French liaison has long been a favourite testing ground for phonological theories, a situation which can undoubtedly be attributed to the complexity of the phenomenon, involving in particular phonology/syntax, phonology/morphology, phonology/lexicon interfaces. Dealing with liaison requires stepping into all the components of the grammar, while tackling at the same time the quicksands of variat...

BACKGROUND The diagnosis of CMV infection is challenging and the quality of serological laboratory testing is critical, especially in pregnancy and in the determination of transplant recipients and donors serostatus. OBJECTIVES Evaluate the performances of the new LIAISON(®) CMV II line: LIAISON(®) CMV IgG II, LIAISON(®) CMV IgM II and LIAISON(®) CMV IgG Avidity II in comparison with the rout...

Recent phonological accounts of liaison (e.g., Booij (1986); Encrevé (1988); Tranel (1994); Tranel (1995) have relied heavily on rules and constraints involving syllable structure. Such an approach potentially meshes well with Selkirk’s (1974) study which accounts for the grammatical distribution of liaison in terms of phonological words. However, there is evidence that prosodic constraints are...

In French the pronunciations of many words change dramatically depending on the word immediately preceding it. The result of this phenomenon, known as “liaison”, in an ASR system that does not model “liaison” is the requirement of unnatural pronunciation and much user dissatisfaction. We present, in this paper, the development of an acoustic model which takes into account the wide variability o...

this review tried to describe the historical development of consultation-liaison (cl) psychiatry and psychosomatic medicine in the world and iran. it also aimed to present a classification of different models of patient care and service delivery in cl psychiatry. it finally provided some explanation about the status of psychosomatic medicine and cl psychiatry in germany as a different model in ...