Musical Expectancy. Bridging Music Theory, Cognitive and Computational Approaches by Martin Rohrmeier

“…Taking Markov models as a case in point, this paper illustrates in detail core notions of representation, model structure, parameter estimation, context-dependency, sparsity and overfitting, as well as the distinction between different levels of expectancy (short-term vs. long-term and knowledge-driven vs. data-driven vs. veridical) that interact in the context of musical listening. The final part compares local and hierarchical accounts of music and analyzes phenomena of nested implication-realization patterns, revision, and garden-path effects. …”
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L’État à la lettre by Jérémie Ferrer-Bartomeu

“…Autonomes dans un système aux normes qu’ils contribuèrent à inventer, prébureaucrates consacrés au service et aux volontés du prince, ils lièrent leur ascension à la montée en puissance de l’administration royale. …”
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Impact of Mobile Health (mHealth) Use by Community Health Workers on the Utilization of Maternity Care in Rural Malawi: A Time Series Analysis by Kachimanga C, Ng’ambi WF, Kazinga D, Ndarama E, Amulele MA, Munyaneza F, Abejirinde IOO, van den Akker T, Kulinkina AV

“…Chiyembekezo Kachimanga,1,2 Wingston Felix Ng’ambi,3 Doctor Kazinga,1 Enoch Ndarama,4 Mercy Ambogo Amulele,5 Fabien Munyaneza,1 Ibukun-Oluwa O Abejirinde,6,7 Thomas van den Akker,2,8 Alexandra V Kulinkina1,9,10 1Partners in Health Malawi, Neno, Malawi; 2Athena Institute, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands; 3Health Economics and Policy Unit, Department of Health Systems and Policy, Kamuzu University of Health Sciences, Lilongwe, Malawi; 4Ministry of Health, Neno, Malawi; 5Medic, Nairobi, Kenya; 6Women College Hospital Institute for Health System Solutions and Virtual Care, Toronto, ON, Canada; 7Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada; 8Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands; 9Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Allschwil, Switzerland; 10University of Basel, Basel, SwitzerlandCorrespondence: Chiyembekezo Kachimanga, Partners in Health Malawi, Post Office Box 56, Neno, Malawi, Email chembekachimanga@yahoo.co.ukPurpose: Maternal mortality in Malawi is high, with low coverage of maternity care being a contributing factor. …”
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Penerjemahan Video Dakwah Syekh Nabil Al-Awadi: Analisis Kesalahan Fonetik Artikulatoris-Auditoris by Mauidlotun Nisa', Fisqiyah Raudhatul Jannah

“…Translating the videos presents the challenge of potential listening errors by the translator, thus necessitating phonetic proficiency. …”
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Towards the design for a new Bible translation in Sesotho by T. J. Makutoane, J. A. Naudé

“…(The translation has to be read out aloud, heard and listened to.) This trend is reflected in the recently published Contemporary English Version (1995), Das Neue Testament (1999), The Schocken Bible, Volume 1 (1995) and the Nieuwe Bijbel Vertaling (New Dutch Version) (2004). …”
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Acoustic Features of Vowels in Patients with Dysarthria by Jing XU, Yalin XU, Zhiwei MOU, Jianliang LU, Chenyin JIANG

“…In dysarthria, movement patterns change of articulators lead to obscure pronunciation and decline of the listening comprehension. Doctors and therapists can find the pathology differences of acoustic features between patients and normal speech and understand the internal mechanism through extracting acoustic parameters with the technique of linear predictive coding with computer. …”
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ANTHROPOCENTRIC INTENTION OF HESYCHAST AND SUFISTIC PRACTICES OF FREEDOM PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT by Yurii Y. Semchuk

“…The author concludes that despite the existence of schools and practices, personal manifestation of union with God through the freedom of own will devoted in listening of spiritual life – own heart, is dominant in Hesychasm and Sufism mystical currents. …”
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Magazine “Business Spotlight” as the authentic resource for developing English reading skills for higher education students by A. Palamarchuk, D. Pylypyshyna

“…The  article  effectively  enhanced reading, listening, and speaking skills through tailored activities, fostering student motivation and enjoyment in the learning process. …”
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Presence of distinct operant phenotypes and transient withdrawal-induced escalation of operant ethanol intake in female rats by Joseph R Pitock, Shannon R Wheeler, Arleen Perez Ayala, Shikun Hou, Nathaly M Arce Soto, Elizabeth J Glover

“…After capturing baseline operant performance, rats were chronically exposed to control or ethanol liquid diet using the Lieber-DeCarli method followed by re-evaluation of operant performance during acute withdrawal. …”
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Pfade der Spannungen: Entstehungsverläufe von Schutzgebieten in den österreichischen Alpen by Valerie Braun, Gebhard Bendler, Andreas Haller, Kati Heinrich

“…Wenn diese „Pfade der Spannungen“ in zukünftigen Unter-Schutz-Stellungen verkürzt werden sollen, ließen sich die Kommunikationsmaßnahmen und -strategien sicher verbessern. …”
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Spirituality of HIV-infected female patients treated in a secondary care hospital in Thailand: a preliminary investigation by Natawan Khumsaen, Panarat Chenchob, Supannee Peawnalaw

“…The most frequently used spiritual practices were family activities, listening to music, and visiting a temple or quiet place. …”
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Language-specific neural dynamics extend syntax into the time domain. by Cas W Coopmans, Helen de Hoop, Filiz Tezcan, Peter Hagoort, Andrea E Martin

“…Here, we test 3 different models of the temporal spell-out of syntactic structure against brain activity of people listening to Dutch stories: an integratory bottom-up parser, a predictive top-down parser, and a mildly predictive left-corner parser. …”
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Psycholinguistic analysis of persuasive effectiveness in court speeches: theoretical foundations and linguistic aspects by O. P. Lyaska, V. S. Kshevetskyi

“…It is noted that the language of court speeches performs not only an informational but also a persuasive function, since it can influence the emotional state of listeners, modify their opinion about evidence and arguments, and form a general perception of the case. …”
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Fusion of Emotional Thinking and Mental Health of Students in Vocal Music Teaching by Qi Yang, Chao Yu

“…They should focus on guiding students to experience and cultivate their abilities in a series of “processes” such as the emotion of vocal music, the teaching situation, the effect of listening, the creation of expression, and the aesthetic value. …”
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Metaphor in Psychotherapy by Nergis Lapsekili, Zekeriya Yelboða

“…Stories, because they deal indirectly with issues and have meanings that are in varying degrees veiled, tend to be less threatening and confronting than direct statements. Listeners are free to take stories at their face value, if their implicit meaning is unacceptable to them at the time. …”
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Effect of Zhi Tune Music on Motor Function of Cerebral Ischemic Stroke Hemiplegic Patients with Qi Deficiency and Blood Stasis Syndrome by Xia LI, Feng DENG, Xiaoyu WU, Jinxiu CHEN

“…Zhi tune group accepted listening to music of Zhi tune in addition to general treatment and care while conventional control group only received general treatment and care. …”
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The pleasurable urge to move to music is unchanged in people with musical anhedonia. by Isaac D Romkey, Tomas Matthews, Nicholas Foster, Simone Dalla Bella, Virginia B Penhune

“…In cognitive science, the sensation of "groove" has been defined as the pleasurable urge to move to music. When listeners rate rhythmic stimuli on derived pleasure and urge to move, ratings on these dimensions are highly correlated. …”
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«Management of a pharmaceutical organization» – practical communicative lectures in English by Alexandra A. Efimova, Anastasia I. Liashko, Evgenia A. Tsitlionok

“…This indicates the high effectiveness of the course and methodology for the practice of a foreign language in terms of listening, speaking and reading of professional literature, as well as reducing the language barrier.…”
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The Effect of Oral Potentially Malignant Disorders (OPMD) on Dental Implants Survival—A Systematic Review by Sebahat Kaya, Christian Walter, Aya Khamis, Lena Katharina Müller-Heupt, Stefanie Zimmer, Lorena Cascant Ortolano, Keyvan Sagheb, Bilal Al-Nawas, Eik Schiegnitz

“…<b>Results:</b> The review of studies related to oral lichen planus (OLP) revealed an implant survival rate of 99.3% (50% to 100%) with a mean follow-up of 40.1 months. …”
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Validation and accuracy of the Hyfe cough monitoring system: a multicenter clinical study by Carlos Chaccour, Isabel Sánchez-Olivieri, Sarah Siegel, Gina Megson, Kevin L. Winthrop, Juan Berto Botella, Juan P. de-Torres, Lola Jover, Joe Brew, George Kafentzis, Mindaugas Galvosas, Matthew Rudd, Peter Small

“…Coughs were labelled by multiple trained annotators who listened to the continuous audio recordings using validated methodology. …”
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