After proposing a common-sense definition of bruxism, this partial review distills its various symptoms and consequences from the literature. That literature suggests that the splint-the most popular treatment modality-falls short in some respects. The research literature is even less sanguine about the efficacy of such other traditional therapies as sound alarms and stress reduction. Given the...

While it is known that emphasis is represented mainly by fundamental frequency, speech rate, and source intensity, few studies have been published on the relative roles of these variables in expressing the degree of emphasis. The present paper introduces the relative speech rate and the relative source intensity of a target utterance against a reference utterance, and formulates the processes o...

This paper aims at investigating the potentials of the phase spectrum in automatic speech recognition (ASR). We show that speech phase spectrum could potentially provide features with high discriminability and robustness. Out of such belief and to realize a higher portion of the phase spectrum potentials, we propose two simple amendments in two common blocks in feature extraction, namely pre-em...

Preemphasis of the speech signal at higher frequencies is a preprocessing step employed in various speech processing applications. In the present paper, the effect of preemphasis on vowel recognition performance is studied. Preemphasis of the speech signal is achieved hy the r;-~.-'-"der ,4:rr . . . . . :,~ ~r . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ,,. the speech signal. Ceostral coeffic...

This paper examines a newly created approach to exploring travel motivations, the Travel Career Patterns (TCP) model. Through an analysis of the TCP model, the authors advance travel motivation theory by making three contributions: a refinement of the definition of travel experience; the use and evaluation of essays as a qualitative tool for interpreting travel motives; and an extension of the ...

During cellulose dissolution in non-derivatizing solvents, the interand intramolecular hydrogen bonds of the polymer are deconstructed. This occurs either by hydrogen bond formation between one or more components of the solvent systems and the hydroxyl groups of the cellulose or by coordination bond formation between the metal ion present in the medium and the hydroxyl group of cellulose molecu...

OBJECTIVE We illustrate the magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) features of non-neoplastic tubaric conditions. BACKGROUND A variety of pathologic non-neoplastic conditions may affect the fallopian tubes. Knowledge of their imaging appearance is important for correct diagnosis. With recent advances in MRI, along with conventional MR sequences, diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) sequences are availa...

Background: Acne vulgaris (acne) is a long-term inflammatory skin disease. Typical features of acne that often appears in adolescents on the forehead include visible, clinically recognized blackheads or whiteheads (comedones) develop into red papules pustules and possible scarring. primarily affects with relatively high number sebaceous glands including face, neck, chest, upper back. postinflam...