The aim of this study was to evaluate the Differential-Rate Sound Processing (DRSP) strategy for speech perception by users of the Nucleus cochlear implant. The DRSP strategy uses both low and high rates of stimulation – applying a low rate of stimulation to apical, lower-frequency electrodes and a high rate of stimulation to basal, higher-frequency electrodes. Ten patients implanted with the N...

Parameterized Poker Squares (PPS) is a generalization of Poker Squares where players must adapt to a point system supplied at play time and thus dynamically compute highly-varied strategies. Herein, we detail the top three performing AI players in a PPS research competition, all three of which make various use of Monte Carlo techniques.

INTRODUCTION Cardiovascular pre-participation screening (PPS) is recommended for the identification of athletes at risk for sudden cardiac death. However, there is currently no universally accepted screening protocol. METHODS Two distinct PPS strategies were studied in a large cohort of Greek athletes (5 to 39 years old): PPS I, with routine 12-lead ECG and echo, in addition to personal and f...

Periodic elements play important roles in genomic structures and functions, yet some complex periodic elements in genomes are difficult to detect by conventional methods such as digital signal processing and statistical analysis. We propose a periodic power spectrum (PPS) method for analyzing periodicities of DNA sequences. The PPS method employs periodic nucleotide distributions of DNA sequenc...

OBJECTIVE This blind crossover study evaluates the effect of the number of electrodes of the Clarion CII cochlear implant on speech perception in silence and in noise using a "high-rate" continuous interleaved sampling (CIS) strategy. MATERIAL AND METHODS Nine users of this implant with 3-11 months of experience of an 8-channel CIS strategy [833 pulses per second (pps)/channel, 75 micros/phas...

This paper deals with the use of personal pronouns (PPs) in Ancient Greek two Aristophanes’ comedies (i.e. Lysistrata and Ecclesiazusae ). The main purpose this study is to show that PPs often have a pragmatic function, particular linked speaker’s communicative goals. analysis highlights presence gender-related distribution context-dependent pronouns. In particular, male characters prefer 1st p...

Two of the most widely tested predictions of agency theory are that there exists a negative association between an agent’s pay-performance sensitivity (PPS) and the risk of output, and that PPS, which is a measure of incentive, enhances performance. Empirical evidence has been mixed. This paper develops a model that introduces a “wealth effect” and also allows the agent to control the risk of o...

Compensation not only provides incentives to existing managers but attracts new managers to the firm. This paper examines the dual incentive and sorting effects of performance pay in a simple contracting model of endogenous participation. The main result is that sorting dampens optimal pay-performance sensitivity (PPS). This occurs because PPS beyond a nominal amount transfers unnecessary rent ...