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When Thriving for More Collapses the System: The Academic Reproduction of Uncaring Structures

British Journal of Management, EarlyView.
Abstract This essay argues that the widening gap between aspirational aims and visionary orientations and the prevailing practices in neoliberal academia stems from deeper, historically rooted, market‐based logics shaping our institutions, increasingly governed by economic values and academic subjectivities therein.
Lara Pecis, Florian Bauer
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Tests of the Influence of DAF (Delayed Auditory Feedback) on Changes in Speech Signal Parameters

Applied Sciences
Contemporary phonetics and speech therapy continuously seek new techniques and methods that could contribute to improving verbal communication for individuals with speech disorders.
Dominika Kanty, Piotr Staroniewicz
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Using the VERT wearable device to monitor jumping loads in elite volleyball athletes.

PLoS ONE, 2021
Sport is becoming increasingly competitive and athletes are being exposed to greater physical demands, leaving them prone to injuries. Monitoring athletes with the use of wearable technology could provide a way to potentially manage training and ...
Faraz Damji, Kerry MacDonald, Michael A Hunt, Jack Taunton, Alex Scott   +4 more
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AN URBAN MARKETPLACE UNDER PRESSURE: The Steady Gentrification Process of Porta Palazzo (Turin) Through the Eyes of Market Sellers and Policy Makers

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract Marketplaces, crucial sites for low‐income populations as sources of affordable goods and social interaction, are at a critical juncture. They are experiencing decline due to the rise of shopping centres and neglect by public authorities, while at the same time being rediscovered as tourist attractions, sources of profit and tools for urban ...
Francesca Ru
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Removing the Influence of Shimmer in the Calculation of Harmonics-To-Noise Ratios Using Ensemble-Averages in Voice Signals

EURASIP Journal on Advances in Signal Processing, 2009
Harmonics-to-noise ratios (HNRs) are affected by general aperiodicity in voiced speech signals. To specifically reflect a signal-to-additive-noise ratio, the measurement should be insensitive to other periodicity perturbations, like jitter, shimmer, and ...
Carlos Ferrer, Eduardo González, María E. Hernández-Díaz, Diana Torres, Anesto del Toro   +4 more
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Making Mining Licit: Gold, Commodification, and the Everyday Performance of Law in Colombia

American Anthropologist, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Ethnographies of resource‐making have shown that the extraction of resource value from objects is premised on obviating the emplaced lifeworlds that surrounded objects before they traveled to consumer markets. Much of this literature looks at such supply‐chain disentanglement from the viewpoint of corporate and formal regulatory practices ...
Jesse Jonkman
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Comparison of Jitter, Shimmer and S/Z Ratio in Multiple Sclerosis Patients

Majalah-i ̒ilmī pizishkī-i jundī/shapūr, 2013
Background and Objective: The aim of this article is to compare, jitter, and shimmer and s/z ratio in multiple sclerosis (MS) patients with normal individuals in same age. Subjects and Methods: The methodology of this study was controlled cross-sectional
Hassan Khoram Shahi, Sara Heydari, Shahin Goharpey   +2 more
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Story2Board: A Training‐Free Approach for Expressive Visual Storytelling

Computer Graphics Forum, EarlyView.
Abstract We present Story2Board, a training‐free framework for expressive storyboard generation from natural language. Existing methods narrowly focus on subject identity, overlooking key aspects of visual storytelling such as spatial composition, background evolution, and narrative pacing.
D. Dinkevich, M. Levy, O. Avrahami, D. Samuel, D. Lischinski   +4 more
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Padrões acústicos da voz em indivíduos com a doença vibroacústica Voice acoustic patterns of patients diagnosed with vibroacoustic disease

Revista Portuguesa de Pneumologia, 2006
Enquadramento: A exposição crónica ao ruído de baixa frequência (RBF) (¡Ü 500 Hz, incluindo infra-sons) pode conduzir ao desenvolvimento da doença vibroacústica (VAD - vibroacoustic disease), uma patologia sistémica caracterizada pela proliferação ...
Ana Mendes, Mariana Alves-Pereira, Nuno A A Castelo Branco   +2 more
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Classical vs. New Mini-Window Medialization Laryngoplasty Method in Glottic Insufficiency [PDF]

Iranian Journal of Otorhinolaryngology
Introduction:True vocal cord failure (glottis) refers to the inability or failure of the larynx structure and vocal cords to produce sound. One of the optimal techniques for repairing this lesion is medialization laryngoplasty, which restores sound ...
Aslan Ahmadi, Nadia Goudarzi, Mohammad Mahdi Salem, Mojtaba Maleki Delarestaghi, Fatemeh Jahanshahi   +4 more
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