Detecting emotional dimensions [1] in speech is an area of great research interest, notably as a means of improving human computer interaction in areas such as speech synthesis [2]. In this paper, a method of obtaining high quality emotional audio speech assets is proposed. The methods of obtaining emotional content are subject to considerable debate, with distinctions between acted [3] and nat...

OBJECTIVE The purpose of the study was to test the relative and combined efficacy of clomipramine and exposure and ritual prevention in the treatment of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) in adults. Serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SRIs) and cognitive behavior therapy by exposure and ritual prevention are both established treatments for OCD, yet their relative and combined efficacy have not been...

today, one of the most important features of any organization is a committed workforce with high emotional intelligence who want to be involved in the successful change. in other words, they should show the same organizational citizenship behaviors and organizational commitment.  the current study aims to investigate the impact of emotional intelligence on organizational citizenship behavior an...

religion, as a social phenomenon, affects society and is affected by it interactively. in iran, basically with religious norms and laws, many scholars and researchers concern with religion and level of religiosity. the paper is a comparative analysis of level of religiosity based on glynn and stark’s dimensions of religiosity, in three different generations in sari city: first generation (pre-r...

Abstract This article addresses conversational dynamics in interpersonal influence situations. Drawing on interaction ritual theories and the research of processes patterns, we argue that sequential transition patterns task social–emotional acts can capture essences ritual.A successful then generates emergent solidarity induces desired outcomes influence. In two experimental situations online t...

This article examines the pairing of nouns in the type of parallelism known as binominals, expressions of paired words, in Puma Rai ritual speech. Using a large corpus of ritual and everyday language texts resulting from a language documentation project among the Puma Rai in Nepal, we explore the characteristics of ritual binomials and provide a quantitative analysis of noun-to-verb ratios in t...

This paper with emphasising on religious context of Iranian society, has a critical interpretation which considers psychological damages as an inevitable consequence of modernity(with integrated sociological and psychological approach) attempts to address youth mental health issues. In this regard, this paper with constructing mental aspects (belief and emotional) objective (ritual and outcome)...