Speech therapy and voice recognition instrument

Characteristics of electronic circuit for examining variations in vocal excitation for diagnostic purposes and in speech recognition for determiniog voice patterns and pitch changes are described. Operation of the circuit is discussed and circuit diagram is provided

Large Magnetic Fields and Motions of OH Masers in W75 N

We report on a second epoch of VLBA observations of the 1665 and 1667 MHz OH masers in the massive star-forming region W75 N. We find evidence to confirm the existence of very strong (~40 mG) magnetic fields near source VLA 2. The masers near VLA 2 are dynamically distinct and include a very bright spot apparently moving at 50 km/s relative to those around VLA 1. This fast-moving spot may be an example of a rare class of OH masers seen in outflows in star-forming regions. Due to the variability of these masers and the rapidity of their motions, tracking these motions will require multiple observations over a significantly shorter time baseline than obtained here. Proper motions of the masers near VLA 1 are more suggestive of streaming along magnetized shocks rather than Keplerian rotation in a disk. The motions of the easternmost cluster of masers in W75 N (B) may be tracing slow expansion around an unseen exciting source.Comment: 7 pages including 4 figures (2 color) & 3 tables, to appear in Ap

Direct Freeform Fabrication of Spatially Heterogeneous Living Cell-Impregnated Implants

The objectives of this work are the development of the processes, materials, and tooling to directly “3-D print” living, pre-seeded, patient-specific implants of spatially heterogeneous compositions. The research presented herein attempts to overcome some of the challenges to scaffolding, such as the difficulty of producing spatially heterogeneous implants that require varied seeding densities and/or cell-type distributions. In the proposed approach, living implants are fabricated by the layer-wise deposition of pre-cell-seeded alginate hydrogel. Although alginate hydrogels have been previously used to mold living implants, the properties of the alginate formulations used for molding were not suitable for 3-D printing. In addition to changing the formulation to make the alginate hydrogels “printable,” we developed a robotic hydrogel deposition system and supporting CAD software to deposit the gel in arbitrary geometries. We demonstrated this technology’s capabilities by printing alginate gel implants of multiple materials with various spatial heterogeneities, including, implants with completely embedded material clusters. The process was determined to be both viable (94±5% n=15) and sterile (less than one bacterium per 0.9 µL after 8 days of incubation). Additionally, we demonstrated the printing of a meniscus cartilage-shaped gel generated directly from a CT Scan. The proposed approach may hold advantages over other tissue printing efforts [5,9]. This technology has the potential to overcome challenges to scaffolding and could enable the efficient fabrication of spatially heterogeneous, patient-specific, living implants.Mechanical Engineerin

Study of transition temperatures in superconductors Final report, 11 Mar. 1968 - 10 Mar. 1970

Thermodynamic and electrical properties of niobium stannide and other superconductor

The total nucleon-nucleon cross section at large N_c

It is shown that at sufficiently large $N_c$ for incident momenta which are much larger than the QCD, the total nucleon-nucleon cross section is independent of incident momentum and given by $\sigma^{\rm total}=2 \pi \log^2(N_c) / (m^2_{\pi})$. This result is valid in the extreme large $N_c$ regime of $\log(N_c) \gg 1$ and has corrections of relative order $\log (\log(N_c))/\log(N_c)$. A possible connection of this result to the Froissart-Martin bound is discussed.Comment: 4 page

Where is the length effect? A cross-linguistic study.

Many models of speech production assume that one cannot begin to articulate a word before all its segmental units are inserted into the articulatory plan. Moreover, some of these models assume that segments are serially inserted from left to right. As a consequence, latencies to name words should increase with word length. In a series of five experiments, however, we showed that the time to name a picture or retrieve a word associated with a symbol is not affected by the length of the word. Experiments 1 and 2 used French materials and participants, while Experiments 3, 4 and 5 were conducted with English materials and participants. These results are discussed in relation to current models of speech production, and previous reports of length effects are reevaluated in light of these findings. We conclude that if words are encoded serially, then articulation can start before an entire phonological word has been encoded

Numerical Modeling Of Hohlraum Radiation Conditions: Spatial And Spectral Variations Due To Sample Position, Beam Pointing, And Hohlraum Geometry

View-factor simulations are presented of the spatially varying radiation conditions inside double-ended gold Hohlraums and single-ended gold Hohlraums (\u27\u27 halfraums \u27\u27) used in inertial confinement fusion and high-energy density physics experiments [J. Lindl, Phys. Plasmas 11, 339 (2004); M. D. Rosen, Phys. Plasmas 3, 1803 (1996)]. It is shown that in many circumstances, the common assumption that the Hohlraum \u27\u27 drive \u27\u27 can be characterized by a single temperature is too simplistic. Specifically, the radiation conditions seen by an experimental package can differ significantly from the wall reemission measured through diagnostic holes or laser entrance holes (LEHs) by absolutely calibrated detectors. Furthermore, even in situations where the radiation temperature is roughly the same for diagnostics and experimental packages, or for packages at different locations, the spectral energy distributions can vary significantly, due to the differing fractions of reemitting wall, laser hot spots, and LEHs seen from different locations. We find that the spatial variation of temperature and especially the differences between what diagnostics looking in the LEH measure versus the radiation temperature on wall-mounted experimental packages are generally greater for double-ended Hohlraums than for halfraums. View-factor simulations can also be used to explore experimental variables (halfraum length and geometry, sample position, and beam pointing) that can be adjusted in order to, for example, maximize the radiation flux onto a sample, or other package. In this vein, simulations of Hohlraums and halfraums with LEH shields are also presented. (c) 2005 American Institute of Physics