The mission of the Air Force Technical Applications Center (AFTAC) requires accurate yield estimation for nuclear explosions. Historically, the focus has been on larger yield events (mb > ~4.5) using teleseismic body wave magnitudes and applying test-site-specific corrections for yield estimates. The regional coda methodology provides unprecedented stability and avoids test site bias because it...

Liquid chromatography combined with mass spectrometry (LC-MS) analysis has been successfully employed in proteome research. Data generated from LC-MS equipments usually comes with a considerable amount of noise. Thus, there is a need for the use of filters to enhance the quality of mass spectrometry chromatograms. An algorithm developed recently (CODA[2]) achieves good results in removing noise...

There is a systematic relationship between stress accent and pronunciation variation in spontaneous American English discourse. Although all constituents of the syllable are affected by accent, its impact is particularly manifest in the nucleus and coda. For example, height of the vocalic nucleus is closely associated with accent weight, and deletion of coda and onset segments is far more commo...

We present a white-box conceptual framework for adaptation developed in the context of the EU Project ASCENS coordinated by Martin Wirsing. We called it CoDa, for Control Data Adaptation, since it is based on the notion of control data. CoDa promotes a neat separation between application and adaptation logic through a clear identification of the set of data that is relevant for the latter. The ...

Algerian Arabic is an Arabic dialect spoken in Algeria characterized by the absence of writing resources and standardization, hence it is considered as an under-resourced language. It differs from Modern Standard Arabic on all levels of linguistic representation, from phonology and morphology to lexicon and syntax. In this paper, we present a conventional orthography for Algerian Arabic, follow...

In this paper, we use articulatory measures to determine whether Dutch schwa epenthesis is an abstract phonological process or a concrete phonetic process depending on articulatory timing. We examine tongue position during }l} before underlying schwa and epenthetic schwa and in coda position. We find greater tip raising before both types of schwa, indicating light }l} before schwa and dark }l} ...

Effective coordination of distributed human planners requires timely communication of relevant information to ensure the overall coherence of activities and the compatibility of assumptions. This paper presents a system called CODA that provides targeted information dissemination among distributed human planners as a way of improving coordination. Within CODA, each planner declares interest in ...

We use ultrasound to explore the lingual articulation of /hVd/ and /hVl/ rhymes from an Australian English speaker, focusing on the coarticulatory interactions between the VC rhyme components. Results reveal vowel height as a major factor conditioning lateral undershoot. We also find that back vowel tongue contours overlap extensively with the coda lateral providing a conditioning environment f...

Previous research shows that 2-year-olds’ production of third person singular -s, but not plural -s, is affected by coda complexity, though both are more accurately produced in durationally longer utterance-final compared to utterancemedial position. This study explores these effects with possessive -s. Acoustic analysis of 10 two-years-olds’ elicited imitations examined children’s use of simpl...

Three groups of listeners, one with a /p,t,k/ stop system in the syllable coda (Dutch), one with /p,k,?/ (ChaoShan) and one with / p,t,k,?/ (ZhangQuan) were asked to identify the final C in CVC-stimuli as one of the consonants [p,t,k,?]. Identification was affected by the nature of the coda C and the V. The identification of the bilabial stop significantly increases after /i/, that of the velar...