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Martin Kaltenecker : L’oreille divisée. Les discours sur l’écoute musicale aux XVIIIe et XIXe siècles, Paris, Éditions MF, Collection «Répercussions» , (< [email protected] >), 2011
No full textWeber Edith. Martin Kaltenecker : L’oreille divisée. Les discours sur l’écoute musicale aux XVIIIe et XIXe siècles, Paris, Éditions MF, Collection «Répercussions» , (), 2011. In: Cahiers de sociologie économique et culturelle, n°49, 2010. pp. 135-136
Moving the Weber fraction: the perceptual precision for moment of inertia increases with exploration force
No full textHow does the magnitude of the exploration force influence the precision of haptic perceptual estimates? To address this question, we examined the perceptual precision for moment of inertia (i.e., an object’s ‘‘angular mass’’) under different force conditions, using the Weber fraction to quantify perceptual precision. Participants rotated a rod around a fixed axis and judged its moment of inertia in a two-alternative forced-choice task. We instructed different levels of exploration force, thereby manipulating the magnitude of both the exploration force and the angular acceleration. These are the two signals that are needed by the nervous system to estimate moment of inertia. Importantly, one can assume that the absolute noise on both signals increases with an increase in the signals’ magnitudes, while the relative noise (i.e., noise/signal) decreases with an increase in signal magnitude. We examined how the perceptual precision for moment of inertia was affected by this neural noise. In a first experiment we found that a low exploration force caused a higher Weber fraction (22%) than a high exploration force (13%), which suggested that the perceptual precision was constrained by the relative noise. This hypothesis was supported by the result of a second experiment, in which we found that the relationship between exploration force and Weber fraction had a similar shape as the theoretical relationship between signal magnitude and relative noise. The present study thus demonstrated that the amount of force used to explore an object can profoundly influence the precision by which its properties are perceived
Multi-facility Green Weber Problem
No full textMulti-facility Green Weber ProblemThe multi-facility Weber problem corresponds to locating a number of facilities on the plane so as to minimize the sum of the weighted Euclidean distances between the customers and the allocated facilities. Its applications can be exemplified by locating warehouses or facilities for a distribution system in which the demands will be delivered directly to the customers. Such distribution systems consume a large amount of fuel and increase the emissions of greenhouse gases.In this scope, the multi-facility green Weber problem (MF-GWP) is a planar location problem that aims to minimize the amount of CO2 emission in a distribution system. The MF-GWP, determines the locations of p facilities on the plane and the speeds of the vehicles while minimizing the total CO2 emission. We formulate the MF-GWP as a mixed integer second order cone programming (MISOCP) problem. Since the MISOCP formulation of the MF-GWP is weak, only small size instances can be solved to optimality in 4 hours. For solving large problem instances, well-known heuristics developed for the multi facility Weber problem such as alternate location-allocation heuristic, transfer follow-up heuristic, and decomposition heuristic are utilized as well as a newly developed local search approach.The computational results represent the difficulties of finding the exact solution of the MF-GWP with the MISOCP formulation even for the small size instances. For larger problem instances, quality of solutions obtained by different settings of computational experiments, depict the performance and benefits of the improvement heuristics proposed in our study
RIC-HSCT for MF/SS
No full textAdvanced-stage mycosis fungoides and Sezary syndrome (MF/SS) have a poor prognosis. Allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT), particularly using a reduced-intensity conditioning (RIC) regimen, is a promising treatment for advanced-stage MF/SS. We performed RIC-HSCT in nine patients with advanced MF/SS. With a median follow-up period of 954days after HSCT, the estimated 3-year overall survival was 85.7% (95% confidence interval, 33.4-97.9%) with no non-relapse mortality. Five patients relapsed after RIC-HSCT; however, in four patients whose relapse was detected only from the skin, persistent complete response was achieved in one patient, and the disease was manageable in other three patients by the tapering of immunosuppressants and donor lymphocyte infusion, suggesting that graft-versus-lymphoma effect and "down-staging" effect from advanced stage to early stage by HSCT improve the prognosis of advanced-stage MF/SS. These results suggest that RIC-HSCT is an effective treatment for advanced MF/SS
Aug. 19, 2018; University of Utah vs. Weber State University
No full textWomen\u27s Soccer game statistics; game bookHead Coach: Rich ManningWomen\u27s SoccerUtah 2; Weber State 0Soccer Box Score (Final) The Automated ScoreBook For Soccer Utah vs Weber State (Aug 19, 2018 at Ogden, UT) Utah (1-1) vs. Weber State (0-1) Date: Aug 19, 2018 • Attendance: 789 Weather: Goals by period Utah Weber State Utah Weber State Po k d mf d mf f d mf d f f # 1 2 5 9 10 11 12 14 17 19 21 00 4 8 18 20 31 # 1 Player Sh SO G A Min NELSON, Carly - - - 90 LEACHMAN, Tavia - - - 90 CACCIACARNE, Hayle 1 - - - 90 GWERDER, Aleea - - - 90 LOPEZ, Demi - - - 44 FLOM, Max 1 - - - 52 DAUGIRDA, Holly - - 1 90 VAN DER VEEN, Paol 5 1 1 - 74 STODDEN, Hailey - - - 37 SKOLMOSKI, Hailey - - 1 71 DUNN, Ireland 2 1 1 - 55 -- Substitutes -CHRISTENSEN, Maka 1 1 - - 45 HIXSON, Jessica - - - 46 FAIRBAIRN, Kristin 1 1 - - 16 KUMP, Natalie - - - 10 THORNTON, Tatum - - - 61 JAMES, Brooklyn 1 1 - - 29 Totals 12 5 2 2 Goalkeepers NELSON, Carly Min GA Saves 90:00 0 3 Shots by period Utah Weber State 1 7 2 2 5 5 Total 12 7 Corner kicks Utah Weber State 1 4 1 2 2 1 Total 6 2 Scoring summary: No. 1. 2. Time Team 14:43 UTAH 80:55 UTAH Goal scorer DUNN, Ireland (1) VAN DER VEEN, Paola (1) Po k f mf f f d mf mf mf d d # 1 5 6 7 10 13 14 15 16 18 21 2 3 4 9 17 19 22 31 55 # 1 1 1 0 2 1 0 Total 2 0 Player Sh SO G A Min PITTMAN, Nikki - - - 90 QUARNBERG, Morgan 1 - - - 53 NEWSOM, Sadie 1 1 - - 63 BROAD, Mylee - - - 58 GARLOCK, Madison 1 - - - 63 JENKINS, Shailyn - - - 19 LAKE, Cambrie 1 - - - 68 PRICE, Megan - - - 27 BARTON, Olivia 1 1 - - 90 THOMAS, Haley 1 1 - - 90 GLASSFORD, Olivia - - - 75 -- Substitutes -CROMPTON, Chansi - - - 35 ALLEN, Nicolle - - - 65 HILL, Mia - - - 15 KERR, Trinity 1 - - - 15 CARTER, Madison - - - 22 BARLOW, Afton - - - 18 NAPOLI, Kinsley - - - 49 TURNBOW, Harlee - - - 35 SCADLOCK, Taylor - - - 32 Totals 7 3 0 0 Goalkeepers PITTMAN, Nikki Saves by period Utah Weber State Assist DAUGIRDA, Holly SKOLMOSKI, Hailey Min GA Saves 90:00 2 3 1 1 1 2 2 2 Total 3 3 Description Cautions and ejections: YC-UTAH #2 (21:09); YC-UTAH #8 (39:52) Win-NELSON, Carly. Loss-PITTMAN, Nikki. Stadium: Wildcat Soccer Field Officials: Referee: Daniel Escelante; Asst. Referee: Sly Yeates; Michael Anglin; Alt. Official: Mitch Lillywhite; Offsides: Utah 0, Weber State 0. Official\u27s signatur
Undiagnosed Epileptic Case Since Childhood of Sturge-Weber Syndrome: First Case Report from Somalia
No full textSaid Abdi Mohamed,1 Nor Osman Sidow,1,2 Bakar Ali Adam,1 Mohamed Sheikh Hassan,1,3 Abdiwahid Ahmed Ibrahim,1 Mohamed Farah Osman,1 Abdulkadir Ahmed,1 Abdullahi Ali Roble4 1Department of Neurology, Mogadishu-Somalia Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Training and Research Hospital, Mogadishu, Somalia; 2Faculty of Medicine and Surgery, Jazeera University, Mogadishu, Somalia; 3Faculty of Medicine and Surgery, Mogadishu University, Mogadishu, Somalia; 4Department of Ophthalmology, Mogadishu-Somalia Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Training and Research Hospital, Mogadishu, SomaliaCorrespondence: Nor Osman Sidow, Tel +252618300616, Email [email protected]: Sturge-Weber syndrome is a rare, sporadic, progressive neurocutaneous condition that presents with congenital hamartomatous malformations, epilepsy, and a variety of facial symptoms. We discussed a rare case of an eighteen-year-old female child who came to our neurology department with status epilepticus, mental impairment, and a port-wine in the lateral left side of her face. We diagnosed Sturge-Weber syndrome after a thorough neurological and radiological evaluation. The purpose of presenting this case is to illustrate both the characteristic presentation and the complications associated with managing Sturge-Weber syndrome.Keywords: sturge-weber, seizure, port-win
Multi-facility green Weber problem
No full textLocating facilities to satisfy the demands of customers is a strategic decision for a distribution system. In this article, we study the multi-facility green Weber problem (MF-GWP), an extension of the classical multi-facility Weber problem, that considers environmental concerns in a distribution system in the context of a planar facility location problem. In the MF-GWP, the vehicles are sent directly from the facilities to the assigned customers to satisfy their demands. Each customer has a deadline and the vehicles serving the customer must arrive at the location of the customer no later than the deadline. The MF-GWP determines the locations of p facilities on the plane, p > 1, allocations of customers to the facilities, and the speeds of the distribution vehicles so as to minimize the total amount of CO2 emission in the distribution system. We formulate this problem as a mixed integer second order cone programming (MISOCP) problem. This formulation turns out to be weak and therefore only small size instances can be solved to optimality within four hours. For larger size instances, a local search heuristic is proposed and some well-known heuristics developed for the multi-facility Weber problem, namely "location-allocation", "transfer follow-up", and "decomposition" are adapted for the MF-GWR We use second order cone programming (SOCP) and the proposed MISOCP formulation as subproblems within the heuristics. We provide our computational experiments to compare the proposed solution methods in terms of solution quality and time. The results show that within a fixed computational time, even though the location-allocation heuristic is able to make more replications, the improvement heuristics considered, i.e., transfer or transfer followed by decomposition, usually find better solutions while using less number of replications. We also investigate how the total amount of CO2 emitted by distribution vehicles changes with respect to the number of facilities located. We argue that in several real life applications from different sectors including aviation and robotics, MF-GWP and its extensions or modifications can be used to reduce the CO2 emission or energy consumption. As an illustrative example, we show the applicability of the MF-GWP within an assembly line system, where the stations are fed by dedicated rail-guided vehicles
Preparation of mono-sized epoxy/MF microcapsulesin the appearance of polyvinyl alcohol as co-emulsifier
No full textFor epoxy microcapsules embedded in concrete as mechanic-triggered self-healing adhesive, globular shape with uniform size is the basic requirement to ensure the solid shell broken and the liquid core released at a designed stress. In this paper, monodispersed melamine\u96formaldehyde (MF) resin-walled epoxy E-51 microcapsules were successfully fabricated in an in situ polycondensation process, in which a certain amount of polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) solution was added as coemulsifier to control the microcapsules\u92 shape and size. Detail investigation shows, with the cooperation of PVA, the microcapsule morphologies and size distribution were ease to be adjusted by the parameters such as emulsifying agents, agitation rate, pH value and acidification time
Linear growth and puberty in childhood obesity: what is new?
No full textPediatric obesity is a growing and alarming global health problem and represents an important determinant of morbidity. Since nutrition plays an important role in regulating growth and development, the excess weight gain related to overnutrition can affect growth patterns, bone maturation and pubertal development. The purpose of this review is to summarize the current knowledge about the effect of primary obesity on linear growth and pubertal development in children and adolescents. Evidences about regulatory hormones and adipokines that may be involved in the physiology of childhood growth in the context of obesity were also discussed. The most recent literature confirms previous studies indicating that linear growth is accelerated (mainly due to longer trunks rather than longer legs) and bone age is advanced in prepubertal children with obesity, while there is a reduction of pubertal height gain and attainment of normal adult height. Conflicting results are reported on the timing of puberty, specifically in boys. Indeed, previous studies suggested earlier onset of puberty in obese girls and overweight boys, and a delayed puberty in obese boys. Conversely, the most recent studies show more consistently an earlier onset and completion of pubertal development also in boys with obesity. Considering the false belief of health associated with transient taller stature in children and the adverse outcomes related to early puberty, interventions on diet and physical activity are urgently needed to tackle the epidemics of childhood obesity in public health and clinical setting
Measuring the accessibility of moral intuitions : a validation study of the Moral Foundations-Affect Misattribution Procedure (MF-AMP)
No full textIt is important to study morality given its varied influences on our lives. Haidt and Joseph (2007) have traced morality to its instinctive roots. They have identified five mental systems (moral intuitions) that guide moral judgment: care, fairness, loyalty, authority and purity. This dissertation attempted to create and test an implicit instrument, known as Moral Foundations-Affect Misattribution Procedure (MF-AMP), to gauge the accessibility of these moral intuitions. Three studies were designed in order to validate the MF-AMP as a trait and state measure of moral intuitions. Results show that the MF-AMP can serve as a useful state measure of moral intuitions, and can serve as an accompaniment to the Moral Foundations Questionnaire (Graham et al., 2011) as a trait measure of moral intuitions.Thesis (Ph. D.)--Michigan State University. Communication, 2018Includes bibliographical references (pages 69-71
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