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Preferred levels for background ducking to produce esthetically pleasing audio for TV with clear speech [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
In audio production, background ducking facilitates speech intelligibility while allowing the background to fulfill its purpose, e.g., to create ambience, set the mood, or convey semantic cues.
Freke-Morin, A   +4 more
core   +2 more sources

Mindfulness and resilience: The experiences of global majority students in a mindfulness intervention Programme at a UK university

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Wellbeing in higher education (HE) in the United Kingdom has been increasingly prioritised for many institutions, with a growing demand for student support requests. There are various determinants in life that can influence mental health. As such, protected characteristics, including race, can indicate that students who are Black or Asian ...
Amy Bywater, Helen Keane
wiley   +1 more source

Janger Kreasi [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
Janger dance is one of the most Balinese popular dance. Invented in the 1930s, a young social Janger dance is muda- mudi Bali. This dance is performed by 10 dancers are paired, a group of women (Janger) and man(Kecak).
I Made, Sidia, SSP., M.Sn
core  

‘Fish in simulated water’? A Bourdieusian analysis of Chinese doctoral students' learning experiences in Southeast Asian developing countries

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract International student mobility (ISM) has historically followed a pattern of movement from developing regions to developed countries. However, in recent years, there has been a noticeable increase in the number of Chinese students pursuing doctoral studies in Southeast Asian developing countries, an area that has received relatively little ...
Yueyang Zheng   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

How vulnerable are consumers to blatant persuasion attempts?. [PDF]

open access: yes
We show that subtle environmental elements -such as background music- can reduce skepticism and decrease consumers' use of persuasion knowledge. In four studies we show that the presence of background music can result in increased distraction and ...
Bosmans, A, Warlop, Luk
core  

UPM-UC3M system for music and speech segmentation [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
This paper describes the UPM-UC3M system for the Albayzín evaluation 2010 on Audio Segmentation. This evaluation task consists of segmenting a broadcast news audio document into clean speech, music, speech with noise in background and speech with music ...
Gallardo Antolín, Ascensión   +1 more
core   +1 more source

Parental involvement and engagement during COVID‐19 lockdowns: School staff and parents' reflections about children's learning at home

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Valuing parental engagement, as part of home–school collaboration, can benefit children's learning. This article focuses on parents and school‐based staff's (N = 120) experiences of children's learning occurring at home during the COVID‐19 lockdowns (2020–2021), both school‐mandated and other learning activities.
Ashley Brett   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Is the well‐known phrase ‘small is beautiful’ true of small transnational education institutions?

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract The purpose of this research is to consider the potential attractiveness of operating a small international branch campus (IBC). Drawing upon resource‐based and legitimacy theories, we examine the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats associated with the business model that is based on having a small institution size.
Stephen Wilkins, Joe Hazzam
wiley   +1 more source

Mood Music: Studying the Impact of Background Music on Film

open access: yesMultisensory Research
Abstract In this narrative historical review, we both summarize and critically evaluate the experimental literature that has emerged over the last century or so investigating the various ways in which the addition of music influences people’s perception of, and response to, film. While ‘sensation transference’, whereby the mood of the
Charles Spence, Nicola Di Stefano
openaire   +2 more sources

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