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Micromachined Double‐Membrane Mechanically Tunable Metamaterial for Thermal Infrared Filtering

Advanced Photonics Research, Volume 6, Issue 5, May 2025.
Herein, a mechanically tunable double‐layer plasmonic metamaterial leveraging the extraordinary optical transmission effect observed in subwavelength arrays of openings within thin metal layers is presented. The concept is experimentally validated by integrating the proposed metamaterial structure into an electrostatic parallel‐plate actuator to create
Oleg Bannik, Fedor Kovalev, Mingkai Liu, Michal Zawierta, Dilusha Silva, Lorenzo Faraone, Mariusz Martyniuk, Ilya Shadrivov   +7 more
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Effects of harmonic roving on pitch discrimination [PDF]

, 2015
Performance in pitch discrimination tasks is limited by variability intrinsic to listeners which may arise from peripheral auditory coding limitations or more central noise sources.
Sébastien Santurette, Joshi, Suyash Narendra, de Kérangal, Mathilde le Gal, Mathilde Le Gal de Kérangal, Suyash N. Joshi, Santurette, Sébastien   +5 more
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Functional Fibers in Soft Robotics: Advances in Material, Structural, and Systemic Tactics

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
Fiber‐form robotic systems offer a scalable pathway toward embodied intelligence in soft robotics. This review surveys functional fibers as material, structural, and systemic elements, highlighting advances in responsive materials, architectural programing, and fabrication strategies.
Joonhee Won, Jaehyun Jang, Hyeonseo Kim, Inyoung Choi, Steve Park, Seongjun Park   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Musical Pitch Perception and Categorization in Listeners with No Musical Training Experience: Insights from Mandarin-Speaking Non-Musicians

Behavioral Sciences
Pitch is a fundamental element in music. While most previous studies on musical pitch have focused on musicians, our understanding of musical pitch perception in non-musicians is still limited.
Jie Liang, Fen Zhang, Wenshu Liu, Zilong Li, Keke Yu, Yi Ding, Ruiming Wang   +6 more
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Brainstem encoding of speech and musical stimuli in congenital amusia: evidence from Cantonese speakers

, 2015
Congenital amusia is a neurodevelopmental disorder of musical processing that also impacts subtle aspects of speech processing. It remains debated at what stage(s) of auditory processing deficits in amusia arise.
Wong, PCM, Maggu, Akshay R., Maggu, Akshay R, Lau, Joseph CY, Akshay R. Maggu, Patrick C. M. Wong, Lau, Joseph C. Y., Wong, Patrick C. M., Fang Liu, Lau, JCY, Joseph C. Y. Lau, Wong, Patrick CM, Fang eLiu, Liu, F, Maggu, AR, Akshay Raj Maggu, Liu, Fang   +16 more
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Subcortical plasticity following perceptual learning in a pitch discrimination task [PDF]

, 2010
Practice can lead to dramatic improvements in the discrimination of auditory stimuli. In this study, we investigated changes of the frequency-following response (FFR), a subcortical component of the auditory evoked potentials, after a period of pitch ...
Samuele Carcagno, Christopher J. Plack, Carcagno, Samuele, Plack, Christopher J., Plack, Christopher J.; id_orcid   +4 more
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A Central Somatic Transmission Mediates Proprioceptive Facilitation of Muscle Pain

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Zhang et al. uncover a novel central mechanism for persistent muscle pain, in which TRPA1 sensitization in MeV proprioceptive neurons enhances somatic secretion. This, in turn, disinhibits descending pain control from neighboring noradrenergic locus coeruleus neurons via local GABAergic circuits, thereby promoting inflammatory muscle pain.
Xiaoyu Zhang, Jiale Yang, Xi Wu, Jie Li, Fujian Lu, Yiman Li, Xingyu Du, Rong Huang, Jamila Asgar, Jing Wang, Ke Ren, Feipeng Zhu, Changhe Wang, Yehua Gan, Feng Wei, Zhuan Zhou   +15 more
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Microscale Mapping of Fiber Strain and Damage in Composite Wrinkled Laminates Using Computed Tomography Assisted Wide‐Angle X‐Ray Scattering

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
This study combines full‐field tomography with diffraction mapping to quantify radial (ε002$\varepsilon _{002}$) and axial (ε100$\varepsilon _{100}$) lattice strain in wrinkled carbon‐fiber specimens for the first time. Radial microstrain gradients (−14.5 µεMPa$\varepsilon \mathrm{MPa}$−1) are found to signal damage‐prone zones ahead of failure, which ...
Hoang Minh Luong, James Trevarthen, Igor Dolbnya, Wadwan Singhapong, Nicholas Pilato, Richard Butler, Jiraphant Srisuriyachot, Alexander J. G. Lunt   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Deficits in the pitch sensitivity of cochlear-implanted children speaking English or Mandarin

Frontiers in Neuroscience, 2014
Sensitivity to complex pitch is notoriously poor in adults with cochlear implants (CIs), but it is unclear whether this is true for children with CIs.
Mickael L. D. Deroche, Hui-Ping eLu, Charles J. Limb, Yung-Song eLin, Monita eChatterjee   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Pitch discrimination learning : specificity for pitch and harmonic resolvability, and electrophysiological correlates [PDF]

, 2011
Multiple-hour training on a pitch discrimination task dramatically decreases the threshold for detecting a pitch difference between two harmonic complexes.
Samuele Carcagno, Christopher J. Plack, Carcagno, Samuele, Plack, Christopher J., Plack, Christopher J.; id_orcid   +4 more
core   +1 more source