Phonetics attempts to describe and understand how speech is produced and perceived; phonology attempts to understand the patterning—in general, the behavior—of speech sounds in particular languages and in all languages. Is phonetics part of phonology? This straightforward question has received various answers at different points in the history of linguistics. In this paper I attempt to document...

This thesis defines and designs succinct indexes for several abstract data types (ADTs). The concept is to design auxiliary data structures that ideally occupy asymptotically less space than the information-theoretic lower bound on the space required to encode the given data, and support an extended set of operations using the basic operators defined in the ADT. As opposed to succinct (integrat...

Purpose: Explore the parameters of excellent athletes’ body immune status for various sports and better understand athlete’s immune function status, thus providing guidance for athlete’s daily training, adjusting exercise load timely, and adopting scientific exercise methods to improve various body functions. Method: Choose 186 athletes from various provinces and cities in China, including bask...