THE FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS OF PLATES WITH THE ACCOUNT OF SHEAR DEFORMATIONS

The multilayered quadrilateral finite element of plate bending with the effect of shear deformations has been developed. The element was included in the element library of program PRINS

PAROLES VUES : LA DIMENSION D'ARRONDISSEMENT DANS L'IDENTIFICATION VISUELLE DES VOYELLES DU FRANÇAIS

Quelles sont les dimensions qui structurent au mieux l'espace perceptif visuel des voyelles françaises ? Ces dimensions résistent-elles aux effets de contexte de la coarticulation ? Seul l'arrondissement apparaît à la fois comme une dimension organisante et robuste.What are the dimensions which structure at best the perceptual space of seen French vowels ? Do these dimensions resist to contextual effects in coarticulation ? Only rounding emerges as a true dimension both organizing and robust

IDENTIFICATION VISUELLE DES GESTES DE PROTRUSION ET DE RÉTRACTION DES LÈVRES AU COURS DES PAUSES ACOUSTIQUES : Les performances de sujets français et grecs

Since coarticulation is one of the basic phenomena in speech production, the issue that speech perception could take advantage of it, is of course a very fundamental one. The main questions we address in this paper are, more specifically : (i) Could speech perception benefit from anticipatory - and perseverative - coarticulation when it is clearly visible, but inaudible, as in the case of vowel rounding (protrusion/retraction) along acoustic silent pauses, which occur naturally in discourse ? (ii) Could speakers of a language like Greek, who do not have linguistically significant rounding contrasts, as in French, take the same visual advantage of coarticulation? Our results show that : (i) Rounding anticipation can be identified reliably (95% correct), only by eye, up to 120 milliseconds before any perceivable sound ; but this identification perseverate no more than 40-60 ms after sound utterance. (ii) The comparison between French and Greek subjects did not reveal significant differences in their identification behaviour, neither for anticipatory, nor perseverative coarticulation. Wether these results argue for a universal lipreading skill, remains of course an open quest

Child and Adolescent Inpatient Unit in General Hospital “Tzaneio”

The Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Inpatient Service offers comprehensive diagnostic evaluation and treatment of children and adolescents (typical age ranges from 3-16 years old) with a variety of emotional and behavioral problems including mood disorders, anxiety disorders, psychotic disorders, severe disruptive behavior, and suicide attempts. Treatment Team. The inpatient treatment team includes psychiatrists, psychologists, registered nurses, special education teacher, social worker, speech and occupational therapists. In addition, pediatricians from a full range of medical subspecialties are available for consultations. The multi-disciplinary staff emphasizes a family-oriented approach and parents and care-givers are encouraged to be active participants in the treatment team throughout a child’s stay. Treatment Program. The program offers developmentally appropriate therapeutic activities in a closely supervised environment. Extensive opportunities for observation, assessment, and intervention are possible in this intensive setting. Specialized assessments including neuropsychological testing, speech and language testing, and occupational therapy assessments are all available. Treatment plans typically include a combination of individual psychotherapy, behavior management, family counseling and medications. Staff members develop an individualized treatment plan emphasizing safety for each patient during the hospital stay. The plan is closely coordinated with families, outpatient providers, and resource programs to coordinate aftercare plans and facilitate a smooth transition to home

Quality comparisons of prosodic and of acoustic components of various synthesisers

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Quality comparisons of prosodic and of acoustic components of various synthesisers

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Effects of phonetic context on audio-visual intelligibility of French.

International audienceBimodal perception leads to better speech understanding than auditory perception alone. We evaluated the overall benefit of lip-reading on natural utterances of French produced by a single speaker. Eighteen French subjects with good audition and vision were administered a closed set identification test of VCVCV nonsense words consisting of three vowels [i, a, y] and six consonants [b, v, z, 3, R, l]. Stimuli were presented under both auditory and audio-visual conditions with white noise added at various signal-to-noise ratios. Identification scores were higher in the bimodal condition than in the auditory-alone condition, especially in situations where acoustic information was reduced. The auditory and audio-visual intelligibility of the three vowels [i, a, y] averaged over the six consonantal contexts was evaluated as well. Two different hierarchies of intelligibility were found. Auditorily, [a] was most intelligible, followed by [i] and then by [y]; whereas visually [y] was most intelligible, followed by [a] and [i]. We also quantified the contextual effects of the three vowels on the auditory and audio-visual intelligibility of the consonants. Both the auditory and the audio-visual intelligibility of surrounding consonants was highest in the [a] context, followed by the [i] context and lastly the [y] context