NOTE: this is a draft, will be updated once data is out. Our work towards music emotion recognition in MIREX 2013 stems from our best strategy from 2012 and the addition of new melodic audio features, subject of study during the current year. Three audio frameworks – Marsyas, MIR Toolbox and PsySound3, are used to extract the commonly used audio features from the samples. In addition, MELODIA v...

Algebraic complexity of different Algorithms in Signal Processing and Cryptography leads to a major problem and Researchers are trying to develop new Algorithms to solve these problems. To enhance the speed of the existing Algorithms, different number system have been found for point multiplication in elliptic curve cryptography and coefficient multiplication in digital signal processing manly ...

abstract objective the incidence of childhood cancer has been increasing nearly one percent per year for the past two decades. leukemia and lymphoma are the most common types of childhood cancers. this study assessed the relation between environmental factors (hydrocarbon, agricultural toxin, insecticide) and leukemia/lymphoma in children, which was evaluated by the frequency of the parents’ ha...

background: studies have shown that nurses are under considerable job stress, which can lead to health disorders and failure in duties. stressors of nursing have been studied in some of quantitative studies; however, a few investigators have studied the nurses’ life experiences in this regard. the current qualitative research aimed to understand the nurses’ experiences and perceptions of job-re...

background: brucellosis is a major zoonosis worldwide. many people for their professions are at higher risk of contracting the disease. objective: to determine the seroprevalence of brucellosis and its risk factors in a group of high risk professions. methods: in a cross-sectional study, all personnel or students of veterinary schools, slaughters and butchers working in the city were invited to...

Colchicine is an alkaloid extracted from autumnal Colchicum plant which is used primarily for its anti-inflammatory therapy effect. Acute intoxication with colchicine is uncommon but often severe and results in multiple visceral organ dysfunctions. The intoxication severity and mortality are directly depending on the ingested dose. The treatment is manly symptomatic. However, the development of...

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2014.01.029 0378-1127/ 2014 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. ⇑ Corresponding authors. E-mail addresses: [email protected] (J. Zhang), [email protected] (Z. Ouyang), [email protected] (J. Liu). 1 Address: Center for Systems Integration and Sustainability (CSIS), Michigan State University, 1405 S. Harrison Road, Suite 115 Manly Miles Bldg., East Lansing, MI 48...

[Excerpt] In The System of Professions, Abbott directly confronts these important and long-neglected issues in an original and highly thought-provoking approach to the analysis of professions. Focusing on the dynamics through which occupations define their jurisdiction, or the right to control the provision of particular services and activities, this approach draws attention to one of the most ...

We used a grounded theory approach to data analysis to discover what effect, if any, children's sensory experiences have on family occupations. We chose this approach because the existing literature does not provide a theory to account for the effect of children's sensory experiences on family occupations. Parents of six children who were typically developing and six children who had autism wer...

There are few, if any, men who would qualify for the position of Playboy bunny, and there are few, if any, women who would qualify for the position of male lead in a motion picture. However, there are many other occupations in which gender may be irrelevant. People in these jobs include nurses, truck drivers, lawyers, secretaries, and economists. Why is it, then, that these jobs are each charac...