The present study aims at evaluating a corpus designed for voice quality settings analysis (Laver, 1980). It addresses the role of keyspeech segments for the identification of voice quality settings. The corpus, recorded by 60 speakers, contained repetitions of 10 keyspeech sentences, and semi-spontaneous speech samples. These samples were evaluated by two expert subjects according to the BP-VP...

We report an investigation of the production of real and non-words in two normal speaker groups. Group 1 consists of 6 young females (mean age 26 years) and Group 2 consists of 5 older females (mean age 54 years). The speech material used in the study consisted of two repetitions of 10 real, 10 pseudo-real and 10 non-words. The results from both repetitions for measures of response latency, utt...

Aging is a degenerative process marked by recognized functional, physiological, and metabolic impairments, such as dynapenia and diminished cognitive capacity. Therefore, the search for innovative strategies to prevent/delay these physiological and cognitive disorders is essential to guarantee the independence and life quality of an elderly population. The aim of this work is to verify the effe...

BACKGROUND Loading and contraction failure (muscular exhaustion) are strength training variables known to influence neural activation of the exercising muscle in healthy subjects, which may help reduce neural inhibition of the quadriceps muscle following total knee arthroplasty (TKA). It is unknown how these exercise variables influence knee pain after TKA. OBJECTIVE To investigate the effect...

Repetitions in child-directed speech (CDS) have been shown to vary over time, and are suggested to affect first language acquisition. Correlations between verbal contents of repetitions in CDS and children’s language development have been suggested. The verbal contents of repetitions in Swedish CDS have not yet been investigated. The aim of this study was to examine the verbal contents of repet...

RESEARCHDESIGNANDMETHODSdTwelve physically active individuals with type 1 diabetes (HbA1c 7.1 6 1.0%) performed 45 min of resistance exercise (three sets of seven exercises at eight repetitions maximum), 45 min of aerobic exercise (running at 60% of VO2max), or no exercise on separate days. Plasma glucose was measured during and for 60 min after exercise. Interstitial glucose was measured by co...

the aim of this study was to investigate the effect of 6 weeks of resistance training on morphological indicators of untrained women's heart health. for this purpose, 20 sedentary females (22/6±18 years old, 162/3±6/5 cm height, 58±5/1 kg weight, 18/3±5/2% percentage of fat and the surface of body: 1/62±0/15 m2) were selected randomly and assigned to two experimental (n = 10) and control (...

OBJECTIVES The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of low-level laser therapy (LLLT) before and after exercise on quadriceps muscle performance, and to evaluate the changes in serum lactate and creatine kinase (CK) levels. METHODS The study was randomized, double blind, and placebo controlled. PATIENTS A sample of 27 healthy volunteers (male soccer players) were divided into...

Muscle strength imbalance assessment (e.g., hamstring-to-quadriceps ratio, H:Q) using traditional peak torque isokinetic measurements has been shown to be a weak risk factor predictor of future lower-limb injuries hamstring strain and anterior cruciate ligament tear). In soccer, power-related tasks are commonplace most likely occur during fatigued high-velocity actions. Thus, it is reasonable t...