This study explores the relationship between prosodic strengthening and linguistic contrasts in English by examining temporal realization of nasals in CVN# and #NVC, and their coarticulatory influence on vowels. Results show that different sources of prosodic strengthening bring about different types of linguistic contrasts. Prominence increased N-duration ([nasality]) but the vowel’s [orality]...

We present results from a spectroscopic survey designed to uncover AM Canum Venaticorum (AM CVn) binaries hidden in the photometric database of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS). The discovery of only 7 new AM CVns in the observed part of our sample suggests a lower space density than previously predicted. Based on the complete g ≤ 19 sample, we calculate an observed space density for AM CVns...

The present status of the period studies of cataclysmic variables is briefly reviewed, mainly from the observational point of view. A few comments on individual objects include EM Cyg, Z Cha, WZ Sge and AM CVn.

Background: Pseudoisochromatic color vision tests are commonly used to screen for deficiency (CVD). Although most normal (CVN) individuals read all plates correctly, a remarkable proportion have errors. Objective: This study aimed determine the typical and atypical error responses Ishihara Waggoner PIP24 (W-PIP24) of CVN CVD individuals. Methods: recruited 59 63 congenital red-green Participant...

In this paper, we present a linear transformation (LT) to obtain warped features from unwarped features during vocal-tract length normalisation (VTLN). This LT between the warped and unwarped features is obtained within the conventional MFCC framework without any modification in the signal processing steps involved during the feature extraction stage. Further using the proposed LT, we study the...

Elisa L. Hill, Thierry Gallopin, Isabelle Férézou, Bruno Cauli, Jean Rossier, Paul Schweitzer, Bertrand Lambolez 1 Laboratoire de Neurobiologie et Diversité Cellulaire, CNRS UMR 7637, Ecole Supérieure de Physique et de Chimie Industrielles, 10 rue Vauquelin, 75005 Paris, France. 2 Molecular and Integrative Neurosciences Department, CVN 12, The Scripps Research Institute, 10550 North Torrey Pine...

Using VLTI/VINCI angular diameter measurements, we constrain the evolutionary status of three asteroseismic targets: the stars δ Eri, ξ Hya, η Boo. Our predictions of the mean large frequency spacing of these stars are in agreement with published observational estimations. Looking without success for a companion of δ Eri we doubt on its classification as an RS CVn star.