Experiments 1 and 2 compared, with a single-stimulus procedure, the discrimination of filled and empty intervals in both auditory and visual modalities. In Experiment 1, in which intervals were about 250 msec, the discrimination was superior with empty intervals in both modalities. In Experiment 2, with intervals lasting about 50 msec, empty intervals showed superior performance with visual sig...

SOME FACTORS INFLUENCING THE EFFECTIVE AUDITORY INTENSIVE DIFFERENCE LIMEN

Introduction.   Subcutaneous, occipital nerve stimulation has emerged as a potentially effective treatment modality for patients with refractory headache disorders. The purpose of this study was to document occipital stimulation characteristics in 10 patients status post implantation of an occipital nerve stimulator. Methods.   All possible electrode combinations were tested in each patient, an...

Voting on the outputs of redundant modules with real number results (i.e., where correctly functioning redundant systems may arrive at slightly different yet correct outputs for identical inputs) is not straightforward. Such cases need inexact voting in which some discrepancies between the outputs of redundant modules are allowed. Documented inexact voters use a fixed threshold value that may c...

W IND disturbances are a common factor in aviation accidents. Among 126 airplane accidents that occurred between 1979 and 2009 involving loss of control in flight, 14% listed windshear, turbulence, or thunderstorms as a cause or contributing factor. Moreover, 86% of the accidents initiated by atmospheric disturbances led to an upset flight condition, which usually entails an excursion of the ai...

background: to increase safety of patients and staffs in hospitals, safety standards and regulations must be considered. this study was conducted to evaluate safety conditions in hospitals affiliated to kerman university of medical sciences.   methods: this cross-sectional descriptive study was conducted in various wards and units of four hospitals affiliated to kerman university of medical sci...

During the manufacturing process of lithium-ion battery, metal foreign matter is likely to be mixed into which seriously influences safety performance battery. In order reduce outflow such defect cells, production line universally adopted K-value test process. traditional test, detection threshold determined empirically, has poor dynamic characteristics and probably leads missing or false detec...

In this study, we employ a recently developed econometric technique of the threshold model with the GJR-GARCH process on error terms to investigate the relationships between weather factors and stock market returns in Taiwan using daily data for the period of 1 July 1997–22 October 2003. The major weather factors studied include temperature, humidity, and cloud cover. Our empirical evidence sho...

Recently, Starns et al. (2008) collected source judgments for old items, which participants had claimed to be new, and found residual source discriminability depending on the old-new response bias. The finding was interpreted as evidence in favor of the multivariate signal-detection model but against the high-threshold model of source memory. According to the latter, “new” responses only follow...