Between-speaker variability of acoustically measurable speech rhythm [%V, ΔV(ln), ΔC(ln), and Δpeak(ln)] was investigated when within-speaker variability of (a) articulation rate and (b) linguistic structural characteristics was introduced. To study (a), 12 speakers of Standard German read seven lexically identical sentences under five different intended tempo conditions (very slow, slow, norma...

The cloning and sequencing of the small subunit (SSU) ribosomal DNA gene from Kudoa rosenbuschi (myxosporean species associated with post-mortem myoliquefaction process in the Argentinean hake Merluccius hubbsi) is reported. The SSU rDNA was found to contain 1740 bp with a single polymorphic site with either a C or T at position 221. The sequence data obtained in this study and those known sequ...

the power sum method (PSM) is very accurate for solving flow and has a fast convergence in radial networks. Its formulation represents balance terms of flows lines. This facilitates its application optimal model by composing part set equality constraints. As conventional PSM uses positive sequence representation distribution networks are three-phase unbalanced, then, this work, an expansion fun...

43 44 Many rhythmic behaviors, such as locomotion and vocalization, involve 45 temporally dynamic patterns. How does the brain generate temporal complexity? Here, 46 we use the vocal central pattern generator (CPG) of Xenopus laevis to address this 47 question. Isolated brains can elicit fictive vocalizations allowing us to study the CPG in 48 vitro. The X. laevis advertisement call is temporal...

The distributions of saccadic reaction times (SRT) often deviate from unimodal normal distributions. An excess-mass procedure was used to detect peaks in 963 data sets containing 90,927 reaction times from 170 subjects. About 55% showed one, 30% two, 12% three and 3% four peaks. According to their clustering along the reaction time scale the modes could be classified into express (90-120 msec),...

ABSTRACT: Barbari is traditional flat leavened Iranian bread and one of the most popular breads consumed in Iran. Barbari bread stales quite fast and its shelf life is very short. Therefore, the addition of bread improvers and anti-staling agents, such as aloe vera, is a suitable method for extending the shelf life of the bread. In the present study, the effect of aloe vera powder at 0, 1, 3, 6...

introduction: the aim of this study was to get to a neurological evaluation of one of the persian music scales, homayoun, on brain activation of non-musician subjects. we selected this scale because homayoun is one of the main scales in persian classical music which is similar to minor mode in western scales. methods: this study was performed on 19 right handed subjects, aging 22-31. here some ...