While several potential auditory cues responsible for sound source externalization have been identified, less work has gone into providing a simple and robust way of manipulating perceived externalization. The current work describes a simple approach for parametrically modifying individualized head-related transfer function spectra that results in a systematic change in the perceived externaliz...

In the paper we try to summarize the weaknesses of the CORBA Persistent Object Service standard we felt were most significant while designing and implementing a Persistent Object Service compliant with the standard. The issues discussed in detail include: underspecified semantics of operations, underspecified functionality of POM, lack of "compound persistence", reusability of other services (r...

Discoidin I, a soluble lectin synthesized by aggregating Dictyostelium discoideum and implicated in their adhesion to the substratum, is localized in multilamellar bodies both intracellularly and upon externalization. These structures also contain a glycoconjugate that binds discoidin I. The multilamellar bodies apparently serve to package the lectin for externalization, and may then gradually ...

The fungal pathogen Candida albicans produces dark-pigmented melanin after 3 to 4 days of incubation in medium containing l-3,4-dihydroxyphenylalanine (l-DOPA) as a substrate. Expression profiling of C. albicans revealed very few genes significantly up- or downregulated by growth in l-DOPA. We were unable to determine a possible role for melanin in the virulence of C. albicans. However, we show...

Individual binaural room impulse responses (BRIRs) were recorded at a distance of 1.5 m for azimuth angles of 0° and 50° in a reverberant room. Spectral details were reduced in either the direct or the reverberant part of the BRIRs by averaging the magnitude responses with band-pass filters. For various filter bandwidths, the modified BRIRs were convolved with broadband noise and listeners judg...

One of the greatest challenges in current humancomputer interaction research is the development of natural and affective interfaces. We present personality modelling as the inference of emotion and affect parameters, used by the dialogue management and user interaction components of a robot architecture. We discuss in detail the personality representation and inference aspects of the architectu...

When we listen to sounds through headphones without utilizing special transforms, sound sources seem to be located inside our heads. The sound sources are said to be lateralized to one side or the other to varying degree. This internal lateralization is different than sound source localization in the natural environment in which the sound is localized distal to the head. We used fMRI to investi...

Transvenous extraction of Riata lead could be a challenging procedure due to insulation failure and conductor cables' externalization through the eroded outer insulation. In this case, a complete lead extraction was achieved through a combined LASER and femoral approach because of the massive conductors' externalization.

The Externalization Template Library (XTL) is a set of template classes designed to ease the task of converting C++ data-structures to a language and machine independent external representation, and from this external representation back to C++ data-structures, as required for communication or persistent storage in heterogeneous computer systems. As externalization requires the traversal of dat...