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Prefazione a Emmanuel Iduma, Lo sguardo di uno sconosciuto
2020
By introducing Emmanuel Iduma's travelogue across Africa, which he traveled from East to West as a member of the Trans-African project "Invisible Borders", the Preface also explains the significance and urgency of launching a new African Literature Series for the respected Milan-based independent press Francesco Brioschi Editore. The Series publishes the works of African writers from the younger generations.
Extended HSUPA coverage and enhanced battery saving opportunities with multiple TTI lengths
2010
3GPP has specified that terminals can be configured to use either 2 or 10 ms transmission time interval in high speed uplink packet access systems. The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the benefit of exploiting a mixture of both of the transmissions time intervals within a cell instead of only one. The study is quantified by means of studying the achievable coverage of voice over IP and possible battery saving benefits. The analysis is conducted with a system level simulator modeling network and terminal behavior in detail. The paper indicates that utilizing a mixture of both transmission time intervals can extend coverage whilst providing enhanced battery saving opportunities.
Audiovizuālo mediju lokalizācijas procesa salīdzinājums Latvijā un Igaunijā: ierunāšana un subtitri, nākotnes perspektīvas
2018
Digitalizācija ir kļuvusi par vadošo spēku visā pasaulē, un audiovizuālie mediji ir ieguvuši nozīmīgu lomu izklaides un informācijas nozarēs, tādēļ veids, kā šie mediji tiek patērēti, mainās arvien straujāk. Tādās nelielās valstīs kā Latvija un Igaunija lokalizācija un tulkošana ir svarīgas nozares. Ja cilvēki šajās valstīs vēlas patērēt medijus no citām kultūrām un nācijām, tiem bieži vien nepieciešams tulkojums. Maģistra darbā “Audiovizuālo mediju lokalizācijas procesa salīdzinājums Latvijā un Igaunijā: ierunāšana un subtitri, nākotnes perspektīvas” tiks atklātas un analizētas atšķirības starp šīm abām valstīm audiovizuālo mediju lokalizācijas kontekstā.
A quantum vocal theory of sound
2020
Concepts and formalism from acoustics are often used to exemplify quantum mechanics. Conversely, quantum mechanics could be used to achieve a new perspective on acoustics, as shown by Gabor studies. Here, we focus in particular on the study of human voice, considered as a probe to investigate the world of sounds. We present a theoretical framework that is based on observables of vocal production, and on some measurement apparati that can be used both for analysis and synthesis. In analogy to the description of spin states of a particle, the quantum-mechanical formalism is used to describe the relations between the fundamental states associated with phonetic labels such as phonation, turbule…
Making sense of multi-actor dialogues in family therapy and network meetings.
2012
In recent years, a number of family therapists have conceptualized psychotherapy as a dialogical activity. This view presents family therapy researchers with specific challenges, the most important of which is to find ways of dealing with the dialogical qualities of the multi-actor dialogues that occur, for example, in family therapeutic conversations. In this article, we propose some preliminary ideas concerning qualitative investigations of multi-actor dialogues. Our aim is to work toward an integration of Bakhtin’s theoretical concepts with good practices in qualitative research (e.g., dialogical tools and concepts of a narrative processes coding system) in order to make sense of family …
FROM SEEKERS TO ACTIVISTS
2009
Media culture is a firm part of youth cultures today. Media can also be seen as one empowering technology in the information society alongside traditional school and government. What kind of civic identities are young people constructing in contemporary media culture? This article discusses media-saturated youth and audience agency, drawing on Dahlgren's ideas of civic culture. Relying on empirical data from two case studies in Finland, we will introduce a typology of civic identities, which the young construct as members of the public in relation to media. Our first case study is a youth civic website called Vaikuttamo.net and the second is the Youth Voice Editorial Board, which consists o…
Pathological voice analysis via digital signal processing
2015
The interest in pathological voice analysis for specific neurological diseases is growing up aiming to offer more Health-care tele monitoring services since new high performing electronic devices are available for the end-user. In this article we show some parameters that can be digitally extracted and analyzed from pathological voices, in order to find a distinctive sign of the Parkinson disease. As a result, we will show a parameter that gives some information about the Parkinson disease characterization, particularly for male patients. We will also discuss about the needed computational cost related to parameters extraction and elaboration, aiming to target a possible tough yet portable …
Working with People Experiencing Homelessness in Europe
2022
In Europe, the widespread transition from the Traditional Staircase (TS) model to the Housing First (HF) model is transforming the way social service providers work with people experiencing homelessness. This study examined social service providers’ perspectives in both models regarding factors that facilitate or hinder their work. Data were collected through 17 photovoice projects involving 81 social service providers from eight European countries. The results show factors affecting social service providers’ work at three levels: systemic, organizational, and individual. Professionals in TS and HF identified similar topics; however, TS providers discussed more obstacles to work. Implicatio…
THE EXTERNAL FRAME FUNCTION IN THE CONTROL OF PITCH IN THE HUMAN VOICE
1968
"I Miserabili". Père Hugo e il silenzio dei suoi innocenti
1998
Il saggio analizza le peculiarità dei Miserabili, in particolarele caratteristiche della voce narrante. The essay analyzes the peculiarities of Les Misérables, especially the narrating voice's features