This paper presents a method for skeletonising a fundamental frequency ( ) contour with its underlying peaks and valleys, without losing the linguistic and para-linguistic information that it conveys. The peaks and valleys are mainly associated with underlying lexical tones, and can be easily converted into other features, such as the response time and amplitude of local rise/fall movements. Co...

When processing track sequences, it is time-consuming and difficult to separate clusters with substantial density variations deal the problem of classic clustering methods mining common flight patterns in airspace. To overcome these issues, this research proposes a clustering-based technique for air traffic trajectory operation patterns. The data are first decoded rebuilt using motion-based tra...

Yanlishuang Pills is a kind of traditional Chinese medicine used to treat pharyngitis widely. In this study, we gas chromatography tandem mass spectrometry (GC-MS) establish method for the fingerprint and quantitative analysis four major components Pills, which can provide more reliable its quality control. We software “Chromatographic Fingerprint Similarity Evaluation System Traditional Medici...

In two experiments participants rated the similarity of melodic contours presented as auditory (melodies) and visual (line drawings) stimuli. Longer melodies were assessed in Experiment 1 (M = 35 notes); shorter melodies were assessed in Experiment 2 (M = 17 notes). Ratings for matched auditory and visual contours exceeded ratings for mismatched contours, confi rming cross-modal sensitivity to ...

Barium/Calcium profiles of bivalve shells are characterized by flat background signals periodically interrupted with sharp peaks, with the background signals correlated with water Ba/Ca. To test if the peaks are an environmental signal related to productivity, we analyzed high resolution Ba/Ca profiles in bivalve shells that grew adjacent to one another. Two aragonitic Saxidomus giganteus show ...