This study investigated whether there were individual differences in within-category sensitivity to the voicing contrast and, if so, whether these differences were related to listeners‟ differential sensitivity to different acoustic cues. To do this, we conducted two speech perception experiments with English-speaking adults: visual analogue scaling (VAS) and anticipatory eye movement (AEM). St...

A characterization of Blaschke addition as a map between origin-symmetric convex bodies is established. This results from a new characterization of Minkowski addition as a map between origin-symmetric zonoids, combined with the use of Lévy-Prokhorov metrics. A full set of examples is provided that show the results are in a sense the best possible.

We derive a Brunn-Minkowski-type inequality regarding the volume of the Minkowski sum of degenerate sets, namely, line sets. Let A 1 : : : A n be one dimensional sets of unit length, and v

To determine the relative position of any two surfaces in a system, one approach is to use operations (Minkowski sum and intersection) on sets of constraints. These constraints are made compliant with half-spaces of n  where each set of half-spaces defines an operand polyhedron. These operands are generally unbounded due to the inclusion of degrees of invariance for surfaces and degrees of fre...

the chitinase producing ability of pseudomonas fluorescens strains viz., pf1, pb2 and fp7 was evaluated in a culture medium with and without a chitin source. the addition of 1% (v/v) chitin in culture medium significantly increased the bacterial population and chitinase activity. among three strains tested, fp7 responded well to the addition of chitin by producing 31.2% increased chitinase in c...

Five taxa viz, Agaricus altipes, A. cupreobrunneus, A. placomyces, A. porphyrocephalus, and A. urinascens var. urinascens are reported as new records for Iran. Details of taxonomical important features are also presented herewith. New localities in the west and north-west of the country are reported as habitats of Agaricus speciesin Iran.