We propose general quantitative methods for evaluating and visualizing the results of machine-generated style-specific accompaniment. The evaluation of automated accompaniment systems, and the degree to which they emulate a style, has been based primarily on subjective opinion. To quantify style similarity between machine-generated and original accompaniments, we propose two types of measures: ...

Objective- Cutaneous wound healing is an essential physiological process consisting of the collaboration of many cell strains and their products. Initiation of new management for treatment of wound infections caused by multidrug resistant Staphylococcus aureus is required. The aim of the present study was to assess wound healing activity of Ferula assa-foetida...

Mr Chairman, distinguished invited guests, ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the ASSA Conference of 2004. Professor Krige, Dr Panieri and the local organising committee, thank you for all the trouble, energy and effort that have gone into years of planning the scientific programme, poster sessions, banquets and social events, accommodation, air tickets and other details of the conference. We als...

Abstract In its most recent report, the Academy of Social Sciences Australia (ASSA, 2021: 10) identified social inequality as a “grand challenge” for sciences, arguing that scientists have pivotal role to play in “understanding, addressing and guiding us towards narrowing two‐tier society.” Nevertheless, sciences continue be regularly positioned “soft” esoteric relation natural while also susta...

We examine within-family differences in preand early postnatal investments as potential explanations for the “birth order effect” – significant differences in the educational and labor market outcomes across children of varying birth orders. Taking advantage of the rich information on in utero and early childhood conditions in the Children of the NLSY79, we find that, within the same household,...

This workshop sponsored by the ASSA addressed the dilemma between coal dependence and the imperative to dramatically reduce greenhouse gases. Political debates about climate change have not directed public deliberation to the social dynamics of emissions-intensive industries like coal, or the prospects for transition. This workshop was conceived as a forum to engage directly with today’s Coal Q...

Asafoetida and sagapenum as valuable Iranian oleo-gum-resins from Ferula spp. (F. assa-foetida, F. persica, F. foetida and F. alliacea) have received interest during the history for producing valuable perfumes and common spices or as pharmaceutical agents. The aim of the present work was to characterize sources of asafoetida and sagapenum, according ...