Linguistic Competence in Aphasia

2008 ◽  
Vol 17 (3) ◽  
pp. 87-92
Author(s):  
Leonard L. LaPointe
Keyword(s):  
Language Use ◽  
Linguistic Competence ◽  
Careful Study ◽  
Feral Children ◽  
Performance Factors ◽  
Performance Loss ◽  
Linguistic Rules ◽  
Communication Goals ◽  
Aphasia Treatment ◽  
And Performance

Abstract Loss of implicit linguistic competence assumes a loss of linguistic rules, necessary linguistic computations, or representations. In aphasia, the inherent neurological damage is frequently assumed by some to be a loss of implicit linguistic competence that has damaged or wiped out neural centers or pathways that are necessary for maintenance of the language rules and representations needed to communicate. Not everyone agrees with this view of language use in aphasia. The measurement of implicit language competence, although apparently necessary and satisfying for theoretic linguistics, is complexly interwoven with performance factors. Transience, stimulability, and variability in aphasia language use provide evidence for an access deficit model that supports performance loss. Advances in understanding linguistic competence and performance may be informed by careful study of bilingual language acquisition and loss, the language of savants, the language of feral children, and advances in neuroimaging. Social models of aphasia treatment, coupled with an access deficit view of aphasia, can salve our restless minds and allow pursuit of maximum interactive communication goals even without a comfortable explanation of implicit linguistic competence in aphasia.

A Reconfigurable Multiplier for Signed Multiplications with Asymmetric Bit-Widths

2021 ◽  
Vol 17 (4) ◽  
pp. 1-16
Author(s):  
Chuliang Guo ◽  
Li Zhang ◽  
Xian Zhou ◽  
Grace Li Zhang ◽  
Bing Li ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Weight Distribution ◽  
Signal To Noise Ratio ◽  
Power Saving ◽  
Efficient Operation ◽  
Performance Loss ◽  
Area Overhead ◽  
Block Based ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Reconfigurable Multiplier ◽  
Embedded Applications

Multiplications have been commonly conducted in quantized CNNs, filters, and reconfigurable cores, and so on, which are widely deployed in mobile and embedded applications. Most multipliers are designed to perform multiplications with symmetric bit-widths, i.e., n - by n -bit multiplication. Such features would cause extra area overhead and performance loss when m - by n -bit multiplications ( m > n ) are deployed in the same hardware design, resulting in inefficient multiplication operations. It is highly desired and challenging to propose a reconfigurable multiplier design to accommodate operands with both symmetric and asymmetric bit-widths. In this work, we propose a reconfigurable approximate multiplier to support multiplications at various precisions, i.e., bit-widths. Unlike prior works of approximate adders assuming a uniform weight distribution with bit-wise independence, scenarios like a quantized CNN may have a centralized weight distribution and hence follow a Gaussian-like distribution with correlated adjacent bits. Thus, a new block-based approximate adder is also proposed as part of the multiplier to ensure energy-efficient operation with an awareness of the bit-wise correlation. Our experimental results show that the proposed approximate adder significantly reduces the error rate by 76% to 98% over a state-of-the-art approximate adder for Gaussian-like distribution scenarios. Evaluation results show that the proposed multiplier is 19% faster and 22% more power saving than a Xilinx multiplier IP at the same bit precision and achieves a 23.94-dB peak signal-to-noise ratio, which is comparable to the accurate one of 24.10 dB when deployed in a Gaussian filter for image processing tasks.

Grammar and variation in the classroom

2022 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vít Dovalil ◽  
Adriana Hanulíková
Keyword(s):  
Language Use ◽  
Linguistic Competence ◽  
Classroom Setting ◽  
Social Forces ◽  
Teacher Interviews ◽  
Important Place ◽  
Successful Communication ◽  
Reference Corpus ◽  
Grammar Knowledge ◽  
Model Texts

Abstract Grammar is the structural foundation of successful communication, language use, and literacy development. Grammar is therefore sometimes viewed as the heart of language with an important place in language teaching. In a classroom setting, regulation of grammar knowledge through teachers is strongly influenced by teachers’ linguistic competence and beliefs. In this paper, we will first show the diversity in this knowledge by means of teacher interviews and speeded grammatical-acceptability data from pupils and students. We will then sketch a socio- and psycholinguistic perspective on several selected morphosyntactic variables in German. These will be discussed with reference to social forces that determine what is standard in a language (language norm authorities, language experts, model texts, and codifiers). Finally, we will draw a roadmap for teachers, language practitioners and editors looking for a qualified solution to grammatical cases of doubt in contemporary German and provide practical examples by drawing upon the German reference corpus.

Case studies on collaboration, technology and performance factors in business networks

2013 ◽  
Vol 26 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 101-116 ◽  
Author(s):  
Luis Maia Carneiro ◽  
António Lucas Soares ◽  
Rui Patrício ◽  
Américo Lopes Azevedo ◽  
Jorge Pinho de Sousa
Keyword(s):  
Case Studies ◽  
Business Networks ◽  
Collaboration Technology ◽  
Performance Factors ◽  
And Performance

scholarly journals Proposed Policy Preventive Maintenance Machine Moriseiki NH 4000 DCG Method Of Reliability Center Maintenance (RCM) And Risk Based Maintenance (RBM) Case Study PT. Pudak Scientific

2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (01) ◽  
Author(s):  
Fachri Husaini
Keyword(s):  
Production Capacity ◽  
Cost Of Care ◽  
Maintenance Policy ◽  
Performance Loss ◽  
Acceptance Set ◽  
Maintenance Activities ◽  
And Performance ◽  
The Cost ◽  
A Company

PT Pudak Scientific is a company engaged in the manufacture of aircraft parts industry. Meeting the precise and timely demand of aerospace parts from customers becomes a major corporate responsibility. However, Loss Revenue often occurs due to engine breakdown. So that cause because the production target is not achieved, the product reject, and the delay of delivery. One of the machines that often experience breakdown is Mori seiki NH4000 DCG. Mori seiki NH4000 DCG is the finishing machine for Blank fork End product. The demand for this part is quite large, making it a tough task for the Mori Seiki NH4000 DCG machine. But because the breakdown of the machine is high enough to cause production targets every month are often not met. In addition, Maintenance activities that have not noticed the characteristics of engine damage, as well as the distribution of historical data of the machine causing less effective and efficient actions resulted in substantial Maintenance costs. Based on the results of risk analysis of Mori Seiki NH4000 DCG engine damage, in terms of performance loss system caused by a large enough that is 3.773% of machine production capacity per year. This figure exceeds the risk acceptance criteria by the company that is 2%. Therefore it is necessary to find the appropriate Maintenance policy for the Mori Seiki NH4000 DCG machine. The approach is to use Reliability Centeres Maintenance and Risk Based Maintenance. Based on the above two approaches obtained the appropriate interval time so that the Maintenance activities more effective and can improve the efficiency of treatment by reducing the cost of care previously Rp167.506.286, - per year, to Rp 96.147.061, - per year. With the policy is expected to reduce engine breakdown and performance loss caused. So the number of risks that arise for the future are within the criteria of acceptance set by the company.

scholarly journals “Service Programmes” on Jordanian Radio: Understanding Broadcaster Persona through an Interdisciplinary Analysis of Language and Performance

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jona Fras
Keyword(s):  
Language Use ◽  
Middle Eastern ◽  
Interdisciplinary Approach ◽  
Arabic Language ◽  
Water Pipe ◽  
Methodological Issues ◽  
Radio Stations ◽  
The Public ◽  
Doctoral Research ◽  
And Performance

My ESRC-funded doctoral research explores linguistic practice on Jordanian radio today. The main conclusion of my research is that details of Arabic use in the radio setting have significant implications for the kind of audiences addressed – that is, who is included as a legitimate or “validated” listener – and the way members of the public can participate in radio discourse – this latter in particularly through call- ins, which are a frequent feature of Jordanian radio programming more generally.This paper looks at one type of programmes present on many contemporary Jordanian radio stations: the so-called “service programmes,” "barāmiž ḳadamātiyya," in which listeners call the station and speak live on the air in order to request assistance or mediation with local authorities in resolution of an issue – such as a damaged road, a broken water pipe, et cetera. It compares two popular service programmes: Barnāmiž al-wakīl, hosted by Muhammad al-Wakeel, and Wasaṭ al- balad, hosted by Hani al-Badri. It argues that, in order to properly appreciate the differences between the two programmes, an interdisciplinary approach to the data is required. This has raised certain methodological issues for my work, but on the other hand allowed me to explore new theoretical pathways and contribute new insights to scholarship on both contemporary Arabic language use, and Middle Eastern media.

scholarly journals Selección de líneas para formar híbridos de maíz dulce ricos en Lisina l. Probadores.

2016 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 57
Author(s):  
María Cristina Vega ◽  
Enrique Navarro ◽  
José Espinoza ◽  
José Luis Guerrero ◽  
Gustavo A. Burciaga
Keyword(s):  
Inbred Line ◽  
Sweet Corn ◽  
Agronomic Traits ◽  
Average Response ◽  
Performance Factors ◽  
Grain Color ◽  
Color Uniformity ◽  
Ear Height ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Selection Of

Twenty S5 sweet corn lines containing the opaque-2 gene that increases Iysine  contents as well as the sugary-2 gene were evaluated. The lines were crossed with three testers: one unrelated inbred line, and two related synthetic varieties. Six commercial and three experimental hybrids were used during the trials. Test crosses were evaluated in two locations of Mexico during 1994 using a randomized complete block designo The experiment's goal was to compare lines' performance in combination with three testers, taking into account yield, soundness, uniformity, and corn quality. The average response of lines combined with testers was superior than that of commercial hybrids for traits such as flowering time and plant and ear height. Performance factors analyzed (ear length, grain color, uniformity, soundness, and number of marketable ears) in trial crosses were superior or equal in average to those in experimental hybrids, but this was not the case with sugar percentage. The best results were observed with the unrelated LD tester inbred line for agronomic traits and performance factors. This study made possible the selection of lines for future breeding based on the above mentioned traits, as well as the general combining ability for ear length and number of green flag leaves.

Leakage current and performance loss of thin film solar modules

2010 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mario Gossla ◽  
Thomas Hälker ◽  
Stefan Krull ◽  
Fabia Rakusa ◽  
Florian Roth ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Thin Film ◽  
Leakage Current ◽  
Performance Loss ◽  
And Performance

scholarly journals Energy Efficient Routing based on Reliability for Mobile Ad hoc Network

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 5327-5330
Keyword(s):  
Ad Hoc ◽  
Mobile Ad Hoc Network ◽  
Data Communication ◽  
Physical Factor ◽  
Physical Parameters ◽  
Physical Factors ◽  
Quality Factors ◽  
Energy Efficient Routing ◽  
Performance Factors ◽  
And Performance

MANETs is a network which has nodes. Communication is done without use of infrastructure. Quality based routing is developed which considers end to end qualitatiove data communication. A number of protocols were designed and suggested by researchers to achieve effective communication in MANETs. Considering number of quality factors as energy, trust, bandwidth etc a number of protocols are existing. But still there are number of factors those can consider to enhance the performance of the protocols used for the communication purpose. The existing schemes were effective enough but still as factors those were considering only the resources held by a node not the physical factors were present as node is to survive and communication in network. So further enhancements were possible by considering the physical parameters. Inspired from that in this paper a proposed scheme considering physical factor name as Distance is considered as the improvement to the traditional scheme. The distance factor is behaving as finding the physical presence of the node in the network also the distance factor will help to find the appropriate node for the next hop to communicate. A simulation is conducted in MATLAB software and performance factors as throughput and energy are analyzed, also an comparison with existing system is done and the results shows that the proposed scheme is effective enough to achieve QOS based routing with reduced energy consumption and high throughput.

scholarly journals The effect of ensemble and solo performance on affective experiences induced by music

2016 ◽  
Vol 45 (4) ◽  
pp. 600-608 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carolina Labbé ◽  
Donald Glowinski ◽  
Didier Grandjean
Keyword(s):  
String Quartet ◽  
Positive Emotions ◽  
Musical Training ◽  
Structural Features ◽  
Solo Performance ◽  
Performance Factors ◽  
Affective Experiences ◽  
And Performance ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Instrumental Texture

Scherer and Zentner (2001) propose that affective experiences might be the product of a multiplicative function between structural, performance, listener, and contextual related features. Yet research on the effects of structure, and particularly texture, has mostly focused on perceived emotions. We therefore sought to test the effects of structural features on subjective musical experiences in a listening study by manipulating the performance, solo versus ensemble, of five segments of a piece for string quartet, while also exploring the impact of listener features such as musical training, listening habits and stable dispositions such as empathy. We found that participants ( N = 144, 78% female; Mage = 22.74 years, SD = 5.13) felt like moving more (ME) and perceived their physiological rhythms change more (VE) during ensemble compared to solo conditions. Moreover, ME significantly predicted positive emotions, such as Wonder and Power, while VE significantly predicted both positive and negative emotions, such as Tension and Nostalgia. We also found direct main and interaction effects of both segment and performance factors on all four emotion models. We believe these results support Scherer and Zentner’s model and show the importance of considering the interaction between compositional and instrumental texture when studying music-induced emotions.

Sign in / Sign up

Export Citation Format

Share Document