In intonation research, prominence-lending pitch movements have either been described on a linear or on a logarithmic frequency scale. An experiment has been carried out to check whether pitch movements in speech intonation are perceived on one of these two scales or on a psychoacoustic scale representing the frequency selectivity of the auditory system. This last scale is intermediary between the other two scales. Subjects matched the excursion size of prominence-lending pitch movements in utterances resynthesized in different pitch registers. Their task was to adjust the excursion size in a comparison stimulus in such a way that it lent equal prominence to the corresponding syllable in a fixed test stimulus. The comparison stimulus and the test stimulus had pitches running parallel on either the logarithmic frequency scale, the psychoacoustic scale, or the linear frequency scale. In one-half of the experimental sessions, the test stimulus was presented in the low register, while the comparison stimulus was presented in the high register, and, conversely, for the other half of the sessions. The result is that, in all cases, stimuli are matched in such a way that the average excursion sizes in different registers are equal on the psychoacoustic scale. 相似文献
RSMR experiments with57Fe radiation were performed on myoglobin. An areasensitive detector was employed for simultaneous angular dependent collection of the scattered quanta up to a maximum angle 2θ of 17‡. Experimental data of polycrystalline and lyophilized myoglobin are compared with computer calculations of the scattering which are based on the atomic coordinates determined by X-ray structure analysis. Special attention has been paid to the influence of coherence effects from collectively moving parts of the protein. A simple model is introduced in order to take into account these segmental motions. Our first results indicate that the sizes of collectively moving segments are comparable with spheres of about 6 å in diameter in dry myoglobin. In myoglobin crystals, where the molecules are surrounded by large hydration shells, the movements appear to be correlated in segments with sizes comparable to helices.
We consider Ising-spin systems starting from an initial Gibbs measure ν and evolving under a spin-flip dynamics towards a
reversible Gibbs measure μ≠ν. Both ν and μ are assumed to have a translation-invariant finite-range interaction. We study
the Gibbsian character of the measure νS(t) at time t and show the following:
(1) For all ν and μ, νS(t) is Gibbs for small t.
(2) If both ν and μ have a high or infinite temperature, then νS(t) is Gibbs for all t > 0.
(3) If ν has a low non-zero temperature and a zero magnetic field and μ has a high or infinite temperature, then νS(t) is Gibbs for small t and non-Gibbs for large t.
(4) If ν has a low non-zero temperature and a non-zero magnetic field and μ has a high or infinite temperature, then νS(t) is Gibbs for small t, non-Gibbs for intermediate t, and Gibbs for large t.
The regime where μ has a low or zero temperature and t is not small remains open. This regime presumably allows for many different scenarios.
Received: 26 April 2001 / Accepted: 10 October 2001 相似文献
The optical properties of Ce3+ in CaSO4, SrSO4 and BaSO4 are reported. The Ce3+ ion shows 4f05d1→2F5/2,2F7/2 luminescence in all three sulphates. Co-doping with Na+ does not change the local surrounding of the Ce3+ ion, but enhances the amount of Ce3+ ions built in. Under optical excitation, besides the typical Ce3+ doublet emission in the ultraviolet spectral region, band emission around 445 nm was observed. This band emission was not assigned to emission from a Ce3+ centre, but to emission from an impurity-trapped exciton. Under X-ray excitation, both Ce3+ emission and an emission band around 380 nm was observed. This band was assigned to emission from a self-trapped exciton. 相似文献
Squalene-2,3-epoxide: lanosterol cyclase was purified from rat liver in five steps as a soluble and homogeneous protein. The purified enzyme showed a single band on SDS-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis with a molecular weight of 75 kD. In its native state it behaved as a homo-dimer. The isoelectric point of 5.5 and the apparent Km value for (3S)-squalene-epoxide of 55 microM were estimated for the cyclase. 相似文献
The occurrence and formation of black spots areas in PolyLED devices has been studied by time-of-flight SIMS (TOFSIMS). The composition, shape and position of the black spots is visualised by three-dimensional (3D)-TOFSIMS depth-profiling. It has been established that the formation of non-emissive spots is due to the growth of aluminium oxide clusters at the AlBa/polymer interface. Electron injection in the black spots is lost by the resulting local increase of the resistivity of the cathode. 相似文献
The aim of this work is the experimental observation of and research into a rare neutron mode, the radiative beta decay, where
a new particle, the radiative gamma quantum, is formed along with the expected decay products: a beta electron, a recoil proton,
and an antineutrino. The discovery of this rare neutron decay mode was conducted through identification of triple-coincidence
events: simultaneous registration of a beta electron, a proton, and a radiative gamma quantum. The ordinary neutron decay
was registered by double coincidences of a beta electron and a recoil proton. The statistics collected allow one to deduce
the branching ratio (BR) BR = (3.2 ± 1.6) × 10−3 (90% C.L.) in the gamma energy region greater than 35 keV. This value of BR is consistent with standard electroweak theory.
The text was submitted by the authors in English.
An erratum to this article is available at . 相似文献
The formation and decay of negative molecular ions of azafullerenes and their hydrogenated derivatives are investigated by mass spectrometry. The mechanisms of resonant electron capture and the lifetimes of negative molecular ions with respect to the electron autodetachment in azafullerene molecules are discussed. A comparative analysis of the data obtained for azafullerenes and hydrogenated fullerene derivatives is carried out. 相似文献