The study was designed to test a coarticulatory origin for the long-short segment duration pattern typical of syllable onset clusters. The hypothesis was that the internal members of these clusters are shortened due to coproduction with the following vowel. Specifically, the internal consonants are terminated when the downward-moving jaw makes for inefficient consonantal articulation. To test t...

Changes in the duration and frequency of foraging trips by female otariids may result changes lactation bouts hence influence pup growth rate, unless females modify milk energy density and/or total amount delivered depending on trip duration. To test this hypothesis South American sea lions, we measured two attendance pattern components (foraging haul-out duration) three diving behaviour nursin...

introduction: this study aims to evaluate the dentomaxillofacial radiographic changes in end stage renal disease (esrd) patients who were on hemodialysis. methods: parathyroid hormone (pth), calcium, phosphorus and alkaline phosphatase (alp) measurements, as well as panoramic and periapical radiographs were obtained from seventy four patients with a history of end stage renal disease (esrd). re...

Introduction: This study aims to evaluate the dentomaxillofacial radiographic changes in end stage renal disease (ESRD) patients who were on hemodialysis. Methods: Parathyroid hormone (PTH), calcium, phosphorus and alkaline phosphatase (ALP) measurements, as well as Panoramic and periapical radiographs were obtained from seventy four patients with a history of end stage renal disease (ESRD). Re...

We present a two-class pattern recognition method through the majority vote which is based on weak classifiers. The weak classifiers are defined‘in terms of rectangular regions formed by the original training data. Tests on real and simulated data sets show that this classifier combination procedure can lead to a high accuracy.

BACKGROUND Meniere's disease is a unique, progressive disease of the inner ear. The complex manifestation presents diagnostic challenges. The cochlear symptoms often present before vertigo and tend to be ignored. This study aimed to analyze the characteristics of cochlear symptoms and functions associated with Meniere's disease to investigate the regularity of the development of this disorder. ...

Timing-related defects are becoming increasingly important in nanometer technology designs. Small delay variations induced by crosstalk, process variations, powersupply noise, as well as resistive opens and shorts can potentially cause timing failures in a design, thereby leading to quality and reliability concerns. We present a testgrading technique to leverage the method of output deviations ...

INTRODUCTION Tinnitus is a perception of sound without external source. For complete assessment of tinnitus, central auditory processing abilities should be considered in addition to the routine psychological evaluation of tinnitus characteristics. Temporal processing is one of the important auditory skills that are necessary for complex higher level auditory processing. MATERIALS AND METHODS...