The ability to automatically identify the musical instruments occurring in a recorded piece of music has important uses for various music-related applications. This paper examines the case of instrument classification where the raw data consists of musical phrases performed on digital instruments from eight instrument families. We compare the use of extracted features from a continuous sample o...

To the Editor: Elevated blood pressure (BP) is positively correlated with age, stroke, coronary heart disease, end-stage renal disease, and heart failure. Hypertension is, usually, diagnosed by the measurement of systolic or diastolic BP. Achievement of normalization of BP is often considered the goal of hypertension management. Therefore, a valid, accurate, and reliable method is essential for...

Robert "The Prof" Bedford provided medical services in South Australia for over 20 years, despite having no medical qualifications.

BACKGROUND "Stamp" technique is a new method for placing large composite restorations with accurate occlusal topography. It was introduced mainly to restore Class I cavities and erosively damaged teeth. This technique is indicated when the preoperative anatomy of the tooth is intact and not lost due to the carious lesion. A precise tooth-like filling an accurate functional occlusion is obtained...

producing genetically­modified­foods plays one of the key roles in addressing the increasing needs for foods. the development and increasing use of gmfoods, despite its benefits and advantages,causes its­own problems and challenges, as well .the exclusive characteristic of these types of products and the human and environment-related effects have made discussion over this issue twice assignific...

BACKGROUND Identification of psychometrically strong instruments for the field of implementation science is a high priority underscored in a recent National Institutes of Health working meeting (October 2013). Existing instrument reviews are limited in scope, methods, and findings. The Society for Implementation Research Collaboration Instrument Review Project's objectives address these limitat...

Abstract The present study aimed at investigating the relationship between three main characteristics of teachers; namely, perfectionism, leadership and empowerment, amongst Iranian English and math teachers. To do so, two groups of teachers were selected to participate in this study. One consisted of 177 math teachers and the other comprised 200 English teachers. All were teaching in Khorasan ...

Although university EFL students represent a wide array of social and cultural identities, their multiple and diverse identities are not usually considered in foreign language classrooms. This qualitative case study attempted to examine identity conflicts experienced by Iranian EFL learners at the university context. To this end, two Shiraz University students' identities were investigated. Sem...

making a negotiable instrument on behalf is one of the most important issues in negotiable instruments law. under general rules, the principle has the obligations arising from making negotiable instrument on behalf and agent is not in charge. if the maker wasn’t an agent or he violated the representation area, his act wouldn’t be valid. now the question is if the agent doesn’t manifest his posi...