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Hearing Faces and Seeing Voices: The Integration and Interaction of Face and Voice Processing
No full textCognitive understanding of voice recognition has borrowed much from the area of face processing, both in terms of the theoretical framework within which results are interpreted, and the methodology used to assess performance. A considerable body of research now exists to suggest that voice recognition may proceed in parallel with face recognition, and that the two pathways may combine to inform person recognition. However, rather than being independent or equivalent, these parallel pathways appear to interact to reveal interesting interference effects. The present paper reviews a series of studies that focus on a considerable and growing literature. The vulnerability of voice processing will be explored relative to face processing, and the interaction of these two pathways will be examined with reference to broader theoretical frameworks for person recognition
sj-pdf-1-phr-10.1177_00333549231170044 – Supplemental material for Development of a Standardized, Laboratory Result–Based Hepatitis C Virus Clearance Cascade for Public Health Jurisdictions
No full textSupplemental material, sj-pdf-1-phr-10.1177_00333549231170044 for Development of a Standardized, Laboratory Result–Based Hepatitis C Virus Clearance Cascade for Public Health Jurisdictions by Martha P. Montgomery, Lindsey Sizemore, Heather Wingate, William W. Thompson, Eyasu Teshale, Ade Osinubi, Mona Doshani, Noele Nelson, Neil Gupta and Carolyn Wester in Public Health Reports</p
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"Only the Amblyrhynchus": Maria Graham’s scientific editing of Voyage of HMS Blonde (1826/27)
No full textvariant underlying familial myeloid malignancy with striking intrafamilial phenotypic variability
No full textAbstract not available.Lucy C. Fox, Michelle Tan, Anna L. Brown, Peer Arts, Ella Thompson, Georgina L. Ryland, Jennifer Lickiss, Hamish S. Scott, Nicola K. Poplawski, Kerry Phillips, Neil A. Came, Paul James, Stephen B. Ting, David S. Ritchie, Jeff Szer, Christopher N. Hahn, Anthony Schwarer, Piers Blomber
Hydrothelphusa
No full textKey to the species of Hydrothelphusa 1 Inferior margins of merus of pereiopod 1 with either large teeth or large granules; anterior carapace texture distinctly granular with short carinae................................................................................................... 2 - Inferior margins of merus of pereiopod 1 either smooth or faintly granular; anterior carapace texture completely smooth.............................................................................................................................................. 4 2 Frontal margin clearly toothed; front horizontal (not deflexed); suborbital margin with large pointed teeth; suborbital region of carapace sidewall smooth (Cumberlidge & Sternberg 2002: Fig. 1 A).................................................................................................................................................................................. H. agilis - Frontal margin granular; front moderately deflexed; suborbital margin granular; suborbital region of carapace sidewall granular................................................................................................................................. 3 3 Subhepatic regions of carapace sidewall heavily granulated..................................... H. madagascariensis - Subhepatic region of carapace sidewall smooth........................................................................ H. vencesi 4 Exorbital, epibranchial teeth both slim, long, pointed; distinct gap between epigastric, postorbital crests (Cumberlidge & Sternberg 2002: Fig. 1 C).................................................................... H. bombetokensis - Exorbital, epibranchial teeth both low, blunt; epigastric, postorbital crests fused forming horizontal postfrontal crest (Cumberlidge & Sternberg 2002: Fig. 1 D)............................................................ H. goudotiPublished as part of Cumberlidge, Neil, Marijnissen, Saskia A. E. & Thompson, Jonelle, 2007, Hydrothelphusa vencesi, a new species of freshwater crab (Brachyura: Potamoidea: Potamonautidae) from southeastern Madagascar., pp. 61-68 in Zootaxa 1524 on page 67, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.17749
Mortality and drug therapy in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a network meta-analysis
No full textBackground: Increasing evidence suggests pharmacological treatments may impact on overall survival in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) patients. Individual clinical trials are rarely powered to detect mortality differences between treatments and may not include all treatment options relevant to healthcare decision makers. Methods: A systematic review was conducted to identify RCTs of COPD treatments reporting mortality; evidence was synthesised using network meta-analysis (NMA). The analysis included 40 RCTs; a quantitative indirect comparison between 14 treatments using data from 55,220 patients was conducted. Results: The analysis reported two treatments reducing all-cause mortality; salmeterol/fluticasone propionate combination (SFC) was associated with a reduction in mortality versus placebo in the fixed effects (HR 0.79; 95 % Crl 0.67, 0.94) but not the random effects model (0.79; 0.56, 1.09). Indacaterol was associated with a reduction in mortality versus placebo in fixed (0.28; 0.08 to 0.85) and random effects (0.29; 0.08, 0.89) models. Mean estimates and credible intervals for hazard ratios for indacaterol versus placebo are based on a small number of events; estimates may change when the results of future studies are included. These results were maintained across a variety of assumptions and provide evidence that SFC and indacaterol may lead to improved survival in COPD patients. Conclusion: Results of an NMA of COPD treatments suggest that SFC and indacaterol may reduce mortality. Further research is warranted to strengthen this conclusion. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (doi:10.1186/s12890-015-0138-4) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.Version of Recor
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Thinking aloud means talking allowed: group work in the primary school mathematics classroom
No full textThis chapter looks at the role of talk in the primary mathematics classroom, with a particular focus on the 'Thinking Together' approach developed by Neil Mercer and colleagues. It describes how children need to be explicitly taught how to 'do' exploratory group talk and discusses data from a research project the author was involved in into this topic and discusses the implications for teaching and learning
Options for reshaping the railway
No full textIn many countries the mismatch between what the railways offer and what the customers want has caused significant economic inefficiency and severe financial strains for the railways and their government owners. The concept of the railway as a monolithic entity is so strong in many countries as to be a roadblock against reshaping the railway. The authors explore four options which can be used to reshape the railways. First is the lines of business option which improves accountability and responsiveness to markets. The second is the competitive access option which introduces intramodal competition in selected markets, while maintaining unitary control over most railway operations. The third is the"wholesaler"option which would accomplish an excellent marketing job, but the actual operation would remain in monolithic hands. Finally there is the"toll rail enterprise"option which comes closest to reflecting a theoretical model of marketing effectiveness, however it would generate potential operating conflicts and higher transaction costs. The authors show that one generalization holds true in all circumstances: a monolithic railway does not function well in a market economy in competition with privately owned, properly regulated competitors - especially trucking. The authors point out that solutions will vary, but the universal objective as an economy becomes more market driven is to make the railway more market sensitive.Railways Transport,Roads&Highways,Environmental Economics&Policies,Banks&Banking Reform,ICT Policy and Strategies
The plea agreements process in the International criminal tribunal for former Yugoslavia in the light of the amnesty process in the Truth and Reconciliation commission in South Africa
No full textWhile many countries are facing difficulties in implementing transitional justice mechanisms, designed mainly to include different stakeholders in the process, in very few contexts have perpetrators been perceived as active participants who represent a potential resource to the process. This study examines and compares two contexts in which this has been so. Its central objective is to understand to what extent the practice of plea bargaining with perpetrators of war crimes at the International Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) contributed to the process of establishing the truth about past abuses and to compare this with probably the most controversial aspect of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission in South Africa (TRC) -- granting of amnesty to the responsible for the atrocities during apartheid. Drawing on both contexts, this study argues that that acknowledgment given by perpetrators potentially constitutes a legitimate and in some contexts crucial transitional justice mechanism. The study has not examined all the issues relating to these processes, recognizing their complexity in both the historical development of the field of transitional justice and the specific features of the process in each context. The study was developed at two levels, firstly through a normative analysis of the aims and objectives of the plea bargaining process at the ICTY and amnesty process at the TRC and secondly, through historical and factual investigation of the processes and outcomes in relation to the criteria set out for processes ICTY and TRC adopted. The main aim was to analyze what were the outcomes of these two processes in terms of contributing to the process of establishment of truth. Recognizing that these processes were inherently different from each other ? one being implemented in criminal trials, and other in truth commission, it is important to note that these have been the only two examples to date to include a form of compromise with perpetrators as one of their main strategies for the process of establishing truth. While recognizing that serious criticism have been made against both institutions for this compromises, this study concludes that any truth process, if trying to be comprehensive, will have to include perpetrators, because only they can provide the most important element in dealing with the human rights violations and the one most difficult to be obtained - acknowledgment by those who actually committed the crime
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