36 research outputs found
Ang Mga Mumunting Ginto sa Dulang: Isang Pagbasa sa Dulang: Dyornal Ning Pagsurat Catandunganon
Get PDFAng Mga Mumunting Ginto sa Dulang: Isang Pagbasa sa Dulang: Dyornal Ning Pagsurat Catandunganon
Get PDFRegaining Motor Control in Musician's Dystonia by Restoring Sensorimotor Organization
No full textProfessional musicians are an excellent human model of long term effects of skilled motor training on the structure and function of the motor system. However, such effects are accompanied by an increased risk of developing motor abnormalities, in particular musician's dystonia. Previously we found that there was an expanded spatial integration of proprioceptive input into the hand area of motor cortex (sensorimotor organisation, SMO) in healthy musicians as tested with a transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) paradigm. In musician's dystonia, this expansion was even larger, resulting in a complete lack of somatotopic organisation. We hypothesised that the disordered motor control in musician's dystonia is a consequence of the disordered SMO.
In the present paper we test this idea by giving pianists with musician's dystonia 15 min experience of a modified proprioceptive training task. This restored SMO towards that seen in healthy pianists. Crucially, motor control of the affected task improved significantly and objectively as measured with a MIDI piano, and the amount of behavioural improvement was significantly correlated to the degree of sensorimotor re-organisation. In healthy pianists and non-musicians, the SMO and motor performance remained essentially unchanged. These findings suggest a link between the differentiation of SMO in the hand motor cortex and the degree of motor control of intensively practiced tasks in highly skilled individuals
Ultramafic xenoliths from Llera de Canales, Tamaulipas, Mexico
No full textThis study derived from a request received by Dr. E. A. King in 1973 to identify a rock for a Houston dentist. The rock proved to be a spinel Iherzolite of a type believed to be from the upper mantle of the Earth. Although disappointed that the Iherzolite was of no commercial value, the dentist arranged for a guide to take Dr. King and the author to the out crop from which the rock came. The specimens collected on this and two subsequent trips are the subject of this report. This report is in two parts. Part one is a brief review of ultramafic rocks and their geological significance. Part two is concerned with the xenoliths from Llera de Canales and their possible relationship to similar rocks from eastern Mexico and the United States.Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Department o
A study in professional education at Western Reserve university, the School of applied social sciences, 1916-1930,
No full textIncludes bibliographies.Mode of access: Internet
The virtual image : Brazilian literature in English translation
Get PDFThe
aim of this thesis is to
examine
how the virtual
image
of Brazil
and
its literature is
constructed
in the Anglo-American world. To this
end, a survey of
Brazilian literary
works
in English translation was
carried out.
Having
gathered this data, it became
possible to establish
correlations
between the historical
moments when such translations
were made, when their number
increased,
and the events occurring at
those times in the international
panorama, as well as to look into the
role of sponsors, publishers and translators in the
selection and
production of such translations.
The data
also allowed a profile of
Brazilian literary
works
in
English translation to be drawn. It became
possible to suggest that
such works
fall into four
main categories:
`authorial
works',
'topical
works',
`ambassadorial
works'
and `consumer-oriented
works'.
In
order
to look
more closely
into how the translation process
has helped to
shape
the
virtual
image
of Brazilian literary
works
in
the Anglo-American world, an analysis of a sample of
translations
of
such works was made. Included in this
sample were
the translations
of works
by Machado de Asis, by Indianist
and
Regionalist
wirters,
culminating
in
an examination of translations of
GuimarAes Rosa's
works.
Having looked
at these aspects of
the translation
process, what
remained
to be done
was to investigate
to what extent
Brazilian
literary
works
in English translation
are read
by the English-
speaking public.
To this
end, a survey of availability and
library
readership was undertaken. Finally,
a reading experiment was carried
out
in
which native speakers of
English
were asked to read the short
story
'A terceira
margem
do
rio',
by GuimarAes Rosa.
The
conclusion attempts to pull all these threads together and
to indicate directions for further
research
The temporal binding deficit hypothesis of autism
Get PDFFrith has argued that people with autism show “weak central coherence,” an unusual bias toward piecemeal rather than configurational processing and a reduction in the normal tendency to process information in context. However, the precise cognitive and neurological mechanisms underlying weak central coherence are still unknown. We propose the hypothesis that the features of autism associated with weak central coherence result from a reduction in the integration of specialized local neural networks in the brain caused by a deficit in temporal binding. The visuoperceptual anomalies associated with weak central coherence may be attributed to a reduction in synchronization of high-frequency gamma activity between local networks processing local features. The failure to utilize context in language processing in autism can be explained in similar terms. Temporal binding deficits could also contribute to executive dysfunction in autism and to some of the deficits in socialization and communication
Biomass Burning in the Global Environment: First Results from the IGAC/BIBEX Field Campaign STARE/TRACE-A/SAFARI-92
No full textSince the STAREITRACE-NSAFARI-92 Science Team is too numerous to be included in the author list, only those who have contributed text to this paper are listed on the title page. The others are: A-L. Ajavon, C. Anderson, T.W. Andreae, H.J. Annegarn, C.B. Archer, P. Artaxo, E. Atlas, R.E. Babbitt, J. Barsby, J. Beer, R.J. Bendura, D. Bergmann, D.R. Blake, G.E. Bodeker, T. Boyle, J.D. Bradshaw, J.K. Broadbent, E.V. Browell, E.G. Brunke, R.A Burke, H. Cachier, J. Cafmeyer, D.J. Cahoon, R Chadyendiya, M. Chaitwa, T.-Y. Chen, G.J.R Coetzee, W.R Cofer III, J.E. Collins, B. Cros, P. Cunningham, G. de Beer, A de Kock, R. Delmas, RD. Diab, P. Dowty, B.L. Duigan, F. Echalar, M. Edwards, W. Elbert, T. Fickinger, A. Gaudichet, S.J. Godefroy, G.L. Gregory, M. Guest, G.W. Harris, G. Helas, G. Held, J.L. Hery, J.M. Hoell, R Hudson, C. Jambert, A Joubert, M.R. Jury, P. Kiillberg, RP. Karimanzira, J.B. Kauffman, J. Kendall, J. Kim, V.W.J.H. Kirchhoff, M.A Kneen, R. Koppmann, T.N. Krishnamurti, F. Kruger, T. Kuhlbusch, C. Labuschagne, J.P. Lacaux, C. Liousse, E. Lynch, S.A. Macko, W. Maenhaut, C. Manickum, B. Martincigh, P. Masclet, J.A Mason, G.K. Mather, M.A Mazurek, D.P. McNamara, D.J. McRae, F. Meixner, W.L. Miller, E. Mpunduma, E. Mravlag, W. Munyanyiwa, A. Mwale, S. O'Beirne, U. Parchatka, D. Parsons, K. Pickering, J.J. Pienaar, S. Piketh, J.P. Pinto, W. Pollock, A Potgieter, RA. Preston-Whyte, M.W. Raynor, R Rorich, J. Rudolph, G.W. Sachse, I. Salma, S.T. Sandholm, W. Schneider, M.C. Scholes, M. Schormann, G.C. Schulze, M. Scourfield, D.I. Sebacher, M.K. Seely, R. Shea, H.B. Singh, N. Snow, F. Sokolic, B. Stefanski, R. Swap, R.W. Talbot, I. Taviv, A Tegen, M. Thompson, G.R. Tosen, L. Trollope, W.S.W. Trollope, M.M. Truter, S. Tsure, C. Turner, P. Tyson, J. van Heerden, D. Walmsley, D.E. Ward, M.G. Weber, F. Weirich, M. Welling, F.G. Wienhold, E.L. Winstead, T. Zenker, RG. Zepp, and M. Zunckel.Biomass burning is now recognized as a major source of important trace gases, including CO₂, NO₂, CO and CH₄, and of aerosol particles. It takes on many forms: burning of forested areas for land clearing, extensive burning of grasslands and savannas to sustain grazing lands, burning of harvest debris, and use of biomass fuel for heating.https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-1-4615-2524-0_
Solutions of Riemann–Weber type half-linear differential equation
Get PDFsummary:We establish an asymptotic formula for a pair of linearly independent solutions of the subcritical Riemann–Weber type half-linear differential equation. We also complement the results of the author and M. Ünal, Acta Math. Hungar. 120 (2008), 147–163, where the equation was considered in the critical case
