Rhythm perception and synchronization have been extensively investigated in the auditory domain, as they underlie means of human communication such as music and speech. Although recent studies suggest comparable mechanisms for synchronizing with periodically moving visual objects, the extent to which it applies to ecologically relevant information, such as the rhythm of complex biological motio...

The Mormon Lit Blitz contest has tapped into a rich reservoir of short-short fiction, reaching milestone this year with the publication its first anthology. With 1000-word limit, final winners selected by popular vote, and special rounds for translated translingual work, yielded panorama diverse results during decade. Co-founder James Goldberg answers Dialogue's fiction editor Jennifer Quist's ...

Much research on literacy development has focused on learners of alphabetic writing systems. Researchers have hypothesized that children learn about the formal characteristics of writing before they learn about the relations between units of writing and units of speech. We tested this hypothesis by examining young Chinese children's understanding of writing. Mandarin-speaking 2- to 5-year-olds ...

We illustrate the mathematical background and musical use of a class of audio effects based on frequency warping. These effects alter the frequency content of a signal via spectral mapping. They can be implemented in dispersive tapped delay lines based on a chain of all-pass filters. In a homogeneous line with first-order all-pass sections, the signal formed by the output samples at a given tim...

This paper presents a simple method to determine weights of single carrier multiple input multiple output (MIMO) broadband communication systems adopting tapped delay line (TDL) structure in receiver side for the effective communication under frequency selective fading (FSF) environment. First, assuming the perfect knowledge of the channel matrix in both arrays, an iterative design method of tr...

Porous PEEK structures with approximately 85% open porosity have been made using PEEKOPTIMA® powder and a particulate leaching technique using porous, near-spherical, sodium chloride beads. A novel manufacturing approach is presented and compared with a traditional dry mixing method. Irrespective of the method used, the use of near-spherical beads with a fairly narrow size range results in unif...

Article history: Received on: 09/07/2013 Revised on: 16/09/2013 Accepted on: 03/10/2013 Available online: 31/10/2013 The aim of the study was to develop a formulation of Ticagrelor 90 mg tablets that is equivalent to the reference product using similar excipients to match the in-vitro dissolution profile. A compressed coated tablet was formulated consisting of Ticagrelor and excipients conformi...

This paper presents active control of acoustic noise using radial basis function (RBF) networks and its digital signal processor (DSP) real-time implementation. The neural control system consists of two stages: first, identification (modeling) of secondary path of the active noise control using RBF networks and its learning algorithm, and secondly neural control of primary path based on neural ...

Moving to a speech rhythm can enhance verbal processing in the listener by increasing temporal expectancies (Falk and Dalla Bella, 2016). Here we tested whether this hypothesis holds for prosodically diverse languages such as German (a lexical stress-language) and French (a non-stress language). Moreover, we examined the relation between motor performance and the benefits for verbal processing ...

OBJECTIVE To examine the effects of keyswitch orientation on joint torques. BACKGROUND The fingertip produces primarily vertical forces during single-finger tapping on a computer keyswitch. However, horizontal force components within the sagittal plane of the finger could reduce net joint torques. METHOD Eleven participants tapped on a keyswitch oriented in three directions: vertical, tilte...