China Science

Yeates G; Dimander SO; Waller P; Hoglund J

Abstract The size and composition of the nematode assemblage in soil under faecal patsderived from young cattle treated or untreated with either ivermectin sustained-release boluses, orthe nematophagous fungus Duddingtonia flagrans , were studied in each of three years. Soil samplestaken 4, 6, 8 and 10 weeks after four deposition dates in 1998 showed significant temporal effectsin many taxa and treatment effects in a few genera. (more…)

Baumert,M; Wessel,N; Schirdewan,A; Voss,A; Abbott,D

Abstract Ventricular tachycardia (VT) provokes sudden cardiac death (SCD), which is amajor cause of mortality in developed countries. Implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICDs) arean efficient therapy for SCD prevention. In this study we analyze heart rate variability (HRV) indata stored by ICDs. In 29 patients exhibiting VT episodes, (more…)

Abstract Individuals with little or no functional speech frequently rely on non-speech communication systems to augment or replace natural speech. These systems include speech generating devices (SGDs), which provide synthetic speech upon activation. This paper comprises a summary of research conducted over the past 20 years on the perception of synthetic speech by nondisabled listeners and listeners with intellectual, language, and hearing impairments. (more…)