Binaural recording solutions for low-budget film production

This thesis deals with binaural recording solutions in context with low-budget filmproduction. It explains how human perception works and how binaural recording solutions mimic this in recording and playback. A solution for a satisfactory reproduction of the human perception with binaural recording systems is proposed regarding which binaural recording solutions are qualified for low-budget filmproduction. Based upon this, a binaural recording system is used in an exemplary film. The production of the film is explained and examined

The Path towards the European University in the Current EU Legal Framework: the Unita – Universitas Montium Experience

The development of university cooperation at the European level is closely related both to the needs of the single market and to those of an economic and social cohesion functional to a more effective protection of the rights of European citizens. The recent launch of EU university alliances is part of this framework, although the absence of legal instruments explicitly conceived for institutionalised cooperation could undermine the success of the action of alliances. The EU competence in higher education is limited to the support, coordination, and supplement of member state actions (art. 6TFEU). The absence of a harmonising competence circumscribes the possibilities of EU intervention and especially prevents the provision of EU degrees which could replace national diplomas. However, the allocation of funding allows policies capable of effectively influencing the systems of member states (see for instance the EU experience in common agricultural policies sector). In this context, the limits of the existing tools could be almost partially overpassed by the adoption of new regulations or directives, to allow an institutionalised cooperation between universities. The existing solutions offered by the EU legal system are not fully satisfactory, nonetheless, some of them could be useful: among these, the European Economic Interest Grouping (EEIG) is especially interesting

Antioxidant Activity of Free and Bound Compounds in Quinoa (Chenopodium quinoa Willd.) Seeds in Comparison with Durum Wheat and Emmer

Antioxidant activity (AA) of quinoa (Chenopodium quinoa Willd.) seeds, as well as of durum wheat (Triticum turgidum L. ssp. durum Desf.) and of emmer (T. turgidum L. ssp. dicoccum Sch¨ubler) grains, was evaluated by studying hydrophilic (H), lipophilic (L), free-soluble (FSP) and insoluble-bound (IBP) phenolic extracts using the new lipoxygenase/4-nitroso-N,N-dimethylaniline (LOX/RNO) method, able to simultaneously detect different antioxidant mechanisms, as well as using the Oxygen Radical Absorbance Capacity (ORAC) and the Trolox Equivalent Antioxidant Capacity (TEAC) assays, which measure the scavenging activity against peroxyl and ABTS [2,2-azino-bis-(3- ethylbenzothiazoline-6-sulfonate)] radicals, respectively. The species under study were compared with respect to the sum of AA values of H, L and FSP extracts (AAH+L+FSP), containing freely solvent-soluble antioxidants, and AA values of IBP extracts (AAIBP), representing the phenolic fraction ester-linked to insoluble cell wall polymers. The LOX/RNO and ORAC methods measured in quinoa flour a remarkable AAH+L+FSP higher than durum wheat, although lower than emmer; according to the same assays, the IBP component of quinoa resulted less active than the durum wheat and emmer ones. The TEAC protocol also revealed a high AAH+L+FSP for quinoa. Interestingly, the ratio AAH+L+FSP/AAH+L+FSP+IBP, as evaluated by the LOX/RNO and ORAC assays, resulted in quinoa higher than that of both durum wheat and emmer, and much higher than durum wheat, according to the TEAC protocol. This may suggest that antioxidants from quinoa seeds may be more readily accessible with respect to that of both the examined wheat species

Preservation of vestibular evoked myogenic potentials with modified translabyrinthine approach

Vestibular evoked myogenic potentials (VEMPs) represent a relatively recent subject of investigation in regard to diagnosing specific vestibular disorders. Numerous experimental animal models(1-3) and clinical studies(4-9) suggest that VEMPs are a vestibular-colic reflex, the afferent branch of which originates in the acoustic cells of the saccule, conducting signals through the inferior vestibular nerve. These studies have proposed hypotheses based on the possibility of VEMPs originating in the saccule but have provided no definitive proof to that effect

Approximations on minimum weight pseudo-triangulations using ant colony optimization metaheuristic

Globally optimal pseudo-triangulations are di cult to be found by deterministic methods as, for most type of criteria, no polynomial algorithm is known. In this work, we consider the Minimum Weight Pseudo-Triangulation (MWPT) problem of a given set of n points in the plane. This paper shows how the Ant Colony Optimization (ACO) metaheuristic can be used to nd optimal pseudo-triangulations of minimum weight. For the experimental study presented here we have created a set of instances for MWPT since no reference to benchmarks for these problems were found in the literature. We assess through the experimental evaluation the applicability of the ACO metaheuristic for MWPT.Presentado en el X Workshop Agentes y Sistemas InteligentesRed de Universidades con Carreras en Informática (RedUNCI

Anhedonia and functional dyspepsia in obese patients: Relationship with binge eating behaviour

Obese patients (Ob) with a binge eating disorders (BED) behavior pattern have a higher prevalence of postprandial distress syndrome (PDS) compared to Ob without a BED behavior pattern, while an increase of PDS has been described in Ob after sleeve gastrectomy (SG). Hedonic response to a meal is dissociable from satiation in healthy subjects. Anhedonia is the lowered ability to experience pleasure. There are no studies investigating the presence of anhedonia in Ob with and without SG and its relationship to PDS symptoms

Approximations on minimum weight pseudo-triangulations using ant colony optimization metaheuristic

Globally optimal pseudo-triangulations are di cult to be found by deterministic methods as, for most type of criteria, no polynomial algorithm is known. In this work, we consider the Minimum Weight Pseudo-Triangulation (MWPT) problem of a given set of n points in the plane. This paper shows how the Ant Colony Optimization (ACO) metaheuristic can be used to nd optimal pseudo-triangulations of minimum weight. For the experimental study presented here we have created a set of instances for MWPT since no reference to benchmarks for these problems were found in the literature. We assess through the experimental evaluation the applicability of the ACO metaheuristic for MWPT.Presentado en el X Workshop Agentes y Sistemas InteligentesRed de Universidades con Carreras en Informática (RedUNCI