This is a report of research project about developing musical instruments for interactive computer music. The project's name "GHI project" means that "It might be interesting that musical instrument shines, isn't it?" in Japanese. I examined the essences of instruments in my composition again on proverb "Taking a lesson from the past." First of all, I examined the relation between the performer...

This is an opportunity for you to ask questions on software reliability engineering that may help you solve problems on your development projects, in your research studies, or in teaching. There will be no presentations, all time being devoted to your questions. The questions may be on anything, ranging from theory to details of application. The panelists are highly experienced in the field and...

1 Plantarflexor Stretch Training Increases Reciprocal Inhibition Measured 1 During Voluntary Dorsiflexion 2 3 4 Running title: Stretch training increases reciprocal inhibition 5 6 7 8 9 10 Blazevich, A.J., Kay, A.D, Waugh, C., Fath, F., Miller, S. and Cannavan, D. 11 12 13 1 Centre for Exercise and Sports Science Research, School of Exercise, Biomedical and 14 Health Sciences, Edith Cowan Unive...

In this paper, the concept of stochastic ordering is extended to belief functions on the real line defined by random closed intervals. In this context, the usual stochastic ordering is shown to break down into four distinct ordering relations, called credal orderings, which correspond to the four basic ordering structures between intervals. These orderings are characterized in terms of lower an...

This study focused on the reliability testing of tantalum capacitors. The objective was to develop efficient tests to examine the effects of temperature cycling on capacitor maximum voltage. A test according to the standard JESD22-A104D overlooks the fact that temperature changes often occur while the voltage is on. Capacitors were first tested according to the standard without voltage; the tes...

We investigate the threshold widths of some symmetric properties which range asymptotically between 1/ √ n and 1/ log n. These properties are built using a combination of failure sets arising from reliability theory. This combination of sets is simply called a product. Some general results on the threshold width of the product of two sets A and B in terms of the threshold locations and widths o...

A new multidimensional subjective workload assessment instrument -- Workload Profile -- was introduced and evaluated against two unidimensional instruments -- Bedford and Psychophysical scaling. Subjects performed two laboratory tasks separately (single task) and simultaneously (dual task). The multidimensional procedure compared well with the unidimensional procedures in terms of sensitivity t...

Because of the existence of uncertainty measurement in the process of bearings degradation, it is difficult to carry out the reliability analysis. The random performance degradation model is used to analyze the reliability life of high-speed train bearing with the characteristics of slow degradation process and relatively stable degradation path. The unknown coefficients are viewed as random va...

[Purpose] The purpose of this study was to examine the intra- and inter-rater reliabilities of the Short Form Berg Balance Scale in institutionalized elderly people. [Subjects and Methods] A total of 30 elderly people in a nursing facility in Y city, South Korea, participated in this study. Two examiners administered the Short Form Berg Balance Scale to one subject to investigate inter-rater re...