A novel approach for the detection of ancillary gestures produced by clarinetists during musical performances is presented in this paper. Ancillary gestures, also known as non-obvious or accompanist gestures are produced spontaneously by musicians during their performances and do not have meaning in sound, but they help in the creation of music. The proposed approach consists in detecting, segm...

This work explores novel mechanisms for aerial acoustic machine-machine communications. It builds on previous work by some of the authors [1], as well as others [2]. In this paper we describe aerial acoustic communication systems that sound like musical instruments. The sound primitives come from simple models for the sound of the piano, the clarinet, and the bells. The messages are coded by co...

BACKGROUND Gastroenteropancreatic neuroendocrine tumours (GEP-NETs) are rare cancers most often found in the gastrointestinal system or the pancreas. However, patient-reported health state utilities based on clinical trials have not been previously reported in this disease area. METHODS The CLARINET study collected EORTC QLQ-C30 data from patients in both stable and progressive disease states...