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Modern movie sound mixing utilizes impulse responses and convolution to provide a usable reproduction of dialogue and other sounds to align the visual and sonic impression while keeping the viewer engaged in the story. This paper will outline the process by which movie audio is processed to get to the final product, and provide and overview of playback platforms. Furthermore short clips of film with audio will be presented to compare the actual in situ recording to the studio mixed product, and other experimental/virtual approaches to creating impulse responses for use in the studio mix approach.

Till macrofabric and grain-size analysis of glacial diamictons and sequences present in several valleys of the Serra do Geres Mountains in the Northwestern Iberian Peninsula were used to interpret ...

The cellular communications industry is steadily growing and expanding to solve the needs of governments, businesses and communities. Standards are fundamental to enable cooperation while promoting competition. The companies involved contribute and agree on appropriate technical specifications to ensure diversity, compatibility and facilitate worldwide commercial deployment and evolution. The specifications of cellular communications standards are extensive, complex and intentionally incomplete to spur innovation and differentiation. This makes standards education a difficult endeavor, but it is highly demanded by the wireless industry. This paper describes a practical approach to teaching cellular communications standards. Our methodology leverages software-defined radio technology and uses the abstraction layer and operating environment (ALOE) to provide a practical learning environment that facilitates developing many of the needed technical and soft skills without the inherent difficulty and cost associated with radio frequency components and regulation. We define six learning stages that assimilate the standardization process and identify key learning objectives for each. We discuss our experiences when employing the proposed methodology at Barcelona Tech in Spain, compare the approach with an equivalent class at Virginia Tech in the US and make the following observations: (1) The complexity of standards need to be abstracted and presented in a form suitable for a given class. (2) Educating about cellular communications standards is most effective when students are immersed in the process. (3) Hands-on activities need careful preparation and close guidance.

Chronic pelvic pain (CPP), a fairly common gynecological complaint in women, has been associated with multiple psychological sequelae, including depression and somatization. Previous work has compared these patients to gynecological controls and women with headache, but has failed to include male comparison groups with a comparable site of chronic pain. In order to test possible sex and pain site differences, the present study compared 22 women with CPP, 22 men with either penile or testicular pain, 22 women with low back pain and 28 men with low back pain referred for a psychological evaluation as part of multidisciplinary pain treatment. Depression, coping, pain intensity and interference were assessed. Two-way analyses of variance (sex by pain site) were conducted to determine if there were group differences on demographic variables and medical history. Pain duration, age, and pain severity differed among the groups and were entered as covariates in hierarchical regression analyses designed to identify predictors of adjustment and pain coping. Sex and pain site did not contribute independently to the prediction of depressive symptoms. Pain site predicted physical functioning with low back pain patients reporting greater pain-related interference. Similar findings were demonstrated for coping. A variety of pain-coping strategies, including catastrophizing, were more frequently utilized by low back pain patients, regardless of sex. In the present study, pain severity and pain site explained more variance in depressive symptoms, physical functioning, and pain-coping than sex.

Body image dissatisfaction and its relationship to psychosocial function were investigated in 127 women with scleroderma. Results indicated elevated body image dissatisfaction, with participants reporting higher levels than a sample of patients with severe burn injuries. Age, skin tightening above the elbows, and functional disability were related to heightened body image dissatisfaction, suggesting that younger patients with more severe disease may be at greatest risk for developing body image concerns. Path analysis revealed that depression mediated the relationship between body image dissatisfaction and psychosocial function. Results suggest that body image dissatisfaction is a significant concern in women with scleroderma and should be assessed routinely. Early identification and treatment of body image dissatisfaction may help prevent the development of depression and psychosocial impairment in this population.

We present a synthetic information and modeling environment that can allow policy makers to study various counter-factual experiments in the event of a large human-initiated crisis. The specific scenario we consider is a ground detonation caused by an improvised nuclear device in a large urban region. In contrast to earlier work in this area that focuses largely on the prompt effects on human health and injury, we focus on co-evolution of individual and collective behavior and its interaction with the differentially damaged infrastructure. This allows us to study short term secondary and tertiary effects. The present environment is suitable for studying the dynamical outcomes over a two week period after the initial blast. A novel computing and data processing architecture is described; the architecture allows us to represent multiple co-evolving infrastructures and social networks at a highly resolved temporal, spatial, and individual scale. The representation allows us to study the emergent behavior of individuals as well as specific strategies to reduce casualties and injuries that exploit the spatial and temporal nature of the secondary and tertiary effects. A number of important conclusions are obtained using the modeling environment. For example, the studies decisively show that deploying ad hoc communication networks to reach individuals in the affected area is likely to have a significant impact on the overall casualties and injuries.

Body image dissatisfaction and its relationship to psychosocial function were investigated in 127 women with scleroderma Results indicated elevated body image dissatisfaction, with participants reporting higher levels than a sample of patients with severe burn injuries. Age, skin tightening above the elbows, and functional disability were related to heightened body image dissatisfaction, suggesting that younger patients with more severe disease may be at greatest risk for developing body image concerns. Path analysis revealed that depression mediated the relationship between body image dissatisfaction and psychosocial function. Results suggest that body image dissatisfaction is a significant concern in women with scleroderma and should be assessed routinely. Early identification and treatment of body image dissatisfaction may help prevent the development of depression and psychosocial impairment in this population.

Systemic sclerosis (scleroderma) is a rare connective tissue disease that can affect multiple organ systems. Case reports and small treatment studies suggest that pain is significant in scleroderma, but few data speak of the frequency or impact of pain. This study sought to determine the frequency and impact of pain, symptoms of depression, and social network characteristics on physical functioning and social adjustment in patients with scleroderma. One hundred and forty-two scleroderma patients completed measures of pain, depressive symptoms, social network characteristics, physical functioning, and social adjustment. Sixty-three percent reported at least mild pain and 50% reported at least mild levels of depressive symptomatology. Hierarchical regression analyses revealed that pain, depressive symptoms, and employment status (disabled/unemployed vs. not) were significant, independent predictors of physical functioning, together accounting for 37% of the total variance. Pain was the single strongest predictor of physical function, accounting for 20% of the variance. Depressive symptoms, physical functioning, diversity of social network, and employment status were significant independent predictors of social adjustment, together accounting for 63% of the variance. Depressive symptoms were the single strongest predictor of social adjustment, accounting for 26% of the variance. The effects of pain and physical function on social adjustment became non-significant when depressive symptoms were entered into the model, suggesting that symptoms of depression mediate the effect of pain and physical function on social adjustment. These findings indicate that pain is common in scleroderma and that pain and depressive symptoms are significant determinants of physical functioning and social adjustment, two important components of health-related quality of life. Increased attention to effective management of pain and symptoms of depression in scleroderma will likely lead to improved functioning and quality of life.

"Architecture may be many things: ie. there is no one thing that is Architecture." As tired as this phrase may be, it is extremely valid nonetheless. From Frampton's Critical Regionalism to Derrida's Deconstruction, this declaration is rendered indisputable. Whatever the architecture does become, however, it can do so only from a boundary [as in both Heiddeger's suggestion of a beginning and in the Greek belief that that is where a thing "begins its presencing"].₁ It is the boundary--the WARP [from Hertzberger]--that permits the opportunities for making to come into being. "Making" can thereby be considered to be the other critical component--the WEFT--in this process of becoming. This thesis is the beginning of a search for such a method of thinking in architecture. 1. Heidegger, Martin. Poetry, Language, Thought (Harper & Rowe, Publishers, Inc., 1971), p. 154. Master of Architecture

To the Editor. —Most dacryocystorhinostomy (DCR) wounds are relatively "dry," but profuse bleeding can occur. This letter briefly reviews the control of DCR hemorrhage based on experience with more than 250 DCRs with special emphasis on the use of the suction cautery. A fiberoptic focused coaxial headlight to brightly illuminate the depths of the DCR wound is essential. Packing the nose with neurosurgical cottonoids soaked in phenylephrine hydrochloride (Neo-Synephrine) solution (0.5% in adults and 0.25% in children) reduces bleeding from the nasal mucous membrane. Injection of the incision site with lidocaine hydrochloride (Xylocaine)-epinephrine solution minimizes soft-tissue bleeding. Three cauteries should be available for all DCR operations: the unipolar, bipolar, and suction cauteries. Bleeding in the subcutaneous and muscular tissue is effectively controlled with the bipolar cautery. Bleeding from the surface of the lacrimal and nasal bones before the DCR stoma is created is best controlled with the unipolar cautery. In

Application of 5-(4-chlorophenyl)-3,4,5,9,10 pentaaza-tetracyclo-5,4,102,6 08,11-dodeca-3-9-diene (BAS 106) by granular (1G) application to the medium surface or 50% wettable powder (50 WP) soil drench were compared with standard methods of application for (2-chloroethyl)trimethylammonium chloride (chlormequat), butanedioic acid mono-(2,2-dimethylhydrazide) (daminozide), and alpha-cyclopropyl-alpha-(p-methoxyphenyl)-5-pyrimidinemethanol (ancymidol) for their retardation of chrysanthemum and poinsettia growth. A 32 mg/pot BAS 106 (50 WP) rate caused temporary venial chlorosis of the leaves. BAS 106 (1G) at 6 mg/pot and BAS 106 (50 WP) at 8 mg/pot retarded Chrysanthemum × morifolium Ramat, ‘Always Pink’ as effectively as daminozide spray at 2500 mg/liter; whereas the same treatments were more effective on chrysanthemum ‘Ritz’ than either a 2500 mg/liter spray or 0.25 mg/pot ancymidol drench. BAS 106 (1G) topdressed at 18 mg/pot or a BAS 106 (50 WP) drench at 8 mg/pot retarded Euphorbia pulcherrima Willd. ‘Brilliant Diamond’ and ‘Paul Mikkelsen’ as much as a 0.5 mg/pot ancymidol drench and more than a 3000 mg/liter chlormequat drench.