The main goal of this paper is to investigate the stability of neutral systems, by using some features of the method introduced by Zhang, Knospe and Tsiotras Zhang et al. (2003) for the standard time-delay case. The central idea consists in replacing the delay by some appropriate Padé approximation, obtaining a (sufficient) delay-dependent stability condition for the neutral system. Such a cond...

Children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder have difficulties with tasks that require response inhibition. We measured electroencephalographic data of nonmedicated children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and control children in two conditions: (a) a neutral condition without a self-regulation strategy and (b) a condition that involved the making of if-then plans (i.e. ...

This paper aims to enhance the performance of a TTS system by generating various speaking styles. First we describe three speaking styles (Radio News, Political Address and Conversation) and compare the prosodic features found in these authentic styles with the prosody in “neutral” speech uttered by the eLite TTS system ([1]). Differences concern about 20 prosodic characteristics (F0 span, spee...

This paper analyzes four kinds of Cantonese polar questions, HO2, ME1, AA4 and A-NOTA questions in the framework of radical inquisitive semantics (Groenendijk & Roelofsen, 2010; Aher, 2012; Sano, 2014). HO2, ME1 and A-NOT-A questions have multidimensional semantics. In addition to their primary speech act of questioning, HO2 and ME1 interrogatives encode secondary assertive acts of positive and...

In this work, automatic pH changing system on lab-on-paper devices for enzyme-linked immunosorbent (ELISA) has been developed in order to improve their sensitivity and make the technique much more applicable to real samples. The most widely used enzyme in immunoassay are alkaline phosphatase (ALP) and peroxidase. ALP-conjugated secondary detection with BCIP/NBT substrate provides high sensitivi...

A primary proton beam from the CERN Super Proton Synchrotron is driven to a beryllium target (KL target). After a sweeping magnet and some collimators, a neutral beam is formed. The last collimator exit is located 126 m downstream of the target (see Fig. 1). The primary protons not interacting in the KL target are deflected by a bent crystal, forming a secondary proton beam that is transported ...

The secondary interaction between a polarized chalcogen atom and different Lewis bases, either anionic or neutral, has been studied by charge displacement analysis. Using charge displacement analysis, the charge rearrangement in the adduct upon the formation of the interaction has been quantified and described in great detail. By comparing the theoretical results with the experimental associati...

ity. The amino acid composition will provide a fi rst indication: before choosing a solvent, the sequence should be studied and the number of acidic, basic and neutral residues should be determined. The side-chain functionalities of acidic and basic amino acids will be charged at physiological pH. The nature of the Nand the C-terminal functionality has to be taken into consideration. The neutra...

Mutational neighbourhoods in genotype-phenotype (GP) maps are widely believed to be more likely to share characteristics than expected from random chance. Such genetic correlations should strongly influence evolutionary dynamics. We explore and quantify these intuitions by comparing three GP maps-a model for RNA secondary structure, the HP model for protein tertiary structure, and the Polyomino...

with the publication of djalal khaleghi motlagh’s critical edition, the need for editorial work on the entire shāh-nāma has disappeared. instead, researchers are now called upon to establish critical readings of the text through careful research and consideration of the textual variants given in khaleghi motlagh’s edition, facsimiles of shāh-nāma manuscripts, insights of other shāh-nāma scholar...