Peak delay refers to the phenomenon that an F0 peak sometimes occurs after the syllable it is associated with. This study investigates the relationship between tone, speaking rate and peak delay in Mandarin. Sentences containing H, R, or weakened H (h) were recorded at normal, fast and slow speaking rates. At normal rate, peak delay occurred regularly in both R and h but only occasionally in H;...

OBJECTIVE To investigate whether oxygen uptake (VO2) kinetics during low intensity exercise are related to clinical signs, symptoms, and neurohumoral activation independently of peak oxygen consumption in chronic heart failure. DESIGN Comparison of VO2 kinetics with peak VO2, neurohormones, and clinical signs of chronic heart failure. SETTING Tertiary care centre. PATIENTS 48 patients wit...

The first break our watermarking system (BOWS) contest challenged researchers to remove the watermark from three given images. Participants could submit altered versions of the images to an online detector. For a successful attack, the watermark had to be unreadable to this detector with a quality above 30 dB peak signal-to-noise ratio. We implemented our experiments in R, a language for statis...

BACKGROUND Dynamic joint loading, particularly the external knee adduction moment (KAM), is an important surrogate measure for the medio-lateral distribution of force across the knee joint in people with knee osteoarthritis (OA). Foot motion may alter the load on the medial tibiofemoral joint and hence affect the KAM. Therefore, this study aimed to investigate the relationship between tibia, re...

The aim of this study was to assess the relationship between strength variables and maximum velocity (Vmax) in the squat jump (SJ) in sprinting and jumping athletes. Thirty-two sprinting and jumping athletes of national level (25.4 ± 4.5 years; 79.4 ± 6.9 kg and 180.4 ± 6.0 cm) participated in the study. Vmax in the SJ showed significant relationships with peak force 1 (PF1) (r = 0.82, p ≤ 0.00...

Relationships between sprinting speed, body mass, and vertical jump kinetics were assessed in 243 male soccer athletes ranging from 10-19 years. Participants ran a maximal 36.6 meter sprint; times at 9.1 (10 y) and 36.6 m (40 y) were determined using an electronic timing system. Body mass was measured by means of an electronic scale and body composition using a 3-site skinfold measurement compl...