We describe a new species of Southeast Asian rhacophorid frog belonging to the Polypedates leucomystax species complex from Songkhla Province, southern Thailand. Polypedates discantus sp. nov. is distinguished from its congeners by the combination of having the skin of the head not co-ossified with the skull; absent or indistinct white dots on the back of the thigh; paired-vocal sac openings; a...

Human laugh is able to convey various kinds of meanings in human communications. There exists various kinds of human laugh signal, for example: vocalized laugh and non vocalized laugh. Following the theories of psychology, among all the vocalized laugh type, rhythmic staccato-vocalization significantly evokes the positive responses in the interactions. In this paper we attempt to exploit this o...

This paper presents the results of a recent study of common violin bowing techniques using a newly designed measurement system. This measurement system comprises force, inertial, and position sensors installed on a carbon fiber violin bow and electric violin, and enables recording of real player bowing gesture under normal playing conditions. Using this system, performances of six different com...

Bu araştırmada Muzio Clementi’ye ait Op.36 1 numaralı Do Majör sonatinin tüm bölümlerinin, başlangıç ve orta düzey piyano eğitiminde kazandırılmak istenen teknik konular açısından incelenmesi amaçlanmıştır. Araştırmada betimsel yöntem kullanılmıştır. Söz konusu sonatin ile ilgili ulaşılabilen yazılı belgeler incelenmiş, sonatine farklı yayın evlerinden basılmış olan notalar elde edilmiştir. Ara...

Children interstitial lung (ChILD) disease is a large group of disorders with damage in alveolus and capillary. Although these disorders resemble ILD of adult in nomination, ChILD represents different pathologic and clinical patterns. A 2.5 months old girl, with failure to thrive and grunting and dyspnea, complained of staccato coughs without association with feeding, since she was 15 days o...

This paper describes a new musical instrument inspired by the pedal-steel guitar, along with its motivations and other considerations. Creating a multi-dimensional, expressive instrument was the primary driving force. For these criteria the pedal steel guitar proved an apt model as it allows control over several instrument parameters simultaneously and continuously. The parameters we wanted con...

A summary is presented of recent studies on articulation in piano music performance together with the applications they originated. Emphasis is given to legato and staccato articulation. Results from measurements of performances recorded with MIDIfied grand pianos are summarized. Some rules for the simulation of articulation are presented and their application in renderings of emotional express...

BACKGROUND It is unclear how reperfusion of infarcting hearts with alternating cycles of coronary reperfusion/occlusion attenuates infarction, but prevention of mitochondrial permeability transition pore (MPTP) formation is crucial. Acidosis also suppresses MPTP formation. We tested whether postconditioning protects by maintaining acidosis during early reoxygenation. METHODS AND RESULTS After...

Bu çalışmanın amacı, LCM klasik gitar kitaplarının içerik bakımından incelenmesidir. Araştırma, nitel araştırma yöntemlerinden tarama modeline dayalı betimsel bir desene sahiptir. Araştırmada University of West London’a bağlı yayınları tarafından, seviye sınavlarının içeriğine uygun olarak, sınavlara yönelik çalışma amaçlı basılan 8 kitap edinilmiş ve kitapların teknik çalışma, eserler, tartışm...