Beyond Left and Right: Binding and Retrieval of Spatial and Temporal Features of Planned Actions

The bacterial cell is propelled through the liquid environment by means of one or more rotating flagella. The bacterial flagellum is composed of a basal body (rotary motor), hook (universal coupler), and filament (propellor). The filament is a rigid helical assembly of only one protein species — flagellin. The filament can adopt different morphologies and change, reversibly, its helical parameters (pitch and hand) as a function of mechanical stress and chemical changes (pH, ionic strength) in the environment.

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Advantages of Complementary Stereo Images as Viewed with the Low-Temperature Field-Emission SEM

Proceedings, annual meeting, Electron Microscopy Society of America ◽

10.1017/s0424820100131206 ◽

1992 ◽

Vol 50 (2) ◽

pp. 1314-1315

Author(s):

William P. Wergin ◽

Eric F. Erbe

Keyword(s):

Fold Increase ◽

Horizontal Displacement ◽

Three Dimensions ◽

Stereo Image ◽

Stereo Pair ◽

Sem Micrograph ◽

Left And Right ◽

The Common ◽

The Brain ◽

Pair Analysis

The eye-brain complex allows those of us with normal vision to perceive and evaluate our surroundings in three-dimensions (3-D). The principle factor that makes this possible is parallax - the horizontal displacement of objects that results from the independent views that the left and right eyes detect and simultaneously transmit to the brain for superimposition. The common SEM micrograph is a 2-D representation of a 3-D specimen. Depriving the brain of the 3-D view can lead to erroneous conclusions about the relative sizes, positions and convergence of structures within a specimen. In addition, Walter has suggested that the stereo image contains information equivalent to a two-fold increase in magnification over that found in a 2-D image. Because of these factors, stereo pair analysis should be routinely employed when studying specimens.Imaging complementary faces of a fractured specimen is a second method by which the topography of a specimen can be more accurately evaluated.

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Histological evaluation of cochlear hair cell damage from noise-induced hearing loss in chinchillas

Proceedings, annual meeting, Electron Microscopy Society of America ◽

10.1017/s0424820100159217 ◽

1990 ◽

Vol 48 (3) ◽

pp. 332-333

Author(s):

R.V. Harrison ◽

R.J. Mount ◽

P. White ◽

N. Fukushima

Keyword(s):

Hair Cell ◽

Evoked Potential ◽

Cell Damage ◽

Acoustic Trauma ◽

Histological Evaluation ◽

Cell Integrity ◽

Functional Changes ◽

Cochlear Hair Cell ◽

Left And Right ◽

Contralateral Ear

In studies which attempt to define the influence of various factors on recovery of hair cell integrity after acoustic trauma, an experimental and a control ear which initially have equal degrees of damage are required. With in a group of animals receiving an identical level of acoustic trauma there is more symmetry between the ears of each individual, in respect to function, than between animals. Figure 1 illustrates this, left and right cochlear evoked potential (CAP) audiograms are shown for two chinchillas receiving identical trauma. For this reason the contralateral ear is used as control.To compliment such functional evaluations we have devised a scoring system, based on the condition of hair cell stereocilia as revealed by scanning electron microscopy, which permits total stereociliar damage to be expressed numerically. This quantification permits correlation of the degree of structural pathology with functional changes. In this paper wereport experiments to verify the symmetry of stereociliar integrity between two ears, both for normal (non-exposed) animals and chinchillas in which each ear has received identical noise trauma.

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The crystallography characteristic of (Mn,Fe)S single crystal

Proceedings, annual meeting, Electron Microscopy Society of America ◽

10.1017/s0424820100177623 ◽

1990 ◽

Vol 48 (4) ◽

pp. 898-899

Author(s):

Jiang Xishan

Keyword(s):

Single Crystal ◽

Cast Steel ◽

Point Group ◽

Central Area ◽

Hexagonal Crystal ◽

Growth Step ◽

Left And Right ◽

Relationship Of ◽

Fcc Structure ◽

New Discovery

This paper reports the growth step pattern and morphology at equilibrium and growth states of (Mn,Fe)S single crystal on the wall of micro-voids in ZG25 cast steel by using scanning electron microscope. Seldom report was presented on the growth morphology and steppattern of (Mn,Fe)S single crystal.Fig.1 shows the front half of the polyhedron of(Mn,Fe)S single crystal,its central area being the square crystal plane,the two pairs of hexagons symmetrically located in the high and low, the left and right with a certain, angle to the square crystal plane.According to the symmetrical relationship of crystal, it was defined that the (Mn,Fe)S single crystal at equilibrium state is tetrakaidecahedron consisted of eight hexagonal crystal planes and six square crystal planes. The macroscopic symmetry elements of the tetrakaidecahedron correpond to Oh—n3m symmetry class of fcc structure,in which the hexagonal crystal planes are the { 111 } crystal planes group,square crystal plaits are the { 100 } crystal planes group. This new discovery of the (Mn,Fe)S single crystal provides a typical example of the point group of Oh—n3m.

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Temporal Characteristics of Speech in Simultaneous Communication

Journal of Speech Language and Hearing Research ◽

10.1044/jshr.3805.1014 ◽

1995 ◽

Vol 38 (5) ◽

pp. 1014-1024 ◽

Cited By ~ 26

Author(s):

Robert L. Whitehead ◽

Nicholas Schiavetti ◽

Brenda H. Whitehead ◽

Dale Evan Metz

Keyword(s):

Pause Duration ◽

Vowel Duration ◽

Vowel Perception ◽

Temporal Characteristics ◽

Spoken English ◽

Temporal Features ◽

Before And After ◽

Word Duration ◽

Rate Of Speech ◽

Speech Condition

The purpose of this investigation was twofold: (a) to determine if there are changes in specific temporal characteristics of speech that occur during simultaneous communication, and (b) to determine if known temporal rules of spoken English are disrupted during simultaneous communication. Ten speakers uttered sentences consisting of a carrier phrase and experimental CVC words under conditions of: (a) speech, (b) speech combined with signed English, and (c) speech combined with signed English for every word except the CVC word that was fingerspelled. The temporal features investigated included: (a) sentence duration, (b) experimental CVC word duration, (c) vowel duration in experimental CVC words, (d) pause duration before and after experimental CVC words, and (e) consonantal effects on vowel duration. Results indicated that for all durational measures, the speech/sign/fingerspelling condition was longest, followed by the speech/sign condition, with the speech condition being shortest. It was also found that for all three speaking conditions, vowels were longer in duration when preceding voiced consonants than vowels preceding their voiceless cognates, and that a low vowel was longer in duration than a high vowel. These findings indicate that speakers consistently reduced their rate of speech when using simultaneous communication, but did not violate these specific temporal rules of English important for consonant and vowel perception.

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