cry detection can be defined as a procedure where the voiced crying sounds are selected from the recording. the most difficult part of the cry detection is to recognize the inspiratory sounds and separate them from the voiced sounds. in addition, sound recordings may come from different places and recorded with several devices, in this way the method of the cry detection has to be universal. au...

β-cryptoxanthin (CRY), a major carotenoid of potential interest for health, is obtained naturally from orange vegetables and fruits. A few research studies have reported that CRY could decrease oxidative stress and germ cell apoptosis. The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of CRY on acute cadmium chloride (CdCl 2 )-induced oxidative damage in rat testes. For this study, 24 rats w...

Crying is the most noticeable behavior of infancy. Infant cry signals can be used to identify physical or psychological status of an infant. Recently, acoustic analysis of infant cry signal has shown promising results and it has been proven to be an excellent tool to investigate the pathological status of an infant. This paper proposes short-time Fourier transform (STFT) based time-frequency an...

Japanese cedar pollinosis has been recognized recently as a serious social problem because of its high prevalence in Japan. It is well-known that the pollen grains of Cryptomeria japonica pollen (so-called Japanese cedar pollen) usually exist as coarse particles about 30 μm. However, it was supposed that the major allergen Cry j 1 (Cry j 1 particles) could be released to the atmosphere as respi...

This paper addresses the problem of infants’ cry fundamental frequency estimation. The fundamental frequency is estimated using a modified simple inverse filtering tracking (SIFT) algorithm. The performance of the modified SIFT is studied using a real database of infants’ cry. It is shown that the algorithm is capable of overcoming the problem of under-estimation and over-estimation of the cry ...

The mammalian circadian timing system is composed of a central pacemaker in the suprachiasmatic nucleus of the brain that synchronizes countless subsidiary oscillators in peripheral tissues. The rhythm-generating mechanism is thought to rely on a feedback loop involving positively and negatively acting transcription factors. BMAL1 and CLOCK activate the expression of Period (Per) and Cryptochro...

OBJECTIVE To examine the underlying mechanisms of adults' intended caregiving responses to cry sounds in a behavioral genetic design and to investigate the role of cry pitch and perceived urgency in sensitive and harsh caregiving responses. METHODS The sample consisted of 184 adult twin pairs (18-69 years), including males and females, parents and nonparents. In an experimental design we pres...

BACKGROUND Allergen specific immunotherapy is highly effective, but adverse events may occur during treatment. Peptide-based immunotherapy has been proposed as one of new strategies for reduction of allergic adverse reactions. We examined the possibility of candidate peptides for the development of peptide-based immunotherapy for Japanese cedar pollinosis. METHODS Twelve Cry j 1-specific T-ce...

Drosophila melanogaster males deficient for the crystal (cry) locus of the Y chromosome that carry between 15 and 60 copies of the X-linked Stellate (Ste) gene are semisterile, have elevated levels of nondisjunction, produce distorted sperm genotype ratios (meiotic drive), and evince hyperactive transcription of Ste in the testes. Ste seems to be the active element in this system, and it has be...

Background The use of Bt crystal protein as a natural insecticide, applied directly to crops has been true for many years. Cry genes codifing these proteins are already are being used in transformation plants that become resistant to certain insects. The aim of this study was to compare the amino acid sequences that encode the Cry protein to insects of the orders Lepidoptera, Diptera and Lepido...