In [1] a method of decomposing a 3D wave field into spherical harmonics (’eigen-beams’) by using spherical microphone arrays was introduced. It was further shown how the eigen-beams can be used for beamforming applications by means of a modal beamformer structure. This paper introduces a method for the unambiguous localization of multiple wideband acoustic sources in 3D space using the eigen-be...

We give an optimal wait free implementation of an increment register An increment register is a concurrent object consisting of an integer valued register with an increment operation that atomically increments the register and returns the previous value We implement this register in a synchronous message passing model with crash failures In our implementation an increment operation halts in O l...

The gravity field and derivatives generated with the high resolution EIGEN-6C2 gravity model which includes satellite gravity data of GOCE (Gravity field and steady-state Ocean Circulation Explorer) has been utilized for geological appraisal of the Singhbhum-Orissa Craton, India. The GOCE only field gravity data and in situ gravity data of the same area have been utilized for comparative assess...

Three experiments compared thresholds for S-cone increments and decrements under steady and transient adaptation conditions, to investigate whether stimuli of both polarities are detected by the same cone-opponent psychophysical mechanism. The results could not be accounted for by a standard model of the S-cone detection pathway [Polden & Mollon (1980) Proceedings of the Royal Society of London...

J. C. Li and P. H. Diamond CMTFO and CASS, University of California, San Diego, California 92093, USA Abstract Negative compressibility ITG turbulence in a linear plasma device (CSDX) can induce a negative viscosity increment. However, even with this negative increment, we show that the total axial viscosity remains positive definite, i.e. no intrinsic axial flow can be generated by pure ITG tu...

Summation refers to the small reduction of threshold contrast as a signal is extended in space or time, or when multiple signals are presented simultaneously. Facilitation refers to the large reduction in the threshold contrast increment when it is superimposed on a near-threshold pedestal contrast. Separate hypotheses relate each of these effects to distinct measures of the log-log steepness o...

The eigenvalues of a symmetric matrix depend on the matrix nons-moothly. This paper describes the nonsmooth analysis of these eigen-values. In particular, I present a simple formula for the approximate (limiting Fr echet) subdiierential of an arbitrary function of the eigen-values, subsuming earlier results on convex and Clarke subgradients. As an example I compute the subdiierential of the k't...

1. Increment-threshold functions for flashed backgrounds were measured in the human fovea under several conditions: (1) during dark adaptation following full bleaches, (2) in the presence of steady adapting backgrounds and (3) 500 msec following extinction of adapting backgrounds.2. To prevent the intense flashed backgrounds from interfering with the course of dark adaptation the inter-trial in...