Combination Of Speakers Research Articles

感情が会話満足度や対人印象に与える影響──話者間の感情構成への着目──

This study examined the influence of affect on interpersonal relationships in a dyadic communication context. The combination of speakers' affective states was considered, as compared to previous studies which considered only the individual's affective state. The independent variables, in a between-subjects design, were affective condition (positive vs. negative) and affective combination (similar vs. dissimilar). Participants (N = 86) took a test on creative thinking and were given false feedback. Then they had a 6-minute conversation and answered questions about their satisfaction with the conversation and their impressions of their partner. Results showed that the two-factor interactions were significant for satisfaction with the conversation and interpersonal impressions (social desirability) of the partner. The scores for these variables in the positive affect condition were higher than in the negative affect condition only when the affective combination was dissimilar. These results show that individual's affect could not predict conversational outcomes. The results were discussed in terms of incorrect inferences about the partner's affective state and imbalanced conversation activity.

Experimental investigation on reconstruction of sound field based on spherical near-field acoustic holography

This paper presents the results of an experimental study on the methodology of spherical near-field acoustic holography (spherical NAH) to reconstruct interior sound field. The experiment was carried out in a full anechoic chamber, in which the sound filed was generated with different combination of speakers at different positions, a rigid spherical array was used to collect the field acoustic pressures as input to the reconstruction calculation. There are three cases which were investigated. Case 1, a source was set near to the microphone array. Case 2, two sources were eccentrically set opposite to each other around the microphone array. And Case 3, two sources were placed on one side of microphone array on the same orbit, while they were positioned apart at a small angle. The accuracy of the reconstruction of sound field was examined and analyzed compared to the benchmarks and the results of the numerical simulations. The reconstructed results show that the methodology of Spherical NAH is capable to locate sources and reconstruct sound field within certain accuracy.

Bequia sweet/ Bequia is sweet: syntactic variation in a lesser-known variety of Caribbean English

ABSTRACTAn analysis of dialect variability in the use of BE in the island of Bequia. Bequia (pronounced /bekwei/) is the northernmost of the Grenadine islands in St Vincent and the Grenadines. Like most of the Caribbean, Bequia has a long history of language contact, but most of the evidence for this must be inferred. It appears that the Carib population living on the island before European colonization settled Bequia in successive waves of migration ultimately originating from the coast of South America indeed the name ‘Bequia’ is said to derive from a Carib word becouya, meaning ‘Island of the clouds’, but as yet I have been unable to trace this etymon reliably to a particular Carib language. Based on what we know about St Vincent, and the limited mentions of Bequia in the eighteenth century, we can infer that, at times, there may have been contact between some combination of speakers of a Carib language or languages, French, English, African languages and/or possibly a relatively new creole-like or contact variety of English.

Antecedents, consequents, and effects of silence during cognitive-behavioural therapy interviews

Abstract The effects of silence within Cognitive-Behavioural Therapy (CBT) interviews was investigated for nine masters level trainees who interviewed a “Standardised Client” for one hour. Data on the frequency, length, and total amount of silence indicated that silence was positively and significantly associated with client-perceived rapport. In addition, the identity of pre- versus post-silence speakers, and the type of statement made were examined. Data indicated that client initiation and therapist termination of silence was the most frequent combination of speakers in minutes rated as very high in rapport. Combinations of expressions used were also examined, with implications raised for effective CBT interview styles.

Unitary panel multiple frequency range speaker system

A speaker enclosure is provided with an elongated vertically oriented flat panel having a plurality of vertically spaced speaker openings and a sound port positioned near the upper end of the panel. A pair of stereo related signals are provided to the speaker enclosure, each signal being coupled to a respective crossover network. A first combination of speakers, including a tweeter, mid-range, and woofer is coupled to a first crossover network and provides reproducibility of a first frequency range of audible sounds, and a second crossover network is coupled to a second combination of speakers, including a tweeter and a woofer, to provide a second frequency range of audible sounds which is narrower than said first range. The first and second ranges and crossover frequencies are selected to enhance a first music pattern, such as "jazz," and the second frequency range and crossover frequency network is selected to enhance a second music pattern, such as "rock." The channels may be selected for playing separately for enhancing their respective music patterns or may be selected to play simultaneously to enhance the overlapping frequencies in the frequency ranges.