-The average density of randomly placed dots was modulated according to a spatial sinusoid and estimates were made of the signal/noise ratio (d’) of the sensory representation of the pattern from subjects’ responses. This was compared with the signal/noise ratio of the targets, and the results are expressed as the efficiency (F) with which the statistical information in the targets is utilized....

This experiment was an investigation of the ability of listeners to identify the constituents of double vowels (pairs of synthetic vowels, presented concurrently and binaurally). Three variables were manipulated: (1) the size of the difference in F0 between the constituents (0, 1/2, and 6 semitones); (2) the frequency relations among the sinusoids making up the constituents: harmonic, shifted (...

Many communicative behaviors in the animal kingdom consist of performing and recognizing specialized patterns of oscillatory motion. Here we present an approach to the representation and recognition of these oscillatory motions based on the categorical organization of a simple sinusoidal model having very specific and limited parameter values. This characterization is used to specify the types ...

With the development and advancement of power electronics devices in recent years, changes in the scenario in the field of controlling and handling the power quality issues have been very effective. FACTS devices are the outstanding approach. In this manuscript,we choose one such FACTS device known as STATCOM, a powerful shunt controller, for discussing its impact and depth how to tackle the po...

The gas-sensing behaviour based on a dynamic measurement method of a single SnO2 gas sensor was investigated by comparison with the static measurement. The influencing factors of nonlinear response such as modulation temperature, duty ratio, heating waveform (rectangular, sinusoidal, saw-tooth, pulse, etc.) were also studied. Experimental data showed that temperature was the most essential fact...

We study the stochastic resonance phenomenon in the overdamped two coupled anharmonic oscillators with Gaussian noise and driven by different external periodic forces. We consider (i) sine, (ii) square, (iii) symmetric saw-tooth, (iv) asymmetric saw-tooth, (v) modulus of sine and (vi) rectified sinusoidal forces. The external periodic forces and Gaussian noise term are added to one of the two s...

This paper deals with asymptotic rejection of periodic disturbances which may have asymmetric basic wave patterns. This class of disturbances covers asymmetric wave forms in the half period such as alternating sawtooth wave form, some disturbances which are generated from nonlinear oscillation such as Van de Pol oscillators, as well as disturbances with symmetric halfperiod wave forms such as s...

The driven transport of plastic systems in various disordered backgrounds is studied within mean field theory. Plasticity is modeled using nonconvex interparticle potentials that allow for phase slips. This theory most naturally describes sliding charge density waves; other applications include flow of colloidal particles or driven magnetic flux vortices in disordered backgrounds. The phase dia...

This paper deals with asymptotic rejection of periodic disturbances whose basic wave patterns can be described by odd functions. This class of disturbances covers asymmetric wave forms in the half period such as sawtooth wave form, as well as disturbances with symmetric half-period wave forms such as sinusoidal disturbances and triangular disturbances etc. The systems considered in this paper c...