Search Results - "Cirstea, Silvia"

Auditory distance perception in humans: a review of cues, development, neuronal bases, and effects of sensory loss by Kolarik, Andrew J., Moore, Brian C. J., Zahorik, Pavel, Cirstea, Silvia, Pardhan, Shahina

“…Auditory distance perception plays a major role in spatial awareness, enabling location of objects and avoidance of obstacles in the environment. However, it…”
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A summary of research investigating echolocation abilities of blind and sighted humans by Kolarik, Andrew J., Cirstea, Silvia, Pardhan, Shahina, Moore, Brian C.J.

“…There is currently considerable interest in the consequences of loss in one sensory modality on the remaining senses. Much of this work has focused on the…”
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Identification and Discrimination of Petrol Sources by Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy and Machine Learning in Fire Debris Analysis by Yankova, Yanita, Cirstea, Silvia, Cole, Michael, Warren, John

“…Machine learning in forensic science and the use of MATLAB for identification and classification of petrol source. Petrol is considered the most common fire…”
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Evidence for enhanced discrimination of virtual auditory distance among blind listeners using level and direct-to-reverberant cues by Kolarik, Andrew J., Cirstea, Silvia, Pardhan, Shahina

“…Totally blind listeners often demonstrate better than normal capabilities when performing spatial hearing tasks. Accurate representation of three-dimensional…”
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Direct Neural-Network Hardware-Implementation Algorithm by Dinu, Andrei, Cirstea, Marcian N, Cirstea, Silvia E

“…An algorithm for compact neural-network hardware implementation is presented, which exploits the special properties of the Boolean functions describing the…”
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An Intelligent Computer-Aided Scheme for Classifying Multiple Skin Lesions by Hameed, Nazia, Hameed, Fozia, Shabut, Antesar, Khan, Sehresh, Cirstea, Silvia, Hossain, Alamgir

“…Skin diseases cases are increasing on a daily basis and are difficult to handle due to the global imbalance between skin disease patients and dermatologists…”
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Comparison of auditory spatial bisection and minimum audible angle in front, lateral, and back space by Aggius-Vella, Elena, Kolarik, Andrew J., Gori, Monica, Cirstea, Silvia, Campus, Claudio, Moore, Brian C. J., Pardhan, Shahina

“…Although vision is important for calibrating auditory spatial perception, it only provides information about frontal sound sources. Previous studies of blind…”
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Sensory substitution information informs locomotor adjustments when walking through apertures by Kolarik, Andrew J., Timmis, Matthew A., Cirstea, Silvia, Pardhan, Shahina

“…The study assessed the ability of the central nervous system (CNS) to use echoic information from sensory substitution devices (SSDs) to rotate the shoulders…”
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ReHabgame: A non-immersive virtual reality rehabilitation system with applications in neuroscience by Esfahlani, Shabnam Sadeghi, Thompson, Tommy, Parsa, Ali Davod, Brown, Ian, Cirstea, Silvia

“…This paper proposes the use of a non-immersive virtual reality rehabilitation system “ReHabgame” developed using Microsoft Kinect™ and the Thalmic™ Labs Myo…”
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Machine learning and clinical neurophysiology by Ray, Julian, Wijesekera, Lokesh, Cirstea, Silvia

“…Clinical neurophysiology constructs a wealth of dynamic information pertaining to the integrity and function of both central and peripheral nervous systems. As…”
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Techniques used to predict climate risks: a brief literature survey by Nanwani, Ruchika, Hasan, Md Mahmudul, Cirstea, Silvia

“…The global economy and way of life will be impacted by the increase in heat that the Earth is experiencing daily. Storms, cyclones, droughts, floods, and fires…”
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Individualization of petrol sources by high field nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy by Yankova, Yanita, Cole, Michael D., Cirstea, Silvia, Warren, John

“…In the forensic science context petrol is considered the most common fire accelerant. However, the identification and classification of petrol sources through…”
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Discrimination of virtual auditory distance using level and direct-to-reverberant ratio cues by Kolarik, Andrew, Cirstea, Silvia, Pardhan, Shahina

“…The study investigated how listeners used level and direct-to-reverberant ratio (D/R) cues to discriminate distances to virtual sound sources. Sentence pairs…”
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Use of optimized 1H selTOCSY for identification and individualization of petrol samples from fire debris by Yankova, Yanita, Warren, John, Cole, Michael D., Cirstea, Silvia

“…Detection and identification of ignitable liquids in fire investigation is ongoing challenge for forensics investigators. This study uses the analytical power…”
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Effect of early versus late onset of partial visual loss on judgments of auditory distance by Pardhan, Shahina, Raman, Rajiv, Moore, Brian C J, Cirstea, Silvia, Velu, Saranya, Kolarik, Andrew J

“…It is important to know whether early-onset vision loss and late-onset vision loss are associated with differences in the estimation of distances of sound…”
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Partial visual loss disrupts the relationship between judged room size and sound source distance by Kolarik, Andrew J., Moore, Brian C. J., Cirstea, Silvia, Raman, Rajiv, Gopalakrishnan, Sarika, Pardhan, Shahina

“…Visual spatial information plays an important role in calibrating auditory space. Blindness results in deficits in a number of auditory abilities, which have…”
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Factors Affecting Auditory Estimates of Virtual Room Size: Effects of Stimulus, Level, and Reverberation by Kolarik, Andrew J., Moore, Brian C. J., Cirstea, Silvia, Aggius-Vella, Elena, Gori, Monica, Campus, Claudio, Pardhan, Shahina

“…When vision is unavailable, auditory level and reverberation cues provide important spatial information regarding the environment, such as the size of a room…”
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The accuracy of auditory spatial judgments in the visually impaired is dependent on sound source distance by Kolarik, Andrew J., Raman, Rajiv, Moore, Brian C. J., Cirstea, Silvia, Gopalakrishnan, Sarika, Pardhan, Shahina

“…Blindness leads to substantial enhancements in many auditory abilities, and deficits in others. It is unknown how severe visual losses need to be before…”
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Auditory spatial representations of the world are compressed in blind humans by Kolarik, Andrew J., Pardhan, Shahina, Cirstea, Silvia, Moore, Brian C. J.

“…Compared to sighted listeners, blind listeners often display enhanced auditory spatial abilities such as localization in azimuth. However, less is known about…”
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Fire detection of Unmanned Aerial Vehicle in a Mixed Reality-based System by Esfahlani, Shabnam Sadeghi, Cirstea, Silvia, Sanaei, Alireza, Cirstea, Marcian

“…This paper presents a system that combines robotic operating system (ROS) and computer vision techniques for fire detection in a mixed reality environment. We…”
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