The two mass model (2MM) as introduced by Ishizaka & Flanagan (1972) and simplified by Steinecke & Herzel (1995) describes many features of the vocal fold oscillation patterns [1,2]. Particularly, it was shown that a large variety of voice disorders may be explained by means of high-speed observations with subsequent interpretation by the 2MM. Laryngeal symmetry was identified as an important p...

By combining weighted distances and distances based on neighbourhood sequences, a new family of distance functions with potentially low rotational dependency is obtained. The basic theory for these distance functions, including functional form of the distance between two points, is presented for the face-centered cubic grid and the body-centered cubic grid. By minimizing an error function, the ...

PURPOSE This study reports the characteristics of corneal higher order aberrations (HOAs) in eyes with normal topographic pattern using the Pentacam scheimpflug system. METHODS In this prospective, observational, comparative study, 165 eyes of 97 patients separated into five groups based on corneal topographic patterns were enrolled. All eyes received a comprehensive ophthalmologic examinatio...

Numerous studies have investigated economies of scale and scope in higher education as a means of providing public and private providers of college and university teaching and research and their stakeholders with knowledge of the cost structures that underpin provision in this economically and socially important sector. However, debate continues on the precise nature of these economies of scale...

A new regression-based approach is proposed for modeling marketing the analysis, the functional form of the effect of each independent variable, and the appropriate transformation for the dedatabases. The approach is Bayesian and provides a number of significant pendent variable. improvements over current methods. Independent variables can enter into This article introduces a highly flexible Ba...

When there are several replicates available at each level combination of two factors, testing non-additivity can be done by the usual two-way ANOVA method. However, the ANOVA method cannot be used when the experiment is unreplicated (one observation per cell of the two-way classification). Several tests have been developed to address non-additivity in unreplicated experiments starting with Tuke...

PURPOSE To report the ocular and corneal higher order aberrations of a pilot trial of optimized prolate ablations for the treatment of myopia. METHODS In this prospective study, patients were treated using optimized prolate ablation or conventional ablation. Five patients underwent bilateral optimized prolate ablation treatment, and nine patients were randomized to receive optimized prolate a...

PURPOSE The primary objective of the study was to explore the statistics of ocular higher-order aberrations in a population of primary and secondary school children. METHODS A sample of 557 children aged 10-15 years were selected from two primary and two secondary schools in Heraklion, Greece. Children were classified by age in three subgroups: group I (10.7±0.5 years), group II (12.4±0.5 yea...