Multichannel audio rendering allows for the immersion of a listener into a rich acoustic scene, as compared to traditional stereophonic methods. Nevertheless, the excessive transmission and storage requirements of multichannel audio pose a considerable obstacle towards its widespread usage. A novel method is presented here with which a single channel of a multichannel signal is conventionally t...

The aim of this in vitro study was to evaluate the susceptibility of a hybrid composite resin (Filtek Z250 - 3M ESPE) to staining, when light cured in four different modes and immersed in two different media. Composite resin specimens were randomly prepared and polymerized according to the experimental groups (conventional -50 mW/cm(2) / 30 seconds; soft start -300 mW/cm(2) / 10 seconds + 550 m...

This study explored the effects of water or brine (2% NaCl, w/v) immersion thawing combined with ultrasound treatment (40 kHz, 150 W) on the quality characteristics of pork. Ultrasound treatment of pork was conducted in two cold media (at 4℃), water and 2% (w/v) brine, respectively. Because the ultrasound treatment caused temperature increase in the media from 4℃ to 16℃, the qualities of pork t...

Several audio reproduction systems can be used for creating these virtual sound fields: some are “lightweight”, attachedto-the-user systems, like the reproduction through headphones including the effect of HRTFs (head-related transfer functions), while some others are more expensive in terms of resources and materials. Among this last category are the systems based on multiple loudspeakers arra...

This paper describes recent progress toward a framework and toolset for Very Distributed Storytelling. It focuses on three independent but interconnected axes of development: continuous story playout environments, story authoring systems, and scenarios for interaction, particularly those that operate in casual or formal architectural spaces. Aspects of these are explored in several systems curr...

INTRODUCTION The creation of interactive animated agents is one of the most active research areas for researchers who are trying to develop various kinds of technologies that give such agents human-like behaviors. However, there are other important issues concerning the agents. One is the introduction of narratives into the behaviors of the agents. Since narratives are the basic way movies and ...