This article examines phonological and phonetic aspects of whistled languages. A whistled language is a system of whistled communication which allows fluent subjects to transmit and exchange a potentially unlimited set of messages over long distances. In this respect, they are quite different from communication systems limited to a repertoire of stereotyped messages. For example, the whistled f...

Despite ongoing critical engagements with the remit and functioning of research ethics boards review processes – not least in limitations transposing medico-scientific approaches to social sciences need for ethical practice is well established accepted. Consequently, we see ubiquitous requirement academic science whether by an undergraduate student, a PhD candidate, or professor undergo review....

Since its introduction in 2010, the nearly Zero Energy Building (nZEB) concept has known a large diffusion European countries. Albania, an aspiring candidate country to join Union EU, is paving way towards by transposing EU directives fields of energy efficiency into national legislation. Most building stock includes buildings with low thermal and performance but high refurbishment potential, t...

Choral singing in the soprano, alto, tenor and bass (SATB) format is a widely practiced studied art form with significant cultural importance. Despite popularity of choral setting, it has received little attention field Music Information Retrieval. However, recent publication high-quality datasets as well developments deep learning based methodologies applied to music speech processing, have op...

Abstract Contemporary zoological gardens are hoping to delay the sixth mass extinction through captive breeding of endangered species. This article explores dominant temporal orders invoked by managing animal sex in captivity order unfold unnatural histories zoo. Departing from queer critique reproductive futurism, it demonstrates that modern zoo, reproduction is removed sexuality. By mapping o...

As an interaction of multiple domains including design, the furniture industry may valorise in ornamentation traditional motifs, and could encourage creativity designers to develop original products with a modern based on digitalized technology. The article presents example applying CAD-CAM-CAE tools for analysing possibility transposing motifs from textile heritage decoration, select appropria...

The Magic Toyshop tells the story of three siblings (Melanie, Jonathan and Victoria) what they go through in Uncle Philip’s house, where find themselves a totally different psychic space which is characterised by resonances imaginary images function differently. Among these images, animal imagery central to Melanie’s depiction both inhabitants house itself. Through its emphasis on along with ha...

Objectives: To evaluate different signal-processing algorithms for tactile identification of environmental sounds in a monitoring aid for the deafblind. Two men and three women, sensorineurally deaf or profoundly hearing impaired with experience of vibratory experiments, age 22-36 years. Methods: A closed set of 45 representative environmental sounds were processed using two transposing (TRH...

extremely low frequency (elf) electromagnetic field (elf-emfs) are widely employed in electrical appliances and different equipment such as television sets, elf-emfs can  affect biological systems by increasing production  ros. the altered balance between ros generation and elimination plays a critical role in a variety of pathologic conditions. ros levels have been observed in several hematopo...