Abstract A life cycle framework for a new integrated classification system buildings and the identification of renovation strategies that lead to an optimal balance between reduction seismic vulnerability increase energy efficiency, considering both economic losses environmental impacts, is discussed through parametric application exemplificative case-study building. Such accounts contributions initial construction, operational consumption, earthquake-induced damage repair activities,...

Given the current climate emergency and ambitious targets of carbon emissions reduction worldwide, retrofitting strategies on existing buildings are typically aimed at reducing their energy demand, decarbonizing power supply, addressing embodied stored in construction materials. However, contribution potential earthquake-induced impacts has been traditionally not considered, while consequences several past events highlighted relevant impact environment due to post-disaster rehabilitation...

Musicians are highly trained to discriminate fine pitch changes but the neural bases of this ability poorly understood. It is unclear whether such training-dependent differences in processing arise already subcortical auditory system or linked more central stages. To address question, we combined psychoacoustic testing with functional MRI measure cortical and responses musicians non-musicians during a pitch-discrimination task. First, estimated behavioral thresholds for complex tones...

Musicians typically show enhanced pitch discrimination abilities compared to non-musicians. The present study investigated this perceptual enhancement behaviorally and objectively for resolved unresolved complex tones clarify whether the performance in musicians can be ascribed increased peripheral frequency selectivity and/or a different processing effort performing task. In first experiment, thresholds were obtained harmonic with fundamental frequencies (F0s) between 100 500 Hz, filtered...

It is well-known that the existing building stock responsible for non-renewable resource depletion, energy and material consumption, greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Life cycle analysis (LCA) procedures have thus been developed, in recent years, to assess environmental impact of construction operational phases through entire life cycle. Furthermore, economic, environmental, social consequences natural disasters encouraged additional integration hazard-induced impacts into common LCA...

Pure-tone audiometry still represents the main measure to characterize individual hearing loss and basis for hearing-aid fitting. However, perceptual consequences of are typically associated not only with a sensitivity but also clarity that is captured by audiogram. A detailed characterization may be complex needs simplified efficiently explore specific compensation listener. Here, it hypothesized any listener's profile can characterized along two dimensions distortion: Type I II. While...

Several studies have shown that musical training leads to improved fundamental frequency (F0) discrimination for young listeners with normal hearing (NH). It is unclear whether a comparable effect of occurs whose sensory encoding F0 degraded. To address this question, the was investigated three groups (young NH, older and impairment, HI). In first experiment, using complex tones differed in harmonic content phase configuration (sine, positive, or negative Schroeder). Musical associated...

Abstract We have assessed 26 aphasic patients, matched in pairs as closely possible for personal data (age, sex, education), neurological damage suffered (nature, site and size of lesions) characteristics linguistic impairments (type syndrome severity aphasia). These patients were therefore distinguishable only by the presence (n=13) or absence structured, systematic language therapy. The assignment to one group other was not random; rather, who constitute non-rehabilitated could not,...

The precedence effect (PE) refers to the dominance of directional information carried by a direct sound (lead) over spatial contained in its multiple reflections (lags) localization. Although processes underlying PE have been largely investigated, extent which peripheral versus central auditory contribute this perceptual phenomenon has remained unclear. present study investigated contribution processing through comparison physiological and psychoacoustical data same human listeners....

The Better hEAring Rehabilitation (BEAR) project aims to provide a new clinical profiling tool-a test battery-for hearing loss characterization. Although the of sensitivity can be efficiently measured using pure-tone audiometry, assessment supra-threshold deficits remains challenge. In contrast classical "attenuation-distortion" model, proposed BEAR approach is based on hypothesis that abilities given listener characterized along two dimensions, reflecting independent types perceptual...

Abstract The relatively few studies concerning spontaneous recovery from aphasia yield contradictory findings because of the large number influencing factors. We have assessed a selected sample 45 patients, none whom received language therapy, in order to determine such patients' chances relation type and severity size lesion. Our results show comprehension best recovery, independent aphasia. Expression shows lower especially for non-fluent aphasics; their performance is also negatively...

Objectives: The aim of this study was to compare listening effort, as estimated via pupillary response, during a speech-in-noise test in bone-anchored hearing system (BAHS) users wearing three different sound processors. processors, Ponto Pro (PP), 3 (P3), and SuperPower (P3SP), differ terms maximum force output (MFO) MFO algorithm. hypothesis that listeners would allocate lower effort with the P3SP than PP, consequence higher and, hence, fewer saturation artifacts signal. Design: Pupil...

Background: In the field of seismic analysis structures, use appropriate Finite Elements software packages to manage more complex numerical models and run sophisticated analyses (such as nonlinear dynamic time-history analyses) in very short runtimes has increased significantly last decades. order have confidence results these analyses, it become an increasingly widespread practice verify validate FE computers programs against literature case studies well experimental results. Focusing on...

Physiological studies have shown that noise-induced sensorineural hearing loss (SNHL) enhances the amplitude of envelope coding in auditory-nerve fibers. As pitch unresolved complex tones is assumed to rely on temporal mechanisms, this study investigated pitch-discrimination performance listeners with SNHL. Pitch-discrimination thresholds were obtained for 14 normal-hearing (NH) and 10 hearing-impaired (HI) sine-phase (SP) random-phase (RP) tones. When all harmonics unresolved, HI performed,...

The study investigated the effects of choline combined with Bangerter filter in treatment amblyopia. All amblyopic subjects used a on corrective spectacle lens (1d over left eye, 1d right eye). Choline was then administered orally to 39 patients once daily, five days per week for entire period. Subjects treated showed mean visual acuity 0.27 logMAR; at 12mo treatment, reached 0.09 logMAR. Patients and citicoline 0.35 0.01 No significant changes angle deviation were observed both groups....

Starting from considerations on the high seismic vulnerability of nonstructural elements, and at same time scarce consideration their performance different stages design assessment process, this paper proposes a very simple ready-to-use classification scheme for elements. The proposed approach is based limited set information, which may take advantage availability numerical model building its results, although it also rely code formulations evaluations literature. classes are assigned to...

ABSTRACT The Better hEAring Rehabilitation (BEAR) project aims to provide a new clinical profiling tool – test battery for hearing loss characterization. Whereas the of sensitivity can be efficiently measured using pure-tone audiometry, assessment supra-threshold deficits remains challenge. In contrast classical ‘attenuation-distortion’ model, proposed BEAR approach is based on hypothesis that abilities given listener characterized along two dimensions, reflecting independent types...