Arsenic-induced polyneuropathy is traditionally classified as an axonal-loss type, electrodiagnostically resulting in low amplitude or absent sensory and motor responses, relatively preserved proximal and distal motor conduction rates, and distal denervation. We report four patients with a subacute onset progressive polyradiculoneuropathy following high-dose arsenic poisoning. In three patients...

The purpose of this paper is to examine the viability of simulating one dialect with the speech segments of another dialect through prosody cloning. The hypothesis is that, among Korean regional dialects, it is not the segmental differences but the prosodic differences that play a major role in authentic dialect perception. This work intends to support the hypothesis by simulating Masan dialect...

This study investigates the use of two parameters, fluency and use of segmental dialect features (accent) to rate the overall ability of speakers of French as a second language. A group of ten native English Canadians read a short text of 139 words in French (their second language). Their degree of fluency was established by a combination of the following measures: speech rate (words/min, syll/...

To address the general problem of intersegmental coordination of oscillatory neuronal networks, we have studied the leech heartbeat central pattern generator. The core of this pattern generator is a timing network that consists of two segmental oscillators, each of which comprises two identified, reciprocally inhibitory oscillator interneurons. Intersegmental coordination between the segmental ...

By attributing stand-alone phonetic interpretability to each melodic prime, we rid phonological output of segmental redundancy without compromising the ability of representations to be mapped onto articulation and auditory perception. Under this approach, the repertoire of constraints on segmental output is automatically restricted to those that refer to lexically distinctive primes. One specif...

Background Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is characterised by vascular dysfunction and multi-organ fibrosis, with the heart commonly involved. Cardiovascular disease (CVD) in SSc may be direct or indirect, but often remains subclinical. SSc patients with apparent cardiovascular clinical features are at greater risk of deterioration and premature cardiovascular death, often from complications of myoca...

Atypical speech prosody is a hallmark feature of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) that presents across the lifespan, but is difficult to reliably characterize qualitatively. Given the great heterogeneity of symptoms in ASD, an acoustic-based objective measure would be vital for clinical assessment and interventions. In this study, we investigate speech features in childpsychologist conversational...