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Showing 1 to 20 of 23 for “"glides"”.
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Glides: the problem of definition and analysis, including a discussion of the treatment of semivowel glides in Micronesia and an acoustic phonetic analysis of glides in selected Trukic dialects
The dissertation is primarily concerned with the phonetic definition and analysis of the term 'glide'. Towards the end of the nineteenth century two incompatible notions of the term glide came into use. One notion of glide referred to the phonemic segment
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The phonological derivation and behvior of nasal glides
Thesis (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Linguistics and Philosophy, 1988.
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The Consonant/Vowel Distinction: A Cognitive Difference Evidenced by Glides
… from cross-linguistic and experimental data on glides, the most vowel-like consonants. The experimental results show differential patterns in the variances of articulatory and acoustic measurements and in responses to altered auditory feedback. Domain prioritization is formalized in the …
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Acoustic characterization of the glides /j/ and /w/ in American English
… the characteristics that differentiate the glides /j,w/ from adjacent vowels. These analyses were performed on a recorded database of intervocalic glides, produced naturally by two male and two female speakers in controlled vocalic and prosodic contexts. Glides were found to differ …
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Geology, surface hydrology, and fish habitat relationships in the upper Shavers Fork drainage basin, West Virginia
… channel unit area, riffle-run complexes and glides make up 26 percent each, bluff-pool complexes constitute 7 percent, riffle-glide complexes 6 percent, and true pools make up only 2 percent. Upper reaches contain the most in-stream and riparian heterogeneity and the highest relative …
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Variation in Standard Persian: A Sociolinguistic Study
… is to investigate stratification of glottals and glides and the general tendencies of these features towards linguistic change, as well as the social mobility of speakers. The secondary objective is to investigate the sociolinguistic properties of two social dialects of Persian in Tehran, which …
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Analysis and optimization of a dual-load vapor compression cycle using non-azeotropic refrigerant mixtures
… refrigerant: (1) mixture and air-temperature glides can be better matched to improve the system performance, and (2) lower refrigerant temperatures can be achieved through the use of intercooling with no decrease in evaporating pressure. The objective of this research was to investigate …
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The cost of locomotion in North Atlantic right whales (<italic>Eubalaena glacialis</italic>)
… related to traveling and foraging behaviors from glides recorded by</p><p>the tags and from two different numerical simulations of flow around whales. One, a</p><p>custom developed algorithm for multiphase flow, was used to determine the relative</p><p>drag, while a second commercial package was …
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Outcomes of river rehabilitation on instream hydraulics and fish communities
… species composition of different habitat types. Glides were generally deeper than riffles, with fish species composition dominated by >1+ brown trout whereas riffles were generally shallower than glides. The composition of the fish community in riffles generally contained a greater proportion of …
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Reflections
… ripples created on a pond's surface after a duck glides by. The colors of nature are quite beautiful, but often add an extra element of distraction in photos. Soft black and white nature images are my way of providing a quiet contrast to the everyday hustle and bustle we have all become so …
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The development of geomorphic and hydraulic complexity within streams and its influence on fish communities following glacial recession in Glacier Bay, Alaska
… however, slower flowing habitat units such as glides and pools became more dominant, resulting in increased geomorphic, hydraulic and riverscape diversity. Determination of these changes in hydromorphic complexity which occur as streams develop, twinned with an assessment of the role of coarse …
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Babel
… roast, preferably. The train of my collection glides through the first ‘burg and its Godlike aspirations, Babel; travels a ways to Virginia, specifically Jerry Falwell’s Liberty University and Prince Edward County, which was the hotbed of the Civil Rights in Education Movement; says hello to …
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Automatic Detection of Landmark Acoustic Cues in Human Speech
… vocal tract constriction (e.g., vowels and glides) or closures and releases in the oral region (e.g., nasal, fricative, and stop consonants). A complete landmark detection system is a key step towards an overarching speech analysis system that relies on lexical acoustic cues, as landmarks …
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A GIS evaluation of land use dynamics and fish habitat in the salmon river watershed - Langley, B.C.
… into four hydraulic unit types; riffles, glides, pools and sloughs. A comparison of reaches between the two streams showed that the Salmon River had twice the stream volume relative to Coghlan Creek. The reaches selected for study within the two streams are considered the most critical …
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Effect of Suboccipital Release Soft Tissue Technique on Toe Touch Measurement
… such as massage, stretching, and neural glides are commonly utilized surrounding the restriction to increase mobility, however, findings lack consistency on the efficacy of these techniques. The body's fascial system suggests interconnections of even the most anatomically distant …
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Visualization and simulation of defect structures in the B2 phase of NiAl
… to a planar structure before the dislocation glides, whereas in some other cases the core retains the non-planar structure at stresses sufficient to sustain glide. The effects of stoichiometry deviations on the core structure and motion were also studied for two pure edge dislocations. A 2% …
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Dynamic Gap-Crossing Movements in Jumping and Flying Snakes
… to use a dynamic "J-loop" movement to launch its glides, but it is not known whether it is also capable of using such jumps to cross smaller gaps between tree branches. This dissertation addresses this knowledge gap, and investigates the influence of gap distance on crossing behavior and …
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Analytical and Numerical Optimal Motion Planning for an Underwater Glider
… spend most of their time in long, steady glides, so even minor improvements in glide range can be magnified over multiple dives. This dissertation presents a rigid-body dynamic system for a generic vehicle operating in a moving fluid (ocean current or wind). The model is then reduced to …
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DROSOPHILA CLASS-I MYOSINS THAT CAN IMPACT LEFT-RIGHT ASYMMETRY HAVE DISTINCT ATPASE KINETICS
… the directionality. Interestingly, only myo1D glides actin filaments in a directional bias via in vitro gliding assays on a supported lipid bilayer. Despite myo1C’s lack of directionality at a protein level, there must be an intrinsic property in its motor domain to promote directionality at …
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In Vitro Manual Therapy and Biorobotic Simulation of Glenohumeral Joint Mobilization Techniques
… to simulate anterior, posterior, and inferior glides on the GH joint in neutral position. Tests were conducted through 10° flexion and 10° extension in neutral rotation, 30° internal rotation, and 30° external rotation. External rotation was found to be the stiffest joint configuration in all …
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