Besides the obvious issues of heating and cooling as well
as acoustical issues the apartment was less than ideal for modern living.
The spermaceti organ is also thought to act
as an acoustical lens to focus infrasonic sound waves into a beam that bounces off objects, enabling the whale to «see» them in the dark.
Not exact matches
As forklifts beep and spin, teams of men and women on the first of three daily shifts are assembling dash mats,
acoustical automobile components that insulate a vehicle's interior from engine noise.
New research out of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute presented at a meeting of the
Acoustical Society of America suggests nature sounds might not just mask office chatter, but actually increase your team's productivity
as well.
Scientists are working to develop
acoustical cry analyses that can predict later developmental disorders such
as autism.
Listening to how projected sound reverberates through kelp beds allows scientists to eavesdrop on environmental factors such
as water temperature and photosynthetic activity, bioacoustician Jean - Pierre Hermand reported June 28 at a meeting of the
Acoustical Society of...
Listening to how projected sound reverberates through kelp beds allows scientists to eavesdrop on environmental factors such
as water temperature and photosynthetic activity, bioacoustician Jean - Pierre Hermand reported June 28 at a meeting of the
Acoustical Society of America.
Based on 1.5 million hours of
acoustical monitoring from places
as remote
as Dinosaur National Monument in Utah and
as urban
as New York City, scientists have created a map of noise levels across the country on an average summer day.
2, 2016, in Honolulu, Hawaii, Allen will explain how the team expanded on previous work, combining
acoustical, high speed optical and infrared camera measurements to determine mechanisms of sound generation for adult male and female beetles,
as well
as larvae, during their different stages of development.
This drove Preston S. Wilson, a coffee aficionado and acoustician who normally focuses on studying underwater acoustics in his role
as an associate professor in The University of Texas at Austin's Cockrell School of Engineering, to explore the potential of using the «cracking» sounds emitted by coffee beans during the roasting process —
as the basis for an automated
acoustical roast monitoring technique.
Co-led by Phil McAleer and Pascal Belin, cognitive psychologists at the University of Glasgow in the United Kingdom, the researchers created a model voice based on the average
acoustical characteristics of the eight voices the 2014 study had rated
as most and least trustworthy.
In one study, published in 2015 in the Journal of the
Acoustical Society of America, linguists found that people who took breaks from learning new sounds performed just
as well
as those who took no breaks,
as long
as the sounds continued to play in the background.
Marcos Simón, a PhD researcher from the University's Institute of Sound and Vibration Research, has devised a highly - directional system of
acoustical radiators, commonly known
as loudspeaker arrays, which produce a sound «hot spot» by boosting the audio signal in the area of a room where a hearing impaired person is sitting but maintaining the same audio levels elsewhere..
In 2012, the Medwin Prize in
Acoustical Oceanography was awarded to John Colosi of Scripps Institution of Oceanography, San Diego, CA, for his research on ocean internal waves
as they relate to sound fluctuations in the sea.
Cory has been awarded a 2016 Newman Student Award Medal, for work on evaluating the
acoustical properties of court rooms by comparing
acoustical measurements made in a large number of court rooms to federal design criteria,
as nominated by Prof. Gary Siebein.
Allan D. Pierce: A Celebration of a Career in Acoustics in Commemoration of His Retirement
as Editor - in - Chief of the
Acoustical Society of America — Jerry H. Ginsberg and Peter H Rogers
Steady - state sounds with little
acoustical variation don't impair performance nearly
as much.
Movable storage systems provide mass for
acoustical separation
as well
as visual separation of classroom spaces.
As described earlier, the
acoustical performance goals have become design requirements for many K - 12 schools.
The Electronics Engineer occupation covers positions managing, supervising, leading, and / or performing professional engineering and scientific work involving electronic circuits, circuit elements, equipment, systems, and associated phenomena concerned with electromagnetic or
acoustical wave energy or electrical information for purposes such
as communication, computation, sensing, control, measurement, and navigation.
The music stage is defined by its sheer functionality, typically adorned only with props such
as microphone stands, audio monitors, and lighting, while equipment for amplification and mixing is placed in the audience to avoid the jarring noise of
acoustical interference.
These exhibitions are supported in part through generous contributions by
Acoustical Sheet Metal, Capital Group Companies, and PRA Group,
as well
as grants made possible by the Business Consortium for Arts Support, the Virginia Commission for the Arts, and the Virginia Beach Arts and Humanities Commission.
by sound artist, writer and curator Brandon LaBelle, Site Specific Sound pries open architecture and the specifics of locality
as a contingent form whose relationship to sounds extends well beyond
acoustical phenomena.
In rural Australia,
acoustical consultants working for the wind industry or other noise polluters are regarded almost universally with complete contempt by those people whose health has been harmed by the noise pollution, regardless of the source of the noise (eg mining, CSG field compressors, gas fired power stations
as well
as wind turbines).
The holes in the ceiling panels above act
as part of an
acoustical insulation system.
Establish a goal for the blog The firm settled on two primary goals for the blog: (i) to educate readers about major issues in the
acoustical engineering industry, and thereby position the company
as a thought - leader without being excessively self - promotional, and (ii) to create a new source of keyword - rich content to complement the SEO strategy for their website.
«One of the challenges was that even though the building was designed for and accounted for the acoustics, the
acoustical engineer will want to make changes
as the building progresses,» Schoenfelder says.
Materials used that may contain asbestos include, but are not limited to, insulation; shingles and felt for roofing; exterior siding; pipe and boiler covering; compounds and cement, such
as caulk, putty, roof patching, furnace cement; wallboard; texture coat;
acoustical ceiling tiles and plaster; vinyl floor tiles; linoleum; and wiring.