pressure or aqueous humour flow rate and menses but intraocular pressure and aqueous humour flow rate were als...

This article will analyse the preconditions of sense humour for artificial intelligence. Can intelligence have a humour? Is there difference between human and machine laughter? Some machines already fulfil certain conditions which are associated with humour: on most superficial level appear to laugh produce jokes, they recognize sarcasm punchlines, can evaluate funniness. In short, is able humo...

BACKGROUND To investigate the levels of nitric oxide (NO) markers in plasma and aqueous humour of patients with primary open angle glaucoma (POAG) and their relation to ocular perfusion pressure. METHODS Cyclic guanosine monophosphate (cGMP) and nitrite (NO(2)(-)) were determined in plasma and aqueous humour of 38 patients with POAG and 46 controls. Blood pressure and IOP were measured to cal...

The importance of the analysis of processes related to cognitive phenomena through Natural Language Processing techniques is acquiring a greater relevance every day. Opinion Mining, Sentiment Analysis or Automatic Humour Recognition are a sample about how this kind of research works grows. In this paper we focus on the study of how the features that define a corpus of humorous data (one-liners)...