A model of the hyoid-larynx complex is designed to be incorporated into a physiological articulatory model. The previously reported articulatory model consists of the tongue, mandible, hyoid bone, and vocal tract wall. The aim of this work is to include the laryngeal structures to simulate the tongue-larynx interaction which is observed in natural speech. The framework of laryngeal structures i...

A physiological articulatory model has been constructed using a fast computation method, which replicates midsagittal regions of the speech organs to simulate articulatory movements during speech. This study aims to improve the accuracy of modeling by using the displacement-based finite-element method and to develop a new approach for controlling the model. A "semicontinuum" tongue tissue model...

This paper presents the Physiological Model of Emotions. This model is our first step towards dealing with intelligence from a biological point of view. The behavior of each component is evaluated in an independent form thus avoiding abstractions that do not resemble the body’s functioning. Therefore, the Physiological Model of Emotions contains a simplified organism including only a restrict g...

While making longitudinal observations on schistosome cercarial shedding, Pitchford and Visser found that there is an annual fluctuation in the minimum time for cercarial development, which is apparently related to temperature (1). Schistosome control strategy could be designed to take advantage of this fluctuation if it were predictable. Inspired by the successes of physiological time models (...

A 3-D articulatory model has been male speaker. The model consists of the constructed based on volumetric MRI data for a Japanese midsagittal layer of the tongue, jaw-hyoid bone complex, and vocal tract wall that comprise the main vocal tract. This work describes a multi-point control strategy for producing vowel-consonant-vowel sequences through the generation of muscle contraction parameters ...

The objectives of Master of Philosophy (MPhil) in Physiological Sciences are: 1) to describe the new ways in which anatomy, biochemistry and physiology on one hand, and microbiology, pathology and pharmacology on other hand meet their functional requirements through multidisciplinary integrated concepts; 2) to elucidate relationships between cell biology, molecular biology and molecular genetic...

This report describes the development of a physiologically-based articulatory model, which consists of the tongue, mandible, hyoid bone and vocal tract wall. These organs are represented in a quasi-3D shape to replicate a midsagittal layer with a thickness of 2 cm for tongue tissue and 3 cm for tract wall. The geometry of these organs and muscles are extracted from volumetric MR images of a mal...

Physiological stress was studied in broilers using a new model employing continuous release of adrenocorticotropin (ACTH). A total of 42 adaptive response parameters were evaluated. A treatment response ratio, P-value transformation, and stress score were determined for each parameter. The treatment response ratio was calculated by dividing the maximum response of the ACTH-treated birds for eac...

A PHYSIOLOGICAL MODEL FOR THE RENAL EXCRETION OF LABELED COMPOUNDS Melvin H. Farmelant, Charles E. Sachs, Sebastian Genna and Belton A. Burrows 664 INTERRELATIONSHIP BETWEEN HYDRATION, URINE FLOW, RENAL BLOOD FLOW AND THE RADIOHIPPURAN RENOGRAM Muhammad A. Razzak, Robert E. Botti and William J. Maclntyre 672 DECREASED 14CO2PRODUCTION IN THIAMINE-DEFICIENT RATS GIVEN PYRUVATE-l-'4C AND ACETATE-l...

Alcohol addiction is a disease that includes a diverse set of phenotypes. Functional alcohol tolerance is an adaptation to the effects of alcohol that restores neuronal homeostatic balance while the drug is present. When the drug is suddenly withheld, these adaptations unbalance the nervous system and are thought to be the origin of some withdrawal symptoms. Withdrawal symptoms, which can be a ...