Human listeners have a remarkable ability to separate a complex mixture of sounds into discrete sources. The processes underlying this ability have been termed ‘auditory scene analysis’ (Bregman 1990; this volume). Recently, an interdisciplinary field known as ‘computational auditory scene analysis’ (CASA) has emerged which aims to develop computer systems that mimic this aspect of hearing (Ros...

Resident, Department of Neurosurgery, Santa Casa de Belo Horizonte, Belo Horizonte MG, Brazil; Assistant, Department of Neurosurgery, Santa Casa de Belo Horizonte and Faculdade de Ciências Médicas de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte MG, Brazil; Assistant, Department of Neurology, Santa Casa de Belo Horizonte, Belo Horizonte MG, Brazil; Assistent I, Department of Psycology, Universidade Federal de M...

The term auditory scene analysis (ASA) refers to the ability of human listeners to form perceptual representations of the constituent sources in an acoustic mixture, as in the well-known ‘cocktail party’ effect. Accordingly, computational auditory scene analysis (CASA) is the field of study which attempts to replicate ASA in machines. Some CASA systems are closely modelled on the known stages o...

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Júlio Leonardo Barbosa Pereira, Lucas Alverne Freitas de Albuquerque, Mauro Cruz Machado Borgo, Gerival Vieira Junior, Paulo Pereira Christo, Gervásio Teles C. de Carvalho I Neurosurgery, Santa Casa de Belo Horizonte, Belo Horizonte/MG, Brazil. II Research Program of the Santa Casa, Belo Horizonte/MG, Brazil. III Neurosurgery, Santa Casa de Belo Horizonte and Faculdade de Ciências Medicas de Mi...

In today’s world of highly dynamic computing environments, autonomic applications are the need of the hour. By an autonomic application, we mean an application that is able to adapt to changes in its execution environment dynamically and transparently. CASA (Contract-based Adaptive Software Architecture) provides a framework for enabling the development and operation of autonomic applications. ...

Amiodarone is used to treat life-threatening cardiac arrhythmias. Amiodarone-induced pulmonary toxicity (APT) can be difficult to diagnose. APT may result in increased mucus production and mucin expression. Thus, serum mucin-1 was evaluated as a marker for amiodarone-induced pulmonary toxicity. Concentrations of mucin-1 in peripheral blood were determined using cancer-associated serum antigen (...