A sound that is briefly interrupted by a silent gap is perceived as discontinuous. However, when the gap is filled with noise, the sound may be perceived as continuing through the noise. It has been shown that this continuity illusion depends on the masking of the omitted target sound, but the underlying mechanisms have yet to be quantified thoroughly. In this article, we systematically quantif...

In simulations of electrical-acoustic stimulation (EAS), vocoded speech intelligibility is aided by preservation of low-frequency acoustic cues. However, the speech signal is often interrupted in everyday listening conditions, and effects of interruption on hybrid speech intelligibility are poorly understood. Additionally, listeners rely on information-bearing acoustic changes to understand ful...

The noise generated from the vehicular traffic flow is a major source of environmental pollution. The present paper reports the evaluation of the noise measurement due to vehicular traffic flow at interrupted flow condition in intermediate Yavatmal city, district place of Vidarbha region in Maharashtra (India). Traffic volume data and noise level data are collected at all the identified two maj...

In superconducting circuits interrupted by Josephson junctions, the dependence of energy spectrum on offset charges different islands is $2e$ periodic through Aharonov-Casher effect and resembles a crystal band structure that reflects symmetries potential. We show higher-harmonic elements described $\cos(2\varphi)$ energy-phase relation provide an increased freedom to tailor shape potential des...

The primary problem faced by the integrated navigation system based on inertial (INS) and global positioning (GPS) is providing reliable solutions during GPS failure. Thus, this study proposes an innovative algorithm to address limitation of precise when fails. First, for noise interference in INS, reduction technology ensemble empirical mode decomposition (EEMD) proposed improve quality INS si...

The goal of this paper is to compare the results of reverberation time measurements obtained with different well-established methods used for this type of measurements, as well as some additional ones which could serve as in situ tool when standard methods are not available. The methods compared in this paper include integrated impulse response measured with pink noise, exponential sweep and ML...

Using a mean-field dynamo model with a spherically symmetric helical turbulence parameter alpha which is algebraically quenched and disturbed by additional noise, the basic features of geomagnetic polarity reversals are shown to be generic consequences of the dynamo action in the vicinity of exceptional points of the spectrum. This simple paradigmatic model yields long periods of constant polar...

The stochastic dynamics of an active particle undergoing a constant speed and additionally driven by an overall fluctuating torque is investigated. The random torque forces are expressed by a stochastic differential equation for the angular dynamics of the particle determining the orientation of motion. In addition to a constant torque, the particle is supplemented by random torques, which are ...

This study investigated the influences of both perceived control and physical effort on cardiovascular reactivity. Undergraduates (N = 32) played a video game task interrupted by aversive noise. Perceived control of the noise was manipulated by instructions indicating the presence or absence of a contingency between performance and noise presentations. Physical effort was manipulated by control...